fx ESTABLISHED 1876 LINCOLNTON N.C MONDAY AFTERNOON JUNE 23 1024 5 Cents Per Copy, $2.00 Per Yeaf W 1- 1 ' LINCOLN MANRUN OVER BY ATMINJ GEORGIA Fred Smith of Henry, Has Leg Cut Off Ilia Pardner, Vance Henson, of Candor, N. C, is Instantly Kill ed Smith Is In Serious Condition. Washington, Ga., June 19. Vance Henson, aged 20, of Candor, N- C, was instantly killed and Fied Smith, of Henry, N. C, had his left leg cut off a'bove the knee when they were run over toy a Georgia Railroad train near iBarnot, Ga., last night. Smith suffered the loss of a great deal of blood and is in a serious condition. From statements made by Smith and members of the train crew, the two men were employed at a saw mill near here. According to the en gineer 'both men were lying across the main line of the road, using the rails as a head rest when his train rounded the. curve about 200 yards south of the station. l.Smith stated to hospital officials that he has a wife and child residing in North Carolina. Whereabout if Henson's relatives were not learned. NORTH CAROLINA WEEKLY INDUSTRIAL REVIEW iPine Bluff 50-room hotel to be constructed. ' Charlotte Three cottages and ad ministration building to be errected at Thompson .Orphanage, Episcopal institution. Vass Contract to lie let for con struction of grade school building. Windsor Twelve miles of high - way to be paved 'between this place and Aulander, at cost of $347,000. Hale igh 'Present indications are that 4,720,000 bushels of wheat will be produced in state this year. Lawn to be planted along shoulders of 1,400 miles of . paved highways throughout state, to be 20 foot wide. Kingston Building program under way at Caswell Training- School in cludes hospital and industrial build in.?.' . ,: ; Bowie Deep Gap Tie and LumberJ Company to construct railroad to Deep Gap. 1 Raleigh Bids opened on sixteen road projects calling for total ex penditure of over $2,00,000. -ISwannanoa Beacon Manufactur ing Company of New Bedford, Mass., awards contracts- exceeding $1,000, O0O for construction of local cotton mill. . Ashevllle-lOO foot dam to be con structed to impound water of Rocky Bioad river at Chimney Rock. - Charlotte Contracts to be award ed for construction of 35 miles of hard-surfaced road and one bridge in Sixth district, total estimated cost $1,300,000. -.;-. ' North Carolina has largest hosiery, denim and towel mills in world, has total of 6,000'" factories employine 158,000 workers with annual payroll of $127,000,000, wnd has second lar gest hydro-electric power develop ment in world. v Southern mills are now takjng twice as much cotton as the northern mills, although nowhere running at full capacity. . i ; ' In 1900, a 5,000 horse power hydro electric unit was considered a great achievement. Today there are bein? built 70,000 horsepower units that use the same amount of water for merly reauired by seven 5,000 horse power units. j The McNnry reforestation bill, now before the Senate,, considered the best measure produced so' far backed by all interests, is liable to become a law. ' " If a man has securities represent ing $1,000, he wants the-m locked up in a fire proof, vault, but he houses his family in "an inflammable tinder box and never worries his brad nbout precautions. Rochester, New York, Times Union. A fairly sound American with a fairly decent respect for the consti tution is better material for filling an important public position than is the hide bound follower of some part iculer brand of partisanship. TEN THOUSAND BALES OF CAROLINA COTTON EXPORTED Raleigh, June 19, Two hundred and fifty carloads of North Carolina cotton are being shipped! to Wilming ton for shipment to Bremen, Ger many, it became known here today. The cotton, 10,000 bales in all, was sold by the North Carolina Co-operative Cotton Grower's Association. BRENNAN KILLED FOR DEFENDING A WOMAN , New York, June 17William James (Bill) Brennan, the heavy weight pugilist, was .slain in his up town caberet early yesterday because' he resented abusive remarks made to woman by Joseph Pioli, one of the two men held without bail today for the killing according to " Assistant Attorney Morgan A. Jones. The woman, whose name was not revealed, had gone" to Brennan's cabaret with a party of which Pioli was a member, according to the pros eoutor. As she was leaving with Pioli be made abusive remarks-to her. Brennan interceded, either pushing or hiting Pioli in ejecting him from the cabaret, the prosecutor said. . 