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* THE WEATHER * * Partly cloudy tonight. * * Sunday shotcers and * * thunderstorms. Moder- * * ate southwest uinds. * ********* VOL. XIV. FINAL EDITION. ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA. SATURDAY EVENING, JUNE 28, 1924. EIGHT PACKS. NO 134~ Nobody Knows What This Convention Is Going To Do The MoAdoo-Smilh Struggle for Supremacy <"??iishuie> I n-' abated \\ :!s l.itt!?? Indication of \\ !ial Direction I lie Tick' Will Turn When the Deadlock U Broken lSy DAVID LAWRKNCE (Copyright. 1924. B? Til* Madison Square Garden, New York, June 28.?Nobody? literally nobody?knows the outcome of the Presidential cofitest ? at the Democratic National Convention, not even the managers themselves, though they all whistle cheerfully to keep up their courage. The fight between McAdoo and Smith has developed such bitterness that it begins to ap pear doubtful whether either can be nominated. The Smith delegates are Intensive ly opposed to McAdoo because no many of his delegates are accused of Klan sympathy. Many of the Smith deieuat" s art Catholic and re sent any tolerance of the Klan as autl-Cathollc. The McAdoo delegates are for the most part dry and proclaim their unalterable determination never to vote for a '?wet/' by which term they classify Smith. No candidate In rece*it political history has ever been nominated without a strong second choice strength In the camp of his oppo nents. McAdoo haH no reserve of sufficient numbers in the Smith ranks and while the New York gov ernor has many adherents in the Mc Adoo delegations which were in structed for the former Secretary of the Treasury but at heart never were for him, the Smith following is not big enough to make up the two thirds. Smith will gain several ?delegates from the states which have favorite sons just as soon as it ap pears that the latter cannot win. Ohio, for Instance, will vote for James M. Cox for a number of bal lots and If he doesn't gain strength about 30 of the 48 Ohio ballots will go for Smith. The Iowa delegation is held by McAdoo by a hair. Tl\e unit rule prevails there. The Mc Adoo men have about 12 of the 26 totes assured but there are others Who were instructed for McAdoo and who will help the delegation go to McAdoo for the first few ballots, re serving to themselves the right to determine when they shall desert the former Secretary of the Treasury. This means they lean to Smith or a dark horse and away from McAdoo and unless the latter develops great strength In the first ten ballots and continues to gain or rather doesn't lose, the Iowa vote will start on Its adventure with some other candi date. There are a few votes In North Dakota which may be cast for Smith. The strategy of the Smith managers will be to pile up these gains slowly and[give the effect of a stampede In thtf^nope that wild en thusiasm will carry doubtful delega tions on to the Smith band wagon. The evidence thus far does not In dicate that Smith has yet made cer tain of two-thirds or anywhere near It. His high water mark may reach 450 but any strength beyond that Is uncertain. If he could get to 600 he would have a splendid chance to win. But the thing that will defeat1 Smith, If Indeed It doesn't at the same time defeat McAdoo. Is the un usual "favorite son" vote in this con vention. The "dark horses" control many delegations and they will not swing to the two leaders In a dead lock but will aid and abet the dead lock In the hope of a swing In their direction. Seated on the speaker's platform today was A. Mitchell Palmer who reminded this correspondent ol something that happened at Daltl more in 1912 and which may hap pen here. In that convention. Mr. Palmer was floor manager for Wood-, row Wilson and therefore he speaks with authority on the inner strategy of that historic meeting. "While Clark and Wilson were op posed to each other," he said, "they were not so violently opposed as to prevent Clark delegates from going to Wilson. In fact, we had many second choice delegates In the Clark states. These men ultimately came to in." Whtl Mr. Palmer ??? true at San Franclaco In 1?20. Cox had 1?M than ISO votea at the (tart of that .convention. but hla managera had obtained many aecond choice pledg ee. Aa a consequence, when It be came apparent that neither Palmer nnr McAdoo could win, the McAdoo delegate* did not deaert but the Palmer men turned to Cox. Thua 191S and 1*10 went to the candidate with the greaieat aecond choice atrength. If hlatonr repeata Itaelf the aame proceaa will develop here. Tha Mc Adoo men will