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' Democrat Have But Five
EJ BRYAN Anu mw""" '7',
PERMITTED WITHDRAW
' (By Associated Press) v;
Detwoit, Mich., April 3. The pre
ference of Michigan republicans and
democrats for presidential nominees
f -willJbe registered next Monday in the
state's second presidential preference
primary. , -'.i. V
v -Republicans have a field of seven
to choose from, while the democrats
ave entered lwe in. the lists. Two
v -of the latter, William J. Bryan and
tWilliam G. M&doo, made unsuceess
:ful efforts to Aave their names re
.'tnoved from he ballots. Withdrawal
after certification, however, is not
V permitted under the .state election
laws, and the ? two names remained
on the balktts. . ' ; : ;;
.' An unusual' situation results from'
Strike of Switchmen Complete
ly Demoralizes Traffic
General Strike Probable
Chicago, April 3. Freight traffic J
on the St. Paul Railroad lines here
is at a complete standstill as the re
sult of the strike of 1,000 switchmen.
An embargo has been placedm on te
acceptance of all freight shipments
for the line.
A general strike of yardmen in the
Chicago district will also be called,
union officials have declared, "Unless
their demands for a wage increase
nfi other demands are met.
Patsburg Steel MUls
Do Not Fear Shortage
-1 r) A-.- ' a'-, p .
v-i:..,... .'V',:'
(By Associated Press)
Pittsburgh, April 3 By increasing
-Use production of nails 16 percent,
psteel mills in the Pjitsburg'i district
save eliminated fear cf a shortage.
; ' Building booms in.Nsw York, Chi
cago, Detroit and a -number of other
CO U IN i OlMOCKA i a
ELfcCT DELEGATES TO
STATE CONVENTION
' t
The Democratic convention for both the original resolution and the
WHJi.ntnK. m to order bv W. substitution.
THESOUTHEHHER'S ISTH1KE MWY0RK-
SATURDAY SE-RMOKf HARR0R EMPLOYEES:
CURTAILS T R A F F I G
the fact that the name of Herberti"1" "
ujjiy oi uuiis uu HKiia, ana uuuuers
had begun to fear if or the immediate
future of their work. Pittsburgh
Hoover appears on both repblicn;
and democratic tickets. The 'double!
fiMn for the former food adminis-j1
w&vOj w8made possible vien. the
contractors took up the question wjth
'state's 'attorney general Mlea 'llhiii--fM.fU.Wl,head- was
operative, . as applied to the presi
dential primary, the amendment
passed by: the last legislature, requir
ing from 'candidates an affidavit 0?
party affiliation. ' . .; X- .'.
The republican ticket romprise
SenatorsiPoindexter oi Wasting, .and
Johnson a. of , Cahfemiai .General
, Pershing, Major , General Xeonavd
Wood, Governor .iowdenj of Illinois; j
Mr. Hoover and William G.JSimpaon, ;
prdered,' with the result that produc
tion soon ovtookH:pnsumption,; and
authorities now jsay there is enough
nails for all buildihg projects in sight.
1 Generah Palmer.
. Eugene V. Debs.of Virginia, is the
5" sole candidate .oft the 8oclalwt lickeL
. , How far the preference of the
voters expressed in the primary will
be regarded, as binding upon the 3.0
. delegates Micbigan will send to eaoh
national convention, is a matter of
speculation; No provision is made
1 in the . primary law binding itke dele-rj
' gation to the primary expression, and
, the state's representatives at Jtbe con-
asants i' 'Desert Reds
For High Wages At Home
' . ' V W ' i - - hi, i tn . 'r v -r . -t
; (By Associated Press) 1 .
The Hsijue, -April 3. Bjesian'
peasants di&ert 'from the Bed Army
at -every pfoBtunity and gQ 3ck-to
their' villajptjs-where they earn jnoce
t of Detroit. ' " 1
On , the democratic ticttit besides
?lr. Hoover,, " Mr. McAdoo mnd ,tM
Bryan, are Governor' Edward I.' Ed-
ea oi earning, aiserts the correcpond-
l ent of the Amsterdam Handelsbjad.
