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Advertiser* Will Find Our Col
A Latchkey To Over 1,600
Of Martin County.
\ OLl'ME \LIII?NUMBER 44 Williamaton, Martin County, North Carolina, Friday, May 31, 1940. ESTABLISHED 1899
Filling Station Is
Damaged By Early
Morning Fire Here
Ixtsh of $700 Is Reported To
Sinclair Station in
"Tobacco Town"
Thought to have started from a
coal heater used in heating water,
fire wrecked Die barbecue pit and
cook room and did considerable dam
age to the Sinclair Filling Station
operated by Mr. Jule James on Wash
ington Street next to the Roanoke
Dixie Warehouse at 5 o'clock yester
day morning.
The rear part of the building was
charred and large volumes of smoke
pouring from the lightwood timbers
caused the paint to run from the
walls in other parts of the building
Damage to the building was estimat
ed at $400 and the loss on the stock
and equipment will amount to
around $300. according to Fire Chief
G P. Hall.
Mr. James built a fire in the stove
about four o'clock and was at the
station with Mr. Emmett Whitley
who was barbecuing two pigs in the
rear of the building. The fire gain
ed a foothold rapidly and by the time
the fire-fighting equipment was car
ried to the scene flames were pour
ing from the back and two sides of
the building and the dense smoke
blocked most of the Washington and
Haughton Street intersection.
Mr. James suffered severe burns
on his fingers in trying to check the
fire and remove a few articles from
the burning building.
Hooking up one large hose to the
fire truck and laying a second one
the volunteers had the fire under
control in less than a quarter of an
hour.
Spectators, answering the alarm
with the firemen, expressed fear that
the fire would spread to the ware
house and to other nearby property.
Firemen were held out of the build
ing during the greater part of half
Mi hour by the stiffling smoke which
filled the entire building and po'ur
ed through the top and around the
eaves of the root.
The loss was recorded among the
largest here so far this year.
During the past few years, th
fire company has answered seven
calls to the huildinff. The Sine la
calls to the building. The Sinclair
Oil Company, owner of the station,
will repair the damage in strict ac
cordance with fire regulations, Fire
Chief flail said today.
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Charles Williams
Dies In Griffins
Charles Williams. 39 veara old.
died at the. home of his sister, Mrs
Don Griffin, in Griffins Township
last night at 11:20 o'clock following
an illness of less than one week dur
ation. He suffered an attack of pneu
monia last Saturday.
The son of Phillip Williams and the
late Mrs. Williams, he was born in
Griffins Township where he spent
all his life. He was partially blind all
his life and confined his activities to
a few duties around the farm, get
ting out very little.
Besides his father he is survived
by three brothers, Henry P., William
L . and James H. Williams, and two
sisters ,Mrs. f^imon Corey and Mrs.
Don Griffin, all of this county. He
never married
Funeral services are being con
ducted this afternoon at three o'clock
at his late home by Rev. James H.
Smith, pastor of the Williamston
Memorial Baptist Church. Interment
will follow in the Manning Cemetery
in Griffins Township.
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Primary Saturday ~
Cost Nearly $1,000
It cost Martin County nearly $1,000
or about 37 cents for every ballot
placed in the precinct election boxes
last Saturday. Due to several (actors,
the primary was possibly the most
expensive held In the county In re
cent years if not in its history.
Considerable cost was attached to
the new registration. Repeated calls
were made to the citizens to register
and finally the registrars were offer
ed a premium of three cents for each
new name placed on the books dur
ing the latter part of the registration
period. The round-up of the regis
tration cost $73.11, the drive netting
2,437 names. The registrars were paid
at the rate of $3 a day for each of the
four Saturdays they held the books
open for names and challenge, the
thirteen officials receiving a total
of $323 in salaries alone. Judges of
election shared in the pay-off, but
their checks will be small.
Outside the chairman of the board
of elections and not including sup
plies and a few other items, a total
of $701.68 was paid the thirteen reg
istrars, twenty-six judges of election
and the two members of the election
board.
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Director* Of Chamber Of
Commerce Meet Tonight
An important board of directors
meeting of the chamber of com
merce will be held tonight in the
secretary's office. Members are re
quested to attend.
Outlook for Tobacco Crop in
TheCounty Very U?tfavorable
Delayed first by cold weather,
next by blue mold, and more recent
ly by dry weather, the tobacco crop
in Martin County is now being sub
jected to a wire-worm attack de
scribed by some farmers as a real
ole German blitzkrieg. Briefly stat
ed, the outlook for the current to
bacco crop is very unfavorable, and
many farmers are said to be great
ly disheartened over the prospects
not to even mention the price pros
pects.
