SENIOR PLAY IS
UP TO STANDARD
OF CLASS OF '26
Bill and Company Thor
oughly Enjoyed by Large
Audience at High School
Last Night
CLASS NIGHT TONIGHT
Commencement Week Ihi
Moving Happily Along
k Climax Come* onj
^ Ihuraday Night
With a, loading |
Marring In the role of Nan
nette Bonet, a vivacious modern >
flapper, the aenlor class play, "Bill
and Company," made a decided hit I
Tuesday night before an apprccla
,nd attentive audience that
nearly filled the high school audi
torium, Ml,, Owen, took the
?Unl h^.",?rmJWUh naUl ral
acting, poise and personality.
Playing opposite Mlsa Owen,
Joseph Kramer, as William Burn^
Y^ke? you<h,'ul- ?mbltlous New
in Th a thp wl,ole cheese"
ISiif. Imu?f Bm * Company. H,
'nS ' . J ll. hp wa" bolh lh"i
BIN and Uie 'company." Ho
conducted |J, business on the
principle that advert talng paya and
hl? original ,d read "Bill "n
?he l* a?!,thl??-" f"! the plot of
dW S2 S, ?" """ ,d Kr?n'<r
did .orno real acting In his role
L.n ?KI k" l? "V? UP t0 his SIO
S*"..*1"'". necessitated proposing
24 time, during seven days to I
he" Whon' he " flrst ?*">"'
he could never love.
?j8.'!1 *"d c?mp?ny's ad attract- '
ca the attention of Nannette j
grandfather, Alec Bonet. "n old ,
frenchman of yesterday, who de
plored the ways and customs of
the present time. This role was,
HlhlT?) by A"Pn "nd w** P??
... y "" mo"t """cult In the cast. '
Allen looked and acted his part
as hard aa It may seem for this
conservative high school youth to
?.. J kc *? old- easily excited. Ir
ritable !? renchman. H la voice was
ejfceptionally good for the stag.'
w>d the acting was there.
*.."0 rand pere," aa Nannette called
i' ' "?ught to free his daughter)
irom one ho considered a radical '
and dangerous suitor. Cecil Mc
Clean. whose part was played un-!
usually well by Krank Hollowell.
The old Frenchman told Dill
that "all lt takos now-a-days fori
R IT.!? to* wln a *,rl ,H a ,,ule *??.
a little slant; and a little dancing."
So "Orandpero" and Bill, after
much arguuiont. made a verbal
contract ? that the latter should I
propose to Nannette continuously
for seven successive days In an ef- '
fort to mako her give up Cecil. '
After It appeared f<y a time that
the plans of Bill & Company and j
the old Frenchman had simply I
made bad matters worse. Bill
turned his luck and brought the !
Play to a happy ending by admit- '
ting the "frame-up" and then
making a sacceaaful propoaal to
Nannette a, her grandfather list
ened with satJsfsctlon aa the cou
ple supposed he waa sleeping In a
i. In ,h" M"" ?t the room.
hvolyn Jennings auccesafully
Played the role of Blll'a .M ft
necked stenographer who wasn't
over-enthuslastlc over tho career
of her bosa. As Bill', mother and i
father. Clarence Prltchard and Iva
I rltchette, brought roar, of laugh- 1
ter from the audience a, they cen
sored Illll for his fool ambitions
Nellie Davis ntted well Into the
cast as tho supercilious and sar
castlc sister of Cecil McClean. Her
engagement to Bill was broken In
I. p"rl 01 ,he I??y? much ;
to tho disgust of Bill's parents. I
Ai?. French maid to Nannette and1
A't grandfather. Monterey Cart- 1
? rul.t seemed perfectly natural.
> Tlough productive of hardly u
much laughter aa other playa pre
sented this season by high school
talent, the three-act comedy pre
sented Tuesday night had a better
plot than either of the other pro- '
ductlons and the student-actors
worked so well Into their parts
that the audience at tlmea forgot,
the local characters In their Inter-'
eat In the outcome of the story.
High school playa seem to necea- '
sltate poor order. Some of -the
boys have Juat got to "bust out" I
upon the flrst appearance of aome .
of the actors and drown out what !
they are saying. However, thla I
tendency seemed less pronounced
Tuesday night than at other pro
ductions this year.
