NEWS AND OBSERVER. RALEIGH, N. C, TUESDAY MORw;G, JULY 12, I92T.'
1CEMEIB.C.
Dr. Potest Presents Problem
Of Degeneracy Of Human
Species In Lecture .
"Which, bad 70a rather be Bickctt or
OFFICER PLEASED
rather hear Bicfcatt talh Cn"? filent, July ligflol. Jf H.
than 'any other iu I taowJ If there
tter m t nun who Could say the right
word at the right time, 1ft T. W. Bick-
yVJ thUik Cicero rather h4
it cm aim, Son'l yen!" Bo eaid Pr.
fflia I Totea preeldent of Wake
tercet Collegelast night li the open,
tog iocrnre of ale aeries on Eugenics"
before the teachers of the State Col
lege Bummer School, la mail the
point that there has been relatively
email improvement it the human etock
daring the historic period ef maa'a ep-
""tssiftately 800,000 ystri ewupetion of
this planet,
"I simply lay the problem before yon
"lonjght, said Vt. Potest, "ind the pro
greeeive degeneraey ef the rare result
ing from anomalies of id life is . a
present problom before which no civili
nation ea go en. It is jtist as mtuJt a
auperstltion to eonsidsr dereetlveBets
mi delinquency and dependency as in.
eluded in the dispensations ef Frovi.
donee t it is to believe is the lurk of
the rabbit's foot which yoo eari
erenad in your vest pocket."
Dr. Potest repressntad the three mala
store which determine life at environ.
Bent, training and heredity, portrayed
graphically as a triangle with heredity
as the base line,
"lavironmant U what we have, train
log is whet we do, and heredity ie what
we are," said the speaker. These three
factors are the eipressio of the Divine
method ia the formation oi numan
life.- .
Taking as his examples the great
Statesmen, eeuMorS, playwrights, poets,
anil aratora of the Oolda Age of
Athenian eultare from 500 to 300 B. C,
Dr. Potest declared that there has been
very little improvement la the hnmaa
stock einee then. Ia eiplaaation of thit
he gave fonr reasons; first, that ths best
blood ef the rsee hat Dees wasted in
war- ""We have bsrned the ed corn
and what will the harvest be!" he ex
claims second, that the best blood
has bees polluted by mis-mating; third,
that emphasis haa been placed upon en
irnnaiant and training rather than
upon heredity; and fourth, that that
has been "a conspiracy of silenoe" in
regard to the last among all the agents
ef progress, the school, the press, vj!
the church.
, "The church has been so concerned
rith snatching the bran-from- ths
bnrnlag that it hunt stopped to put the
i Are out, Dr. Potest declared.
The speaker took tip the arguments
f those who would hold that intelligent
investigation of heredity, and study of
ngsaks as "the eelenoe of being well
born robs the love relation of its
; glamour and its romance, and found
- that a possible" decrease in rice de
. ejeaeraey from such a study was more
i Ju tuau iikd rumancc.
With the preliminary ground thus
. cleared, tomorrow tight at I o'clock
Sr. Potest will deliver his second lee
' tare on Eugenics at Pullen Ball, treat
in. especially then of the biological
1 basis of heredity and some theories of
, heredity and their application.
117TH ENGINEERS IN
2ND ANNUAL REUNION
Big Weloome Extended Veter
, ana Of War At Hickory;
Gardner Speaks Todaj
KIP GLEII
Fill
Colonel Freer Inspects Tar
Heel Guardsmen and Praises
Their Appearand
By JOXATBA3 DAXIZU.
freer, ef fort ifcPbertonj Ge," affieer
charge ef the fiauoaal guard af
fairs ia the fourth eorpe area, arrived
here last nleht t Inspect the fiwn, I
Sunday Bight he made aa address te the
offcers of the post aad today inspected
the as mp aad ite personnel. -
He declared that he was mueh pleas
with the camp ia every particular aad
that he wished thst every Bute wss as
well fiicd ia the way ef aa encamp
ment as is North Carolina. The Colonel
was especially pleased with the appear
ance of the men.
Adjutant General, J. Vst B. Metis,
furmerly Colonel ef the 110th regiment
of the tOth Ptvlslen, addressed the of
ficers aad men ef the encampment this
morning at 11 o'clock oa the parade
groand.
The first personnel report of toe reel'
meat, as announced by Capf. C. A. (loe-
ney, adjutant, ahows that there are
1,120 mea and S3 officers in camp here
The service company of Baleigh ia dhe
largest with 83 men. This company
also includes the first regimental band.
