COOUDGE SUPPORTERS
CLAIM NOMINATION SURE
■Mr
to prove at all Mrioua, an km it hi
I for Nebraska and Cal
tka
will
attention to the Job of selecting the
right man a* running mate for the
President. Evan mora time ami at
tention will be devoted to the plat
form. In the matter of the rice
■ ideration. The wisdom of nominat
ing • California man haa been under
'•onaitie ration for torn time. This
weald be an indirect Mow, of coarse,
«d and if the leadership of the party
-oold be tolled off and ranged be
hind the realMary of some each "fav
orite eon" It weald of course be tan
tamount to abandonment of I
■on af the
The Johnson
he sore to regard thia as a Mew
lew the hall, and it
hitteraaaa hi
it we«M he
wi both the
mwmt arm, muhii m rathe*
riavor ami miMiMi. ia being wa4a
against Johnaun. Some of the CaB
fMit orators ara Wlm told what
mat ami rood speakers tWjr ara and
Imw much mora worth whila it would
la for aoma of thaw to da some key
noting, to makr apwbn seconding
tha nomination of a awn daatinad to
win, rat bar than to paraiit their elo
quence ta gn to waata following a for
lorn hop*
A name not infrequently hoard in
connection with the aire preaidaray ia\
that of Lowden. of Illinois. Ha ia
from the right section geographical
ly. By inch a combination, Coolidge
from New England and Lowden from
the central west. there would be a
happy blendinr of eaatem and went
ern -ntereata. party leader* think.
Lowiitr. married into the Pullman
family, ia wealthy, but ia very much
of a dirt farmer in the sense that he
■pends more of hi* time on bin farm
than anywhere elae, and ia a regular
attendant at farm iratherinr*. He and
his wife would decorate the office
while he ia much liked by the old
Harding following. This ia import
ant in view of the situation that haa
crown out of the Daogherty affair,
and the ill-ad viced utterances of Sen
ator Pepper, who in his speech in
Maine spoke of the "mistakes of the
dead, not of the living," and who re
ferred to the Daughertv appointment
as attorney general as a miatake.
War Boat* to Load in Attack
On Run Vouch
Washington, April 6.—The first
unit of the coast ipitrd'i new prohibi
tion nary probably wiU be ready to
pot to Ma within a few weeks.
With an additional 118,000,000
available under a recent compression
al appropriation, coast guard officials
have drawn op detailed plans for the
acquisition of souie 800 large and
unall reseats oqmlpped to chase ran
runners away ,from American ahorse
The i
lotto.
o'clock tonight. Mm. feabel Hmfofi
of Union W. V«.. who m found af
tor the fire emnthered to death in Ho
bod, and Mra. Jalia Hamilton, o
Jacksonville, Fla., vkm room wa
rut off by the flames, rendering roa
honaa were found following the fin
Mra. Coraolla Gainaa a potiant from
Georgia, waa terribly burned. It wm
'aid tonight at Grace hoepital. whan
■ho waa takon that no hope ia antor
'ained for hor mo>ai|. Thirty o
tho 42 patianta wara woman.
Mr. Green died the death of a her
with a record rarely »qnaWad In fac
or fiction, according to attachaa a
the aanatorium. who credited him to
night with having loot Wa own lif
an My in hie effort* to am othen
After bo htmeelf had aacapad tb
burning building ha
*dlr aa the I
to aafety at
tientu, one of whom might have per
lahed except tar Wa efferta. He fh»
illy waa found helplaaa hi (he eorrt
Hor
Hie
In view of tho fact <
ind had heaa In
wveral yeara. waa l
ilifying all dm elem«nta of the tr»
Mr. Greea waa tofcee to Grace haa
rital, where at fine it waa leportoi
that ha might lecurei. hat ha ling
ered all day and than paaaad awa;
as night rama.
DuMi Point! With Skmmm
To Ow Capital
Washington, March 28.—At • r»
teption rim by the North Carol
society t-nigbt to fanner Seeretar,
and MVs. Josephus Daniels, Mr. Dan
iels declared that states Ifkr indiri
dual* had different character* ani
characteristics. He defined *incerit;
ai the hall-nark of North Carotin
-haracter.
"North Carolina bore an honor*
part in public administration unde
Woodrow Wilson." Mr. Daniel* saM
"They were the day* when public mei
poke plain English without resor
to secret code*. When they laid 'aprl
rot*' they did not mean Dohenj
'Cherries' did not mean Sinclah
'Peaches' wa* not a pet name for Fal
\nd the new word 'archie-ized' ha
not been coined. They had man
thine:* to nay of that administration
the critic* did, bat ncbod
•v»r dared to intimate that the stain
-if oil had touched its garment*.