... '"I'T" ,c" the members of '
the high school orchestra enter
talned the audlenog, %hlch re- 1
sponded In a roar of applause to ,
each number presented. The fact
that some members of the orches
tra will not be In high school next I
year probably cauaed the audience
to puah the mualclane last night
for every encore they could pro
duce. Most popular of the num
bers presented was the violin and '
piano number by Bobble Kearlng 1
and Jeanne Houts.
Tonight claaa day exerclaea will
begin at *;15. On Thuradgy night 1
the graduating exercise, will take i
Pjfrce and Dr. H. E. Rpence of
tJulieistty wf|| deliver the
riUlmeacement address
Morally 10 the ectiool was evl
d?*ne?d m tlw large attendance at
the ?lay Tuesday atght In aplte of I
other attractloa, la the eliy at the 1
same hour.
PAIR FIGURING
IN HEARING PUT
UNDER ARREST
Judge Grady Orders Grand
Jury Investigation* of Al
legation* Again*! Cherry
and Newborn
ENDING UNEXPECTED
^k'oung Woman Figuring in
Ca*e Offer* Dramatic De
nial of Testimony Tend
ing to Wreek Reputation
Taking a wholly unexpected
turn late yesterday, proceeding*
Instituted before Judge Honry A.
CJrady In Superior Court here with '
a view of having put Into effect a
suspended sentence of two years In
jail imposed upon Vernon Cherry,
of Powells Point, at the March I
term of Superior Court In Currl- '
tuck, resulted in Cherry snd W. S. i
Newbern. also of Powells Point. !
being put under bonds of $250
each for their appearance before
a grand Jury at the next term of >
Currituck court.
The hearing was opened late
Monday. at?d was resumed short
ly after 4 o'clock yesterday after- ?
noon. Newborn's arrest followed i
an allegation by Cherry that New
bern had stood for <0 gallons of
liquor which he had purchased a
year or more ago from boatman
from Bast l^ake. at a price of $3 ,
a gallon. Cherry asserted he had
since partially repaid Newbern..
On the stand in his own behalf.
Newbern denied ever having fl- ;
nanced a liquor transaction fori
Cherry, or anybody else, and also
denied allegations by Cherry that|
a young woman whose name was .
mentioned frequently In the ,
course of the hearing, had ever
beaten him over the heatl with a
slipper after having upbraided
him for not having taken her to
ride, as testified to by Cherry.
Young Woman Tent If les
The young woman herself ap- j
peared unexpectedly at the hear- 1
ing yesterday and offered a dra
matic denlel of the allegations re- '
fleeting upon her reputation. She 1
told that on the Saturday night af- ,
ter the court term at which Cher
ry was put under the suspended
judgment, she had called at Cher-,
ry's home, and he had met hor at I
the door, had knocked her down
by a blow In the eye. and had !
kicked and beaten her until his .
wife made him desist.
She testified that she did not '
know why Cherry had committed
the alleged attack, adding that she
had visited at Cherry's home on
numerous occasions before that!
time, and knew of partloe having
been given three, at which drinks '
had been served. Sho said sho I
supposed the liquid refreshment
referred to was corn liquor and |
stated Incidentally that she did not
know of Cherry having sold any
whiskey since the March term of
court. Cherry admitted having j
slapped her, asserting It was the
only way he could "make her be
have."
Dave Jarvls, colored tenant on
Newbern's farm, testified that he
had bought liquor from Cherry
three times since the imposition
of the suspended sentence, and
added In response to a question
from J. C. B. Ehrlnghaus. repre
senting Cherry, that he had come
to the hearing upon Newbern's re
quest. Cherry denied having sold
liquor to Jarvls or anyone else
since the court term.
Cherry's parents were the first
witness^* called to the stand yes
terday *oft?rnoon. both testifying
that they saw no evidence of
Newbern having been knocked un-l
conscious by their son. The moth
er corroborated various minor
details of th? encounter between
Cherry and Newbern. as related
th day before by Cherry and his
wife. The father told of having
been employed by Newbern In cut
ting wood at the letter's home on
the day of the affair, and stated
that when Newbern returned from
iCherry's home, he paid him off
and discharged him The elder
Cherry said he observed no blood
on Newbern's clothing, or other
evidence that he had been treated
roughly.
