VOL. XIV. FINAL EDITION
Baseball No Pastime But
A Disease In Washington^
No Army in Firld Ever liud Mitre Ardent Support than
/ Capital l? Giving the Senator* Who are in Far
Keaclies of We*! Baltic-Tor Pennant
Ry RORKRT T. SMAI.I,
IC*?yrl?HL 1924. B, Tk? Ad>inc*l
Washington, Sept. 20. ? Baseball in the National capital
-no longer is a national game.
? ?> i? a msqascv -a -uanunji .
epidemic, a wild raving ma
nia, and if something doesn't
happen soon to SnBe tho
strain on the faithful fans
half the population of- the
District of Columbia will lie
dead of heart failure.
No army flKhtln;; in forelKiff
lands over ha?l the support tliat
the Old Home Town is giving to
the Senators In their dazzling
light for tlii' American Lean no
pennant out there in tlx* Went
where men are men, where base
hits are a blessing ai.d errors the 1
saddest words of tongue or pen. j
From the White House to the'
hum Went ?lloy dwelling, Wash
ington hangs dally tfpffn the base
ball scores. It Is no longer a
question of waiting for the final
results. The games by half in
nings are flashed to the fur cor
ner* of the city. They are posted
In the office building*, they are
chalked upon the windows of the
corner groceries; they are passed
by word of mouth along the
street; the trolley conductors and
niotorinen carry the tidings good
or bad. It 1b bud enough for the
fans to have to follow their own
team in such minute detail, but
they have to watch the Yanks in
the self same manner.
It is no exaggeration. no mere
figure of speech to say that Wash
ington is baseball crazy; baseball
hungry; and it-Is ai? irony ?f fate
that the first time the Senators
have had a real chance for the
old gonfalon, the team had to go
away from home for all of Its
crucial series. Hut the craze is
bad enough as It Is. . If the team
were playing here, business prob
ably would 1m* suspended all day
instead of merely during the base
ball hours in the Western cities.
Washington can't keep Its mind
on the Job while the scores are
coming in and makes no attempt
to. Wherever you see a group of
substantial business or profession
al men talking together. It is all
about baseball. In the Govern
ment departments Uncle Sam is
losing thousands of dollars a day
through the u\ter helplessness of
his employes. They've got the
baseball palsy.
The psychology of the situation
here Is Interesting. The great
bulk of the population believes it
would be too good to he true for
Washington to win. They never
hlTi Ton. II" It Is a psychology oi
precedent, a complex oT*""P?wlin
Ism. But the "defeatists' won t
admit their feelings even to them
selves. They are out at the score
boards every day rooting for all
they are worth and each day the
shade of the game is the mood of
the nation's capital. On Thursday
when Cleveland was four runs
alidad up to the fourth Inning you
could cut the gloom In Washing
ton with a scythe. There was no
need to ask the score. That Wash
ington was behind was written on
every face you met on the streets,
in hotel lobbies, or office build-'
Ing corridors. Then came the big
eighth and ninth innings for
Washington. The sun shone, the
llllll "r. ?"H ? |
sour disposition at a single supper
table in all the city. .
The fact that Washington Is
pitted against such a team of vet
erans as the Ysnkees In such a
pitiless struggle na the race has
turned out to be. Is hard on the
fnin Tbfy would have liked ?<>
see Wsshlngton romp In. bnt If
victory should come after such a.
hsrrowlng race, the Joy will be
all the sweeter. If Washington
loses in the end. however, the dis
appointment hero will lie little
short of a national calamity.
Washington people- eagerly ask.
visitors If New York Is as excited
as the capital and they cannot
understand the apparent indiffer
ence of the Bronx and Manhattan
funs.
In Brooklyn It Is different.
There the msnia is almost If not
quite as bad as It la here. Ilrook-'
lyn has won a pennant but you
would never know It from the In
flamed #ondltlon Of her fans.
They block traffic around the
scire boards, shutting off Rrook
lyn's fajnous service that gave the
ft earn at ons time the aoubrlquet
of "trolley dodgers." The fans
are dodgers no longer. They tak*
their stands In the streets and say
"they shall not paaa ." The police'
are powerless to flght a way
through.
