[SMITH FIELD NEEDS:
\ Modern Hotel.
Chamber of Commerce.
JOHNSTON COUNTY NEEDS:
‘ Equal Opportunity for Every School
Child.
Better Marketing System.
More Food and Feed Crops.
VOLUME 45—NO. 52
* * *
SMITHFIELD, N. C., FRIDAY MORNING, JULY 1, 1927
* * *
IF IT'S FOR THE GOOD OF,
JOHNSTON COUNTY,
THE HERALD'S
FOR IT. ^
$2.00 PF,R VP.AT?
Separk and Stephenson Enterj
Plea Guilty Of Manslaughter
*___ ^
I
i
judge Imposes Sentence
of From Four to Eight
Years In the State Pen
itentiary; Evelyn Britt
Pleads Not Guilty and
Will Be Tried In Aug
ust Term of Court
In the stillness of a crowd
ed court room made still by
intense interest, Judge W. C. >
Harris yesterday afternoon
about five o’clock imposed a
penitentiary sentence of not
less than four years nor more
than eight years upon Robert
Separk and Robert Stephenson,
charged in the Superior court
with the murder of “Mighty”
Forsythe in Clayton on Thanks- j
giving eve of last year. Se
park and Stephenson were also
charged with violation of the
prohibition laws and with
breaking jail. Through their
attorney, E. S. Abell, these de
fendants shortly after noon
yesterday, when the cases were
called, entered a plea of guilty !
of manslaughter, and also a
plea of guilty in the other two
charges. The penitentiary sen- j
tence was imposed for man
slaughter, and prayer for judg- !
ment was continued in the
other counts.
maiciea witn stepnenson and
Separk for the murder of Forsythe !
and for violation of the prohibi-'
tion laws, was Miss Evelyn Britt, \
of Durham. Through her eoun-!
sel, J. W. Bailey, of Raleigh, Miss
Britt entered a plea of not guilty j
to these charges, and her cases j
were continued until the August
term of court. Miss Britt has been ]
under a $10,000 bond which was
changed to $2,500, and after the j
completion of the Separk-Stephen
son trial was still further reduced r
to $1,000. Miss Britt was present
in court throughout the day and j
watched the proceedings with the I
utmost composure. j
Sizzling hot weather prevailed in
the courthouse, relieved only by
the waving of pasteboard fans, but
no one thought much of the tem
perature as they strained their
ears to hear the evidence of the
witnesses put upon the stand which
was to determine the degree of
punishment to be meted out to
these defendants. Robert Stephen
son was brought into the court
room in a rolling chair, not yet
having recovered from gun-shot
wounds sustained when officers at
tempted to apprehend him after
his escape from the Johnston
county jail a few weeks ago. He I
remained in an Erwin hospital un- j
til Tuesday when he was brought j
hack here for trial.
Nine witnesses were placed I
upon the stand, the first being1
l*aul King, who lives near Raleigh,
and who was engaged by SeparkI
to carry Forsythe to Rex hospital
on the night when the tragic acci- j
dent occurred. Jackson Buffalo,!
who accompanied King to Raleigh, I
was also put on the stand. W. E.1
Buffalo, father of Jackson Buffa- i
!o, was also examined, and all |
their testimony concurred in that,
•Stephenson, Separk and Miss Britt i
topped at King’s Filling station j
*° 8et &as. King not having any,
Separk engaged him to take For
sylhe on to Raleigh. Young Buf
falo who lives nearby was arous- j
ed t0 accompany him. Later the |
testimony of Separk himself stat- j
e that his car contained only a j
(Turn to page four please)
Tantalizer
I'll™. afe exactly enough let
, 11 in the lino below to spell
H..unam®, °.f. a Person Smith
cinhian^lf the ri*:ht one de
Pners his name and will pre
we w! ,t0 The Herald
Nlllll11?6"1 h‘m With 8
v''P|lm™tary ticket to the
be c„n„75eatr.e-.Ticket3 m“a‘
lowm ? for before the fol
lowing issue.
