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the Superior Court^ W^Me.
triet, sufcjett to the action of the
IabaB tthnrft my eeedtieey hm *
zfcfct to know my coootfkion of the
office to whfeh I eyfee end
field of jaJtb^mSmrw
t?9ram mar study end observation
of what we call government, I an
fsinliaail that the office of Superior
Qwrt Judge le the moet important
and far reaching public position in
our State ?y*tem. The Superior
Court is ? the one definite. point of
eaataet between the ftfke aad jhe law..
It speaks with authority ia language
the platai peph understand sad
oa questions of vital importance is
their everyday Efa. Holding its aes
rions ia every County, to the vast
majority it is the Sate. It therefore
net only administers the law, but,
ceasdoualy or unconsciously,, I
the nreal attitude of our dtisenahip
toward their government. It ibBowa
that in audi a tribunal justice should
be admkiistered with that degree of
patience which .is content with aeth
iag .lees than 'the truth. Its presiding
magistrate should be poeeeesed
of such familiarity with the funda
mentals of law, procedure, and com
mon sense as will eliminate waste.
"Am to whether I can fuBy meet!
tjjm responsibilities of the bench, this]
Is a question which I face with frank
aeee and humility. My experience as
genhapr ties Horn to the starting de
mands of my profession since ad
mitfroo to w V9Xt my vmn?a ?yict
and exjierience . as an active 'practi
tioner in the- courts for the past 28
yean, aad whatever I have teamed
during these years from the average
North Carolinian, teamed and unht
taoed, rich aad poor, good aad bed,
unite in constituting the basis of
hope that fri>m a background of
preparation, experience and equip
ment I may reader a service as Su
perior Court Judge that shall be hi
accord with the finest traditions of
. the Bench. H iwnnftHrtnrt and elected,
it shell be my deepcrt purpose to
bring to the to* I bare attempted
briefly to delineate, the beet that is
within ma."
Wf WrtMelte's inureritefa ancestry,
both maternal and sttuotl dams
m- from Pitt to Greene County, where
I k hi born and reared -and has liv
ed. He extensive connec
tions in both of these <nwntie>
^AMMI A^ ? ? - ? ? A A?SAMAJ %A?.
uempieong toe courses aixerea oy
tk* K^h of Gf*"? County when
I hat? lad, ha finished his preparation
for college at Trinity rfcrk School,
TVt^AM VT jMahA4a4^iid I
iwnam, -N. u, wwece ns graduated
with. Ha than attended Duke
University, (then Trinity College,)
I where he graduated in 1904,
finishinflr with hooon n& winninf
? the coasted Wiley Gray Jleda? for
the hast ortfrf is the Senior Oasn
? He ^wa? ^mhiged a temant^my
leoe hi several intsr-coQegiate de
I hates. After graduation he entered
thfe Law Department of Trinity and
under tfcfeiate Dean S. ^. 'lES^Si
whs conddeared him one of tfca most
apt stents of^law hi his depart
<h* U Man a
the Democratic Executive Commit
tf-fmn. B* ?u Wilson PmiknAU)
Pintrfyt. ptvH jg novf tsd
jthd ^rmrrfttre' frrrm fta -imrrt"'ffT
trfct.
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by ti*9 Quitch (yf ? ~ '
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1 S vC'- w ml tit"' '? ^?L'- ---' ?'?''? "^'-' ?? - .atA',"?i'ii v:-"'v^1
rV^Sft *'
himself to the pe-l
tjT ^arte^ tS
other ewer brought to ja^wt ^ |
sale* in June, that thi* old atatnte I
Ertsr.-i sS**
,; In flu Inwitnr NMlii IWi petitioners I
were represeni^f^pjg; ^J5Uii|p^\^jpia
cwmty ^hy j
the city by tchiawn, Dawniar tod I
Downfalfc dty.rtjgll
LITERARY CLUB HOSTS
*- Airinterestin*^25ti^^fiuk 1Lit
erary dob was held Wednesday Rf
tmxxm with Mrs. UmtfMm Bounties
at bar home in the Horton apart
The business period preeedsd the
splendid reports of the State Fbdeta
taen meet at Pineburst, which wars
given by Mrs. J. W. Parker and Miss
Annie Perkins, president asJ dele
gate respectively. 1 V j
r The roll call-was respond ad to with :
current events and the program was
with the topic, "The Little Theatre
fat America and the Work of Eugene
QffeQIn was developed by Hftss Annfr
Perkins, and by Mrs, J. L. Shackle- !
ford, who discussed O'Neill's play,
"Beyond the Horison."
