CIRCULATION TUESDAY
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VOL. XIV.
FINAL EDITION.
TUB W FATHER
Partly cloudy tonight and .
Thursday. l'oM.<?ibly xhowora on |
th?? coast. tieutle wlnda.
ELIZABETH CITjf, NORTH CAROLINA,* WEDNESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 13, 1924.
FOUR PAGES. NO. 192.
Davis W on His First Case
As Party Standard Bearer j
(jiptivatoil All Factions and Leaders in Speech of Ac
iTpliincr Delivered in l)nwii|Hiur of |{ain
? al ( 'lark>l>urp- M<uiday Night
It} DAVID LAW HENCE
, . / ( r??TrlfM. 1124, Br Tk? kMmi
?"larksburit, \V. Va? Auk. 12 John W. Davis has won j
Ji first case as Presidential nominee ? he has completely |
captivated all factions and leaders of the Democratic Dartv.
Not even Woodrow Wilson
with his first acceptance
speech in 1912 stirred up the
enthusiasm and emotions of
the practical politicians as
did Davis last night as he
stood in a pouring rain and
laid the foundations of the
greatest case of his career as
an advocate.
U?' will appeal to the Ameri
can Jury from now on, as ho lilni
nelf expresses It. from early morn*
I ii k to late at night and "it will
be no kid glove contest."
Tammany Hall had wanted Al
Smith, gputhern and Western
Democrat* had foughl valliantly
to womtmUM McAdou but tlm enn
gratulatlons which the nominee
received on hla apeech gave the
impression that thc-re never had
been a contest ? all were a unit
Hii acclaiming the new standard
bearer as having made good at'
the outset with them.
Thla correspondent mingled af
terwards with the Tammany
chieftains and with the leaders
from the West and other sections
of the country. What they said
in private was an amazing tribute
lo the nominee. Their applaus?*
VAfl not given for "harmony"
reasons -they talk and aet as if
they believed Davis the greatest
Democrat since Woodrow Wilson
and some have gone so far at? to
say he makes a better speech and
a better argument.
Tammany noted the denuncia
tion of the Ku KIux Klau and
even though the name of the or
ganization was not specifically
mentioned at this time ? though
It will lw* In later speeches ? the
pledge of the candidate that he
j.wlll apply no religious test If
elected President of the United
States wan received with signifi
cant applause for thla Is a chal
lenge to the Ku KIux Klan on
one of Its cardinal principles.
The scene at the notification
ceremony was unlike any cere
mony of Its kind that has hith
erto occurred. The candidate's
neighbors and townsfolk turned
out to cheer him and a conserva
tive estimate of the size of the
crowd would be about 25.000.
Hut with the radio broadcasting
the speech everywhere It was no
serious Injury to the ceremony
that It began to rain bucketaful.
The nominee never altered the In
flection of his voice or hurried his
delivery. He knew he wns speak
ing to a larger audience of mil
lions which were not fidgeting
uncomfortably In the rain.
All the crowd heard Senator
Thomas Walsh's speech but It
rained Just as Mr. Davis began.
It Is an Interesting coincidence
that In 1912 after an unbroken,
string of fair days, Woodrow Wil
non encountered his first rain
storm of the campaign In Clarks
burg and spoke Just the same to
the assembled West Virginians.
Thousands were drenched to
the skin but they stood by and
cheered enthuslsstlcally. They are
fond of John Davis here. The
people of Marlon, Ohio, who used
to pour forth their feeling to
Warren Harding gave no more In
tensely of their affection than do
the people of Clarksburg to Da
?in.
Speeches of notification are Im
portant. of course, an Interpreta
tlonn of tho national platforma
and an tho opening sun In tho
ranipaiKii.but they are of greater
Important to tha party workers.
The leaders really want to sae
how a candidate will handle him
self OH tin- stump. They want to
he Innplred to go back home and
flgfrt for their nominee. Tha
choice of the convention la not al
ways woll known to the rank and
file. John Davl* entera the Dem
ocratic llata almost an unknown tJ
tho loaders as waa Woodrow Wil
son In 1112. Their eyes are
turned critically toward the nom
ine* ? they want to aee how he
will measure up In a fight. The
I), mocrats who came to Clarks
bttrg wont away singing tho prais
es of their nomlnoo -they are
wondering even now how by nccl
di Dfl t ti <?>- happaned to pick no
brilliant a speaker, so cogent an
ndvocato. Thus the first ease with
in the Democratic party Is a vic
tory for the Davis personality and
Intellect. From now on. with a
united party behind him. there
will i?e a real fight effort made by
the Democrats along the llnea laid
down by the candidate In his no
tification speech.
cknkral hines to
SUCCEED PERSHING
Washington, Aug. 19 ? General
Frank T. Hlnea will succeed Gen
eral Pershing next month when
1'ershing retires on account of
age.