"Cam* In M?1 Raffc"
"All at once he came in a mad
rage," the witness related, "and
said he would go up there and kill
thn d ? rascal. He drove his
car up to where the road was a
little wider, and turned It around,
hut stopped again."
Cherry's mother said she saw
Newbern drive past her home In
his ear about an hour and a half
after the mlxup with her son.
In offering the younger Cherry
for questioning. Mr. Ehrlnghau*
told the court he would admit to
having been drinking, and that
there was an altercation, hut that
he denied having itruck Newbern
with a bottle, as Newbern and his
companion. N. W. Poyner. had al-j
leged the preceding afternoon. '
contending that Newbern Injured
his head when he fell against his
Under rigorous cross-examina
tion by Solicitor Small. Cherry
admitted he had been discharged
fro? the Elisabeth City police
fofee some eight or ten years ago,
(Coittfnned on page four)
FOREMOST AMERICANS AN1) CROWN PRINCE
An unusual grouping of flrat magnitude crl"hrittoi? liorf In *h own ui tin* fxprrim s of mm-iliir; tli<- John Krlcnaon ne-mortal in
Wanhington. Chief JtiHtlco Taft I* standing at the lift. Seat-d Ih on In order are ? * i ? . v.n l'i ir.ei? (instant* Adolpluia of ' Sweden.
I'realdent Coolldce. Mrx. Coidldw* and Ihc Crown I'rlnntw l<oulxr. What tin- Crown Wine* j^m i?! when !??? haned over to u,d drena the
l'renident the camera did not record. Thin photograph in the rtr *t taken in America in which tin Crown Prince appear* in hi*
repai plumes and medalx.
DOGS NEED CARE
SAYS DR. F1NCK
Should lie Inoculated ail
Once, or Kept Cii^ed.
lo Prevent E|>ideini<'
Dorm known to have horn bitten
hy a rabid don need not necessarl
ly be shot, or otherwise killed, ac- !
cording to Dr. Victor Flnck. local
veterinarian.
"They can be saved from get
ting the diseane ju?t an human be
IngH cm," Dr. Finck explained.
"Of course the best plan is to
have the dog inoculated ahead of
time. Out It Is .possible to save
the d ok from the disease a * long
an two days after it has bocn bit
ten.
"The dog Is treated hy injec
tion and of course should he hold
under observation during the per
iod of treatment.
"An impression seems to prevail
that rabies is a hot weather dtn
easc. This is not so. It is more
prevalent in hot weather but a
dog may become diseased at any
time of the year.
"People who arc not wlllint: lo
have their dogs Inoculated should
keep them tied or caged during an 1
epidemic. Some recommend mux*- 1
ling but this is punishment to the
dog ? especially in hot woallicr.
Politics Taking On
Elements Of Life
At Last Minute
Though It could hardly be said
to have begun to boil a* yet. to
borrow an ancient and trite phrase,
the political pot In Pasquotank
County at least has started to aim
mer merrily, on the eve of the pri
maries to be h*?ld Saturday, to
determine the Democratic nomi
nees In anticipation of the Novem
ber elections.
Tills merry simmering began
when C. B. Bailey, candidate foi 1
the office of prosecuting attorney
against J. II. LeRoy, Jr., the In
cumbent. challenged two votes In
the Second Ward, on the ground
that the registrants were not qual- !
Ified to vote here. The latter were ?
Misses Nell Plrkard and Oscle |
Riser, teachers in the Kllzahcth
City flraded Schools for the last
five years.
The teachers contended that, in
asmuch as they lived here nine
months in each year, they were en
titled to claim residence here, and ,
with It the right to vote. After
considerable discussion and fnven
tlgstlon. the challenges were with
drawn Tuesday night.
J. n Wslston, registrar in the
Second Ward, declared Wednes
day that the challenges were the
first to occur In that ward In the
three elections In which he had
participated. Including the pend
ing one.
