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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-12-05
RUNNERS GET
PEN SENTENCE
Many Old Offenders
Enter Pleas In
Federal Court

Manuel Ngsquez and fereiano
Munoz, who plead guilty 10 2 charge
OF transporting smuggied liquor,
were each given two years in the fed
cral ~penitentiary when arraigncd be-
fore Judge j. c. Hutchinson in feder-
al court Wednesday morning. Two
men who were with them 20 the time
they were captured. were given jail
s~ntenccs Of 30 days.
Maria Belarde OF Brownsville. an
old offender, was sentenced to two
years IN the federal penitentiary Tor
M at Canyon City, Colorado. she
plead guilty 70 a liquor charge. and
admitted she had been convicted
twice previously. .
Jose Barajas. who also plead
guilty TO q liquor charge, was given
two wears IN Lcavcnworth. lie had
served four years in the training
school for boys az Gatesvilie. and was
arrested shortly after leaving hat
institution.
The grcnd jury reported SO true
hills Monday afternoon. and 80 addi-
tional bills were reported Wednesday
morning. all in connection with
liduor, smuggling or narcotic cases.
The petit Jury was impanelled by
Judge Hutchinson Wednesday norm
ing and excused until Thursday
morning when the trial Of jury cases
viii get under way. Members OF the
petit Jury include: l.. +. Tinker,
E%dinburg; +. b. Woricy. Harrington;
VIM. Stoddard, La Feris; Y. b. Lid.
dell. Harrington; Dan Smith. Donna;
Morgan Olson. Alamo; Jno. T. Card
well. McAllen; Il. II. Gerlach. San
Banito; r. s. Hibbets. McAllen; q. r..
Bull. Donna; F. H. Shannon. La
Feria: James Bradshaw. Brownsville;
y. II. Lockhart, Mission; Herbert
Burney, Edinburg: @. q. Vickers,
Donna; J. y. Samuel. Brownsville;
Daniel Trevino Brownsville; Hollis
r.. Craig. Harrington: II. VI. Ewing.
Mission: r. Z. Garcia. Brownsville;
Louis CHAMPION. Brownsville; G.. O.
Alexander. Harrington; +. NJ. Par
fridge. Combcs; c. c. Lamberth.
Brownsville; Y. r. Yarhroueh. Yves
irco; r. q. Gre ham. Santa Maria;
Z. A. Rowland. Weslaco; f. c. Char
tain. HiGalgc.
4. Many Of the defendants entering
Meas Of guilty arc old offenders. and
rrc receiving the customary fines or
All HttAtIt+Gs III tMAAn AtiaAE VA
tenders receiving penitentiary SEN
fences.
Manuel vasquez and Perciano
Munoz. both Of whom received two
vear terms in the Leavenworth. had
been convicted previously. In COM
n-ny with three other men they were
arrested in October east Of Browns
willie ~ Custom Officer Lee C%arnbcll
md Deputy Sheriff George Miller
Nasuucz was armed with n shotgun
and two pistols we're found in the
truck after the arrest was made. The
truck contained a large consignment
Of liquor. which the defendants ad-
witted had been smuggled across the
Rio Grnndc and was being transport
cd 70 Brownsville. One &C tho de-
r-ndants stated he had picked UP On
ne road By the other four men: that
he had no connection with the liquor.
and would not plead guilty. He will
stand trial. Two of the defendants
Ind no previous records In the fed
eral court. ard were given 90-dav
-r-tcrcos Each If them stated thew
tncw nothing az the pistols found In
the truck.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-12-05
0.TREASURY
Ask BILLION
. F0R'28WORK
} Million liner e
In First of Annual
Supply Bills To Be
Reported to House