never go to Smith. The Smith men will nev er go to McAdoo The aecond choice of the Smith group la Underwood, but the McAdoo men are not likely to awing to the Alabaman. Never theleaa thla correspondent believe* Underwood haa an outatde chance. TV aecond choice of many dela gatea haa been Senator Ralaton of fndlftna but the publication of a atory here May that the Klan haa all to McAdoo that might have II May net be true BROTHERHOODS DENY WILL SUPPORT McADOO Cleveland. Juno 28.?Executives of the transportation brotherhood* today issued a formal denial of re ports from New York that the rail road brotherhoods were to support William Gibbs McAdoo. SO DKADLY WEAPON IN LONCi ASSAl'LT < ASIC No deadly weapon was used in the assault by Wiley Long on Julius Jennings, Jr.. which occurred pa the Weeksville road near Ep worth Church Thursday morning. accord ing to the evidence in the case when it was heard in the recorder's court Saturday. Long. however, admits that he administered a severe beat ing to young Jehnings as the latter was on his way home from a trip to Elizabeth City, giving as his excuse that Jennings tried to run over him when driving into town. The court, however, could not find evidence to convict Jennings of anything, but fined Long $10 and costs. Junius Gallop and Willis Stalling, colored, were fined $5 and costs for larceny of 10 gallons of gasoline from the Arm of C. Wf. Lacy, con struction engineers in charge of dredging and road work In Newland drainage district number 1. Qt.her defendants were Draxton Barber, George Sawyer, Charlie Jen nings. and J. E. Palmer, all guilty of minor Infractions of the traffic laws or ordinances, all of whom were let off with the costs. One defendant, charged with op erating his automobile with "no rear linht" protested that he had a light; but admitted, when questioned by; the court, that the light was not working when he was arrested. STREET CAR TYPE REO PROVING VERY FOPVLAK Detroit. June 28.? (Special)?The Reo Motor Car Company is behind in deliveries with Its new street car type of motor bus which has proved popular. About 50 chassis now are in the yards awaiting bodies. Two com plete fleets of 25 bused each have been ordered in the last week. Even tually the Reo Company plans to make a complete department of its bus business. but those things hurt In a conven tion struggle. The two motit likely compromlnf candidates because of their second choice strength are Newton D. Bak er of Ohio and John W. Davis of West Virginia. Mr. Baker's speech es have made him an outstanding figure here. He satisfies the McAdoo men because he Is a dry and because he is an ardent Wilson man. He comes from Ohio, which Is a pivotal slate In an election. He denounced the klan here and thereby won friends in the New York and Illi nois delegation*. Tom Taggart of Indiana is friendly to him. His han dicap Is that the Ohio delegation i~ not backing him. Ohio must vot? for Cox until his chances dwindle and then the delegation will split seversl ways. Newton Ilaker's op portunity would come only after Da vis and others have been tried out and failed. The Davis boom Is growing more rapidly than any other here. The nominating speeches for him were excellent. He Is not an active randl date himself and he has no organ ization. Friends from his home town. Clarksburg. West Virginia, have placed him In nomination. They have played a cautious and skillful game piling up second choice pledg es. They have no managers but expect to get some when certain statea swing toward them. They ex pect to Inherit votes from both the Smith and McAdoo camps. Jttflt now John W. Davis has more second choice strength than any other man In the convention. And that's why?assuming that neither McAdoo nor Smith can be nominated?he can be looked upon to emerge aa the beneficiary of both. But at thla writing nobody knowa that anything will hanpen. for the McAdoo lines are holding and so are the Smith lines. The delav on plat form meAns the real balloting will come Monday. The McAdoo men didn't want a Hundsy to Intervene after too many ballots had been taken aa that's what hurt Clark at Baltimore. He lost over Sunday when tk? deals were Balti more's laaaons are belag heeded here 'Bock," Himself, Wants Beer Remember the Bock beer slgnw?the on# with the ram's head' Well old Bock hinaself has butted lit on the Democratic Convention as a mason' of the beer and llaht wine brigade Bock la here shown trying to get ? one" from Dick O'Brien, his owner WOMAN IS KILLED IN LEARNING DRIVE PLANE Akron. O.. Junp 28.?A woman driving a plant* taking