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s r L00I1 AT YOUR LABEL THE TRADING PUBLIC j r If Your 8atcriptfsa Hti Expired - . 3,u4 la YCUX lUaewaJ At Ohm ) -'; t. Liberally Palroataa Merckaats WU "-' Bid Far Tka Traaa i. , .,.t IIILP ECOST NASH COUNTY " WATCH FOR THE BIDDERS , ;. ....... i v. : . ,t -'t-.')','.1; , ,r '.r..-f " - : V';;.,' vol.x::x. NASnVILLr, vlcrth Cc: ) Una, July 10th, 1924. NO. 28 i f 1 ; Over Death Chasm j Participant in Rocky Mount Cclebra: ' i.' -. tion Victim: of : Terrible: 'Accident ' j? f i- i; While Passing Thru City; 1 1 inaihsd To IIo:!tcl i; ; In .Rc:Iiy'r.i:ua ,'tiotorcycU Collide With Car , Driren By Mr. A." P. Pet- 4 r i" uaorM-uavia, agea, aDout.' imrcy ' " : years, for the paat week dm ' been i lying; In Prk 'View Hospital, . at v Rock?. Mourtt,' iuffering with ra- , 'tureJ akutl ilnce an aocidimt which ofBrt-e'(l li"K inhyill It Friday af terni o When Davl i returning to ,. "? Ukk -site fcaviiyt pariieipated in , he automobile and motorcycle race v;-: held pt Rocky -.Mount, the unfortu--J." Irate man bai never : regained con T aciousneu , and, little hope ia enter- ' gained for bl recovery.' 1 '. At Utd, Davia -had participated vlbr the automobile and motorcycle -. raeei held at RocVy Mount, on the . Fourth, had eaptured onel or more ' prize and after the day' festivities, waa returning to Raleigh, hit home. - Jnt after entering the corporate Ijm- " ita of Nashville and when opposite the home of G. N. Bimette, Davii attempted to paaa a car. driven by V Mr. AV P. Petway; of Rocky Mounts who waa also coming to Nashville. " tThe Tfctway ca hai made a short aU p at thr home of W. A. Futrell and waa moving off at a moderate . speed when the motorcycle came up behiu 1 bin and at the intersection of 1 1 First street, Davie attempted , tat pa tie r or driven by Petway, just at he t jr " " - - the; tarn i. totJ,,. flt".itreet, 7 t , t . i made th attempt to swerve c, ',f'-t.' ( - .AftiycU- 'tis lrf-He- clear T the Petway ear, but the wheel of his ' machine ttruck tha hub cap on ' the front-wheel of the Petway. car and the motorcycle waa hurled into the air while Davis' Wat thrown against ' the curbing ' surrounding the small , parkway just' in front, of the Bis tetU resldeneei Davis sustained a : . fractured sknll just at the base of the ' brain and K cat about the forehead ' from which blood poured freely. " " , Aid soon reached the injured man, " - while bra. J. P. Battle, J. A-,Win-atead tnd T. 0. Coppedge were soon : , rendering medical attention. Davis wat placed en the car of Mr, I' L. - Davenport and Dr. instead rushed the . unfortunate mail to the Park 1 ; ; view Hospital t Rocky Mount, where ' be ha been since the accident and in an unconscious condition'. ' His peo--. pie in Raleigh: Were Notified and tome f them have 4 been .in constant at: ; tendance. - . .. Immediately after the accident Mr, Petway rendered tlje unfortunate .' . man every assistance possible and 7 1 summoned medical . , assistance.; To Th Graphic reporter he statecTjhat before attempting to make the turn to the left into First street he gave the usual . signal by extending his hand and parties near the. scene of the ac-ident report that' both the petwr car apd the motorcycle were movii ; ht a moderate rate of epeed. - Davis evidently failed to see the sig nal and the acci , nt is generally re- ' ' gaxded as unavoiJubleunder the cir-- eumstunces. . . .y- ; Losers l'.ovi.TT Very :rtsmr.t.l,e rl.!t. At a meeting"ot the directors of Th Small Town League at, the Cherry Hotel, In Wilson, on the night of July 8th, the directors ruled that fie matter of the winner of the first lulTbe left to the dpinlon of the f sorting Editor of The .Washington l ost . Kash villa representatives ar t led thnt f y were justly entitled to the f.i .t l.ulf on account of the fact T t (' ? ; were leading"' the Ka"ie ly u , a and a half at the close of ti e Ct elli sennon. And t' ey contend t' t accorJ' t to U r les of organized t-stt, "i no g ..nes ( i be called for a play over at the i Jtfai ;ison wlieti.tr C d r" -1 be 1 !, j ' el on account cf j 'n . , i " -y oUier rfnso i. t " " i .lit: -ft of t"..uir t , i ( of the beat I ' '1 l liit ; i.