Transplanting of the crop has
been virtually completed in the
county this week, but goodly num
bers of farmers are still resetting in
an effort to get something like a
normal stand. In some urea*
a heavy worm attack was experienc
ed. the farmers plowed their fields
anew and transplanted the crop in
its entirety. Considerable damage
has been done by worms in the Cross
Roads. Bear Grass and Jamesville
Townships and some sections in Grif
fins and Williamston Townships
Some farmers declare that the most
damage is being reported m thope
fields where the land was planU&i
to rye last fall. Th^y explain t)*af
the worms fed off the green rye and
left a large crop of the pests.
In several of the upper-county sec
tions especially in the Goose Nest
area the outlook for a good crop is
quite favorable. The seasons have
been more favorable there than in
the other sections of the country.
Less than one and one-half inches of
rain had been recorded here up un
til early yesterday, the fall being
the smallest ever reported for the
particular month
Second Contest For
Treasurer in County
DAY OF PRAYER
The suffering, unimaginable
hardships and cruel disregard for
life itself, that is at this very
hour being endured in Europe
by Christian people demands at
least our deepest sympathy. In
order that these horrors may
soon be brought to a peaceful end
the Presiding Bishop of the Epis
copal Church has asked that each
church pray for peace.
In his words, ?Tnthis.hour.iiL
catastrophe I call the Church to
Join with Christians throughout
the world in solemn supplication
for world peace."
Sunday morning at thr eleven
o'clock service it is hoped that
as many people as possible will
be at the Church of the Advent
and concerted prayers will be
for a peace that wilLpgaln bring
health and happiness to the
whole world; that fellowship
and love may reign in the place
of selfishness and hatred.
Public Opinion Is
Pointing To War
With few exceptions public opin
ion in this immediate section favors
a more active part in world affairs
by the United States. While there has
been an increased hate for Hitler ex
pressed, Martin County people de
clare in certain terms that?some
thing should be done to stop the
murder and wholesale slaughter and
check the blaze that is about to in
gulf the world
An address by Rt. Rev. Henry W.
Hobson, Episcopal bishop of Ohio,
to a graduating class in Raleigh this
week received much favorable com
ment here. He said, in part:
"If we expect to save our freedom
by sitting here with no concern over
what is happening in the rest of the
world, we are sure to lose it.
"Unless we move at once we will
be easy victims when the destroy
ing hand reaches toward us. The
world is on fire. God help us if we
fiddle while it burns."
Bishop Hobson warned his listen
ers that "distances are obliterated
with ease by modern mechanics. We
will be nothing but blind fools if we
rely on distance for a false secur
ity."
The speaker lashed dictatorships,
saying, "Ttiis struggle is one that
sooner or later has to be settled un
less man is to become enslaved and
enter into another dark age. We must
realize," he said, "before it is too
late, the fundamental differences be
tween dictatorship and democracy."
Presbyterians Close
Daily Bible Schools
The Poplar Point Bible school
came to a successful close last Sun
day when an interesting and profit
able commencement program was
given in the church. The enrollment
of this school was 62 and practically
all of thasa wars present last Sun
day at two o'clock for the commence
ment exercises. The church was
packed and there was not a single
vacant seat. A few were compelled
to stand or leave.
Church school services are held at
this point every Sunday at 2 p. m.
The Bear Crass Bible school which
has been in session for the past two
weeks closed its formal services Fri
day morning at 11:30 o'clock. Around
83 pupils have been in attendance
upon the school and a corps of some
10 or 12 teachers have been doing
a splendid work. Rev. J. W Vinson,
Jr., who leaves in August for China
as a foreign missionary, has been in
charge of tills acliuol
The Vacation Bible school at Rob
eraon's Chapel will get underway
next Monday morning at I a. m. A
large corps of teachers under the
direction of Rev Z. T. Plephoff and
Rev J. W Vinson, Jr., will be on
hand to begin this all important work
among the children of the commun
ity. Be sure to tend your children
to the school.
Courtney Will Go
Into June Primary
Against Diek Smith
Martin* Voter* Will AI*o Par
ticipate in Run-Off For
Governor
Reforming their lines hurriedly
following the tabulation of the first
primary results, Wilkins P. Horton
this week announced he would go
into a second primary to contest J
M B rough ton for the governorship,
and Ben Courtney has signified he
.would contest Dick-Smith for Martin
County treasurer. The artnounce
ments place two contests before Mar
tin County voters for their consider
ation in the second primary which
will be held on Saturday, June 22.