;wl?o recejfijy .Visated Soviet ilussia.
Nobody 'fhiii!is !of shooting them '.for
desertion, .-.
"For tbr Jittle they cultiiaile aer
.their own moil people bring itham
whatever ithey .want gold, rgramo
3hones, ckches or money," fas;; .add.
'Neverthetesa ihe power of tins soviet
an the coinntry is very slighl. The
.peasant ACuuptad from communism
all that suited him. Having secured
the advaxtogges, &e listened to Ithe
popes" r (Tillage priests wh irasist
ujliiis ungwflly .and partieulariTy un-i
christian ffXMOsrnmettt." I
ventionjnay, if ' they so choose, swing'
their .weight to another, candidate
- after the first ballot is cast.
r ! Vigorous campcigns conducted by
severaLof the leading candidates and
,the fact that in many cities .and
townships miportant local issues are
to come cup at the same time ib ex-.
pected .to bring out a large vote Itlihi
year. Bonding' issues are to' be ballot-J
eu upon .ill many cuiamuiuues.
Ir Ihat.fiiheavy vote will be brought
tout in Detroit is regarded! as a loxe-
;gpne conclusion. Here a street irail
, rway bonding proposition is expected:
S ;rto overshadow interest in the jrcesi
idential primary. The proposal is Ao;
'- band the city for $15,000,000 witb
which to ;esiablish a municipally wn
f-," Sd traction aystem to compete witii
a jiresent JJetroit United Railwy.
1 lot campaign has been made cm
is propostiinn, Mayor James Cnz-J
na, jets sponsor, personally speaking;
r1 'at a mcore of sneetings, and the edi
r torus column of the newspapers1
' jnakMjgr .strong arguments on the is
sue. ";-
O. Howard at the court house shortly
after the noon hour today. On mo
tion of W. O. Howard, W. M. Moore
of Number 9 Township was elected to
the chairman's chair for the conven
tion with Henry C. Bourne as secre
tary. Senator Holderness asked that the
convention express -to him their de
sires upon Woman's, suffrage, in or
der that he might be instructed as to
their desires for legislative purposes.
Representative Fountain of Rocky
Mount, asked that the member of,
the senate be uninstructed. At this
point L. V. Bassett offered a resolu
tion against the Susan B. Anthony
amendment, which was seconded by
.fames Pender., " , ,,
j ;i ; t . The , Resolution. .... ,
. .ueEolvedV'Tha't .the,- representatives
of Edgecombe County in the General
Assembly be and they are hereby urg
ed to work and to vote against the
ratification of ,the pending Susan Bv
AMtiony suiirage amendment to XM
'Constitution of the United States.
Resolved, That the delegates frft'm
Btlgdconbe County to . the fno
oratic State Convention be nd they
are hereby instructed to work and to
Senator Holderness again asked
for the expression of the convention.
Mr. R, jr. Fountain spoke against
any instruction to. the senator.
The feiiginal resolution offered by
Mr. Bassett was again called for and
carried f practically by unanimous
vote, j : ' VvtV- .
' The executive Committee then went
into session with J. V. Cobb acting
as chairman, and Henry C. Bourne
as acting secretary. Mr. Don Gilliam
was elected chairman of the execu
tive committee and H. C. Bourne
secretary.
The, following delegates to the
ctate convention at Raleigh, April 8)
elected! as follow! i r
Geo. A. Holderness, W. F. Shine, H.
P. Foxhall, Geo. B. Cooper, W. G.
ChuVD'ampsey Pitt, W. P. MoJCraw,
J. Q. , Robinson, Peyton Ellis, W. El.
Parish G. Brown, C. C. Cooper,
Frank; Castex, W. H. Home, J. L.