On the eve of the election, a
political rally will be held at the
Cut Rate Drug Store Friday night
st 8 o'clock, In which various of
the candidates will mske speech
es, snd s rousing time is antlcl
psted. The general public has
been Invited cordlslly to attend.
<WTO.V MAIIKKT
New York. June 2. -Spot cot
ton closed quiet, middling 1ft ST*,
points, unchanged. Futures, clos
ing bids; Jely Oet,
Dec. 17. SI. Jan 17.48, Mar 17 M
New York, June J -Cotton fu
tures opened todsy st the follow
Ing levels: July 18 32. October
17.62, December 17. JO. January
17 42. March 17. 82.
MAY PEA SEASON !
NEARING CI,OSE
Markrh Strengthen a*
Shipment* Kali to
Minimum
The May pea season in !'am|iin?
lank County in drawing rapidly to
a clone, Norfolk Soul hern Rail
road freight official* reporting
that only three refrigerator rar?
had been ordciud for ioday'a *hl|>
! inontfl. Nineteen cnrloadK moved
yesterday.
Commission merchant* reported
sal en today on the New York and
Philadelphia markets ranging
from $1.60 to 92.59, with the mar
kei n a little steadier than yester
day. and prospects that good final
ity stock would Hell attractively
through the week. They offered
the opinion. however, that there
would he only sflitlcred slilp
1 inetita after today, the crop hav
1 tug been practically cleaned up.
In general. M:iv pea grower*
here made little money off the
crop thin year, mainly h< cause th<
( hulk of it matured at one time,
and consequently the Northern
i market* became glutted, with the
| result that the prices fell to a
point that meanl losses to many
jahlpper*. May peas are exceed
ingly perishable and must he
| picked and ahlpped when they
have attained the proper degree
Of maturity, the dealer* explain.
I regard leas of the condition of the
i markelN.
'TOBACCO GROWERS
CONTINUE DEFENSE
Raleigh. June 2 With cons Id -
icrable evidenc already presented
and with the trend of the court'*
mind Indicated, the Trl-State To
hacco (1 rowers' Co-operative Asso
ciation went hack into Federal
Court here today to continue it*
defense aualnht receivership. The
hearing before Judge I. M. Meek
ins was scheduled to he resumed
during today * session with Indi
cations that It would not come up
until afternoon.
WAS "PERFECT M>VER'\
BIIT NOW IN PRISON
1 Philadelphia. June 2. ?Instead
of play the "perfect lover," Fred*
erlck It. Stanley, known to some
of many alleged victims as "l?ord
ilea verb rook." wa* in the cpunty
prison today serving h year's sen
tence for em betai In k f ft. 000 worth
of Jewelry from the wlflow of a
Philadelphia Jeweler. He wa* sen
tenced l?te yesterday.
PANIKIU IN OHIO
Columbus. O. Juno 1." Jeffer
sonian principles of government
were advocated and two third*
rule of nominating Democratic
Presldent ial candidate* and the
unit rule binding Mates to one can
didate were aaaalled by former Sec
retary of the Navy Jo*ephn* l>an
lels at a statewide meeting of
Democratic lM|ti horo today
"The hour has struck." said Mr
Daniel*. "for the Itamocrat |c
party to rid lt*elf of the hody of
death popularly known as the
two third* rule It U a misnomer
It Hhould he railed Ihe one third
rnle. It operates for no good pnr
pose."
MTKAMKR ZbUIUkL
Routhport. M. C.. June I.-*? The
steamer Islander bound from Tam
pa to New York burned to the
water's edge today but the captain
and crew of ten were saved
Lattest Photo of Royal Heir
UI tic Prlncnm KH*#hMli of
iHichnti of York, ji ml third In
iltrono. HI?o In flhuwn with her
Knitland. flrMt born of (hn Dnk'- nnd
I iii ?? <>f hihti-mIoii to the Brltlnh
mother.
The Spotlight This Year
Has Been Dedicated to the
People of Elizabeth City ;
The HpotHcht, filch Srh??ol ??"
1 nuai, In off t h'* prnn* aii<l !?< Im-Imr
read with unununl Intere.nt by old
r r folk* Am Wf>|| a* Klud?iif?.
