SAMPSON COUNTY’S
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VOL. 17. NO. 22.
CLINTON, N. C, THURSDAY, JUL1
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TWO DOLLARS A YEAR
DUNN IS BIDDING
- FOR TRADE ROM
Chamber of Commerce of Har
nett Town Seeks Expansion
In This Territory
TOWN’S GROWTH IS RAPID
Community Was a Struggling Village
* a Few Years Ago, and Many Samp
sonians Remember When It Was
Only a Cross Road
By BYRON FORD
Its too bad that Atlantic Coast Line
officials did not move their drawing
ruler about half an inch toward the
bottom of the map when they plotted
the right-of-way for the Wolson Snort
Cut which was to connect Contentnea
Junction with Fayetteville by steel
rails. Had they, Dunn—really a Samp
son county town—would have been in
Sampson as well as of it; for that
busy metropolis of Harnett is made
up largely of Sampson folk and gets
from Sampson a large part of its
business that gives it reason to boast
that it is the “best town under the
In this issue the Chamber of Com
merce of Dunn has caused to be plac
ed four pages of matter designed to
attract more Sampson trade to that
town. The organization points out
Dunns advantages as a trading cent
er and invites all of its neighbors of
Western Sampson to use these ad
vantages to the profit of themselves
and of the town.
Dunn is a remarkably good town.
Clinton can remember when it was
an upstart of a little village, straggl
ing in the muddy fields that lie be
tween Mingo Swamp and Black river.
Clinton remembers when it first was
given a start; it recalls how, with
amused tolerance, it watched the lit
tle burg attempt to hoist itself into
townhood. No one here dreamed that
within thirty years after Dunn declar
ed herself to be a town she would be
giving lively competition to Fayette
ville and leaving Smithfield and Clin
ton behind in growth.
Sampsoniana Built Town
But, Dunn has come through hand
somely. It is gratifying to Sampson
folk to remember that it was largely
the work of their kinsmen that put
Dunn in its pleasant place in the sun.
Most of its early business men, its
lawyers, bankers, builders, and man
ufacturers were—and still largely are
—Sampsonians. Sampson has given
largely of the braiins and brawn and
wealth to make Dunn a good town.
So Sampson, naturally, is proud, of
the little city claiihed by Harnett but
more truely a product of the land of
the huckleberry.
For the benefit of those of The
Independent readers who are not fre
quent visitors to Dunn and who are
not familiar with its growth, its
wealth and its beauty, it might be
stated that Dunn has church property
valued at more than half million
-dollars, school property valued at
nearly half a million; that it has one
- i> fthe finest water and sewerage sys
tems in the State; that its principal
thoroughfares are paved with asphalt;
that it has scores of homes that are
valued at from $15,000 to $60,000;
' that it has considerably more than 150
mercantile establishments.
Has Large Cotton Gin
Dunn has what is said to be the
largest cotton ginning plant in the
United States; the General Utility
Company, owner of this plant, owns
also a storage warehouse which acco
modates 12,000 bales of cotton; it has
one of the largest farm implement
* factories in the South, a large furni
ture plant, one of the eountrys largest
lumber manufacturing concertos, an
oil mill, a fertilizer factory, several
woodworking plants and numerous
smaller manufacturing concerns.
In addition to*its own manufactur
ing enterprises, Dunn is materially
' aided by the great Erwin cotton mill
enterprise at Duke, less than four
miles from Dunn and connected by a
hard surface Toad. With the mills this
: distance from town, Dunn enjoys all
theadvantages of the presence of a
cotton mill with .none of the disadvan
tages. - These mills are .among the
largest in the South, operating about
80 000* spindles and supporting more
than 4,000 people.
But Dunn takes greater pride in its
cotton market than it does in any oth
( er par^ of its industrial life. It is said
l that this is the largest wagon market
""'■In the State—that is, more cotton is
sold by the farmer in Dunn tlgm ip
any other North Carolina town, up
, ward of 80,000 bales are sold there
' ■ each season.
Altogether, Dupn is one of the liv
«st of Carolina’s good town.
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DR. DUNCAN PASSES
STATE BOARD
'• The Dunn Dispatch under a July 25
date line says; " t
Stacy Allen Duncan, son of Mr. and
‘Mib. N. G. Duncan, R. 4, was among
-the 109 medical students who passed
...the State board of examiners and was
licensed to practice medicine recent
ly. Dr-Duncan graduated from Tulane
.‘University, New Orleans, last spring.
