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Tuesday, August 14,1928 R 48
HOOVER SPEECH
BOTH PRAISED
AND CONDEMNED
Purely Partisan Attitude Is
Taken by Leaders Of
Two Parties
ABOUT EXPECTED
Senator Pittman Says It Displayed a
"Lack of Courage;" Senator Smoot
Gives Strong Endorsement
Palo Alto, Cal,, Aug. 11.—Before
70,000 who faced him in the great sta
dium of Stanford University and in the
hearing of millions in all parts of the
nation to whom his words were car
ried by radio, Herbert Hoover this
afternoon formally accepted the nomi
tution of the Republican Party as its
candidate for President of the
States.
The speech, representing the care
ful thought of weeks, is the battle cry
of the Republican Party, the real plat
form on which Mr. Hoover goes to the
electorate. It was a full discussion of
the issues, such as farm relief, prohi
bition, the tariff, foreign, affairs, im
migration, and honesty in public life.
The speech of the Republican nomi
nee displayed a "lack of courage" in
his treatment of the liquor issue, of
fered no new hope of relief to agricul
ture, and as a whole clung to the party
declarations contained in the Kansas
City platform, according to Senator
Key Pittmann, of Nevada, chairman of
the resolutions committee at the Dem
ocratic convention in Houston.
He described the speech as""an able
message" that testified to the political
acumen rather than to the courage of
the candidate.
On the other hand, the Hoover
speech was indorsed in strong term*
by Senator Heed Smoot, of Utah, chair
man of the Senate Finance Committee
and chairman of the resolutions com
mittee at the Republican convention in
Kansas City.
Mrs! Alvan T. Hert, vice chairman
of the Republican National Commit
tee, also extolled the candidate as em.
bodyiug aspirations of the people and
especially of American women.
"It is an able message," said Sena
tor Pittman. "It is Jhe best defense
of eight years of Republican admin
istration that could be made. It is a
testimonial to the sagacity and politi
cal acttmen rafter than the courage of
the candidate.
"There are no surprises to the pub
lic. He hangs to the platform as
closely as if he had drawn it. His
speech » but an echo of previous Re
publican acceptance speeches with one
exception —he breaks the custom of
candidates by boldly admitting the
evils that Mitt"
New Yorkers Eat Tenth
Of Food in United States
Captaining a population of more
than UUXMMXX), almost one-tenth of
the inhabitants of the entire United
States, the metropolitan district of
New York consumes about 680 cars
of fresh fruits and vegetables every
twenty-four hours.
This means, statisticians say, that
one-tenth of the food requirements
of the entire nation must be met in
this congested district, which usually
has only a two-day supply on hand
California is the largest single source
of these fruits and vegetables.
Mrs. A. M. Lovelace
Dies in Rutherfordton
Mrs. A. M. Lovelace, mother of4frs.
Charles Daniels, who lives near here,
was found dead in bed at her home in
Rutherfordton last Saturday morning.
Mrs. Lovelace was 73 years old and
at the time she retired she was at well
ah usual. The deceased was a mem
ber of one of the most promineat fam
ilies in that section of the State.
Mr. and Mrs. Daniels left here to
attend the funeral and burial yesterday
afternoon.
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TOWN OFFICIALS
BUY FIRE TRUCK
Will Mean Immediate Re
duction in Insurance
Rates
Williamston's fire-fighting equip
ment was materially added to last
night when the toVn officials bought
a new American La France fire truck,
costing 112,500.
In a joint meeting of the members
of the fire company, town commis
sioners and American LaFrance
representatives here last night, the
need of additional fire-fighting equip
ment was discussed at length. In the
discussion, it was pointed out that a
saving of approximately $4700 would
be effected yearly in insurance prem
iums, that the truck cost, upkeep and
assaciated items until the date of
final payment would not run over
$2200 annually. According to those
figures, an actual saving in insur
ance premiums amounting to $2500
would be made possible through the
purchase of the new equipment.
Upon the arrival of the new
equipment, it was stated by insur
ance men that the town's insurance
classification would be automatically
changed from third to second class,
lowering insurance premiums, in
many cases, as much as 20 to 25 per
cent. Besides the possible saving of
S47OQ yearly in premiums, it was
pointed out by members of the local
fire company that the protection of
all property in town would be great
ly increased.
Delivery of the truck will be made
within ninety days from the com
pany's branch in Atlanta, it was
stated this morning When the con
tract for the new machine was pre
pared. Equipped with triple pumping
apparatus, the machine will handle
TOO gallons of water a minute, and
will throw three streams of water
over the apartment building. Be
sides the pumping equipment, the
truck carries four chemical tank*,
ladders, and axes.