-uladirj "C ' - ' ' V, : C 3 Cosch. and 1.. . I - i rf! 1 i ' . . ! t". ) ' 7 TV..:.'-'--.- - ' - - ' aJ ' is J? of the data lh the matter , to v the Washingtoii Post Editor at once, and s decision it ,, expected at an early daU- . ...rt V The leaguo directors, abb, yoted tht'"Lcftjr Strickland" .was. not el igible to piny with Nashville and' that hi name be taken .off the local list and that btii should jiot participate further ia games of the Small Town League. Mr. G. C. Collins, Nashville representative strongly, protested this ruling and argued that it was Unfair and unjust to rule Strickland off and further that he could npt guarantee vT : :-i : miss anniei Noted , Lady ' Eyangelist JIow ''J'.'-t'y ' 8prjg what the result of this ruling would be with reference 'to the local club remaining ' in the League. After much, discussion on this point the di rectors reconsidered this ruling yith the result hat. Strickland will con tinue to play with' the Oaks.V ; -There- was a motion made, and passed, that Sol ma be allowed an ex (ra player for", the 1 Second Halt. There was a motion passed that Bai ley be allowed two extra players for the Second Half. . . , . After .. attending to. some .-smaller details the meeting adjourned. . ." ; Nashville was represented by Man ager - Clarence v Faulkner and direc tors Gi C. Collins and W. H. Faulk- Crc.er of Mra Harvey Smith ' . ' Injured by .Automobile. A hjessage. from "Washington; N. C, westerday afternoon about' 2:00 o'clock 'brought the distressing infor mation hat Mr S. H. Reld, a prom inent druggist, of that city, and, also brothet of Mrs,, Harvey Smith,i of Nashville,, was" probably fatally - in- jured in a collision between an auto mobile ' driven, by a Mr. Thompson, and a bicycle, upon which Mr, Reid was riding while returning from his dinner. ; A message to The Graphic from Dr. D. T. Taylor at the.Wash inton nospilal, stated that Mr. Reid suffered" fractured skulf and'-was poralized -on one side and thatir'his condition was indued desperate The f. sen 's of Mrs. Smith deeply synipatlrie ith her and "other mem bers of the family in this distressing hour that has overtaken them, Mr. and Mrs. Smith left within s a-' few hours after the news of the accident nd ore now 1n Washington. - f I" i Jackie Austin returned home y frcm Smithficld where she s i ii intending a house party giv- 1,- ' j AraLtHdc' V Upon her s Jackie ws nccompnnied s I ) ' rs'.si.iie Broadhurst in Ffoadhiirst, . '. '. a i ' ' by : Unl Vi- " t Spring Ilopt) .Enjoying Another Spiritual Revival. , Reports from Spring Hope indicate increasing inttrest ia the series of re vival meetings now, in progress in the large warehouse in hst , place, and that Mist Annie Agnes ' Smith, the eminent evangelist 'from 'Norfolk, VV is delivering a rsies of v soul searching sermon with telling effect; upon ner. nepers Mn -Emith is preaching the eld-time ' Gospel .and the services d4!1y are without any of the frills or senftationa.1 stunts usual ly puueati)y me average evangelist. Pastors W. f E. Trotmanr of thb Spring nope Methodist Church, and the entire' church' membership, ,are heartily cooperating with Miss Smith in making the meeting not only ' a great etimuln to the' Church; but further awakening the1 people of all that section to, deeper' interest in th spiritual growth of the