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VOL. XX.; NO. 1,052. T ELIZABETH CITY, N. C., FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 192S. ***** fZjgfc'Wg, ^ ? fUuDd,r' SINGLE COPY 5 CENTS, . .
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MUST BE A MONUMENT
TO WRIGHT BROTHERS
First Plans for Wright Memorial Rejected?
New Plans To Contemplate Housing
Original Wright Plane
The Hon. Charles Moore, chairman of the National Com
mission of Fine Arts puts a foot squarely down on the plan to
build a combination Coast Guard Station and Lighthouse as a:
Memorial to the Wright Brothers and the birth of aviation at ?
Kill Devil Hills on the North Carolina Coast.
' Where <l<> the Wright Brothers '
pome in?" asked Mr. Moore. Aud
the question hits not lieen answered!
yet. And so eucouraged by t'hair
nian Moore. Cougresstna 11 Lindsay
Warren will introduce a hill in the
House of Representatives this week !
to provide for coui|>etitive designs j
for the Wright Memorial, inviting
the best thought of Auierieau aud 1
Kuro|>enu artists.and sculptors to
stthmit coni|>etitive designs for a
liionumeut in keeping with the dig
nity and iiu|Mirtanee of the achieve
inent whieh the projiosed monument
is to commemorate.
Ami having gotten away from
the Treasury l>e|mrtiueut plans for
a freak building. Congressman War
ren and the Kill Devil Hills Metuor- ;
ial Association took steps this week 1
to try to interest Orville Wright in
new plans that would provide a
r wmi in the promised monument for
the original Wright plane which Mr.
Wright has refused the Smithsonian
Institute and whieh was recently
loaned to the British Museum in
Isunion.
The plans which was rejected
this week called for an expenditure 1
of SI lo.OOO. The rejection of thei
plans means that it will probably lie'
too late to get new plans and put |
an appropriation thru the present '
Congress; hut with more than six j
months in which to work acceptable
plans may lie ready for the Congress
which convenes in December of this
year and it is confidently lielievtd
that new plans will call for a much
larger appropriation.
A .Notable I oui.it ssion
It wax fortunate jierhups that j
soineliody incor|iorated in the hill, i
authorizing the Wright Memorial a j
provision that the plans should he,
approved hy The Commission of.
Fine arts of the Library of Con-j
gres-* This commission is nun- I
|mis?s| of Hon. Charles Moore, of
Itetmit. Mich.: 11. Shhlons Xoxrhray. |
of Washington. Conn.: Win. Adants
iHdatiio. of New York City: Loradoj
Taft. ?>f Chicago; Ahratn Garfield
of Cleveland: lienjamin .Winter'
Morris. of \e\v York City and Kef
rtleio Vitale. of Sow York City.
This distinguished group of
artists, sculptors and architects was
created es|**oially to snjiervise the
development of plans designed to
make Washington the world's iuo*t
beautiful capital. This commission
carefully scrutinizes the plans for
every puldie building, every monu
ment and every hit of public land
scape gardening in the city of Wash
ington.
Mr. Charles Moore, secretary cf
Mie Commission is the original mem
ber of tlie Commission, is the author
of a number of notable works and
editor of "Phiii for tlie Improvement
<f Washington by lb II. Hnrnhaiii
C. F. McKim. Augustus Saint-Gau
1 dens stud F. L. lUmstead.
Plans for the Wright Memorial
were made by tlie Supervising
Architect of tlie Treasury after the
manner of plans for a |H?st office
I building, a coast Guard station, a
j lighthouse or other common govern
ment structure and with little re
gard for art or sentiment. The
C" ininissiou of Fine Arts did not
see the plans until they were ready
to go to Congress with a recom
mendation for tlie necessary appro
I priation.
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Chairman .Moore iook ??m- ...
fli.- plans when they were' submit
ted to him last week. "Where do
Hip Wrights pomp in?" Iip is said t??
liavp askpd. His pvpry spiisp of art
was offpndpil by flip vpry practical
plans for a nol?lp coast guard sta
tion and a fairly good lighthouse.
There was nothing in the plans to
, suggest. a nipuiorial to Hip Wright
Hi-others and the birth of aviation.
"A Hood Day's Work"
W. ??. Saunders. prpsidpnt of The
Kill Devil Hills Memorial Associ
ation was in Washington Saturday
when the plans were laid before
i Chairman Moore and had an inti
' illation that the plans would l*? re
? jeeted by him. When announcement
- was made early this week that
'Chairman .Moore hail rejected the
plans. 'Mr. Saunders sent the fob
; lowing wire:
Feb. 2o. ttrgs.