Walter Lassiter recognized
"is name last issue.
Today, -rantsUser:
luiseposenlentch
CAPTURE WHISKEY STILL
Officers captured a forty-gallon
copper whiskey still Wednesday
morning, about seven-thirty o’clock
two miles of Brogden school house
in Boon Hill township.
The still was in full operation,
and there were four persons at the
still, two of whom, Johnnie Capps,
and his eleven-year-old son, Jerry,
were arrested. The other two made
their escape. The eleven-year-old
boy is said to have taken his father
his breakfast, and was helping
around the still by carrying wood. >
About two gallons of whiskey1
and around 160 gallons of beer were
found at the still. Various utensils
used in the manufacture of whis
key were confiscated by the of- ■
ficers.
Those who made the raid includ
ed Deputies Dan Mahler, G. E.
Weeks and A. M. Rose.
Welfare Officer
Is Commended
Grand Jury Recommend
Religious Services In
Jail Each Sunday; Oth-;
er Recommendations
When the court organized Mon
iay morning, the following
?rand jury was impanelled: J. N,
Wiggs, of Selma, foreman; H. M.
Grizzard, Redden Creech, Robert
3. Ballance, Barney Lane, R. R.
E-Iolt, J. B. Parker, J. W. Bunn, J.
U. Brady, H. A. Pollard, D. J.
Langdon, D. T. Creech, Lee Pope,
[I. R. Renfrow, J. B. Allen, Willie
Atkinson, L. B. Boyett, and L. G. '
>Vestbrook. . J
Judge Harris delivered a brief
:harge to the grand jury in which i
\e urged them to visit the various I
:ounty institutions and offices. He j
isked that special attention be g*iv- j
?n the office of the county sup
srintendent of Public Welfare, be-]
cause of the importance of this I
office in its dealing with crime. 1
Thursday afternoon the grand
iury gave its report showing that ]
:hey had carried out the injunc- ]
don of the judge. These jurors !
complimented especially the wel-1
fare work being done by Mrs.
Thurston. Their recommendation
shows a careful study of condi- •
tions in Johnston county, and they i
have called attention to certain I
aws which are being broken that
5hould find immediate remedy,
rheir report is as follows:
“Report of the Grand Judy to i
EJis Honor C. W. Harris, Judge
presiding:
“We, the grand jury, beg to
submit the following report:
“1st. We wish to return our
thanks to the court for the cour
teous treatment we have received
at the hands of the court, and to
the solicitor for his willingness at
all times to assist us in the per
formance of our duties.
“2nd. We have carefully exam
ined all bills of indictment pre
sented to us by the court, and have
made true returns on the same in
accordance with the evidence in
the case.
3rd. We have visited the county
ja!il and find same in excel^nt
condition, the best of sanitary
conditions prevailing.
“4th. We have visited the va-i
rious offices in the courthouse and
find them in excellent condition so
far as we are able to ascertain.
The respective officers were cordial
and accommodating.
“5th. We wish to make special
mention of the welfare work be
ing done by Mrs. Thurston. We
think she is rendering efficient
service and would recommend to
the county commissioners to give
Turn to page six, please
Other Cotton Blooms
Other early cotton blooms have
been’ reported to this office. Mr.
B. J. Benson, of Elevation town
ship, found a bloom in his cotton
field on Saturday, June 25. Mr. A.
P. brice, of Four Oaks, route 2,
found a red bloom on June 27. Mr.
Grice planted the Parrish variety
of cotton.
Court Drawing
Large Crowds
Numerous Cases On Sup
erior Court Docket; As
saulter of Deputy Elling
ton Gets Thirty Day
Road Sentence.
Superior* Court moves along
apace with numerous eases be
sides the spectacular Separk
Stephenson-Britt trial, drawing
|arge crowds to the courthouse
each day.