The present eqaipment which is
nothing more than a Ford truck with
a hose on it, will be held in leserve.
Other arrangements will be made
to effect the chanjreiri classification,
but they are of minor importance.
ASK INQUIRY AS
TO LOW PRICES
Georgia Commissioner of
Demands
Investigation
Atlanta, Ga., Aug. IS.-trAsserting
hii belief that there has been collus
ion on the part of tobacco interests
| to depress prices in Georgia markets
| this season, Eugene Talmadge, State
Commissioner of Agriculture, today
asked the Federal Trade Commission
to make an investigation.
Talmadge's request followed publi
cation of figures by his department
Uday showing that to date the 1928
M-ason in Georgia has seen sales of
28,089,810 pounds at an average price
of SI3.M per hundred, a decrease of
81.6 per cent over the average price
for the same period last year.
"The only explanation so fair of
fered for this state of affairs," said
Talmadge in his letter the trade
commission, "is the in
crease in the crop this year as com
pared with 1927. I have taken oc
casion this morning to carefully
compare the figures issued by the
United States Census Bureau in
other crop reporting agencies and
And that the estimated increase in
yileds of bright tobacco for Georgia,
South Carolina and North Carolina
and Virginia, which covers the entire
bright tobacco belt is only 4 per
cei\t over 1927, while the decrease in
price is 81.6 per cent.
Talmadge estimated that in a
great many instances the prices now
being paid at Georgia tobacco mar
kets will fail to defray the actual
cost of the marketing.
Another report from the same
city stated that the average price of
tobacco sold on the 22 South Georgia
markets last week strengthened
■cmewhat, and, at 14.08 cents per
pound, 17,683,388 pounds fetched $2,-
488,265, figures»released there Mon
day by the State Department of
.Agriculture showed.
The gross money received, however
fell more than SIO,OOO short of the
amound paid for tobacco sold during
the same period last year, despite
that only 11,813,000 pounds were
marketed then.
When the cry of the auctioneer
closed for the week Saturday night,
the total volume of the golden weed
■eld on Georgia markets this season
stood at 28.089,810 pounds, surpass-'
ing that for the period in 1927
by 8,887,131 pounds.' This, the depart
ment said, gave basis to predictions
that the 1928 yield would far outdis
tance that of any year since tobacco
became a major crop in 1917.
W. H. Gurkin and J. W. Manning
went almost to Nags Head Suftday.
Williamston, Martin County, North Carolina, Tuesday, August 14, 1928
TAX RATE HERE
IN COMPARISON
WITH OTHERS
Is About Same,As That of
Beaufort County; Rate
There Is $1.60
CARTERET IS HIGH
Martin County Rate It Alio Atxftt
Same As Rate Recently Fixed
In Hertford bounty
"There is yet to be found one easy
job connected with taxes," one of the
county commissioners stated yesterday
while talking about the expected tax
late for this county. The commis
sioners in this county are not alone in
their tax troubles, for county authori
ties throughout the State have, and
still are, in maSiy cases, attempting to
establish a rate for the current fiscal
i year. And when one board of com
initisioners determine a rate, it is gen
erally of coupty-wide interest, for it
means money from or money in the
pockets of the taxpayers. And when
it's from, you might know it hurts,
Beaufort County announced a $1.60
rate last Saturday, as follows: Bond
fund, 48 cents; school, 70 cents;; gen
eral, IS cents, and road, 28 cents. No
real comparison of the rate for that
county and the rate for this county
can be had unless the various township
road taxes are added to the general
r«tc % These road taxes vary from 25
cents on the SIOO valuation in Jaines
ville, Williams-, and Goose Nest, to
40 cents on the SIOO valuation in Ham
ilton Township. In other words, the
rate in Jamesville, Williams and Goose
Nest townships was really $1.58, ex
clusive of the special school tax. This
township has a 35-cent road tax; con
sequently, it had a rate of $1.68 on
the SIOO property valuation, exclusive
of the special school tax, which was
35 cents on the SIOO valuation.
In Hertford County a" rate of $1.70
has been announced, and while it is
understood that that rate includes gen
eral county, roads, schools, and bonds,
the announcement did not make it clear
to that effect. Orange County will
have a $1.45 rate, but it could not be
learned whether the $1.45 covers the
four items generally included in the
rate, hut which in some cases are sep
arated, the road fund being handled by
the townships in those cases where
the townships maintain their own
roads.