! Flowers in fabades of blue and pink
were in effective j arrangement in j
the. apscious living room. Strawberry i
delight was served as ? * irst oouwe
sad cheese an doiive sandwiches sad
tea. as a second.
In addition to the. club members,
Mrs. Baimtme ha da sguasts: Mes
dames M. V. Horton,W.B.-Waiia,
Bert Taylor, Lath Morrias, W. E.
Jeyaer, D. W. Debnam and MisaYw
eti* Morrill of Falkland, a charter
and an honorary . msmlMr.
r'ji
As sir editor, speaking frankly, we
dent care two hoots whether yopr
body to triTjwL Think it eut your
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White ?60dsed the disposal of the
the First Baptist
true that the enemies of ptei-1
t ? i i i i nil - & ? " i
hid i hi on - zuaub siuCQ ox uib gamnimg
rrt '^vsLj,7w ?*?
?fwwat ana }np|Bi pf a.xnat jna appoap
tent,meh a club to'their bandit
(jJuJj m the y ^ ^ ^
-? cLc^vctc^d^ " tiwj ? J4
aot"" he^N^ '' MethgdU
n the e vse of Bishop Cannon.
'*; jftf,. .. ., '??': -->? ^ ?* ~ '? --'-;.'?>- ?vj.
wftny jjrtsu anu ^ood vfltn^ &FB
doubtless being done by the confer
ence, hot it will go down in history
as ffc* |*ywi conference o? the
iMthen Methodist church whidi ' I
whitewashed a gambling bishop."' I
Ha five dollar bffl got into ttefl
mm* fv?" ?: 9
?;^-yrr^*^ir*?". I
SF any body in this community fl
knows s better place in which to live ;
the only question that arises; is- why
not movoa-? \; ".: .->8 I
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inay tfrjhlc that.be
pr John, that I am biwUy han<tic?ped
(?ftn btaw Antonty) ji* ^ KJCiious.
I ^ / '? ^ ^
i mba 0>u 2|| |y|&xl!w||. i.- tra111?
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I a ?' A a" ' ??. ?, y"" ' ."?* t-"- >?'. *- J' y - ,.j*T*'. ?{ 1 I
r iMW A ODXMVfiO Qir&W/MI mm . M*Y/%yy I
fcy received tor various local school
tax districts inm .state aid funds
115,122.73. If this funi-WW* dfl?b
la& each alehool district would be able
tot out it&local tax rate in Aaif. r 4=.
I -3Bhiad. Pitt Couaty, along with
Lenoir;: Beaufort and oihera, in, the
early stages of the Highway build
ing 'jprnffam^ianied heads for . the
construction of .highways which are
now included in the State Highway!
total amount spent by Pitt County I
tor the construction of sueh high-1
??^t?r.e^tFn?
u$g more than fair and just that i
money actually expended in the con
struction of these highways. Counties
Pas Wihw?l^ombe |^S
had ther roads 'built by fond*
the state and it is unfair tor
the state to get the wenue^ from
County*levied a
Er of 22c for the porp^ of taking
- ? 1.1*Wmif-n?miTT.rt'l'' Maijj' ?
c&YQ oi tuft DnnciDai ana inucrBSw on
road and Widge honds. AtJeeat 15c
?. , - n 'a ? - ^ " T-. .. r 1 r,
^ ww ^^ in the coMtruS
il^mo^During the p*t **
sion o?rthi Legislature i worked ?ot
i iiifiitul nw nominal hxr
& refund ox the money expended by
1 ?'?' ? *? ' ?". ?- ?i ? V-' V A ?' .'.'Jv'"'
A KI jylj,-. ' '' LJ f litlA 1_ j|?r(ri Ani*)4k>n A 1
Constitutional * I^viskwf relating
through the Be^ for
the ropport of the^ public school sys^
the state end a plan for standardiza
tion ?i values mprked *#? by ?xp?h
ieneed men competent and familiar
property values^ At no time
should propartybe valued for more
pSecon^O^ pr?3ent t?gc;tate for: I
the -afc months school $**&. 58c.