TARE OUT CLAUSE
ON REFERENDUM
; Senate <!oinmittee Orders!
Favora!>lc? K?*|>ort (in Port
( loin mission Bill After
Klim illation Section 13.
Ilaleigh, Aug. 13. ? With the
port commission bill und the I
1 cast and west railroad resolution
made a Joint special order of
business for tomorrow morning,
notice was formally given today
that the effort would be made
to restore to the bill the referen j
diini diliia H<rirki?n nut hv the!
water commerce committed yes- 1
terday. 1
Senator Giles offered the
1 amendment to restore the refer
"endum clause to the bill.
A bill wan Introduced Irt "the
i House providing for increase in
salaries of legislators. It was
proposed to pay members a sal
ary of $6a0 for a regular session
ami $200 for a special session.
A bill to increase the salary of
i the highway commissioner passed
the Senate and was sent to tho
House. ......
Raleigh, Aug. 3 3. ? The Senate
; water commerce committee late
yesterday ordered a favorable re
port on the port commission bill
carrying $1,500,000 worth ?f
jtbonds for building a port Icrm
; Inal and acquisition of a State
Ship line.
The committee by a vote of 8
' to 7 prior to ordering a favorable
j report eliminated from the bill
Section 13, which provided for
reference of the tne*aure to a vote i
of the people at the November
election. I
The minority Senators gave no- !
tlce that If necessary they would
file a minority report.
The vote of the committee was I
taken in executive session after n |
hearing at which only persons fa
vorable to the measure were
heard.
Senator Williams of Pasquo
tank, who is leuding the opposi
tion in the Senate, announced
that no opposition would be pre
sented before tho committee In
the public hearing and stated prl
Much Excitement as "Bears" and "Bulls" Meet
. i ? ? ^i;v.
Soaring "grain price? have muted great activity In the wheat pit of the Chicago llonrd of Trade. The picture
taken at the height of theday'a (ruin trading. *ho\vs the pit paeked to ca|>aclty. The uprulaed hands are th
bidding iticnals of the ooenillv???
V. I>. <W>i?8KY l>E.\l>
F*. D. Croppy, age 37, died a;
tne liomo or run parents, mj\ anu
.Mr*. W. II. Cropsey on Southern
Avenue Tuesday night at 1 2 : 4 r>
o'clock after a lingering illness.
parents, by on* brother, A-. D. 1
CropMy of this city, *nd by four!
sisters, Mm. L. M. Chapman, Mrs J
W. C. Brooks, and Mrs. L. K. '
Ren f row of Norfolk and Mrs. I.
E. llartron. Ill lluntf-r street this,
city. Tho funeral will bo con i
ducted at the home Wednesday
afternoon at five- o'clock pnd the1
body will be taken to Norfolk
Thursday for burial In River
side Cemetery of that city.
JAPANESE TOWNS
SHAKEN BY yUAKE
<Br Hi? A?aorlalr<) l'rrn. I
Tokio, Aug. 13 ? An earthquake
which shook western Hondo and
?Skloku this morning forced resi
dents to flee from IK; homes in
several towns.
vately that he would conduct his '
fight on the measure from the |
floor of the Senate.
The vote on amending the port
commission bill to strike out the ?
referendum section was as fol- !
Iowa:
Yes: Harris. Ruark,' W. C.
Hi'ath, Delany Boyette, Bellamy,
Johnson of Hyde. und Boggett.
No! Armfleld. Hargett. firan
dy, Ray, Hams, Ilarrluon, and Ev
erett.
For Fifty Six Years This
Country Doctor Served
Dr. Williuiri Hardy Hurdi?ou of Onwrll Haa Fount!
Ilifi Krward in life of Srrvirc and at Agr of 70
Is the Beloved Physician of Two Counties
II)' CI.VDK HITIMIBOS HAWVKIt
I'HStoi" South Norfolk lluiilUt Ctmrrh.