The highest rate noticed so far is
that of Carteret County, where a $2.35
r*4e was established by the commis
sioners in Beaufort Monday of last
week. The division of the rate, ac
cording to the Beaufort News, is as
f Mows: General fund, IS cents; roads
and bridge maintenance, 15 cents;
health and welfare, 5 cents; county
home and poor, 5 cents; public
$1.30; debt service, 65 cents.
Writing further about the county
budget, the newspaper stated that the
budget for the next fiscal year is $429,-
701.87. The budget is to be divided
'among the various departments as fol
lows: General fund, $31,896; health'
and welfare, $3,000; road and bridge
maintenance, $20,000; county home and
poor, $8,060; public schools, $180,000;
and debt service, $186,745.87.
In each of the counties where the
rate was divided, 15 cents on the SIOO
valuation seemed to be the general
amount collated for general county'
purposes; that is, the operation of the
\arious offices, etc. Last year in this
county, 65 cents weitt for schools, 5
cents for road and bridge, and 28
cents for bond interest and sinking
fund. —s
THIEVES RAID
REFRIGERATORS
Several Residents Forced to
Dine Out Sunday As
Result
Back-porch refrigerators of several
ptople here were robbed of their con
tents last Saturday night, causing the
owners to dine out Sundny. At the
home of the editor there were two
chickens, but the rogues passed up the
one wearing its feather and snatched
the one that was all ready for the
stove. It was a little extra trouble, but
the editor had chicken for dinner. In
the next block, a nice roast, the baby's
milk, and salads made up the loot of
the low-down cur or curs.
Aside from a few things to eat and
something to ride on, other articles,
with the exception of money,
are in no immediate danger of the
thief, but eats and rides are always in
demand. Several tires were removed
fr6m the racks on the back of cars,
F.. S. Peel and Pete Fowden losing
one each from the rear of their cars.
The opinion advanced by many
is that the stealing is being carried
on by those who fail to work and who
had rather steal than earn their way
honestly. Strict enforcement of the
vagrancy law is urged. But for the
editor, enforcement is too late, for the
chickens are all gone.
MOST TOBACCO
HAS BEEN CURED
Most of Farmers in This
„ Section Will Finish Up
This Week
The all-night job for the majority of
farmers in this section will be no more
after the curings placed in the barns
this wek are "killed out." There are
a few sections where the farmers will
not complete their curings before week
after next, but as a rule there are very
lew who will not be through housing
tiic crop this week.
Reports as to the quality and weight
of the curings differ, but in the main
the weight is understood to be light
and the quality fair. Of course, there
art exceptions to both these statements
—many farmers stating that they have
poor crops, with the quality and weight
bilow the average.
In those sections where the farmers
wire forced to replant on account of
hail and cut worms, curings are not as
near completion as they are in those
sections enjoying more favorable con
ditions. However, in another, week,
their housing will be practically com
pleted, and then the work will be cen
tered largely in the grading rooms.
Graders are busy in all parts of the
county at this time, and it appears as
if the farmer% will be well ahead of
the market opening day.
FRIGHT IS GOOD
SUNBURN LOTION
Local Dentist Loses Coat of
Tan When He. Drifts
Out to Sea
Dr. P. B. Cone surprised liis friends
here when he returned last week from
Nag* Head with his fair and .tender
skin untanned by the rays o(4he sun.
In shprt, it was a mystery how he
could have visited the beach and re
turned without the beach tan. The
mystery was all cleared up when Judge
Clayton Moore returned from the sajne
beach last Saturday.
According to Judge Moore, the dqo
tor was badly frightened; in (act, he
was so badly frightened that he turned
pale o'n top of a skin tanned by the
sun. And here is how it happened:
Thursday Mr. A. T. Crawford, IJr.
Cone, and the Judge, with a fisher-"
man, started fishing in a small fish
ing boat. Engine trouble developed,
and the boat with its passengers drift
ed out Oregon Inlet, and on into the
open waters. At this point, Or. Cone
picked up an uneasy look, but in re
i bting the story the judge did not
charge the doctor with cowardice,
! stating that Dr. Cone showed good
, judgment when he expressed fear un
der such conditions. And the little
boat had not drifted much farther out
before Mr. Asa T. stopped talking and
failed to ask another question.. This,
lie stated, ordinarily would have cli
'itiaxed any situation, but it did not.
