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Mr. McAdoo Lead. Demo cratic Pod New York, Jane SO.—First choice for the Democratic nomination for President in a poll of Daokoeratie of ficial■ and leaden conducted by the in this three per oer.t tew by • plan of 1 the ialand from four of the 11 liners snebored at 4m 1.008 of tlM 1.074 inff at the Island, it w were permitted ta «v to Hew Turk. The My tearing for all fnta of the United State* canted alien* on their way to their new sbodaa. Twenty per cent of the each country will bo ing Mch of the first fin months. Af ter that, if the annual quota baa boon filled, no Mora may enter until next July. Many of thoao who will bo ex cluded and Mat back, will find, by the time they are ready to try again, that their country** allotment ha* boon filled for the year, and will be forc ed to wait until next July. Of the 48 nationalities em the quota fist, only one, Iceland, la not repres ented. All the others, from Grset Britain with an annual quota of more than 77,000, down to Flume, with a quota of 71, have citizens on the shipa. Find Skeleton of Crocodile Lived S Million Year. Ago -London, June 80.—'Hie completed skeleton of a crocodile, which to es timated to hm lived mm than two million yean ago, has been nnearthed from the Oxford day of Fetorborongh brickyard* by P. J. PhiUipa, a noted Engltoh geologist. The skeleton to 16 fort lone *nd to identical with the skeleton of the pres ent day cooodOe. The monster was, however, i sm going creature belong ing to the middle geological period. In a spot where the stomach would be foand was a fossilised mass con taining traces of organic marine mat ter, the remains of the reptile's last and evidently too hearty meal. "Boer Free, Drink your Fill!" Roods Sign. New York, Jane SO.—"Beer free, drink your fill I" Words even as strange as theae stand eat on a sign that hangs today in the saloon of the Coeolich Mnar to dock tomorrow, a<word>ng to wire" Hm placard was hang by the eap tain following reeetpt of a measage from New York managers of the Una informing him the bear wvald be oon f located whan the Alp arrived and di recting that it be dooa away with. The ship has* MM jsm—sii aboard and a lot ef bear, so Captain of Wnrtd Strife | m, ternationa) educator* ■gainst illiteracy it war, to to be abolished," Mid „ ^ **l tai her open in? hWtmi to the World | Conference on Education, the yiuH— of illiteracy. "The fight on illiteracy i then the teaching of adult ill iterates | to reed and write." Mrs. Stewart i It to a fight on crime, war, and other j of mankind which illiteracy! Illiteracy to interwinod has direct bearing on every phase of] national Ufe and world piugiass. The number of convicted criminals' from illiterate nettlm has been found j to be seven times aa great aa in sec tions where education has reached the masaes. World pence to a problem of International co-operation, ignorance cannot co-operate, and after diplo matists have satisfied themselves that they have bound their nations togeth er for universal ponce, some illiterate may disturb not only the penee of hto awn, but of neighboring countries. Illiteracy la the foe of No manufacturer of pen and Ink will reap one dollar 1 the pockets of ill Iterate*, and nil | other merchandise, save the commodities will have to look else-' where for customers to purchase their wares. Illiterates can neither afford fine goods or appreciate modem eon It to evident that one of the important problems facing the conference on education to the i of adult illiteracy. It to which the ruoeess of the other pro blems and activities of the conference hinge—the John the Baptist which must go before character instruction, health education, thrift, and aB the An ignorant people In any 1 In any quarter of the world can ob-| struct the plans for the of health, tiie Impiotsmsnt of < tor, the extension of thrift and mass area planned for the welfare of j mankind. Therefore, oar tint task to removal of Illiteracy. We| need all men and wo:nen G the world enlightened that lend their aid In making the wocw el safer and haipler place In whleh to] live. -\ 10,000 Cnta 7^ FlfM fets Warsaw, June W<—A Bi viat oommtoaion has mlwd to Fat sswxw TWt TWy Merry mmd Tab TM. OM