Courtney, pointing out that a sec
ond primary had alerady been sched
uled at the request of W. P. Horton,
runner-up in the gubernatorial race,
stated that he had decided to go in
to the second primary "after giving
the matter due consideration and at
the suggestion of many of my
friends."
In the first primary last Saturday,
Courtney trailed Smith by 458 votes.
Smith polled 1,303 votes as compar
ed with 845 polled by Courtney. The
two men polled a total of 2,148 votes
as agmni.t 1,436 polled by the other
three candidates combined.
A third contest was expected, up
until yesterday when Erskine' Smith,
runner-up in the race for lieutenant
governor, announced that he would
not contest the office with Reg Har
ris, Roxboro man, who maintained
a lead of about 20,000 votes in the
last Saturday primary.
It is hardly likely that the size of
the first primary vote will be main
tained in this county on June 22. The
race for treasurer will possibly at
tract more attention, certainly as
much, as the contest for governor,
but with the elimination of commis
sioners' and other contests for mem
bership on the board of education,
a decrease in the size of the vote is
to be anticipated. No registrations
will be in order, but the registration
figures are believed large enough
in this county for a representative
vote expression.
Battling a lead estimated to range
as high as 45,000 votes, Horton has
got to materially increase his pow
er if he will successfully challenge
Broughton for governor. Early re
ports from the various political sub
divisions in this county indicate that
Martin voters will swing to the
Broughton candidacy. It is possible
that Horton will do a good job of
repairing his lines and offer a strong
battle, but many Martin voters, ques
tioned these past few days, state they
plan to support Broughton if for no
other reason than that they believe
he will win and they want to vote for
a winner one more time.
Reports from over the field in the
county and State maintain that both
candidates for governor are lining up
their forces for the second contest.
Considerable work has already been
advanced by Horton forces in this
county while associates in the other
camp are considering what strategy
they will employ in directing an ap
peal to the voters for their support
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Loral Man Take Plunge
In Creek While Fishing
Two local men, Roy and Garland
Coltrain, took a plunge into the cold
waters of Mobley's Mill Pond early
one morning this week when their
boat turned over while they were"
starting a fishing trip. "Ooh.ooh,
wah," one of the young men yelled
as the culd water pouted Into hlr
boots and quickly wet him to his
neck.
They rushed home and changed
clothea. but only one of them letuiu
Mr^ Ann Askew returned last
week from New York where she
went with a party of friends to visit
the world's fair.
County Electorate
Casts Record Vote
In First Primary
Total of 3,705 Vote* Placed
In Thirteen Election
Precinct Boxe*
An all-time high record vote was
recorded in this county last Satur
day when 3.705 citizens went to the
polls in the thirteen precincts to
participate in the primary election.
The vote exceeded by more than 200
the record established two years ago.
Even with the large vote, the records J
show that hardly more than two
thirds uf the citizens eligible to vote
participated in the election. Nine of
the precincts repurted increases in
their vote counts over those record-'
ed two years ago in the first pri
mary.
Nearly 1.800 of the people who reg
istered did not vote last Saturday,
but it is believed that the percent
age of the registration voting in the
primary was the greatest on record.
The absentee ballot eliminated pos
sibly 50 or 75 votes, and the little
interest shown in the Republican
primary apparently had some weight
in holding the total vote to the re
ported figure. Less than two dozen
votes were cast by Republicans, sev
eral precincts reporting no Republi
can votes at all. In one or two cases
where there were Republican poll
holders. not a single Republican vote
was recorded
Submitting a guess on the size of
the vote, Luther Peel missed by ten
votes But his guess was the best re
ceived and he gets a year s subscrip
tion to The Enterprise free. The
guesses ranged from 3,300 up to
4,000. Martin citizens are invited to
study the political situation as it pre
sents" Itself during the next few
weeks and submit guesses on the.aize
of vote that will be cast in the sec
ond primary on June 22 A year's
subscription to this paper will be
given the person submitting the best
guess.