The climax was reached, however,
when the little boat drifted eastward,
jumping the waves like a billy goat
jumping sweet potato ridges, and a
pampano, a jumping fish seldom seen,
of the water and landed on
Dr. Cone's shoulder The doctor turned
pile right then, and Mr. Crawford got
ai. additional scare when the unwel
come visitor jumped around his feet.
The boatman finally succeeded in
starting his engine, but it was too late,
Dr. Cone had already been bleached,
and Mr. Asa T. was frightened almost
'beyond repair.
Upon their return they were told
that two life-saving stations, located 10
miles apart, had kept watch over the
party, and if this had been known the
judge thinks they would not have been
sc perturbed over their precarious po
sition.
Judge Moore did not appear to be
tanned so very much, either.
TOBACCO PRICES
MUCH HIGHER
Sales Yesterday More_En
couraging To Growers
Of Bright Belt
Gerro Gordo, Aug. 18.—Reports to
night brought in by growers from
the various tobacco markets of
Columbus and Robe r son counties
wer« the most encourgaging since
the openinig of the markets in the
South Carolina and border belt.
Bright leaf belt prices were reported
the highest generally on all markets
of the season. Some grower* report
n substantial increase in certain
grades over last week's prices. John
Green's increase for the same lots
taken in for resale sold double of
the original offering on Wednesday.
Monday's offerings were light thru
cut the belt, growers state, and an
increase in offerings to any appreci
able extent is not exepeeted until the
remainder of the crop 1* cured out.
Today's prices had a tendency to
dispel some of the discouragement
displayed by Columbus drawers.
RUSHING WORK
ON ADDITION TO
REDRYING PLANT
Will Increase Capacity of
Plant Several Thousand
Pounds Daily
RECEIVING TOBACCO
Plant Handled Over 3,000,000 Pounds
Last Season; Capacity It Now
80,000 Pounds Daily
The W. I. Skinner Tobacco Co. here
will complete the installation of an ad
dition to their redrying plant this week,
it was stated yesterday by Mr. S. C.
Collins, one of the company's em
ployees.' The addition provided 16
more feet for the redrying machine and
will increase the capacity of the plant
suvecal -thousand pounds daily, it was
stated. .. ~
The plant when completed will han
dle approximately 80,000 pounds daily,
and during the season several million
pounds of tobacco will be handled by
it. Last season the plant redried- ap
proximately 3,000,000 pounds of to
bacco, and this season the output will
be increased.
'Workmen are working overtime this
week to have the machinery ready for
operation the early part of next week,
when the plant is expected to start re
drying tobacco shipped here from
South Carolina and Georgia. Several
carji of the foreign weed have been
Unloaded and big trucks are making
regular trips from the border markets,
bringing large quantities of the tobacco
from that belt.
Tuesday, August 28, the plant will
be all ready to care for the tobacco
bought here. •'
GEORGIA WEED
POOR QUALITY
Mr. Theodore Hassell Says
It Looks As If There Is
No Good Tobacco
A letter from Mr. Dodc Hassell
received here thin morning states
that the tobacco market in Way
cross, Ga., where he is employed at
the present time, has to date averag
ed around $12.50, a figure slightly
higher than the one recorded there
on opening day. The quality of the
weed has improved but little, if any,
since the market opened, and it looks
as if there is no good tobacco down
there, Mr. Hassell stated in his let
ter.
Mr; Hassell mentioned his desire
to the "garden spot", East
vrlt Carolina, and in addition casual
lu his stand for A 1 Smith.
"f 'hope that all is well for old
Democracy, both in the nation and in
thf old North State, the lovliest
•flower in the American boquet. It is
the pride of my life as I stand in
the meridian of years that I belong
to that company. The future is ours,
with glorious opportunities, beckon
ing from its misty heights, and all
we have to do is climb, and the God
tf nations will do the rest. Before
the nomination of A 1 Smith, I fought
him to the last ditch, but won out
fair and square, arfd I am sticking to
him tight, as tight as a Pullman
window. He deserves tb steer the Old
Ship of State for various reasons.
He possesses the brain, conscious
ness, heart, and is a good mixer. He
IF an all 'round character, a fellow
well met, and a" typical dead-game
spoit."
Boy Sucked 40 Feet
Through 10-Inch Pipe
Raleigh, AUR. 13. —After being suck
ed 40 feSt through the 10-inch sluice
pipe which drains Pullfcn Park swim
ming pool, 13-year-old Carl Lucas, of
115 1-2 North McDowell Street, today
lives to tell the tale. His injuries, ac
cording to report from Kex Hospital,
are not very serious.
