MOUNTING UST OF
DEAD REPORTED IN
SOUTHERN STATES
State, Fadarc.! ,vtd Red Croaa
Official* Provide Relief
For Dwatitute
WAR DEPARTMENTOFl-ERS
TO FURNLSH ARMY TENTS
Property Le*»*a From Tornado la
Fair State* of Mih*it,ip|,i, Ala*
Warn*, Toaaoaaao aad Georgia A
a*want* to Million* of DalUnl Nu
■Meant Countia* Stricken
Jaekaon, Mite , April 21.—Report*I
received today at the office of thr,
Governor, pul Mimwippt'* know
dead ip Tuemlay'* tornado HI 1*1.1. [
with detail* lacking from iaolatvd «ec-1
tian* of Iba itorm-ewcpt area.
State, Federal and Red Cro.** ofT»- j
eiala are c<v-op*r»tiny In furnishing
relief to th* lufTorera, and lent*, ruje* !
K" e, nonet and relief worker: how?
n sent from town.- in Mur.,o|ipi
and Lonldana to help iu th*. car*, of
the Injured and hom**le*i*.
Meridian today reported a total of
15 known dead Fll in hoepilal* ruffe* -
Inf from Injuria*, bat only two >*rt
ouily hurt. Property damage there *
aaall I Wa 2. .__ _ t itflllt Allfl LI OP. I
than $20,000 waft subscribed by citi-1
mm af Meridian for relief pcrp'-ript!
at a bum mealing Inle today.
Senator Harrison telegraphed act
ing Governor Ceiteel today ibui tm
Adjutant Central Dcpartm- -nt w«<
ready to offer urrr.y tents and -upplie*
to the needy.
Representatives of the Kalvalioii
Army left here for Neshoba county,
where IS worn Wiled and more than
100 injured in one commun t|r.
Tkm •ituatiun was partially.relieved
this aftarnoon, when Htny Hopkin,
manager of the Gulf division of Hu
Red Cross at New Orlrana, wired the
Governor he had shipped 6u lent* U>
Philadelphia. 25 to Aberdeen. 20 to
Baoaeville and 100 to Meridian. Ho
also slated $1,000 had tern appro
priated to Booneville 15 doctor* :.ntl
nurses tent to Bay Spring*, Meridian
Philadelphia ami olheiv were enj
routs to Aberdeen and vicinity.
THREE PERSONS KILLED
FROM TORNADO IN GEORGIA
Atlanta, Ga.. April 21.—Three per- ;
sons were killed four probably fata*- ,
ly injured and property damage n- [
tlmated at scv.rul bundled thviuund
jaanamsu umu-wg<
northeastern portion of Georgia, ac- (
cording to word received here to- ■.
night. j,
The storm was frit >n mid around!
OainesvUtt, Lawrence, 5iuyat.Hr, ,
Bremen. Brazolton and TIuBiei'. file!
three deaths reported occurred be
tween Maysvills and Homer whnt
the residence of Thome* Hardy vu
wrecked Mrs. Gibaan S. Chandler j
of Atlanta, sister of Thomas Hardy,
and two of hie children were killed. ;
Mr. Hardy his wife and a son weir
not expected to sarrtve their Injuries. ;
TWO MILLION DOLLAR LOSS
IS REPORTED IN ALABAMA ,
Birmingham. Ala., April 21.— |
With the organisation of relief vvp*
ditiona In aeveral Soulhorr. cities and ,
offers of aid from local and National ,
elurltabl* ittMiRLiAne t_ha- u'nrli of an
sitting sufferers from yesterday's! <
tornado which caused the loss of 15$
lives was well under way tonight.
Destruction of linsr of comminiua- ,
tiou and the complcto blocking of I
roads traversing the devastated uqmj-.
Uons offer the grentett nbsUde to .
operations of the relief partite.
The property damage directly doe ,
to the storm is consei vntircly placed
•t **.0*0,000 and many hundred*
were injared. Crops and fiiitn
equipment and livestock suffered M"
riooaly.
Temporary hosnitsU will he con- i
strocted to care for th« Injured und i
•tek. those in eharge of the relief
■aid toaigbt, and plans already
under way to provide shelter f*»» the
numerous famliier who?*' homes were
iMorally blown away by tin- wind.
TWO MOKE STILLS AKE
TAKEN B YDEPLTIES
_ \
, ^ ***gallon still, *00 gallon of
*nd Av« empty barrr l* v»«ro cap
Ms* week in the Little Coharlc
to Dismal township by Deputies F.