1 "There are other-ways of petting wnT9 Wl L V. I. L 1 1 1 u, a n than niith vniir list. ' noil IS alleged to have said. "Look out for yourself." Pioli then left the cabaret, the nrosecutor contained, and later re - tuined. When Brennan approached him In the hallway leading to the cab - aret. shot sounded snd Brennan dtopped to the floor. Four or five Furthermore, figuring Ford Pro other men were in the hallway, Jones duetion on the time basis of the last asserted, although it is' not known whether thev were companions of Pioli. The onlv other man arrested' was Terence OTJeil, a pugg 1st, who was captured with Pioli soon after the ihoottec; . .- ;:.'.,:M,-i-.aii ilJli LaFolltte Says Administra tion Turned On Farmer In Statement, Declares No Relief Of Any Kind Given Special Interests Get What They Want Blames Reactionaries of Both Parties For Adjournment of Congress Madison, Wis., June 1G. The pres ent national administration has "lit erally turned its buck upon the far met." Senator .Robert Al. LaFollette, of Wisconsin, declared in a statement made puolic Friday. He further de clared that the responsibility for the "failure of the 08th Congress to meet a righteous demand from the farmers for necessary and effective legisla tion will rest upon President Cool idge." His statement in part reads: "The Sixty-Eighth Congress has adjourned after voting down a reso lution providing that the House and Senate should reassemble after the national conventions, in order to give immediate consideration to measures providing for relief of agriculture. Special Interests "Those interested which demand ship subsidies, tax reduction profi teers, raihoad guarantees, fat oil and land grabs, and other special privilege legislation make the argu ment that the farmer must, pull him self out of his difficulities by his boot-straps, and that nothing the Federal government can do by law would prove the slightest assistance. This in substance, is precisely the ar guement addressed to Congiess by President Coolidge in his first mes sage "The truth is that the farmer is suffering chiefly from artificial dis - advantages which have heretofore been saddled upon his : back by acts 01 congress or toy the policies of the executive 'bianco, of government. The hsch-cummins railroad law of 1920 ftigniHiL iicigllt lube 111- creases, unprecedented : in American jrought a gigantic freight rate in history, which has since made it im possible for farmers in many sections to move their products to market at a profit. .V -Deflation Policy "The ruinous 'deflation' policy of the same year, Which gained its au thority and had its origin in a reso lution adopted by the Senate, plung ed thousands of farmers into bank ruptcy and has. made credit unavail able on fair terms of agriculture. These two wicked assaults on agri culture the .organized banking power in themselves were sufficient to pros trate the farmers, but to them has been added a robber tariff law which imposed enormously increased taxes upon everything he buys. Meanwhile, the policy of the Department of Justice under Palmer, Daugherty and btone has been such as to leave mon opoly unchecked . and o give illegal combinations a free hand in manipu lating the markets in which the far mers must sell his products. Withheld Word President Coolidge has amply dem onstrated that when the special in terests which prey upon the farmer and upon the city consumer alike want something, they enjoy their present special privilege. These in terest demand an adjournment in or der to retain, their power and pre vent the repeal of laws under which thfiy enjoy their present special pri vileges.' A word from the White House would have kept congress in session, but that word was withheld. ' "While the progressive-Republicans and Democrat? who believed Congress should, meet ' the critical agriculture emergency with definite measures for relief were .defeated, the defeat made in the closing hours of the session was not devoid of good results. The roll call vote on the motion