,E IEM IS
By R. D.
fconse to or three yms bl the ,
Norlh I'erol 11a Society in New Yor !
EsXtd our Attorney General .o t?me
up to 1's annual kiniuet and br.na
a mtv-eage from "down hume." It
was a brilliant gathering cf the Tar
Heels who had made pootl In "New
York, and yet had net forgotten
their lover for the "Old North State.'
Doubtless they looked for a good
speech. They got more than that.
It was different. It Irotifiht North
Carolina home to thm. They caught
a new view of her essential genius.
For Citkett, Instead of giving any
h'falut'n fireworks or cold storage
statistics. Just talked to them about
'The Corn Club Boys" of North Car
. olina, and they sat up and took no
tice. There was humor in It and a
tilt of tenderness, and above all was
the fresh comprehension of the 'old
home State which not only tuiilda
factories but Is doing its finest work
in the making of men.
That was Just I ke Bichett. Per
haps no one else Mould have thought
of mich a subject for New York.
Probably no one elfe could have pre
sented it with such force and charm.
It made those absentee Tar Heels
think of North Carol na in terms of
manhood. Out of it came an even
deeper affection for the old home.
That is one of Pickett's characteris
tics. .He Wems somehow to know
folks and especially North Carolina
. folks.
It is a curious bit of stat'Btical fact
that if you look over the list of
public men who have reslly achieves
much in the past forty years, you
will find that about three out of four
at some time or other, taught school.
Now, school teaching is probably
good training, but by itself it could
hardly Jdnt'fy these facts. The better
philosophy Is this: When a young
man teaches school it shows two
things:
1. That he has been pretty well
Educated.
2. Th it he must work for his wn
, living and "root, pig. or die."
Certs Inly these two things were
true of Bicke'.t. Left an orphan at
' 14 he made his way through college,
and taught school two years after
wards to pay the debts. It helped
in the development of character, of
afcii ty and of resourcefulness, but
better still it gave an understanding
;. of the conditions wliii h so many of
' us hare to face. To the follow who
is trying to make his own way Bick-1
ett wquld always' like to roach out a
hand. He knows. -
.The other day there came to the
editor OT the. Franklin Times, a let
ter from a small farmer who I've
tomi six miles from T.oulnhnrsf. It
was verv pla'n as to paper and writ
ing, but it came from that man's
heart. 1' I o chTcterlctlo of Pick
ctt's nttltiirte IhaT I clve "Tt here just
as It was wr'ttn.
Irnnklinton N. U.K.I). 2.
v , nril 9. l!1i.
May 1 s'tv a t- w renh to ;Iih pub
lic crnc?in n? T. W. BV'rett. the
man whom we export to hi our next
Governor. .
""ha! I ,vl:-h to s-.y It this, not
whit Homo orp mild, but a persorial
transaction. Wo, I!. M C. H. and
AV. . Ihi'lry gov rl ears ago
decided t'i b'tv uk a hone or homes,
r.nd this tie is'OH wrs rop.rhed w'th
' out n.jrey. The next th'iui to do
was tofrd a m;'ii who would sell
us land on easy terms,, W'p found
th s man In the person of T. AV. Bick
, Yttv tnrms were made about
, equat to the annual rent. When
bort, crops w?u'd erne we would
tell him ht we could not make a
full pnyppnt. Ho would simply
Fa" th;it ft was all- rlh. When I
askd Mm to endorse my note to
. the bank he -I'd not zrlt his teeth,
but s'mply smiled and stuck h'r
f st to the paper. Lsst fall we finish
ed pvinfthe last dollar" and re
ceived the deed.
He has done this same thing for
a lot of other folks. "When I spoke
to him about being Governor he
'said he intended to multiply that
transaction by fivei thousand, I
think he would come as near doing
that as any man in the State of
North Carolina. I th'nk he would
,; do more for the masses of people
than any man I evfr knew.
. (Signed)" R. M. BAILEY.
The letter tells the whole story of
Bicke't's attitude, better than it
would be possible for me to write it
out. .1 suppose I have heard him
' mention this subject more than fifty
times with the statement that there
could be no finer achievement than
to convert the white tenants of North
Carolina Into land owners; thatxwn
lug some land ought to be the privl
l p.fi of every Anslo Saxon. When
II iEiSOl
White
:t (o.r.ts to tl genuine vriuli to be
f it i v. i? to thoe who desire scr-ici-,
there's no', ody in the State who
has anything on Pickett.
Vntiy nun are lawyers. Some law
yers are men. The distinction lies
in nhire they put the emphasis.
Iikkttt is ranked as one of the b:g
-:est awyers of the State. When you
analyze h's advice, or the way he
icndutts a trial, you see that he is a
man before he is a lawyer. To him
the law ought to be the servant of
so' iety. A cae presents Itself to him
not as a purely legal question, but
uith reference as to how it shapes
up with the big things of rght and
humanity.