To begin with. Iho Hpotli. ill. Ii,t?
h diffirrnt *nrt of iHlmtion. In
at<>ad of being dcriliiiiiMi t??
member of the faculty ??t paftle
hilar friend of th?* rla** . i' h dndl
ca'ed to "Th?* People ??f Kll*abeth
City," ami fhia In th** ton word:
"To Ih^ People of Kll*abeth
t'ity:
'Krom the plnncirK who laid ih" .
foundation of our town, to tho
ritixana of today who-?? #??n* and
daughtera compose the p'-rnouno)
of the Hlfth School Jind who*? fi- ,
ttandal atippott mak** Hi' exln* ?
ilrnr? of the Inntllullon p-mnhle,
wp, the cIhmv of l!'21. do ri'Kj?"'l
fully dedlcaic thin ?Uth volume of
the Spotlight.
"Berau*e wp ar?* protid of our'
homo, of her enterprise*. I?er am- i
hit Ion*, her beauty and her f;<me;
Ulid hem u n? we w Mi >?n| to know,!
to remember and to appreHati
IClizabeth t'lty a* we do. the edi
tor* of the Spotlight Will por?olifll
ly conduct sou- aa you turn th??l
page* of f h 1m volume on a trip
through on r town '*
The fron'lwplere |* an aeroplane
? law of Kllzabeth City and tha
.hnautlfui Pas'iliotapk Jwirhor^
and v town o f the waterfront, the
huftlnaaa and raaldence aeetlonaj
follow.
A anapahnt of the Vannejver rlo
wm tho volume, the voyage having
' bt#n tuectaafully completed. There ,
aro plrturoa of llio odllori,? K'iml
InoklriK oiiim; plrturca and choice
description* of nacli member of
list* clans, pic t urea of cluba and
no on.
Morno?rr, boratim i he Hnnlor
f'laaa In nothing If not polite, the
member* of the faculty are alven
a prominent place Whether the
?la*a had In mind to allow the ev
olution of the race or whMhef the
Idea whm lo dlnrloM" the lender
ymrn of Motno of the morn Ine*
{?'?rU'tw cd teacher*. remain* veiled
In mystery, and the reader ha*
ton* on ?o peru?e the Itogue'a fJal
lery and the Heulor 7<oo
The Spot Haiti mu*t be aeen to
?m* appreciated properly. Indeed. If
h?* lo be owned personally, and
enjoyed from lima to time.
For thene Hoo*ter* of 192# have
ahown what achool nnlrlt and elvlc
pride cnu do and net an example
for their older* to medltata upon
and rmnUlo.
The editorial niaff of the Rpot
light follow*: Mnry Owen*. editor
In rhl<?f Helen Mrlght find Clar
erne rrltrhard, muistant editor*;
Robert Wlliuma Junior aaslatant
?(|llf>r; fo*eph Kramer. bualAaa*
manar< r John Kramer. Junior a*
*i*tant hualnasN manager; llora<e
W l i .1 itrl Fr*nk llollowell. *ub
ncrlptlon manmco, Anne Mallck
and Martha Whlft. and Kvclvn
Ttoger*. ~ advertlalng~
Huth Williams. Joke editor; Wil
liam Fearing athlattr editor; Hal
en Kramar. art editor; Robert
Fearing. anapahot editor; and
Wallace lUglef tyfctat.
OPENING OF BIDS
ON NEW THEATER
SET FOR JUNE 18
I'oKtlionrmrnt Nrri'Mllul
r<l liy 1ji?| M i mill' Chaiii:
f? ill I'lans for llrulin^
and VentilulinjK Itiiililin^
HEADY NOVEMBER I
Opening of Entertainment
I Ion m* Tentatively Set for
? Juminry-I-, Allow ion limt*
to I'nt in Equipment
Dm* to last -minute moiiifliM
' tlons In the plan*, the opening of
bids on the u?'W Catolliia 1 Ihm
ter. I u vol v I n k an aKut'-Kate Invent
ineni of 9 1 50.000, Han been post
poned to Friday, June IK. it wan
announced today. The hid* were
, to have been nptird tomorrow.