com-' nnnityv'i- '.,". . Rev. ' 3. ' (J. Cottin,. of Henderson- ville, who' has gained, such an envi able repuation as a . choir leader, Is also helping in making the meetings of unusual intorest and effectiveness. J agnes smith. . . ' u . Conducting, Great (Meeting ' in Hope. i , - j Further Investigation Before H Jf eUng New, Buildings (.'At t"he Tneeting o( the! Board of Countyjfj Commissioner On Uondajr last the matter" of the "proposed new building. In", order , to proyido more adequate .quarters "S or ..the Board'of Educaion and other law offices came up for a bit of discussion among the members of "the Board,! Commission ers ; Mbigani Lasstet: ; and.s Bunting taking , the position that : . since " the erectioht'of an- entire ' new JbQilding liwonld entail an. expenditure of ap- proximately several luousunu uuiiors more.- than . was absolutely necessary at this time'when there was a possi bility of the situation' being met. " .' r It will be', remembered, that at a previous meeting th Board after dis- hcussing the matter at length appoint- r i ' :.. i ' . . iu..: jnnn, JoneS,',Fvt P; Spruill and Frank V. jA vent, the latter a member of the Board of Education - H r investigate nd,' if thc' deemed, for the best iri Screstsbf the" county to taate a con tract ; foe... the . addition of another story to the building wherein is 'now located the"1 Masonic and ' Junior Or der hull. As stated in a recent issue of The Graphic, the: committee found that by increasing the Appropriation and erecting an entirely, new bulld iog it was estimated tha?. the .coun ty's rental revenue would . be- in creased to approximately S 1,600 per year instead of f 500 as n0w.-,i This could! be -iccpmplishedby increasing the appnopriation J. to . approximately 10,000 for the new buildnig instead of $5,000 for. the addition to the old building.' i,J,T.. 1- . Tending, the final solution of the problem a new. committee was - ap- pointod. 1 ist i.'ons'ay.. composed of CommiMmoners JTorgan,' Las:iiter, and. 1'unliuff, - who will make further in vpst'sations' md report back to the 2r "d et f... ir next meeting. ' f ' ' Mi.'-s ' Laura v Read anj "harles, Etnkin, of Halifax, ve iiejit of I I'.iry Capps on y. Kiss IT ry and b-r p''-' I to . ' ,'Kr. o the THE GREA. AMD " GLOHIOU: rOURTII t ; ' : 2 ' ' .tH Stunt Galore i-eep. Great ' - ''Crowd Jn Fine Humor ' , , '-Throughout . Day. , The "Glorious Fourth" proved most . interesting , and, pleasurable event in , Nashville Jor the large crowd of men, women ;iand children from' a wide' area who 'assembled to witness the 'tunt scheduled for the forenoon and, make me'p-y with their friends and acquaintances, -and the whole-souled ' manner la, which both young and old entered Vto the spirit of the occasion, was gratifying to the promoters of . the. events scheduled The. festivities got under way at 10:00 o 'block after a spirited musical concert by Nashville Concert Band, Then' followed an. old-time "tug of war" between the members of N ash- Tills Fire Department- 'and . team of stalwart men from the country un der the captaincy of, Jimmie Jenkins; the latter team losing tJ the fire lad- In .the i "three-leg" ace wherein many participated, Poil Batchelor and Alvln Jones carried, off first hon ors, winning the prize of $ 1.00, irgit Uickenibow(d himself te be tome sprinter and pftato'bug by winning In the petnfo rare, and John Chambiee' proved ' himRiitf to be '.the champion, watermelon filler, of,'.,' the crowd and received a aitnilar prire, ". Torn Strum proved !;j(ieyond any reasonable, doubf'thht to could da- vou.r a Jarge tlice of h nckberry pie fatter - than ay .other .fellow in the crowd, and was awairdc 1 the cash prliebf one dollar.'" ' - ' ' Alvin Jones' again can s in for hdn- or in.'thet,"wheellia,rrowJ race",' dem onstrating the fact thniL he could push a ''Georgia buggy'V at well 'at ne eouia put a neid goar m a oesket ball contest. . f ' In the-"fire-drillv tea No. 1 un der the direction, of Captain , J. fi. Mayo vorf pVerieam IToJ 2, under the "captaincy of V. H, Hamlet," the former scoring the -run 'of 1-2 mile and (retting on a strean St water In Jmlhutsv; i jijotnT '"m' Jo,- oswg oy a margin 01 z seconds. . The Old Fi4dW CaraivaL Quito -a" large crowd gathered- at he Cooperative Warehouse where (his event was staged under the di rection, of M. .W. Lincke and more loan a aozen wen Known musicians taking ' part t in a programme i that furnished a great deal of amusement and genuine pleasure for all present Bedgood,R,H. ;CrickmoreV John C. Baylor, Wr A.,, Nelms.i J. '.Wj Crick. more, Jack Eason$ J.v V. Holmes,, all ol whom rendered soma -special se lections that we're - highly creditable and which evoked rounds of applause from -'the audielice'r ,' One of,' the violinists also took part in the banjo-picking contest, ..W, A. N,elms,, who demonstrated his old-time' ability, .to master .' both instruments.'- Other banjoists were A? A.: "Cooper, Willie Walker arid Willie Eatman, while Or ris Bonn and Jack Eason entered the guitaV-pliying; contest. Eason - win ning .first grioi -96.00 Bunnr geting aeeondV .3tUi t'lrAit y-.f- In the "Fiddlers" contest. , J..'V. Holmes was awarded -first prize, $5.00 ; ):' W:' Crickmore, second, W0i-!fy, ,Neinuv,thirdtf.$l,W..' Prizes in .similar amounts .went to thelwin joipickers as f ollows 1 1 Willie Walke first; A. A. Cooper' BeiCbndj Wiley Eatman, third." K:':r':':;'m 1 ;A three-piece j selection" rendered 'by - Al'Nelmtj! jHolia; A A.i.Coop- ler, banjo, ami 'Squire Joha C. Har per ( with ' bone nd tambourine, elicited founds of applause,,' the ven ejrablo 'qu'ire' showing up well in his old-time enthusiasm! and ability. : Special mention should be made of th( several fine special selections ren dered On the violin by J. Vi Holmes, who fs a real artist in the rendition of music of a more classical nature than the old-time tunes,,! J. W. Crickmofe and hi brother R. H Crlckmore, i violin duetts were it . vigorously' , ap plauded for their splendid renditions.' Enlivening the occasion several se lections were rendered ;by Nashville Concert Band. I . !.' . ,! ; v .. '-'. In the afternoon at 4:00 o'clock practically the entire crowd went out to Griflln Park to; witness an unusu ally interesting and botly conested ban game between .Nashville and Bailey, , the .",Oaks"5 s'huttin? out the visitors in a score of a to 0, the great orowd of more , han one t'.ousand people vigorously "rootihe" for their favorites and manifesting a ." te spir- of genuine enthusiasm t..J ordili- ness ji A Negro Lome de : ration , ie of V .a es 1 she rid woiker among the colore oaufort Coun'y began rsMals for better livin; ',t h T t" ' ionien ' ' ' 1 t Mr. Cordon Hold Very Helpful Demonstration. " The ladle of Nashville and sur rounding , country , could tmot have spent an hour or two more profitably or helpfuf than to have been present during a rtry interesting and in styuctive demonstration of jelly mak ing given by Mrs. Eflie Vines Gordon on Tuesday afternoon at the store of the Ward Drug Co. However, dur ing the afternoon quite a number of Iadiea of the town availed themselves of thlji. opportunity and they, doubt less went away feeling amply re paid for the Inconvenience sustained by braving the almost constant show ers. This demonstration wa held main- ly to give the ladle a more thorough nowledge of the Art of making va rious kinds of jellies and the sim plicity of making '.the highest quali ty of product from peaches, berries, fruits, etc., and the us of "Certo, in accomplishing the . very