The case of Perdo Lucas, charg
ed with assaulting* a Johnston
county officer, John O. Ellington,
with deadly weapon with intent to
kill, was tried Tuesday, but the
jury saw the affair only as a sim
ple assault, and so rendered the
defendant guilty of a simple as
sault. Judge Harris gave the full
limit of the law for this offence
which is 30 days in the public jail
to be worked on the roads of John
ston county. The defendant was
discovered near Smithfield some
weeks ago with what appeared to
be a stolen bale of cotton. Deputy
Sheriff Ellington and Bernice
Jones undertook to arrest the man
when he resisted arrest, hitting
Deputy Ellington with an axe, the
blow necessitating his spending
several days in the Johnston coun
ty hospital.
by Mr. Barker, of Roseboro, and
W. H. Lyon.
Another case of the week was
that of the state vs. J. D. Hocka
day and Rossie Parker, charged
with stealing an automobile. The
defendants plead guilty and the
court gave them a sentence of 90
clays each in jail. Parker has spent
that time in jail already in default
of giving bond. Hockaday has
spent 19 days in jail and was or
dered to complete his term of 90
days. The defendants were sen
tenced to pay the costs.
Arthur Rogers, a negro of Pine
Level, was in court charged with
burglary in the first degree, hav
ing entered houses in the town of
Benson during the night when the
residents were asleep and taken
therefrom articles of value. The
defendant had no lawyer, and the
court appointed J. D. Parker as
his counsel. The negro plead guilty
of burglary in the second degree,
and was given a sentence of 30
years in the penitentiary.
Another negro, Eddie Stocks, was
in court charged with larceny.
Stocks, a negro from Clinton, who
was sojourning in the town of
Smithfield about May 1, spent the
night with one Charlie Williams,
a negro, occupying the same room
with Williams, and sometime dur
ing the night he arose and dispos
sessed Williams of all his cloth
ing except one suit. He also took
other articles of value including
Williams’ razor. Stocks was ar
rested on suspicion the following
day in Dunn, but had made way
with most of the stolen goods. At
the trial here, he entered a plea
of guilty and through his counsel,
Roscoe Butler, of Clinton, begged
the mercy of the court. Prayer for
judgment was continued upon pay
ment of $100 to the use of Charlie
Williams.
The county is better off by two
barrels of molasses because of the
case state vs. Buck Morgan and
Blackstone, although one of the
defendants drew a sentence of six
months on the roads. On March 10,
Police Officer J. E. Strickland, of
Four Oaks, had a suspicion con
cerning two barrels of molasses
that they had been stolen. Follow
ing up tbis idea, he went to a
place where Buck Morgan's wagon
had been broken down and nearby
in the woods he discovered the two
barrels of molasses. On trial it de
veloped that Morgan had no more
to do with the molasses than
merely to haul it out as an accom
modation to Blackstone and other
unknown parties, and he was ac
quitted. Brabkstone, upon his own
Turn to page six, please
Smithfield Man
Heads Committee
W. N. Holt, Vice-Presi
dent, Is Chairman ol
“Code of Ethics” Com
mittee.
The North Carolina Independent
Oil Jobbers association held' its
first annual convention here yester
day in the ball room of the 0.
Henry hotel. The program, pre
sided over by J. P. Flannigan, of
Statesville, president of the asso
ciation, consisted of a morning and
an afternoon session, with a ban
quet there last night. About 60
jobbers were present for the meet
ings.
The principal business carried on
was the appointment of a “Code
of Ethics” committee, with W. N.
Holt, of Smithfield, chairman.
This committee will meet with the
major companies at Wrightsville
Beach on July 16.
Following registration at 10
o’clock, the convention was called
to order by the president to hear
the address of welcome by E. B.
Jeffress, mayor of Greensboro, C.
S. Wallace, of Morehead, respond
ed, following which the association
went into the discussion of a new
code of ethics, resulting* in the se
lection of the special committee.
W. J. Keenan, Jr., of Columbia,
S. C., and J. E. Marshall, of Rock
Hill, S. C., then addressed the as
sociation on pertinent matters.