?j Hon. Charles Moore. Chin..
I The Commission of Fine Arts,
t Library of Congress.
II Washington, D. C.
Your rejection of the Treasury
Department plans for pro|Kised
* Wright Memorial at Kill Devil
:li!i. .1ao t? jjfoOvl duj *& w01 k We
?j had hoped tliiit someone in Wash
! ington could see in this belated
I attempt 111*011 the part of our gov
eminent to recognize the Wright
-j brothers ami commemorate one of
j the greatest facts in human liis
' tor.v.. semctliing more than an op
j portnnity to jnst build another
Coast Guard station. We cou
| gratulate you and the offices of
this association are at your com
1 111aml if we can serve you.
W. f?. SAI \'I>KRS. Pres.
Kill I?c\iL Hills
Aleit.o. i n \ .mointioi!
ANOTHER EGG!
SUCKING DOG IS
DISCREDITED
Kike an ejfo-suckiu^ <loj?
that has been caught in the act,
the Kev. Thus. I\ I'archie, pro
fessional evangelist, who vio
lated every sacred tradition of
the confessional, must have
slunk in the presence of his
public when Mrs. Alma I'etty
Ciatlin. whose arrest for mur
der he caused, was freed by a
Rockingham County J u r y
Wednesday nijjht. I
The 11 i-11 of the pretty Iteidsville I
wiaiian liatl occupied the ?*r of]
the staue ia North ('umliua fori
teu"days. She was indicted mi a!
charge of having murdered her.
father, upon statements made to,
the authorities hy the evangelist (
1*11 rd lie.
Pardue had miiducted a roligii.us ?
revival in Iteidsville. In his revival I
he employed all the tricks of tlie
professional brimstone peddler to
work upon the fears and hysteria |
of women and children, lie preach-;
ed one harrowing sermon on repre
taiice that brought young Mrs. (lat
1 iit to his confes.-h n room. He had
said that those who siniuHl and did
not repent were doomed to everlast
ing torment.
Mrs. (latlin was terror-stricken.
She went to the evangelist in secret
and asked if sin- would he protect
ed in a confession she desired to
make? T poii being reassured by
liiui sin' told him that she had kill
ed her own father with an axe after
her father in a drunken rage had
threatened the life of her mother
who was now dead.
Purdue did not respci if tin; eon
i fes-iona I. lie ti'ni'fd right off to
the police :iik| told the story. Sun*
eitough iin invest ig'nt'iou revealed
I the presence of the slain hody of
! the woman's father. Smith T. Petty.
| wrapped in hlatikets ami Iniried in
the basement of a home the I'ettys
i had formerly oceupi?d.
<?n Jan. U<>. Itrjs Mrs. Alma Petty
! tlatlin was indicted on a charge of
j first degree murder. The fact that
1 her father had bcm a drunken,
j Inutal and thoroly disre]iutahle man
imitle it easy for the pitldic thrnoiit
the State to sympathize with Mrs.
(?tl'lin and roundly eoiMlenui < a
priest who had helrayt I a eonl'es
| siuu wrung from the woman in a
moment of intense religions einotion
1 alisni.
! Hut if Purdue expected to lie
exonerated hy a conviction of the
' woman, his expei tations were Mast
ed hy the subsequent testimony of
I .Mrs. Catliu when she was brought
to trial. " I did not kill my fath?
J er." said the accused: "my mother
i killed him with a Mow front an axe
I when he had cursed her. assaulted
! her and threatened to kill her. My
j mother died without confessing her
j net. ' 'u her death bed I implored
I her to tell the truth and spare us
i who live after her the agony and
j apprehension of carrying the terrible
I secret in our hearts. Hut mother
i dietl without confessing.
"When 1 heard Mr. Purdue preach
j his terrilde sermon on repeiituuee 1
j grieved for my mother: I wanted to
| know more about it: I could lift
I tell him that my mother had cotn
I mitted the murder so I took it all
I on myself. After I had confessed
to him he told me there was only
i one uiipardonahle sin. the sin
against the Holy Ulust. I went
, i away feeling better and believing
Mint surely mother would not Ik*
eternally <l>iuiikmI because of her
faiijure to make :i public confession:
tlie only uu|mrdouul>le sin is the sin
against the Holy (Jhost, Mr. Purdue
told me."