It was January 6th, and I wan
baking my foot In front of tho
ancestral hearth. Tho thermo- (
meter stood at ton above ? a re- ,
minder that although "Old Christ- |
mas" Is no longer observed In
Tyrrell County ? winter had not '
failed to bring the Christmas
weather. The gate rattled. The
man who haa been our family ;
physician for 20 years was mak
ing for the hospitable hearth. Th<
family made way for him to take j
a place In front of the open flro. I
The doctor had a far-away look
on his face. He was reminiscent. 1
For 66 years. In all kinds of w?a- 1
ther, William Hardy Hardison has,
responded to the call of the suf-1
forlng. At 79 years of age. on the |
coldest day of tho winter, he was
making his rounds; humming a
snatch of song while his mind
grappled with the problems of his 1
profession.
As I sat looking at him, I rnuld
only wonderr'*What does a coun
try doctor know at 79?" When
one thinks of the things that he
, has seen In this of change, he
becomes a character more Inter- 1
eating than the heroes of Action. '
; He has lived through two great
l wars and the Revolution of Med- >
leal Science. Ho haa had the ex :
perlenco of living in the greatest
century of discovery that the
I world has t>v6r known.
William Hardy Hardlaon Is but
little known outalde of two coun
ties In Eastern North Carolina, j
llut If the people of upper Tyr
rell and lower Washington eoun
[ tins Were called upon to name the
| man who haa beat served their.
' community In <he last half cen- ]
tury, the name of William Hardy
1 Hardlson would stand without a
rival. He Is the living Incarna-1
i tlon of all the virtues which have j
. been ascribed to the country doc- ,
tor. Born to the profeaalon, ha
I has ennobled It. i
Doctor Hardy Hardlson of
Washington County married Miss
Marlah Boyle ? to this union a
son, William Hardy, was born,
March 1, 1845. William atteod
cd a private school near Saint Da
vid's Episcopal Church until he
wan IB years of age. He was a
Htudent at the t'nlverslty of North
Carolina during the first year of i
tho War MWMB the States.
The second year of the war ht ,
loft the university and entered the 1
Confederate Army. Ho served as1
a sergeant major In Daniel's Url- |
gade, thirty-second North Caro
lina Regiment. He was In the j
battles of Gettysburg, Peters- j
burg, tho Wilderness, and Appo- 1
mattox.
After Lee's surrender he re-!
turned home and was for a short '
time engaged in the mercantile !
business, nut the following year |
ho entered the Medical School of \
the Vnlverslty of Maryland, from j
which he graduated In 188ft. He- ?
turning to his old home h?? began ,
the practice of medicine. When j
he wns 36 years of age he mar
ried Miss Harriet Nixon of Per- !
uqlmans County. Five children
were born to this union, of whom j
only one. Mr*. Myra Hardlnon
reel?, has lived to comfort him In I
his nge.
Doctor Hardlson is living at
Cresweli. within two miles of his
birthplace, and is now entering
his fifty-seventh year as a coun- |
try physician. He Is a living wit- 1
ne*? to the truth. "Whosoever J
would be flrnt among you, shall
h<- servant of nil." He han MTif
rofused his services to any person j
(n pain. Silver and gold he has
acquired bnt little, yet he is rich.
Such s life Should be an Insplra- 1
tlon to all who serve humanity.
The Spirit of the Great T'hxatclan
working through Hardlson has
made him the "beloved physician"
of two counties.
All Set For Intensive
Drive For Boys' Band
Fifly Solicitors Will Caiivux City for Funds Thursday
and ihr People are Asked to Give Them Friend
ly Hearing on New Community Feature
Hoys" Hand enthusiasts are all
net for an Intenalvc ilrlvo for $1.-1
500. which Is the budget of tht*
band for tho flrat year.
Tho following bollrltora will |
mpot at tho Chamber of Cora- j
morcc bulldlnK at 9 o'clock |
Thursday morning and the people'
of Ellnabeth City arc asked to
i;ive these workers a friendly
hearing when they call: [
O. It. Little. Waller Ryan. J. .
E. Illades, W. n. Zimmerman, A.;
II. Houtz, J. G. Gregory, M. C. !
JoneH, J. C. flawy/?r, J. H. LeRoy, '
Sr.. H. S. Toxey, Y. G. Sawyer, J.
O. Megga, Dr. Z. Fearing. S. B.
Parker, N. Howard Smith, H. C.
