Weekly Washington Letter W. E. CHRISTIAN As far as the presidential nomina tions are concerned, political manipu lations here make it clear that the Re publicans have their troubles no less grave than those that seem to be looming up in connection with the McAdoo-Smith problem which'is both ering more leaders, specially in the South, than would appear on the sur face. It has come to this: the wise ones of the Coolidge crowd have been put ting their heads together, during the last few days, to make a breach in the situation that has been created by the Lenroot debacle. Some of them think that a breach in the wall has been made by the se lection of Zimmerman as gubernator ial candidate in the state of Wiscon sin. The state of Wisconsin is to them the dominant factor to be reck oned with in the selection of delegates to the Republican National Convention from Colorado, Iowa, Kansas, Mich igan, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, the two Dakotas and maybe more. This bloc represents < 1 elec toral votes. These manipulators have decided to make a frontal attack upon young “Bob” LaFollette and all his works. Zimmerman, though endorsed by the elder LaFollette, would have none of the youngster in his,—and he fought the fight on that line,—anil he won. Moreover,these crafty ones are not blind to the chance that Blaine who has been put over by the young V. is consin senator will not be satisfied with anything else than leadership once he takes his seat in the United States Senate. This, to them, means trouble and fractional friction,—and thus they are well pleased at the dent which they think they have made in the plans of the recalcitrant group of the Haugen Bill electorate. Lowden looms up as a red signal to them, and that other fact looms, also, that Cool idge is no fighter,—that he is not giv ing his attention to this new move, j Because he is. And the ironing out of this North Western wrinkle is the chief concern j of the political laundry here that has j ^ been working overtime into the ■. nights,—in an endeavor to smooth out [ a situation as Lenroot would have j' had it,—had he won,—but he didn’t ■ and there’s the rub! Yet there is the crafty Blaine, an , artist in the political game and to be | reckoned with,—specially touching the ( attitude he will assume as to young . Bob’s leadership in the not distant fu- ] ture. That this attitude will result in . a rift in the lute, if not doubted, is at , least confidently hoped for as the , months go by. I ♦ ft * In the midst of an interview at the time of this writing with a veteran Democratic student of practical poli tics,—one of the most prominent men of his state,—and a delegate from Virginia to the National Convention , which nominated Woodrow Wilson at Baltimore, the speaker said to this j writer touching A1 Smith and his, chances:—“If Smith carries New York with a whoop for the fourth time, in the face of the great majori ties the state gave the Republicans in the last two presidential elections, he will be viewed, inevitably, by the Democrats of the East and West as the man most likely to put the 45 | electoral votes of that state in the \' Democratic column. I am not a Smith ! man, specially; I am for whoever the Convention thinks can win,—but in politics we must face facts rather j than follow fancies. With a near-1 miracle, or an upheaval, not likely to 1 come in this time of issues which on ! the surface are narrow' and uninter esting and a time of general political inertia, the Democrats will need, in order to carry the country, both the 126 votes of the eleven states now constituting the “Solid South”, and the 45 New York votes as a start to ward the 266 required to elect a Pres ident.” “If Smith should be nominated,” asked the w’riter, “could he count on those eleven Southern states?” “That is a question which may wTor ry Smith’s friends, and Democrats j generally, and which may become j very serious and practical after the New York state election, now so near. Of course, if Smith is defeated or makes a poor showing as compared yvith his former races, he will be out of it. But suppose he holds or increas es his former majorities, and thereby proves that his personal popularity and his backing from the Catholic and Wet voters, if you like to put it that way, gives him an unbreakable hold on the state! Would the Democrats of the South, with the hope and pros pect of making sure of New York’s votes for the