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WEATHKR Showers anil lhaaderslorm* Widntidiy and rtiinda) little change • « Urn cratarr. VOl.l Mb ONE. NUMBER RIVERS JOHNSON WITHDRAWS MASSE AND RILEY ATTEMPTING TO SPLIT BAPTISTS, DR. POTEAT SAYS NOT THEIR BUSINESS! TO SAY HE’S ATHEIST. HE tells kunmuans It In Easy Enouifh fur I’oteat. Jr.,/t6 Reconcile Evolution And Christianity BI T HE ESSAYS NO EXPOSE OF THE DARWIN THEORY Sharp crack* wf the pfrvmlintype of rriucatiof). at intplcmrm wti-l htifotry. at anil corruption, at vice atol particularly at ignorar>< r were deliver ed at thr regular Ki*siii* luncheon last night by Dr. Hubert Potent of Wake Forest College, in about the moat en tertaining talk local Kiwaman- have hesfi*! since the club organized Avoiding the controversy now rat: in* around the views of hi* father on the subject of evolution, Pr. Poteat, referring to the ‘‘joint debate** ache duled to be held in Raleigh this after noon, declared that Reverends Main and Riley "are directing tbeir effort* to splitting the Southern baptist church in twain.” "I have as much right to my inter pretation of the scheme of < nation as they have of theirs, ,f he declared ‘and if I believe that (jod used the method of growth in erc-tion it’s none of their basinets to say that Pm an atheist.” It was Very easy for him to reconcile evolution and Christianity 'but he t*s sayrd no expos* of the Darwinian theo ry, passing, instead, to some more per tinent iufhcs. He -did add, in devolping his attack on bigotry, that the views of Messrs Masse and Riley and their school are that “you are a heretic and on thu road to hell unless your views' co incide with theirs,” adding that "a very man ha a a right to h<v» own opinion on thi* sub ject” Dr. Potent'* subject was "The < all to Service.” Ir. the absence of Pres ideal Harriman, Vice President George Freeman presided at the opening, later turning the meeting ov»*r to William B. Thompson. Arrangement* for the K i wan is-Rot aria ti game th»- afternoon were completed and ticket* assigned to the club members for hale. Making “Flabby Minds” Pointing out a relation between the late call of America’* young mi n to arms and his, subject, Dr P%ycat de clared that the country’s future is vitality wrapperd up in and dependent upon the atrength of the response to this new call The service coittcYbplates war oil ignorance, on vice, on filth and disease, on graft and corruption, on sip, on bigotry and intolerance On so * of these division* of his subject the npiakrr touched only lightly, stressing the call for a war on ignorance. “The rr is too much pctlagog.) and too mu h vocation*) in th«* present day type of education,” he .a d “Th« r» is too much .teaching of “methods arid not enough of “content*• lie explain ed that he was not criticising tT* |>ed agogtral or vocational turns in oduca tionat afTairs a* /things »>t then civ* wrong but rather b« n»*i*tvd that 'here i* entirely too much empha : being placed on the two b> authorities and those entrusted with th* manage merit of thi educational pysl e/w- tf i the country. , “The type of education that <*■ loony given now,” ht* said, pro«lu» ng m* s and women with dabby u ind*- th* r is too much of thi mechanrcal and vo rational about it arid tuH enough *A <ul ture Os Summer Si htsl M ork In i h<* mm* -I *. Ilf b-i • pointed opt, the course* «♦ f “Methods are always avert rowed and thi four** of **( but slimly Piled lb is a condition, he said, obtaining g o ♦•rally and be indicted his own H*m* Forest cfdlegr with tb«* -arm del It* Iron <n tea* h**r tr* nn»i; A* for the war on vie* * I d* d.ur* (hat the sex irregularity which can.i about bv the impetus of thy- late is bearing fruit now and that (he pro! lem is one fraught with extreme per to the nest generation *** While only skimming lb* D* Poteat observe*! (hat thr graH m* ! \ v rnptu.n in politics today i•> due, in tl. main, to a lack of interest on thi inr on the citisen*. < if»A« fi-h»p . - o- tnui a profi union as law or medicine, he mu and rc<|Utit?i study and atw tittup. THE GOLDSBORO NEWS .1 111 S MILL JON AIRK FOR COUNT Ul f k4ah> riwJaiW While h., millionair. !-. . (.coijn Hutton. was pr.-pangt fur U»< ir wedding M * Charlotte IJardifi. « Den.in \ N- w York *•»*•»♦•!> girl • »n|*ed with fount Fdward George Zicky. MOISTS NAME FOUR NEW BISHOPS Hobbs, Dickey, Beauchamp and Hay are Elected on the Fourth Ballot HOT SI’KINOS, Ark. May Ifi Four of the five nvw bishop* to be elected at the ll#th quadrennial confcrcnrt! of the detiominnttoils hire were named late today wlirn result* of our ballots were announced. The mw prelate* are H M Ilobhs, of Anmatai). AJh . J W Dirkt-y, of (iriflln, Ga.., W It fiend* chaMp and Sam Hay. of Houston. Tex. Ur. Hobbs sn« elected on the- fourth ballot. Dr. Hay on the thi.rd and t*r* lirautlianip and Piracy on the second Th« conference than b*|fan with the six ballot of the day With (hr Under ntnndinir that the; result wrlhaJd not In announced until tomorrow. Virtual withdrawal of Ur Franklin N Parker, of Frnory l rnv* t t>, Avl:»n til. <»« a ' one if till < to hi h?»!!ot'<J ann«ut ( . ■* • •t. > . hi. Parker, who a*ked that hi» friends re frain from voting for him, nj: hi wished to continue in educational work Ur Parker was elected bishop at th general conf* fettr »1-j Atlanta four years ,iro Put declined beenu- • be did not care u* h ave .the cdueat ninwl t uid Ihe «!» <»n* attracted wide interest among the an I every at wa* filled luh; f before, the hour for eaUiriK th. cor tVr. ji• to order. In add'tmn theit Wat (die of the large it |»ntl« *.f x • t«, r-. t« *| i I a ..it* •*i i th. , ■-iona thu* far * 'I he I ruder* An the Voting began three nanu »I*mout pro mirier:tly from among th* .»: r • ’.'ll ;■•••* r «e fit I »i ill i «»fl ! < .ni.M With the I• ft* 4 • Ih« * Wi the V < Hr. l-ark. i. i>. ... K? Ilu.. ..f 11..,. tee., I * ~ ii i• • I |>r J i 1 1 . ii ■ . <. ’ . (iriMn, (is Ur Park* r did not say whether he would .» fjd ii * . tied to the ‘off i • in spite of ht* i'M-o •*, ,*r»d h r* w e much conjee l iif« ;»« to whether hi* name would go through on the early ballot u hi' friends contended would be the ruv F«*r tl • tir»t Enu 4 o * the .nfer «nr e l•i* . n doing a G v* r U* di r I*"*' stfueliofiK to report for two •• .on* on tijtx for» r:(»0t! red th* other th 1 1 aftemoon If tb* ypi .< | . ! - , • . t* *l. t . ur. ptopared w to urge that*. JLhi < '*n r i n hold i w*mnf • . .1.01 in. '*rd»-r that final ad)our nme nt <a> I* tee d n> the latter pun of the w«t* ( ommttter Kr|Mirt«. .Slightly tight* r icstrn In >t r ■ I ' l- •I - ' 4 f..r dtvotied person it nre mt» h ' th* eport r»f tb« rofiiin tire mt t> rs ,l*<-rr*»»•’** »jnd social « rvice, rni'Riiit is o the committee ruid today. t The report, «vmn iU%* men diclared SEIZE WOIESS FOR M If I BY WMIDS Mrs. Hen Campen is Chairman of .Women Workers in the City Campaign Organisation by ward* of women work**i in th* “Allen for < nrrjrr***-*” ctifnipaiKn wan accomplished at a group m«** ting of the now voters held in ttic Wt*vf>e county c ourt house y« Ktefday. Mr*. Ben ( ampen was elected chair rm»n of the meeting and chairmen of • Ip. oryanixation of Goldsboro women nd Mi*a Anni* Farrier sceretefy.,* Tht following ward organ is* ti on* wi re pcrfe.t.