Foreman. Geo. Ileveridgo, J. N. '
Whitehurat. C. W. Galther. O. P.
Gilbert, J. n. Flora, Duxton I
White, C. A. Gregory, W. II. Gal- 1
ther. W. W. Wood ley. Jr.. J. H.
I<eigh. Dr. W. W. Sawyer, C. R. I
Pugh. W. W. Wood ley. Sr., M. G.
Morrisette. M. L. Clark. M. H.
Dennis, W. P. Skinner, MaraUiall |
Jones. J. E. Weatherly. P. G. 4a- 1
cocka. G. F. SeyfTert. J. L. Welln.
Alfin Haley. W. C. Sawyer. M. C.
Love,. Guirkln Cook. D. E. Wil
liainn, M. L. Sheep. G. W. Falls,
E. F. Spencer, C. V. Mallard. C.
L. Halatead. J. T. Stalling*. Vic
tor Mnekinn, Rfv. Daniel Lane.
J. K. Wilson, P. V. Scott. Dr. M.
S. Itulln . It. T. Ventcra, It. M. !
Cotter, W. lien Goodwin. K. T. !
Iturg??s, E. P. Aydlett and N. W. i
Dally.
A list of contributions and con- 1
trihutora will bw published In The
Advance. In addition to this, of
fielal receipts will be sent to all ;
contributors.
PATHOLOGISTS SAY
MURDRREKS SANK
IB* Th? twriiud Fml
Chicago. Aug. IS. ? The prose-!
cuth>n placed Its first two men
tal pathologists on tho stand in
tho Franks' hearing today and j
both testified that Richard Locb
and (Nathan Leopold, Jr., were i
sane when they kidnapped and |
killed Robert Pranks.
Dr. Hugh Patrick and Dr. Arch
ibald Church of Chloago testified j
that their examinations of the de
fendants led them to believe tbst '
neither youth was suffering from j
the "mental IHneas" set up by <
tho defenso as Its plea for Im
prisonment rather than death for '
the kidnappers and murderers.
They also testified In reply to I
long hypothetical questions In j
eluding all points brought out In
behalf of tho defendants that, men !
of such personality end character ;
would be sane.
The state sought a writ of at-;
lachment from Judge Caver ly to ,
have Miss Marlon Doctor, friend
of Leopold, brought Into court'
after she had Ignored a subpoena.
HAVE TAKEN (IMIIOK
OP DETENTION HOME
Mr. and Mrs. Fred A. Jones ar- J
rived Tuesday from Norfolk to i
take chsrge of the I'siiquotank
County Detention Home. The final
tasks of making the home ready
for the children are being com
pleted.
NEW FICTION ARRIVES
FOH THR VACATIONIST
A shipment of new fiction ha*
arrival at Melkka and theae 1
books are being sold for 76 cents
which havd only recently been ?
selling for twice that price Va
canonists will find them worth
looking over with a view to tak- j
In* along several to add to the
enjoyment of their holiday
WORLD FLIERS AKE
AGAIN DISAPPOINTED
IBr TTi? AmwUtMl Tmut
Reykjevnlk, Iceland. Aug. 13.
? After plans had b??en complet
ed here today for the American
world fliers to hop off for Green
land tomorrow, weather permlt
Ing, a disquieting report from tho
naval flight commander, Bruce
I>al gh ton, on board tho cruiser
off the Greenland coast
<-aused a sudden change In sched
ule.
Rear Admiral Magruder at once
caHed a conference with the filers.
Reports received from Angmagna
11 afler reconnalH?ance from* the
Rtviefirh stated that the harbor wa^
too small and too nearly filled
with floating Ice to make It a
suitable or safe landing place and
that it would be Impracticable,
for the filers to hop off from ii
with a load.
It Is probable that a new land
ing place will be selected.
Reykjrfvnlk, Iceland. Aug. 13.
? The Army fliers will hop off
Thursday If weather permits.
DELEGATES EXPECT
TO DECIDE TODAY
(Br Hit AMorUirS PtmO
London, Aug. 1.1. ? The confer
ence held by French. Belgian and
German representatives In tho ef
fort to reach a settlement of tho
Ruhr evacuation problem ended
today without arriving at a solu
tion. Adjoarnlng until later In
the Afternoon In consequence of
the masting of the Council of
Fourteen at which It was hoped
announcement of settlement would
bo received, the conference was
called off to enable outside con
vematlons to be continued.