to adjourn made it plain in both parties are exactly of the same stripe. The old guard Republicans alone could not have prevented the Congress from re-assembling. They needed' the support of old guard Democrats and members of that par ty who would ollow reactionary lea dership, The record shows it was a combination of these element which blocked relief for the farmer." TEN MILLION FORD CARS With Ford No. 10,000,000 sceduled to cross the United 'States on the Lin coln Highway, a genius for figures has worked out the matter of staging a parade of the entire 10,000,000 Model T. Fords. ' Here is the way he figures it. The road selected is 24,840 miles long circling the earth at the equa tor. He parks the Fords in one place at the side of the road, sets a pace of twenty miles on hour for the parade and starts the cars at intervals of thirty seconds. Drivers are to bave an eight-hour day the same as that enjoyed by all Ford employees and are, of course, to have Sundays, Christmas, New Year's and Fourth of July off. If you were inclined to watch such a parade and would remain until the at your place along the line for thirty two and a half yearsw With all the Fords , remaining in line, it wouldn't be lone before you wnulH lin.I vnllraolf Irt tka nan fay if . . " ' wti .w.v- yiuiihik tumscrew 01 cars, anu a.i the genius has already figured it, if I you remain to the finish, and were j observant, you probacy would have . noticed that the first car passed you sixty-seven times before the last of . ten-millionth car had left the parking ground, million, o million more cars would have been built while you were watching the parade. ' - When people get up to theit ears day we tee more of the eelf-made l work they haven't a chute to Ulk.'w14'- '' : J ':. ASIIEVILLE BUSINESS MAN TAKES HIS LIFE THURSDAY Asheville, June 19. After writing a lengthy note giving in structions as to the disposition of his body? and the settling of his personal affairs, Charlie Nichols, president and manager of the Nichols Manufacturing Company on Layman avenue, sent a bullet from a .38 calibre revolver crash ing through his brain. Mr. Nichols was ' in . his office when the shot was fired this morning at 11:45. SHORT NEWS ITEMS Blue Ridge, June 18. The South ern Students ' Conference of the Young Men's Christian Association under the auspices of the Interna tional committee of the Y. M. C. A. got under way here yesteiday with, the registration of students and the assignment of them to rooms, and classes. The conference will last until June 27. A big get-together1 supper last night was the first regular meet ing of the conference. The last meet ing of this year will be breakfast on the morning of June 27. Charlotte, N. C. June 19. One child was killed and a number of other persons had a narrow escnne ihere last night, when a storm blew ' down electric light and telephone wires at a number of points in the , city. Los Angeles,, June 19. Horace Greer, former chauffer for ' Mabel xr ' , ... Norman ' actress, late today was acauitted by a ju y in. Superior court of charges of assoult to commit murder with a-deadly weapon on Courtland 8. Dines, Denver oil opera tor. Wilmington, June 19. Joseph Thompson, 44 years old, of New Yord, died suddenly of 'heart trouble in the sutf at Wrightesville Beach near here this morning. The body will be sent to New York tonight. - Washington, June 19. 45cires of delegates from southern and wester state stopped off in Washington to day on their way to New York. The office of practically every Democra tic congressman now open was visit ed and the air was filled with preli minary wey York convention discus sion. The concensus of opinion was that if McAuoo is not nominated then who.? The words uttered by McAdoo on his arrival at the .union station here on yesterday were quoted when he said. "There is not room in this country for two reactionary parties." Washington, June 19. Construc tion of new shops for the Southern Railway at Spartanburg, S. C, is to be started soon by the Dwijrht I R. Robinson company, of New "York, which has just been awarded the contract for the work. About 1,500 men will be employed at the new plant. Hickory, June '19. Monroe Lutz Charged with the murder of Walter White, 