('apt. Bprsgoe Silver, 61 Raleigh,
regimental Intelligence officer, hat been
detailed aa provost mauba and Ber
geant W. T. Danlelly, of Weigh, hat
been made sergeant of the gnara.
FUNERAL SERVICES FOR
COL DAN HUGH M1EAN
Lillingtot. July 11. Col. Dan Hugh
McLean, leading lawyer ef the Cape
Fear lection, was laid to rest this after
noon at Buninierville in a grave eev
eaty-ava yards irons the spot inhere ha
was born, seventy nve years ago.
An immense throng of mearning
frisnds and aeighbore attended the
funeral, conducted by fier. O. JV Kirk
Patrick, assisted by Bev. J. K. Hall, i
former pastor.
The funeral serviee was conducted
under Xtasonie direction and the active
pallbearers were the members of the
board of education., and the board of
eommiseioners of Harnett. The -honor
ary pallbearers were the members of
the Lillington bar.
Approximately 80,000 persons were
accidentally killed la the United States
In 1919.
SPEED V
Charlotte Automobile
Up In Arms Agiinst Wake
" County Officials
Charlotte, Jty 11-At meeting of
tha Charlotte AutoaiebUa Trade As-
sotlaiioa today, the stalemeaTwsj nude
that Wake eeaaty, through ana ef its
deputy sheriffs aad justice of the
peaos ia waxing fat at the expense of
juUoaaiiWla jwaevjuai ttiH-.Wid l"1
arm sot being forgotten ia the rash.
It ia aaderstood that five or til vasr
Istta altiseaa who etate they have not
bee ia Waka county or Baleigh in
the last sit months face warrants for
exeaedinc the speed limits aad it is on
deretovd further that Deputy Sheriff
Manna ssd Jastlte Oweaa way face
suits far fa lac arreitt. It can reported
her today thar Chtrlotte eititcns, ith
the baching af the automobile trade as
sociation, wm contest the warrants and
file counter suits.
Osmond Barriarer Is the official route
maa for the Bine Book and it is under
stood thst he will take up the matter
with the Amerieaa Automobile Associ
ation! aad other national automobile
bodiitt and advise all tourists to avoid
Baleigh and Wake county ia traveling
North Carolina.
Action On Linney Report Goes
Over Until Next Week
(Ceatiaaed frees Page One)
appointmeat would heH the anforae-
aieat af the law antt encourage the
liquor dealers1
Air. Darn urges the parties te whom
flwnP.nl ha writea ta see! letters af p rote at te
ummww, mb vwnnciai as
"faithful and edcieat America se who
have served well the EUtc aad the Ho
pe uuca a party,- seme wkem na aayi
tare beea laennoaea for the poaitioa
and that ha haa it Hn the best anUori.
ty-that come of iheat wo14 b gl4 to
ua a job,-- Ta list ha given hsd
the names of C. B. pggh, Elizabeth
City Claudius Dvkery, Troyj 1. i.
Brltt, AshevilU; C. E. McCrary, Lexinj
THE WEATHER
Baleilh. N. C. July 11, 1981
North Carolina: Partly cloudy weath'
er with local thundersbowers Tuesday
and Wsdasaday.. Ko (hangs In temper
sture.
TKMPtBATUBE.
Higheet temperature .'
Loweet temperature
Mea a temperature
Exeess for the dsy
Avrrsge dally fst tta January
1st
Sautter Simmons is taking steps to
aid la , ths rsqnsst that has corns to
him ta eeeure baason lighte far what
is knowa as The Theronghfars cos
netting Core 8ound and Pamlieo Sound
near tkt mouth of the Neaea River. Be
has taken the matter na with the Bureau
of Lighthouses ef ths Department of
Commerce, the regqest being for range
lit'hts at the entraneee aad beacon
lights oa the shoals, known at Mallet,
Long Bay foist, Cedar Islaad Lump,
New Stump, aad Beccaoa Island Kar.
rows. Senator Simmons has Informed
the burssa ef the large traffic passing
through "The Thoroughfare" ia tha last
neason, such as 60,000 bushels 41 sweet
potatoes, 20,000 bushels ef oysters every
week during .the . open season, 50,000
bushels ef oyster shells for planting
purposes. And further thst twenty-two
cress ply oa it waters almost daily,
with some three hundred or mora motor
boats aslng the court. The import
snce of "The Thorooghftrs," ha holds,
warrants ths establish went of tha bet
eon lights ssksd for.
, lavltstlon ta Waliacs
A dslsgnliM . consisting of - Senate?