Me is at present serving-as interne
•t the City Memorial hospital, Win
mton-Salem. '
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PRAISES PAPER
Dr. K. D. G. Watson of Winston
Salem was a visitor here Friday. Dr
Watson is the manufacturer of Nu
bians. He stated while here that of
all the county weeklies he has visited
in the state none compare with the
Sampson Independent, as an adver
tising; medium, with it 4,TOO circula
tion. ^
City Policeman and U. S. Marshal
-Are Ambushed While Attempt
ing to Serve Papers
Wilmington, July 29.—Riddled with
bullets, the bodies of Leon George,
veteran prohibition agent of the Wil
mington police department, and Sam
W. Lilly, deputy U. S. Marshal, were
found on an isolated ropd four miles
from Pheonix, Bruswick county, at
110:15 o’clock tonight.
George was crumpled under the
steering wheel of the car, shot through
the head and body, while Lilly was
sprawled in the road by the side cf
the machine. ,
George’s Airdale dog with six bul
lets in its carcass was found in the
rear seat of his automobile.
The weapons of both officers were
in their pockets and had not been fir
[ ed.
The bodies were discovered by a
posse sent out from Wilmington short
ly after 8 o'clock tonight on receipt
I of news that George and Lilly had
j been shot by bootleggers.
| First news of the’ tragedy came in
i the form of a telephone message from
| Pheonix to the effect that a negro had
j reported hearing 25 or 30 shots fired
| and had seen the bodies of the wound
| ed officers at a distance.
| Headed by Sheriff George C. Jack
| son and Chief Lane, of the police de
; partment, a hastily formed posse im
j mediately set out for Pheonix. At
; 10:30 Sheriff Jackson reported to po
I lice headquarters that the bodies had
: been found.
| At 11. o’clock an additional 100 men
had been hurried into Brunswick
I county to joip in the search for the
j slayers. '
George was 52 years old and had
| been a member of the police force
for 25 years- iFor. the past^ ..three
| years he had betwaasigtted actively
| to prohibition enforcement work, his
| efforts in this direction having been
widely exploited in motion picture
j news reel. He was unmarried.
! Lilly was about 45 years old and is
j survived by a wife and several chil
Horn Doaies were piercea witn out
lets fired at close rangeland George's
police dog was also found dead in the
car. The posse, consisting of 50 po
lice and county officers, went armed
with riot guns to meet any exigency.
The two officers left Wilmington
: at 2:30 this afternon, Lilly telling
friends that he was going to serve a
paper in connection with prohibition
j case near Brunswick .
| Nothing was heard from them after
! their departure from the city until
| the brief telephone message at 8; 55
I saying that it was reported that they
| were killed.
| As was customary when making
forages in bootlegging communities,
the officers used Lilly’s automobile,
George’s machine being considered \too
well known among the lawbreakers
to be of service.
When the bodies were found at 10
o’clock, they had apparently been dead
for several hours, the fact that the
road bn which they were traveling
being an infrequented trail through
the river swamps accounting for the
fact that-' they were not discovered
sooner.
Lilly three months ago shot and
killed Jimmy Hill, negro bootlegger in
a gun battle near the scene of to-,
night’s tragedy, a coroners jury later
exonerating him from the killing on
the grounds of self defense.
Up to midnight reports from the
scene of the tragedy are meagre, a
rural phone line between Pheonix and
Wilmington, a distance of 15 miles,
being the sole means of communica
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EAMILY OF TEN
ether is Already Dead, and Rest «f
Fryar Family is in Serious
Condition
1 Tyhpold fever reached epidemic
stage last week in the home of Peter
Fryar, colored, living on the Harvey
Dawson property in North Clinton
township. The entire family of ten
have been afflicted with ,the disease,
and the wife and mother of the child
ren ^ied Saturday from its effect.
The typhoid appeared several days
ago, and soon the 'entire family wob
badly infected. County health officers
were called, and every effort has been
made to wipe out the disease before
it spreads further. The Red Cross
has taken charge of the case* and has
a parse on duty, with sufficient sup
plies to care for the strikes family.