17-year-old Highland yputh on June 1, was given a "preliminary hearing before iRecorder Shuford Tuesday afternoon and bound over to Superior, com t with appearance bond fixed at $3,000 which he was unable to raise. -t He was taken to the Newton jail to await trial. TWO MEN WITH MAIL LOOT OF $3,000,000 MAY BE CAUGHT SOON Chicago, June 17 The $3,00,000 loot obtained by train robbers who last Thursday night held up a Chica go, Milwaukee and St. Paul mail train at Rondout, Ills., is in the pos session of two men whose names are known and who will be arrested with in 24 hours, A. E,. Germer, -chief post al inspector, in charge of the invest igationannounced tonight. His statement followed the finding today near Joliet, Ills., one of the four automobiles used by the bandits and more than 60 of the 61 registered mail pouches obtained by the. robbery in the most daring hold-up .ia -railroad history. - ' , Mr. Germer also announced that some of the train robberies are in cluded among the six men and two women, now held by the Chicago police. At the same time Morgan A. Collins, chief of Police,' announced that the names of all the robbers are known to the police,, that there were not more than 10 bandits im plicated and that those not now in custody will be arrested soon. He said latest estimates placed the haul at approximately $3,000,000 in securi ties negotiable and non-negotiable and, $70,000 in cash. YOUNG WOMAN DEAD, HUNT FOR HUSBAND Richmond, Va June 17. The body of a young white woman found in the Jhyu; river here this morning' was identified tonight as that of Mrs. Vioipt Sydnor, 23 of South Richmond. Richmond's entire detective fores is searching for Walter 1 Sydon 28 years-old husband of the dead wo man. Mrs. ,Sydnor was last seen slfve early Saturday night When she left the home of her parents to meet hpt husband, with whom, according to her mother," she had that afternoon reached an agreement to separate. I We used to hear a lot about the Mf-made man. But in these iodern OFFICIAL VOTE Raleigh, June 19.-4-The official vote for governor"T)y counties is as fol lows: McLean Bailey Alamance . Alexander Alleghany . .. Anson Ashe Avery Beaufort .... Bertie , . . ... vBladen ... Biunswlck ... Buncombe . . Burke ...... Cabarrus ... Caldwell .... Camden . . . . Cartaret , .. . Caswell ..... 1,349 491 ...1 ....1 875 1,003 1,883 2,153 216 2,152 1,069 2,623 295 5,277 1,492 1,172 ' 1,663 334 987 505 -980 1,400 298 590 100 3,341 2,961 , 1,736 : 1,908 , ' ,863 501 1,831 402 : 2,036 ' 3,609 1,798 ' 2.802 1,351 3,080 5 448 353 1,314 348 2.222 2.721 1.283 3,222 869 612 1 745 :' 421 3,082 1,568 2,726 455 1,113 2,049 1,429 678 -496 ; 1.598 - 1.149 , 5,958 87 162 1,516 202 193 1,167 J 1,131 . 910 116 2,007 194 123 464 615 337 637 418 1,375 78 693 42 1,204 1,117 1,728 1,128 416 188 538 145 817 924 1,402 504 1,860 369 314 -'' 77 1,303 1,266 1,616 1.840 1,834 1,321 T74 926 4? 812 930 357 1,924 303 532 1,480 '430 382 186 783 653 2,449 189 "136 622 1,712 1,463 1,455 412 770 171 736 636 320 954 2,492 2,492 594 660 1,314 1,055 1,218 1,682 722 633" 231 .156 576 23 633 340 1,559 1,418 4,854 ' 875 275 1,551 822 1,575 . 153 515 Catawba .... Chatham . . . . Cherokee ... Chowan .. ,., Clay ....... Cleveland ... Columbus ... Craven ..... Cumberland . Currituck . . . Dare Davidson Davie ...... Duplin Durham .... Edgecombe , roisyth ..... Franklin ... . Gaston Gates . ...... Graham Granville ... Greene Guilford .... Halifax ..... Harnett . Haywood .. , . Henderson . . Hertford . .. . Hoke J....... Hyde Iredell ...... Jackson Johnston Jones ...... Lee . . , . . Lenoir Lincoln . Macon ...... Madison Martin McDowell .... Mecklenburg Mitchell .... 202 , : m 1.431 1,593 2,393 1,523 835 701 615 1,261 .874 554 " 556 2,795 2,795 ' 1,408 2,731 5,536 1.212 2,984 2,699" 634 ' 1,871 651 318 1,512 527 284 ': 182 2,838 939 J 4,596 ' 857 ' 534 : ' 711 2.109 1,772 ' 1.962 339 . 856 'Montgomery Moore . . . . - Nash .. New Hanover Northampton Onslow ..... Orange . Pamlico . .. , Pasquotank . Pender ..... Perquimans . Person . . . . . Pitt ........ Polk ....... Randolph . . . Richmond ... . Robeson . . . . . tRpckingham Rowan Rutherford . . sampson. Scotland Stanly ...... Stokes Surry ....4. Swain ...... Tiansylvania Tyrrell ..... Union ...... Vance ...... Wake ...... Warren ..... Washington Watauga .. , Wavne .... . Wilkes ...... Wilson Yadkin ..... Yancey ..... Totals.."7 ...... 