Down in his home town he has
been the adviser in practically every
Iru!rtant enterprise. He has a com
mon sense, human nature way of
looking at thinas. which makes his
counsel valuable far beyond any mat
ter of law involved.
As A'torney General he has hatt
to prosecute for the S'ate some four
hundred cases before our Supreme
Court. Still he has been aide to ap
1 roach each one on its bas'c merits.
He gets the human clement every
time. He makes you see where the
thing is important in our social ana
economic life. ,
For instance, in the case of State
vs Howard, the defendant was charg
cd with the slander of an innocent
woman. He had called her a. "crook.
Pickett's argument was a gem in its
interpretat'on of human nature. He
did not resort to encyclopedias, but
with that rich appreciation of life,
which' Is his by birth nd experience,
he made the Court understand what
the expression meant to the man oa
the Btreet.
Or. take the Christy Warren case.
Pickett's brief for the State doesn't
read 1 ke an ordinary legal document.
You are made to sea things in an in
tensely human way. The crime and
the parties are made real. You can
feel the natural unnaturalness of it.
You are given a vivid insight into hu
man lives twisted and warped by the
passion of evil. When you have fifr
Itdied you are convinced of their
guilt by the very humaneness of his
argument.
They say that when Blckett argued
the 'Tennessee case before the United
S;ats Supreme Court at Washington
the nine dignified J unties sat up and
listened to him Just as folks down
here do. There were touches of hu
mor here and there, lilts of good-na
lured sarcasm, and pertinent illus-
tntions which kept the Cpurt w'de
rwake, and with It a good humored
'o'ic wh'ch was liresiKlaMe. If wps
a foregone conclusion that North
Carolina would win.
The v'lerk of this Cotirt stated pub
liely that Mr. Blckett In the. Ued
'V" Oil easi? ;mr.d one of the three
lest, r" ( li s deliver, il before thf
t- : t ( reme Court at . Wash'ngton in ;hu
i nt- twenty year.
A ;:ieni nnny piopl-! talk of Pick
et: s a! l.ity as a s;caker, and this is
i'1'e of t'ic M things about him. Hut
I iif'er fill, it is only a sidelight on
the man hi If. Th efteetheness
or li's s'lTkiau is largely because
be h lt'se'f is so much one of the
:o'is. no tiiriks afiout tiu same
ibing-i In much the snrue war and
irlnts to them in words their own
unspoken aspirations.
Governor Aycock once said to me
that one of the greatest pleasures he
t'Ot out of public" life was to be able
o speak out what folks of North
Carolina wanted to say and could
not. There is this same quality of
ticders'andini about Blckett. and it
Is this which v glvs such genuine
force to what he says.
We find this same touch when we
consider his relationship to the va
lious departments cf the State Gov
ernment. His lewl opinions have
been sound but his common sense
has been 'nvaluable. With him it
has been less a question 'of the letter
( f the law than of the spirit of the
law and of our people.
There ws the tedious freight rate
hearing of two years ago Pickett
wos on hand throueh the weeks and
months of this, representing the
state. IThe air was full of figures,
fractions and experts. An hour of
it would give an ordinary man the
headache yet Blckett was able to re
duce all these things down to a com
mon sense basis and get at the real
v essent'al maters. Just ask a mem
br of that Commission aMiout Pick
ett'B value in the hearlnss.
The Attorney General's office In his
hand has not been any cold storage
plant of legal opinion solely, but he
has given to it a spirit of understand
ing of willingness and of desire to
:,..,'t.ii the law of North Carol na a
..i lp and protection to her people.
Liiie;t w.is l orn in Union county
i.e m (:f a eouutry doctor who had
:j e-u a surg'-on in tbe Confederate
Army, lie wai educated at Wake
i oicst tauuht two yetxrn iu Winston
.-'.i died law at Chape! Hill practised
. ue year in Stokes county, and locat- j
id at Leuisburg in 18i)5.
For ten years, he was attorney for
the County Board of Commissioners.
He has held only two tit lie office?
a member of the General Assembly
n lii7 and Attorney General. In
both he more than made good.
He has been one of the niainst iys
of -he Democratic party in evei;y
"ar-ipaign for many years, and its
hU;t. reliance since Aycock's death.
He knows North Carolina and her
fo'ks. and they linow him. He knows
our government and our institutions.
And with it all, he !s a big hearted
-l"ar thinking clean living, likable
man who will fit anywhere, who can
be trusted anywhere, and of whom
we would be proud anywhere.
To the Governor of North Carolina
there -are permit. ed four fields of
activity: '
1. The Pardoning Power.
Beyond question ttie most perplex
ingnnd embarrassing duty of the
office.
As Attorney General it has been
necessary for B ckett to prosecute
every criminal whose case came be
fore the Supreme Court. He has had
to face every plea known to astifte
lawyers. The Supreme Court reports
show h's sucress. Tn doing this he
has acquired wisdom as to the ways
of the wicked. For a cool headed,
discriminating consideration of a
pardon, no training could be finer.