Specimen of |J»e ease eras Mat; to
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AUGUST TERM OF
SUPERIOR COURT
HOLDS ATTENTKffl
Trial of W. F. Ssesoms Attract
ing Wide Attention Over
State
ANSWER MURDER CHARGE
June Faircloth Will Be Charged With
Death of Willie Matthews—Judge
Frank A. Daniels To ^
Preside
The August term of Superior Court,
which opens here next Monday, bids
fair to be one of the most widely at
tended sessions of the superior body
held in this county in many years,
Two cases that have attracted wide
attention are slated for trial, and in
dications point to record interest in
From a general standpoint, the case
of the state against Mr. W. F. Ses
soms, clerk of the superior court, is
ranking high in interest. Much has
been said and written over the state
regarding this case, as is usually the
case when a public official gets into
the limelight.
The second hearing that is attrac
ting is the trial of June Faircloth,
held in the county jail since May 4 on
a charge of killing Willie Matthews
on the night previous. It is intimated
that Faircloth will make a strong
fight for freedom, and a hard fought
case is anticipated.
Judge Daniels on Bench
Hon. F. A. Daniels of Goldsboro
will preside at this term. Hon. John
A. Powers, solicitor, will represent
the state, and in some cases will have
assistance.
The Sessoms case is the results of
indictments returned at the last term ■
of court, in which the Sampson offi- |
cial is alleged to have forged certain !
signatures in order to cash state pen
sion vouchers. While only three indict
ments were returned, it was intimat
ed that there are other 'instances
which may be dragged into court dur
ing the hearing.
Solicitor Powers will be assisted in
the prosecution of the Sessoms case
by special counsel for the state. It is
reported-that ex-Judge E. K. Bryan
of Wilmington will aid the state, and
also that Mr. Humber will be sent
from the state auditor’s-office to aid
in the prosecution. Due to the fact
that the funds alleged to have been
mishandled eminated from the state,
and were pension vouchers for Civil
War veterans, the state officials are j
said to be taking considerable interest j
in the case. i
Little Information Available
Very little information has been di
vulged as to the charge pr the de
fense. Those back of the original in
dictments claim that the present case
is just a starter, and that in case they
fail at a conviction at this term, they
will have additional charges at a lat
er term. It is also rumored that, while
the first attempt at a trial will be
made in this county, in case the state
does not feel that the matter is being
heard satisfactorily, the subsequent
hearings will be transferred to anoth
ed county.
Mr. Sessoms, on his part, has had
very little to say of the case. There
have been several rumors afloat that
he was about to resign, but.these have
proven groundless. His defense will
be handled by a large array of legal
talent, as practically every Republi
can lawyer in the county has offered
his services. Chief among his coun
celors are Messrs. Butler and Herring
and Fowler, Crumpler and Butler.
Faircloth Case Attracts
The June Faircloth case undoubted
Iy, will draw much of Western Samp
son to the court rooms, as both men
’were well known in that part of the
county between Salemburg and Autry
ville. The killing, it was alleged at
the preliminary bearing here May 13,
was brought about by Matthews tak
ing Faircloths wife to Fayetteville,
returning shortly before midnight.
The husband met the party, which, in
addition to Matthews and Mrs. Fair
cloth, included Bill Hudson, Mrs. Mat
thews and Miss Lula Fann.
Faircloth, it is said, will atempt to
prove that his assault was provoked,
and that in the fight that followed,
he. killed his former friend and land
Mord. The state will contend, on the
other hand, thatthe killing was pre
meditated, and that lie had laid in
waiting for the party and assaulted
Matthews with deadly intent.
In addition to the above cases, these
are the usual run of minor cases, in
cluding many growing out of raids
on stills and other violations of the
| prohibition laws.
Raleigh . to the state health. authori
ties and all doubt as to its being ty
phoid removed in this manner. It is
thought that the trouble started from
one of two wells pn the property,
and the county health officers are
examining these water sources now to
determine their condition. • -
Innoculation against typhoid has,
been going on for some time, but
there are still thousands who have
not taken advantage of this insurance
against the disease. Such eases as the
above one emphasise the need of this
treatment, and prove the great value
of the health service now available.
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FOUR SMS AND
ME MEN TAKEN
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County Officers Close up Four Booze J
Manufacturing Plants in
Scattered Raids
Officers of the county and city
forces have been busy of late accord
ing to the reports of raids made in
the last few days. In each case they
have been successful in getting a still
and in some the operators.