WASHINGTON, Dee. 5.-R-A
lion dollar appropriation bill
seted the house today in its first
al business session-the treasury
al p~ostoffice departments joining
gether in asking congress for s1,11e,-
1883 to carry on their business
'uring the next fiscal year.
Inc bill was reported to the house
us appropriations committee. II
= the first Of the nine annual sup
4 measures to come before the
,ort session.
ne measure, carrying S23.040.0 900
g, continuing work on 1877 federal
Hidlngs project heretofore initiated,
I'd s13,500.00O for prohibition en-
rcement-the largest ever to be
,pviced for this work-represented
increase Of S20.245,s06 over the
trent appropriation and a decrease
S2-137.370 from the 1880 budget
he ~postoffice department would
gwen the bulk of the total. ssh
t'Zo, an increase Of SIS, 1890. 6S3
current appropriations, while
Ltreasury would get s303.459.664.
rease Of ~Sis,744.s77.
figure for prohibition enforce
" topped the previous high
led in the fiscal year 1928. when
Jas sl3.320.4o5. and represented
increase of $770.s5O over current
fds, S777.l6i Of which was said 10
needed 70 take care Of salary in
fetwi.s under the amended classifi-
atitFi act.
IN bill also would provide $780,
TO for the refunding If illegally
hcted taxes. s%29.670,I7i for the
past guard. $4,000. 600 for the air
pane contract mail service. and s2i.-
2.0oO for the collection Of customs.
m corst guard firure represents
increase Of S767.60i. chiefly 70
3mplete eight rev cutters and for
~mmencing work on a ninth.
- total or S215.500 was provided
II the public health service 10 carry
rural sanitation work in 81
punties affected by the Mississippi
God.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-12-05
ON TOP
OF N. Y. MART
Adams Express Jumps
Is Points on Mer-
ger Proposal

NEW YORK, Dec. 5.-CPD-Bullish
tendencies again predominated at
the opening Of today's stock mar
ket. dams Express jumped Is points
on the first sale on the announce
ment of the proposed formation 4 q
nwe securities company by the three
leading express companies. Raio
opened with n block Of 25 5000 shares
at 413, up 5 i-2 and a new high rec
ord. Greene Cananea opened ]
points higher and National Biscuit,
Anaconda. Allied Chemical. Lamber.
and Associated Dry Goods advanced
a point or more. Union Pacific
dropped 3 points and Kennecott Cop
per and Warner Bros. Pictures ]
each.
Violent fluctuations in a sprirk-
ling of high priced sp~ecialties fea-
tured early trading. Adams Express
was whirled upward 35 points TO q
new high at i25, Radio extended its
gain to z 1-2 points by touching a
new top at AIS and National Tea
scared II points 20 a new high az
Ssi. Allis Chalmers and American
Linseed preferred each advanced 2
points 10 new high records.
The general price movement show
ed market i~rregularity before the
end Of the first hour. international
Nickel and Warner Bros. Pictures
were each hammered down z points
and General Motors, Johns Manville.
kelvinator and some az the other
recent favorites dipped a point or
more. On the other hand. Founda-
tion Co. was quickly bid up : LIZ
%points. Eisenlohr 2 3-4. and Hudson
Coty. Air Reduction, Fox Film. U. s.
Industrial Alcohol. Missouri Pacific
preferred. Reading and z dozen
others advanced a point or more.
Foreign exchanges opened steady
with cables unchanged AZ SASS 1872.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-12-05
HYSTERICAL.
Carolina Lady Then
Tried Cardui and Says She
Noticed Remarkable
Improvement.

k~srderson. s. CT suffered q
20 long time, before / tried Car
II and my only regret is that I
Ia not know about 1t sooner" says
rs Lille Pruitt, 100 *" Street,
is city.
In was badly run down In health.
To nerves went TO pieces. and /
I'D 70 60 to bed. was not able TO
n nv house work for many months.
az cot so bad off, I could not bear
A have anybody walk across the
oor of nv room. The least little
s;rc inset me. Sometimes ! be-
'ame historical. I had bad pains
\ nv back ard sides. and my head
- limbs would take spells OF ach-
20 which almost set me Wild.
Cone day I was reading and !
- where a woman. who had a
ec,,hle like my own. had been re.
sved by Cardui. I decided at once
= nv IL: so I began on q course
= tre Home Treatment.
at. hogan to help me from the
-, first. I took Cardui regularly,
ssyeral months. and my improve
80 u-as 50 remarkable. that my
nu.;,v and friends were delighted.
rd,i has no equal. In my opirl-
! gladly recommend +" 70
'' Ror sale by druggists. everywhere;
r.t a hottie todayl NS--ys
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-12-05
8 MILLIONS K FOR
o r