Cherry, T. H. Lancaster, B. F; Shel
ton, J.fA. Higgins, M. P. Edwards,
Jno. Williams, W. Stamp Howard,
Geo. T. 'Dawes, Arthur Fountain,
Pul Jones, T. F. Savage, J. Mercer
Cobb,' H. L. Moore, W. J. Mitchell,
J. L. Dickens. D. F. Batts, H. L.
Where Was Christ's Soul Dur
ing The Three Days He
Was In The Tomb?
The Patriarch David, seeing
this before, spoke of the resur
rection of Christ, that His soul
was left in hell, neither His flesh
did see corruption. Acts 2:31.
The Blessed Lord died on Friday
afternoon, and His body was buried
in a tomb near the place of His cru
cifixion. On Easter morning His
soul came back to His body. But
where was His sould during the time,
is certainly was not in His Body,
from three o'clock 'Friday afternoon
till early Sunday morning? It was
not in the highest Heaven where He
Union Officials Claim Harbor
Will Be Completely Tied Up .
By Nightfall j
I RAILROAD OFFICIALS
1 ARE STILL OPTIMISTIC
(By Associated Press)
I New York, April 3. The strike of
the New York harbor employees has
seriously curtailed all traffic. Union
officials claim that by nightfall the
harbor will becomplutely tied up,
while railroad officials assert that any
danger of the interruption of food
n .... . i' and colli Rlinrilua Tiinm.mfi "hua
is now on uoa's ngnt nana, lor lie -rr.. .....r
told Mary Magdalene oi)l Easter j nvertt'd- '
morning, that He had not yet ascend-1
ed to His Father. iDIJt' i j I
The Apostles' Creed describes the DUtiQing. AlUt LOailS
whereabouts of the Lord's soul dur- T M O. Ar
ISdliC iJlUUi UCIIO
vote against any' resolutionaooking J SpekhC J. El Simmons, H. B. Bryan,
to itb8 endorsement of amenament or . The-i Fountain, W. R. Powell, Jno.
L.;Calb,Pun, W. W.'- Eagles, Col. Jno,
LI -Bridgers , B. C. Pittman, W. P.
other action favorable thereto, which
W, a: Clark here offered a substi- White, yr., H. 'C. Hourne, beo. How
tufion .that the convention was in i rd," J. S. Howard, J. C. Ruffin, W.
fcwor of the - Susan B. Anthony Moc C. A. Johnson, J. E. Cobb,
-amendment. This Substitute was K- H. fangston, J. A. Forbes, F.,3.
vwoted down by 60.06 to 12.93. Doiier J. W. Edwards, T. F. Cher
The original resabition was caUefi ry.aW.m Killebrew, W J. Eason, P.
Sfior after speeches lv different del- C. jVesJaL M. R. Robbins, O. A.
gates. "L. V. Bassett spoke agaittit SnipesJC. B. Barnes, R. T, FountainJ
Ihe resnlutioTi. T TC. r.herrv arraiiiiat R. H. Weeks.
i
Rocky McunJ-Syracuse
t JlereJEasier Monday
There 9 be a' baseball giane in
Tarboro n astr Monday after all.
DcslCausesMuchPolitical
Excitement In Montevideo
(By Associated Press)
Montevideo, April 3. -Much politi-
iRg these hours in the term, "Ho de-
scended into Hell." This article in
the Creed excites the .opposition of .Everybody was lu-a.Sr:
many people, so much so that one I 4 oction nil day tod;.;,
occasionally sees copies oi tne tieiM ; r,eliOK 0f building :r..
with it omitted, and even in the Bouk . silare iBSluli ,,t both lIi
of Common Prayer, it is allowed that
the words "Place of Departed Spir
its" may be used instead of Hell.