In the last few days Officer Honey
cutt, aided by F, M, Tew made a raid
on a still fn Westbrooks township
whichwaa alleged tohave belonged tp,
Clio Kornegay. The still, which was
of 65 gallons capacity, and ih full
blast when the officers arrived, and
4 gallons of wiskey and about 150 gal
lons of beer were destroyed. Korne
gay, who was taking wood to the still,
was taken into custody by the offic
Another raid was made by these
officers last Sunday night in West
brooks township when two men, three
and one-half gallons of whiskey and
an automobile were taken. The men
were Ken Edwards, who it is report
ed had one-half gallon of whiskey in
his 'possession, and Chris Westbrook,
who it was found had three gallons of
the alcoholic drink in his house.
The mem were tried Saturday
morning before Justice L. S. Bell and
were bound over to court, Edwards’
bond being $300 and that of West
brook being $500.
On Tuesday of last week a party
of men consisting of A. M. Faircloth,
F. M. Tew, R. Fann, and M. J. Ms
Lamb captured a still in Mingo town
ship on Little Coharie According to
the report of one of the members of
the party the still, which was of thirty
gallons capacity, was one of the filth
iest outfit he had ever seen and all
the utensils were in as bad condition
as the still. The apparatus was des
troyed and one-half gallon of whis
key and 70 gallons of beer were pour
ed out. They were not able to get the
men who operated the still.
Officer E. K. ines, assisted by a
deputy from Dismal township captur
ed a still in that section the latter
part of the week. The operattors were
not captured. The still was destroyed
and several gallons of beer were your
ed out.
" MRS. MOORE HONOREE
. Mrs. Paul Moore' of Mebane, a re
cent bride, who was spending the
week with her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Dr C. Johnson, was the guest of hon
or at a lovely bridge party given
Thursday afternoon at the R. H. Hub
bard home, when Misses Celeste Hub
bard, Elizabeth Morrisey and Annie
Ajman were joint hostesses, The
veranda where tables were arranged
for cards, was decorated with a pro
fusion of summer flowers. .Bridgej
Was enjoyed at three tables. The
high score was made by Miss Thelma
Johnson, who received a bottle of
perfume. Mrs. Moore was presented
a silver sandwich tray. At the con
clusion of the games a tempting
course of refreshments was served!
The guests playing included Mrs.
Moore, the honoree; Misses Lucile
MTynne, of Birmingham, Ala,; Ethel
and Mildred Herring, of ThornasviUe,
Gtu; Elizabeth Kerr, FlorenT-e Smith,
Thelma Johnson, Margaret StevenSr
Blanche Dyson, Mary Dixon -Hines,
Mildred Fleming, Elizabeth Fairdoth
Emily Sessoms.
MISS PARKER ENTERTAINS
Miss Mabel Parker is planning a
small bridge party later in the week
for her house guest Miss Mary Neal
Daivs of Gastonia.
GEORGE W. BASS DIES
George W. Bass, a well-known
Sampson county citizen, who lived
about 8 miles east of Dunn, died sud
denly Sunday morning July 20 about
9:30 o’clock at the home of his daugh
ter, Mrs. Wesley Thornton. The Bass
family had gone to Mrs. Thornton’s
for the day, having arrived there on
ly ten minutes before Mr. Bass suf
fered a stroke pf apoplexy and drop
ped dead. He was 76 years of age. Mr.
Bass is survived by his widow, and
ten children, six boys and four girls,
three youngest being members of his
second family.
Mr. Bass was a member of the Sav
annah Hill Free Will Baptist church
and was a consistent Christian and a
kind neighbor.
The funeral was conducted from,
his home Monday afternoon anl inter
ment was made, in the family burial
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Dunn Merchant Says His Business
and Etire Town Due to Use
Of Publicity
“Well, without advertising, the
Goldstein store still would be the lit
tle enterprise it was when I started
it here twenty years ago—and this in
spite of all the effort we have made
all the service we have given, all the
values we have offered; in spite of all
that my associates and I have done or
could have done to attract trade to
our store.”
That is the opinion expressed by
Ellis Goldstein, Dunn merchant, when
he was asked ;\“What have you got
teri out of advertising.”
Goldstein is one of Dunns most for
ward-looking business men. He has
been a strong factor in the town’s
growth since he came there, a youth,
twenty years ago. Many of Dunn’s
greatest improvements in recent
years are there largely because of his
intitiation of and active support of the
movements which brought them. He
was one of the oganizers and for
many years the president of the Dunn
Chamber of Commerce; he helped to
organize and is business manager of
the Dunn Fair; he was, as long as he
wanted to be, a member of the board
of commisisoners, and as such aided
materially in financing the projects
which gave the town sewerage, paved
streets and adequate water and pow
With all this, however, he admits
that he could not have made a success
of his private business had he not
been a liberal user of printers ink
in his home newspaper. The Goldstein
store spends many hundreds of dol
lars annually for newspaper space—
almost as many hundreds as the
whole Goldstein stock cost in 1903.