And Brooklyn will never forget
that final Hunday game with the
Giants when the fanfl stormed the
walls, like ancient Infantry, when
the gates bad to be closed almost
as soon as they were opened, and
where Judge Landls and the chief
of the fire department couldn't
edge their way In with a shoe
?>orn.
From the artistic and asntl- 1
i.e ntnl points of rlew It would he
INVITK C<>OLII)GK
THROW FIRST BALL
Washington. Sept. 20. ?
Washington's one game lead In
ih?* American League race
looked so bit? loilay to Kriwitrd
Rynon, secretary of the club,
thai ho called at the Whit*
House and invited the. I'resl
dent to attend the opening
game of I he World Series.
Although President Cool Id if e
indicated the desire to throw
out the first ball definite ar
rangements for his utendance
have not beeu made.
WILBUR TELLS WHY
WAS CALLED IIOMK
m> T1i?- A wairkatVfl l*r? ?- ?
Washington, Sept. 20. Secre
tary Wilbur, whose' Western '
speaking tour was cut abort -when
Ho was asked to return to Wash
ington by President Coxlldgv, to-'
day visit-d tin* Whit ? Huiixi- nnd
at the terminal ion of the inter
view with the President an
nounced that a special hoard
would he appointed to Inventlgate
tiie relative Importance of air.
submarine and surface craft in
the Navy. ,
Secretary Wilbur declared em
phaticaily that the spefches lie
mado on his tour were not
brotiKht up at the conference.
Only technical details of the bud
get in relation to the balance of
thu Navy were considered he said.
WOULD FL1EKS OLE
DALLAS TO EI. PASO
rll> TTir A >1 Vrrw)
Dalian, Sept. 20. The Army
world lliers today took off from
Love Field at 9:40 for El I'aso.
fi45 miles away.
a shame if Washington and
Flrooklyn did not win out. Anoth
er battle hetwc< it the Yanks and
niar.tH would leave most of the
country cold. New blood in the
series would be lifeglving to the
national game.
KILLED BY MAN
SHEBEFRIENDEIX
Wealthy < Iiioa^o W oman
Hrutallv Murdered ami
I Nil ice Search for K\-(!on
vici She Had Helped.
raxailona, Sep. 20? Mrs. Clifton
liunn. wife of a wealthy Chicago
business man, was killed last night
hy an *'X-convlet she once be
friended.
The polite said ho smashed her
Tteatl- -w IT H - a ~Yf a mine r , ^ wHot
through the heart and looted her
apartment of gems valued at $20.
QUO. . . .
The police today were seeking
as Mrs. Ilunn's slayer Harry Con
nor alias Harry Garbutt, who, ac
cording to the authorities, was re
leased from Illinois* prison through
her influence after serving part
of a sentence for robbery.
PIIOTOGKAPMS AUK
ADDED EVIDENCE
Mount Vernon, III.. Sept. 20. ?
Two photographs found In tin1
home of Kev. Lawrence Hight.
held in Jail while authorities in
ventigate the death of his wife
and uf Wilford Sweetln who died
und< r clrcu mstapces said to be
HtnUZK were todav comTdereS ffi
be an Important part of th** evi
dence In th*' cam*.
Photographs of Hlght and Mrs.
.Sweetin panted togrther. tin- sher
ifT said, wen1 found in the. clvrgy
man's home while the ofTlct-rs
were searching for further evi
dence to prove that th?* death of
Mr*. Hi '.ht was caused hy poison.
SOUTHERN WOULD
Al)l) EQUIPMENT
Washington. Sept. 20. ? Tin
Southern Hallway today applied
to the Interstate Commerce Coin
mission for authority to lame $7,
(>.*?0,000 of 4 1* per cent equip
ment trust certificates with which
to purchase rolling stock, the to
tal cost of which will bo $8,8::8,
D00.
I'ULY St 'A I.I* \VOlM>
WHBN HIT BV AtTO
Hiding a bicycle on tho wrong
side of the street Abram Morris,
colored whose home Is on Hun
nell's Avenue, was struck Ratur
1ay at about noon by an automo
bile driven by Jim Knight, also
-olored. Knocked ffom his wheel
VIorris received an ugly scalp
wound which required si* stitches
lo close it up. The accident oc
urred In the down town section.