This objection to the doctrine is
partly based on a nicety that docs not
like to uso so coarse a1 word as Hell
; in both di
or the new
loan stock
Edgecombe
j, nation and
Loan As-
HonH'stcad and I.oiui A
the Tarboro Building :md
sociutioii. '
Thin is the forty-third r-Jiu'S issued
for the Edgi'combe Ibmestead and
Loan while it ; the v c;il v-fourth is-
in connection with Jesus, and partly suc fu). thl, Tarboro Building and
Charters Issued In March
The grounds at Reeky Mount .are not . excitement prevails here today as
ready for jBe. An the game that was j tne resuit ef the death of Washing
scheduled to Ibe played in that city j ton Jeitran, editar of !he Elpais, who
between the S.yrBcuser"Tars"und the 183 iiijed in a duel with former
Rocky Mount, Visginia Leagai teams President Ordens yesterday. The
has been transferred to TAjiJoro in- - jChamper ff DenmtieB now .in special
session, passed a bill declaring a pen
Kion of ttoee thousand dollars annual
ly 'xpon.Beltrail's widow. Ordenes has
sunendemd io ithe police and is be
ing "held an. Communiaado. He will
be KiterruRateki today.
stead.
( . The "Czn larly and 'Jtocoid'the
Rush" saving oT. proverbial (origin is
one that witlbe best remeiifbered on
that date.
Winners In Class "D"
Army Essay Ccoitest
PERSONALS
". Gilman 'Smith, Robt. Davis,
' 'Toward .Holderness, Sambo Jenkins,
od Wm. Clark are home from the
- Tniversily of K. C. to spend the
Jaster holidays. ' 1 ' '
Mr. and Mrs. C. J5. Barbee, and
', iliss Adelrn EcrVr,: of Raleigh, are
' .tere to attend Bill tsA Nancy Hart's
' irthday party. .
' Miss. Fr2rccfl Horns of Wash
" lgton, Di C. is '-iendir.g some time
ith her grandmother, Mrs. M. H.
. rllen, while convalescing from a
. serious illness.. '
' Born to Mr. end Mrs. L. W.
' Shook, ypterday at the General Hos-
pital, a daughter.
S Miss Margaret Taylor is at home
from Greensboro College for Women
for the Easter holidays.
. Tl-il' il o " li
20 new mansLTies m Norm uimiinaj
'.dancing the aoaennth oef March by Ihej
Sw-retary of ESate ttetaled J17,5S8,-i
in authorised xapJtal stock, mi an
increase over the &ame month of HIS
xtftf 11,556,100. !
Tiie total axBsuutt ctaibscribed anil!
paid in by the aa corporators on tie
new concerns was 22,440. la
cretwc in capital xtotiktcf establ'mhei
businesses in . the ttbeXe for llaidk
totthaR $6,047,872.
JSix new u cottas imwiufacturint
glaitirtxwere incorpoBaited ttotaling aa
OTflay ,of $4,900,O9 Jor the state
tod (f tthis amount $396,500 was
i&scribI and paid in. As in the
msafih tf February sad Ainuary of
198 the majority' of these textile
placta were chartered by atwn from
Gastnn -coucty, all of tie capital in
vested certisg from North Carolina
men Mther from outsiders. ,
These figuups give an idea f the
vast amounts f capital that has Seen
invested W new enterprises during
the past thirty days, but jt does wot
Miss BefttyJfte, 12 yearc old, 409
North Elm Street, Greensboro, is the
A winner' of the BCond prize in Class
B (6th grade ainl above iagrammar
schools) i tle Jnaticnal acsiy csiiay
contest it Sas inuen annoumred by tne
H judges of the coontest, Dr. E. C.
Biooks, Sarjexintende!it ofiltablic !n-
iFiiuction ia Uortli Carolina, Co' F.
Pe Urge Harmony
At State Convention
l. Olds, anJ IUJBL He use. Miss Roe I
is a pupil ia Ithe 7th grade of the
Xraining ScftooJof the Nrrtlh Caro-
:ik a College f cr Women. She will
jesi; the CajftsdnlF. Wildlaafcer cash
jdze of fhre AoUnn (5.00)-gbld.