IW. r. M Tow, i. 6. Ttw, W. C.
Draughon, Zeb Taylor and John lial*
sou
Thi* same bunch of men late In
Meres captured ■ 45.gallon copper
Still !•> **jB^^townehip and took 1*0
TB* *»i buried in ike
river, k*4,,. *"4 only after a loar
search. !*••**«* Is unknown.—
Clinton Ntws-Dlsrtaeh.
FARMERS I" ""*AT
region# URCRO to
IHCREAib acreace
Waihin*W'> a*-—Re porta
from tha of a
plan far padjjj^^Jjjrit*!^ **»* year
eauaad tha Orp^1"^"1 of Agrleu).
Uar* to laana * **■*£? SL,*?*'* or*,
ing fanner* to •••"»**
- ftsjwa.^S'^J
production Ibees uar *f lb* ,,oor. 'on
SSan of tha arintai’ “?? •** 'bn
continuing world dor**'*1 ,or wb*M.
Haw York, April
■oat charging fir/ dr****
wma rataraad by th* «
day agnlnat Thom.. W.
narnat priaonar, who ah®*
Dr. iaaaa Wright Marha*.
gaaa daring loot Sunday * *rrK* >n
St Gaorgn* Ip Iw opal charm
AMNGTGN PUTS
! Snu«Jii)£R BEHIND
RAILROAD SCHEMI
Seaport Buaineaa Man Praniit
Aid to Samp ton County
Promoter!
ENCOURAGE DELEGATION
BY HEARTY RECEPTION
EntarUlaW hy Chamber of Cos
.nerc and Told Thai City I! Daay
ly Intara.tcd ’.a Project to Cm
County Roil Connection With Out.
♦id* World.
(Clinton Nrwj-Oiipatfh.I
A oip btop towaiTi the realization
I f • .tea. » ■ ^ C...a.—
a i a*lr.ru| taivt w>M Lh* of i».»rv ce v»4i
r-tday. whtn a cummitiet from
thi« voanty mn lh_* remittee* of
’Ik* various civic nryn nuatiO.m of Wil
mington In tunt city. The Kmnpion
■I**- fo’j’i i ih’i city men in a rveep
five mood insoux to hem of S&fttp
yii..tnciu and willing to Join
•n nny move for the common good.
The lie meeting of the day waa
i*k* i nt the rooim n( eh*. Aiuocia
t ct*» of C. mietcee. w(u .« about TO
f t>* leadiiK* bn- ne<e nn n gathered
let til'.' r.» 'roud m*u»-r ditcu^scd.
TT o-c *r»-*vtil votod mlidly before
!n - m-fling closed to give the road
<•:!' m-ml and ftnsnns? support.
y * •• aid the Sampler. Jelegation In
. -k. iv iV a reality
1 be SuintiMHi dvlecation found that
ivhiJ ' W.fmintrton 11 ant ous to do nil
pe.»ible/o build up the country from
%huh il ctinwi* it* ttadr. that the *on-|
-:al kno^lufd^c of Sampson county
h^rr • limited, a*'d that th* business
ti. n vz a CVf rrsI tb:n£ do not rrul
>c the vaO market that It is posnible
0 develop IV Sampson. The meet
fg l'ndsy did excellent work alone
hat line and left the city with tho
ratine*.* men convinced that they I
nuat tap thl» n.d, section nod that
h» only Kay DOMlblr to do that
))r aid of a railroad through tku ace
.ion
Th< ranting avnonbled at 11 a.
a . a, th. room/ of tba chamber of
ommerre. on Chuatnat street, and
»as called u> order by President
l. R.i Moore. of tbr rhomb*. of com
rev. He welcomed th* Sampaon
1 i<i Clinton dclcgmtiuo and a/rored
b. m. of th* (Imji interest of Wll
nington in their plan* to aocuro bet
'•r railroad faclUtir* for th* devdop
or the rol'ef of rtinton la n*r
ortr to develop ai fully aa h*r ad-1
autey-cs mnl;c it poaaihlc. He then
;.qn<. letl Mv. \Y A. McGirt, of the
Jtrtfc Carolina Land Owner* associa
to |>:eride ami conduct the meet
'.If.
McGirt Gini WilcgiM.
Mr. McGirt extended a hearty wel*
oni>- lo the visitors, and Mated that
her had come to Wilmington to pro.