WASHINGTON. Dee. 5.-(Pl-A
total Of ss,639.O00 for reclamation
projects throughout the west Is ask
ed Of congress in the budget for
1880 transmitted today ny President
Coolidge. The mount is 81. 100. 600
less than congress appropriated for
he work this year but in most cases
unexpended balances Of previous APP
rronriatiors are available for use
in 1880.
The Rio Crsnde project in New
Mexico and Texas comes in for
5000. 600 together with $4,000 Of UNI
expended balances or previous ap-
preparations for continuation OF
construction In 1929.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-12-05
Think S%muggIers
Had Acid to Dash
Eyes Of Cops

IA liquid believed to he sulphuric
lid. which officers believe might
hve been intended to aid in the
scape of the run runners, was
und in possession Of ore Of the
fn taken In the big liquor hall
utheast Of here on the river
iesday morning. according 10 par
;ipants in the raid.
"a total of more than 600 gallons
alcohol and fancy liquors was
1zed by 10 officers including mem
Ars Of the customs. border patrol
d sheriff's department.
Customs officers were having the
uid analysed Wednesday, IL was
id, in order that il might be used
evidence against the man from
lose car il was taken. They though,
HI liquid may have been intended
dash into the eyes OF officers.
The five men arrested in the raid
ich netted a minimum Of $4,000
nth OF assorted liquors ard pure
ain alcohol were being held in the
meron county Jail Wednesday
I faiting r hearing before the fed
Al grand jury now in session here.
Ed Cotulla OF San Antonio. deputy
stoms collector for tn western
strict of Texas. announced that no
eliminary trial would he held for
e arrested rum runners.
the federal grand jury now
session" he said. eft will he ar
cessary to take the men before
S. Com. f. X. Goodrich for a pre-
Urinary trial.
use Of sulphuric acid ny rum run
RS is one Of the most dreaded
ents 10 he faced BY officers in
hiking rum raids. it is said. This
lid is carried by smuFglers in or
r that il might be used to blind
resting officers.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-12-05
K. c Hurler Is
Sold to Indians

KANSAS CITY. Dec. 5.-RD-An-
rounccment from Toronto that Jim
my linn Kansas City Blue pitcher
had been traded to Cleveland of the
American league, was pleasing 70
Zinn's friends in Kansas City and
this vicinity yesterday.
Zinn has been a popular. and win
ming hurler for the Blues. Especially
was he the idol Of the boys Of the
sandlots.
Cleveland gave two players and a
cash consideration for the Blue hurl-
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-12-05
MARKETS AT
A GLANCE
New York

New York
Stocks irregular; Packard crosses
$50 20 new high.
Bonds dull: Liquid Carbonic ~
down IT points.
Foreign exchanges irregular; Jap
arese yen drops 9 points.
Cotton quiet and steady.
Sugar easy: increased spot offer
ings.
Coffee lower; European selling.
Chicago
Wheat lower; poor export trade.
Corn weak; exporters selling.
Cattle irregular.
Hogs steady 10 lower.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-12-05
COTTON

LIVERPOOL. Dec. 5.-CP-Cotton
spot better demand; higher; Ameri-
can strict good middling 1851; good
nliddling 1i.17; strict middlinE
lG.f7; low middling 1929; strict
good ordinary 1902; good ordinary
9.72. Sales 1000 bales. $500 Ameri-
can. Receipts 1900. American A.
zoo. Futures closed quiet and
steady; Dec. 1916: Jan. iO.47;
March 1880; May 1858; July 1913:
Oct. 1923.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-12-05
Crew Taken Off
Burning Tanker

LONDON. Dec. 5.-F-The Ger
man steamship Uarda today reported
rescuing the crew Of the British
tanker Courage. which was afire in
the eastern Mediterranean.
The British Courage. a tanker. is
owned BIZ the British Tankers Com
pany. Ltd. Of London. She was built
this year at Glasgow, Scotland. and
Is CAST tons gross register. 440 feet
long and is equipped with tanks for
carrying petroleum in bulk.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-12-05
STOP THAT ITCHING