We received for M^fcfor the six
months term, from the Equalizing
Eund f59,G6&94. Thfe l*n equivalent
materially increasing the State aid
for the support of the. six-months
term which would then enable ihe
County Commlssionera to nwVe a sub
ramti&l reduction in the 68c tax rate
Second Term Upon Record
g| Of
f of ihe
sS* <*wt **??!
with whom he has. derved, and;ftom
friends who have known Solicitor
Olark for a number of yeuyp 'cnd
who know hie record as Solicitor of
the Fifth Judicial District & fe
?last four yean. ,_yy:
Mr. Clark, who was nominated last
primary by a majority of S$50, is
seeking renonnnati&tt - in the ? June
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owPu doubt, made the district, iui ex
to the end that justice burnetii out
to all offenders of the law, and at
the same time has been tampered
of the frailties of human nature, and
maintained courtesy and considers
He was. a soldier in the World Wat.
and is a member of the American
Legion, the Junior Order, the Phy
thians and Red Men, but is seeldng
renomination solely on his record
and conduct j* Solicitor.
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PUPILS OF MISS CARROTHERS
BROADCAST FROM RALEIGH
$ Radio fans who were tuned in on
the Raleigh station Monday after
noon, at ? pfckiik enjoyed a delightful
program cS^strument&l music broad
cast by the fllowing young artists,
pupils of Miss Louise Carrothers, in
structor in the local high school:
Misses Mildred Horton, Margaret
Waited Helen Willis, Nell Butler,
Billy Willis, and Ras Jones.
There are purty men .in the United
States who wIU : "cusa out'' ? th&r
party until they drop, and then, at
the neat election, lose their breath
bellowing for the same party.
toirned to the counties fog th* aain
tenance of county roads. This is
Bethfog more then right-since the
man who uses the side road or oounty
road helps to create surplus la;
the payment of the gas and motor
the purpose of maintaining county
redas. If Wis surphtt feonld he dir.
Sfitfid to^he.feunties,up<^:;:tlif baaia*
>vV : ?
Vh. For -the past several years^
due to the excessive tax rate in the;
quiring aU personal property *nd
to be listed ^ ^ ^ P1^
A? ^ us?ifll)6r of-the Sduc&tiotidl
?gyflfAyyi of til? 1
Vii USAV , ,-j
r.. ? uriri vvUiii ixiVv jEfitrrv jm?
I T&rbwKV, May ^6 * Mystpry ? sur~
xuglit of M&y uwpcr todsy
hmw* "jftf-f $2j6Q0 iiiA to xMWtt1
The giri told officer* two negro*
shot fWrhnmni und thru weaaTtnri
' t VMtmmmm ?. A ..., l? , f#f . ,L? -?-*
!Jb|f6pk2lOJMQ&fty OQMtH ^IUi W
shooting Crickwore at- Powell's in
n.
?J f WV EJJP^**?Plf ?? 'Fl,w 1
pfWntlrhed no-eolntion to the shoot
by, today whr atfil unwilling: to be.
lieve Miss Powell^ sJory,
feel thttRlflsa P?wwll is able to
give ns more information than she
?* ' J _ ^jLf?1, - ^ ^ 1 J ? ? 1 J _ k .
wfjr in ww we coma noianejrwe
would arrest -her. However, I know
of no way of holding her in jail."
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It WittHa Crav?l<309*ty V-Bhrfmen
ial to a Man of Character
fg:;
(By Kid Homan)
h Lota of men can win public office
anywhere bat in their own neighbor*,
hood?it's & measure of a fine man
of sterling character when hisneigh
bors, who know him best, say we've
looked deep into the soul of him/and]
found it good?and doggone if we
all aint gonna put . him over big in
Csiaven county?It's a great feeling;
when yon know the man you elect to
office, especially the high office u#
Superior Gourt Judge, will reaminj
staunch and true. > "1
His friends are proud of his/record
and are confident that hit integrity!
and honesty in office, his patience
and courtesy, and his exceptional
qualifications for the. hi^h office he
seeks will appeal to the voters of the
district, and that lie will be re-nomin
ated and elected by a-hoge majority.
The official career of Judge R. A.