151,197 83,573 MRS. FRANCES LAURA ADAMS (Cherryville Eagle) "Aunt Fannie' 'Adams, as she was known to everyone in this section, died Monday morning, June 16th, at 3:30 o'clock at the home of Mr. and Mrs. M. L. Rudisill, where she had t'e sided for the greater part of the time for the past few years. Friends and relatives had often heard her say in recent years that her hope and prayer was that she might go quickly when her last sum mons should come, and her prayer was answered jShe was taken : Sud denly ill about noon Sunday and died in the early morning hours Monday as she lay quietly sleeping. Her daughter, Mrs. Robert Carpenter, of Bessemer City, Mrs. Martin L. Rudi sill and Mrs. Julia Hall were with her at the last. Mrs. Adams ' was " the "youngest child of Mrs. Jonas Rudisill and Mrs. Annie Beam Rudisill of Lincoln coun ty. She was born February 4th 1842, and was therefore 82 years, 3 months and 12 days old. In 1862 she was mar lied to Mr. William Adams. To this union were born six children four boys and two girls: John, Robert, Theodore and Thomas. Minnie 'Mrs. Robert Carpenter, of Bessemer City) and Carrie (Mrs, Charles Loven, of Spruce Pine.) She was a member of Salem E. L, ch"rch, near Lincolnton. Funeral services were conducted at the home by Rev, C, A. Linn, pas tor of St. John's E. L. Church, of Cherrvville. at 10 o'clock, : Tuesdav morning. Interment was made at Bpemer Citv. Many relatives and friends came to pay the laf tribute of respect and brought a profusion of lovely flowers. 1 A third narty would very likely hold that position In a national election. SHELBY IS STRUCK MERCHANT ASS0C1A BY A HEAVY STORM TION RELECT OFFICERS Damage Is Estimated At More Than $65,000 Thompson Lumber Com pany Set On Fire. Shelby, June 19. Fire during the terrific storm that struck 'Shelby Wednesday evening caused a proper ty loss 'of around $50,000, while far mers were today yet unable to esti mate the damage done to crops, barns and houses over the county during the heavy wind and hail. Out side communication as well as water and lights were cut off yesterday evening, and communication with 0 atside towns were not made until today. ,1 The rairt and electrical storm was the worst in the history of the town, electricity playing over the telephone and light wires all over town. Light ning struck three buildings on three parallel streets, and two fires result ing from lightning broke out almost simultaneously. The Thompson Lum ber company, owned by Carl Thomp son, was completely destroyed, with a loss of around $45,000, without any insurance. The lightning ran into the lumber plant on a wire from where it struck the rear of the Princess theater. A bolt first struck the home of Mrs. D. C. Wetb, and the firemen were there fighting the blaze In the wind and rain and did not know of the big lumber' yard fire until the plant was enveloped in flames, The third bolt struck the home of Judge B. T. Falls, but the house did not catch on fire, probably because of the heavy rainfall. The lumber plant fire, tmy one block from the "court square," for a time threatened the uptown b'si ness section, but the flames were finally checked by -the desperate work of the firemen with the aid of hundreds of citizens. With the lights and water cut off for several hours several thousand citizens Jacked the streets around the burning buildings. The roof on the Webb home was des troyed with a damage of around $5,- 000. . Reports fiom over the country states that four mules were killed, several barns were blown down and the roof blown off the Buffalo Cotton mill at Stubbs, four miles east of Shelby. Crops were badly damaged in several sections by hail winds and lain. The large black cloud coming from the west formed suddenly, fol lowing an unusually hot day, and the Storm wa,s upon the town and county A. W. McLEAN WINS BY A 67,624 MAJORITY Official Figures Complied By States Hoard ot Election. Grist Renews His Demand For Second Primary In His Race. . Raleigh, June 18. Angus W. Mc Lean, Of Lumberton, defeated Josiah W. 