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ESTABLISHED 1876
LINCOLNTON N.C MONDAY AFTERNOON JUNE 23 1024
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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. '
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