best re sults within a few moments, and af ter everything wat in readiness, Mr. Gordon had prepared quite a num ber of these delicacies and given out many suggestion that should prove indeed helpful to those ladies who take delight in providing a well filled pantry. .1 i A- . T, ' Rainy Weather Cause . Postponement of Picnic To-day (Thursday) 'was the day set. apart by the membership of tho Nashville, Deans and Maple Creek Sunday Schools to 'hold their joint outing apd the little, folks as well as the older ones anticipated an enjoy able feast and mnny other merry- making . features, at , Silver ( Owing to ' the -continuous Lake, rainy weather .and reports from, the Lake indicating that water conditions were unfavorable, and the further fact that the weather man doe not give much assurance of a cessation of present every-day rains, the i picnic has' been postponed and a new date will be. fixed tot thet annual.-event, which is always looked forward to with intense ' interest3 In all prob ability this matter will come up for settelment at the regular meeting of the . . Nashville - Methodist - Sunday Nashville Wallops Bailey- . ' - Loses To Roanoke Rapids. Game , of i July 3rd, Nashville r7 , . x rm Tarboro I... .1 - - i Tarboro was easy for the Oaks at Griffin Park Thursday. Poor i field ing and poor judgment on the part of the visitors helped the locals run UP 17 run. w Seal held Tarboro to 2 bits. "Legs'. Faulkner led the Oaks in hitting with two doubles and three singles 1 out of five times at bat Cuther Cooper and T-.' Faulkner got three hits each and Griffin connected safely twice. 1 feI '' ' Only a small crowd saw the game. Tarboro 0-0-0-0-0-1-0-0-1? 2- 2-7 Nashville''! 0-4-2-3-2-0-1-4-x V7-21-1 i Batteries f Hamilton, Deaver, Shaw Taylor and Baker. , Foy Beat, and Faulkner. , f, ,j , Gam of July 4th, Nashville 3, Bai- ' ' ley 0. 1 ' ' ! A rip snorting crowd of at least 1,000 people saw Bailey bite the dust before "Lefty" Strickland southpaw shoots at Griffin' Park on the glori ous Fourth. The Oaks scored three runs by hitting ; 'Blondy" ' Morgan mply- in the -earlier tart, of the game.. Nashville, put,., up -a: nifty fielding game . behind Strickland, Jones and .Earnest Beat starring. Bailey has gone eighteen' innings against local pitchers without scor ing a ruiu Harvey -Edwards shutting them out on June the J3th. ; : v l t Nashville's big brass band helped enliven the occasion., , . , , Bailey, j( - 0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-00-6-3 Nashville " 0-0-1-1-1-0-0-0-03-8-1 f Batteries; ..Morgan, Boy kip and Glover. Strickland and Faulkner. Game, of July 7th, Roauok Rapids 4S.;fl,;.NaskvH!e UtjJi't ' The Oaks bumped ; up against the strong Roanoke Rapid club at Grif fin Park ; " Monday and lost a hard fought game 6 to j 1.. - Dempsey on the niound for the visitors proved little too tight for Nashville, Bernerd Faulkner being the only Oak able to hit him with any consistency." The local 'second sacker hit' a, homer' for Nashville's only run In the 4th in ning and singled cleanly in the first Foy Beat pitched a good game,' but his own wildness was costly, - The visitors presented the strongest team which has been seen at Griffin Park. "Habit" " Bonner featured in the field. ' R. Rapids' 1-,0-2-0-8-0-0.0-6-D-l Nashville O-O-O-l-O-O-O-O-O--l-4-l I ; Batteries: Dempsey and Johnson. F. Beal and Faulkner. . ;.'-.!..; Pedigreed Bull-Cy "GE3." 1 ' If I : s. ' : ! ' ' ' Well, if they want to act bull--ad.