The new theHter. which will he
lined for the romhined Hhowinu of
mot inn picture* and vaudeville. Im
beinu linanei-d by the Carolina In
' veMiment & Insurance Company,
Inc., h subsidiary of the Carolina
llankliiK * TriiHt Company, which
haw purchttM-d from the latter
company the rear half of the
square whnae front half la occu
pied by the Carolina Hank.
The dcciaion to poat|>one the
opening of hldn on the theater
was ? Reeled yesterday at a ccn
fercnce between officials of the
ctiinpany hacking It. and C. C.
llenton. of the ttrm of Denton *
lleiiton. architects, of Wilson,
who are drawing plana for the
I new hulldlnK. according to the an
nminccnicnt today. Specifications
embodying the changes decided
upon, and mainly affecting th?
healing and ventilation systems
of the theater, were mailed to
' prospertlve bidders today.
It Is understood that contract
for conduction of the theater
: will require that It he completed
by early November. In order that
It may be equipped and ready for
| opening January 1. In addition
to the building itaelf, contract will
ibe let for construction of an ar
'cade ontranro through the Caro
Una Iiank ilulldlng to the theater
from Main alrcet. and for the erec
tion of eight store* Hanking the
theater, the latter to front on
Martin and McMorrlne street*,
four on each side, with posslhly
onef on Matthews street. The
?tores are to be 20 feet wide and
,60 feet deep each.
The new vaudeville and movie
j house will be operated by the Car
olina Theaters. Inc., of Ashevllle.
I a corporation which Is running a
(chain of theaters In North and
i South Carolina. The contract
I here cmhodlcx a ten year lease,
(with privilege of renewal, under
certain specified conditions, for an
nddltlonnl term of five years.
SUFFOLK SEEKS
, BASEBALL DOPE
Ank* That I/<mh1 Dclcption
Present l^ugur PlaiiN
Friday Aftrrnoon
Definite asxurance that 8uf- '
folk |h keenly Interested In (ho
prospect of entering Ihe baseball '
league between Klixaheth City, '
Hertford and Kdenton, organised
at a meeting of representatives of
the three towns hero Monday
night, wan received Wednesday
in a wlro from Secretary Caldwell,
of the Suffolk Chamber of Com
merce, a k k I n k lhat a delegation
from Klixaheth City meet fann
there Friday afternoon at 4
o'clock, to discuss the league. Ar
rungements are under way here to
comply with the request. ?
Fans In Hertford. Kdenlon and
here are exceedingly desirous of
bringing Suffolk Into the l?aguo,
largely by reason of the added
friendly rivalry which would re
sult. and through the fact by
bringing In a fourth club, the
present disadvantage of having
one team remain Idle while the
other two were playing would be
eliminated That was Ihe prin
cipal difficulty encountered last
mirnmer. when Elisabeth City.
Hertford and Kdenton had a base
ball league similar to that planned,
for this summer.
Meanwhllo. the management of
the haneball association here Is .
going actively about the Job of lln- ,
Ing up players for the learn, with
? he Idea of having them report I
Sunday and Monday An exhlhl-j
lion game has b?-en arranged I
with i he Norfolk Police nine for,
Tuesday afternoon at B o'clock, on I
the diamond here. A second !
exhibition contest has been ar- 1
ranged for Wednesday with the
South Norfolk nine. The prcxent
Intention Is to open the league sea
son on Thursday. June 10.
DKHATKM t
Charlotte. June S. ? Announce- '
ment was made here loday by Doc
tor T. T. Martin, field secretary
of (he anti-evolution league, that
m* SPT1W8 fif athntst fundaments- -j
Hal debate* ncheduled for every
section of Norih Carolina had been
cancelled No reason wa* given.'
The two debates here drew a com- 1
blned audience of only 800. I
DEMOCRATS ARE
ACTIVE AS SEE
OMINOUS SIGNS
Coolidfte Strength Believed
on Wane and New Inter
en! in AlM>lilinn of Two
Third* Hule Apparent
ISSUE IS IN DOUBT
Klimiiiatf McAdoo or Al
Stuiili and Sailing be
<Heur But That C ILOMIUI*
ination Not Yet Attained
II) DAVID I.AWIIK.M'K
It2? B. Tut A?vam?|
Washington. Juno 2.- Whether
it is du<? (o e partisan ronviction
that the popularity of President
Cool Ids* i? on the wanp or wheth
er it In duo to the natural reat
Iohsiicbs of the political mortal,
the Democratic National lcadara
arc busy people these days.