London, Aug. 13. ? German,
French and Belgian delegates de
bating the Dawes plan expect to
make their decision today con
cerning the withdrawal of Ruhr
occupational troops.
COTTON DROPS ON
REPORT OF RAIN
New York, Aug. II.? Nearly
all of yesterday's advance In the
cotton market waa wiped out to
day under Umj extensive liquida
tion due to reports of rain In the
Texas drought section*. October
contracts dropped to 17.11 which
represented a loss of about |6 a
bale.
BATn.ESHIP SENT
TO ALEXANDRIA
'?? TIm AwuriaUS pr*?)
London, Aug. II. ? In "connec
tion with the trouble in Sudan
the admiralty has ordered the bat
tleship Marlborough to Alexan
dria, the- light cruiser Weymouth
lo Forth Sodan where the ar
rived yesterday and the sloop
Clematis is on the way to the
lame port.
SEABOARD ACQUIRES
FLORIDA RAILROAD
Washington. ? A-ug. 13. ?? The
ffoa board Air Line today received
authority from the Interstate
Commerce Commission to acquire
eoatrol by lease and pn rcuas<? of
stork of the Florida Western and
Northern Railroad.
THE ri<;ht name
WORTH A DOLLAR
llojror tilrl SulimittliiK Bf'.l Nam*
for lMcnUoii Homo
tiets l*rl*e
What's In a liauic? Well, may-jj
be quite a lot. A name inakeit a '
difference lit the way one thinks!
about an Institution.
So It has been decided that the ,
nanif Dotontlon Home Isn't good i
enough for the really home-like <
place that Is being fitted up for
Pasquotank children who through
circumstances they have been too
young to remedy have found their
way to the Juvenile court, or for !
SO me oilier- reason have founl a i
shelter In the Detention Home. j
This Is the tendency of State
institutions. No one says the '
Home" for the Rencue of Ffftten j
Olrls any more. The place is1
called Samarcand. a name that j
sounds pleasant and is In keo|?-j
inn with the constructive work
that the institution is tryiim to '
do. No one says the Homo for i
the Feeble Minded. It's Caswell ]
Training School, or Just Caswell.
So with Jackson TrainlnK School. :
Even the Hospital for the Insane j
Is really named for that wonder- 1
ful woman. Dorothy Dix, who did
so much to aid mental suffering)
Hut the Paxquotank Detention
Home even more than these State
Institutions means to ret away
from the Idea of being a place of
punishment ami a house of cor
retllOh.
The Idea Is to make It a. real
home for the* children- who are
I placed there. There will be a
huou-Uke atmosphere "'about the
place. There will be home tanks
and home pleauureK and tlore
must be a name to fit.
Uuaides. the Pasquotank Deten
tion Home is too long- One gets
out of breath trying to say It. 1
Now, the boy or girl, who will
send In the moBt appropriate
name for the Detention Home will |
be given a prite of one dollar. Be- j
sides, they will he doing a fine j
| thing -for the committee aud for ;
I the children.
Nantes should bo tihort, pretty. I
and easy to say. They should be I
fitting. They may be mailed to
i Rev. 0. F. Hill any time this
week up to Saturday night aud
the decision will be announced u
I few days later In The Advance.
| The prize will also be awarded
promptly.
' SPANISH TROOPS
IN NEED OF HELP
MMrid. Aug. 13. ? The military
i directorate today Issued a com
muniquo saying that news from
Morocco was not satisfactory, that
| the enemy natives had aurround
(?(I another position In the line
and that the Spanish troops need
ed reinforcement.
Irish Question Can Still
Start Fight In New York
World May Think Kaiiionn dr Valcra Huh IWii Sent to
DUrurd lull Soap Box Orator* in Hi# City
lluvf I'oIIom iiif( Who'll Die for llini
Boy Wonder
Teenln expert* predict that Mow
ard Lonjrlle of Shuttle will I* on* of
the ?enantlon* of the comln* national
Junior championship at Forest hiiu
DISSENSION ABOUT
BIG RAILWAY MKKGEK
New York, Aug. 13. ? The first
nolo of dissension among railroad
Interests Involved In the proponed
billion and a half nickel plate
merger entered Into by Van Swer
ingen BrotherN of Cleveland han
been Bounded by minority of
stockholders of the tJlioaapeake
and Ohio.
