Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-04-13
Broughton Now Leading
Candidate With Horton,
Maxwell Close Behind
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Carolina campaigns prOressed to be
| amazed al the Maxwell strength IN
the East. Although nc is sincerely a
| Horton supporter he admitted that
therc is no real Horton strength
! there. He pointed UUr that Cooper,
IravGiy and Grady are al. certain
10 get large Shar" Of the votes from
Wake county Ia the ocean, and seem
ID 70 rely on this split to keep Hor-
tons lack Of eastern strength from
proving disastrous
That Was very much in line with
information from Oihcl sources
There seems no diScounting the fact
that Grady Will get close to 10000
votes in Johnston county alone, will
run well in Wayne, Sampson, Dup
lin and Franklin
Cooper seems well heeled in New
Hanover, Columbus, Bladen, Pender
and other southeastern areas
GraVely will carry Nash over
Whelmingly, ard probably I"an tot
field in EdgccombC and pe,hals "tt-
el COUNTIES nearby.
Maxwell will pile up q heavy
plurality in Wayne. his native rut,2.
ty, and is going 10 poll "A big '"le q
practically every county in the e"-l.
He probably will not plate 1iIS1 il.
anything like half the units but hi,
strength will pc we'll distributed ard
ne viii not be "silunked" in am
Brought0H will lead in PaSquotank
: nd numerous Other eastern ccHr-
-; but probably will not get anv
.~".'hclming lead over Maxwell in
the section: in tact there are many
nautralS who doubt that he'll have
any lead IT all.
Despite the views nl HE ',r>ttte
rCiliC!an' referred to previously,
Horton is going to run strongly in
some Of the eastern counties, though
he is almost certain 10 trail both
Maxwell and DrouGAlon by sub
Stantial margin ir the section as Il
whole.
In the Piedmont the situation is,
&c your reporter At least. clorlded. In
all these heavy voting counties there
for Erought0n, Horton and Maxwell.
AT this stage OF the proceedings, this
corner fears 10 make any specific
predictions as TO the outcome j. any
particular counties.
Getting into the real west. il ~r5.r,s
quite probably that Horton is going
20 come through as the top candidate,
with Maxwell second and Brough-
ion third
Without attaching the slightest
guarantee of accuracy. your reporter
would assign the leader SbIl ~ hsSa
counties about like this:
tIorton-Wilkes, Watauga, Swain,
Mcdowell, Jackson, Clay, Burke,
Macon, Madison. AShc, and probably
Cherokee and Graham.
MaXWelI-BuncOmbc, Polk, Hay
wood, Yanccy, Avery, Mitchell, Ire
dell, and Alexander
BlougntOn Castor, Cleveland,
Henderson, Caldwell and Rutherford.
GraveIy-AIIeghany.
That's how il looks as of today
Next week The scene may be COM
plctely changed. 1t has changed some
What rapidly Of late Gor instance
couple of weeks ago it looked very
mucn like Broughton in Polk county,
now it looks like MaXWelD, and
there's nothing to keep it from imi-
tating a chameleon in changing
colors from one candidate to another.
This piece is unquestionably con-
fused and perhaps, confusing; but,
if it is. its just like the Governors
race out OF which nobody has yet
3ecn able to make heads or tails.
After reading these opinions, dis
gree with them just as violently as
you wish. There is only one war
.anty that goes with them-that's a
warranty that they are honestly
.1r4ncd. If completely Wacky.