«nt a matter which would itrongly
ppeal to YVilmingUm—that of the
>ro;oet In build a railroad from WlL
nington by way of Clinton to RjJ
u:h. He emphasized the. fact that
Vilmington needed another railroad
luilrt. and pointed out that the proe
■"»*d railroad would run through the
irhcM and mod resourceful sections
■f Lhr whole State. He bespoke WII
nington’* ro operation in this enter
irlsc, Hint congratulated tha Sampson
I' Icgatio.t upon the important errand
>hirh brought them lo Wilmington
mrri tht» eltyV oigaalsrd bodies
or the furtherance of the drerlop
n»it ot this sertidn He drelared
bat it was a sign that the time had
nmc when the business men of the
auntie* of eastern North Carolina
lT** getting together for the ganaral
li'vclopment of this marveluus por
"'ii °f 'he State. Requesting the
lowimaprr men u< act *s secretaries,
■'r. Met,irt said the meeting would
war fiom the Sampson d<legation
le Intrndurrd Maj. Ceoigc E. Mut
er, Clinton, a* the spokesman for
he delegation.
Major Butler wsi greeted with ap
>lnuse, and in his remarks of great
ore* ho presented the railroad pro
uet ns it ha* taken on tentative
h*Pe. He *aid he eras delighted that
JJf, committee had come to
•"<* met by such a
body of buslneaa
of w/l»>lngton. lt seaa anothar
■videnee that Wilmington m.n ^rl
dive, and ho rotated that all over
!,e country that IWe aplrit in wfl
lilngtoti is a matter of common ro
nark ev.rywhcra.
Commend* Land Rady.
Major Butlvr aaid the paopnaad
otd from Wilmington to Ralegh ie
he most practicable railroad propo
'•■"u in wmi
>" to commend the work of th#
'forth Carolina landowner* aaocue
'on and othc oraanited hodiM for
■Vhal th»y ar« doing to promote tho
Uvnlopaicnt of all eaetcro North Car
empkarfi# the peat poa
dl.Ultlc* of thU lection.
. r*.,lrd*d. Major Butler mid.
FiVT hLlo which the delefa
i!,rnuoh dnn,i*k*J ••""ft would run
5saSfR*tair2
entire SUta. It woald «—
,ho £2 and
.J1? Pronoaneod
~‘!u$ZTi£ESS if
th# meet productive metloj,
•>7) North y> 4nlm4 th*l
Clinton, the “•» of bSmooV
with a population of
branch railroed whlel1 pav» k.r „„
opportunity t« £“* JW Qt„.
•op want* now l* • railroad that win
onahlc har to reall*c on har aa*mj^
T.n. «-—■—* Wealth.
M«j«r Itutier drveribed Sampaon ■«
•" Pfva of about l.00" •*)“"* mllea,
I
DUNN PREPARING
FOR ITS BIGGEST
] FOURTH OF JULY
Chamber of Commerce WUI Di
reel Program of Indepen
•nee Celebration.
RACES AND GAMES
PLANNED BY RIDDLE
Horae and Feel Crete at a. Baaa Ball
Spaaklac ood other Feat a roe to
B* Vaf*J in Fair Created#—Pa
rede of FteaU Repre»entia< ■>»•
Baiaioeat Hetaaea
“ The Fourth of July wfll be ie
Dunn."
I So Kara T. I.. Riddle, eeeretary of
I v luira'jTT ui ^gnmcrcr, wnu •*
now planning to stage tho biggest la
drprnce Day celebration ever bald In
tine Lein Carolina
Race*—bora* and foot —baseball
gamra. band*, float*, aeroplane flights
fireworks—all of thaaa are Included
in tbe program to which many in
lervstlng feature* win b* added dur
ing thi: two month' left to prepare
for the big celebration.
Hi-sJia Oo'd.leln, labs Drouchcn,
l.loyd Wade, MeD. Holliday, Mario*
Butler and other boaincaa man of
Uuni. urr working with Mr. Riddle ,
on the project They arc eathuuia*
t*c and art: confident that all prcvloua
occasion* will be eellpaed by the 18*®
event.
Gamp*, recta and other feature* of
the celebration will be held on the
ground* of tho Harnett County Agri
cultural Fair Association. A parade
of floats, representing every business
enterprise of tho towa, lad by a bra**
band will opco tb* precram. This
will form In Lueknow square and
trover** tb* principal streets of tb*
city and disperse at the Fair Granada
An effort will be made to get some
man of national prominence to ad
droa* tb* crowd* expected for tb* oc
casion. Since tb* demand far speak- |
era on that day will ba groat. Sacra- ,
tary Riddle ia already at work ia an i
effort to get oat. i
Many priaa* for the races, games, t
athletic svanta. staging. dancing and
other thing* incident to the eetebi-a- i
lion wlU be offered by the bui.ness ,
men of Dunn through the Chamber of ]
Commerce.
road to give its raaourcefol section* ,
outlet to the markets of the count; .