The accident happened yesterday af
ternoon when Howard Howell, son of
l'ark Superintendent \V. A. Howell,
went to drain the pool. He first
warned the few swimmers present not
to KO in again, according to his father,
and then went-to the valve of the sluice
pipe, which is at the far end Of the pipe
where it drains into a creek, and turned
the water out.
After the valve was open the Lucas
tioy jumped in, feet first, at the deep
end of the pool near the outlet.
Caught by the great suction, he did
not come up. Young Howell rushed to
the outer end of the pipe, 40 feet from
the pool, to turn off the ater. When
he got there he found Carl's feet stick
ing out -of the pipe, his body jammed
in the outlet. He pulled him out and
a doctor was called.
"I don't see how it's possible for
hint to get through that pipe and live,
but he's done it,"'said Mr. Howell
last night. " ■
Messrs, John Davenport, Paul
Salsbury, of Hamilton, were business
visitors here yesterday.
GIVE WARNING -
OF RIVER RISE
Between 40 and 45 Feet of
Water Is Expected At
Weldon
A flood warning has been sent down
from points along the Roanoke River,
stating that the water would reach a
flood level today or tomorrow. Recent
rains in Virginia arotmd Roanoke have
been very heavy and between 40 and
45 feet of water is expected at Weldon,
which means that at this point there
will be a rise of from four to six feet.
• An overflow of 14 feet is expected
further uj>-the river, but unless addi
tional rain falls the water will no more
than get over the banks here. Bridges
and trestles will not lie in danger, it
was stated in the warning, but crops
along certain parts of the river will
be under water and probably ruined
hi fore a drop takes place. «
The great rush of atwer to the Ro
anoke comes from the rainfall, rang
ing from 3 to 8 inches over the Ro
nuoke's watershed which fell during
the latter part of last week.
While other rivers in eastern Caro
lina are expected, to rise, no flood wa
ters are expected except in the Roan
oke.
Last Sunday the rain seems to be
over in the Virginia sections, and the
t mperature, which had been generally
lower during the heavy rains, began
climbing back to the 90's.
STORM DOES
MUCH DAMAGE
Heavy Wihd Saturday Puts
Town in Darkness for
Short Time
A heavy wind storm here shortly
after dark Saturday put the town in
di.rktiess when trees were blown across
lit/lit lines, eausing short circuits in
the town's electrical system. For sev
eral hours workmen were busy clear
ing the trees from the lines, but
throughout the greater part of the
night the light service was hampered
by broken wires. Several homes were
without lights, but electricians repaired
the damage Sunday and that night
service was back to normal.
The storm here was not accompanied
by rain or lightning, but the wind was
high for almost an hour.
In South Carolina a part of the same
storm that visited this section caused
da mage estimated at half a • million
dollar*, —Cotton mill* were flooded,
and $200,000 damage was reported near
Spartanburg, S. C. Besides the heavy
damage in that city, several homes and
other buildings were- destroyed at
llatcsburg, S. Newberry, S. C., and
near 'Greenville, in Pitt County, of
thib State. Besides the heavy damage
to buildings and machinery farmers
in the storm area and in lowlands a
long Hooded creeks lost heavily in
damaged crops.
A press report describing the ef
fects of the storm in Greene Cofmty
reads:
Kinstall, Aug. 12.—Many freakish in
cidents occurred duriiiK the storm
which swept this part of the State yes
terday. Reports from points Lin
Greene, Pitt, and Lenoir counties i#
day told of trees being hurled tluouglr
houses, people being carried bodily
throuKh the air and vehicles being
turned upside down by the Kale, which
had all the earmarks of a western cy
clone.
In Greene County a negro boy was
hurled through a window of a house
300 feet across a field. This was
vouched for by the sheriff of Gre.ene,
E.. A. Raspberry.
At an upper Lenoir point watchers
at a tobacco barn saw the barn swept
aWay before their eyes while the shed
before the barn, under which they
were sitting, was not even shaken.
Tl/e edge of the howler struck the
building, but missed the shed.
A pine tree 300 yards from a cur
ing barn whiqh had been demolished
had the appearance of a tree bearing
a heavy harvest of tobacco. The cured
leaves from the barn hung from every
branch. The spectacle was remarkable
according to county persons
who saw it.