The movement to abolish the
two -thirds rule In the Democratic
conventions Is gaining headway
' because what amounts to an or*
ganized campaign is behind U. In
the South where the possibility of
the unit rulo being tied up to the
two-thirds rule might be expected
to furnish an obstacle to aajr
change In the existing rules, the
reports Indicate a shift of senti
ment.
Leader* In Tennessee, Georgia
and Kentu0ky are coming out for
the principle of a nomination by
the majority.
"The Houth Is no longer Con
vinced," nays Oeorge F. Milton,
one of the McAdoo leadera from
, Tennessee who has been organis
ing the tight against the IWp
thirds rules, "that the two-thiWU
rule gives It a veto, it feela rath
er than that the veto Is poaaeaved
by the Eastern Tammany grdtfp
and Is a one-way veto." . t ^
While It is recognised Utai
there Is no direct connection In
, the rules between the votU^.,'of
delegations In a unit and the pr&
jvlso that a candidate must get
two-thirds of the ballots eaat. fc?r
tertheless It Is recognlted that the
two will be considered Jointer
when the matter comes before toe
i National Convention. Aa Che fftee
of agreement to the abolition Of
t lie two-thirds rule, the Northers
and Eaatern Democrats wilt aak
that the delegations agree to
abandon the unit system of voting
so that Individual delegates will
count.
I It Is not necessary for the next
national convention to cast a two
, thirds vote In order to change the
method of balloting unless of
course, the rules have already
been adopted and there Is a desire
to suspend them In other words,
when the committee on rules pre
sents its report s majority vote t>
'all that is necesssry. The dl(ft
eulty at the last convention wae
i hat the committee report had al
ready bean adopted and It would
( have required two-thirds to
rhstige It Just as It would haVe
taken two-thirds to nominate.
The hope of the sponsors of the
j movement Ih that they can reach
the ronvontlon floor with the
I proposition on Its merits entirely
divorced from candidacies. That's
why they are trying to get pledge*
a long time In advance. Whether
these pledges will stand up In the
r?r<- of a concrete political Sltua
1 1 In n Is another quostlon. for.
while nstlonal committeemen and
committee women may hare n
good deal to say ahead of tf(g4,
they arc not si ways controlling
factors la the state delegation* es
pecially under the primary lys*
. teni.
If by the Mine the next conven
tion Is held It become* apparent
that the effort to abolish the t**
t h l ids rule and substitute a ma
jority vote h*n been started by
McAdOO men and carried forward
wtih the hope of nominating the
former Secretary of the Treasury
there win he a Aght on the ooa
ventlon floor agalnat the change
In rulen. Hut the situation will
have this difference- -that If the
McAdoo men have a majority af
the delegates they can win. They
did not succeed In getting a ma
jority of the delegates during any
of the many ballots taken Isst
j time.
Jf the McAdoo champions wetfe
: to ifTinounce their derision not 16
iilar? him In the race and If the
friends of Al Smith were to ' tin
likewise the movement to ehmtft
the rules might he construe4 as
a megaure entirely apart fro? ef
feet on Individual randldflMBtti
Hut hot h men are in the rae?gft4K
: the "favorite sons" who iri ei
|p"Ctlng to oust both realise that
the one-third vote is a strong le*
er of Influence and they wig not
alve It up without a struggle.
roi'flT IH MUOI lt>KI?
Holding that It was not woffhi
while to retain many Jurors In A
busy reason, with only threa rel
atively unimportant caaes whl?h
could he disposed of during the re
mainder of the we?k. Judge lU?
ry A Grady this morning ad
journed the session of Huiwri?r
Court which opened Mondsy morn
ing. Instructing the Jurors to re
port again far duty a**t llsiiji
morning The flrat two weegg of
the eoirt are devoted to eWI
cases only, and the criminal dock
et will be taken up Monday
Ing. June 44.
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