- (huiriuan; Mi a Annie Steven*, *ccr lary. F oond ward, Mr o (’. fianicla, • bt.iriAari; Mi Lrßoy I ler, Mcrrltiry 1 "‘id v, • rd. ‘M ■ I W Rut led- , chairman; the rhairmin lo select her -utrotary. F<»jrth. wurd Mr- W D ( re* ch, r J.nrman; * rr< tary to be selected by the chairman. Thtu mrrting >rt thr* court house yes terday wjih an incident «»f ih«* rampairrn thi os ittc.r of th*- ward-- .if the city and dob-gatnig to repti-**en sitvr .xv .men the c anva of worn* n ; vote r A central commit!* >• has a! r c»l x h* •* -.lifted so» managing the A ’> i ■' 'li* * 1 *' D .< li - ' •' ' > an«l follow , mg » full iurld'/ of pM«i and w.oraet* • | ■ ( • 1 1 '■ • ! . > ' • , 1 i - n j i-ix-rt ■ ? xx 1 1 ? f he id n tin * <»ti rt lour. \ • : Aoo si.' ; ?•! a ts . cbnfercnrte v* d. id.tv afl* rno*»n w«r* M»n Wm - Sp.r. », M Antic l* v* r.v Mi Bohn McGinnis, Mr-.Jam* Hatch, Mr f> H Dixon, M» Bon < to n* t M lira. - Warrick? Mr U » Suth ! r |,u I M* * ( I) (,r- iV . , Mr A I* Hawfdi, Mr* Jethro How-ell, Mr Mr Sgtn Moore. Laura and AIL JHi aril, Mr W B M r James Kyle. Mr M It Alien. Mi«* ! ! »b* |J \ Mi I 111 ■ i» Wooten Mr Leßriv u'lor, Mr-* |h*n* « cd*b. M, VV B Wr.r i . Mr II II i* i Mr fii*org«‘ Thornton, Mr- O t Dai If ( it r non i*l arol ur: w ,tminted innr- > it ■ ! ,v.. , h *1! .-.1 it V. nun (at. %. ( t , t t ■ • r th. d. r»-0 —* ■ ’ ■• ■ < .1, , , . , Qii'tyi f. dieurctd fur an> other cause. COI IMfBORC, NORTH, CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY MORNING MVY Late Wire Flashes ALTER LEAIHNH PHILADELPHIA, WAY 16 - j Returns from 762 district* out of 7,934 in the State includwjg 388 <»ut of 1,430 in Philadelphia ■ amt 61 out of 1-116 in Allrgli awy gave fur governor: Alter 81,836; Pint hot, .‘15,316. Ho turns from 229 district* out of 7,931 in tht* State including none out of 1,-130 in Philadelphia and -17 out of 1,316 in Atleghaney gave for U. S. Senator Pepper 9,184; Burke 6,243. 8 LOST IN BRIDLE COLLATE WACO, Tex., May 16.—Eight jyctnons were reported drowne*! late today when the Marlin, Bel ton bridge, five miles west of Marlin over the Brazos river collapsed under pressure of high water. The mast reliable re port gives the number on the bridge as thirty with twehty two rescue*. f / > 'fhe high water three weeks ago Cut into the approach im the west aide of the river but the bridge had remained in tuct and a crowd of people had gathered there to watch ti.e raging water*. While thus, en gaged, the west end of the structure gave away Hnd all W«M throw ft into the river. TRACY KNOCKED WT NEW YORK, May 16. Knockout Bill Brennan, of Chi cago, knocked Mil Jim Tracy of Australia in the eighth round of their contest tonight in‘Mad ison square garden. Brennan dropped the tall Australian with a series of rights and lefts to the jaw as they stood in a neu tral corner. DAUGHERTY GETS $600,000 WASHINGTON, May 16. The House bill providing $500,- <►lß/ additions for the depart ment of justice for prosecution of fradulent war contracts was ■ parouwi Uaiav by live Senate and now goes to President Hariltiig for approval. BI.IZ/ARD EVIDENC E IN C HARLESTOWN,- W. Vu„ M§y 16.