"There waa ho scandal, no comtp*
on. no breath of suspicion. Wllso
and men he called to hi* aid. Nortl
i Caroliniana held high station*, live
frugally and though it no derogatio'
to he poor. Mont of them returned t
orirate life under the cofnpulaon a
- hard work to earn their llriag. N
such materia as today poison* Wast'
ingtotia political life, then permeate
thia good city. There waa no sue
debasement and indecency and mon
obloquy aa today shame* the nation.
The great need today, Mr. Daniel
said, waa a return to the ancient trit
tue of common honesty and saasctate
only with the virtuous. It waa th
lack of those old time practicea th*
were responsible for fenaa that ha*
"polluted the spring at Ha source
"We ne«d but two cownaandnsats.
he aaM, "the first, thou shaH at
steal' and the second thou ahaH M
TIm moat Inurmtin* word rontaat
it—r hald In thia rity ha* Jiut haan
i rloaad by tha Carter-Walker fond
torn Co.. I oral daalara for Ho—tar
Wltrhan rahlnata. Tfcli umuain two
waaka a*o pot on a Rooalar aata and
i KM of ft* faatwaa off Tad waa • nice
dimtar m>( of diahaa to the party who
, aoaM rotn tha largaat numh*T of
| worda from the Roeelar trademark,
"Rooaier flarea Mapa." Whan
frank Cart or, Jr., ftrat told tka hnya
in tha Wo na office of kt« prnpeettion
they immediately enteral tha eonteat
and ancceaded In pirkln* out aayen
| worda. N«w mmra tha eloee of «l»e
I rontaat with tha annoonrement that
Mm. C. C. Creralln* raptured tha
oriaa with 2 4B2 word* from tha I at
tar* in tha shore trade-mark. flhe
waa rlnaely 'TlnweH hy aerem! other
ladle*—at no timr were any m<*n folk
nnywhare in *i«rht in tha rontaat. A
larre number of Data wara handed In
and below la pvhllahed tha hiirheet
onea:
Mr*. C C, Crara1in», 5,4.12 worda.
Miaa A lira Raynea. 2.17» worda.
MHia Annie Folfar. 2.0*5 worda.
Mm. Roht. Jonaa. 2m worda.
Tha Judaea war® Mm. C. C. Rale and
Mr*. R. K. Jarkaen. Anothar reenlt
of tha rontaat and wa might aay tn
ridantally of tfa adimtlaaaai lit (n
Tha Mawa waa that thia mmai u aold
not Ha supply of Rooaiar eaMnata
during tha a#le.
Serjeant Charlee LMfMi, of the
' 22nd Infantry Fort MrPWrscm. Oa.,
ia ta the city far a few day cm arty
• rvrrotttac flwty
' The Sergeant ia a real otd timer hi
1 American War vkn bat eOrtoen year*
of aga.
Ha atatea there are at )l not **
I raneiee hi the army meet anywhere
■ in the United Statea, ami he can ae
, <ept eligible Men for Many choice
army itationa.
The Sergeant can ha eeen oa the
■treeta moat anytiaM or at the Stew
art hotel, and will he glad to talk it
orer with aay one interested.
The Democrats of Surrv
Countv will meet in conven
tion at Dobson next Satur
day, Aoril 12, at one o'clock
The Duroose of this meeting
is elect delegates to the
Stat* Convention at Raleigh
which meets Aoril 17th: and
to elect an Executive Com
mittee and County Chair
man. Let all who are in
terested In the success of the
nartv come out The future
for our oartv was never
brighter, and we need your
asristance in the work that
is ahead of us.
A. D. Folsrer, Chairman
Rank mi Kmrkt Camtmrrmd
Mnant Airy I-odge No. 242, Knighta
; of Pythiaa «n hoet to ■ large delega
, tion of vi*ith»* Prthtnn* from Damon
lodge of Wiimton-Salrm. ttf»tl»w
with ■ delegation from Oermanton
on Monday night April 7th, at which
time the degree team of Damon lodge
ict.nfi»rmi the rank of Knight on a
j targe claaa of candidate* in die Mount
Airy lodge.
The . Pythian Caetie hall in the
fanner building waa u iiwdod to ca
pacity on thia oreaaion, there being
nhout one-hundred and fifty prueant
at the meeting.