The afternoon session was tak
en over by addresses by J. H. Fos
ter, of Fayetteville, on “The Fu
ture of the Independent Jobber”
and by Mr. Ezzelle, speaking for
W. L. Moore, of Atlanta, Ga.,
“Why a State Association.”
The banquet last night was fea
tured by a radio address by R. L.
Dudley, Houston, Texas, who was
unable to be present. He spoke on
“Filling Station Problems.”
The other officers of the associa
tion besides Mr. Flannigan, presi
dent, are W. N. Holt, of Smithfield,
vice president, and E. M. Brown,
of Lincolnton, secretary-treasurer,
L. H. Martin, of Greensboro, had
charge of the program.
The association was organized
last summer for the benefit of in
dependent oil jobbers, especiaT.y
their mutual protection from price
cutting and other practices deemed
unethical.—Greensboro Daily News.
MR. H. C. WADE DEAD
Last Friday Mr. Thomas Jor
dan was called to Waycross, Ga.,
on account of the serious illness of
his brother-in-law, Mr. H. C.
Wade. Mr. Wade passed away on
Saturday night at 9:30 o’clock,
soon after the arrival of Mr. Jor
dan. He had been ill for about three
weeks with typhoid when pneu
monia developed, causing death in
a short time.
The body was carried to the old
home in Floyd County, Virginia,
for interment, Mr. Jordan accom
panying the body to Virginia. The
two children of Mr. Wade who had
been with the family of Mr. Jor
dan, joined him here and attended
the funeral.
Death of Mr. W. H. Capps, Jr.
Princeton, N. C., June 29.—Af
ter suffering a few days with a
complication of diseases and all was
done for him that kind friends and
physician couuld do, Mr. W. H.
Capps passed away at his home
in Boon Hill township, May 31st
1927, at the age of 73 years. He
was the only son of Elijah and
Rebecca Capps. Mr. Capps was a
kind, peaceful and obliging neigh
bor. He pressed forward for the
progress and the betterment of his
community. He was industrious
and a successful farmer.
Mr. Capps was twice married,
the first time to Miss Bettie Pool.
She deceased a few months after
their marriage. The second mar
riage was to Miss Sarah Lynch,
who survives him. He leaves to
mourn their loss a kind wife, two
sisters, Miss Sallie Capps and Mrs.
Annie Howell, a host of relatives
and friends. We do not mourn as
those that have no hope, for our
loss is his eternal g*ain.
Interment was made in the fam
ily cemetery by the Masonic Order
of which the deceased had been a
member for the past few years.
Written by request.
ELIJAH P. PEARCE
1
COST HALF MILLION TO
CAPTURE THREE BROTHERS
SPOKANE, June 28.—It cos
half a million to put the de Autre
mont brothers behind the bars
Their pictures girdled the globe oi
more than 3,000,000 posters ant
there were other expenses. Th<
United States, the American Ex
press and the Southern Pacifi<
paid for the man hunt.—Asociat
ed Press.
Give Program Ai
Kiwanis Luncheon
Boy Scouts And Scout
master Special Guest:
At Weekly Meeting ol
Local Club.
The Boy Scouts of Smithfield
and; their scoutmasters were spec
ial invited guests at the Kiwanis
luncheon held yesterday at noon
in the Woman’s club room. Mr.
Marvin Woodall, scoutmaster of
Troop 2 could not attend, but Mr,
L. E. Watson, scoutir{istejr of
Troop 1, and thirteen scouts were
present.
After the luncheon Mr. Watson
made an interesting talk on what
the scouting movement stands for
and what is required of a Boy
Scout. The scouts then fell into
troop formation and each one of
twelve repeated one of the scout
laws. Three scouts repeated the
scout oath. The scouts and Kiwan
ians then went down to the lawn
in front of the building where a
demonstration program was put
on. First aid and knot-tying dem
onstrations were first given. Scout
Louis Morgan tied nine tenderfoot
knots in 45 seconds. Horace Utley
llemortstrated head bandage on
Tom Hood; Vick Brady demonstra
ted arm and leg* splints on Pau!