Mrs. Hut lie's testimony was cor
roborated in detail by a youujfer
brother who related the gruesome
story of the tragedy? r1u the JJVtty
hoiue when his mother met the on
nishes of a drunken, cursing father
with an unlifted axe nnd dealt him
a blow which resulted in his death.
Mother and children, so the evi
dence went, buried the body in the
basement of the home and nobody in
I tilt* ucighltourhood ever suspected
anything. The dead husband and
fat hot- was a worthless si rt whose
absence from the home ami the
: eoinmimity o<vn sinned no romcni.
lie was soon forgotten. The jury
lieHeved this testimony.
Ami so another commercial
-evangelist in North Carolina goes
his wretched way f< rever discredit
*ist and Christ In find's heaven sheds
another teaj- for the vulgarities com
mitted in his name hy a gentry who
j wear long failed emits and traffic
in his gospel of divine im-rcy and
love. Another egg-sticking log with
his tail lietween his legs slinks into
1 ignominy and oblivion.
A Fair Young Delegate
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.MISS MARY .MKKKIN'S. attractive daughter of Federal Judge Isaar M.
Meekius of this city who will altei-nate as delegate from the First Con-1
gressioual District to the Republican National Convention this summer.
Photo by .Marcoan, Fifth Ave., New York.
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<Jh??BANK CLCQK TUG S*ODA JCRKER
GIVE AL A JACOB AND WATCH THE FUN
' W'lin .iff tlif Republicans going
to nominate for president?" askisl
tlif S'ul.i .lerker of tlif Bunk t'lerk.
?tiotl only knows." sjiid tlif Bunk
t'lerk ".i in I I don'i suppose lie cares
a whoop. If tlif Republicans cniilfl
liavf their way about it tlie.v would
go hack in the sticks some place and
I set some nice. tame, ohscure and
infiitilc little fellow, make a myth
of him as tle-y did "f "('.Ndidge. the
strong, silent man.' and give us an
other four years of inisgoverniiieiit
as under Harding or lion-govern
I incut as under t'oolhlge.
"If the Itcpuhlieans had- their
way they would never jmm-inil any
i man bigger than a valet to occupy
' the White House: the vested inter
i ests of this country who control the
I Republican party feel thoroly eom
j |relent to run things at Washington
I without tlie help or interference of
j some one in the White House who is
j intteligent enough to know what
I it's all about and forceful enough
i ,
! to assert himself.
"Tlie.v had a nice little hoy in
' Harding, hut Harding made himself
! a hit disgraceful by going out
with the rough hoys, when he should
| have been staying home nights, and
permitting himself under the influ
ence of liquor to become intimate
and friendly with a lot. of cheap
crooks and grafters. Harding made
I the Republican administration
shameful during his tenure of office.
"Next time the Republicans pick
ed another small calibre man but
look pains to pick one whose morals
were straight and who had a prayer
meeting mouth. The fact that t'ool
idge wasn't a prayer meeting man
at all didn't matter, because after
he was elected he promptly joined
a church and set himself straight
on that score.
"But the Republicans can't get
away with such timber this year.
The shadow of A1 Smith has fallen
athwart their plans and in their
dread of Smith's candidacy they feel
compelled this year to nominate a
man with an intellect and a back
Ihujc. That hurts 'eni like ueli.
Th-"> ?\ got .1 tug man in Hotww
I but they fin- afraid of Hoover be
en use 11 oo vet" li;< s :i big ego iillil lit'
dosn't jnsf think llint he is bigger
lliiin nil tln> busses; hi' knows it by
gosh. Tin' bosses ilf 111*1 w.ilit a hi,'in
like Hoover if they e;m help it.
"Then they've got Charlie Dawes,
'hut Charlie is one of these erratie.
' hell raising jiersoinilities who is ;ip|
j to kick over the traces any time
and put his own ideas of govern
I meiit into practice without coiisnlt
i inn his erstwhile campaign contri
butors. They're tifrtiiil if t'httrlie.
"But is is my gases thai they
will nominate I>awe?. They have
got to put up a real man to staml
, a show to lietit Smith. 1 lo ner lacks
i
flint, warmth ami genuineness that
is ^oinvr to make Smith strolls with
the rank and file ami so that elinii
i
nates Hoover. Dawes is the only
strong man with a winning person
ality that the Republicans can put
f? rwant ami T have an idea they
are going to he forced to accept kiin
heetiu.se lie's the only card they can
safely play against a breeze like
Al Smith."
"Well, do yon think Dawes could
heat Smith?" asked the Soda .lerker.