A comparison of the registration
figures and the 1938 and 1940 pri
mary votes follows:
1938
Precinct Reg. Vote 1940
Jamesville 538 382 396
Williams 261 173 150
Griffins 430 376 "233
Bear Grass 412 251 255
Williamston 1 681 878 492
Williamston 2 739 ? 590
Cross Roads 400 197 262
Robersonville 963 395 477
Gold Point 150 98 122
Poplar Point 206 146 156
Hamilton 170 169 156
Masse II 150 89 106
Goose Nest 402 206 250
5502 3354 3705
'The 1938 vote is combined with
that for Precinct No. 1. .*
Escapes Injury In
Automobile Wreck
Jack Epstein, Baltimore salesman,
escaped injury yesterday morning
about 11 o'clock when bis car went
out of control and turned over on
Highway 64, near Sweet Water
Creek. The cur plunged down i
bankment, tore down quite a few
yards of wire fence and came to a
stop in a group of cypress stumps.
Epstein, traveling alone, told Pa
trolman Saunders that someone ran
him off the road and caused him to
lose control of the car
Damage to the machine will ap
proximate $300, and Epstein is con
sidering the purchase of a new auto
mobile.
Sunday Service* To Be Held
In Cedar Branch Church
Regular services will be held in
the Cedar Branch Baptist church
Sunday morning at II o'clock. The
evening service will be held at 8
o'clock.
The services will be conducted by
E. C. Sexton.
THE RECORD
SPEAKS . . .
Martin County motorists man
age somehow or other to keep the
accident record fairly crowded
with new figures week after
week. But fortunately they are
steering away from the grim
death column where only one
recording has been made so far
this year
The summer vacationing sea
son is getting underway and
thousands of children will bo
walking the streets. It is only fit
ting and timely to appeal to the
motorists to exercise greater pre
cauliohl and help save human?
life.
The following tabulations of
fer a comparison of the accident
trend: first, by corresponding
weeks in this year and last and
for each year to the present time.
21st WNt Comparison
Accidents InJ-d Killed Dam'gs
1940 1 2 0 $ 165
1939 1 0 0 200
Comparison To Date
1940 39 28 1 (4830
1939 15 14 4 3823
European Outlook Gloomy As
German Hordes Talk Expanding
Program of Ruthless Invasion
Completion of Census Survey
Expected Within Short Time
"The 1940 census survey m Wil
liamston will possibly be completed
tomorrow or early next week." Mrs.
L. H Gurganus, enumerator, said to
day in directing a last appeal to lo
cal citizens for their continued coop
eration in handling the task it is
possible that some persons or famil
ies have been missed, and they are
asked to notify me so that I may in
clude them in the list." Mrs Gur
ganus explained.
In this day and age when people
are moving here and there and are
finding so many things to take them
from their homes during Jong hours
each day. it is possible that the cen
sus-taker was unable to list a num
ber of persons Any person who has
not been listed is asked to notify Mrs.
Gurganus that the survey may be
completed without further delay. No
estimate of the number yet unlisted
is available, but it is fairly certain
Short Session 0!
Recorder's Court
Held Last Monday
Half Dozen Lases Are (Henred
From Docket !? Judge
-II. O. Peel
Converting a regular session of the
Monday, Judge Herbert (> Peel
cleared six cases from the docket and
adjourned the tribunal well before
the noon hour There were ho Sen
sational cases on the docket, and the
attendance upon the session was
comparatively wmull ?
Charged with drunken and reckless
driving. J. W. Belflower pleaded
guilty of reckless driving but denied
the drunken driving charge. He was
foiind not guilty on the second count,
and in the first the court fined him
$25 and taxed hifn with the cost.
Klliott Jordan, charged with ail
assault with a deadly weapon was
sentenced to the roads for a term
of five months. Papers wi re issued
for the arrest of Fannie Jordan, a
second defendant in the case
Charged with being disorderly and
with an assault, John Whitehurst
was found guilty of committing sim
ple assault and was sentenced to the
county jail for ten days.
Brownie Whiichnrst, facing sim
ilar charge, was sentenced to jail for
ten days
Simon Jenkins was sentenced to
the roads for a term of three months
in the case charging him with vio
lating the liquor laws.
Pleading guilty of drunken driving,
Paul W. Henderson was fineH $5o
taxed with the cost and had his driv
er's license revoked for one year.
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Church Croup In
Meeting Yesterday
The auxiliary members of Group
1 held an Auxiliary Officers Train
ing School in the Presbyterian
Church here yesterday. The sessions
of this school got underway at IT a.
m. The morning session was begun
with a devotional conducted hv the
Hev. Z. T. Piephoff. Following this
devotional the following program
was followed:
Mrs. H. T Hicks, of Rocky Mount,
taught the course for the Secretary
of Causes. Mrs. Lea, of Wilson,
taught the course for the General
Officers. Mrs. T. C. Young, of Rocky
" Mount,"Taught the course for the
Circle Chairmen, and Mis J. C.