Brown, and Blye Gulley demon
strated arm and leg tourniquets
on Donnie Ward. Donnie Ward
demonstrated chest bandage on
■Frank Gordon. Alfred {Sanders
demonstrated hand bandage or
Mansfield Creech, and Clifton
Ragsdale demonstrated arm sling
on Bruce Lee. Artificial respira
tion was demonstrated by Donnie
Ward and Scoutmaster Watson
Horace Utley demonstrated fire
man’s left.
An interesting incident occurr
ed during the first aid demonstra
tion. A passer-by parked his car
in the business section of towr
and went back to the scene of ac
tion to inquire if there had beer
an accident and who was hurt.
The program put on by
the scouts was interesting from
start to finish.
A “Ho^ohemian” Picnic
Monday afternoon from seven
to eight o’clock Mrs. Lee E. San
ders entertained about twenty ol
the little friends of her son Hyman
in honor of his eleventh birthday
The invitation sent was as follows:
“Come to our back door an’ give il
On Monday evenin’ at seven o’
clock.
‘Tis the hobo gang that’s a-meetin
I here,
jSo ‘ride the rail’ that’ll bring yoi
j near.
jJes’ wear some Weary Willy duds—
[Leave off yer powder, paint, an
1 studs . . .
Come on, every hobo an’ Laggin
Lu,
‘Cause we’ll be a-waitin’ here foi
you.”
When the guests arrived thej
were gingerly asked to “come t<
jthe back door for a hand-out.:
This was a picnic supper which th<
hostess had prepared and packet
in small boxes. On each package
was a card bearing one line of t
rhyme which told the “Weary Wil
ly” who he was and another lim
attached to the box of the “Lag
gin’ Lu.” Thus the partners wer<
matched and off to “The Pines’
on the Raleigh highway they wen
to enjoy their picnic supper an<
have g-ames and stunts for enter
tainment.
Among the guests were: Misse;
Lucinda and Anne Dixon Hood
of Kinston, who had arrived tha
afternoon from Rowland wher<
they had visited Mrs. Jas. M. John
son for a week.
It is said that the secret of goo<
health is onion eating. But how ii
heck, we wonder, can onion eatinj
be kept a secret?
Union Service At
Methodist Church
To Be Held Sunday Nigh*
In Interest of Fort
Bragg Memorial Chapel
Mr. F. H. Brooks, county chair
man of the Fort Bragg Memorial
Chapel Association, issues the fol
lowing statement for the public:
“Chaplain Walter B. Zimmer
man, U. S. Army Chaplain at Fort
Brag*g, Dr. J. M. Lilly, President
of Fort Bragg Memorial Chapel
Association, of Fayetteville, and
possibly others, will speak in the
Methodist church Sunday night,
July 3, at 8 o’clock, in the inter
est of the Fort Bragg memorial
chapel to be erected by public
scription at Fort Bragg. This is to
be a memorial to those gallant
young men from North Carolina
who made the supreme sacrifice in
the late World War; and a place
of worship for the thousands of
young men of the United States
Army, and the civilian training
camp, who are congregated at Fort:
Bfagg year after year for train-1
ing and service.
“This is Missionary work of a
real and definite sort, to build a;
house of worship for our God m |
the midst of a great army train- j
ing camp where ‘our boys’ may;
have the opportunity of being:
trained for God’s service while i
serving ‘Uncle Sam.’ Let’s rally
to the cause of our Lord and the
service of our ‘soldier comrades’
and build a suitable house of wor- j
ship for the living*, and a fitting
memorial to our hero dead.
“I trust the local workers in ev
ery community and as many oth
ers as possible will come to this
service and learn something of the
gre&t need' Sind the wonderful op
portunity that will be presented.
“F. H. BROOKS.”
Presbyterian Services.