"Anything can happen" said the
Hank Clerk. "Hut jf it appears that
Smith can't he elected if nominated
I hope that the Democrats will court
defeat gloriously this year hy nonii
j mating Al aifd giving hint n Jewish
I running mate. If we must have a
i Catholic go down to defeat in a na
tional election in 1!)2S. then let's
make a complete flop hy putting a
Jew on the ticket with liini. We've
got some great1 Jewish vice presi
dential timber in men like Adolph
Ochs. editor of the New York Times;
j Henry Morgonthan. Wilson's Min
ister to Turkey: Samuel 1'iiterniyer,
n great lawyer and Bernard Haruch.
I friend of the farmer: say nothing (.1
Al Jolsen."'
; "That -would Ik? funny, now
wouldn't it?" said the Sodn Jerker.
"It would mean that the delegate?
to the Houston convention would
have to return to their homes via
, Me>icO and the Punaou' Ctitmk'
said Hie Bunk < Ic??
ANOTHERLOffRY
IS KEEPING THE
COURTS GOING
John and Fulton Lovvry, two
Elizabeth City youths who be
came outlaws several years ago
provided so much work for the
courts of this county that
benevolently disposed persons
became interested in their
younger brother Robert Lowry
and. to save him from follow
ing in the criminal footsteps of
his brothers, they made a
lawyer of him.
Robert I/Owr.v lawyer is inn kins
more work for the courts than his
brothers ever did and his activities
in personal injury cases is giving
every industry in Elizabeth Citv
serious concern. On the docket of
the three weeks term of Superior
Court for the trial of civil eases now
m progress in Elizabeth City young
Lowry apjiears with IS cases on the
docket, nine of which are suits
brought for pauiier clients claiming
da inures for personal injuries.
Tlis most sensational suit was on
trial as this newspaper was going
to press, (hirlniid S. O'Neal, claim
ing jiersoiial injuries in an accident
at a local manufacturing plant, is
not only suing his former employers,
but is suing I)r. C. B. Williams as
well. y< uir; Lowry figuring in both j
actions. The company is sued fori
, contributory negligence and Dr. j
Williams is sued for neglect in the |
i treatment of the injured party.
Young Lowry ami his cases are J
taking up much of tlie time of the
Court. T.vo of his cases were 110111
suited: the judge threw out a third
case. In one case Isiwry won a i
verdict <f $o<)0 against the John E. j
Ilea inou Construction Co.. of Kal
eigli. for S. J. Hamilton who sustain
ed injuries while working on the
Virginia Dare Hotel in the employ
of the defendants.
No accident in any industry in
Elizabeth City seems to escape the
I notice of young l/?wry since he was
provided with a law license and per
suaded to set himself up in the prae
I lice of law in his old home town.
! Jlecently he employed his talents
in securing a parole for his broth
er .lolin who was doing time in the
penitentiary and John has got reli
[gion and turned street preacher.
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Farmers Pay
| More Tax Than
"Town Folks
j To what extent the farmers
i of North Carolina are paying
more taxes according to their
income than corporations and
men living in towns is to be
nearly definitely determined by
a survey now being conducted.
Ceo. S. Klommedsoii of the Hureau
of Agricultural Kcoie niics of the
It'. S. Kept. of Agriculture arrived
| in Elizabeth City this week with a
crew of twelve young men from
State College who have made case
studies of more than 1U0 farms in
the Elizabeth City trade territory
this week. Approximately 1.500
farms will he studied thruout the
State and the figures obtained are
expected to fairly represent the tax
burden of the farmer as compared
with the tax burden of the man in
town and the corporations.
The results of similar studies in
j other parts of the country have been
to show that farmers are taxed a
larger percentage of their income
than townspeople or corporations.
Hut little can he done toward secur
ing relief for the farmer thru tax
j equalization until exact facts are
'available. The facts are now living
! obtained.
j Wants Uncle Sam To
Give Us All Stills
Solution of the vexing liquor prob
| lein is offered by a citizen of Wash
ington County who has written
' Congressman Lindsay Warren ask
| ing him to repeal the Volstead Act
and pass a law enabling the gov
| eminent to furnish every citizen
with a still, letting every man who
wants liquor make his own liquor.