Dissatisfaction with term* ncml
officially outlined for an exchange
of atock had led tha minority
group to consider the formation
of a protective commute but ac
tion In being withheld pending
submission of a formal offer.
Dr. and Mra. C. I). Williams
and children, Robert and Reunle,
returned Sunday night from
Ocean View after spending sever*
al weeks there.
No Sign Of Recession
In Dance And Jazz Mania
Limit Hun Apparently Bern Krarhrtl, llowrvrr, and
Now It Seem* to Im* Everyl?ody Dancing to Suit
Himself nnd the Devil Take the Hindmo?t
n BOBBnT TOMPKIXH
Sprlnglake, N. J., Aug. 13. ? A
tour of (he Eastern mi in me r re
Horl? has convinced careful ob
servers that there is (in ye 1 no
signs of a rec-snlon in the danoo
and jati mania which has held
the United States In Its grasp fvor
slnee (ha early days of our parti
cipation in the World War.
The dance era*? ? has perhaps
Its moat unique expression here
at Bprlnglake. where a wealthy
New York couple both CO yeara
of age or more carry profeaalonal !
dancing partner! with them wher
ever they go. The two aging do
voteoa of teralchore, It aeema.
cunnot dnnce Well together but aa
they stop out on the hall room |
floor with their two youthful coin-,
[?unions do Jasx Is too wild to |
leave them far behind Ita tantallt- j
ing strains. The menage appar- 1
ently la a very happy one. Both \
of the young people who are earn- ,
ing their livelihood by renting
their dancing abilities to the (Wo
oldera are hardly one half the age
of their employera. The four are
alwaya aeon together la public. I
They not only danee during (he j
regular ball room houra at (heir I
hotel, but hurry to the grill for'
the midnight fox tro(a and then ;
very often go on out to some of ?
the Northern New Jersey road
houaea. where the dancing con- 1
tlnues to the early morning houra.
Both of the old folks have been :
heard to expreea the hopo that
they might die dancing.
Many atorles are rife as to the
salaries, paid the dancing part
ner#, the general opinion being
lhat both the young man and the ,
young lady receive in the neigh
borhood of 96.000 a year and ex- 1
pense*. It also In understood
that the dancing quartet will go
to Florida this winter. To out
siders (he only disappolntlm;
phase of this somewhat unusual ,
modern arrangement Is that the
young man and the young Woman
seem never to have a chance to j
dance together.
Thla does not. however, appear ,
to affeet (heir happioeea, cob- I
atantly expreaaed l?y face*
wreathed In *inllea. Th<? old folk*
aeem to enjoy alio the attention
they attract on the floor with
their boyish and glrllah coinpnn
lonn.
There la little new In dancing ,
thla aeaaon Some of the younger
Bet try to Impart a collegiate fla
vor to the aaaembllea by aome
what grotesque faahlona of plac
ing arm* and haada and by the
?way back pose of the glrla but
that haa been In vogue among
them for a year or morn and the
danr?> designer* or creator* *eem
nearly to have arrived at the ?nd
of their wlta. Ho dancing In tho
modern aenae haa come to be a
go aa you plrnae affair with every
man for hlmaelf and devil take
the hlndmoHt.
The Jass decidedly la of the
aympheny variety In moat In
atancea although there arc occa
atonal lapse* hack Into the wildly
walling atuff which waa ao popu
lar when thla new "exprcaalon" of
Amerlc'anltm flrat came Into the
realm of mualc. Orcheatra lead
en are vlelng with each other In
attempta to jaia the claaalca des
pite the m?ny proteat* which have
been made by real murlclana
agalnat aurh a "profaning" of
theme* and melodlea which have
been handed down through the
agea and which have come to be
regarded almoat a* aacrod.
Thla turning of the Jna* hminda
td claaalcal mualc tin* more re
cegtty been denonoeed aa repre
aentlng a paucity of Ideaa or of
expreaalon among the compoaera
of the ao called new achool.
Jatt find* many warm defend
era amonu mualclana of the high
er rank never-t he-lea* and there
?re not a few who agree with
Paul Whlleman that the render
lag of the claaalc In what might
be called a popular vein or
rhythm la calculated to really ln
tereat the maase* In a better claaa
or M title and therehv elevate the
entire American taate which hg?
been none too well cultivated at
the best.
lly ROHKHT T. SMALL
ICuwniW, IK4. In Til* Aa>?nr?)