'Bailey, of Raleigh, for the demo cratic nomination for governor in the primary held on June 7 by a majority of 67,624 votes, according to official figures announced today by the state board of election. The votes was; Mc Lean 151,197; Bailey 83,573. The official figures for other offi ces voted on in the primary follow: Lieutenant governor; J. Elmer Durham, 80,231; Capt.' Robert R. Reynolds, Asheville, 66,676; T. C. Bowie, West Jeffeison, 62,096. . Auditor: Baxter Durham, incumb ent, 119,900; J. . P. Cook, Concord, 83,162. . , . ' Attorney general: Dennis Brum mitt, Oxford, 78,411; ' Charles Ross, Lillington, 70,442; Frank Nash 58, 167. :":',':- r Commissioner of ijjricultu e: W, A. Graham, incumbent, ' 92,561 ; V. p. Latham, Belhaven, 76,808; T. B. Par ker Raleigh, 37,776. Commissioner of labor and print ing: M. L. Shipman, incumbent, 81, 011; Frank D. Crist, 69,158; Luther Nash, 19,980; O. J. Peterson, 31,556. Insurance commissioner: Stacey W. Wade, incumbent, 161,463; X F , Flowers, 41,340. ;: Corporation commissioner: George P. Pell, incumbent, 7123,588; ..Oscar Carpenter 78,240. Congress: First district: Lndsey warren,, h.bhz; f. Aydlett, 6, 675; E. J. Griffin, 1,055; Samuel Mann, 2,303. Fourth district: Edward W. Pou, incumbent, 19,132; Willie M. Person, D,33b. ; ' . Ninth district: A. L.'Bulwinkle. in enmbent, 21,280; J. -A. Dimmette, 1,- 26. - ...... ' .... ." . Charles Ross, runner ud to D. G Brummitt in the race for attorney general, tonight addressed a letter to the chairman of the state board of elections announcing his withdrawal from a second preliminary-race. This gives the nomination of attorney general to Mr. Krummitt. - Mr. Ross' withdrawal makes a sec ond primary necessary for only one race, that of commissioner of labor and printing. In this race Frank Gust, disregarding" the advice of party leaders, has insisted unon second chance against M. L, Shipman, incumbent, Who led him by more than 12,000 votes in the first race. PETITION FOR RESERVE BANK AT CHARLOTTE tCharltotte, June 19. 'Petition for establishment of a branch bank of the federal reserve system in the Carolina was placed betore a com mittee of officers of the federal re serve board. at a meeting at Columbia S. C. yesterday. Word H. Wood, president of the American 'Trust company of this city, and chairman of tbe Notth Carolina bankers com mittee appointed at a recent confer ence at Greensboro to work for t branch bank in the Carolines, went to ivoiumiiia for the conference. Morehead City, June 19. Accusat ion that men in high places in the state would sacrifice their honor and principles for political power were Drought in the closing minutes of the convention ; of the North Carolina Merchants association 'here today by J. Paul Leonard, secretary, in his ref erences to legislation proposed by the merchants at the last meeting of the general assembly. ' Mr. Leonard ; made the indictment that the proposed ship and port measure, Western Carolina railroad, unmasking and garnishee bills were buffetted about by trading in votes, men promising one thing until their pet bill got through and then would vote another way. He declined to have anything to do with the pro posed legislation in conection with his work as secretary, saying he could not do the lobbying, His state ments were backed up by Calvin Wloodard, of Wilson, both of whom were applauded. Officers of the association were re elected by a unanimous standing vote, including W. N. Dixon, Winston-Salem, president; J. C. Williams, Wilmington, vice-president j J. Paul Leonard, 'Statesville, secretary; A. W. Bunch, Statesville, treasurer. Number of Resolutions Resolutions adopted included op position to untruthful and exag gerated advertising and 'punishment of violator, opposition to the sales tax of 40 cents on the $100 on pianos, organs and talking machines, and a request to the general assembly to repeal this law; opposition to giving trade stamps; prizes or using other gift schemes; that merchants give as much of their insurance as possi ble to the Merchants Mutual Fire In surance company; approving the work of the directors in promoting the Carolina Retailer as official or gan of the association; that mer chants give due consideration to the purchase of North Carolina made products and others