MR. POU NOMINATED
BY A BIG MAJORITY
Williams Defeats Siler For
Solicitor; Lee and Avery
Race Uncertain
The primary is over, and though
‘he interest was not as keen as is
sometii es manifested, the results are
cauing no little comment in the polit
ical circles. Honorable E. W. Pou
was elected as congressman from the
Fourth district to succeed himself,,
with an overwhelming, majority. He
polled by far the largest vote in
Johnston county of any candidate on
the ticket, receiving 1704 votes to
29 cast for Person, his opponent. It
was expected, hov ever, that such
would be the case, and it was left
to the other two candidates to fur
nish the element of surprise as to
results in Johnston. Mr. Clawson L.
Williams, the Lee County candidate
for solicitor, against Mr. W. D. Siler,
of Chathapi, the present incumbent,
won the race not only in Johnston but
in the district, Johnston giving him
a majority of 152.
As to the member of the Corpora
tion Commission, returns in the
State are yet incomplete and both
candidates, W. T. Lee and A. C. Avery
are claiming the victory. Johnston
county voted for Avery by a 579 ma
jority.
The o cial returns by townships
are as follows:
Clayton: Pou, 221; Person 5; Lee,
104; Avery 90; Siler 78; Williams,
151.
Cleveland: Pou 77; Person 1; Lee,
4; Avery 71; Siler 1; Williams 77.
Elevation: Pou 37; Person, 1: Lee
5; Avery 32; Siler 31; Williams 7.
Pleasant Grove: Pou, 25; Person 3;
Lee 23; Avery 5; Siler, 0; Williams
28.
Banner: Pou 127; Person, 2; Lee,
57 Avery, 63; Siler 57; Williams, 71.
Meadow: Pou 82; Person 1; Lee 10;
Avery 70; Siler 10, Williams 70.
Bentonsville: Pou 49, Person 0;
Lee 7, Avery 42; Siler 7, Williams
42.
Boon Hill- Pou 91, Person 0; Lee
22, Avery 0?; Siltr 70, Williams 21.
Pine Level: Pou 80, Person 0; Lee
38, Avery 34; Siler 43, Williams 34.
Micro: Pou 38, Person 2; Lee 0,
Avery 40; Siler 38, Williams 2.
Beulah: Pou 106, Person 7; Lee 2;
Avery 109; Siler 38, Williams 73.
Oneals: Pou 46, Person 0; Lee 2,
Avery 43; Siler 19, Williams 27.
Wilders: Pou 105, Person 1; Lee
49, Avery 37; Siler 101, Williajns 1.
Wilson’s Mills: Pou 59, Person 0;
Lee 46, Avery 9; Siler 10, Williams
47.
Selma: Pou 170, Person 6; Lee S,
Avery 163; Siler 41, Williams 137.
Smithfield: Pou 391, Person 0; Lee
138, Avery 223; Siler 237, Williams
145.
BRYAN VISITOR AT
DAVIDSON COLLEGE
CHARLOTTE, June 4.—William
Jennings Bryan spent Saturday night
in the city and Sunday at Davidson,
his business at the latter place being
to arrange for the entrance of his son
in the fall. He went unheralded, but
was made to speak this morning in
the Presbyterian church.
People from Mooresville and oth
er tbwns heard him, phone messages
having been sent of his presence at
the college. His subject was “All,"
and his remarks were based on the
First Commandment, emphasizing
the three alls. The “All thy heart,
all thy soul, all thy mind.” Part of his
talk was a strong invective against
evolution. He was the dinner guest
of President of Mrs. Martin. Dr.
Harding, of the faculty, accompanied
him to Charlotte. He went to Jack
sonville from here.—News and Ob
server.
Largest Steamship in the World.
The new Majestic of the White
Star Line, the largest steamship in
the world sailed from New York last
week carrying 1,600 voyagers to Eu
rope. The Majestic is making the re
turn half of her maiden voyage. The
day before the ship left the New
York harbor the public was allowed to
visit the ship, and approximately 10,
000 persons availed themselves of the
opportunity.
ALL PROPHECIES WAY OFF
COURSE IN PRIMARY VOTE
—
“Old Guard” Dazed By the Overturn
In Avery-Lee Contest—Strong
Machine Candidates Defeated
Sabbatical contemplation of such
meagre results of Saturday’s primary
as were available yesterday brought
all who meditated upon them to
realization of the eternal truth in
the scriptural “Whether there be
prophets, they shall fail.” Probably
no primary in the history of the
State brought more prophets and
prophecies to disillusion and disen
chantment.