—The end of the evi dence on the basis of which the Slate' v\ ill a. k a jury to imh vjet William Blizzard of treason was in sight today when circuit court took an early adjournment to await the arrival of the last three witnesses prosecution counsel said they expected to produce, f, W. Ossenton said i he would be'here tomorrow. TO HOLD MINE < ON&AH U ASHING TON. May 16. T-’et rotary Hisiver announce*l to* • night the- calling of a confer ence ol (<isl operators to <V vise measures for the proiec tjim of consumers from the ten dency of coal prices revised at iho mine in certain jHistriet* which he declared will be tie ek ed. Nn date ha In "ii set I n the conference, It is expected to la held iirthe next few days. \ Mr. Hoover requested the Am -1 rii an Railwa'i Association and the Public Ctilities Asavsiations to create bliving committee to .bundle their coal purchases as to eliminate competitive bid ding, & sKNA'IORIAI I> I 111 | IIV MVS S I IMH MV I I IM. • i.f Itruw n,»tOtir I•« do ft. <»r of th, if * . •ll r’. f r ir°»/r r°n, \\ r Tu.t K ,!‘l _ wht-thrf ‘llm* fttraw «<»4«,»r*->I lloor to hiiiiwr vs the* (arm blu U. S. PIHTICIPSTION .• 1 IN RUSSI CONEftB • IS STILE POSSIBLE Development** at Genoa Mav I Cause Xdministration to He cede from Original Stand =j&r : ! NOTE DOESN'T CLOSE THE IMMHt ON THE SUBJECT WASHINGTON, May If). There were iistimatidtiH todu, that admin ml rat ij)f» official* v j cted early development Tn t Genua or |>> rh*|»M later at the gue « which might clarify the Russian sltua- I ticMi wufßcicliily to permit America’* p*r I ticipation in some international project t designed to rest ora Russia to prod tic I UV.t\ , fill what information that feeling 1 ought he based was not indicated. It 1 evident however that th. ri change of table notes which the Genua f * conference group yesterday made was 1 regarded at having moved matter* at 1 least a step forward so far an Husnu 1 ii roncerned. I Thi only authorised statement going 1 I cyond the terms of Kecty Hugh- * note 1 declining the invitation to the Mugu- 1 was that obtained during the dav at 1 the Whit. Hour* that *♦»«• note did no! 1 »Ipse Ihe door to future conventaiinn r, i lh* * u-b mt ( In Ut* light of, th.- gtgfg | ment. Mr Hughes* assertion in the note t*i Genoa it s the willingness of th* United States government M to give • serious attention to any proposals If- i suing from the Genoa conference or 1 nny later conference 0 took on added I significance. l May Make Farther Appeal. (IKNOA, May IC* Further appeal* probably will be made to the United States by the allied powers In an cm ' deavor *y?o induce the country to take part in the nutting of the *epu/ii**lun of expert* at the Hague on June 1&. Th- inviting pow*ers, Fngland, Japan France. Italy and Belgium htfld a meet ing, this afternoon to consider tW mas ter further. The French delegates *re armou» to have the closing plenary s*.»- M-*n o of the t ronontif conference on Thursday but this is considered utipu*- »ible *•* there U no disposition to nave the Kuaaian* in making their final rt* fdy regarding the Hague vonferertce and it seems like! ythal the dosing will not be held before Satur day or Munday. Tomorrow morning the Russians will reassemble with the sub commission on political affairs to discuaa plan for the Hague Indiana minister wants boy* to stop playing marble* and we’ll bet boys want , him (o stop preaching. Big Tobacco Man Joint* Co-operative Marketing Forces (Special to The News) R4IJSIGH Ma 16 v\ p i.w i» -»f Mltflikl, Vs., bas been appointed *u|>erviMftg grader for the Tohpcca - brswm* t o-aperativ,e association, m oitflng t-> anaiwarfcame pi of It il Batter*on, manager of the leaf dc psrtrn* m, received to.lav at Raleigh headquartersthe, association. In thu tobacco Lsuincss for 2b ' I ggM t♦. Dsox ills in iyoj» in the employ of th*- American Tobacco company. Within two years u was promoted to the (position of ptftftspar °f t ■ v i fsti 1- -(isfro ompanys busin* ut Danvills, toldiiig this f «>-dtion until the dis loiution of that company. Transfer ring to the f.ijrg -tt A Myers cam ps ny. Hr l,«w 1 moved to Durham 1 h 1660 11 hagai* tsi hm ted with Hughes Thoma* .it.d r/mpgni <«t DariiJtgtog 6 V ti tjt fgrtvtul •- * Job a l Hughes pa n y fnr>, Mr D wii was appointed a d> re*tar and h*s siii*«- bent* living in Danville where bis wide connection and experience at ill be of rarvire to t!.. Gfowar** lEs^gcrallf Night Session Abandoned To Allow Pages To Attend Circus Senator llarrisnn Lorn: Bv Hirfnoroun RrndinK of I rev Li-vl Laving Sltvsh on Sui h I limbus Dried ltk>od Josh Sink:-, ami Skvk'lon* Vv •. lll'M.TOf. M IS It- ii.ui. ■!„. f,irht ti<<ur> ' Th. i>r»(r> «• .1 ,- j ~.. •* «• ha rg« *»f thr bill an dd«clsion was ,• ~ f. * t , | ~ . ’»» * d** to H-xuitu- eight rm-etings tumor , | r • i* * » s Aitb .. mid t uo4• rlortn hoar's i«i ! ~n( ~ pjii'«f£r f(-n mum 1 i g)it ft a • heretofore. Much of the dis v , i,.,t ..! . ihi*t !!*»• nissinn |o«lsy was of a- general char j , f s , itci.’l « i<t <a • |. r hut it f»* enlivened Iste in the I \ • ,1 ■ HH r r»««*n of MI s» i »sippt, • o ..i (he r. pub!•- in* of plan rbe *•" .on t«|d»v l»t gut on h oftc ho ping lode lay th*- tariff bill and wt»un*l lot than ?*! with tit * *. pr. <1 view up by a humorous reading of the fre 4 • • •*' i * *■ x I ’ 11 * t y ith »tr« *s laid «»u «u« h i*■ * WAYNE GETS 545,000 | SPECIAL BUILDING FUND FOB SCHOOLS Dart of Five Million Buildinß ( Fund Drovidvd l>> l ast Lt'ifiolalurv WIOI NTS PRINCIPALLY ; FOR KCKAb SCHOOLS i Special to The KrW*) ItAl.Klbil, May 16 Thu stale baard . nf education unnounved today the loan *i of one intllion dollar* to fifty counties , n from the five million dollar ipiriil t building fund. This is the ft rat loan t t«t be made following the recent valida j tihn by the supreme court of the five million dollar fY.. r. t | i^- u . authorized I by IhV IUJI session of the general as 1 sainbly , The first million is loaned almost ex- ' clufively f.ir the erection of high school building* in the rural district*. Only 1 S4O.(KK) of the entire amount will be j 1 used In a city school and this goes to * the Wilmington high school which is a high school for the entire county. The stiite hoard recently made appropria ; 1 Dor for the purpose of maintaining at Uftjf one tandard high srhonf for the 1 rural districts of each county in the 1 state, .and with those loans It is now ' to Mjppl) «ul<M|u,tt> buildlnt. Till, rourts validated Ihv b*edi in 1 Xpril mn| on the Z7th of that month 1 State ’f r.-aaure? tjey •rllin* worth of th. bond* j at I 1-2 per rant. Thr Aral loan*, Sw i ! l».rintendentt Hrooh* nnndunred. Have | be.n made to thow euontjea that had j 1 *one ahead with thrlr building pro ' Ktam*. a* advl»«d b, th, atat* hoard of ' eduenlion over a year ago dxillowing ' I'M**,, of the bond liluc by the gen drat aa'aembly. I ountl,. May Hurraw. Ka.h munty of the atata will b« given j a chance to borrow R« pro rata part of 1 Jjhe . HSOO.dfIO; that in. I»r Rronha •*. ( plained, it may borrow the nm« p*r- ' *‘ent of thin fund that the school popu* j latlon of the n.urity beara to thf atate population The remainder of the SK.