Intelligence Test System
Met By Sharp Opposition
Huh (lliampimis ami l ors in Y('u*hiii?loii (lily Sc hools
Whi'rr In Brinp Trird Out With Idra iliat
Wlioh- Country May Adopt It
Ily KII.NA MARAIMIjL
(C??rrl?M. 1924.
Washington. Sept. 20. ? Upon
the out vo mo of h battle being
, waged* in Washington hangs tlio
probable fate of some 15.000.000
school children of -America.
| Whether school children should
: be graded by men of pjychologl
cal "intelligence teatB" In the pro
jblrm fnclng school authorities
to be allowed by hundreds of
clth-S/ throughout the country.
Ernest Greenwood, vice presi
dent of the- bojyd of education of
this city In the lending opponent
of the "Intelligence teats," Super
intendent of Schools Frank W.
Jiallow h?<ad? the force* of these
battling for the tests. And the
10.000 or more school children of
the city who have been placed in
school clauses according to their ,
ability to piece picture-puzzles to-!
gether. to remember and to per
form "the trick*" that make up
Intelligence tests, contribute the
battle ground.
A year ago. Washington decider!
that the arbitrary placement of
children In classes according to
their age or seeming precocity, was
all wrong Miss Joede La Da lie
was employed a* supervising prin
cipal of the Serond Division, with
the understanding that she pro
coed with Intelligence tent*.
Since then more than 10.000
school children have been tented
and assigned to classes on the bas
es of her tests. Normal school
graduates, many of them teachers
themselves, have carried on the
work.
Meanwhile the country has
hung on the ranults to be had in
Washington. The lure of aome
thing new was appealing. The
?uccess of the rating plan would
make way for the adoption of that
system in a!) the larger cities of
the country. It was understood.
There would, of course, he noth
ing compulsory about other cltle*
adopting it. but supposition had It
that they would.
Sow Vlee President Greenwood
ha* de?4nrod war against the ays- (
B? Til* Atfrmcf)
torn. It in impossible, ho main
tains. to arbitrarily d'rlde that be
cause a child In unuHiially prero
i clous about such matters an the
| stereotyped intelligence tests, ho
can do fifth, sixth, or seventh
grade geography ami mathema
tics. On tne other hand, it Is uti
| Just to conclude that a child who
! cannot perform all the "tricks" of
I intelligence test# must be con
<1 to st lower grade which
taken It for granted he cannot
learn history quite well. I^ot them
go in the logical olass. he innistn.
and tliey will "sink or swim." But
more than all that, the perform
ance of the young psychologist
makes the results highly question
able, hi- claims. It would take
an army of trained, experienced
and high paid npeclalista to do
the work properly, he argues, and
Washington and other cltlen of
the country are not ready for this
? If they pver will be.
Iln maintains, however, that It
In an excellent plan to turn tb<*
sehools Into labratoriea to study
child psychology With a view to de
veloping psychologist* who might
some day tie qualified to give tosts
properly. Hut In the meantime,
there are too many dabblers "in
the dangerous art of judging hu
man Intelligence."
Superintendent Hallou's answer
is simply, "the Intelligence testn
have been operating Just one year.
That there have been complaints
Is not surprising. The wonder In
that there have not been more of
them, and by that point Is proved
the value, and work ability of the
Idea."
Efforts hsve been made in a
number of cities to have children
ready to enter achool examined,
snd placed among children of alm
llar development, but school de
partments have been lethargic 1
about the matter. They have be?n
waiting to see the result in Wash
ington. f'pon the victory of air.
Oreenwood or Mr. Dallou depends
In large measure the system un
der which achoola shall be run the
eongfrjr over. 1
He Rests* His Elbows
Q"i
H* >ro?i ?ht? phyatcnl culttir** rxprrt* onr hrtter Instonrt of morvly l*?nd
Ing over until thi- ti|w? of hi* Anger* touch the ground. |hi> St I'nul. Minn .
l?oy can Iran down until hi* pIIiowi ?rr rv?tini! on his alio*-*? without so
much as Vending a km-e.