a b-sson. and her instructor, were killed here yes terday when the plane dropped 1,000 feet. COTTON MARKUT New York, June 28.?Spot cotton closed today with a 20 point decline. Middling 30.05. Futures, closing bids: July 29.03, October 24.95. December 24.26, January 24150, March 24.20. ARKANSAS RATIFIES CHILD LABOR LAW Little Rocks. June 28.?Arkansas became the flrnt state to ratify the proposed CKJ|(I labor amendment to the Federal constitution today when i the Senate approved the measure. The House voted to ratify the amendment yesterday. SKiAlt MAd.N'ATK l>KAI> San Francisco, June 28.?Adolph SpreckleH, nationally known sugar magnate and manufacturer, died at his home here today. There's Nothing Canned About Democratic Affair (Convention Han Bern Wide Open With the Barn Down unci Some of Motit Remarkable Sight* Ever Encountered at National Political Gathering Have Been Witiicimed By ROBKRT T. HMAI.l, 19X4. >r Th? Alnml New York, June 28.?Those whoj criticized the canned qualities of the Republican Convention at Cleveland certainly can have no complaint about thin Democratic affair In Mad ison Square Garden. This conven tion la wide open. Or has been. There was some attempt at a tight ening of the linen Friday, but during the successive and almost contlnu oua AI Smith demonstrations of Tl'urrdr". the barn apparently wen down and nome of the moat remark-' ?H? al-.hta ever encountered In a national political gathering were j witnessed. The fear of the McAdoo support-, era that the awarding of the con vention to New York City would re sult In an effort to stampede or over-j awe the delegates proved to have. ??. ? n Well founded. The parsons who had a right to be In the convention hall were all; but trampled under foot. The In-J vaslon from the oulelde was limit*) ed only to the capacity of the gar-( den to house a tightly pressed mov ing human maaa. Delegates were compelled to aland upon their chalra In order to be seen. There waa amall chance for them to be heard. Senator Walah, of Montana, vigor- _ oua proaecutor that he Ib, proved to be a long Buffering permanent chair man. For the greater part of thei time he viewed the tumult In what! seemed to be helples* amatement. It j waa evident to all that the police and the doorkeepers of lie convention. had violated all their pledges and in-' structlona and had tfrcned the hall ] to the Smith demnnetmnta. Including' three big braas bands and half a hundred banner carriers. So It waa small wonder that \^r. Walsh In a mild voice said It waa evident ''many persona" who had no right to be there had been admitted to the hall, had clogged the atales not only past all poaalbllity of orderly business but in violation of all Are rules to an extent that placed In jeopardy every man *nd woman In tfce building. Patience exhausted at laat, toward the close of a six Mi a half hour session. Chairman Walsh aald If the dt?fder did not ceaa* he wovld "en tertala" a motion to move (ho ?on ventlon away from New York. Thin stern rebuke Deemed to bring tome of the "outsiders" to their senses and there wan comparative culm fur 'a time. | During this lull the writer looked on at what was to him the most amazing Incident Keen during twen ty years of convention reporting. Standing In a center aisle, In front iof the accredited delegated were two women. Kvldcntly they had been shopping, for their arms were almost filled with the usual bft|S and pack ages of the woman who has spent a couple of hours at the bargain coun ters. There they stood gossiping, ap parently oblivious to the supposedly historic scenes about them. They wore bo badge*; possessed no cre dentials. Appsrently they had been passing the garden and thought tlltf would drop In for s few minutes on the way home, as It were. It never occurred to them that they were helping to impede history. They were engrossed either In some neighbor hood scandals or else were discuss ing the bargains they had found that morning In the shops. These two women who "strolled" Into the gar den were the very bent evidence of the slipshod manner In which the convention has been handled. Dele gates, alternates and others having official business In the convention I are subjected to the closest scrutiny by the police as tbey approach the garden entrances. Rut the "gate crashers" appear to be welcome at ?II times. ? At no session of this convention I have the alslee on the floor been ! clear of spectators. The passsge I way In front of the platform gener i ally M banked five and alx deep. |There has been no thought of limit ling the tickets to the seating capac ity of the convention hall. Demo leratlc delegates are a long suffering lot. Their conventions always have Ian air of misman*(em*at abqut them. Thta La due, of course, to the tremandous preeeure to get In. Re publican coaveatioaa as a rule are . sassidiagly tame, alongside the Dens erratic allow a?4 therefore there la iao romperlaea between the preesnre for tic*eta of admission. Black Clouds Of Ku Klux HoverOverTheConvention With Ilopole? Division on Final I'lmik of I'lulform. I'arly U on \ iTjjc of Split. Wli.n S.iiairinan < !innniin<:* in Spr-crli \>k* for Mori' I iinr llfScUli* ^iiolimi FIVE DRAINAGE DISTRICTS NOW Bcginmiif; Made in Net*land K.xtcndiii^ All Over Town !