- fiOOiHMi fund will be loaned during the j auinmer and early fall. Dr Hrooka ad- | vise, rountia, to coatinu* their build •ng program, with the assurance now that this money Will he available, fcayae (.eta lO.MM The reuntlea and the amount, loaned urc us follows: Alleyhaney, *20,000; Anson, IU.H00; A»he. I'.'OfMVO Avery, ID.OOfl; Beaufort. IZ'.OfK); Hertie. 120.000; Hunro.wbv sls,mat; Caldwell, l.'lir.OOO. Cartaret 115,000; Caswell, *10.000; Catawba *25,- ' ltd®: ( atham. *<1000; ‘Clay, *0.000; Cleveland **.000; Craven, »25,00f1| C U m btrland, *4.000; t urrlturh, *l«,A0O Hare *20,000; Davidson, (40.600; Durham (50,000; Edgecombe, *16.000; Gaston. *41.000; Granville. *22.O<M). Guilford, Md.Othi Halifax. *3.000; Harnettt, *ll,. 000: llrndereotl. *30.1100, Iredell, *45! -----; Lincoln, *37,o<Ki; Martin. *2fl.000; Montgomery. (A.OtHl; Moore. (0.000; t-w Hanover, *4o,<mki. Orange, *10,000; Pen.lr. i> 120.000; Person. stK,lM>o; |‘,tt *17.01X1, I'olk, *2O.OiMI; Randolph. *10.“ 4—XI; Richmond. *15.000; Robeson. *lO, ®<>n, Rutherford, *24.000; Stanly. (Id!- -----• Stokes. *20.000; Union, (x.rxxi; I Male *4.'>JtQo, Warren, (Ifl.lMX). Walau Vi. I i >l.Oll, Wayne, *46,000 Vane. (22,000. SMITin-t-ri.il ENTKRT\INX laiI.IMHOKO lirt.KKK TEAM A degree team from the Goldsboro Lodge No ft es. mplifted the work of the h nights of I‘yth.ss order for the’ I Smith field lodge last night; and in turo, the Goldsboro men were banqueted tn gr.ir d style, forcing them to concede, to u < th. eipresciun of Mr I. II Jerntgan. that hmtthfielJ was the best town tn North 1 arollna nr <t to Golds, born. Thosnt In the party, shirk did not get bark until tho early hours of the i).ofn iny Jtirludsd f.rand Diatriet Ih’puti J 1 Strago, Past Councilor Con man der I. II Jert.igsn. Past t ommander U < Hiek-s, Vice <h an eel lor W Marvin Tl |.Min ond Knights It K Klk, V S St. II John It, W orrell and Roe M Flft.r, Assort ATRO PRESS PRICK EIVS CENTri DUPLIN BLUMS MIT DIM TO ION FO# STME SENME *’»mw l)o»n in KeM|xfti»eM To lhwent Appeal of County (ommittfe MAY IIK FORKKINNKR OTHER WITHDRAWALS? Ui'ji-. It Johnston nnf of Duplin s, "in Ibre. randidates fur the Third ’ l ' 1 • nmil nomination. U.t "tgh« announced his withdrawn! from th< r*«.- and. in n signed nUlemrnt to th. ptr•**, gave his reason "obe dience to Ihe mil of my party." ( otning riitht at the time when it ap peared to observers that the Johnston ■ ampugn waa gaining momentum in the diatriet, the withdrawal of the War saw man laat night waa little ahert of -lartynK and, to thoae who had heard it laat night, appeared aa the moat far reaching development of th* campaign to date He withdrawn from th* congressional race to get into tha light for the aUU aenate from the Ninth dlbtrigt, but the battle down there la aftdr the nom ination The laat general aeeembly, in redlatrlcting North Carolina, pat Samp non In Ihe old Duplin I’ender dissrlet and alto added New Hanover. The dis trict gela two sene ton, DupHn nam ing one and New Hanover naming one. Kaernllve t ommlltee Appeal Actuating hla withdrawal wga a let ter from the democratic eiacutln com mitteo In which i| pointed oat infer rntially the neceealty of lii)pl)p gat ing e atrong democratic la order to aav* the Ninth fllß. defeat became of bampoon'a «Ntl oour whelming republican mslpitp. gimp I aon haa heretofore been hMbhgd aa