Simmons, Representatives Lyon and
Brioioa will tomorrow call en eeere
tary of Agriculture Wallace and attend
to him aa invitation ta speak at we
opening of the Harnett County Agri.
cultural Fair at Puna on October IV
Tlie reuliest Bst Tli' InvttatlBtt' b
;
tended eomec threugh T. L.'Biddlc, the
secretary af the Fair Atsociatioa. '
The Postoffies IVpsrlaent aaaouncee
that Clifton X. Vahsh hss beea ap
pointed acting poetsastsr af tha fourth
Uiia at Bfidevtoa, Craven county, and
the appointment ef postasstera ef ths
fcuru class aa fullewt; Uly S,.Ku
Uan ta succeed' Jenis Thompson! re
signed, at Denven-Iiseolt county Fan
sis HoUifleld-ta euecred WP. Hey-
wood, resigned, at Sevier, McDowell
county r Joe)h H. Cooch ta succeed
Lucy Hardee, resigned, at Bum. Cran
villa eeuaty. Atnoaaeemeat ia pads
also that tha civil aervics cemmlsaioa
hsi bean asked to hold it axamfnstioa
ta fill mcanclea h Presidential pott J
emcee at Belmont aad PeUat, dates for
thsst to be announced Inter,
Mrs. M. a Austin, of AshsviUa U In
Washington- todiy, and accempanid by
Bcpreaeatativa Zeb Weaver, want to
the body of Sergeant Hummel sent at
asee to GolXiboro.
BcpreaenUtjve Brinson uday aaa a
request from Joan Joeepn, oc newa
boro, to aid tha securing of a para
port for hist to visit Syria. Mr. Joseph
ia astiv af Lelnnoa, ivria, and came
t thia coustry U JSi, eeirg aainra-
Ued at Goldsbera la 130. lie ia the
son af tha lata 5sd Joseph Tsrfoar, of
Syria, aad wishes ta 14 u ws tcaaj
uit nlativea aad eett'.e ap tha es
tate, booing ta bo able ta nail-Un the
S,t af An rust.' '
Karua Farrar, at Coldsboro, writes
Congressmsa Brinson, asking his aid
V.rt.a tka Aaurian coasnl at Beirit
.bil.t ia aeenrinf -nPassport for his
Arlington Cemetery ta be informed of
tha plans for tha burial af bar eon,
Enoch Austin, who wss killed is action
lit rrance nearly three years ago.
Young Austin was a member of the
115th machine run battery. Mrs. Aus
tia was former! af Mississippi and in
Asheville is in charge af tha business
of tha Austin-Vascy Company.
Balwlakle Bets ran.
Xepreeeatativa A. 1 Bui winkle re
turned Oils' morning from Hobohen
whert ha went as a member of tha Con-
grsssloaal committee appointed to be
present at tha services es tha arrival of
ever 7,000 of. cur oversets dead from
France. He says that ths services were
most impressive, in attendance beini
a great crowd, tha addresses ef Genera
Pershing aad Senator Lodge bsing
hssrd with marked, attention- Unior
tunstely, he said, there wss no list of
ths dead by ststes, and hs lssrned ef the
body of one North Cerout'sn, that at
Sergeant Hummel, of QolAsboro, In
this connection Bspreseatative Brinson
had a letter yasterdsy from Captain
Oeorca K. Freeman ef Geldcporo, ssk
ing him, ta arrange to hara tha body at
Aorgeant Hummel sent to uoldsboro.
He took up the matter at once with the
War Department, which sent telegrams
to Goldsbore asking the wishes of the
family, as this is required. If an
answer it received in time tonight the
orders ititt be i?nt to Hoboken to btvo
dsty
with the
sister, whom he vaata ta Join him at
Ooldsbero, Three Farm brothers left
Beirut several years ago aad left their
at.ta there. Tha Utter ta Coagrcestaaa
Brinson eomee from CapUia Uecrge .
rpnmaa, waa aaya wa m
ia a hard wertmg young man aa
tile to provide for bis sister.
Feet Caswell Matter
Having noticed In the papcra reports
tram Waahlnaton that the War Depart
ment was planning tha abandonment of
practically ail tha coast defeases of tha
Beuth Atlantic and Gulf States, and
else the matter being-caiwa te ais at
tention by the Chamber of. Commerce
of Wilmingtoa, Congressmsa Lyea took
the matter P witt the uuei oi v-oast
ArtUlery, Oeneral Oa, U find oat
whether or-not Fart Caswell, at the
mouth of the Cape Fear, woxid e
affected. He was informed that what
was contemplated by the Department
was a reduction in forces at practieaUy
all these posts, owing ta the redueieg
ef the army to 135,000 men as required
by rarest aet of Congrase, but that the
report as to tha abandoning er junking
or Uiese posts wss entirely wimot"
foundation. Just what reductions will
be made at the various posts has net
been determined.
