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ESTABLISHED SEPTEMBER 19,1878 Greatest Task of Eventful Career Is Facing Hoover Fight of His Life Lies Before Him— Will He Be Able To Reunite Republican Factions Is Question of the Hour By William P. Helm, Jr. Washington Correspondent of the Record. Kansas City—The wounds of the conflict are still throbbing, raw and red, as this is written. The Repub lican convention of 1928 has gone home; the Hoover standard floats over the field. It is too early yet to measure the cost of his victory and to appraise his prospects of No vember succecss. The former was overwhelming; and given time the torn factions may heal and become as one behind the standard bearer in the fight to come. Certain it is that the convention named a magnetic gentleman of great personal charm and winning ways. His friends point to his rec ord and boast that he has never yet made a failure of anything he has undertaken. It would indeed be hard to convince a single one of his sub ordinates back in Washington that he would fail in the tasik ahead. They admire and love him with a feeling akin to idolatry. To them •the Chief” is a superman. Herbert Hoover today faces the greatest task he has ever undertak en. The relief of stranded Ameri cans whirled in the vortex of war 3.000 miles from home and friends; *-he feeding of Europe’s starving millions: the administration of this nation’s foodstuffs when we, too, jumped into the seething pit—these were works to test the mettle of a giant. They called for a genius in organization and efficiency. The work ahead calls for no less a genius. Behind Herbert Hoover to day is a party but recently torn by discord; a rejected compromise with agriculture, one of the bulwarks of that party; sore and suffering rivals the chief of whom, Frank O. Low den, has publicly proclaimed that the party platform is inadequate with respect to one of the main contro versies of the hour; and, too, the coolness of Eastern leaders and bus iness interests who will be called on in large measure to finance the campaign. These are outstanding potential ities of trouble in the camp over which Hoover today is chieftain. And ahead lies a fight with one of the greatest vote-getters of any day or time —another man who, has nev er made a failure, his friends de clare, of anything he has put his hand to. The fight between these gladiators will be hot. All that Herbert Hoover possess es of genius in organizing and peace making will be required of him in drilling the army on which he relies. He may succeed in the task. It lies within the realm of probabilities that the Republican party will be come again a reunited party as the active campaigning nears. It lies, too, within the realm of probabilities that the opponents of that party themselves wall be torn by factional strife. • The convention here was singular in some respects. Singular, for in stance, in its defiant and somewhat contemptuous challenge to its op ponents. “Bring on your man,” ex claimed Chairman Moses; “we’ll welcome him to a bloody grave.” Singular in the unexpected with drawal of Lowden, and its reaction upon the delegates. “Our man is no quitter,” exclaimed the orator who placed Curtis before the convention. Singular, too, the convention has been with respect to the veiled as saults on Hoover. “Our candidate is not a citizen of the world,” ex claimed the West Virginian who nominated Golf; “Our candidate vot ed Republican in 1918.” And from one of the dead Willis’s Ohio sup porters who nominated Coolidge: “The man I nominate didn’t forget to vote in 1900.” Singular, again, in the fiasco at the door of the convention hall when the police had to be called to clear out, not a gang of hoodlums, but a gathering of grim men from the farms, self-appointed spokesmen of one of the chief elements on whom the party has relied on election day. These men were Republicans with a grievance, real or fancied, led by men of parts. The Hoover camp is wondering to night how real and widespread is the farmers’ resentment. They wonder if the corn and wheat belts are, in reality, aflame with anger, or sullen with resentment; whether it is that, or whether the ruralists at the con vention and those who tried to force their way in constitute but a tiny minority, noisy and speaking only for themselves. Looking over the agricultural plank in the platform the wonder is -hat the convention was expected, in a ny quarter, to do otherwise than it has done. How r could the delegates ignore the achievements and record the administration of Calvin Cool idge who twice vetoed a McNary- Haugen bill? To refrain from en dorsing what Coolidge has done in -he agricultural situation would be tantamount, his supporters claim, to disapproving what he has done. And what hope of success could be entertained by a party failing to en- lhe Chatham Record "Miss Universe 99 - ■■ . ..... - \ m&wz «HU^^ lliiilliig I pil|l|i Ella Van Huesen, vvho i “Miss Chicago” competed m die Galveston, l ex., Pagent