of the usual type.; ; ; ' v "' ; A special committee to draw up. a code of ethics for the association was continued to report next year. "THE MACHINE" (Fiom The Durham Herald.) The Charlotte Observer says: "They are always beginning to harp on 'the Gardner machine. borne day the fact may soak into their heads that in North Carolina 'the machine1' is the' people?" We dfft Tiot know te whom the Observer is teiemng wnen it says "they," but we have seen some reference in print regarding the Gardner machine, we take it that the Charlotte paper is referring to chronic antis who, for the lack of a definite opposition plank, raise the cry "machine." Four years is a long time otr, ana many things can happen in politics im that time. Hut, unless there is some thing akin to a revolution in Noith Carolina politics between now and 1928, O. Max Gardner, of the County of Cleveland, is going to be the next Democratic. nominee for Governor, is going to be elected, and should be. We would not like at this early date to make a positive commitment to the Gardner candidacy, though it' wouldn't make much difference to anybody except the possibility of proving embarrassing later on, but according to our way of thinking Gardner should be nominated to suc ceed McLean, and should be elected. We believe that the majority of the people of the State, especially Demo crats, feel very much the same way about it. If that is machine, let it be machine, and we should feel proud of such a machine. It has almost reach ed the point that the people annot pick out some outstanding man for political office without the disgrunt led element crying 'machine politics!' As the Observer remarks, the most elfective machine in the State and the only one worth while is that of the people. The antonym of mach lne in North Carolina politics is usually demagogue. When you hear the cry of machine, many times you will find the demagogue behind the cry. -. iHow can there be a machine when we have that apostle of democracy and breaker of machines the pri mary ? We were told that when we put into effect the primary system, then it would be impossible for the "bosses" and -"machine" to thwart the will of the dear people. - It just could not happen, the primary advo' cates told us. Yet, we find, strange as it may seem, that most of the talk about "machine" rule comes from those who were loudest in declaring in favor of the primary, That is another political ornament where the jewel of consistency is noticable by its absence. But, for the sake of argument, let's say there is a machine dominating the politics of the State. Juding by the results obtained, we would say that the machine is deserving of praises If Gardner is a machine man, though if our memory is faulty he wasn't a machine man four years ago. we are willing to give the said mach ine credit for using good judgement. Let it continue its good work, say we. HOME COMING AT RIVERVIEW The public is cordially invited to attend the Home Coming Day at Riverview Baptist church 5th Sun day in June. Service will begin, at 9:30 and will continue until in the afternoon. Lunch will be served on the grounds. Everybody is expected to Dnng lunch with them. M. P. Beal, Church clerk, It is easy to bore a hole with brace and bit And it's easy to get In the hold tiy taking a bit as a bracer, The man ot affluence usually has Influence. r. BRYAN FAVORS ABOLI TION TWO-THIRD RULE Bare Majority of Delegates Can Con trol State Delegation Under Pres ent Rule Florida For McAdoo. Pittsburg, June 19. William Jenn ings Bryan, leader of the Florida del egation to the democratic national vention, in a statement'today said he would favor abolition of the two thirds rule in the convention provided the present state unit rule also was abolished. Mr. Bryan, who was en route to New York, stopped here to deliver a lecture.. Mr. Bryan refused to discuss can didates, saying his delegation was pledged to suppott William Gibbs McAdoo for the presidential nomina tion. He said he expected to be a member of the resolution committee. "I have for many years favored the abolition of the two thirds rule In the convention provided that the unit rule be abolished at the same time," Mr. Bryan said. "At present the two thirds rule