KIWANIS CLUB
HAD BIG NIGHT
Br t wwii T <-11 i up Thru*!#
of Wit tliut Bent Heurer*
Willi l.aiipslitcr Mel auch
1 i ii Preached Ileal Sermon
No after dinn?T speaker ever
heard in Kllzaheth City has made
r~a~nn?n- d< riiicii hit than one or
i JoKi'ithiiR Daniels* "God Rimed
Maca" of flip Capo Fear basin,
the Rev. Dr. N. I). McLaurhlin.
minister of the Second Prenbyie
rlan Church of Norfolk.
~ siniloH br'Kau. to iTnTThihi r th?
faces of KlixahiTh City K I wan Inns
1 1 most a* Boon as Dr. McLauchlln
began to speak. Hoforo hlB "I 1
thank you," laughter had shaken
their sld< B and rocked their hod
lew nnd when the program was
'd'Mi?- Kl wbii la ns descended th"
stairway, of the Southern Hotel s
with the face i>f every niomher
broken all to plects with a Krin
, that Btretchcd froni ear to ear,
land from eyebrown to adams np
ple.
Here was the cIobIiik J??ke: ,
"The inmntr*- of- an InntlHittrny
fur tli?' insane kept importiinifiK
h Ik attendant for n piece of tripgt
!!?? was I old that there was >v?
toast to b<> had at that time bnl
was ho insistent and inip"?t?n
ate that the attendant called the
warden.
" 'What can yon want Willi
of toaat thin 1 1 in*' of the
day?' inquired the warden.
" 'Why I'm a poached OKg.' wrh
Hie liimuln'x reaponae, 'and I
want to hit down'."
And ao did Dr. McT.auchlin .
And yet I)r. Munich lin's talk
wax b> no mean* merely enter
taining. Betwefii ?i Ih witty thruata
and li In Jokea told with a Scotch
aoiemnlty that added linmeaeur
"?hlv to their effcetlveneaa. he was
nt f 1 1 the preacher and. while the
guard of hla liearera wan down,
he arnt in upper rnta and hodv
thrust* that went to their mark
wit h telling effect.
The Klwnnla watchword* of
fellownhip, co-operation and aer
vic?> wrrfu 1 h r flratly. secondly and
ililrdiy of ilia aermonotte. while
dominating the whole waa a plea
for practice to match profeaalon
"We prefeaa to auh.icrihe to Ki
wanla principle* here at llie
luncheon table," he paid, "and
then w?- ko out Into hualneaa and
are dominated hy the law of the
Jungle.
"There nr" enouah church
numbers in the world to have
taken It fo?- Chrlat had their con*
duct squared with their creed*,
hut It la so much eaale* to he nar
row than to he good.
"St ill I am p? r*uad< d that the
world of men will he driven yet
that Man whom we inuat all con
feaa. rejcardleaa of whence He
came er whither He went, enun
ciated the loft teat principle* that
ever man ftpoke,
"There are many to profeaa hut
few to follow Him
"Let ua not only hear HI*
voice and learn of Him hut let ua
put what w* learn Into practical
living and teaching."
HUM KHOI.DRMM CfM'NTRY
(lA'B MKBT ON M< *> IK% V
The stockholder* of the Town
try Club will hold an Important
meeting at 7:80 o'clock Monday
evening In Ih* Chamber of Com
more* Room* and will haar the
report of the site committee. All
?dock holders are ixpaotad to be
KKI't'BLICANS OF
DABE IIOI.I) MEET
-Manteo, Sept. 20. ? -The Ilepub
lirans HH't hero last night at the
court house for the purpose of
nominating their officer* to ruu
in the coming election.
Their ticket stands a* follows:
For Sheriff. 1?. I>. Farrow. Man
teo, Register <it Deeds. J. H. Dai
ley. Manteo; Representative to tlio
Cental A^enibly, Ellsworth Hur
rus, Hatteras. Surveyor. Charlie
Manteo; For the Hoard of County
Commissioner*. George T. West
(ott. Manteo; \V. I'. Daniels. Wan
these; Dick Payne. Stumpy Point;
D. K. Meekins, Avon; and A. At.
Cahoon. East Lake.