Gardner, of Tarboro, the history of
Woman's Auxiliary,
An offering for the erection of the
auditorium at Montreat, N. C , which
was destroyed by fjre a few week*,
ago was taken.
A delicious luncheon was served
by the ladies of the local auxiliary
and the ladies of Bear Grass and
Roberson's Chapel.
The following churches are in
Group 1: Elizabeth City, Ahoskie,
Wiiliamstmr, RobtTSon'fl
Chapel, Nahala and Tarboro All of
the churches were represented ex
cept the last two.
There were forty-five in attend
ance.
^he closing program followed the
luncheon.
Rogue Raid* Refrigerator
//,,, f. ,i ? I ? /ill I 11 11 I Ml III \
* f t'rr rjtlrtJ f rft f fifff HfMiJ
Slipping through a screen door
opTing on tin, hack poeetr e rttgw
raided the refrigerator in .the home
or Mr and Mm Roy Bailey on Wil
liams Street between four and five
o'clock yesterday morning. A pound
of bacon, a few egga, orange* and
lemons were stolen, but no other ar
ticles in the home were missed.
that some one has been missed, un-1
intentionally, of course.
No official figures on the local
survey have been released to date.
pected to reach a point possibly in
excess of 4,000. It was estimated at |
one time thqt the 1040 census would;
show a population of 4.500 or more,
but it is now fairly apparent that
there aren't as many people on the
north side of Main Street as there
are on the south side. Registration
figures tabulated tor the recent poli
tical primary are greater on the north
side than they are en the south side,
and it would appear that the census
figures would reflect a correspond
ing increase on the north side over
those on the south side ll won't be
long before an official count will he
available and if the town can boast
a 4.000 population at that time it will
have made an appreciable gain over
the 2,731 listed ten years ago
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cot M Y Itl DCCT
The Martin County budget for
the new fiseal year beginning
July 1 will he a topic of discus
sion at the regular meeting ol
the board "of commissioners here
next Monday. It is already ad
mitted that the authorities will
encounter much difficulty- in
holding the budget figures to
the current level; that a decrease
in the tax rate is hardly to be
-expected ? ?
"There'll be some close figur
ing on every departmental item
in an effort to head off a rate
Increase," a member of the
board was quoted as saying.
Arkansas Traveler
V ietimOl Accident
Reginald Elliott, 75-year-old Ar
kansas traveler and sewing machine
tnonder* suffered a compound frac
ture of Ihi* right leg when he was
struck by a car driven by S. W Man
rung, Jr., on East Mam Street here
yesterday moiinng at 10 o'clock
The old man, walking across the
street toward the home of Mi and
Mrs. Dick Daniel, was watching a
truck approaching from the direction
of up town, did not see the automo
bile and continued walking. Man
ning sounded his horn and the old
gentleman stopped, the right front
light and bumper striking and
knocking the pedestrian to one side.
Manning was not running very fast
at the time, according to Officer J.
H. Allsbrooks who investigated the
accident with
Carried to the local hospital, the
Arkansas native was said to be get
ting along as well as could be ex
J peeled today. Asked if he would have
the police notify anyone, the old man
who had just come here the evening
before was quoted as saying he had
no one to notify, no one to tell and
possibly no one to care It is likely
that he will have to continue under
the care of a physician for several
months.
Colored Woman Is
Accidentally Shot
Beatrice Mabry, young colored
woman, was dangerously shot by
Wilmer Brown, colored, on the farm
of Mr Sylvester Lilley in Griffins
Township yesterday morning. Said
10 have been accidentally shot, the
woman was given first-aid treatment
in a local doctor's office and remov
ed to a Washington hospital where
later reports state she is expected to
recover. The bullet, fired from a .22
calibre rifle, entered the woman's
breast and went almost through her
body.
Brown was preparing to shi^it a
crow when the woman suddenly
walked in fiont of him and just in
time to stop the bullet After inves
tigating the case, officers stated the
sbfwdmg was accidental and that no
arrest would be made
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Loral Hoy Seouln Leave
Sunday For World** Fair
Five local Boy Scouts, James Car
row, Jack Bailey, Conrad Getsinger.