And the store finds it profitable.
Goldstein’s recepe for success in
business is simple . "First get the
store, good goods, fair prices; add the
maxiipun of service, make your store
attractive. Then advertise to the limit.
Trade will come and it will stick just
so long as you continue to advertise
! and live up to the advertisements.”
I The most successful ■ advertisers
are those who have attractive stores,
[competent help and adequate service.
These are just as important, he con
tends, as are prices and goods—but
quality and price'must not be neglect
ed, if it is, the buyer will be quick to
find out. Be square with your cus
tomer; sell goods as advertised—ant
advertise all the time. Business is
bound to come.
Mr. E. K. Hines returned Frida'
from a short visit with his brother!
in Florence, S. C.
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SAYS COHON IS
TO BE BIG CROP
Mr. James K. Hudson of Western
Sampson Says Farms in His Sec
tion Are Good
“I’ve got one ofthe best crops of
cotton and the very best crop of
corn that I have ever had.”
So said James K. Hudson, farmer,
who lives in Western Sampson close
to the Johnston and Harnett lines.
His admission is refreshing at this
time when all town folks and most
farmers are giving voice to a calami
tous ;wkil fivey the alleged condition
of* crbps“$hiierally'. said'
that aU crops in' his part of the coun
ty were in excellent condition; that
the cotton fields surrounding him
would produce about a bale to the
acre and that corn would yield a phe
nominal harvest.
True, there are parts of the county
in which crops have suffered terrib
ly, Mr. Hudson said, but the larger
part of Sampson will produce its nor
mal yield, he thought.
' Always at this season of the year
crops are “totally ruint,” if one lis
tens to those who have forgotten how
to smile. If it isn’t too much rain, its
too little; i fthe weevil isn’t on the.
job, it’s some other pest. Always
there are those who would bear dowrt
upon the farmer and make him feel
| that starvation is just around the
j corner.
| This year many parts of the State
; have suffered heavily from excessive
[rains. The same is true of a very
j large part of the American cotton
belt. Where there hasn’t been too
! much rain, there has been too little,
or the weevil has played havoc with
the plant. But, for the most part of
this locality, conditions are not near
ly so bad as they have been heralded.
Really, representatives of large
cotton factors say, it is well that the
crop has been shortened by provi
dence. Had conditions for cotton
growth have been any nearer ideal,
they say, the South would have pro
duced an unprecidentedly large crop
and prices would have gone to smash.
As it is, prices probably will hold up
above thirty cents.
NARROW ESCAPE IN
AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENT
Mrs. Harris and Miss Katharine
Wooten, of Kinr.tm, miracuously es
caped death wh n the car in which
they were riding, skidded and turned
completely over on the White Lake
road, about ten miles out of Clinton
late Tuesday afternoon.
Mrs. Harris was driving at a mod
erate speed, when the car skidded;
swerved and ditched itself, upside
down, and headed in the opposite di
rection from which she was going.
Both occupants of the car crawled
out, unhurt. The top of the car was
completely wrecked.
Roscoe Butler, who was driving a
short distance behind Mrs. Harris,
and other passerbys hastened to them
and righted the car, wljich proceeded
on to Clinton. Mrs. Harris and Miss
Wooten returned to Kinston the next
morning.
MRS. BARRUS HOSTESS
Mrs. C. B. Barrus entertained a
group of the younger set at a beau
tifully appointed dinner Tuesday
evening at her home, complimenting
Miss Iva Shelbourne, of Greanvivlle
who was to have been her guest
Mrs. Shelbourne was motoring tt
Clinton and had car trouble and die
not arrive until the following day
Covers were laid for Misses Anni
Aman, 'Elisabeth Kerr, Messrs. Man
ley Boyette, Bill Russell and^&rjsdj
Robinson. ’
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Tom Host Says LaFollette Boom
Hits Democrats Harder
Than it Does 6. O. P.
NO DEBATE IS SCHEDULED
Report That Meekins and McLean
Will Stage Argument Denied_
Water Terminal Plans Have
State Undecided
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By W. T. BOST
Raleigh, July 31—Special to The In
dependent—Supererogatory assurance
of machine newspapers that when
Colonel Ike Meekins, Republican nom
inee for governor, flings out a Phil
istine defi, Israel will give no heed,
has been sent out.