of Pulchri tude, and was selected from a daz zling array of national and inter national beauties as the "Beauty Queen of the Universe.” -j Langston Decides Not to Run Again Fountain will be the next Lieu tenant-Governor. Major Langston, who was second in the three-corner ed race, finally decided to withdraw without a second primary. He as signed as a reason the fact that the smallness of the vote to be expected in a second primary would not in dicate the will of the people as a whole. His withdrawal removes the ne cessity of a second primary in the state, and has been followed by the withdrawal of second men in some county races. For instance, R. G. Fry, second in race for sheriff in Moore, withdraws in favor of C. J. McDonald, who ran only 54 ahead of Fry. But Wake and Durham are to have second primaries, thuogh in Durham R. O. Everett withdrew in favor of young E. C. Brooks for a seat in the house. In Wake there are six men in the race for the House, three to be chosen. Miss Nell Battle Lewis is one of the six. Miss Carrie McLean over in Meck lenburg, who wa s a member of the House two years ago, was beaten this year, and unless Miss Battle shall be elected in Wake, the General Assembly will again be without a woman member. There is no more voting for Chat ham folk till next November. dorse the record of its man now in office? And if that record were en dorsed, how could the endorsing con vention embody in its platform a leading principle to which he was opposed? Would it not have been self-stultification? So runs the ar gument of those who stand four square behind the agricultural plank. The Hoover forces were in full control of the party machinery from the day the vanguard of the con vention met to hear contesting dele gations. They swept with full pow er to their predetermined goal. To night they are jubilant. Not so, how ever, some of their erstwhile rivals. They gave full voice from the speak ers’ platform more than once to gloomy forebodings and near-prophe cies of disaster in November. At times the convention took on the ap pearance of a gathering on the de fensive. This, too, was singular. It was the first time in 16 years that a Re publican national convention ad journed without uniting all its fac itons. It is not too late to unite them yet; not too late for Hoover to lead the Grand Old Party to a glori ous victory. But the task ahead ap pears infinitely harder than it has been, and the going will be tough. There is little prospect of a third party, but considerable prospect of squalls ahead in the near future. When Herbert Hoover was a child, his biographers record, he was once given up for dead. His little body had been laid out, ready jto prepare for burial. A relative hovering near, saw the flutter of an eyelid. And they brought him back. Those who wring their hands now for the Republican party may well consider this event in the life of their standard bearer. Those who are laying him out for political bur ial w r ould do well to observe him closely. One of the most powerful and magnetic men of the age is their leader. And he is full of re source and vitality. Further, he has never yet failed. PITTSBORO, N. C., CHATHAM COUNTY, THURSDAY, JUNE 21, 1923. IT IS HOOVER Secretary of Commerce Nomi nated on First Ballot—N. C. Swings to Him. One of the agonies is over. The Republican convention has labored and brought forth itawcandidate for the Presidency and a platform strongly endorsing prohibition en forcement, but leaving- the farmers in the lurch. Upon adoption of the anti-McNary-Haugen farm relief plank, Governor Lowden withdrew his name, not caring to be a candid ate on such a platform. The farm ers of the west wbo Vad come in droves upon the scene to demand a favorable farm plank got poor com fort, none at all, or a slap in the face. The North Carolina delegation, with the exception of Bramham, Har ris and Duncan, voted for Hoover. Those three would not vote for him even when Lowden had withdrawn. The North Carolina vote made the number sufficient to nominate and the rest of the roll call was merely heaping unneeded votes upon the victorious candidate. The nomina tion was made list Thursday night. The scheming for a vice-presiden tial candidate then began. It re sulted in the nomination of Senator Curtis of Kansas. Boys Competing In Corn Test Eight boys of this county will compete in the one acre corn grow ing contest sponsored by the Chilean Nitrate of Soda Eudcational Bureau. Prizes amounting to SSOO will be given to the boys in the central dis trict of North Carolina who grow the largest yields of corn on one acre. In addition to this, state-wide prizes will be given. Each acre of corn entered in the contest must be on upland ground, and a hundred pounds of nitrate of soda must be used as a side dressing when the corn is knee high. Following are the names of the boys who will con test in this county: Ike J. Bynum, Moncure, N. C., R, F. D. 2; Chas. W. Lutterloh, Pittsbo ro, N. C., R. F. D. 2; Gordon Mar