>hip and Into IMl. Ili-riiion If I'riijfcls (><i Through. Proceedings .to establish not loss than throe drainage districts in Pas quotank County. Initiated an essen tial to road maintenance nre now tied up pending hearings before Clerk of Superior Court K. L. Saw yer. Two of these proceedings were ini tiated by the Pasquotank County Highway Commission, while the oth er was Initiated by the State High way Commission. Hearing on the petition to estab lish Pasquotank Drainage No. 5 em bracing lands in Newland township of Pasquotank County and Helvldere township of Perquimans, was set for Friday of this week, but on Friday the date of the hearing was set for ward to Saturday, August 9, in order to give time for the issuance alias summons for parties to the action who have not been properly brought into court. Pasquotank Drainage District No. 5 is one of the two districts which the County Highway Commis sion seeks to establish.' the ground being that the establishment of this district is necessary to the proper maintenance of the County road from Jackson 'tT~?prner. south west wanlly to the edfr *<&9 the Dismal Swamp and thenc?? to the Perquimans line, con tlnuaicn of which leads to Nicanor and thence to Project 177 of State Highway No. 321 leading from Win fall In Perquimans to Kyland in Cho wan. The road also intersects State Highway 34 on Project 133 In Pas quotank this aide of the Dismal Swamp, and Is tho road known as Hlnton's Turnpike along that seg ment of It which skirts the swamp. Embraced in this district are the lands in Newland and Helvldere townships bounded on the east by the Dismal Swamp and Parksville Drainage District, on the south by the water shed of White's Mill Pond, on the w<-8t by the Perquimans Riv er and the Dismal Swamp, and on the north by Tadmore or Pasquotank Drainage District No. 1. The hour set for this hearing Is 10: 30 a. m. The next hearing date for which has been fixed Is that Involving the establishment of Pasquotank Drain age District No. 4. This district Is in Newland township and its estab lishment Is sought by the Pasquotank Highway Commission on the ground that the drainage scheme proposed Is essential to the proper maintenance of the Tadmore road extending from the head of Tadmore to Newland Methodist Church. The establish-1 inent of this district would Involve | the deepening and widening of the big canal In Tadmore generally known as Shepard Ditch. District No. 4 as proposed Is bounded on the north by the Pasquo tank River and Dismal Swamp, on the west by the Dismal Swamp, on the south by Pasquotank Drainage District No. 1, and Includes all the' lands constituting the water shed of the Shepard Ditch and the Pasquo-' tank River from Its source to a point known as Fish Hole. The date of this hearing is Friday, morning, July 11, at 10 o'clock. Readers M this newspaper remem-j ber that the hearing In regard to the' establishment of Drainage District No. 2, in Mount Hermon township, set for Monday of this week, was at; that time deferred, and the date of this hearing has not yet been fixed. ? It Is the State Highway Commls*. slon which initiated the proceedings for the establishment of this district on the icrrtund that the dralnatce scheme proposed Is necessary for the proper maintenance of a State road' from Elizabeth City to Woodvllle. <11VK (KK)n (JOftCKItT The concert glren by the claaa of 12 children from the Odd Fellowaj Orphanage at Uoldaboro Friday ev ening In thp high achool auditorium waa on** of the beat program* of the kind ever preaented here arid waa1 pujoyed by a large crowd. The larg eat frpp-wlll offering taken on th?lr tour waa received here. The claaa haa 25 towna on Ita schedule for thla trip. They came here from Edcnton and left for Wancheae. <'AltTKR CJVjAMM FAVOR ITU AMOXO IIKHTCITY KIWANIAN'H Carter Glaaa waa the favorite among the Beatclty Klwanlana at a atraw Hrote taken at the h!