£ lEminent Port Authority I Will Address Deep Water f # Commission on Octobe r 10 Open Meeting is Scheduled When X Dr. Clapp Will Go Into Facts ; X* —-— ' . COMMISSION FOLLOWS ‘ THOROUGH POLICY (feX'.i ;:.V ' ' : " i... ( Star-New* liar pan, S13 pucker Bldg. j Br BrAck Harktey ‘V,.; RALEIGH, Sent. 27—pr. pdwiB Clapp, of New York, one of the'most •minent port authorities in America, wil appear before the. .state ship and Water stransportation eqilinussion when It meets here Octoberl 18. Dr. D. D. -Carrol, secretary of the commission, •Announced hero. Dr. Clapp will spend the full day in •Conference with the commission on, , port development with particular re-| Terence to the' proposed undertaking1 In North Carolina. He is well informed ;:o nthe circumstances affecting the con edition ,of water transportations in North Carolina, having studied 'this :?• state in surveys of other, ports. The engagement of Dr. Clapp for a . conference ■ is in line with the commis sion's previously announceed determi '{nation to get at the port and water (transportation situation from, every ‘.angle and to secure the counsel and ad t vise of men qualified as experts in port v'survey and engineering work. Is Great Port Authority ( Dr. Clapp has long been recognized ■as one of the greatest port authori ties in the country. He made the sur /•veyS of the port of Chalreston and the port of aBltimore as well As many •other American port cities. Sis sur * vey of Charleston is widely recognized ‘ as a remarkable analysis of conditions ^concerned in the development of the ; 6outh Carolina port. In making that * survey he* considers .the cause of the ,'port’s development or lack of develop^ . Hunt, the contributing factors; its po tentialities, essential needs for its de velopment, the relation of the hinter land, the extent of the territory from , which it may collect cargoes for the. . ships that call; and all phases of com Vsnercial and industrial development -pertinent to the successful growth of cue *»• .« Conference Vflll be Open., . These phases of port and water cora . Jne'rce study are expected to fee pre sented by Dr. Clapp. The conference will be open to the public and a large ■ attendance of those Interested In the' -,port development movement, is expect " ' ' The commission will meet for two • days, the first day. October 10, being • devoted exclusively to the conference with Dr. Clapp. On the ■ second day, -teh city of Wilmington will present a .^supplement to its brief supporting its -Ibid for designation as a deep sea P°rt ■--fW. S. Creighton traffic manager of the - Charlotte Shippers (and Manufaotur . erer’s association, and an authority on f the subject of freight rates, is also ex , pected to be present the second day for , a conference. I ' The ship and water transportation ? commssion which is probably going in .3 to the most leaborate and exhaustive 1 study of a proposed state undertakipg • that . has ever been undertaken by a statel agency, is composed of R. M. *" Miller, Jr., of Charlotte chairman; Dr. i d. D. Carrol, Chapel Hill, secretary; i x. M. .Scales, Greensboro; Charles E. • Waddell, Asheville; Senator Emmett Bellamy, Wilmington; Senator Joe • Brown, Chadbourn; Dr. J. Y. Joyner,/ Raleigh; Charles S. Wallace, More 'head City, and W. A. Hart Tarboro. Trinity Professors § Are Taking Leaves " TRINITY COLLEGE, DURHAM, N. C., : jBept. 27.—A committee of the Trinity ^college faculty during the year passed Tmade a special study ®f leaves of ab tsence to be granted to those men ibers of the faculty who wish to pursue •their own studies or to perform some .special task elsewhere, in America and vjlJurope. The substance of this report .1 Was that sabbatical leaves should be granted to those faculty members ac 4 cording to seniority of service, one , \ year's leave to . be granted on half salary or a half year’s leave on full ■ J salary. These leaves are a privilege iof the college professors once every i seven years, the proviso being, that .any member of .the faculty shall have ' been in the employment of the college Vat least six years. Taking advantage of these leaves this year, A. S. Webb, professor of romance j languages. Is studying French at Sor borne university, Paris; R. N. Wilson, Vprofessor of cjiemistry, Is preparing %for extension work for the college at • the University of Illinois; and Dr. ‘fW. H. Glasson, head of-the department of political science, will leave ,during 4’the spring term to