National party, consent to fraternize and combine with the New York Wets and Catholics. “That question suggests a variety of arguments, considerations and rec ollections tq those who try to do straight political thinking. Suppose,; for example, you are a member, say of the Methodist church, a Prohibi tionist,-—even a member of the Ku Klux Klan, in one of these Southern states and are required to choose be tween Smith, Catholic and half-Wet and a Republican pledged to the en forcement of the laws,—what would your verdict be. At first thought*— against Smith, perhaps,—or, maybe, probably! But then would come later thoughts and suggestions and mem ories. • * • * “It stands on the record that the Catholics, specially Irish Catholics, the backbone of the Demo at the North. They of its strength without them prob v-r.—and un Irish nor J.-!- H7a«W tjpctfto WOttW - Prohibitionist, be able to make up his - mind to vote to drive the Catholic and ; - Wet vote solidly to the Republicans 3 and possibly for the next twenty j ; years make a Democratic President > impossible ? Looking at it from a - narrower and more selfish standpoint,; i would he vote to make and possibly - to keep his own section politically im potent and defenseless indefinitely,— , exposed to the vengeance of its foes, by angering his old friends and allies, , the Northern Catholics, to resentment ' against the South and alliance with , the Republicans, traditional enemies of that Section,—in politics, at least ? Would he not be reminded that a sud 1 den shift of Catholic votes—because of that “Rum, Romanism and Rebel lion”,—in New York, beat Biair.e, in 18S4, and gave Cleveland the state ' and the Presidency, by a meager plur ; ality of some 1200 votes,—this when Blaine seemed to hav? had the game 1 sewed up, thus resulting in the first Democratic victory in a National elec- ; ' lion since the Civil War? ■Do you think," asked the writer,— "that the Smith supporters would go to the Solid South, should he be nom inated, for a running mate?” “There! I was just about to come ' to that. Suppose these Smith sup porters, as you ask, held out the dive branch to the Southern states by of fering the Vice-Presidency to Joseph us Daniels, of North Carolina? He is a staunch Protestant, unquestionably dry as a bone. He made a creditable record as Secretary of the Navy, j which won for him national reputa- j tion, acquaintance and confidence. “Could our Ku Klux or Methodist friend, or any other dry Democrat go against Daniels to hit Smith, and with Smith, the Democatic party? Or, Senator Simmons, also of North Caro- j 1 Iina, and also Dry and Protestant as j could be asked by anybody ? Like Daniels, Simmons is of Presidential j quality and would have the additional 11 advantage of the McAdoo following, I because, as I understand, he has been, e and is yet a strong McAdoo man. j c “My own belief is that when the j £ time and pinch come, the South will £ line up behind whoever the Democrat- c ic Convention nominates. The eleven states that have stuck to the Demo- £ cratic party through thick and thin, I good and bad fortune, as it stood in the black days of Reconstruction are { not likely to quit now on any issue or j pretext, religious question or varia- j tion of the liquor issue. Southern j voters swallowed Horace Greely, so j long the implacable foe of their cause j and section. Hancock, the Union gen- f eral, is another; Tilden, hard-money man, when their sentiment and what j they believed to be their interests j were for soft money. They swallowed j Alton B. Parker,—passionately op posed by Bryan, then most beloved idol,—though Parker repudiated all * the Bryan policies. Their loyalty to . party name, ideals and principles has 1 withstood such tests that it seems to me Republicans would be fools to * base any hopes or spend any money 1 on the chance of breaking the South, no matter who the Democratic nomi nee! 1 * * * * e “You suggested a Dry Protestant j as a running-mate ? interjected the writer. “Yes,—if Smith should be nominat- c ed wisdom and regard for the unity t and future of the party would seem 7 to suggest for his running-mate a t Dry Protestant,—a sugar-coating for t what unquestionably would be a bitter - pill for many an honest and loyal \ Southern Democrat. * j * * « * “Either of the North Carolinians I \ have mentioned would meet and per- t fectly fit such a situation as would be < presented by Smith’s nomination,— < Daniels, by preference, because of his 1 wider prominence and closer intimacy i HE SAVED HIS FILM ! f S'—I—\ Kulpli Kill'll", a motion picture pUo o^rr.