shall, Pittsboro, N. C., R. F. D. 2; Ben Rose Strowd, Bynum, N. C., R. F. D. 1; Curtis Duncan, Siler City, N. C., R. F. D.; Wrenn Buckner, Siler City, N. C., R. F. D.; C. Cul berson, Siler City, N. C., R. F. D. and Robert Teague, Siler City, N. C., R. F. D. 1. The Agent spent Wednesday, Thursday and Friday in the com munities of Gum Springs, Silk Hope, Rocky River, Mount Gilead, Lambs ville, Orange Chapel and White Cross, in the interests of dairying. A new cream route is beginning operations in the communities of Orange Chapel and Lambsville and it is hoped to extend this route to points near. Pittsboro. That farmers in this county are becoming more interested in dairying is evidenced by the fact that during the past three years, four new cream routes have begun operations, with a consequent increase in dairy cows. During this summer, it is planned to place, if possible, 25 registered Jersey Bulls in this county and possibly some registered Jersey heifers N. In office Saturadys and first Mon days. N. C. SHIVER, Co. Agt. Robeson Co. Wants Elections Reformed The following resolutions adopt ed by the Robeson County conven tion are suggestive. They strike at the root of considerable bad prac tice. Chatham saw the evils of the absentee law two years ago and that was repealed for this county. Robe son wants to follow suit as the re solutions indicate. “BE IT RESOLVED by the Dem ocratic party in convention assembl ed in Robeson county on this the 9th day of June, 1928: “(1) That the members of the General Assembly from Robeson county be and hereby they are re quested to have enacted into law at the 1929 session of the General As sembly of North Carolina, an elec tion law, commonly known as the Australian ballot law, to apply to all primaries that may hereafter be held in Robeson county. “(2) That in such act such claus es be incorporated therein as will prevent the use of money by or in behalf of any candidate for office except for newspaper advertising, stamps and postage. “(3) That every safeguard be in corporated in said act that will en able every man or woman, whether rich or poor, to have an equal op portunity at the polls in any primary that may hereafter be held in Robe son county.” “BE IT RESOLVED by the Dem ocratic party in convention assembl ed in Robeson county on this the 9th day of June, 1928: “That the members of the General Assembly from Robeson county be arid they are hereby requested to have what is commonly known as the Absentee Voter’s act repealed in so far as the same may effect pri maries hereafter to be held in Robe son county.” HUMBUGGING THE FARMER See Page 6 Helm’s New Book HUMBUGGING THE FARMER Now in Process of Publication Those who hava followed the no tices published in the Record for the past few weeks, regarding the forth coming book “Humbugging The Farmer,” written by William P. Helm, Jr., our Washington corres pondent, will be interested to know that the manuscript is now in the hands of the publishers and should be off the press withm a few weeks. It is understood that the publish ers, in order to gain a certain price advantage by printing the first edi tion of the book in great quantities, have decided upon a thirty days ad vance sale of the first edition to gain volume, and are passing on to those who take advantage of the sale a good portion of the saving thus secured. Notice of the advance sale of Humbugging the Farmer ap pears on page six of this paper. EDITORIALS When told the other day tha Hoover would be nominated, AS. Smith said, “He should not be hard to beat.” With the disaffection of the western farmers, who got cold comfort at the hands of the Repub licans, Hoover really should not be so hard to beat, but Smith is the only man in the Democratic party that has a smattering of a chance to do it if nominated. No other can didate would ever appeal to the imagination of the voters of the country. The people of North Carolina have a show a-coming if Smith should be nominated. It will be* more interest ing than anything else we can imag ine to see what Senator Simmons and his bunch of Smith villifiers will do. Os course, they will swallow him, but the interest will attach to the effort to make the process seem pleasant and that of tuning up foi a hurrah for the Democratic can didate. Withal, Josephus Daniels has not forgotten, it seems, the pos sibility of Smith’s nomination, and has not entangled himself so com pletely in anti-Smith propaganda as to make it quite so difficult for him to switch over and hurrah for the Tammany man. But even his plight, in view of the almost assured nomi nation of Smith, is by no means ar enviable one. If the Smith men at Houston should manifest the same spirit that the' Hull men in the fourth district convention did, they could easily overcome the lack of a two-thirds vote by simply repealing that party rule and allowing a majority vote to nominate. But not even the bit terest opponents of the Governor ex pect them to do it, which is essen tially a confutation of their