' | The Washington County man sug
I gests a license of $25 a year on each
still as a revenue measure and says
. i lie doesn't think any man would oh
s jeer to paying that license if the
I government would furnish him with
i a still. Congi-ssnian Warien does
not divulge ik mum of his <?op
t-iii neot
LEAMWORK |:
TO POSTERITY|"
111
I Is
E. F. Aydlett ii erecting a l?ri?-k w
store building en bis property on t:
the South side of (' donial Ave., near ol
Itoad St. Vie front cf that build-j w
ing is being biid within five feet of' tl
the curb, leaving a five foot side- j si
walk, it is Mr. Aydlett's right to I d
do this; there is nothing or no-'t<
liody to stop hini. And if any one b
fried to stop liiiu it would mean a a
law suit without end. Ami so the ci
five f< <>t sidewalk on the South
side of what lias become an iiujxtrt- f
ant business street is to be tier-1 j,
petuated. Here was a chance to.j,
make a In-ginning in the ultimate! j.
widening of the sidewalk of an im- j r
portant business street. I f{
(hi the other side of this same c
street facing AydleMs property the fl
sidewalk is supiaised to lie IS feet ^
I wide. When this news|>aper built J *
j its shop and offices 011 the North i h
j side of the street six years ago it h
j deferred to the city's wishes and set v
| its building line IS feet from the <?
curb. This ne wspa tiers property|'
?is more valuable by reason of tlieji
'width of its sidewalk. Mr. A.vd- p
lett's property would lie more vnl- v
liable if given an adequate side- 1
walk. |
Elizabeth City is supposed to *
have a City Planning Commission to
look after such things. The Hoard
of Aldermen had oeeasb.u to think | 1
j of this Commission the other night j *
and discovered that three of the <
i original five members of the Coin- i
I mission have died or resigned since *
the commission was created several '
years ago an 1 the commission has n
never functioned sim-e it was (J
created. And lliis is |he:wjiy \ve|
l.niljrl Eliza Mil City! ? ' ' 'j , j<
WRITE A LETTERi
WIN A PRIZED
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j I he folks just don t seem to:'
j lie boiling over with grievances'J
| against Elizabeth City. Three!(
[weeks ago this newspaper uf-'t
fered $25 in prizes for letters 1
from both in-town and out-of
town readers on the subject of'(
"What's The Matter With I
Elizabeth City." With one ex
ception the letters received ,
I have been pretty tame. I
Two letters are printed on Pane 1 '
! of the second section of this news- '
j pajier this week: others will follow. '
There is still nearly a week left for '
those who wish to contribute to '
what should lie a utost interesting '
ayd helpful symposium; _ nearly a '
week in which some one may hit a <
nail sipmrely on the head and pick!
tip one of the $."? cash prizes.
7/et.ters should Ik* written on one i
I side of paper only should not ex
I eeed .'{Pit words and must lie in this 1
| otYiee not later than Thursday,
I Ma roll 1. lf?2K.
U. S. Coast Guard
Save More Lives
The North Carolina Coast con
tinue to refute the misguided Wet j
propagandists who would tell Con-I
gross that the Coast Guard is hut i
another arm of the prohibition en
foreeuienf service. The erews of
Creeds Hill. Hera coke and llatteras
| Coast Guard stations rescued seven
? men from the stranded schooner
j Gee r go W. Truitt which went ashore
ja few miles south of Ucraeoke In-1
j let in heavy seas last Monday.
The Truitt. a Too ton schooner.
' home port Wilmington. I>el.. was
! ImiuikI from New Kiver. S. ('., to
? New York City witli a cargo of
i lumber. The schooner Is hurled in
I sands of a slical far off shore and
! late reports are that dynamite will
ij have to he used to dislodge her. Her
j c.'ipuiin tied c i. w? IV- uLkon a; hoi6.j
h>* menii- of ftif bt'eeebes hooy,
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MARY MEEKINS KNOWS I
WHY SHE IS FOR LOWDEN
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And Her Father's Daughter Shows How The i
Republican Wind is Blowing in North Caro
lina This Year? He Who Runs May Read
For the first time in their history the Republicans of the
First Congressional District chose a feminine representative to ; ,
a Republican National Convention when Miss Mary Meekins,. J
daughter of Federal Judge I. M. Meekins of this city was named ' '
as alternate with John L. Phelps of Columbia as delegate at .
their District Convention in this city Tuesday, Feb. 21st. .. jf
And father Meek in- sat on 1he?,'r
de lines and beamed approval at;-' j
ie action of the convention. Federal , j
iidgcs have to piay hands oft in ; i
diticis. but their daughters don't, tyi'
Miss Meekins who will be I a rely
d enough to vote when the Re-pub-|j 'i
van National Convention assemble.. f ii !
an attractive young woman. She.'*.;
ill have the thrill of a life time in 1 '.-J t
iking Father's place on (lie floor* u
' the great pow-wow. and while she-- '11
ill hardly essay to make the noise- . v
lat her father would make . he ha .:? l
ruie pretty sound ideas cs to the : -'/j
istriet's choice for jtresident. .lust j.