Stuart ClitLhei and Bilhe Mercer
will leave Sunday for New York
where they will serve with-several
hundred Boy Scouts from all over
the South in handling a varied
schedule of duties at the fair. They
will be at the ftttr w week and than
the youths plan to spend two or three
day* "taking in" the big ctty.
James Wallace, of Jamesville, will
accompany the boys from here. They
will leave Rocky Mount on special
pullmans Sunday evening at 7:15
o'clock.
Tottering English
Soldiers (?ivr Word
Account of Fighting
c c
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Vlli?-?l llt-ft-ttl in Hiimlrr* I*
Kv|>?tIi-iI Tn Uriu? Ijalv
ln?o \\ nr "Shortly"
Civilization hangs m tTvo balance
and empires tutor as the threat to the
peace t?f the entire world was aggra
vated yesterday when the Allies ad
mitted defeat in Flanders and the
German hordes boastfully talked of
an ever expanding program of in
vasion Tin* critical hour is at hand,
and no one seems to know which
way and how the invader will move
next to continue lus attack on the
last remnants of democracy and
Christian culture in the world. Half
of Europe's people are already en
slaved Will they he freed or will the
other half fall victim?
England with the aid of a strife
torn France are feverishly promoting
plans m the cause of freedom while
Hitler and his savages lay their
plans to widen their sweep that will
| enslave additional millions and paw
the way for possibly 1(H) million men.
? women and children to starve ere
| another winter is gone.
today. thr Allies art- making a
last stand m an effort to save hu
man life after the (Irnnaiis had
swept to victory in the first major
phase of the war. Battered on land
and in air, tin- Allied leaders are
desperately rout timing their task of
'?removing from Flanders across the
1 channel'a ragged aiul tottering army
? tn?w?estimated ,ot le-s?than 200.000
! men How many have hern moved to
l safety across the Channel is not
: known "No accurate, st??r> oil the
losses has iHt'n released, -but" jt has
. been estimated that the French have
j lost 250.000 men, the English a like
number, and (!i*iniiuii about 500.000
soldiers these past three weks. Losses
sustained by other nations offering
to defend themselves are said to run
well in excess of a million people
Broken and maimed bv the strain
they have been under during the
past two weeks, tottering English
soldiers gave word- accounts - upon
their arrival on home soil of the mass
slaughter and horrible events trans
piring during the period German
soldiers dead were left five-tier deep
Ml spots iil'Mii' the timidly shifting
battle lines The return of the men
brought a grimer realization of war
and its devastating effect to those
back home
As the clean tip of the first whole
tent ion is being centered on other
fronts, and anyone's guess as to
where Hitler will strike next is as
good as another's. Some think he
will resume his march on Paris Oth
ers say an attack on England across
the 20 mile Channel is imminent.
M111 ut I in s say the next phase ur the
war will see the wop, Mussolini,
playing a major part. "He is expect
ed to take action within a week or
two." one observer said early today.
Activities along the Channel have
(Continued on page six)
Timely Tacts On
Second Primaries
Raleigh Unless there is a sharp
reversal of form-J M. Bi'oughtOn,
Of Raleigh, will he North Carolina's
next governor. Since 1916 when the
present primary system was estab
lished, the high man in the first gu
bernatorial primary invariably has
defeated the runner-up. Except in
one instance he not only has achiev
ed victory hut has increased his mar.
gin between the first and second pri
maries.
The exception came in 1932 when
Dick Fountain cut The Ehringhaus
lead from 47,371 to 13,084 in the run
off primary. In that campaign there
was a clear issue betwt t n Fountain
and Ehringhaus.
In all other second primary bat
tles the winner of the first primary
has been swept into office bv n ***?
able margin. In the famous 1920 cam
paign, for instance, Cameron Morri
son led O. Max Gardner by less than
100 votes m-the-first gubernatorial
primary Four weeks later in the
runoff the margin was increased to
9,259 votes.
In 1924 A. W. McLean defeated Jo
siah Bailey decisively. In 1928 Gard
ner was nominated without opposi
tion Then followed the Ehringhaus
later in 1936 Clyde R. Hoey increased
his first primary lead of 4.468 votes
over Dr. Ralph McDonald lo 51,940 in
the runoff primary.
In Saturday's gubernatorial pri
mary Mr BrnUghton. running against
six opponents, polled approximately
a third nf the entire vote and ran
more than 30,000 votes ahead of his
closest rival. His margin of victory
was the greatest ever polled in a
multiple contest such as was con
ducted last Saturday.