These papers hear that Colonel
Meekins will challenge A. W. McLean
They hear further that Republicans £
have been doing these vain things
all these years. It is news to Colonel >
Meekins who never has had any no
tion of asking Mr. McLean into a . 3
joint harangue. The Pasquotank w»n -y*
is a good sport. He has spoken with '’2
Mr. McLean. In Elizabeth City they
were put into speaking position and
spoke. The local papers could not H
write the story without considerable ;.j$
effort. The Pasquotank statesman is
a master orator. The Robeson candi
date is not gifted in spech. The Aaron
ic finesse of the Elizabeth City song
bird would be distinctly too much for $
Mosaic pragmatist of Lumberton.
j Just what the Republicans will do ^
[ they have not said. They are pleased
with the campaign to be made. Thus
far all the schismatics in North Caro
lina have been Democrats. The Repub
licans are truly keeping cool with •:'?
Coolidge. To make the legend right,
they are Keeping Cool-idge. The De
mocrats have a possible slogan. They
could have Wheel with Wheeler. They
had counted on the Montana trust
buster and friend Roxie Stinson and
Gaston Means to help them. They
were going to glorify Wheeler and
his part in the oil probe. But can’t do
it now. Meanwhile, every person who
has apostatized to the' LaFollette and
I Wheeler.ticket, is so far as any prom
|hsnwi gs^ ytEMtiSriCtabor,edi- '.-4
|tor,Jim Barrett was pnce * Repubii
! can, but he has been a Democrat 12 • a4.
years. Preacher Jimison, Dr. H. Q. • V*3
Alexander, J. F. McMahon and E. C.
Fr.ires, more or less prominent in the '
farmer-labor group, are all Demo-. ^
crats. They are put down as followers -’i
of Wheeler and his chief.
That is bound to make the vote of
Colonel Meekins and the National Re
publican ticket relatively more signi
ficant than it has been in a long time. v
There are many Democrats i whose •
names will not get into the papers
who are threatening to jolt the regu
lars and to join LaFollette and Wheel- ,t|
er. It isn’t so satisfactory a situation * - |
as it promised to be in the spring.
The ReDublicans pan afford to wait
Fight Against Boat Plan
And now after a spurt of great en- *
thusiasm for boats and terminals by
legislative fiat rather than by refer
endum, the few days intervening he-*
tween this week and the special see- }|
sion promise to produce a real fight
on the administration’s program.
Governor Morrison’s gesture to- ■1iS]£
ward a referendum several Week* ?
ago so mystified the public that it de- : 1
jcided to sit down quietly in these dog
| days and await the executive’s ' ;
{triumphant tour over the state. No- '•<
body cared to fight three months
when by a simple reference of the bill J
to a plebiscite would beat it. Lindsay
Warren of Beaufort, Pat Williams of
Pasquotank, Sumner Bupgwyn of
Northampton, Clayton Moore of Mar- ' |
tin, and Ned Parker of Alamance
would fight this thing to death, hot
they did not care to fight until it bo~ ■ |
came necssary.
Now it dawns upon the folks that
there never was any purpose to have j
a referendum. What were the factors
working in Governor Morrison’s mind
nobody knows. The blasphemous said S
he wished to keep himself before the ypz
public. But he said he didn’t. He had ;||
urged that a plan of such magnitude
as this should be carried to the people
direct. But the people will beat it. ; *|
Hence the eastern chanbers of com
merce have Organized the propaganda
fof the ports terminals and they have - . - ■ t
tom the opposition all to pieces. :
Governor Morrison undoubtedly had
the fight won a week ago. It seems :’yi
probable that he can still beat the rc
actioharies, but the movement for leg
islatives acclon became too open, too S
patent, too obvious. It was devolved
too rapidly. There is a reaction. It ' •:
ray amount to nothing but w\Upsr *.
compaign has ret in. That’s hard to J
beat. The story goes through the rapt %
tal that if tho fight develops the an
t >gonists of adminstration mca- j
sure will make argument that finane- 5
tog the boat. measure is impossible
without raising taxes either from in
come's or from torn1 And they regard .
that as very difficult, hot to mention
the danger of it. <
And as' a hope of accomodating
their difference*, there jn some ad
vocates of a special election Oh this
. port, and terminals measure. Thera
are several amendments set for the
regular election and these in always
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