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-CMtilMi fNM tm 0m WE NOMINATE 6 SATURDAY FOR COUNTY POSTS of that party, whose names will appear on the county general election ticket next fail, are: John C. Ferguson, of Frank lin, Route 4, for representative. C. W. Henderson, of Route 4, J. W. Gribble, of Route 3, Her man Dean, of Franklin, W. R. Cochran, of Flats, and J. I. Vinson, of Dillard, Ga , Route 1, lor the county board of educa tion. James Denman, oi Franklin, for county surveyor. r The contestants for the Dem ocratic nomination for U. 8. ?senator and state offices are: U. S. Senator: J. Melville Broughton, of Raleigh, and Wil liam B. Umstead, of Durham, the' incumbent. Both are run ning lor both the unexpired term oi the late Senator jojiar W. Bailey, ending in 1949, and for the regular six-year term lollowing. The winner will be opposed in the general election next tall by Republican John A. Wilkinson, of Washington, N. u. Governor: R. Mayme Albright, of Aaieigh', Oscar G. Bamer, of Duinam, O. R. Boyd, ofPine lown, c. M. Johnson, of Raleigh, W. Kerr Scott, of Burlmgtan, j and W F. Stanley, Sr., of tuit ion. (otanley last month an nounced his withdrawal from the race, but changed his mind when it was ruled that he was too late; that his name would appear on the ticket anyway). Tne victor in the six-man gub ernatorial primary race will be opposed In the fall general elec tion by the Republican nomi nee, ueorge M. Pritchard, of Marshall Other Kaces Lieutenant-governor: H. P. (Pat) Taylor, of Wadesboro, and Dan Tompkins, of Sylva. The Republican nominee is Kyle Hayes, of North Wilkesboro. Secretary of state: John T. Armstrong, of Raleigh, and Thad Eure, of Winton, who now holds the office. Opposing the winner next fall will be J. S. Dockery, ?Rutherfordton Republican. State auditor: Henry L. Bridges, of Raleigh, the incum bent, tor both tne short and long terms, and Charles W. Miller, of Asheville, for the long term oply. The Republican nominee is M. B. Hickman, of WinStjn-Salem. State treasurer: Zack Friz zelle, of Richlands, Brandon P. Hodges, of Asheville, and James B. Vogier, of Charlotte. Ben L. Spenct, of Silver City, is the Republican nominee. The two Republican state wide contests "are for commis sioner of agriculture and com missioner of labor, ? Watt H. Gragg, of Boone, and G. L. Willard, of Kemersville, seek the Republican nomination for commissioner of agriculture. The winner in this contest will be opposed in the general elec tion by L. Y. Ballentlne, of Ver ina, Democrat. D. S. Coltrane, Democrat, the present commis sioner, is running only for tiie shoFt term, which will expire early next year. The Republican candidates for the nomination for commission er of labor are M. K. Harrill, of charlotte, and Donald Boone Sherriii, of Greensboro. The present commissioner, Forrest H. Shuford, is unopposed for the Democratic nomination. Unopposed Democrats The following Democrats' named will not appear on the primary ballots, since they had no opposition for the Democrat . lc -nominations: L. B. Nichols, of Andrews, for state senator. His Republican opponent in the general elec tion will be Silas Dean, of Franklin, Route. 3. Thad D. Bryson, Jr., of Frank lin and Bryson City, 20th judi cial district solicitor. Mr. Bry son, the incumbent, is up for both me short and long term, the laiter expiring in 1953. No Republican tiled for this of iice. Dan K Moore, of Sylva, 20th district judge, short and long term. No Republican nominee. Monroe M. Redden, of Hend ersonville, for 12th congres sional district representative. Ills Republican opponent in the HPiierai election will be John A. Wagner, of Asheville. bam J. Erwln, Jr., of Morgan ton, incumbent, for associate justice of the supreme court, term expiring in 1950, Robert H. McNeill, of Statesville, is the Republican nominee. William P Hodges, Incumbent, lor commissioner of insurance. Republican Deems H. Clifton, of Clinton, will oppose him in the general election. Commissioner Coltrane, for the short term, and Mr. Ballen tlne, for the regular term, as commissioner of agriculture. Clyde A. Erwtn, Incumbent, for superintendent of public Instruction. He will be opposed In the general election by Bu ford T. Henderson, Republican, of Wlnston-Balem, Attorney-general Harry Mo* Mullan, HU IWpubUcan oppon ? Oui i America ? \ **!?!? ! ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ' . ,// if ^ 1*6 KtME *CXC?6lO?y* WA? 6iVE*i TO T?*t AMERICAN FlA6 pV CAPTAIN WILLIAM OB>VE?. ?AIEaA MA4* ?AlLtrt6 CAPl^iM. JL ^AlUTB "TO "WE FLA6 WA* / M>p? w?4fu n w# pkf^f^rrfp y A6 Ml* SMJP WA* STAWTitfcS OH A BOONP-TMf -VUORLP \i0yA6E ik| iB3l <2 /-a 0?P PAPfcf? A1 AN UH*NOvVN PATC ? bV 156 B C. T^/ vJEW* MAKlNkS T r?cw -rwf PoiP of ^tme Muietwy tvfb m ifiA. -< SUcf i860 V ' / ONIV "TWO 41ATW^ supvoeiro "TUI ' I KAJll V?PV WtlMOUT A BBlAtf.... ?TW0MT MA^ vol*--? WUfelKAM, A?t> VM VOW Vlt*OC9*r\l ?W 88 V?AR* ent next fall will be Herbert F. Sewell, Jr., of Carthage. Mrs. Jones Is Speaker At Clayton PTA Meeting Mrs. Weimar Jones was guest speaker at Tuesday's meeting of the Clayton, Ga., Parent Teacher association. Mrs. Jones, wh(J recently retired frdm the presidency of ths Franklin P. T. A., after serving two years, was invited to Clayton to ad dress the association there and to install its officers for the coming year. Old Clippinf Hm Frances' Silvtr'l Confcuion V?r??t it ha? Ufeii mur?> thail it hun dred years since Frances Silver ?the only woman ever hanged In Burke county? was executed, but the story of her murder of her husband, of her hanging, and of the confession she is supposed to have written, in verse, on the eve of her exe cution, keeps bobbing up. Recently The Press reprinted an article about the Frankie Silver legend from the Morgan ton News-Herald, and Sam Phil lips, of Franklin, after reading the article, dug a yellowed clipping he had -the 15 four line stanzas of the confession. The clipping does not indicate the date at which the verses were published, or in what paper they appeared, but what ever paper it was, it had clip ped the Confession from The Franklin Press, and gave credit to The Press: The verses are preceded with the explanation: "The following lines were handed us by a grandson of the person whose confession they contain. This woman took the life of her husband by chop ping his head off with an axe, and then tried to burn his body . . the woman was tried before Judge Daniel, found guilty and sentenced to be put to death." Be Carefree As Puppy . . . have nary a wash worry in your pretty head. Get out and enjoy the sun shine while we take eare of your laundry. 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