Al’ of the dope was upset. Not a
man could be found any where Sat
urday morning who would permit
himself so wild a flight as to concede
A. C. Avery, the Burke neophyte, a
ghost of a showing against the en
trenched and fortified W. T. Lee,but
nobody is willing to claim an out and
out victory for Lee 24 hours after the
polls closed.
The so-called “malhine,” of which
A. D. Watts is the directing head
creaked mightily, as the first returns
began to trickle in. County after
county that had been set down with
out thought in the Lee column turn
ed up amazing figures on the other
side of the ledger. As they came,
Mr. Watts, hearing them read,
uttered ejaculation after amazed
ejaculation.
•L.asi mgnx as mianignt arew on,
the machine was still creaking, but
less hopelessly. Claimants for the Lee
candidacy asserted that he would
be nominated by a majority of 15,
000. Elsewhere there was little com
fort, and few claims for candidates
who ran under the sanction and ap
proval of Mr. Watts. McLendon was
licked in the Tenth Judicial dis
trict, and in the Fourth, Siler had
been overwhelmed by a majority of
2,500.
Mcrrison appointees in the Thir
teenth Judicial district were defeated
or running so near to it as to be
mighty nervous going. Donald Phil
lips, the only soldier candidate to
get any where in the State, has de
feated M. W. Nash, named by the
Governor, and A. M. Stack, of Mon
roe, was crowding Judge W. E. Brock
mighty close to the brink of defeat.
Union county still has four precincts
with which to overcome a lead of
300 claimed by Brock in other coun
ties.
Definite analysis of the figures
cannot be made until figures are in
hand to analyze, but comemtators
not of the faith of Mr. Watts see
in the Avery vote a tremendous re
the State tax laws. Durham’s vote
action against the administration of
against Lee is taken as a repudia
tion of the Watts-Lee-Manning re
bate of $110,000 in taxes to the Am
erican and Liggett & Myers tobacco
companies last August.
The Avery vote in the East is sur
prisingly large, even in counties
where there has been no direct agi
tation or irritation to stir up reac
tion. Pitt county’s majority of 25,000
is one of the most surprising things
that has happened in State politics
within the decade. From his head
quarters in Morganton Avery is
claiming the lead, a like position
is being maintained at the Raleigh
headquarters of Watts and Lee.
The upheaval in the Fourth dis
tnct and a 2,500 majority against
W. D. Siler by a comparatively un
known lawyer stands second to the
Avery-Lee contest in thought-com
pelling import. Siler’s friends were
confident that he would carry the
district by the usual majorities, and
have not yet awakened from the
daze into which returns precipitated
them Saturday night.
Third district returns as yet are
too scattered to justify more than a
prediction that Abernethy and Matt
Allen will enter a second primary.
The vote is not complete, but it is
apparent that Abernethy will fall
short of a majority and that Allen
has slumped sharply from the pre
primarj claims made for him as late
as last Friday night. Hobbs showed
a surprising strength.
The established order got another
severe jolt in the Ninth judicial dis
trict when J. E. Carpenter nosed into
the second primary against two ex
perienced campaigners. McNeill ap
pears to have encountered snags and
Ed Smith’s campaign sprung a leak
sometime Saturday morning and is
sunk without much of a trace. No
body expected Carpenter to get
FAVORABLE REPORT
ON THE FORD OFFER
House Military Committee
To Recommend Adoption
By Lower Body
WASHINGTON, June 3. — The
House Military Committee voted to
day to report the Ford proposal to
the House and recommend its adop
tion.
Recommendation, however, will be
made by the committee in report
ing the Ford proposal that the Gor
gas steam power plant, which is
sought by the Detroit manufacturer,
be eliminated from the properties,
disposed of by the government.
The action of the committee fol
lowed discussions of differences in
the offer as made by Mr. Ford and
the model proposed evolved by the
committee after inquiry into the offer
of the .Detroit manufacturer and
others. Complete agreement was
reached by the committee members
and representatives of Mr. Ford on
the fertilizer provisions, which had
been in dispute.