specialize' in the ^subject of economics. Professor-Webb '■is away for half a year, and Professor Wilson for a full year. Dr. Glasson -i, will be on lteave for half a year. > Sew Process C4nUi Gra^iflon Company : I "My Sweetie f; , Went Away” v. mourn* deli, cioosly as fox trotted by California Ram blers. And how bluefully ' Dolly 75e , Kay can sing itt HEAR THIS RECORD AT *. keen's 0rug j^tore JOS MsrketSt. -t- Telephone 181 ELAN ACTIVITIES , GET UNDER WAY Many Important Changes Are Being Made; Societies Initiate i ELON COLLEGE, Sfpt. 27—Follow | ins the opening of school students ' have 'been'busy wit hthe^freorganizing and setting to work of the .various stu dent activities. Vancancies caused by i failure of students to "return for this session have been filled and old fami liar college days and activities are in full swing again. — . * ' ■ It has been announced that the re gistration for the fall term is 300 stu dents. Construction work on the new buildings continues to go forward rap idly. The . Alamance hall is nearing completion, and is now In use. The wall of the Whitley Memorial build ing have been raised to the third floor and the steel for the roof Is ready to be hoisted in' place and workmen are now busy with the construction of the library building. President Harper and Herbert B. Hunter,-architect, have Just returned from Boston where they have been in conference, with Dr. Walter S. Athe nan about the details of the floor plans for the the Christian education build ing, for the erection of which M. Or ban, Jr., Whittier, Calif, has recently donated $50,000. The walls of this build ing are up to the second floor. Dr. Henry F. Cope of Chicago before he died gave his approval to the general plans for this building. With floor plans worked out by the two most em iment educators in the realm of Re ligious Education'-thie building is de signed to fill completely the latest needs of a college campus—a center of student religious activities. On "Maroon’ and. Gold, the college 'weekly paper, W. J. Apple, assistant business manager, and J. H. Dollar, ciculation manager, were elected to fill vancancies. R. W. Utley has been leected to the Student Senate to fill the place of C. P. Flynn, a junior who did not return this year. ~ •fnitiations of new members for the men’s literary societies have been made, 21 Joining to Philogian society and 15 uniting with the Clio literary society. Others are bn the list to Join later as soon as they have filled the residence requirements. The young wo men’s societies are to 'iniate their new members soon. BERGAW NEWS J. E. Durham and Wr W. Pearsall* of Rocky Point, were here as busi ness visitors. D. H. Hines, of Maple Hill, was a business visitor here Monday. Revival services begin at the Bur gaw Baptist church on next Wednes* day night. . ' Mrs. L. C. Sldbury and children, of Wilmington, are visiting Mrs. P. P. Sidbury this week. Born, twin daughters, to Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Harrell, Monday, September 24. H. M. Campbell, of Wallace Spent Monday here. Here says that Wallaoe is to have another newspaper begin ning this week. R. H. Melvin will launch the same. Miss Williams, music teacher of the sohool, spent Sunday at her home in Btedman. D. Wayland Bland left Tuesday for Wake Forest to re-enter the college there. First lyceum show next Wednesday night at school auditorium. This Is a humdinger arfd is well worth, the small admission charged. Judge Cranmer, on Tuesday, appoint ed C. C. Branch as repeiver for the Bank of Atkinson. Richarg Burnett, of Sanford, spent Sunday here with his parents. He was accompanied by Mr. Hoytt. Born to Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Boyd, a daughter Sunday night. Mrs. Robt. George was carried to a Wilmington hospital for an operation Sunday night. Stockholders: of the Planters bank met Monday night at the courthouse and appointed a committee to confer with Judge E. H. Cranmer relative to appointing a receiver for the bank who would immediately close up its affairs. As most people know, this bank has been closed for some three months, and- those most vitally Interested can see no reason for postponing action indefinitely. Officers Early and Lily bfbught in a ,still Sunday afternoon with the alleged owner thereof, a man by the name of Bachelor. He was arraigned before TT. S. Commissioner Best, and gave bond for his appearance at court. T. F. Johnson, of Wallace, spent a few hours hfere l&onday