L. D. Farrow Is the present
sheriff and has Keen holding this
office for a number of years and
J. II Ihiliy is the present register
of deeds having only served two
years. No Ireasuror was put on
the ticket simply hecatise His of
fice has been filled for . h ? pas:
several years by A. C. Haskell, a
man unable to do uny manual la
bor and filling his place satis
factorily so they didn't think It ad
visable to even put anyone up
against him.
Everything ran smoothly with
the exception of voting oil the
members of the hoard of county
commissioners. There seemed to
be a draw with Dick Payne, A. M.
Cahoon and Joe Midget t so they
voted nn them the second time In
ii group* and Mr Midgett being
the low man was dropped out.
IlKIM < Ml> KATKM WIM,
I IK (ilVKN FOIl KAIK
Reduced fares will ho in effect
on thf- Norfolk Southern during
the Albemarle IXstrict Fair, ap
plying t?> llelhaven, Columbia.
Washington, and intermediate
point*. according- to J. F. Halt on.
general passenger agent, who has
"noilfied l?r. h. !?>. Nixon assistant
secretary* of the Fair, of the rat?'s.
The reduced fares will lie good on
October 6 In 10 and the- morning
of October 11 Tho limit for re
turn will October II. The amount
of the fare* will b'- announced la
ter.
Merchants ffTifl J-onc'essionaire*
are signing up fof space at the
fair ground* hut I>r. Nixon urges
that those who deiilra space inak"
arrangements for It as soon as
possible so t hat all unnecessary
delay may be avoided.
IRENE CASTLE HAS
SECOND AH NESTED
.New York. Sept. 20. Robert
Treman. second hushnnd of Irene
Castle McLaughlin, was arrested
last night In lthara yn a civil or
der obtained by Mrs. Mrf.nuKhiln
from Supreme Court Justice Levy.
It was learned today.
Tho order was requested on the
ground that Truman had refused
to return to hid* former wife some
$400,000 worth of securities
which she bad placed In his cus
tody and to which she said she
was entitled.
HKMIKHT Mil. I.
M*H IIKia \ Of?HHATIO\
Portland. Ore., 8cpt 20 (Hd"
clal.l- The Ixjng Hell Lumber
Company s planing mill at Long
view. Washington . hn? *taii< d op
erations. tills mill being the larg
est of Its kind In the world, cov
ering Ave and * ousrter acr'>s and
Is equipped with 17 machines
with a planing eapaeltv of lt5.-|
000 feel of lumber an hour.
POINT SWEPT
BY CLOUDBURST
l.ower Currituek llard Ilit
When Three I)ay?' Storm
Cointa to Climax Early
Wednesday Morning.
ItvKlilontK of Lower Currituck
W'flSi* city Saturday report a
cloudburst WkIii- -adav morning
a* a climax of tin* Htorm rhat
?w?-pt_ ili la wfiliin on t|y* Ural
"?t." day* <.r thta trt*ck .
The cloudhurat occurred in th?
early morning ahortly before
ifa wiT and n?e downpour la ? t ed
for about iwii hour*, at Urn end
of which time to a distance of
eight mile* above the point. Low
er Currituck wan flooded to an ex*
tent that the oldost resident* nay
Ihey havo no prevloua reCollvc
lion of. ?
So gnat a volume of wat< r
fell that wlmn the downpour
-ehtckt-m-ti rtKrhnt wore fhmttr-d
and low fields wore inundated to
a depth of from 12 to 36 Inchon,
whllo bridges wore washed away
and no damaged that it wan im
pnmdble for the mall to make it*
regular run from I'oliit Harbor to
Snowden.
Th rTBltrtfrnvrrita rttfi g - mit on
hla trip, got an far an Sheriff
Criugs' home, but whep he under
took to rrnBH the brfdge just
above the CrlggR residence tho
truck plunged Into the ditch head
llrnt. the bridge having been en
tirely washed away by the flood
without leaving a trace to Indi
cate to the driver that it wan
gone.
N. T. Aydlett of the firm of
Aydlett & Owen a. former renident
of Currituck County, who wan at
Harbinger at the time, nays that
he never aaw anything like It be
fore and that In oonie canea entire
Held* of corn and cotton were
completely Inundated.