Uy. Last year the gtnner*' report ,
.showed that Sampson's cotton crop |
»»' about 39,916 bales, of which the ,
authentic reports gave 14,416 bales
at ginned inside of the county, while
5.000 bales of cotton grown in the
county bad been ginned ia neighbor* ,
ing counties. Sampson's cotton crop
and the cotton seed produced in 1919
brought a value of 11000,000. He ,
said the cotton handled at Clinton i
was around 12,000 bales, and that
receipts todey now average about 100 ,
bales from wagons. Sampeon coun
ty, ha pointed out, produces about ]
50.000. 000 feat of lumber a year, and ,
that Clinton alona handles around
12.000. 000 feet. The county last ,
year produced 6,000,000 poands of
tobacco, and bar com and bog pro- ,
duct ion was such that Sampson ship* ,
more corn and meat out of the coun
ty than Is brought Into the county ,
from the outside. Major Butler guve .
the statistics as to the production
of com, soy beans, wheat, oats, and
forage crops, which anaumlly an 1
worth millions af dollars in wealth
to tho county. Sampeon, Major But
ler asserted, Is ths leading cotton
county in the South aa to average
production per acre, that belag shout
three fourth* of a bale ta the acre,
compared with leas than half a bale
to the uere for the whole Southern
cotton belt. In Billy Peterson, he
declared, Sampeon county has the
champion cotton grower of the world, i
Major^J^lrr^wesTViTai length
t", •dro^atc the building of the road,
asked Wilmington’s co-operation, and
urged that WUmlngtea and Clinton
Dairymen who deliver their pro
get together ea the project and then
make a raid on Raleigh la order to
secure her co-operation. In fact,
he mid Raleigh Lt already deeply in
terested In tbs project.
Dr. George M. Cooper was the next
speaker end he presented tha railroad
proposition In very earnest and con
vincing words. He created a strong
■•"timerit for the project and do
—pvwvitiu rniwm wni um nui
J**JL ■ praetleabla projact that it ana
ondty naadad for tit dcrolopm.nt of
°a« °f th* moat ramarkabfy fartllo
VLJSt Sorth- Hc pnintad
tfcnJJoUdin* af tha roadwauld
H* "• 5th"f rm*4- wauld bring
«W a doralapaant that wonld balp
thorn at wall byraoaon of dav.Iop
*»* raranreao that wonld fornlah
Uwm with tnflc.
Among tha Wtlmlngtoniant who
•poko atrongly la favor of tha prop
oalrioai and atood for co-oparat2a
J*4 fc^°" w*r« M**wn. W. B.
£°°.?fr’ Si.A *‘c<3irt’ 0 Horfcort
Smith, MHUm Caidar. Jamaa H.
Cowan and Iradall Maarba. Major
BoUar crprnaad appraeiation af the
ctMipcTnUon randarad, and eommand
ad tha aptrit thown by Wilmington at
tha maatlag.
At tha ronclorion of tha mac baa,
Uia moating took a ririag rota on a
motion to andona tha railroad pro
ject and glva It Inanelal and moral
rapport. Tha eommiUaa to bring
"“Kar Warn U organUad bod
lm of WOmlagloa waa namad by
Chairman Metiirt aa fallow!! /.
Hanphton Jamaa, W. J. Pradaw,
t-wi&'wE
IEm^Tw. 0**p#r
lfc4 L#o« H. BviHt
JOHN RpfoPE WES
WFA|0TEVIUi
/ WTB&lffiNTHERE
^*0 For SareraJ
w«*Jw Bat TlM E»d Warn
• t,“—ip i rti d
ONE OF COmSSTnitYS
vauiep members
W7 #k7*f Count, For
’* T 5V Otw
c*i.«- c,
WUi*rk]7i*^ *■“** ** Froo
w,l) Ck“>«b_y„ ■■jit.
Foycttrrillo, g^j,, m6rninJt
, k* h^. b*,rn Ilia th« hoipiul and
ZZTt tyS™;
*' “°‘tkol°«ht Mat bu UIbmo would
—.