afternoon. The improvements to Mr. Johnston’s hotel are well on the way to epmpleetlon. When actually completed, this vdll be one of dihemost thoroughly modern and substaptial hotels in this section of the state. J. W. Cruse, of Rocky Point, was here for theday Tuesday. This company will appear imBurgaw next Wednesday night, October 3, at the high school auditorium. It should receive - a liberal patronage from the people of the community. Jtev. Currie, of Wallace, will preach In the Burgaw Presbyterian church Sunday morning at "11 o’clock. Mr. and Mrs. J. Pierce and daughter, Margaret accompanied by Mrs. Walter Green spent Sunday in Southport. : •'_:_ ... Mrs. Buck Displays Latest Fall Fashion ■Windows aV the Front street de partment store of A.' D, Brown ai\d company are displaying all. the smart ness of the big city show cubicles as well as a similar artistry- •>, Six of the latest mode gowns, pur chosed in New Tork last by Mrs. Elisa beth Fishblate Buck. These were exhi bited at the fashion show by the Brown company, where they attracted considerable attention from - festival visitors, and reflected the artistic taste Of the selector, ’ f These dresses are perhaps ^nnexcell ed in the ‘ city in -style and modish' ness. . . " - • •. ... - . \ - - in addition to the dresses showi Mrs. Buck is making exhibit of. ohb styles in hats, , V ' ITAR HEEL WOMEN MAKE GOOJ) RECORD WHEN PRODUCTS ARE SHOWN New York Exhibit Shows Just What North Carolinians Are Capable of • . -•*•. 0 W • • -= / _ •-.- -viv; -V..; (Special to The Star) - FAYETTEVILLE, Sept., 27.—"North Carolina is right on top,” Mies Minnie Samlet, in charge of the exhibit from this state at- the, women's .,activities exposition in New York, writes to friends here. The exposition *B a na tional affair,, held annually by the National Federation of Business and Professional Women’s clubs, but, ac cording to Miss Hamlet,- none, of the states is making a better showing iri -the, industrial work of women than that of North Carolina. FayetteviHe’s section., of the North’ Carolina exhibit consists' of a handsome showing of textile goods made by wo men., workers at the local plants hfi the Granite-Puritan Mills company, the Holt-Williamson manufacturing com pany, the Hawthorne silk mills, the,. Victory manufacturing company, and at the .Cape Fear cotton mill. I, . Miss Hamlet, who now lives in Greensboro, Was formerly the secretary and treasurer of the Tolar-Hart cotton manufacturing company, of this city, and was a charter member of the lo cal Business and Professional Women’s Club. RAWLS IS FREES « WHEN TEETH SHOW WRONG IDENTITY Strangest Case in Superior Court History Confronts Hender- j son-judge and Jury HENDERSON, Sept. 2%.—rjn what is said to be one of the strangest cases ever .tried . in , superior court heiie, Janie's B. " Rawls Thursday was aquii ted of the charge of deserting his al legded wife,, Mrs. J. B. Reid, and he children, the jury returning a, verdict of not guilty on charges of_ desertion and non-support. The case depended, upon the jury beliefring or not that Rawls, whose wife and two children were present, had been able to grow r. full qet of teeth during the eight years that the plaintiffff alleged she had been without the companionship and support of her husband. On the stand Wednesday, Mrs. Reia testified-that Rawls Was,her husband but she could not account for the fact that the defendant- had a - full set of front teeth. Eight years • ago. she testified’, when her husband deserted her, he had no front teeth, they hav ing been knocked out in sn accident 20 years before. • Her two grown *chjl dren "also identified the. defend&nt as their father. On the other hand Reid s three brothers and father were quite as postlve that tfce defendant was not of their family, "their . belief belfcg strengthened1 and ■ iii fa# practically based upon the condition of his teeth. Rawlsr on the stand, failed to show any Signs of recognition. as those who claimed to have known Raid from childhood were called before him nor did he show any sign of recognition when relatives of the missing husband , were, brought before him. DenOsts who took the, stand, testified that Rawls’ teeth were not false. - Another charge growing out of the1 present case, namely of bigamous con duct, will be nol prosed, it was stated. Rawls has a wife and "two children, he having married since the time he was alleged to havg'deaerted Mrs. Reid. Hoover Comments. On Harris Proposal ' . ■ * : r/^ "WASHINGTON, Sept. 27.