is the only protection against the unit rule. , "Under the unit rule, 46 delegates out of 90 in New. York can use as1 they will the other 44. The same is true of any state that has the unit rule. In the four big states, New York Pennsylvania, Iillinois and Ohio a bare majority of the delegates can control a minority, amounting to something like 125" delegates. A simi lar combination could control the smaller states ;thus a little more than a third of the delegates might be able to nominate in spite of a ma jority protest. JOSEPHUS DANIELS VISITS DR. LAMBETH'S CHURCH Former Gastonia Preacher Is Making -Good In Washington Editor Of News and Observer Writes. Dr. W. A. Lambeth, former pastor of Main. . Street Methodist . church, Gastonia and also well known in Lin colnton come. for a nice word of praise from the pen of Josephus Dan iels, editor of the Raleigh News and Observer, who has lately been to Washington. Mr. Daniels says: 'They called him 'Doctor Lambeth' now. - I am writing about the : vountr Notth Carolina preacher who is the popular pastor of the Mt. Vernon Place Methodist church in this citv. It is a truly beautiful church, built ot white iGeorgia marble, and has come to re one of the ' larsrest fac- tw in Washington'ar Telitrious li e: Not counting officeholders, Washing ton is undoubtedly made up chiefly of people from the south. If you include the , negro population as Southern (and they all come from the South) Washington "is two-thirds Southern. In Washington, as everywhere else where there is a large colored popu- lation, the negroes have their own churches. , "But I started out to write about the young North Carolina preacher now Dr. Lambeth, born in Thomas- ville, who is making a great success in the National Capital. Last week Emory and Henry College made him a D. D., but I didn't observe from his se'rmon that it had wrought any change in him and he is wearing a hat of the same size. Whenever he preaches his church is packed. I was a little late and had difficulty in ob taining a seat. I liked everything ev- cept the surpliced choir. 'I sometime wonder what the old- time Methodists who do not like the singing of the Gloria and the respon sive readings are going to do about it and whether the adoption of a' modi fied ritualism marks the loss of spiri tual power. ' It doesn't seem to do so in Dr. Lambeth's church. He pieaches an old-fashioned gospel sermon in a new-fashioned way. And draws the " young folks. Most of the great con gregation were young people. You cannot argue against what attracts and holds and steadies young people in the churches. Hut I do not think the, millinery in choir dressing and the modified ritual draws manv. Hut I may be hopelessly old-fashioned. It seems out of place to see a choir in white mother-hubbard looking cos- . tumes and to hear the congregation reading responsively. In most church es they do not follow the preacher very Well. I always feel you get more out of the gospel lessons when the congregation, quiet and attentive lis tens to a minister who reads with im- pressiveness the holy book. That's my feeling. However, there is the argument not without its weight, that people - secure more from wot shin when they take active part in a re sponsive service. 'bince Dr. Lambeth became rjastor of that church it is the meeca for North Carolinians passing through Washington or staying a brief time, as well as for many who live here,. I saw half a dozen in the congregation from Gastonia, IB. B. Adams and" wifu from Four Oaks and a score more from other places . who motoring, stonned over here to church. "The sermon was on the more abundant life apposite and held the congregation's close attention. That is the big thing about preaching and "speaking to hold interest. And it isn t easy and few can do it who speak to the same people week after week. Dr. Lambeth can and does. By that test and it is a hard test he is measuring up here in the National Capital. Not Particular, But Plenty She "Does skating require any particular application." He "No, arnica or horse liniment one's as good as the other."--Eo8ton Transcript. ' Concerning Estates, the people be- Ueve in a safe and cane Fourth.

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