blab about the unscrupulousness of Smith and hi s supporters. The Record would add its tribute to the many being paid the late Chas. A. Brown, long associated with this paper, and later with the Siler City paper. He was a unique char acter, possessed a quaint sense of humor, and shouid have devoted his life, it would seem, to the editorial rather than the mechanical end of the newspaper business. He had ma ny friends in Chatham county who regret his passing. But he has liv ed a useful life, was active up to the last few weeks before his death, and has gone without the experience of year s of decrepitude. The Record extends the sympathy of Pittsboro and other Chatham friends to his good wife. A brief sketch of his career appears in another column, taken from the Raleigh correspond ence of the Daily news. Attorney Loftin, of Wayne, ap pointed to defend Larry Newsome last winter, who did not suffer his cli ent to go to his death after such a trial as that at which he was con victed and sentenced, deserves the gratitude of the people of the state. His persistence in the face of frowns from his neighbors, which re sulted in a new trial here this week, has done much toward putting an end to legal lynchings in North Car olina, an end greatly to be desired. No more, it is to be hoped, will an accused be rushed to trial while the blood of the pepole is boiling and a citizen’s rights to a fair trial be for- o (Please turn to page eight) . V ictorsl George C. Carson and his wife, of Los Angeles, won a sweeping /ictory against the Anaconda Cop per Company of Montana. The court has opened the way for Car son to collect royalty payments of $20,000,000 for ore refining Jefch ods he invented. Last Rites Are Held For Veteran Printer Charles A. Brown, Win© Died In Ralegh Saturday, Was Oldest in the State LAST JOB IN SILER CITY (Correspondence Greensboro News) Raleigh, June 17. —Coionel Chas. A. Brown, oldest printer in the start according to number of years. ot service, one of the founders ot the publication that has become the Ra leigh Times, and member or the staff of the Chatham News, of Siler City, was laid to final rest in Maplewood cemetery, Durham, just as the sun was sinking in the west this after noon. A brief funeral service was held at 3 o’clock today at Brown’s funeral home here. Rev. W. A. Stanbury. pastor of Edenton Street Methodist Episcopal church, was assisted b> Rev. E. L. Hilliard, pastor of Central Methodist Episcopal church. A mixed quartet from Edenton Street church sang several hymns at the service in Raleigh. A considerable number of out of town persons were present for the final rites, which were, just as the old printer would have had them, exceedingly simple. Among the many lovely floral designs was one from the Raleigh Typographical union. Mr. Brown had been a member of this organization for 39 years. At the time of his death, he was an hon orary member. Those serving as pallbearers were •'the following members of the Ra leigh Typographical union Lawrence E. Nichols, H. G. Harrington, Colin G. Shaw, Edgar Wicker, T. O. Fau cette and E. B. Nelson. The dean of North Carolina print ers died at the home of his sister here in the early afternoon Satur day. Death followed an illness of five weeks with a complication of dISGSS6S Although 76 years old February 5, of this year, Colonel Brown stuck to his post on the Chatham News until he collapsed in his final illness. He began his career as a printer in Ra leigh at the age of 10. His news paper work led him through plants in all parts of the United States east of the Mississippi, and his death re moves a type of printer familiar in the decades of the past from the newspapers published in Chatham Colonel Brown spent two year s of his early life as a hobo or tramp printer. For the past 18 years he has been connected with the two weekly newspapers published in • Chtham county; Since April, 1925, he has been contributing editor of the Chat ham News, which is published at Sil er City. He also served for a brief time on the mechanical force of the Greensboro Daily News before it was known under that title. At the Fourth Educational Graph ic Arts exposition, which was held in New York city last September, Col. Brown was awarded a handsome cer tificate on which his name was in scribed and a bronze medal in recog nition of his long years of service in the printing industry. He was the only Tar Heel to receive an award. Colonel Brown was listed among the 20 oldest printers in the United States. The deceased was a native of Ra leigh, being a son of the late Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Brown. He worked on several of the modest newspapers published in Raleigh during the civil war days and often recounted events in the state capital during those turbulent times. In 1879, he and his father and Will Utley founded the Raleigh Tim4s under the name of the Evening Visitor. In the same year he married Miss Mary Hardie, of Raleigh. Two child ren, who died in infancy, were horn