?'Late Wednesday afternoon,"
nnys Mr. Aydlett. "the water wan
ho deep in placen In the main road
from llarblnKer to Powells Point
that the wheels of a Ford car In
the road would be almoHt com
pleti'ly anhmerued and tin- itrlv
ing an hazardous an It In on the
Camden floating road at a high
tide."
"It la feared." contlnuen Mr.
Aydlett, "that the cropn In all the
flat land* auch an Heed nwect po
tatoes, fall eating potatoes for
h??me use, and a ?<?od many gar
dens are completely dentroyed. 1
aaw with my own eyes nice gar
dcus of collnrda with the tops of
the plaiita hardy allowing above
the water.
"Tho force of water flowing
down front high lands waa ho
great that whole trca.n that h;i4
I wen bwlded In the mud for yearn
wqre uioved out to the Hound.
"Chicksna and turkeya were re
ported drowned end in hoim
place# the Iiosh were almont ttwlm
nilng about In the lot where they
jy?iro_fu<L"
The school trucks from thn
Point could not make their daily
trip* for two day* thla week ->n
account of the storm.
MEPOHT COTTON SEW)
CHI ISM EI) IN AUGUST j
Washington. Sept. 20. -Cotton
wed crushed during August to-,
tolled 43.641 tons and on hand ,
at tli?- mills August 3 1 totalled
02. <540 tons, (ho Census Bureau
announced today.
CAPTAIN MACMII.I.AN
AIUIIVES FHOM NOKTII
Wlseassett. MJe.; Bept, 20. ? ?
Cupi Donald S. MacMIIInn ar
rived hero yesterday from (ha Far'
North with Information whirh he i
says will benefit navigators the
CMUISITIAN JEW TO
SPEAK HERE SUNDAY
.lacnh Oartenhaun a I'ollsh
Christian J*w. who la working
under the Baptist Home Mission
Hoard of Atlanta, will speak at
Illark well Memorial Church on
Bunday evening at 7.10. Mr
Oartenhaua' family live at pres
ent In PllMtlM, having gone ?
ther#? under the Zionist Move
ment lie has a thrilling story
to tell and everybody Is cordially
invited to the service.
AfJAIKHT HI'NO.% V KXCI ICMfO.fM
llo?tnn J'ept. 20 fBpeelal.)
The lord's Day league ha* filed
a prof cut against the running of
Kundav excursion trains by th*>
New York. New Haven * Hart
ford IlallroAd.
COTTO* MARKKT
New York. Bept 20 Bpot cot
ton eloaad quiet. Middling 22.110,
a decline of 10 polnta. Future*,
cloning hid. Oct 22 r?6. Dec 21
Jan.*. 05. March 22 2*. May 22 4 H.
New York. 8ept 2o.; -Cotton
futures opened today at the fol
lowing levala: Oct 22 US. Dec
12.26. Jali 12. S3. March 22. $0.
May 22. *2.
Minnesota's Doubtful But
N o Chance for Democrats
i
Fight Is Between LaKollclle nwl Cuolidpe with Oul
-muf Dt^wwlrut LaciuU oil Whether War
Issues Kept in Itiiekprniuul
iTIili Ilx'IU'. fttln It. .i'1. Lm_ yii'J !'. P. rtnlv mii'iI <l? b? l?iM
wiio in* n ii.mii iniiv j iiiTii. * fw7.r*?-;i"ir.TC.;r -fWAMr tmmitr in'Oi#"
Nurlfaxrn ?'?<?** to mitt ii |?>Utjcal ?.?nliu.jii i
Mineapolis, Sept. 1!). ? Minnesota is a doubtful state in the
truest sense of the word and the term has real significance
this -year for it^K^i??T47nVr ^Vifator "TViFoTTH 17> hashrtrdly
captured it yet and that the opportunities of President Cool
idire to squeeze through by almost as narrow a margin as
Hughes did in 191 tJ are not likely to diminish Ijiit increase
between now and election day.
C1IKKIAN<> TROOPS
REGAIN POSITION
lll? TU? Pr*??'
Shanghai. Bept. "207 Irt an
agreomem which started at day
break today reinforced Ch?kiani;
trooim on the from between the
Shanghai-Nakhig railway lino ami
Kiatlng pushed the Invading
Klangsu forces hack strong! honed
Ihfllr lines and regained positions
near lfwangtu 15 mile's went of
here.