Dr. B. R. Lacy of Union Theo
logical Seminary wi’l preach at
Providence at 11 a. m.
Rev. L. Smith of Fayetteville
v/il1 preach at Four Oaks at 11
a. m.; Wildwood at 3:30 in the
afternoon. Sermon by the pastor.
Subject, “The Assurance of our
Salvation.”
Services at Angier at 8 p. m.
The public is cordially invited
to attend all these services.
F. W. B. L. Party.
Misses Flossie and Zora Wood
all of Pine Level, route 1, delight
fully entertained the members of
the Freewill Baptist League of
Tees Chapel church at their home
last Saturday evening from eight
until eleven o’clock.
Shortly after the guests arrived
the members of the league as
sembled to hold its quarterly bus
iness meeting. The meeting was
presided over by J. N. Royall, Jr.,
president, and John R. Davis, sec
retary.
Various business matters in re
gard to the work of the league
were discussed and other matters
of importance were settled.
After the business meeting the
leaguers and other visitors amus
ed themselves in many games and
various other amusements. Forty
one of the members, besides other
visitors were present to enjoy this
pleasant occasion. The visitors
present from out of this imme
diate section were Misses Hazel
Harper and JTazel Proctor of
Rocky Mount, Miss Mattie Gains
of Georgia, Miss Inez Braswell of
Smithfield, and Mr. Maxie W'heel
er of Benson.
Before all the guests departed
ice cream and cakes were served.
WILL oL LLUSL1J MunuAi
Monday being the Fourth of
July and a legal holiday, the
| courthouse, the postoffice, the First
& Citizens National Bank and the
' Farmers Bank and Trust Company
' will be closed on that day. This is
in accordance with a custom es
tablished. several years ago, and
1 it will be observed again this
year.
! Circle No. 2 To Meet.
Circle No. 2 of the Presbyterian
Woman’s Auxiliary will meet on
Monday afternoon at four o’clock
* at the home of Mrs. E. P. Lore.
1 Mrs. W. J. Woodard is the pro
* gram leader for the afternoon. All
the members are urged to b<
present*
Steel From Sand
Hilliary Eldridge of Oakland,
Calif., has perfected an eleetricai
furnace wherein steel is melted
from Monterey black sand, an in
vention which may revolutionize
the industry.
Young People At
Holt Lake Camp
More Than Eighty From
Granville Presbytery En
joy Courses of Study
And Camp Activities.
Rev. P. C. Adams, of Roxboro,
director of the Young Peoples Re
ligious Camp of Granville Presby
tery, reports that all phases of
the camp life are in full opera
tion and that the young people are
enjoying their stay at Holt Lake.
More than 80 young people, rep
resenting twenty churches, are
registered at the-camp-where they
are receiving instruction in young
people leadership, Bible courses
and history of the church. From
six-thirty in the morning until ten
at night the young people are en
gaged in the activities of the
camp.
Mr. Adams and the counsellors
have praised the fine cooperation
which the officials of the camp
are receiving from the auxiliary
of Presbyterian church and the
many favors of Smithfield folks.
The boys and girls will return to
their homes on next Monday.
Delegates are in attendance
from Roxboro, Townsville, Dur
ham, Raleigh, Kenly, Roanoke
Rapids, Enfield, Norlina, Weldon,
Smithfield and many rural
churches.
METHODIST, CHURCH NOTES
Selma, June 29.—There was a
very interesting: missionary* pro
gram given during the Sunday
school hour last Sunday at Edg*
erton Memorial church. Mrs. Geo.
P. Brietz read a letter from Mrs.
Erickson, a school friend of hers,
who has been a missionary to Ja
pan for a number of years. The
customs of the people, their dress
and the eagerness with which they
received the gospel were clearly set
forth. Mrs. Erickson is very much
gratified over the interest the
natives are taking in the mission
work that she and her consecrat
ed husband are doing. The clos
ing number on the missionary pro
gram was a solo, “Something for
Jesus,” by Miss Flora Binder of
Mount Airy, a guest of Miss Mir
iam Brietz.