Commander John N. Ferguson and
his fsmlly arivsd la Waahingtoa today
from California. . Cowmaiidei lerguson
is tha son of Jedre O. 8. Fergasoa, of
Wsynstvills, and brother of O. 8. Far
rtison, Jr, aa attorney of this city. He
has Deen in commsnd or tne t o. a.
Stoddert and also of division 33 ef the
torpedo section of tha Pacifis fieot, com
-hrf" war-tor Waahmgton trader ordre
hick swira hi to
Xavy Derartment here.'
James fcunsoa, of Cnarlotte, weasr
ef Mrcklaabarg eeawty, waa here Uday
ea his wsy to New York ta arrange tor
tha sals ef soete ecu sty beads. With
him were J. B. McLaughlin aad Floyd
Gresham, both of Charlotte, tha Urea
going ta Kew Tark tettaar.
Mr, as Mrs. rierte juicaer, oi
Greensbara, wbe are mating aa aoto
mobils trip were visitors to Washington
today. They are frienda af Cngrea-
maa Stedmaa. aac spent asms ume wns
him. Major 6tedaaa escorting them aa
their visit te the Boase ana awaau
nd abort tte eapitoL Mr. and Mrs
BlphLani' af Winstoa-Balam, wars
risitora ta wattingwn woay.
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PKKCIP1TATION (in Inches.)
Amount for the 34 houre ending at
8 p. m. 0
Total for tha month to data .... 1.T1
Deficiency for the month J3
Deficiency einee January 1st
HUMIDITY.
8 a.m. 13 m. I p.m.
Dry bulb 79 91 83
Wet bulb 7 74 72
Bel. hnmiditv 79 44 0
8 a.m.
PKKSSUBE.
(Bedueed to Sea Level.)
30.02 8 pjn
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Sunrise: fi:06 a.m. fmnsoti 7:33 p.m.
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Hickory, July 11. Wth a reception
and dance in the Armory tonight, the
' first day's session of ths second annual
rsuniot of the South Carolina chapter
of the 117th Engineers' Begiment, Bsiu-
bow Division, came to a brilliant close,
, Tha veterans wsre welcomed briefly
: by Hickory orators and leads ef fried
chicken at noon todty, takes out for
automobile rides this srfternoon and
into Hickory homes tonight,
" CoL J. M. Johnson, in responding to
- -Joe? I Mnrphy'i addrew declared that
'the chapter had come to Hickory in
honor of two Hickory men, Lieut
O'brioa M. Sigmon and Sergeant Ches
ter C. Williams, who lost their lives la
France. "
O. K. Bargees, State Adjutant of the
American Legion, received a tremend
wtti ovation when he spots this after.
- woon and ha was oa the program for
another s$ dress tonight.
The reunion will come to a close with
' a businew session tomorrow a memorial
eerviee at which O. Max Gardner and
others will apeak and a lunch at noon
1 for the veterans.
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MlaeraL
ame aaaawemmaw
for Infants and Children.
Mothers Knov That
Genuine Castoria
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I ea Hal
Vj5f Use
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PRINCIr'AL POWERS
APPARENTLY FAVOR '
DISARMAMENT IDEA
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fain en thcpoasibillty of holding aeon
fereaoe on disarmament.
Mr. Whitohonse delivered no docu
ment in thia connection, merely en
gaging it a tentative conversation on
tha mbjeet. - I
Ofieiai oommeat ea President Hard
is gs initiative for a conference on the
limitation of armaments ia withheld
pending receipt of tha official liivlu.
tion. but onofllclal opinions, gathered
ta official eirelee, are to tha affect that.
Franca certainly will accept the Invita,
tion if one la received,
- Tha attitude of the French govern
ment, however, ia said to be nnchaaged
. since it waa set forth ia tha assembly
of the League of Nations last December
by- Loon Bourgeois. . Fraaea It ia ex
plained to ready aad would bo glad ta
reduce her- armaments, asd save the
heavy expense involved aa coon at aha
. ran aafely do to, but any decision oa
this question must depend-upon absov
lute eecurlry from the east. Inquiries
ia-official circles discloss the Impres
sions thst tuck eeesiiti hss not yet
been obtained. ' ( ,
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