Use Blue Star Soap. then srriiy
Blue Star Remedy for Eczema. itcn'
letter. ringworm. poison oak. dancrufl.
children's sores. cracked hands. snrs
feet and most forms ~ itching Ffs
diseases. n kills rerms efors itching
nsrallv restoring the skin n hsaan
Soap. &c: Blue Star Remedy. Sl.Vo.
Ask Your druggist.=Adv.
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Continued from page one.)
Canada. and seven-eighths Of II
through the Detroit gateway.
Under the new policy Of control
ling industrial alcohol production at
the source. DR.. Doran said distilling
Of Illicit liquor had been reduced.
That indicates a progress in en-
forcement." said Doran. "that We
think Is quite favorable"
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-12-05
HOUSE Oks SHIP REPAIR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 5.-GPJ-Mov-
ing swiftly and with little debate,
the house today passed the Britten
bill 70 authorize S1i,s00 900 for al
terations and repairs to the battle
ships Pennsylvania and rizona. 1t
now goes to the senate.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-12-05
FOREIGN

NEW YORK. Dec. 5.-tPy-Foreirn
exchanges irregular. Great Britain
demand 4S4 SIS: cables ass 1872: So
day bills on banks $50 81. France
demand $50 3-s: cables $50 SIS.
Italy demand 500 SIS; Belgium 49,
50 IL; Germany $3.50; Tokyo ASA;
Montreal 99.s5 1915.
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CONTINUED from page one.1
IA improving the coun:ry's rivers
IA har0ors was opposed by Mr.
avis. Such separation he opposed
4 Only as n direct blow against
litary preparedness but because
the possible introduction Of pork
.rreI and log rolling methods"
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-12-05
CALL MONEY

NEW YORK;. Dec. 5.-tP-Cal
money strong; all loans 3; closing
bid o: time loans firm: mixed col.
lateral 5000 days Z; 4-6 months Z:
prime mercantile paper r 1-4M5 i-2
Bankers acceptances unchanged.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-12-05
WATCH

MCKINNEY. Texas. Dec. 5.-tP-
While passersby watched the robber
at work. but thought he was arrang-
ing stock for the holiday buying
rush, a man looted = jewelry store "
between $4,000 and $4,000 worth Of
stock last night. The owner carried
no insurance.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-12-05
RAID TOWN. GET Sam

ELDORADO. Ark, Dec. 5.-LPH
Five men raided the town OF June
ton City, 20 miles south of here On
the Arkansas-Louisiana line today
broke into two banks and a drug
store after seizing the nightwatch-
and escaped. They got little
more than $500.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-12-05
MORROW on WAY HOME

MEAICO CITY, Dec. So
Dwiht W. Morrow. United States am
b~assador. and his family left last
night for New York. They will trav-
el by way Of Laredo. Mr.. Morrow
expects TO return to Mexico 10 gree,
President-elect Hoover when he ar.
rives on his goodwill tour.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-12-05

PHILADELPHIA. Miss, Dec. s.
R-National guardsmen captured
Virgil Dunn today who had been
standing off the sheriff's forces in
Ncshoba county. Dunn, an escaped
convict. was shot three times and
was said to be seriously wounded.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-12-05

MEXICO CITY. &C. 5.-P-For-
mer President Gales has been NAM
ed head Of the newly-organized ma
tional revolutionary party. Other
officers are former Secretary of Ag-
riculture Luis Leon. secretary gen.
eral; Manuel Perez Trvino. treas
urer. and Aaron Saerz, organizing
secretary.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-12-05

DALLAS. Tex, Dec. 5.-(P-Four
railroads today protested an appli-
cation filed with the Texas railroad
commission for a permit 10 operate
an interstate motor bus service be-
tween Kansas City. Mo-. and Laredo
Texas.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-12-05
A SON R0RN

a son vas born early today at
Mercy hospital in Brownsville 70
Mr.. and Mrs. r. +. Bulloch. The
ha. weighed eight pounds at birtn
and he and the mother are doing
well. Bulloch is circulation mana
ger &C The Herald.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-12-05
Weaker and Down
Chicago Grains
Close Generally