The Waiting brethren impiaaaaj the
work and apirit of umparathm. The
Pythian lodge in Mount Airy la grow
ing by leap* and hoonda and bids tair
to heeoMe a potent factor hi the bet
wHh the epiendid membership which
it la boildin* op. The entire inm
team of Damon lodge waa the gwoet
of Motmt Airy ledge at auppir at the
Blue Ridge hotel prior to the biMa
WMa my CMtM !M tllwl
»I J M. Yoonr. of New H«p»
Ala.. MTt TtiamhertataT* Tablets are
th» boat thin* ilw h»« irtr OMd for
tiilicuane** uii ronatipation. A* thay
•nntain ha calomel the nnrer facta
weak or a irk after taking them
Entail coat, only 28c.
World News Briefly Told
LOOKS LIKE PEACHES. PLENTY
—To handle the peach crop at tho
I Mod bill MCti i of thin *tat« th* j
Southern railway is building 2 mile* |
' of "passing" * side track* between
I Salisbury aad Norwood. It ia esti
mated that this line will handle dx
• teen thousand ear loads of peaches
during thr iraton The cars win:
r be iced at East Spencer and handled
. at nijrht in order to catch fast freights
l Coin* to n rihern market».
THE SEA DEMANDS ITS TOLL—
Wreeks-t" from (hips lost in recent
atorms •* strewn along the Atlantic
coast. Storms of recent weeks hare
mled iio a greater toll of sailing craft
then heretofore reported for the win
ter Coast guard ratters will he |
ki p1 bu»y several weeks removing the
wr- ckage and clearing the lanes of
igatiaa.
L'NCLE SAM AN HEIR—An ex
• ntrir old fellow out in Los Angeles.
- who became estranged from his re
i Intivss, recently died leaving a will
, bequeathing more than WO,000 to the
. 1'mUd States government. But Un
cle Sam will have •« wsit for some
1 mgressionsl legislation as the pres
> rnt law forbids the government from
f accepting any bequest from any per
" KARTH SHIMMIEING AGAIN—
' Scientist* hare bm attracted to a
i small village in Spain where the qarth
I it ilowijr moving oeer a great area.
. carrying everythihf IB its path and
in Mine initinwi swallowing up
■ houaca and oeehardm TIm asovrment
• it gradual and *o alow M ia hardly
, visible to the eye. In on* place a
cottage ha* *lid with the earth wrth
. out damage for a distance of aboat
1 000 feet
• .
mi MILLION MALARIA VIC
TIMS—The iprad of malaria m Rue
tin which waa flrat noted a year afro
continue*. Already health report*
•tate that the toll haa reached five
million lirea. The dneaae ia of the
tropical type and caaae through the
Piilrien frontier. The many nraajpa
and slough* of Ruaaia'a low landa of
fer perfect breeding place* for the
malaria mosquito.
JIMISON MAT ADD HIS BIT—
■aparta are oat from Raleigh
that prftchcr Tom Jimiton ia consid
ering taking the stump for J. W Bai
ley in the racc for nvenor. The
"La hoc-Parson" like* Bailey'* plat
form and if he cat* into toe fight
th»re will t* something doing
BI KCLAR HAD POOR TEAR—
Burglar* are getting proud of their
••cr'ipation and are glad of the publi
city given them. One way they get
into the papers ia hjr making income
tax return*. Out in Minn, one of the
thups paid Uncle Sam one dollar tax,
and explained that buaineaa had been
peor daring IMS. reducing hi* in
come.
WOMEN TO WARM UP POLITIC*
—Kentucky will be on* state where
there is to be *o danger of a dull po
litical campaign this year. Already
Jt of her women hare prepared their
I < - and will eatar the field and
rapport their political view* during
the campaign. Thirteen are republi
can* and nine democrat*. Many of
them are widely known being wives
and daughters of senators, congress -
EXECUTIONER A SUICIDE—Af
tar guillotining (i convicted paraoni
the yuhtir executioner af Brealau
Germany, grew tired af his mcmoton
ona occupation and recently shot him
Mtf. Before doing aa he placed 4(
MILLIONAIRESS RULES
GOVERNOR'S MANSION
KU KLUX PAKAOC CUDS IN
Lilly, Pa„ April »■ fmm mm wwa
killed mi If tajmd wkeai riM
WW IWad Nlto • «r>wd at town*
the la Klax Kian brnM • ppedal
train far Johnatuwn after huidlng
reremoniaa hi a field near the town
«nd a damonatratioa to the atraeta.