Ncnn during this term in office Com
mends him as deserving of endorse
ment by Ihe votan of "the Fifth Ju
dicial District After beiiifc appointed
by the Governor to fttl th^ Unexpired
term of Judge Horton, -the people of
the District endorsed this appoints
ment by nominating Judge Nunn at
the succeeding democratic primary to
fffl the expired term. ;
Judge Nunn has held the office
only four years, and "now asks the
voters to endorse him by electing him
for a full term. Duripg his tenure
in office,iJudge/Kunn, has been uni
formly fair and courteous, always
dispensing justice in that fair and
impartial manner in Vrpftpinp' with the
m*m* hia'Sw*
dtod ofetmduct in, effice&f together
with the exception ii I wHtp tedge orJfche
law, has him an outstanding
judge in the state.;. flSe decisions have
rarely been reversed by the Supreme
Court .and cases tried in his Court art; I
saissssass
torn to North-Carolina for j<3gU to
for his re-nonnnation by the demo
13 ist c while the
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'*K^b0
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f *?l^nPMUInw 8'<?Ul UiqiflOUBtt
Ijm jw< |? i_ + t .>
quashed by the Boston JMsfaftflt SStet^r^3
ymyipBrdnnJ tuvi ykiti o^ li^ndr
litntfifT hrlkl^^M^^^MiM4tfcWiia
vviiTiu *u *?. ' r4v* ?*uit vruiui1 MMWV
fartoaet petaifc, Sfce;pennit ||^./-':"
ilrion innHiiii tml? to those authors
teiigpgpiiio^tS.- moor.
the purchase of liiWgu^4kpmr^by
!tho;imhIic la under Xthe Voh#*|
Act'sggenerri upro-visienjapWdi u for- ?-; ?
ichaae anduse of liquor. ;H ;> ;-. ?
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H Thededsion means no change in
Federal ^enforcement TSm'Treapuiy
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^wpiw? pugg promoraon D^gsn
10 years * ago. hasbeen afflmring to
?* wgMfar Hquo*toyu?
as ireer irom arrest and jprosoctt tioa, ? 7.;.
lAMbtaat -. -..v
^ ^ ^lEnat
Democraiof Texas, author of the
?igAt660tk Amendment, Mid. ft. only
showed The necessity of Cotgreas
passing n*s biU designed to the
buyer guilty with the seller of fi
le^ hquor;:1 ;- ' .?; .. .
TThere is some doubt wK^er sueh
fcjhWf tt fWCted would come within <
the Uifghtewith Amendment, which
does not forbid sale or use of liquor.
Afc. amendment proposed by Senator
Hgdwick^; Demq|t,; qeor^ig <hev>S ,. '
15th ^x^ndmeiit, designed ,t^ oy.topd
cover this, was defeated when'it was
tMHied.
^'Sutherland tossed out of court,
without a ruling on the merits, a
companion-case involving the valldtiy
of indicting Alfred E. Morris, New
York-broker, on a charge of conspir
ing to violate the Volstead act by
aiding in transportation when he or
dered whiskey by telephone from a
Philadelphia bootlegger, >
Norris pleaded "nolo contendere,"
waa fined $2000, and then brought an
appeal. The Circuit Court of Ap
peals held be was not close-enough
to the transportation merely through
purchase to. justify the indictment,
-but Sutherland said that the plea
was equivalent to a "guilty*' pins end
hence foreclosed his rhamta to &?
?^??v validity /if the indictment. As
sistant Atorney General Youagqaist
said he knew of no similar cases now
before the lower courts which would
bring rids question up for final ruling
in .the next year o rtwo.
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TO ATTEND CONFEDERATE
. , VETERANS REUNION IN
BILOXI, MISSISSIPPI
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Mrs. J. L. iwt#n.?.
Evelyn Horton Will leave Sunday to
attend ^ tie, > 40th -annual reunion of
the Confederate Veterans at Biloxi,
Miss., as matron and maid of honor
on the -staff of B. HSwltaTyKm of
Pikeville, who is brigadier-general .
and oommander of the 2nd Brigade
of N. C Division, U. C. V.
FABMVILLE HAS MiNA
W * f ' ? TUBE GftF OOUESK .
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Several hundred citizens and many J
Wt o ftown visitors attendjed ^fce ;
formal opening of the Oakhurst golf
wee on Wednesday evening. lift* -
bright lighta and colorful costumes;
of those in attendance gave n'earf r
nival Uke atmosphere to the event J
Wm>%nunatur% ^ coum .built ftby~~?
OoUebon people ia ettueted In the
ENTKHTAINS CLUB
C Beenum **?rhe^ tof; $
tho bridge doTTW
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