Thefirst -prhae in class Bvas won
iy . Miss Haxzi Haaser, 90 Brooks-
town avenue, Wimfton-Saleaa. Miss
Hawer is 13 yeaisand is:tudenti
(ByN. C. News Service)
, Jtsileigh, April 3 Replying to Hmp
pei:i;ra yil Rok art N. Fage, Demo
crd&c casrdidatc "for rovernor, in
MeadKlenhnrg -ana Cleveiind counties
"Who 'have Vbeen bombarding Tage
ffitai ilwad quarters het 'to 'know
wtfutttto do if the "Morrison and Gard-
et jlorces insist nipon tiie en'doise-
ertt of ttfanir.oonpanions by the re-
BpeuJtt'e stsinty ronvenlions today.
Gaufhas'E.'Ttoss, state csaipaign -man-
agew for Page, "ha wired J6hn"L.
Scalea, 'secretary ft' the 7 age com
mittee at (Charlotte, aid Jdhn T,
Schenift:, 'secretary at Bhelfcy, not t
J oppos Tesdhitions of endonemerft.
nr. Jioes xeiegram lOUws:
ia jrade 7 A-l fet End Graded j "In fhe event Mr. Morrisi.rt's (or
Schawl. She wl Tnrnve thec&iptain
Wattar R. Cox cash yrize of ten dol
lars t?10.00 gtAL
The subject of the essays is "What
are the benefits of an enlistment in
the U. S. Army." The winners 'in
class A (high schools will be. an
nounced in ,the near fittnre, end ithe
winner of fhe North Carsh'na Recta it-
ing Distrks Grand Prize. ' which -will
be entered in the national content,
will be announced the mifldle of this
represent the total .amount because !
t'r.o hunureds of small concerns whies i month.
"i"e net incorporated are not include ( . . , ,
ed in the figures. . ' J ' ! PRESIDENTS STAND ON
i . TURKISH QUESTION. MAY
MEXICAN TROCP MOVEMENTS
ARE REPORTED AT NOGALE3 I
Nogales, April 3. Americans ar-
nving here from Hermosillo
MEAN TROUBLE AMERICANS
Constantinople, April 3. Presl-
and'dent Wilson's r.ote to the Allies ini
other West coast Mexican points re- tlmating that the Turks must get out
port that large numbers' of soldiers of Europe has shocked all Turkish
are mobilising elong the Southern parties. Aoiericsns here are appre
Pacific lines. There is no official ex-1 hensive over the effect of the presi
planation for hess troop moremenfci. denfs stand. ' V
Mr. Gartnei" friendt ask t3 ooun
ty cosreation Jor resolution of en
oiorsemertl for him tor-orraw I do
aot think Mr. Tago's friends thould
oppose, as resolutions ,en only be s
coaiplinient whSiout 'any biuding
forte upoa the -voters in the primary,
which is the mtfiod established by
the supreme law of the Jarty and
state for the seTertion of ,can4tih(9
f ;r governor.'
on ignorance of what it means.
The Bible states that the soul of
Jesus went to Hell Acts 2:31,
Ephesians 4:9; I Peter 4:18, 19, 20
if anyone cares to look it up and
ordinary reason and logic demands
besides that He must have done ho.
Hell, as used in the Bible and the
'Creed, means the place or the con
dition of life where all men's souls
go to wait for the Resurrection day.