with Harnett and l.ee and Johnatng and H haa furnished two of the , ''era of the minority to t --M gpnt« la the upin-r legislative body. Tile last gerrymander, conceived by C*|, jHitsa Watta and executed by W W. tioal of McDowell, changed things ifaehf gg give the Sampson democrats a b«Mgg 1 .show. "if The letter from the cammithto iftfß !ed by E. J Johnson, 1 W, feaSb > -Smith, John, W Waters. Vs. *.lw tln, W 8. Kornegay, 0. W. - ■HagAe. Walter Maxwell, S A has 4Mt. A Yw. Cherry, D. Rivenbark and John D Raß insod, follows: Teal ml Committee Note "We, the undersigned members es the democratic eaecutlv# committee of Duplin county, do moat reapectXuHy pe tiun you in behalf of your party to answer Its rail to service "This being Duplin's year to fur nish one senator In the new dietriet to which Sampson haa baea added, tha, situation demands that we furnish a candidate of experience and ability and one whom we know ie capable of mak ing the campaign for the general elec- TT° n “W* realise your aihbitldtf for greater service in congress, but your party's call should always come beet with every true democrat and We truat you will heed it and retire from the race for rongreaa and become the dem ocratic candidate for the senate from I Duplin." Mr. Jobnajea'e Reply Acceding to this request of the party manager* in Duplin, former Senator Johnston, replying to th* letter, said: 1 'ln obedienre to the call of my party, whteh I alwajrs consider to bo greater than thu political ambition of any man, I have derided to retire from the rare for congress to become th# candidate of my party for the senate in the Ninth district. "I am profoundly grateful to my many friends throughout the Third < ongresaional district for their friend ship and loyal support they have »e --corded me in this campaign-" Mr / ohnston's statement, and the letter of the Duplin committee, were mad public here laet night by J Kni- 3) son Thomson, a close friend of tn* Duplin candidate, and followed a con ference between the two earlier in the day itij.urt* that Johnaton would with . draw from th*- race have been current * a Itii . ve-ral days, but little, if any, i -1,-nr* was attached to them in ra - „ »por.aible quarter*. There followed. apparenUy, * decline of the Duplin loan's strength after th* refusal of the district caerative committee to choose a candidal- for the “short term" sue t ce ,-or to the late Congressmen Brinson, but lHi« bad, it seemed, been overcome and report* through the district for ll|o last fvw day* indicated that #U»#r f than in the Abnmethy strongholds the ’ dr'ft of sentiment was toward th* can didacies of Johnson and Allen. It war believed here last night that the withdrawal of Mr. Johnston proa age* the withdrawal of some of th* re- I maining sown candidate* in th* raea. Two atr left in Duplin sad grapevine , hath it that (both ar* on th# verg* , „f quitting In B..mpson there ar* two, I,ill ( 01. Sam Hobb* seem* certain to , sfsc in the raco-at least until the t-r*» - I rttuary. . Not a fckr frierds es f<*»m*r Sen s' star Johnston. ~ .*> I said of his witb- I, .Jtewal last night wrre delighted to k„„w ihut he would again go to the I > itr runic Hi* previous service in 11 I node wn* of a notable kind and • lis return again Will go a long way ti,o,ii<t improving the getihrkl fl'*■ rage
The Goldsboro News (Goldsboro, N.C.)
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May 17, 1922, edition 1
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