to this union. Mrs. Brown died in 1890. He was married to Miss Ada O’Neal, of Durham, who survives, in 1892. Two brothers and three sisters survive, as follows: Ed S. Brwon, Raleigh undertaker; W. M. Brovn, of Raleigh; Mrs. Frank Lumsden, Mrs. Florence Kirkland and Miss An nie Brown, all of Raleigh. FOR SALE CHEAP—A second hand robe of political righteous ness. Apply to Editor Josephus Daniels. VOLUME 50. NUMBER 40 New Hope Bridge Open to Public Grading on section of High way 90 Preliminary to Pav ing Nearing Completion Piittsboro-Siler City Section. Being Cachinized. Highway 90 is fast becoming a real highway in Chatham county. • The great fills at the big new con crete bridge across New Hope creek, or river, have just been completed and the bridge is open to the public. For months forty men and fifty odd mules have been busy filling up the great ravines at each end of the cement structure. Thirty thousand cubic yards of earth have been re quired to do the work, which has been done under contract by Laven der Brothers at a price going way up into the thousands of dollars. The grading of the section of ftO from Pittsboro to the county home, preliminary to paving, is almost completed and the paving will be done in the next two or three months it is presumed. Also the section of highway 90 between Pittsboro and Siler City is being cachinized, if that is the name of the crushed rock and bitumen treatment. With the com pletion of the paving of che county home section and the surfacing of the Siler City section, highway 90 will be a real highway through the greater part of Chatham county, and will save travelers from the western section of the state many miles in going to Raleigh. The opening of the New Hope bridge and the Pitts boro county home section, the route to Raleigh from Pittsboro will be nearly ten miles shorter than the route byway of Moncurc. Seaforth is the only burg on the highway from Pittsboro to Carey, and should soon be on the map. Mr. B. D. Thrailkill has a good store there which should do a considerable business in gasoline and oil, as the highway is not yet jotted with fill ing stations. In addition to the three projects mentioned on highway 90, Chatham is getting a section of hard surface on highway 50, an extension of the Lee county project from Carroll’s filling station to Loekville bridge. The extension will reach from Lock vilie bridge across the Haw River eludes only ten points in this state. COAL COMPANY WANTS LOWER FREIGHT RATES • Carolina Coal Company Asks for Revision of Intrastate Schedule (News and Observer) Representatives of the Carolina -/Oal company, of Cumnock, yester day appeared before the State Cor poration Commission in an effort to secure a revision and reduction of the North Carolina intra-state freight rates on coal. Representatives of the railroads, the respondents, ap peared in opposition. The coal company was represented by A. A. F. Seawell, W. H. Crawlle and C. M. Reeves. Railroad repre sentatives were Thomas Hume, as sistant to the general freight agent of the Norfolk-Southern, C. L. Hin nant, assistant general freight agent of the Atlantic Coast Line, F. H. Behring, commerce agent of the Southern, and T. C. Maurer, com merce agent of the Seaboard Air Line. The Carolina is the only North Carolina coal company that distri butes coal generally—the Erskine- Ramsay mine selling its entire out put to the Norfolk-Southern. The revision was asked on the ground of expansion of production which will allow the mine to compete with out of state mines for North Carolina business. At present the coal sched ule by which the company ships in cludes only ten nionts i n this state. MONCURE NEWS Prof. H. G. Self was leader of the Epworth League service last Sunday evening. He made a talk on “How We Should Observe the Sabbath Day,” and it was enjoyed very much. We are very glad to state that Mrs. J. E. Bryan, who has been very ill and who is in the hospital at San ford, is just a little better than she has been, but is very sick yet. Her many friends here wish her a speedy recovery. __ are very sorry to state that Mrs. Queen Farrell is very sick, but it is thought that she is a little bet ter today (Monday). Mrs. Laura Canady and little son of Beaufort are visiting her mother, Mrs. J. E. Bryan, who is very sick. Mr. and Mrs. Clinton Bryan of boro are also visiting his mother, Mrs. J. E. Bryan. Miss Catherine Thomas has just returned from a visit to a friend in Durham. The Sons and of Lib erty will meet in the Juniors hall Monday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Julian Bryan of Tal lassee, Ala., reached here last Wed nesday to see his mother, Mrs. J. E. Bryan. The Highway Engineering Con struction conmpany has completed the Lee county link of route 50 and are now pouring concrete on th» Chatham side. Mrs. Otis Bridges and Mrs. L. D. Isenhour of Sanford w i ere visitors at Mrs. C. C. Thomas’ Saturday. Miss Ruby Seats, the sister of Mrs. . .* . is visiting friend a in Virginia this week.