CREECY WILL CASE
TO JURY I. ATE TODAY
Evidence I" the Creecy will cub,
in which It. II. Creocy, caveator,
lit attempting to upset the will of
the late \llss llennio t*. Creecy,
under which she loft all her prop- 1
erty to her winter, Mts. F. F. Co
hoon. profounder. wan completed
Saturday morning and the case Ik
expected to go to the Jury late
Saturday.
Caveator and propounder are
two of a large family of brothers
and sisters of the late 'Colonel R.
II. Creocy. who died in 190H, Init
II. R. Creecy Is the only one of the
family actively contesting the will.
Colonel -R. -R. Cre?cjfv.-<Mithnr ??f ;
"Grandfather's Tales." dealing
with North Carolina history, for
many yearH editor of the Econo
mist, dally newapapnr here, ami
known In the latter years of his
life as the Nestor of~North Caro-"
linn Journalism, died practically
penniless, "but Miss Hennie Creecy,
from an Inheritance of $3,0f>0 re
ceived shortly before her father's
death, had built up an estate which
at the time of her death is estl
mulud to have two worth 92-5;-'
onn. ?
VlflOI'N IlKAR (lAITi aKll
IN C.VMDHN' i XM'N'TV
ludlantown. flppt. 20. T.ln
wnod Collins ohNoar Itldilln wltli
his hour trap raptnroil n virion h
bear here on Satnrdny morning
about nine o'clock)
Tho animal wan caught JiiHt
back of- the homo of 8. I.. Htnvena
of Sandy Hook neighborhood. The
r4?A|H?? wetffhed? about Ifttl pounds
and wan about two years old in
Ihe opinion of Mr. ('olllh*.
With the assistance of Mr. Stev
ens and other* In tho nelghhor
hood *> f Mr. rollfns got the hoar
t r? Mr. fltovom! yard alive and
then fhot him. Thn animal wan
hard boiled and vicious, dragging
hi* Irap 'for thirty fpd lnt?? Iho
woods after being raughl. He
drank about a couple of gallon*
of water afler being broiiKht to
the ynrd and broke strong mirk*
of wood all to piece* thnt were
pu* into hi* mouth.
Mr. fttevens My* that there i*
wtlll another bear In bis neighbor
hood and that considerable dam
age has -been rtoge to th- i**rn eropr
Severnl farmer In thl* section have
seen their com crop* damaged
considerably by freqii'-nt visits
from bears.
MOOKIi KITOIKV IOVTKHT
WIMi 01XX4K VEJUF^PAY
"A number of answers have been
received In the content announced
In a largo co-op^rallvo advertise
ment In Thursday's Advance. Ad
ditional replies arc belnr received
dally, hut there I* still ample
flme to work out the ni?d-l kit
chen design and h'rome ellirlhlo
for the three prize* 1.1. $2. and SI.
The contest will close next Wed
nesday night and lh? winners will
be announced In The Advance of
Thursday, Hepfembar 2f?.
( IIKVIUH.KT HM.KM IWIIKAKK
P.lrolt. M?pt 20 ffViMtef .
The September schedules of the
Chevrolet automobile factory
here call for the production of
about 2 X 00.1 car*, sn advance of
3.000 as compsred with la*l
m^nth
AM Kit II 'A IM OWITIMi
PHIMJIINKH* TIIAIH-:
Sin F'HOtlsco Sept 20 (Hne
clal. ) -Th?- trade to the I'hlllp
nln?M Is rapidlv being taken awav
from the Hritlsh and JifMtttfc
vessels by American shin*, accord
ing lo Hlruther* L Barrv. who op
erate a fleet to the Insular posses
sion*. In 1021 United Slates shin*
rarrled only 33.13 per c?nt of the
Philippine exports. This ha* In
creased to 54 74 p?r r*?ht e f the
RS7.833 long Ions hsnHed In the
flrst *1* months of this year.
Minnesota is always a dif
, ficult state to analyze. The
rural districts are inaccess
ible to polls and canvasses
and a larjcc number of for
eign and silent Voters speak
-only on election-da}*; - .