1 he committee, m deciding to re
port the offer to the House, complied
with the request of Mr. Ford that
the House itself be permitted to vote
upon acceptance or rejection of his
offer.
What action Mr. Ford might take
in the matter should the House vote
to accept the recommendation of
the committee for elimination of
the Gorgas plant was problematical.
W. B. Mayo and J. W. Worthington,
representatives of Mr. Ford, had
been excused by the committee dur
ing the latter part of its discussion
and were in waiting to learn the
Committee’s decision when the doors
were opered.
“There is nothing that I can say,”
Mr. Mayo said, referring to the eli
mination of the Gorgas property. He
called attention, however, to the
letter Mr. Ford submitted to the
committee Thursday saying the plant
was essential to his plan of opera
tion at Muscle Shoals and that his
offer should be accepted “in whole
and not in part.” Both Mr. Mayo
and Dr. Worthington emphasized
the letter was “final.”
The committee agreed to meet
again Monday to discuss preparation
of the reports that will be submitted
to the House with the offer. The
majority report, it was said, would
contend for the elimination of the
Gorgas property while a majority
opinion, probably signed by nine of
the twenty-one members, also would
be submitted, urging that the Gorgas
plan be included in accordance with
Mr. Ford’s final offer.
The vote of the committee to re
port the offer with the Gorgas plant
eliminated and with the fertilizer
amendment as agreed to today was
understood to be 12 to 9.
The other propoals for Muscle
Shoals development made by the
Alabama Power Company, Frederick
Engstrum, and Charles L. Parsons,
were rejected in effect by the commit
tee in declaring to report only the
Ford proposal to the House.
What references the committee
may see fit to make regarding the
remaining offers will be contained
in the report of the majority and
minority members when they are
drafted and given to the Ho«Be for
its information.
—
wir. v rumpton iioes to Lumberton.
LUMBERTON, June 1—W. B.
Crumpton, Jr., who has been super
intendent of the Selma graded sc.iool?
for the last three years,has been elect
ed as head of the Lumberton schools
to succeed Prof. W. W. Cale who re
signed at the close of the last term.
Mr.. Crumpton was elected by the
local school board and has accepted
the position.—News and Observer.
more than a handful of votes.
Regularity had not much to
choose between Sinclair and H. L.
Cook, and the defeat of Cook is not
surprising. Sinclair has ridden the
district as solicitor in former times,
and knew it thoroughly. His vic
tory runs fairly true to prophesy.
Down in the Eighth district Bickett’s
appointee appears to have reversed
the indications of early returns and
won out by a hundred. Woodus Kel
lum had no opposition.—News and
Observer.
DR. POTEAT PLEASES
A LARGE AUDIENCE
Edward Patterson Winner
of Edwin S. Pou Medal;
14 Get Diplomas
The school riKiUorium was pack
ed both Thursday and Friday eve
nings to enjoy the closing exercises
for the year 1921-’22. Thursday eve
ning the Senior Class Day program
was presented in a unique manner
being a burlesque upon the passing
of the class. Black draperies above
the stage together with ferns form
ed a fitting setting for the obsequies
of the hour. The fourteen shrouded
seniors took their places solemnly,
to the strains of a funeral march,
and the sad rites began. Mr. Erwin
I Pittman diagnosed the symptoms of
the fast declining class, and pointing
out that all was past hope, paved the
way for the winding up of affairs as
seniors in T. G. S.
Miss Lucy Wellons gave the class
history representing the events of
the years as peaceful and typical of
other classes gone before.
Mr. William Booker had compiled
the class statistics which proved
rather more interesting than statis
tics usually are.
The feature of the class was fore
told by a huge daisy which orna
mented the table on the rostrum and
the interpreter was Miss Elizabeth
Young.. Using the pretty supersti
tion that one’s fortune can be told
by plucking the daisy petals repeat- j
ing, “He loves me; he loves me not,”
the prophetess of the class dipped
further into the future and read the
careers of her classmattes in 1943.
Because the daisy was the class flow
er, the idea was all the more charm
T>g.
The last will and testament was
read by Mr. Harry Biggs, who com
bined wit and seriousness in the dis
posal of the effects of the class.
During the evening Miss Sarah
Patterson of the Junior class pro
nounced an appropriate Eulogy, and
the spirits of the seniors departed
with the promise to return once more
on the following evening.