- Bprnwr irom
8tre« cWch b hu
n-v. J. C3^vi,_ wbo WJU „
n7 f'V**99 “ Daniel, pas
md **«tb®di»t church
hTSl^t ,U”J^"*9 •» o"9 of
ftaJSTTnilJ?™» •«•"- •
thl frvivod by his widow
n. 7 bo had boon hi* com
h££ ter n»9r* «h«n
o^for Mti. .i9- no children, hi.
*££ ''*U9 fS being Lavished
iTw« n CL*k" Mn<f nephew*.
L!^f ik i ' •* Honyy Pop* *nd
TJI. °,nU'’ la»« Henry Pope, Sr
John Henry • pi~~ _* ’ " -
)unn * non miWtantial citisrn* and
mod" tlTnl ‘baepmcnunlly-. man
“*r\ , ’!?* rl**y-#ve year* old, a
-V” "f ceanty, a tro*
whose deed.'
°‘d ‘be rood Hem that wa* ia h>*
*•*- i°J^*ntr°'>o*aa* «*« •PP-I
d to John Hotiyy Pope and want
iwny c<npty-hao4ac| .'charitable, kind,
CnSJtt.Tp#*" —•
H. »«. Ik,
rhool* of Johr^CSaad Harnett ;
ounty and In lEfitit college. ,
a the latter in*t£Z^ht spent two
fear*—1875 and IgSKdaring which I
It wa* while ht war atudent in the
.oca* High school. Johnaton county,]
'h*n ha was ig year* old, that he
*1“ converted and became a member
<r the Free Will BaptUl charcfc. Prom
hat time until Id* death he wa* ■
-onaUtenl follower of Rim to whoa
le has rod* for hi* reward. He lovod
■I* church at h* loved hi* family and
lU friend*. One of his loot act* of
ihilanthropy wa* the deeding of half
if the lot on which th* new Free
Will Haptist rtwreb stand* to the
ongrt cation. Hi* w>r* Rave th* other
ialf.
Mr. Pop* wu oheriff of Harnatt
-ounty for two term* from 189* to
.990. He wa* *n excellent officer
ind a con*cientio<“ *«rvanl of the
Mople.
Ho owned inueb p-o party In and
trouna uunn, ms gently purcuiM
irp holdings is Georgia. He was
me of the fore*** farmer* of Har
>ett county.
In his passing th* community loses
>ne of Hj must valued and valuable
a ember*.
MOTHER POISON*
SELF AND CHILDREN
feang Postmistress Made DespsvaSo
By Sheri*go |„
AssssiU
Morehead City. April 22—Iloment
■d because of to •'"red shortage la
trr accounts. Mr*- Neva Gaakill
Spencer, age 24, pPtnlmm* at Lup
on, this county. P°laoncd her two
ihildron yesterday morning, drank a
laantity of th* P***on herself and
•non tried to harry death by slashing
lev throat. Th* torn* were brought
* the Morehead CHy Hospital lait
light, th* youagoM child, Mildred
igc 4, died this m**hlng. The motb
ir’o death ta eafhd hourly. Ed
uard, age 7, will IN*.
A concoction of /oco-eola nod lye
was served the children by the mote
ir, who msdo us* •» it herself, then
Jut her throat with a butcher knife,
1 gash clear aero* the nock to the
MM being mad*.
Las* than fifteen minutes after th*
rate act had been committed tee aa
rortunatc victims w«r* found by Mrs.
Spencer** brothdk. Mr. Lather Gas
kin. who carries th* mail. The mother
iraa found lying *d th* floor and tee
little girt beside bf- Th* other child.
Edward had left h*°i* to play with
some children ow the street. Hit
mouth war badly h*rii*d by the lyo,
but He said nothing*t what had hap
pened until hi* m«th*( md Mater had
beer* found in thMr terrible condi
tion. A local doctor was mtmmnnod
snd upon hi* adrf** the victims war*
brought her*.