Tin- farmer* predominate and
the so-called farmer-labor party
has been winning elections right
along in the last few years. II
absorbed . t !?*? Democratic party
and !>? rani' the Of tho
discontent (I R. |. III. Ileal, agricul
turist who felt the pinch of un
fa vora hlo economic conditions.
Hut ihr dlMQMti'Btwl ones are
not so numerous us they havo
b?*?-n and a remarkable Improvc
m flit in the f?ii hi situation may be
noted today. Tile North west la
diversifying its farming and
there's a good wheat crop besides.
While It In true that many farm
ers a iv bitter and regard the ad
. van re in prices aa an acrldent and
they Will Mill vote their protest*
next Novi tuber, a lurgo number
of iudcpt'tidcnts will rnut their
votes for President Poolldge be
cause they rear the effects of a
change in administration.
** addition, tile regular Repub
llcan strength showed a aignlfl
cant Increase In the last primar
ies. This means that many old
time Ropuldicans came back Into
fold. The Republican prl
"nrjn-y TTSnrnrprr Fnlted states Sen
ator revealed about 3.1,000 more
votes than the farmer-labor can
didates put together. The Denie
crats polled about ?.000 votes In
a Htato of 900.000 voters. 80 It
Will be seen that the flKht In this
state is btlWAum I^Kollette and
Coididgo. Tin re are many Ger
mans who hsve not forgotten the
war and who are not no fond of
the Dawes plan. They may be
counted an 1 41 Pollen.. supporters
not Democrats. Incidentally,
the American Legion mot at 8t.
riiul MiIh week and while many
a 1 "solution was passed, not a
word shout Senator l.uPollette
was written in any of them. Ths
Twin Cities during the war hap
pened to h?- the scene of one of
I <a Toilette's bitterest speeches and
it was later the subject of Investl
K.illnn I.,- III.. I nK,, I .SUU'K Hon
ate.
Nobody In ri ferrlng nowadays
to t.uPol|etfc's unti-war speeches
or tiie votes he registered scalnst
war measure* after war had onee
beguu. Tlllia political expediency
change,, everything and the Re
publican party which has l.aFol
I e' t e i? h its principal thorn In Its
"We, Is ignoring lh. Wisconsin
Senators war record. Political
managers *ay it is a two-edged
nword and that to revive the war
ni. iinii only to start controversies
that are healing nicely.
The Herman vote wyuld ordi
narily bo regular Republican and
It may go that way this year un
il^lLJtiir^iHguc s are revived
they probably will not be. Vet the
political wa y fa m i cannot help ob
serving that politics permits of
strange sllencea on matters that
might in other years lie a test of
100 per cent Americanism. For
say Inn us much or less than Ls
i-'olb t !??. a group of misguided
I" ' in r.-di 'ill penRen
tlarles and were granted amnesty
only after long yearn of struggle
at Washington.
H'une curious results would not
be urprising this year in Minne
sota Henstor Magnus Johnson
lias a real opponent In Represen
tative Thomas D. Hchall, the regn*
lar notnltinoe. Mr. Hchall Is the
product of a factional fight smong
the regulars but be will got the
support of sll regulsrs and he has
mapy railroad men behind him.
H't Is blind, which wins sympathy
for him, and an lnd< fatlgusble
campaigner T|e is at It day and
night, csmpslicnlnr: for foolldge
with genuine fervor. There are
some optim'sti among the regu
lars who think he may beat Msg
nus Johnson, especlslly If there Is
a Cnolldge landslide. Anyway,
the 1 .11 Tot let te strength, whlls
sufficient st thin writing perhaps
to carry ?hs stste win be broken
Into by the Republican campaign,
The chances of capturing the elec*
foral vote can onlv he said today
lo be evenly divided with Presl
lent Coolldge likely to gain as
sleet kW dsy approaches.
NKW MM MM, ACHIKVKMWft
Philadelphia. JO ? (Rp?.
rial. )? -A now achievement In
loading waa ftrrnmpllahrd h?r?
thin WAf|< when a cnijmlet e motor
bua 30 fr I Inn r, el?ht feet hUli
and eight h>ai Wide was ran
???Aa'd a under 11a own
powfr and ilnwrd.