Federal Agents Bag Still
Near Vanceboro Friday
Federal Agent C. F. Alexander
and- deputies bagged a hundred and
fifty gallon still near Vanceboro last
Friday, but the operators had closed
down the night before and no cap
tures were made. In addition to the
still there were twenty-three vats,
eight barrels, six buckets, three jugs,
a hoe, a pitchfork, one ten-gallon
keg, two pair of rubber boots, a
siphon hose and 4,200 gallons of
beer, t
Saturday, the officers made a raid
In Poplar Point, this county, and
captured a 20-gallon still— There was
very little equipment at the plant
Yesterday the officers hunted along
the Beaufort-Martin county line and
found two stills. Both were cold with
little material on hand.
Advertise™ Will Find Oar Col.
utana a Latchkey to Over 1,600
Homes of Martin County
ESTABLISHED 1893
BOARDS SOON TO
STUDY REPORTS
OF COMMITTEE
Board of Education Will
Meet Friday; Commis
sioners Monday
ALSO FIX TAX RATE
Board Members Refuse To Express
Opinion, Although Some Recom
mendations Bring Smiles
1 be board of county commissioners
will meet in a special session here next
Monday when they will review the rec
ommendations made by a specialer>tn
inittee appointed to investigate the
county „ budgets.—Keports of
mittee have been mailed to the com
iwlsstoiicrs, and next Monday the\ uill
approve or disapprove of the sugges
tions advanced in .the committee report
and probably determine the tax rate
lor the county for tlu- fiscal year,
The board of education will meet
Friday »f this week, it was unofficially
announced here yesterday. The edu
cntionals,b>dy is faced with sugges
tions similar to those offered the com
missioners and tpade by the same in
vestigating committee last week.
ThejSJrecomtnendatioivs have been
discussed from every kuown .angle
since their puWication last week. It
is agreed, as Sbesf as it could be de
termined, that some of the suggestions
air good while .others are not in keep
ing with the law and with the princi
ples of good government. "
Several of the commissioners when
asked yesterday what they thought of
the recommendations stated that they
had not studied them very closely.'and
that it would be Monday before they
would be a position to express an
opinion relative to the merits or fwin
nierits of the recommendations. When
asked what they thought about the
saving to be effected by the method
ai'vanced for handling prisoners prior
to trial, two- of the commissioners
smiled, but offered no comment.
There might be a few changes made
in the school budget, but according to
the expressions of numbers of people,
hi te and in other - tuwii» oi the vouu
tv, the budget is likely to remain prac
tically untouched. However, certain
,of the suggestions will be followed, 110
doubt, but they will not affect the
budget materially. School officials
would make, no public statements re
garding the suggestions, and it will
be Friday, the time of the meeting,
before the outcome of the recommciH
di.tions can be known.
SPECIAL MEET
OF TOWN BOARD
To Run Water Line to Stan
dard Fertilizer Co.
Plant
In a special meeting of the town
commissioners here last hight, . tbe
construction of a water line to the
plant of the Standard Fertilizer
Company on Roanoke river was or
dered. The new line will connect with
the town's present system at the
feot of the river hill.
Appearing before the board, Mr.
LC. D. Carstarphen, agent for the
Norfolk, Baltimore and Carolina
lloat Line, stated that additionul
warehousing equipment was needed
at the river and repairs to several of
the. old buildings were necessary. Mr.
Cnrstarphen stated that if the town
would repair the old buildings, his
company would construct a new
warehouse. According to the agree
ment, once the present company
withdraws from the line, the new
warehouse automatically becorjieij the
property of town and county. The
repairs will cost approximately $200.,
it was stated. »
DANIELS' ADVICE
ASKED BY SMITH
Raleigh Editor Will Confer
With Nominee at Albany
Tomorrow
Raleigh, Aug. 14.—At the request
oi Governor A. E. Smith, Josephus
Daniels Secretary of the Navy from
1913 to 1921, left last night for a
conference at Albany tomorrow.
Governor Smith, who ,will hold a
similar conference with Senator Car
ter Glass of Virginia today, wrote
Mr. Daniels he desired to obtain the
benefit of his advice and counsel. M r..
Daniels and Senator Glass were two
of the leaders of the dry forces in
the Houston Convention.
Mr. Daniels will be the guest of
Governor Smith at the Executive
Mansion at Albany tomorrow night.
Today he will confer in New York
City with Franklin D. Roosevelt and
other Democratic leader*. Mr.
velt, who was associated with Mr.
Daniels in the Wilson administration
as Assistant Secretary of the Navy,
was Governor Smith's floor leader at
Houston and placed him in nomina
tion before the convention.