—Th? recent declaration of Senator Harris', democrat, Georgia, that he would introduce at the next congress a bill requiring an annual census and survey of splnnabie and unsplnnable cotton on hand throughout the “World, has brought to the senator a letter from'Secretary df Commerce Hoover expressing the hope, that something can be done in the ^iext session to improve the whole sit_ uatlon “with regard to the gathering of statistics on cotton in hand each year.’,’ . . The experiments of the department had demonstrated, Mr. Hoover stated, 1 “that while the information would be of great advantage to cotton producers” it had been impossible to gather it “without authority to require the in formation.for there are assertions that" the warehouses and owners do not in many cases know their own grading.”: .. ■■■.■■ -- > ' r CONVICTS ARE KILLED CHARLOTTE, Sept. . 27;—Three con-: victs, one whilte, were killed todays by an explosion of dynamite at a quarry where rock was being blasted: for road construction near Cornelius, this couhty. The wite men killed was, Hugfi Jenkins, serving a five .year sentence for automobile theft. RIOTING KILLS ONE BERLINS, Sept. 2 7—One man wits kllle'd and 25 men were Injured In fighting "Wednesday night at Anna berg, Saxony, between nationalists aild' workmen. The police were forced to In--5 tervene to pufr'down the disorder. .% MISS ALICE CHEEK 18 ELECTED AS BEAUTY ' RALEIGH, Sept. 27—Mies Alice, Cheek of Henderson this, afternooin I was elected as winner for the fall fes- ' tlval beauty ' contest anc - she was crowned Queen of the Festival at ' a ball which- was the culmination.. “of three days’ festivities. ! • Other young ladles here for the .feat-: ivg.1 and who represents their cities were Mieses Evelyn Llncke, Nashville, Mary Louis Everett, Raleigh, Hilda ' Randolph, Kinston. Louis Burlington .■ Durham;*Margaret pou, Smithfleld and' Kathleen Price, Greensboro. V; _ "YARBROUGH JURY STILL OUT MACON, Ga., Sept. 27.—The jury de liberating on- the case of Dr. C. A. Yar brough, charged with riot In connec tion with the bogging of W. O. Barnett, , late tonight took - a recess, until to morrow morning without reporting a verdict. At. 11 o'clock the Jurors had deliberated for 3J. hours. It' . * "• — ■ • '' .- . 'i ■ • SLIGHT FIRE IN JUSTICE DEPT. WASHINGTON, Sept. 27.—The Are de partment was called out "Thursday [ night to fight a blaze on the fifth floor i of the department of justice, building. J-The damage was slight. - > __ ■* Coastal fTopography Helps t 'V^V-V Moonshiner, Says Dry Boss “Far more whisker Jla distilled andbo'otlegged in the eastern north Carolina than there la |n tho central or western part of the state, and all because It. la harder to control In the coaatal aeotlon than in any other part ot the atate/’ declared B. C. Sharp«,' of Salisbury, Uncle, Sam’s . division prohibition chief, when naked Thursday ‘ merninjp At - opinion of the Illicit boose trade in thts-part of lhe state. ■ ' / Division Ch^et Sharpe atutea'tthat He Is In,Wilmington Only for a short visit. Whether on business or pleasure he would not state when spoken to In the customs house building: Thursday morning:- As di vision chief he has ^charge of the operation of the federal prohibition enforcement officers In the states of Virginia; and Worth Carolina. His headquarters are In; Salisbury. I, ' 4jaked ’why he ' believed mere whiskey Teas wade Hud.iold In east ern North Carolina than in the mid dle and western section* of the 'state, Mr, Sharpe said that it? a" snch easier for a moonshiner to ..operate in the lowland* of the coastal sections than it was for one 1 to successfully operate in the hill ;j»nd mountainous sections, because < 'they could more . readily secret 'themselves and their outfit* In the great bays. .... The division, chief stated that he did not believe ttyit the prohibition law-lb North Carolina wui being as we}I enforced at the present.time «» it was eighteen month*, .or two . years ago. Recently the prohibition force has been considerably reduced because of' ‘finances, ■ and this has ^ given the moopshtner* and boot leggers a wider, range^ Wilmington. Presbytery Closes , Sessions At Garland; Reports Of Committees: Show Progress The 108th stated meeting of Wil mington JPresbytery came to a close Wednesday at 10 p. m., after two busy days and adjourned to meet at synod next month, the next stated meeting being April 15, 1924, at 8 p. m., at the