CHICAGO. Dec. 5.-Pl-Cold wea-
Their and clear skies rave mn early
setback 70 corn prices today. Such
conditions were deemed likely 10 fa-
cilitate movement or the corn crop,
and sellers of futures deliveries be-
came more numerous.
Opening unchanged TO Use lower.
corn later showed declines AL
around. Oats, however, displayed
strength. wheat was easy, starting
I-4c off to Use up. and afterward
undergoing a general SAG. Provisions
inclined downward.
Corn colsed weak. l SIS 70 . Lac
net lower. wheat Sd TO ] 3-s off;
oats SIS "a rs down and provisions
unclaimed to a setback Of lie.
CASH GRAIN
CHICAGO. Dec. 5.-tP-wheat;
No. 2 hard 1.22; No. . mixed l.ao
l-2.
Corn: No 4 mixed 80 S-4Gsl; No.
3 yellow SO 1-2G3-s.
Oats: No. 9 white AZ i-2Gis IL.
KANSAS CITY. Dec. So
Wheat: No. 2 dark hard. nominaily
1.IIGii.31; No. 2 hard 1.i0d LII;
No. 2 red 1888: Dec. los =; May
lis SIS; July lis 3-s.
Corn: No. . white. nominally
10 f-2Is0 l-2; No. 2 yellow. rom
inally st6S2; No. . mixed. an
inally TaG so: Dec. "a L.: May
81 3-S; July 81 1-2.
Oats: No. . white. nominally 40G
50; No. 8, 81.
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SPOT COTTON

NEW ORLEANS. Dec. 5.-(P-
Spot cotton closed steady o points
up. Sales 1866; low middling 1905:
middlinE 1855: good middlinr 1895;
receipts l2,501: stock 36l.JT6.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-12-05
POULTRY

CHICAGO. Dec. 5.-(P1-Poultry
steady; fowls lsn rs IL: springs
% 1-2G26 10: ROSTERS 90: turkeys
25G 80: ducks l7G2i: geese %.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-12-05
CONGRESS MAY PROBE yEsTRIs

WASHINGTON, Dec. 5.-tR1-Two
resolutions calling for congressional
Investigations into the sinking Of
the Vestris off the Atlantic coast
last month were introduced today
in the senate.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-12-05
BUTTER ~ ECCg

CHICAGO, Dec. 5.-Rj-Butter
higher; creamery extras 81 1-2:
standards 40: extra firsts a. 1-2a.
so; firsts 46G47 L.; seconds 43G.
IL
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-12-05
u. s. BONDS

NEW YORK, Dec. 5.-CP-United
States Bonds: Liberty 3 LIS ae.1s;
ist. 4 las 10O.l2: 4th. 4 1-as 1902:
Treasury Is lot.
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n. O.FUTURES
CLOSE STEADY
Net Advance Of | to
5 Points Is Made
During Trade

NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 5.-CP-The
cotton market opened stead mt mn
advance of 5 70 s points in response
to higher Liverpool cables than due.
Demand became more aggressive
after the start under the stimulus
Of cold weather.
January sold up TO 1914, March
1886 and May 1919. or 4 TO 10
points above yesterdays close. The
market encountered further liqui-
dation and a little selling On the
weekly weather summary's stating
that considerable cotton remains ~
picked in the more northerly por-
tons Of the belt. BY the end or
the first hour. January traded eff 10
1864. March 1915 and May to 1855.
or 10 10 III points down from the
tor.
Prices eased off under liarida-
ton in advance OF the governments
crop report. Liquidation carried
January off 10 1862 ard active po-
sitions generally 12 to Is points
down fom the highs and 3 70 4
points under yesterdays close.
Cotton futures closed steady at net
advance Of 1 to 3 points.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-12-05
NEW YORK COTTON


NEW YORK, Dec. 5.-lPi-The
cotton market opened steady at an
advance Of ) 10 10 points in spons
to relatively steady cables. but soon
eased under renewed liquidation
coupled with scattered southern and
local selling. January eased off from
20.35 70 20.2I, and the market by
the end Of the frs. half hour was
Z or ; paints below yesterdays clos
ing quotations. "
Trading was quiet later with fluc-
tuations rather irregular. but with
the tone steady on covering and some
further trade buying. At midday
January was selling around 2O.2S
and May 20.27, or about . points net
higher.
Futures closed steady 3 TO s
points higher; spo. quiet; middling
.0.55.
Evening star., 1928-06-05
TWO CITIZENS GROUPS
FORM CONSOLIDATION
Cathedral Heights and Cleveland
Park Associations Merge at
Special Meeting.

