Goldsboro semi-weekly argus., 1909-05-12
ALFONSO AND GASTON.
AprOpOs the Efforts of Judge Allen
and Mr.. Manning's Friends i'm the
Premises.

Premises.
Raleigh News and Observer.
"Once upon a time," as the real
story begins, there was handsome
widow who was endowed with worldly
goods as we'll as worldly charms, who
rode back from the funeral OF her
husband with the preacher who had
conducted the last sad services.
The preacher felt in need of wife,
and he was pleased with the widow,
so on the way back from the funeral,
determined to head off all future ri
walls, he offered consolation to the
widow and ended by popping the
question"
But when the widow replied he
found he was not the early bird, for
what she said was:
"You are too late. The undertaken
asked me on the way to the funeral
and l have promised to be his wife,"
In the instance of the prospective
-acancy on the North Carolina Su-
Ireme Court bench, if Associate JUS
eral judge, the friends of Mr.. James
s. Manning, of Durham, and of Judge
William R. Allen, of Goldsboro, are
playing the undertaken part, and they
are already at work in an effort to
get license to wed the judgeship and
their choice, and are busily at work
seeking an approving smile from Gov
ernor Kitchin, who has charge of the
answer when the question is popped
Both the mails and the wires are do
ing business in reaching out for sup
port for each of these gentlemen
whose names are being mentioned as
successors to Judge Connor if he goes
on the Federal Court bench.
Both Mr.. Manning and Judge Allen
are men we'll known in North Carroll
ma. Mr.. Manning is an attorney OF
Durham, and in the recent State cam
paign he was the manager during the
primary of Governor Kitchin's cam
paign. In 1894 he received the Dem
ocratic nomination for Judge in his
district, but went down to defeat with
the rest of the Democratic ticket. In
the last General Assembly he was the
State senator from Durham.
Judge w. r. Allen has been on the
bench for a number of years, after
his first election having been defeated
when the Democratic party lost to the
Republican-Popul Fusion ticket.
and having been again elected when
the Democracy won its victory and
routed the Fusionists,
The friends of each of these gentle
men are losing no time in asking for
support for the man of their choice.
In Raleigh, which is in Judge Allen's S
district, the bar has endorsed him for
the position and the Goldsboro bar
has gone actively to work to get sup
port for him.
By reason of this activity there is
humorous little incident being talk
ed about. The secretary of the Colds
boro bar, in his zeal to advance the
cause of Judge Allen, sent out tele-
grams to lawyers over the State ask
ing that they get their bars to en-
| uOTS0 JuuS0 AlIoH. OuC VI Cu0S0 t0l
egrams asking for endorsement wa:
sent to Mr. Manning at Durham, will
the request that he get the Durham
| bar to request Governor Kitchin tt
appoint Judge Allen to fill the vacan
cy in the Supreme Court which Nigh
be caused by the resignation of Judg
Connof if he goes on the Fedora
Court bench.
What Mr.. Manning replied is no
known, but friend of both the gen
tlemen, who heard of the incident
said ''Mr. Manning ought to have re
piled that he would endorse Judge Al
len if Judge Allen would endors
him, and then with the Goldsboro en-
dorsing him have the Durham bar eI
dorse Judge Allen, after the Alfonso
, CASTOR order"