Mrs. Spooctr took charge of thoi
poetolRc* at Laptoa on the first of
W OIOBWI. Force*—w. *. mryon,
realm* *d- In letter* written to rela
tive* *• nr* ■■ Mr Him for tak
ln« the life of Mr children and Mr
own that ah« did »•* eare to lto« lon
roT, fearinf Ike *®rta*o would M
Bold ace Hot Mr, »*4 by end inf the
liveo of her rhiUrM they wo old not
be thrown open "* mercy of the
world. Her h tube ad died le*t year of
influence
So far aa known here ao fennel
chanre* «f a ihortoto had beta Made
•falait Mr*. SpMtor end It le are
turned that Mr laaMlty to make her
account* batono* *t the emd of the
toontb caused Mr Mwentod condition
that remitted Hi Mr reeh act.
i—;
■Nippon Has Its Salvation Lassies, Too
— I
Voat. bot tb* twain meet o»d*r tb*
-otnni at tb* 8tlTitl*o Army.
n«M> HI MM MldMC* of tb*
ArajOi labor* to tb* "Cb*rry “'-rrm'
*sd at Japan. Tb* color at tb* dtia
nr tb* slant of tb* tym at fb*M 1*1
*■*•*• Artay *Mr*i« make* BO dbf«r
*o* la Mr parpM* so* *oM*r*r.
fb* mem warnr tb* mm* intform a*
*uw w***PO oroabara, but the women
hntr* adapt ad tbo Anoy'a garb to Uao
ktmAoo rvboo of tbalr oath* laud.
Tba gteturaa gl*a tool I moo; to I ho I
wort of tbo BolmUon Army lu hot mm Ii
of tbo « council toto which that or- |i
1
r ALRltK (ibIMO -i
-TDTtmiKAUir
Mtcrsty-Gwml Loads Taos'
Watson and Unit ad States
Sana tor Hoka Smith
Atlanta, April 12.—Complete ua
>Acial returns from all counties in
Georgia available bare early today
java Attorney-General Palmar 140
rote* in the State Democratic conven
tion, a tan vote Morality ever
Thomas E. Watson, his nearest op
ponent, who had 110 rotas.
United Stnte. 8 uni lor Moke Smith,
he other candidate in the three cor.
Jered race in Tuesday's Democratic
presidential primary, bad 114 votes
>n these flvu.-rc. Thera are 364 votes
n the convention. The a rails bis re
ap rns showed Mr. Palmer carried 61
counties, Mr. Watson 65 counties,
nany ef them with fewor convention
rotes than tbs Palmar counties, and
senator St/illh, 40 conn ties oat ef
the 166 in the State.
The unofficial figures were based
in returns that were complete In al
nost every county, l it it was point-1
•d out that owing to the eloaencas of
ha race la same counties the offiuial
lobulation might swing them in so
rt her column.
Backers of Palmar quoted Sccre
lary Hiram Gardner, of ttoa Demo
cratic State Executive Committee,
which arranged the primary, as stet
Xthat the committee had rulad that
tavor candidate won the highest
convention votes would got the
--•,-w ®»n. I no
cisco convention.
One county, V.ilkir.eoa. with two
roaveatica votes, dui no; hold a pri
mary. and under the rulai aa an
nounced here, Ha vote* would go to
the candidate haviag a plurality of
rote* in the other coanuee.
SENATOR COLLAPSES IN
THE SENATE CHAMBER
toaster Sweatee af Virginia. Sui
ter* Attach White Eegagod
la Dehate
Washington, April 23.—Senator
Swanaon, af Virginia, colUpud lalo,
a chair In the Senate chamber late1
today and wa* tarried eat by eel
leagnaa and attendant* white tha
Senate adjourned. He recovered al
most Immediately. The attack wee
•aid to be da* to * heart weakness
of long «tending.
. A pemage in Senate debate on the
river* and harbor* appropriation bill
involving an amendment which ha
had tattedeerd preceded the collapse.
Senator Pernor trie, Democrat, Ohio,
pre»en tad a itatomcat from a consti
tuent smarting that tha amendment,
which provided for a government ear
vcy of the Nartbweit river, between
Virginia and North Carolina with a
view to determining tha week necc*
■ary ta make H navigable would not
benefit eemmaree but would benefit
private tend owner* materially. Sen
ator Pomerene mid be absolved the
Virginia m*mber from having any
rack purpose la mind, and 8*eater
Swanaon asked permlmioo to insert
In the record all his aorrespondvne.
1 on the matter. Aa he turned te leav*
ha dropped Into a chair.
“Live at homo” la aa rood a riogan
aa ever—paatwme far livestock wtl
help carry out the Idea.
SUPREME COURT 1
"Fl'JT MAV liAVc j
STAGE’S CENTER
Expected Lb RaloLgl. That Gb-'
Wi-Batorixl Rac* WU1 B«
Stcoadary Attraction
JUDGE LONG LATEST
TO DECLARE INTENTION,
W. J. Adame Bare la Be An»||
Candidate* Wha A.,We la Sunmedi
Jeetiee Brawn in State# Higkaetl
Tribunal—Cnlley, Cuien, Stacy,
Aad Raaea Alta la.