2. Economical Administration of the
State's Business.
Pickett's big work whn in the
Legislature looked to this. Since
that time' he has had to lie in close
touch with every department. He
would know the job from the start.
He can size up a business situation
as accurate'y as anybody. He c&n
get other-folks to do things. Just
ask the man who knows the man
who has had his bus'ness advice.
3. Leadership In Legislation..
Certainly Blckett knows a law
when he sees one. Thar has been his
business. He knows the State.' He
knows the men. He would be a poal
the help to the Legislature, and the
equivalent of a bond against half
baked statutes.
4. Leadership of Public Opinion In
Public Movements.
Wanted a man of address, of
Ideas, of public forcefulness who can
speak with power the ideals of our
people. It is not so much what a
Governor does as what he gets other
folks to do. Franklv, is there any
body In North Carolina would could
answer this demand better than
Bi-kett? '
We Franklin County folks who
.know Pickett, his integrity, his h'gh
mirddness. his genuine character.
Hid 'ovo him for them all. may not
be pbocether Impartial lud'res. but
"e ito think that "THF UFCOUD IS
TITIC REASON." .
CARD OF THANKS
The family of the late Robert J.
.Sawyer desires to exjress their ap
preciation f;,r the many kindnesses
siiown them during the illness and
:pon the d nth ef the husband and
filhtr. and especiiily for the many
leautlful floral offerings sent in.
L, Ft. Sanderlfn who" has just
completed the work of the fresh
man year at the & M college nt
Tialelh, passed through the ci'y
Saturday on his way to his home at
Shiloh.
Mrs. Lillian Wise, who was In
charge of the school at Newbern's
l anding during the pats term, is
Messrs J. L. and B. C. Need
bam of Shiloh were in the city Sat
urday. Miss Blanche Lister is visiting I
her sister. Mrs. W. T. Halstead '
at1 Red Oak Virginia. .
To The Public!--
v Owing to the tremendous increase in prices on Barber
Supplies-we are compelled to advance the price on shaves
from 1 10c to 15c on June 5th. Realizing that the public in gin
eral desire an attractive place such as ours-and knowing
the high prices now existing-w are sure our reasons for !ad
vancing our price are understood. v '
, f
R. F. PRITCHARD
4 North Poindexter Street
OURtOTTO: "Cleanliness and Attention."
1
LAST LAKE ortliS
l.iat l.a.e, N. C. Ma .'J
Airs, bunau l.asuight died at u,e
uome cf her daughter Sunday morn
ing. Sue was buried at I lie M.
li. church, liev. W. U. Hardesty
conducted the funeral s.-nices.
alio is survived by lour children:
..irs. J. W. Twiddy, Mrs. L. Y.
Ambrose Mr. T. 11. 1'a.snight, and
Wiiile Busni'ht.
Mr. Ephjiam Pntt hi tt w ill leave
.o mcrrow for Washington County
after Blending a week with his sis
ter, Mrs. J. E. Duvaii.
Misses Gercie Twiford. uat;ie
Creef, and Katherine Smith spent
Sunday afternoon with Mrs. Cin
Cinr.ot i Basnight.'
C H Creef spent Sunday with his
parents Mr. and Mrs. C. T. Creef
at Sycamore.
Ml. s Birtle Cretf has returned
from Elizabeth City after spending
a few weeks among relatives and
friends.
Mr. E. H. Duvall of Buffalo
City spent Sunday afternoon with
his parents Mr. and Mrs. J. 11.
Duvall.
Mrs. C. K. Jaiman cf Puf'alo
City si ent Sunday w ith her mother.
Mrs'. Jchn F. Holmes.
Miss 'Pearl Lee will leave today
nfter spending a few weeks with
her brother, Mr. Robert E. Lee.
HIGH SCHOOL DEFEATED
Bclv'doro, May ":! In the elec
tion for the Slate High School on
ihe sixteenth of this month twenty
one votes were c-ast for the special
tax and fifty seven against it.
Mr. and Mrs. William McQueen,
gave a delightful dinner Saturday
evening at their home on Martin
street. The table wis attractively
arranged with a centerpiece of pink
roses and covers were laid for six.
Mr. and Mrs. McQueen's guests
were: Mr. and Mrs. Matthews of
Edenton Mrs. J. W. Old of Nor
folk, and Mrs. F. F. Cohoon.
Miss Rose Goodwin who has
charee cf the Department of voice
at Chowan College is home for the
holidays.
A Chest of Silver
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for the
Cleverest Answer
Tht bride ihown in our window
hai received a letter. The
cleverest answer to it will win
the grand prize a genuine
mahogany chest of 203 pieces of
Tht Long-Lift Plate
20 other prizes valued at $G0.00
each. Also a set of six tea
spoons for the best answer on
blanks from this store (except
winners of above 21 prizes).
Answers to be on regular an
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to Alvin Mfg. Co., Sag Harbor,
New York.
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