-iiil:i*r of Miami. Fla., was flu Irst yew it ness of the hurricane to .r-aeh .Vasiiinirtoii. arriving at Colling field ,v plane on Iiis way to New York vith an undeveloped film of die dis ister. Marie made his home in the astern part of Miami where the hur ricane first struck and did the most In matte. He was injured about the lead and feet, and out of his belong ( ! pgs he managed to save only the j lothes on his back and his earner;! | md film. ’ This is the second serious lisnster Marie has witnessed, lie liuv ug been in Japan when the earth juake took place a few years ago Honor Roll For The First Month Ramseur High School Following is the honor roll for the first month of Ramseur high school: First Grade, Miss Cochran, Teach er: Walter Allen, Agnes Branson, James Morris, Margaret Gant, Ruth Scott, Sarah Grimes, Jeanette Rich- \ ardson, Lois Brown, Selia Parks, Gor- • don Brady, Elfeta Curtis. Second Grade, Miss Lane, teacher: Shelton Brown, Winfred Chriscoe, C. B. Grimes, Curtis Maness. Third Grade, Miss McPherson, teacher: Mildred Craven, Ellen Cov ington, Annie Webb Finison, Sarah Bland Parks, Carrie Pugh, Ruth Poe, Lora Lineberry, Elizabeth Smith, Katherine White, Wayne Chriscoe, Floyd Fesmire, James Thomas, Clif ford Trogdon, Roger Williams. Fourth Grade, Mrs. Lane, teacher: Kermit Pell, Lawrence Burgess, Jesse Brady, Pauline McDonald, Bernard Macon, Edna Highfill. i Fifth Grade, Miss Caveness, teach er, Charles Dorsett, Mozelle York,. Sixth Grade, Mrs. Brady, teacher: Fred Campbell, Nannie Martin. Seventh Grade, Mrs. Davidson, teacher: Emma Chisholm, Lucile Cox, Dorothy Dixon, Eugenia Lane, Char lotte Lineberry, Jake York. Tenth Grade, Miss Allen Teacher: Loice Ellis. Eleventh Grade, Mrs. Louhr, teach er: Madge Craven, Ollie Burgess, Mae Finison. Students of Broadway school in Lee county are helping to pick cotton in their community. School opens at 7 a. m. and closes at 1 p. m. in order to let the pupils assist in the work in the afternoon. with National executive affairs and proved ability in handling them.” The Solid South and New York would total 171 electoral votes. Nine ty-five more-would be required to elect. Kentucky, Ohio, West Virginia, Oklahoma, Maryland, Indiana, Iowa, Wisconsin would do the trick, with nine to spare. Liberty Eleven Defeats Asheboro. _ i Walked Away With Game In j First Half—Reception For ( School Faculty. i Liberty, Oct. 11.—Walking away < with the game in the first half, the j Liberty high school football team ) pushed two touchdowns over the Asheboro goal line on the Liberty } field Thursday afternoon, added a ( third touchdown in the last quarter y and won a football game from Ashe- y boro high school by the score of 18 to 7. In the third quarter, the Asheboro j team began a march down the field ( and with the help of a 65-yard run by , Owens put over a touchdown for its y seven points. From that time on y Liberty was kept on the defensive un- f til the last few minutes of the game when the third touchdown was put across. Elusive broken field running by f Frazier, good passing by Davis, and t excellent receiving of passes by Capt. s Winfred Smith featured Liberty’s of- j fensive attack. Davis, Moore, Smith, f Shepard, McCrary and Elkins were < outstanding defensive players for N Liberty. I Armfield, Owens, Ward and Sykes . showed great driving power on of-1 fense and also did nice tackling on 1 defense. R. Johnson, Cox and Redding played well in the line for Asheboro. The Liberty boys have played three games this season, holding Asheboro to a scoreless tie at the Randolph county fair September 24, winning from Siler City last Friday 13 to 0, and defeating Asheboro here today 18 to 7. Born to Prof, and Mrs. D. C. Holt Tuesday morning, October 6, a boy, Julius Romeo. The Ladies’ Aid of the Methodist church, South, met Wednesday after- 1 noon in the church parlor in their regular monthly meeting with the president, Mrs. L. H. Smith, in charge. Plans for the year’s church work were perfected and each mem ber pledged support to the year’s program. Rev. F. L. Gibbs was called to Elon College Thursday by the serious ill ness of his mother, Mrs. H. E. Gibbs, who died Friday morning. The Parent-Teacher association held a reception for the members of the school faculty Friday night in the school auditorium. The