-we?kly Klwanla dinner at the Routhern Ho tel Friday evening McAdoo ran aaeond and A1 Rmlth third. No nominee, howaver. even with all but two candidate* eliminated, waa aWa to poll a two-thlrda vol#. <E? Th? A>to?1alrd Prcn) ; N'tw York. Julie 2S.?ItV.nhridge .Colby of \??w York, 8ccrctary of {State iniclor Wood low Wilson. wa< j ill is afternoon selected lit sua ac the fight for the anti-Ku Klux Klan plank mi the floor i>f ill" D-'inocratlc ( olby was citwscn at a conference attended by Norman .Muck or New York. tJeorge 11 re man of Illln-ls. and | other Diinocratlc leaders ,vJio favor j coiideinnat ion of the Klan by name, i Mack announced after the confer | eiice that New York. Illinois. tiud j other deiegatIons favoring naming the Klan In the party plaAform had ] decided that a flat Ixnue mast bo rais<?d ln>fore the convention. It Is probable that the fight against such a plank will be con ducted on the floor by* William Jen | nlngs Bryan. Gen. Charles II. Cole, delegate at large from .MassaehtJ ' setts, was chosen to assist Colby In [ the convention. , Madison Square Garden. New J\ork. June 28.? Responding to the I appeals of party leaders to give more time for the platform commit tee to work on the Ku Klux Klan , plank, the Democratic National Con vention after a brief morning ses jslon recessed until three o'clock this afternoon, daylight saving time, seemingly hopelessly divided on the Issue of whether the Ku Klux Klan is to be-named specifically and sur rounded by war clouds loaded with j threats of a party split. The convention managers sent Homer Cummlngs. chairman of the Platform committee, to the bat to j explain to the convention why the j platform was being delayed and to j plead for more time. I Tired and worn by continuous ! loss of sleep since Tuesday. Cum mings gave as dramatic a recital as over has been heard in a national convention, explaining the delibera tions of the committee and Its in ability to reach an agreement. He told amid a dramatic alienee how. after an all night session, the committeemen had gathered a round their table in the breaking dawa of day and recited in unison the Lord's prayer, after which William Jen jnlngs Bryan had raised his voice and spoken for divine guidance. I The clouds of the Ku Klux Klan ? hung so heavily over the convention |that the platform committee after ; its all night session could see no i ray of light. In Its last effort to prevent an op en rupture on the rtoor of the con vention over the Issue the committee I authorised William Jennings Bryan .to select as many members as he 1 might deem necessary to enlist the aid of party leaders and various candidates for Presidential nomina tion to remove what was regarded as a serious threat of a split In the party. Moreover, members of the com m It tee under Instructions from their j delegations to support a plank spe cifically naming the Klnn volun teered to confer with their col leagues and urge that there be a reconsideration of the question. New York. June 28.?The con vention convened this morning at 8:30 Kastern time to consider a plat form. with two bitter planks to be decided, the Ku Klux Klan and the league of Nations. The committee worked until early thin morning In the effort to get to gether so me plank of the Klan but fixed up one on the League which provided for international peace without special mention of the League. Newton I). Maker will take the fight to the floor for a clear cut declaration on the League and the outcome of the Klan fight Is uncer tain. Leaders of many candidates worked at conferences most of the night trying to fix up a Klan plank. The following candidates have been nominated: Senator Underwood of Alabama. Senator Joseph T. Robinson of Arkansas. William G. McAdoo of California. Governor W. K Sweet of Colorado. Wllllard Saulsbury of Delaware. Former Secretary Houston of Illl noli. . * Governor A1 Smith of New York. Senator Samuel M. Ralston of In diana. Governor Jonathan Davis of Kan sas. Governor Ritchie of Maryland. Senator Ferris of Michigan. James M. Co* of Ohio. Charles W. Bryan of Nebraska. Fred H. Brown of New Hamp shire. George S. Sllzer of New Jersey. Carter Olsss of Virginia. John W. Davit of West Virginia. WINS RIGHT INSPECT BOOKS AND RECORDS CMIrsgo, June it.?Th<- Depart in nnt of Agriculture won Its eoglnt foe Ihr right to Inspect tha book* and records of packing companlaa today when Federal Judge Cliffs Is anad a vrlt of mandamus directing that all atich rooorda be opened to tki department Inapeetors.
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