In accord with their promise the
graduates made their appearance
again Friday evening this time to re
ceive their diplomas. Rev. Neill
Mclnnis, pastor of the Presbyterian
church, made the. invocation follow
ing a selection by the Girls Glee
Club, and then the president of the
class, Mr. Erwin Pittman, delivered
the salutatory address.
Judge F. H. Brooks, chairman of
the Board of Trustees, then present
ed the speaker of the evening, Dr.
William Louis Poteat, president of
Wake Forest College, who in his de
lightful style kept the audience rapt
in attention to the words of his dis
course. Dr. Poteat did homage to
the people of this community for
providing such school facilities as
we have. He said he knew of no com
munity with so magnificent a plant as
is being constructed for the youth
of this section. Interspersing his re
marks with characteristic humor, the
time passed very quickly, and before
me auaience naraiy Knew it, tne
chairman of the school board was de
livering the diplomas.
Following this, the most coveted
honor which comes to a graduate of
T. G. S. was awarded, this being the
Edwin Smith Pou medal given each
year by Congressman E. W. Pou in
memory of his son who fell in the
World War, to that student who
makes the best scholastic record dur
ing the four years of high school.
Mr. Edward Patterson was the win
ner of this medal this year and was
fittingly presented by Mr. A. M.
Noble.
There were four other prizes given
this year, a medal by Supt. Franks
for the best original oration, a five
dollar gold piece given by Mrs. T. J.
Lassiter for the best original work
in English, a five dollar gold piece by
Mr. G. T. Whitley for the best Thrift
essay written by an eighth grade
pupil, and a book given by Mr. Whit
ley as a second prize for a thrift
essay. In these contests, Mr. Harry
Biggs won the orator’s medal, Mr.
William Booker, the English prize,
Miss Irene Page Stevens, the first
Thrift prize, and Miss Sarah Adams,
the second Thrift prize. Mr. L. G.
Stevens delivered these prizes.
This year prizes were also offered
65 PER CENT. COTTON
GOODS SPUN IN DIXIE
Textile President Predicts the South
Soon Will Eclipse New
England.
WRIGHTSVILLE BEACH, June 2.
—Sixty-five per cent of the cotton
goods manufactured in the United
States during the month of May was
spun in the cotton growing states of
the south, President G. A. Johnson,
of the Southern Textile association,
declared today in his address before
the annual convention of the organi
zation at the Oceanic hotel here.
President Johnson expressed opti
mism regarding the future of the
textile industry and declared he be
lieved the crisis due to economic
conditions safely passed.
The convention opened this morn
ing with an address of welcome by
J. W. Little, of county commission
ers, acting on behalf of Mayor James
H. Cowan, of Wilmington. L. R.
Gilbert, of Raleigh, responded, pay
ing a high tribute to Wilmington
and Wrightsville Beach. Two hun
dred delegates answered the roll call.
This afternoon was spent by the
delegates in round table discussions
of problems confronting the general
industry. The annual election of of
ficers will take place Saturday.
In his address, President Johnson
declared the Southern Textile asso
ciation has probly passed through
the most trying period of existence
during the past year. He lauded the
progress made in the south during
recent months, and predicted that
this section would lead New Eng
land within the space of a few
years. He called attention to the
^act that of the spindle membership
included in the national association,
the south has shown an increase of
284 per cent, within the past year, as
against f54 per cent, for the New Eng
land states.
In September, he said, the Caro
linas worked 35.7 more spindle hours
than Massachusetts, 58.1 more in
November and 43 more in December.
Southern laws, Mr. Johnson assert
ed in many ways hamper and re
strict the greatest home industry, as
do far higher taxes than imposed
in New England states.
Mr. Gilbert touched on the im
provement in living conditions among
textile workers of the south, as well
as increased efficiency on the part of
employes.—Greensboro News.
LENINE SUFFERS AN
APOPLECTIC STROKE
MOSCOW, June 4.—(By the Asso
ciated Press.)—Confirmation was ob
tained today of the report that
Nikolai Lenine, the Bolshevik Pre
mier, had suffered an apoplectic
stroke. It is declared his condition is
serious, but that he is improving.