By W. 7. Bett. * 1
Raleigh, April 21—Sapt-iera coa-t |
jurtirof will furnuh m e gubc.-na-1
tonal and a prudential ycor tuff I
chief interest in the*1920 primary, do-.
«plto the entriee Into the govern o
Ahip flghi. for teday big caeleiu and
weeteii. Itwycw came Into the con
test, and the primary iliiyy of grace
•re yet three.
Nathan Route, of Huwlon, and I
Judge Benjamin Franklin Long. of.
Statrrv.lW, are eke latest r.-gWJrred I
candidate* for tho vacancy to tx cue i
atrd f.y the retirement of Judge1
Georg.- II. Ilrjwn. C trlhirn- lu't/er. 1
here today do not doubt (hot thrj
name of Judge W. J. Adam* of that]
town will RRt/rNl hv Lhat
Prof. Needham Y. Gulley, Jrdgt
Owen H. Guion, Judge Watt r.
Stacy, N. J. Bouse, Judge B. L. Inng,
and Judge W. J. Adam* aru almoit
mire to be In the runlet! until the
end, and Justice William A. Hoke,
incumbent, it to he again a candi
date. He has filed Me notice.
Thue the race between Justice Will- ,
■a"1 8. Allan aod Attorney General:
Jama* 8. Manning ten yca|« iiro
U to bo done over with considerably
tamer popular interest. So long ns
Jade* Brown sat In the wee. »nt>
lYaf. Caller would give him battle.
Jmdgt- Bra Long bad discouraged hU
frltadl In maktag him a candiu.te
on Urn rotation plan. Since Judge|
Lang raters he undoubtedly con
torts for tha Brown vacancy, but he1
does not any so, nor doo* any of the:
namorous other candidates. Judge.
Uoka, against whom ao contest is be-.
In# we god, mart naverthvluee get a,
majority of all the row* cast, eh*;
hr will g« tot* the second primary
with th* two »o*t highest. The law'
makaa a* provision for protection of ■
on incu^ent against whom there1
mar bo no opponent.
ror this very reneon Judge Mohr'*,
friends might have wished o drain
Hold for him. It is certain that net I
ton per cent of the people of North'
Carolina would wish him succeeded
Th* bench has hardly had hit match
in popularity, and be is on* of the
hoot lawyors that it has produced. He
1* In position that prevent* his mak
ing a fight, and nobody In thee* part#
brllovr* that be should he mad* to
•pend tea coat* above his prtaaary
But th* popularity of the contend
on makaa it perfectly possible that
ih gratifying snaky wishes the voter
may do Judge Rohe violence. There
will bo appeal* from she friends of
Judge* Stogy, Oulon, Adams, Loaf
HARMONY IN G.0.P7
FLEES WHEN NAME
OF SURLES COMES
Hardy tVminhwn Fate Moaluf
WrMck is Senatorial
Convention
ALBERT IS SHOWN
TO BE MUCH ALIVE
»»d Rajraar ara Nanlaatad,
Haurvaar, and Dun Maa t,
Ldtla Oat af Rina—lanaai It a.
alactad Chairaaa—MaCaaWJ At
lacka Laaaea af Malian*.
Altiscayh kt »•* double-eiomaJ,
ttcoic ioll«d and otkcrwitc drfaccd
In the. county Republican oaavra
•oo, Albert F. Surlv*, tfec (mid aid
ui int u. U. r., tU proven
f' ** far f'om b dead am when Uu
Viiow. of hi* patty h*JO their aem
.te.ial di-trln convention here Wad
’"day afU-rr.ooa.
A hert yot litll. out of Hi rogue
itatiok mv. tic knowledge that ha
h£* norm- '.oral 'rlvad*. bat when
Hai-iV L. R. Tiraurhon, a delegate
Irv M the lend of Hig Rlae*. to far
rorsot lb* rakv or the gam* aa to
i- inate him for the patty'* eaodl
I*t>. for *rr*torltJ honor* after the
cour.ly convention had rccoauaaadad
ft after V. B; id for that fab- it waa
u though a govern meat datoctive
v:d h.Cn diaeevervd in a martin*
if the Uulltorvikl.
I Hi ng* were going along too.
t*-~a Barker, the auav* and polished
uwyer of Ben non. had nomiaatod
i.'may Kaynor, of Johnston, aa ona
>f m>c procovctko candidate*. Mc
Cey Byrd left the chair to place
n '.omiiiaiion Hi* eomia, Walter P.
kil *n. arcoining to the plan. Me
•lies had been encountered.