A ■paetal train luartu tka raked
man trrM M tka railroad atatian
hero anrljr In tka evening. Tka kiana
man detrained and held a farainony
at a field naar tka tow*. They war*
at tka nation ready to an train again
when tka akontiag occurred. Soma
remdanta of tka town ara mM to
hare piayad a etrenm of water from
'ha town fire hoaa upon tka rtaitora
-ia they ware march in* back to tka
station.
The train bearing tka kianaaian ar
i»ad in LUty from Joknatown abaot
• o'clock tkia evening and open de
'raining tka klanaMen marched to a
field where ritaa of tka order ware
through the^«treeta^making » dem
» Am AimM Mi M Gmm Am
TWm Bmri to Dmmtk m
Forest Fin
Pulaski, Va., April i—Two mi
ud • boy art M bar* today from
'nir na rcctivfd in flfill iR( ft foreat
fire which raged yesterday mv
Pulaski on the watetshad which sup
plica the town iimioto.
The dead M«: J. P. 8heppard, M.
mi W. H. Stoota, M. town employes
and Mack Wyrick, 1J.
Sheppard and Stoota wore aoet oat
by Polaaki officials to combat the
fiM and wore trappad when changing
winds caused the flames to encircle
them. They died last ni|fct in a local
hospital.
The Wyrick boy accompanied them
when they loft town for the water
shed. His body was found in a ravine
by men seat as reinforcements
arm mat the fire All his clothing had
been borned from hia body except a
sweater.
Two widows and 19 children sur
vive the dead men.
Queen Smoke* Pipe And
Become. Sick
The story it tola that Sir Walter
Raleigh once ptrmM Quern Elisa
beth to try • pipe of tobacco. After
two or three' pofb she become great
ly MUMitti at which a number 01
mixta of boeor laughed, while other*
declared that Baleiirh had poiaoacd
the Qmm.
She wofl recovered, however, and hi
disgu»t with her Iodic* of the court,
forced them all to undargo her evptri
A not her rtory » told that Raleigh
wagered with the Queen that he could
weigh the tmoke whMi waa expended
frea a pipeful of tobacco. The Qua
eHrh weighed t^Ubece*. Mohad ft.
weighed the asha* and declared that
board ■ Haw Tor* trmin
honeymoon trtp.
Tba brtda one of tbo
mm in North Carolina, la a i
Syrmevmu. N. Y , and waa
the lata Mr. Watta ia that city oa
Oetobar 28. I#17. Son
waa a trained nvrae, bat
up that profaaaion prior to bar
rtaga to Mr. Watta.
utrrr Ma flrat wife havtnt
paign. Hi*
«f*tar. Mlaa Ida Mnrriwm, hart
tba (pnmnr'i manaion la
heir homo ainea tba
January 1M1 aJthou*h tba
spent the raaiinn month* la tba
tarn part of tba ftata.
p —
at 1:1*
Deputy Adjutant Gmml J.
Metta, of the
staff. The
52 and the ace of Hn Wa
After HHI
| tit* party want te the
mansion of Mr*. Wstts.where they
were mot by In. Dr. Scaakm, pastor
j of the Vint Presbyterian church, of
vhich Mrs. Watta b a member The
marriage was performed in the pres
ence of Miss Angelia Morrison, Miss
Tda Morrison. W N
"try at state, R. A. Doafkton.
missioner of i auanoej General
Heriot Clark son. asoociate Justice of
the supra an court; Mrs. GOhrt Whits
an I Mrs. J. C. Driacoll, of ]
Immediately
| the bride and bridegroom left ia the
rMtnor1! ear for Graenaboro, where
they were to board a New York train
for a honeymoon trip. They woo Id
not aay how tone they would be cone,
1 nor what place they would viait.
Since the death of Mr. Watts oa
March 6, 1W1. Mrs. Watt* had ear
| ried oat her huahand's philanthropic
' work. During his later Me, Mr.
' Watts had been a generous contribu
tor to church and missions, and sup
ported nearly a score «f foreign mis
sionaries. Mrs. Watta had continued
•hi* work and since his death visited
mission fields.
An estate of IU.OM.MO waa Mt
by the Durham financier, who waa
j TO years of age when ha died. The
fortune was accumulated through in
vestments in tobacco
Only owe daughter, Mn, Jofca
Sprunt Hill of Durham, survived Mr
Watta. beaidaa hia widow.