Sinful WarWI Raleigh. June *—M Dill, Bn» rhapeodl.tical hop-off. Storty-si* hav* im before Dill, tf the v»ryin« Imt latest count la oo* rert, and they matched In all aorta of way* to tha old chair. Soma of tham the lane te the chair. Aa ha iiwhl tha switch and tha pnarhir repeated tha 23rd Psalm, tha black pitehad a on white folks and kill Ma; tUa ia old Ed. a iaaacar i nigger, coaaa an and pt se* away from thia old wotM and tha faltaw f*lt impeding Wa breath. Ha barnJ tha toy ta a more hartstory pitch. Ha had beta ■hooting, "LoH, I aaa yoor angvia reaching down aftar me." Tha at tendanta' finger war* all over him binding him. tying lum, preuing the hoad over his fac*. mashing the hai rnet down on his bullet Head. "Say* me Lord, I got folks," ha said, with his mind on the daad body soon to be. He did not wish his flaah given t* medical purposes and he whispered again. "I got folks." I'm s innocent nigger, this ia old Ed Dill, innocent man, God knows I am innocent,1' he kept mnmbling. "Lord, save me." ha prayed when the current struck him* The crime for which Dill died was revolting to the state. The fellow waa convicted of criminally aaaaalt ing Mr*. Mattie Paul Williams Thurs day of one day last year. She re ported the attack Sunday night and convinced the jury that the carrying of this awful secret three day* waa the natural and the womanly thing to have don*. Sh* testified that Dm had threatened to kill her and her whole family If she made outcry. The alibi attempted barely failed. The Jury weald not deubt her and H convicted. The Supreme court had no error a* reverse, bat it comaMOted upon the unusual character of the Brother of Late Claud* Kitcbw DUe Scotland Keck, Jon* 18.—The body of A. Paul Kitchen, eoeceeafnl attor ney and prominent ritiaen of Scot land Neck, who died -Manly feet night at Seven Sprtoga, wait brought here to M* bona thia afternoon by motor heart?. Mrr Kteb-n wen* to Sever Spring* about 10 dart ago far hia health hat waa not r-itteaHy 81 until a few daya ago. Ha was a buihw of the lata Claude Kitchen and of W. W. Krtchaa, former governor of North Carolina. Mr. Kitchen waa twiaa • nyreeeataUie from Halifax county to the .tato lag btoluia and once a ■—her of the road n—rtMii«ir™1ItSTtSTrf hie death he waa a member of the to oil school bonib . In Mo *orty yo*h h* tu gtM noted Woko Fotost colltft, of tar wfcieh he ioeatod to Boston where he praeUced tow wM 1M1 One MM ef the eOk yrijanl to the UaJtod *atoe i. utMetoL J Raleigh. Jane J. H. Hightower, president of the defunct Central Bank uid Trust coapnir, of lhia city, who1 waa found guilty yesterday of KMhr ing deposits knowing the hank to he Judge E. H. Cranmer to serve not 1mm than two and one half years and not more than four years in the state penitentiary. Hightower took an ap peal to the Supreme court and was re leased on «10,000 bond. In making a motion that the ver dict be set aaide, Willis Smith, attor ney for Hightower, charged that one of the Juror* had been revealed aa a depositor in the bank after be had de nied that ha waa a depositor when challenged by the defendant. When Judge Cranmer asked High tower if ho had anything to aay be fore sentence was passed, the fuimai banker told the Judge that he had acted in good faith, triad to save de positors their momy aa boot ha could and thought to the last that the hank was solvent. H. H. Massey, cashier of the de funct bank who waa tried with High towsr waa acquitted by the Jwwj yes terday. Brasil has produced a new tec-1 tile fiber known as fibraeo. This fi ber has been known to grow in certain localities of Brasil for years bat no commercial nee was propaaoj far it until recently. The fiber itaelf poas oaaea conaiderahle strength and to of fine quality. It takes up aiming mater ials and finishing chemicals eaafly and dyes wall. Aa employer, noted for his energy and lack of tolerance for loafta* la any form, visited hia stock room aad found a boy leaning Idly againat a packing caaa, whistling cheerily aad with nothing on his mind. The chief New York, July 1.—Creation by ward Bok, of Philadelphia. oi •ward of 9100,000 to be called American peace award and to Im g to the Awrieaa or indiridoal or
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