THREE PEOPLE KILLED
CROSSING ACCIDENT
WARM SPRINGS, Ga., June 4.—
Three persons were killed and two
passengers coaches derailed late to
day, when Atlanta, Birmingham and
Atlantic train No. 27 struck an auto
mobile at a crossing near here.
in the music department to those in
each class who rendered their selec
tions best in the recitals. There
were two prizes given in each class,
/one to the younger pupils, and one
to the older ones. Those in Miss
Newell’s class winning this honor
were Misses Ruth Brooks and Mary
Ellen Lawrence. Those in Miss Max
well’s class were Misses Leone San
ders and Lucile Taylor. Mr. G. A.
Martin presented these prizes.
This part of the program was
brought to a close by the reading of
the honor roll by Supt. Franks which
we hope to publish in an early issue
of the paper. iThirty-nine Certifi
cates for perfect attendance with no
tardies were awarded. Also certifi
cates for those making a certain
speed were delivered to typewriting
students. Mr. John Ennis, a mem
ber of the graduating class, did es
pecially good work in this department
and will receive a gold medal from
the Underwood School of Typewrit
ing.
The Boys’ Glee Club then render
| cd several selections after which the
valedictory address was delivered by
Mr. Edward Patterson.
Thus passed into history another
commencement, which marked the
closing of a very successful school
year.
JOHNSTON STANDS
A SHOW NEXT FALL
County Opportunity At the
State Fair Says The
Wilmington Star
North Carolina counties will fiave a
fine opportunity .to get some valuable
I publicity at the state fair at Raleigh
this fall. Mrs. Vanderbilt, president
of the North Carolina Agricultural
society, and the management of the
great state exposition, are laying
special emphasis on county exhibits
and for the purpose of stimulating
the interest in county exhibits, the
premiums offered have been increased
60 per cent. For such exhibits alone,
the premiums will aggregate $3,342.
50. The first prize will be $600, and
there will be prizes of $500, $400,
$300, $200, $150, $100. There will
also be other prizes.
Of course, the county which is go
ing to take that first prize is goiryu
to secure a lot of prestige for itself.
We know of one county which is go
ing after the cash, the prestige and
the publicity, that the award of pres
micrship is going to secure for some
live North Carolina county. That
county is Johnston and her county
agent and Johnston livewires gener
ally are not letting any grass grow
under their feet in making their pre
parations to put their county in the
limelight at North Carolina’s great
state fair in November. One of
Johnston’s big ideas is to attract
homeseekers, and in order to do that
she is not only goingto make a smash
ing exhibit but is actually going to
stand around and hand out attrac
tive printing matter, portraying the
wonderful advantages of that great
North Carolina county. Those John
stonians are a hefty set and the Star
glories in their spunk, for they are
setting a splendid example for other
counties which might just as well
come to the conclusion that if they
expect to get in the neighborhood of
what they want they will have to go
after it.
Johnston county is full of some of
the finest people in North Carolina
and there is room there for more.
Newcomers would have the advant
age of locating in a splendid county
among a capital lot of Carolinians,
and there is no telling how many peo
ple will see her exhibit at the state
fair and get stuck on that county.
We might talk ten years longer
about needing more population for
our amazingly productive lands, but
we never will attract homeseekers
till we do something to show that
we want them worse than our unutiliz
ed lands need them. Johnston wants
them and she is apt to get them. She
is doing what every other North Car
olina county ought to do, so the Star
takes off its straw lid to Johnston
and is ready to do the same for any
county which does things to magnify
the advantages of eastern Carolina.
Whenever eastern Carolina decides
to make the world sit up and take
notice she can do it.—Wilmington
Star.
ROBBER OF RANDLEMAN
BANK SURRENDERS
NEW ORLEANS, La., June 4.—
A man who stated he was William
Ferguson, of Randlernan, N. C., walk
ed into police headquarters tonight
and told the police that he robbed the
Peoples Fank of that place of $467
on May 16 last.
Ferguson, the police said, told
them how he had planned the rob
bery and held up the cashier of the
bank at the point of a pistol in broad
daylight and escaped with two pack
ages of money. He said he was the
proprietor of a small restaurant in
Randleman, but was forced to sell his
business last December when his wife
became ill. He declared he stole the
money to pay hospital bills, he told
the police.
“My wife is sick. I want to see
her, and am ready to face the music,”
he said, after relating his story to
the police.
Ferguson was charged with being
a fugitive from justice. Notification
of his arrest was sent to the Randle
man authorities.
“I love to idle by the sea
And spend the day in reverie,
And dream of glories yet to come,
And so does every other bum."