Consolidation OF the Cathedral Heighta
and Cleveland Park Citizens Associa-
tons was accomplished at a special
meeting OF representatives of both Or
ganiZations In the ST. AlbanE Parish
House, Wisconsin and Massachusetts
be known as the Cathedral Heights
Cleveland Park Citizens Association.
The boundaries OF the organization
now will extend from Porter street 10
Rock Creek Park. to Klingle road, to
Davis street, 10 Ridge road, TO Porter
street, including all territory previously
claimed by both bodies, On motion Of
Arthur g, Smith member Of the Cieve~
land Park association, IL was voted to
declare all Offices in the cleye~
land Park association vacant, and until
the Pail the organization would tune-
ton under the direction Of the Ca
thedral Heights officers, headed by Mai
Gen. Eli A, HielnlIck rs president. Rob
eFt Patterson, Arthur Lynham and
Smith. former officers IN the Cleveland
Park association. were elected tn mem
bership on the executive committee,
Resolutions were adopted urging the
National Capital Park and Planning
Commission 10 erect monumental
gateway 10 tbs National Capital at the
intersection of Massachusetts and Wis
e0ngin avenues, The Federation Of oiti~
zens' Associations will be- asked 10 sup
port This effort
A. IL Gregory. vice president ot the
Station Park Citizens Association, was
indorsed by the association for member
ship on the Board of Public Welfare, n
tll a yAeRnes 0esAEElng In JAlv. --.
Evening star., 1928-06-05
Harold Bell Wright's Son Dies.

LOS ANGELES, June . lAl.--Paul
Williams Wright. al actor son of Hsr-
old Beil Wright. novelist. died here yes.
@sday. Death vas d1s " a2elaias M
Evening star., 1928-06-05

and Mrs. Robert W. Howard were
elected new members. The meeting was
the rnal one to he held by the aSso~
eiallen until neAt October.
Evening star., 1928-06-05
FOUNTAIN LEADING
IN NORTH CAROLINA
Democratic Primary Returns
Showing No Change in Vote
for Lieutenant Governor.
BY the Associated Press.

by the Associated Preaa
CHARLOTTE, N. c., June 5.-with
approximately three-fourthS of the l.
754 precincts In the State reported for
lieutenant governor from Saturday S
Democratic primary there was no change
in the relative standing of the three
candidates.
r. II. Fountain OF Rocky Mount,
speaker OF the House Of Representatives.
maintained his lead OF more than L.
600 votes over John D. LangSton, Colds
boro publisher, who was in second place.
LangSton was maintaining a steady lead
of between 10000 and $4,000 over w.
H. S. Burgwyn of Northampton County.
The vote in 1925 precincts was
Fountain. 6S.604: Langston, $500. and
Burgwyn, 53.657,
Although slightly less than three
fourthS of the precincts would show a
large total. IL was expected the remain
Ing SAC precincts would not show any
thing like the average of previously re-
ported precincts. Up 20 Sunday night the
average vote per precinct was slightly
more than 1873, but the average last
night had been reduced TO 1873 plus.
In the race for commissioner of labor
and printing 1890 precincts showed
Frank ID. GriSt Of Ienoir more than
holding his own against his two op-
ponents. He had 1864 majority over
the vote Of both combined. The vote
was: GriSt. 92.04S; NJ L. Shipman,
Raleigh. 5S,9Sa, and q. J. Peterson,
Pittsboro. 2S0s0.
Both OF the low candidates in the
lieutenant governors race were silent
last night as to the possibility Of with
drawal from a second primary.