-J 1.! out the first l.ulf, w'll take . n both. They're f'e 1 "rs any- McAdoo And Smith , Switched For Davis National Democratic Convention Dead Lock Brought i to an End .When ; : West Virginia Slide Began Is One Social Feature Closely Follows Another at Whitaker Mr. Telfer Ricks, of Littleton, was In town Tuesday. ' W regret to note that Mrs. J. M Cutchln continue quite tick. Mr. F. G. Vaughan spent Friday night in Washington, N. C, visiting bis mother, Mrs. M. L. Vaughan, Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Boone have a their visitor this week," Mrs. Boone'i brother, Mr. Edwards. ? - I Dr. and Mrs. Henry Cutchin and children left Monday for Asheville and Junaluska. . - ' We welcome In the younger set Mr. Elmer Anderson, who has recent, ly become assistant cashier of the Bank of Whitakers. Another surprise marriage was sprung on Whitakers when Mr. Ray mond Bradle, of this city, and Miss Alcph - Jones, '. of Belhaven, Were quiety married at the home of the bride, on last Sunday morning. They are spending their - honeymoon in Western Carolina. ' . . , , For several days , past the hand some home of Mr. and Mrs. L. L. Draughan has been- .the scene of series of festivities,' the occasion be ing a house party given to the fol lowing guests of honor:' Misses Blanche Barringer, of Norwood, Lu cy and Sallie Taylor, S to vail; Kath arine CoghilL Richmond; Louise Dean Louisburg; -Messrs. Lee ' Davis, Ral eigh; Walter' Taylor, S to vail, and (-Fred Cunningham, Fayetteville,' ' On Wednesday eveping a delight ful Porch Party was, -sriven. , The young people had intended going- to the lake on a -moonlight picnic, but owing to' the rain, had to celebrate On Thursday 'evening a receptiop was given at -which was gathered theV, youth beauty and chivalry , of our town,,' and that date, : it it certain marks a red letter day in this season's activities among the young set The refreshments were' all that could be desired! delicious cream and cake and don't let's forget the punch! Among the many pleasures : of the evening were interesting games, unique con tests, etc. At a late hour the gay throng bade the dispensers of such rare pleasures and generous hospital ity a happy good nigth. The follow ing Friday afternoon a barbecue and brunswick stew i dinner was given. Now we'all know what that means. That was one hungry crowd that gathered about the long table and in the yard at Mr. Draughan's "country home at three-thirty o'clock savory odors rdse1 from the wooden plates and the boys and girls sniffed their delights. Having eaten ; . to their heart's content, the crowd piled in, cars and , returned home. That eve ning at eight o'clock the guests of the house party were taken to Rocky Mount to see the fire-works and wit ness the wind-up of the fourth iof July festivities oyer there.. On. the following Sunday after voting Mr. and Mrs. Draughan, their charming daughters, V Misses ! Lotas4 Lee' fand Margaret and their .attractive niece Miss Ruth King as ideal host and hos tesses, the guests departed for their respective homes. On Monday evening a - party of young pepple rere delightfully enter tained at a barbecue, given at the country home of Mr. Grady Barnhill. Evef y one who ! knows Whitakers needs not be told what rare good times are always had at one of Grady's" barbecues. - After having thoroughly enjoyed all the . good things to eat, the crowd repaired to the sittinp room, balls and front porch, and many 01 tnem engagea in dancing. Later they all assured Mr. Barnhill of their full enjoyment of the occasion and : struck for home taking with them many pleasant memories. 1 , Little Miss Pattie Marie Sills, daughter Of Mr; and Mrs. J. N. Sills, ha just received the $2.60 prize as winner in the state contest for the best poster by a junior in the Better Speech Poster Contest. It Will be remembered that Pattie Marie also won the contest in the county for t! e best English paragraph in the third grade, which shows she is indeed a bright pupil and reflects credit on t'.,e Nashville school and Miss K;i" i - 'ne iiloway, the third f ra f ' ; ia patrons and f.ie '!'