In other words, it means tlu "(tlace
of departed upirits," or as thu term
Uow , is thf J.'Spii'itWorldJ.,. The'
souls oi tnose who died in tne love or
God are happy there, and the Houls
of the wicked are wretched there,
and between their two states there is
a gulf which none can pass over, but
still they are in communication with
eath other, as the Lord stated in the
parable of Dives and Lazarus, 'i'lv
state of the happy people tli'tic :s
called Paradise, where thj Lord very
plainly promised the repcnUnt thief
He ould meet him on Friday cverj
ii.j:. I'u. the fact of Jes.
j is a necessary consequc
j ing jx man. He was boi
' born, and He lived by
! His hands, as ali good r.
ate .and slept and drank
' as all men do, He died a
die. It would have been .
of His manhood, if after de.
soul did not do as do all men's
He carried out the destiny of
human natives not only up to. de
but beyond it.
1. I am glad to know that m.,
Saviour was so completely a man
like me, my friend and brother, that
not only can I feel His likeness to
me in this world, but also in that
other world where I so soon niut g).
2. I am able to follow Hi of
steps, in this world, and copy Him Jn
my life, knowing the life He lived
nere. But also when I pass over into
that other world of Spirits, I will fiiM
aiis lootsteps there also, guiding me
m me way to live, just as here.
3. That wnrlrl la nnf .1
God than this world, of course, for
everynere. But those who
v uien can see Cod as wc cannot
mie mm nere oecause the veil of sin
f-ml flaaU hirtn. TT.'
aim irom our eyes.
Loan. Success has followed these two
home and community service con
cerns, and it is with pride that our
citizens look up.Mi tii-.'ir nuceess.
"ALL A MISTAKE"
The Busy Workers School will pre
sent the farce eamedy "All a Mis-
take," on Fridav eve:iii;', April 9, at
8 :30 o'clock, the ca?t h's been hard
at work i'.e!io:u.ing and practicing,
practicing aAd ichearsing this', fun '-
Tnalcer fcT ifS't- time.nnd jVls prdm- -
ised that an cvw.icg of fun,'jolity'
and lauirhter .vill be 'iven to all that
are in attendance on the night of its
production. The cdmisfion for the
entertainment will be twenty-five -cents
and fifty cents. . '
MRS. J. R. KEEL VERY ILL
w'ife jB?,i'. jew' hfrt
c.
sin
,4
Sundt
Special
Evening
Sermons t
hardt.
CHRIST.
The Christian
meet at the usual
HOOVER ASKS INDEPENDENTS
TO WITHHOLD SUGGESTIONS
cm i am conrident that while I must the Eanter profW v
realfein- Hi. i. ' J ' rafHn lftat very menilnr of
reaJBingr Jiis presence on v -l I ,.!, u .
Holy JSnirlt whom I point to be ;
nor hear,
am gofng,'
Him ;aat a. men saw Him whn rl I rt. I dollar k
walked in Galilee nrf JJ.. t- .,'1 I ' . 1 ;'.'ovrr. tn.
ly guise. .He went there X 3 t.Lu f." " ' 4u.
Himself to the people thr,. , ,i ., v... , c:' -v. s we aU
r,r mm f . .
i i J ? c ,C8" reithor 8ec toet that we wa- V : ..
J! ..'A' h!r r? "ber " Dollar
(By Associated Press)
Nev , York, April
Hoover in. a statement
thatlhel'be not "further
by suggestions from some
ents that his name, be placed beforelher in this world. VC
Bti-r 4has fiOfv mm "tk 4MMr'
sense f team work in any
ganizatien would preclude such a '"'- somenow J sometimes hear and n t- 1 - en lM
vontomj." ' - : wonder.; if there Is not some kind of I In .th.ai ens
3.-Herbert l.y.Me Trtt they must of carina fr tllr that
1 requesting I SUJ c Meinand listening to hi Don't .... 1 "n-a W
embarrassed I Trt J nV W. great Joy and ho f M- UuJZ- spech bv
indenend- - "ink of the end of nw nski e..t. '. " ' - v- ndent. of
primary. 1 confident1 that by- His mercy joy even -;,' ,'' " -
party or- I wiirflnd m,on toeii . wrched Xe S' '"T
such a that l.fe but somehow J sometime, hear .J L t.? & M"f '. 'h
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