use of golijenrod and autumn leaves made the room very attractive. Dr. J. D. Gregg made a short, impressive talk,1 after which a delightful musical program was rendered. Mrs. Robert Dixon, of Siler City, gave several numbers in elocutionary work. A short dialogue of “Tom Sawyer” was given by several school boys. At the conclusion Prof. D. C. Holt gave a few well chosen remarks relative j to school work, after which all pres-! ent were invited to the dining room where cake and coffee were served. • i. *1.1-1 i Indigestion bid spells relieved “vrOTEQNQ can take the place 1N of Thedford’s Black-Draught with ua because we ham never found anything at once ao mOd and so effective,” says Mrs. Nicliola, R. F. D.4, Princeton, “When the children hare of indigestion and upeet stom achs, I always straighten them out with a dose or two of Black Draught. * “Several times I have suffered with bad spells of indigestion myself and feund I would soon get relief if I took a course of Black-Draught. I was troubled with a bad accumulation of gas and severe pains across my stomach and lower bowels. Now when 1 feel a spell of this kind coming on, I head it off by tak ing Black-Draught—a dose every night for a few nights will pre vent the trouble and save me mill'll pain and suffering. “My whole family uses Black Draught for biliousness and con stipation. “It is a TREAT SEED OATS FOR SMUT CONTROL Raleigh, N. C., Oct. 11.—The smut diseases of oats can be largely con trolled by treating the seed before planting with a weak solution of formalin. The treatment will insure clean oats and bigger yields. There are nine important points to observe when treating the oats and these as outlined by G. W. Fant, extension plant disease specialist at State Col lege, are as follows: 1. Seed to be treated should be placed on a hard-surface floor (con crete or wood) where the moisture from the treating solution will not be injurious. 2. One half gallon of treating so lution is required to treat each bushel of grain. 3. The amount of solution needed for treating the seed is calculated from the amount of seed to be treat ed. 4. Prepare the solution in the pro portion of one pint of commercial: formalin to 40 gallons of water. If, for instance, ten bushels of seed are to be treated, five gallons of treating solution will be needed. Prepare this by adding 1-8 pint of commercial formalin to five gallons of water (proportion the pint to 40 gallons of water). 5. The solution should be sprinkled j on the grain as it is shoveled from one pile to another. Use the ordinary sprinkling can and scoop shovel for this purpose. See that all the grain is wet in the sprinkling. 6. After the sprinkling is over, stir the seed with a shovel as to in sure all the grain being wet. 7. Cover the pile with sacks for one to two hours in order to hold the fumes. Then spread the seed out in the air to dry. 8. The treating solution grows stronger with age because of the evaporation of water. Do not use a solution which has been allowed to stand for several days. 9. Make allowance for the swelling of the grain by regulating the drill so as to sow the proper amount per acre. WILFRED C. CARR Optometrist EYES EXAMINED GLASSES FITTED Office over Bank of Randolph 666 is a prescription for Malarie, Chills and Fever, Dengue or Billions Fever. It kills the germs. DR. C. D. KISTLER Dentist Over Mrs. E. N. Wall’s Store Randleman, N. C. Dempsey Barnes, M. D. Tiffany Barnes, M. D. Offices Over Fox Richardson Drug Co. Telephones: Residence 240, Office 230, Aaheboro, N. C. / Office Hours: 8:00 to ItHN A. M. 1:00 to 3.-00 P. M, 8:00 to 9.-00 P. M. Special attention paid to the gen eral practice of medicine in Aaheboro and surrounding county. Marble Granite MONUMENTS HIGH POINT MARBLE & GRANITE CO., INC. High & Willowbrook Sts. High Point, N. C. Party Candies, Mints, Nuts Martha Washington Candy Shop Greensboro, N. C. 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C., The American Agricultural Chemical Co., - ^ June 15th, 1926. Greensboro, N. C. Gentlemen:— I have used your “AA QUALITY? Basic lime Phosphate for six ^Cars and find it the best fertilizer I have ever used for wheat. v During this period I have tried other fertilizers but find I always have to go back to Basic Lime Phosphate for best results. I have one of the best crops of wheat in Davie County this year. . Yours very truly, JOHN DWIGGINS.

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