. I ay regret f t ; ' . - to tench '.if i 'tv John W. Davis Is 1 Finally Nominated Convention' Adjourned Until 8i30 Last Night To Com- V . plete Biutne. I Yesterday afternoon the ' nation brought a sigh of relief when, over the wire swept the news .thstj the seeming dead-lock in the National Democratic Convention that has beet in session for he past two weeks and which has been characterised as on of the most bull-headed convention of its kind held in history, and which has kept the nation in intense sus pense and speculation for all these days, finally decided to ''do business" and lay aside their dog-in-the-mad4 ger tactics, come together and name a Democratic candidate for President this choice falling to John W. Davis. of West Virginia. ' : From the time the Convention. be-t gan Voting for he sixteen or more as-, pirant for this exalted position, Da vis cut but little figure' until the ap-, proach of the struggle and after the , McAdoo and Al Smith adherents saw; plainly that there was no possibility' of nominating either of them. Withf the smaller lights being accorded a ' complimentary vote by the delegates from their respective states and who' were willing to keep the nation in agony although they at no time had a noticeable degree of hop for them, ) these same units of strength In the convention and the relentless fight of ; New York and special interests be- ., hind Al Smith and Against McAdoo, 1 made their . nomination anl' inwwrokt bili'ty'and it was not until both Mc- ' Ado, 'who was without doubts the ' hoice of the back-hove. Democracy of the nation, and Smith, the choice Of th liquor element and other un- Amurcan-interests,, had lna clim.i inated that he delegates ' In three t shortshort rounds named ; John W. Davis as the Democratic nominee fori President : . As his running mate, an attempt was immediately made to nominate' Senator Walsh, of Montana, but the' convention adjourned : until 8:80 'doc klast night and the result of the session could not be learned. V In telling of he final scenes wheiv ' the nomination was. made,' he ' dis patches say; Beginning with this mornins-'s bai. lot, the movement towsrd j Davis gathered momentum' that could not, be retarded and gradually and surely1 through successive ' balloting the ! votes flocked oyer and over into the ' Davis column as state after state in-" creased . their offerings to Mm and ' some of them turned over the whole quota.' " " : ':; TT'Z" 'W : : ; : l An attempt by McAdoo force to 1 make E. T., Meredith, of, Iowa, the heir to McAdoo strength commanded following which made him only a bad third and when the Davis flood was rising so fast that all other can. didates- were being swept awa by it, Iowa, Meredith's home state, with drew him from the contest and voted for Davis. li j-':;.--:.-'.:-:! -. I Then scenes of disorder swept the convention as , everybody clamored for a chance to gather with the win ning forces When the uproar was at Its height Thomas Taggert, of In- diana, mounted a chair and moved the nomination of John W. Davis, of West Virginia, by acclamation. The s motion was carried and there was an i uproar, when Senator Walsh shouted 3 into the din before" him: "The chair decides that Honorable 5 John W Davis is the noinmee "bf th , convention." .. Immediately the state standards. I previously carried for other candi- dates followed in the procession of 1 joy and jubilation. The band s u T into "Dixio," The. Battle Hymn cf the T--iA...;" ' Maryland" and c" r f "' r : i ' inned into tbe ci s "'' tion dunni? t' e r t t 1. ' ' . ; . Davis l.e- " 1!" 1 1. JTCew Yo ' , - "; Of'V.'. t ' jtk-e c ' 1 it it I' : '. ! . he i i :
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