Then Hardy aioee in the rear of
.he hall. H era; plain that he seat
lot expected. The chair looked hie
*ay in opeiMaooth wonderment. D*B
matet turned in their eoots to
tora. Kobody tarn what ha mat
ib«ut to da, hat ah wen rr~tnln that
rha tores 'it waa It eoald not be ae
oidiag to Hoyle.
Hardy pro ended to ewtogta* the
■un be wa* to namiaata. He wound
V with ‘dm nunc of Albert V.
i uric*.
Clr-.-ai sob* of tftene*, gloomy and
tho baU. Everybody
rr- i- All. et‘a friend* applauded.
•Id Broi bar Dupre# true and oo
•’►k** -a piotad. Buck Crum pier,
•inn o' voire and mrriout of mien.
>• unoAiu uw tiMntm to
itich Lu th* dud an dorued by the eon
rrntlOB. Harnett delegates were
M>uad by the eowvewueo. Other
ount>>— Lee, Jobasiou end S*n>
ion—hod to foUew Harnett1* load.
Albert wa, given *ix of the eighty
:dd vote.-. Welter P. got the Mk
11*0- Bat luiwtir «u ao longer
• qimlity that canid be claimed by
hr Republican* of Harnett
So. Republican** nominee, far
W Senate fiom th* Fourteenth Die
l itt are Jftmc* A. Raynor and Wal
ler P. Byrd. Both of theee era fine
fellows but it lr not Improbable that
;h‘V vJU fail to get th* support of
c/ ..Jr. Sorkr1 friend*.
All of tbi* trouble wn* canned by
lie action of somcl-udy at the LU1
I'.gtox convention. Air. Sarin* was.
i raed.Jrt" for "ndprsement by th*
•or. b.Ttion. wht.h was hold on Hog.
L.y On <k- pn-redintr Sunday, hew.
'>»•. an i til iiLobilc accident Injured
t'—u-ct. TU- was unable tor -attend
hr (oavcntioTt. and It was rumored
ibit h. bad suffered a artrokc of par
ulysi* The Republican, did not treat
lu rut a cripple In a warm race, so
did r.ut enrol ion hi* nun.
All otli*r feetem, of the «on*ca
^on i-aw") off plva-wntly. J. McK.
f!fid W»* the pmaiding officer and
U. e. Wullatc, of B orison, was th*
•r-clwlMry. Float Secern*. chairman
■< dli.lKct roaunttlM, called the
n- vtiug to order and mad* tha “key.
»<AC ’’ ape orb, most of which wa* gtr
■n ovi-r cussing Democrat* and
LOl'sjriulng ail things Republican.
A. P. Surlct, I la,nett; B. H.
Grumpier, Sampson; K. L. Carla,
Lee, and H. A. Parker. Johaeton,
•ri-rr named the exceptive committee
at lie district. No secretary was
thosen, that matter. being loft to
Chairman 8<?*tm*.
A. L. MrCadeaU. of Faycttrvfllo,
to mm m Visili.r baa tka - - wa _ *■_
rc-pomli d to Chairman Byrd's request
for a speech. He war rnthnwtrll
rally iseetved and tumultuously ap
plauded when he attacked the League
at Nations as a covenant through
which Ante leans would loso liberty
if H were adopted by On United
States Sonata.
Mr. MeCaskall Mud that he would
vote for no saao who favored the
Longue. If the RepubUoaai nom
inate fer President a amn who (i
to eympothy with It. ho will .take tks
stump against him, he saM.
Rcrsloatlon and other things
charged at cvOs agalaet Hiaimtj
wrsrm poken at by Mv. MeCaskall.
snd Messrs. House and Gulley. One
cnanot vote for all of them, and ho
may rota for two.
Two ruck votes will he eaat
against an tncambent.
Among tbo visiting lawyers oao
boars toe unanimous wish that a Judge
and an attorney ef the Adams type
*1* “• The entry
***** NslXa A Route pits to
wurk a big territory which knows him
f* ' r**Xdrf«l lawyer. He Is rrmesa
fal conduct,ng of the Carter-Aher
nethy proseeutioa before the legUn
thre committee. His tree th» out
•taudlug lenul work Ho is brother
Iw-Mw of ftmr State Aopertniaad
•***■ Y i®***r> *■< kaewa panic,
■tarty wall tkrm«hout the seat.