> what extent those idea; have k
een drilled into her by her paternal {ivi)
ncestor the Judge we may only
anjecture. But more of Ihis later. ?
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The convention in Elizabeth City! r
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'uesday unanimously instructed for1
'rank <). Ixnvden, of Illinois fur | ^
resident. That is significant,
"irst District Republicans iistem d { ^
psiKH'tfully to Judge Meekins I - jj
ore be entered the Federal Jndi-.i'1 J,
iary and it is no mere guess that;! j j !
hey listen to him now. And Judge'' I I
*??
leekins s|?eaks the mind of theS ')
traight old line party leaders. 11?- *
usu't failed yet to l>e in line and; j
ii acct.rtl witJi the Regulars. AmlVl |!!
rlienj the First District Republicans., j.'
f North Carolina indorsed Louden- ' j.
or the presidency without ji men-,', j
ion of Hoover or Dawes, they shows ; i
d the nation just which way ibc/f,|
rind is Mowing. It is a safe guess*' - i
hat the North Carolina delegation' 'j
irst and last will lie a l.owden dele-j < j
ll-tilll. f j;!!
Why Mary is For IswiVn ' 11
And witil I/owdeii tlie Ri-publican-*.j! j
lope to lireak tile solid South iff 'j
'inith of New York i< the Iteiuo * !< j
?ratle noiniuce. Miss .Mary Meek 'I, j
lis gives this newspaper :>n inter-'
lew. Out of her pretty young? j ,
lend oomes mi appraisal of Gover-!
lor l/owden that would lie worthy','!. :
>? her ingenious father.
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"I couldn't I e for any. one hut t ?;
joveniof Iioivdep." silys Miss .Meek", '
us. "XtlfiieV Mr,' flooVer nor Mr/ ' (
)awes mean a filing in lln* world to', I
lie. Ami may In* Governor l,o\vd<i:| !
v< ii If In t have meant anything to in* , "?
nit for an argument that am ? ' i ]
iliuuig a group of American touri. f:
vith whom I was thrown in iai j ..
c,
?ope last summer. ?>>,
"They were discussing pre-i- 7. I"'
lciifial possibilities and (eii'iii1 i :1ji,
.awdens name was mentioned. I j!
tail often heard Father .m?al, o.
I
Jovcrnor laiwdeii and knew in
vay that he ami Father were clo.-i; J'
ierson.il friends ami so J Ii tetie-' r ;
ittenfivriy to an elderly gei>t|em;^i |
vho told a story of Governor J/ov. 4 '
k ?'!
lens courting days. 1
"Farm blocs, reparation- tar ill.
iiteriiational disputes and -ml. ,
iiings are never so inten ? ting to j.,' , ?
jirl as love stories. The story ; ? >
Heard aln lit (iovernor Cowdcn w.r ?; (
his: When lie was jut a yoon
aw.ver struggling to make a living ?.
in Chicago he courted Nellie Pullc'
innti and in time asked her fathei ?'!'
for her hand in marriage. Old Mr."
I'ullmuu sapiared himself and d .C .
iii.'iuded to know of young Mr. I/?w?'
len how lunch his incotne u;i ? 1
doling Mr. ivowdeu replied tliat
was aliout $.'{.ll"ti a year.
"?Why. yuivng mm ?I ? ?;: I to;!' \t
know that my N'ollie spend- iura '
Ih.aii that in n year for flowers!' f- ?.
' "Well, she'll ju-t liave to do wit!;! . 'j
less flowers." Mr. I/iwdon n-plieil.
"I think I should vote for GoveC
nor I/iwdeti just f< r that Hie'' ?
talking seriously, Governor I,or.de
is a 'lirt farmer. My grand lathe t'
Meekins was a farmer: my gran* 't
father Allen was a farmer: fatheij
himself is something of a farmer ' ,
niayhe I aiu partial to farmers Ixg ?'
cause I have stieh an agricultural ? *
background myself. Hut I think th? J
farmers should Ik- r< -o^ni/c<l J
"Of course I am not a politician '
and I have no political ambition? |
hut it just seems to me to l.e t!? ( .
real sensible and political thing f- ,4 5,
our party to do litis year, to iioni.j Jd
mite a farmer candidate for pre-3 ,1,
(Continued on page Four) J | Jf
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