New York. Auk. 13.? -The
world nt largo may think that
the "Irish question" lias been Bat
tled. but hero In New York City
you can ntlll get a fight out of it
at the drop or a Iiat . It Is the
same old Htor.v of police whistles,
riot calls, broken hcadn and am
bulance* hurfylng to the hospital
for all they an- worth. T???? style
never changes In tlilit respect.
New Yprk In In tin* midst of It*
mid-summer madness. Thin means
that the ?lrwt corners In the
White Light districts ar*> occupied
nightly by Hoap box orators who
dlscuBs every subject under the
?un, or rathfx under the start.
Public health, public morals,
truth, new thought. politics, rep
arations. relativity, free love,
birth control they are all one to
the corner spell binders. Some of
these patriots. uplKters and cult
lata wrap themselves In the Amer
ican flax as they speak, treating
It as the symbol of freedom of ex
freaslon ss w. II aa of
hey think a flaw a day will keep
the police n way. The latter are
extremely tolerant, however, and
seldom interfere until the flght
Ing begins. New York 1s getting
as liberal with the ?'nuts" and the
pranks as the authorities In Lon
don who turn Hyde Park over to
the long-haired men anil the
short-haired women and tell them
to go to It. to g?'t all the rancor
out of their systems and then go
home like j;ood citizens and go to
bed.
With all the new Ideas and the
queer Ideas that are before the
American people today. one
would think the Irish question a
bit threadbare or shopworn), as It
were. Yet this Is far from the
truth. The Irish fighting spirit
never dies. It quickly kindles In
to flame for North Is North and
South la South and never the
twain ahall meet.
It ao happens that several out
door meetings were going on at
one mill II Uim l^i t'lilWlh
tnii CTrcie m? other night, it also
happened that one soap boxer Was'
diseuaalng health and the adjoin
ing one wan discussing Ireland.
There was a bad augury In this.
Pretty aoon the meetings over
lapped and then the run begun.
Some 6.000 persons were In the
Circle getting a "kick" out or the
various free enterlalnmenta ao
lavlahly on tap. The Irish orator
waa extolling Kamonn de Valera
and Intimated quite loudly that
Ireland never would amount tiy1
anything until the de Valera Ideas
were fully sdopted and Ulster
was brought Into line.
The Irish patriot proclaimed
his views with so much vehe
mence that the health orator
ahouted over to him that he was
trying to "grub the sir" and In
terfere with all the other meet
ings. Ha also Intimated In rather
blunt language that Ireland was
not so darned important sfter all,
certainly not ns Important bb the
health or all good American eltl
lena.
That was enough sold. Tha
Irish orator climbed down from
hla stand and made for the health
man. It looked very hsd for the
letter's* general constitution but'
before the two principals ever got
within striking distance a melee
waa under way. A melee In the
very heart or New York City on
s hot night Is a difficult thing to
deal with and they had to call out
the reacrvcn or hair a dosen pre
clncts before order could be re
atored and nothing more heard
about the Circle hut tbo hum ond
the click of the cheap taxlcab me
ters ss up and down town traffic
was resumed.
At one time during the fight
ing a lone nun who must have
aald smoothing terrible was being
chased by over a hundred men
and women. He took refuge In
an all night restaurant where a
woman attendant quickly shut the
door In the raeee or the pursuers.
The rolled one hundred then
turned quickly about and joined
the milling and the pummelling at
the base of the atatue of the dls
eoterer or this grand rree coun
try. Stray hats, torn clothing snd
four or Ave strsy ahces made up
the litter of the battlefield when
?" waa over. One arrest was
made. How that unfortunate got
Into the totlfi la not known.
CAMPAIGN STATE
FOR THIRD PARTV
Durham, Aug. 13. ? Th* North
Carolina Federation of f.abor yt??
terday organised n third party
known hh thp Firtsir-Uhor party
and will campaign th? fltato for
taFollettp and Wheel#*.
rtyrrox mamkkt
New York. Aug. 19. ? Spot cot-1
ton cloa*d quiet. MlddQIna 22.7*
a dacllne of 116 point*. Future*
cloilfK hid. Oct. 27.17. Off. 31.7I
Jan. H O. March 28 .82. May 2f.ftl
fctw York. Auk. 2l.--Coltott f
tur*a opened today at the foHqh
Ing lavola: Oct. 27.81. Dec. 27.1
In. 27.21. March 27. St.