The Knights of Wesley Sunday
school class enjoyed a very de
lightful picnic at Holt Lake Tues
day evening. Boating, bathing and
a delicious picnic supper were on
the program. They were chaper
oned by Rev. D. M. Sharpe, Mr.
jand Mrs. A. K. Eason, Ralph
Woodard and Frances Sharpe.
Rev. D. M. Sharpe and family
have returned from Durham where
Rev. Mr. Sharpe took a course in
Duke University. While in Dur
ham little Dan Sharpe, Jr., had hi*
tonsils removed at Watts hospita
and is convalescing satisfactorily
The members of the Junior Boys
class of the Edgerton Memoria
Sunday school held their annua
picnic at Holt Lake Thursday o:
last week. The usual diversions
were engaged in followed by i
bountiful picnic supper. They wen
chaperoned by their teacher, Mr
W. T. Woodard, Mr. J. C. Aver}
and Mrs. W. T. Woodard.
Advertise in the Herald
Pou Prominent
In N. C. Politics
Geo. R. Pou Mentioned As
Running Mate For Max
Gardner In 1928 Elec
tion- 4£_J£1
The following article reprinted
from the Asheville Citizen of last
Monday will; ibe of. interest to
many of our readers because of
the fact that a prominent Johns
tonian, Geo. R. Pou, is suggested
as a running mate for 0. Max
Gardner in the 1928 election. It
claims that the lieutenant gover
norship should go to eastern
North Carolina.
“Former Mayor of Asheville,
and former State Senator William
J. Cocke, upon returning from a
business trip, to many counties in
eastern North Carolina, was in
terviewed yesterday by a Citizen
reported as to the political out
look in the State.
Mr. Cocke has long been a
Iclose observer of political signs
and conditions, and his judgment
on party affairs is often sought
and heeded by those Democratic
leaders who are potent in naming
candidates and in moulding the
policies of the party. Mr. Cocke
was asked if he observed a cry's
talization of sentiment for any one
of the candidates mentioned for
President of the United States,
and if he thought the two-thirds
rule of the national party would
be adhered to in the next conven
“ ‘So far as I could observe,
sentiment is considerably divided
between the candidates spoken of
as the party’s nominee for Pres
ident.” Mr. Cocke said. “I do not
think any one candidate, can pos
sibly secure the entire 24 votes al
lotted to North Carolina in the
convention. The two-thirds major
ity rule, in my opinion, should be
abrogated. With this rule in force
it is hardly possible to nominate a
candidate in a convention without
many days of struggle, and with
out the attendant party estrange
ments which have proved to be
costly in the general election to
NO INSTRUCTION.
“Do you think the North Caro
lina delegation should go to the
Democratic national convention in
structed to vote first, last, and all
the time for any one particular
candidate for President?” he was
asked.
“ ‘No,’ was the prompt reply, ‘I
think our delegation to the nation
al convention should go unin
structed and privileged to vote for
the man who is most available and
I who can win in the November
election.’
“When asked who would be the
next nominee for Governor of
North Carolina, Mr. Cocke at once
replied: ‘Why, O. Max Gardner, of
course. And this too,’ he added,
Without the slightest opposition.
‘Mr. Gardner will be the third gu
bernatorial nominee in my mem
ory chosen without opposition. Ay
cock in 1900, and Craig in 1912.
And Mr. Gardner deserves it, too.
He arose above his defeat by Gov
ernor Morrison in 1920, and fear
lessly and unselfishly helped to
make Governor Morrison’s major
ity in the election the largest re
corded up to that time. And since
this time, too, he has ivorked and
labored unceasingly for the party’s
success and the State’s wealth.
The great people of North Caro
lina are not unmindful and will
(Turn to page six, please)
AUNT R0X1E SAYS—
n. u«__
m ■ a*
“Sum fokes no ez much about
what ter do wid munnie ez a baby
do a stick uv dinniemite."