Presbyterian church of Southport. More than two-thirds of the churches of the- Presbytery were represented either by their. pststor or elder, and while many delegates were compelled to leave before the adjournment there was a good representation to the end. Among matters of special interest during the day .were the reports of the ?resbytery’s home missions com mittee, the committee stewardship and the committee on BChools and colleges. A letter of dismissal was granted to Rev. J. S. Crowley, of Wilmington, to Harmony Presbytery in the synod orf South Carolina. A good part of the morning{ was spent in verbal reports from the different churches on the spiritual-life during the. year* Rev. J. MrMcBryde, of Chinquapin, preached at 11 a. m., by special appointment of Presbytery, from the text, Romans 3:32-23, "For there Is no difference: for all have sinned and come short of the glory ofj God.” His subject was “Orig inal Sin." . ‘ ‘ _ The closing session of Presbytery was in charge of Rev. W. H. Goodman, of Clarkton, who conductad a popular meeting in the interestf of Sabbath schools. Different ministers of the Presbytery made remarks concerning their particular works. Rev. W. W. Morton, of Wilmington: Rev. W. M. Baker, of Mount Olive; Rev. P. L. Clark, of Burgaw, and Rev. J. M. Mc Bryde, of Chinquapin, were followed in their remarks by J. M. Harvey, Pf Wilmington, . special Sunday school school worker in this Presbytery, who made a report of his work. ' Ih dismissing Rev. J. S. Crowley to another work, the Presbytery took rec ognition of the labors of Mr. Crowley within its bounds for a period Of 20 years, during which time he has been active in the outpost developments of the church, he being-the second oldest member in polrtt of service. Rev. Mr. Crowley is well known in Wilmington having been especially active* in the early life and work of Immanuel Pres byterian church and as the recent pas tor of Pearsall • Memorial jchureh. He goes to a work near Florence,. S. C. The report off the committee on schools and colleges wak adopted after Before amendments were offered and the result is that Wilmington JPresbytery has accepted th'e generous invitation of Rev. C. G. Vardell, D. D., president of Flora Macdonald college. Red Springs, N. C., and by the appointment of 12 members of her board of tru8„ tees assumes her share in the owner ship and,control of the college. Fay ettevllle,Orange and Wilmington Pres byteries comprising that Pfjt'** Carolina, lying on either side of a line from New Hanover to Ashe counties, including Wilmington, Fayetteville, and bending somewhat to the north to pass through Greensboro and Winfton Salem. It is the declared purpose of the -leaders of this college to give the Presbyterian church an A grade_col lege' for. woiqe In eastern North Caro JlnThe report of the home missions c unmlttee shews advance-Work opened in Onslow county. At present -there Is rrly one Presbyterian church In the county, but -new work, is contemplated and some Is already opened. P«rmlf» sion was granted the comra teo o move into the Castle Hayne neighbor hood with definite work/ The wotk as a twhole was; reported In a growing condition. ; The committee on stewardship brought in a report that was adopted. This committee presented a systematic effort to assign fair* appointments to our various churches Ttar jtheir benevo lent budgets. For the -"^to^cal^" t was reported a real, effort to call ,vt tention M the. churches to the salary Daid pastors, This is a part of an ef fort aB over, th« synod to ihcrease pas salaries and-provide each worker ^h a^sonable ^ary. lUoommmida, tions were -made ter churches through this Committee^ Tn attendance at this .meeting Presbytery from Wilmington were; Rev, a T Caldwell, Immanuel church^N.N; Fleming, Winter Park. * Andrew’s’ mnnsail■ J. E. Purcell, St. Anarews, i‘j jlirriy, ,,p,rtnt.na,nt « w» ■mg *»*•. J. A. Sallingfe, JfciBAnuel. - Go8iasbprt?‘,whLe?'Se W Mutate* > •;« Curtain Rinfcs Down Oyer Food and Fashion Display * ^how is Ringing Success ^ • ■ '■ ' ' -V. - - .V. ( ~r • >„r> / (GoQttirafcd. yz6m,JZ*$? One) Honnet Otj*~ . and the Groce# teria. -':.:.V f. ...fi Much' praise -was given' the band of the local, post of thei American Legion, which furnished the music fop- the show all1 three nights. The proceeds derived from gate receipts will go to tfh A hnnf f, fne- e vnan d li itp« - «■’ tVa, derived from gate receipts will go t6 me post; bs*e>?:fpr:.e*ppndl.ture;.M' th«! d