Mnfn J liy 'i n_ 4 i ir* ji
notea wmer * amti a vnna
Picture of the Lnwly Arctic
t b i
an agil* MItMmI
But H i
rta la water ao cold that <
reault frmn the attempt,
aealakin tajik, the Eakimo'*
eottage, la "rail, bat it aw
• fab. A roek Igloo, the
l winter bungalow, ia dark
ami clonaly enough, hot it ia a w*l
mmae haven from cold and atom.
Helpiaaa Craft
Under the conditions we had thia
aamwier. it almnat aeemed aa if an
airplane flying over the beach where
Aa Charlea Francis Hall Arctic ship,
Ike Potaria, waa wrecked, ia actually
■Mr* heipieea than were the'nine
tan men and women who floated ty
9M mile* on an ice pack to the i
The region between Cape Alexan
ar and Cape Hatherton, on Qraea
mi many Arctic explorer*, including
Mamr. Hayen, Hall tad Peary, hot
ft had no equrlly aafe landing place
iar plane* thia seas in.
Trip* acroaa El'in-aere Inland thia
aaaner meant that the flyers took
their live* in their hands every time
ttlf croaaad, and too much cannot
fee aaid about the courage. the jadg
■aat and the ingenuity of the Unit
«4 fttatea Navy's personnel under the
■Mat adverse conditions.
Ike very landing place* they used
Wnrr might harbor jagged massea
a4 Ice the nest time they arrived.
'WNkin a few hoars after aome cache*
been deposited planes have
! it impossible to land again with
TW Smith Sound Eskimo is prim
Mist , but he can live where a Ph. D.
lid starve. It would be interest
to apply an Intelligence teat to
se Eskimos. MacMlllan haa paid
tribute to their ingenuity and
—iwn i *ulnea». And oar party haa
taa amased by them. Their manner
«f living is rnide, they know noth
h( of the outside world, there are
Mm which think they are the only
people who inhabit the earth. They
Jbplay not the faint beginnings, in
MT eaaes, of the cultural advance
wait of the pre-Columbian Indians
wMch Dr. Jodd haa found in Chaeo
Caayon. Yet they are able to cope
with emergencies which would baffle
WgUy educated men. And they sur
•in in an environment where they
ami the tiny insects are the only eon
Polar regions, hostile to th*
Eskimo, who asks little,
liwitatinas an modern
who asks much and trusts to
Instead of individual
T*»e Eskimo's weapons against htm
H*T hafore yesterday (Augnt It.)
rw "»* «hove Etah and the vicinity
i Wma than aa hear and the only aafe
hM In si
"»RU U» IH«>
The Far North, «o ipdkdfe iwn
to it* primitive Inhabitants, la brutal
ly repellant, it mmu, toward any ma
rhine, or any of the coaplniii«f of
ehrlliMtion. Thoaa who can mount
on wine* aa eagles in ntldac mw
coaqaests hot they ara nmntaf far
mora danger in th#ir pioneering work
than thoaa who can ran and net ha
waary.
Alt tha world honor* Peary hot it
is small wonder the wen who haw
heen up here, especially thoaa of ua
to whoaa Arctir exploration la a new
rhaptar of nptrlww, rome home to
rerere him.
Alongside m ia the (Canadian patrol
•hip, tha Arctic, which haa been north
IS times in 21 yeara. This ahip haa
bulwark walla more than three feet
thick, yet ita captain thia season can
not drive thia moving fort north to
Annortoh, 19 mi lea up the eoaat. In
other year* ynaak hare »tearned tha
lenrth of Kane Baain without see
!n| ice packa.
Now, with young eider dock* strad
dling about on unseaaonable Ice, the
old ice of years I* blocking bays con
fidently counted on by Cooimander
MarMillan aa landing places for the
planea. «
With an open season tha flyer*
could have cast wing shadows over
a far wider untrodden area than that
they have *o laboriously explored.
SAMPSON CITIZEN IS SENT
TO ROADS
Mm Triad and Convicted
for Blockading
Clinton, Aug. 28.—A two wwk»'
term of Superior Court haa ended
with a largo crop of fine* and aan
teneoa to ita credit. Iaaac Williams,
a prominent citizen of excellent con
nection! of Newton Grove, drew a
two-year term on the roada. He waa
under a suspended road sentence for
boot Iff traffic. At this court, ha
waa tried and convicted for blockad
ing and waa sentenced for two years
<>n the roada, the former one-year
sentence to ran concurrently.
Ed H. Sutton, a former Newton
Grove citisen and more recently of
Clinton, alao member of a prominent
family, waa eonvietod of embeula
ment and sentenced to two years in
the Stata Priaon. He appealed to the
Supreme Court and Is oat under bond.
He haa until recently had a musk
store here, but has lately changed his
buaineas to that of loaning a cafe.
Sheriff A. A. Jernigan aad Deputy
Sheriff Wrench were tried far neg
ligence in allowing sseapsa front the
county Jail. Deputy Wrsadi waa
jailer at the tea. The aseapsa oc
curred in February and May. He re
signed aa Jailer hot eentfnued to act
aa deputy eheriff. 11m trial which
hotly contacted resulted In the
of Sheriff Jem Igan and the
ef Deputy Wrench. He
waa not su*r» -"H of any personal
collusion, only ■agWfiots. The oa
Carter and Ma rMpmlm for
whom iwirfh la asade (ittcrad
tba houee by • tower window which
wh not faatimed. Carta* bad ismse
ad Ma abaaa and lafl tka* M a abed
ao.aa to make aa little noiaa aa poa
•ibla. TW two mm gained acreea to
the M-HuuRbtr of tba Franklin's
and Carter bad bold of Franklin*
trousers when tba other man in the
darfcnaaa touched Mr*. FrankHn's
feat awakening bar. Realizing that
there ware parsons moving about tba
room in tba darknaaa and that bar
husband waa beside bar aba ncream
ad. Franklin awoke, realised in a
flash what waa happening and
reached for Me run, which be kept
near Ma bad. Carter opened fire aev
eral timet successively and Franklin
wounded, returned the Art. In the
meantime the second Intruder had
made hi* escape. Neighbor* hasten
ed in. Call* were cent for the police
and doctor* who quickly arrived.
Carter la described here aa a had
character. Three week* ago he waa
■tabbed by a young woman employed
bt the local cotton mill*. He had no
particular calling it la said.
Yeaterday Carter visited Franklin
who la a barber and ascertained that
'he latter carried a roll of money on
hie person. Carter followed Franklin
in the darknaaa to his home bided bis
tine and entered tbe room aa aoon
aa Franklin had returned.
This afternoon Or. M. H. McBryde,
county coroner, empanelled a jury,
viewed the remain* and continued the
inqoeat until next Tuesday night.
Carter'* body is now at a local under
taker's parlor awaiting instructions
from his mother.
Carter after being ehot attempted
to flee from the Franklin home walk
ing out through the door into the
yard bleeding profusely. He fell
on the sidewalk some twenty-five
feet from the room in which ha waa
shot.
Diamond Backs Tnv*l 200
Mile, in Frrw Ymh
Stumpy Paint, Aug. 22.—Long dis
tance louring record* for Diamond
Bark terrapin are believed t« hare
been broken by three specimens re
cently taken on Roanoke Island and
delivered to Inspector Clarence WW*
here for the State Fisheries Commis
sion brood pens at the government
hatchery in Beaufort.
Five years ago several doaen Dia
mond Backs were carefully marked at
the Beaufort hatchery and turned
loose in the marshes in Carteret cow
ty. Beaufort la ISf miles by wator
from Roanoke Island, and it is prob
ably twice that distance by the roote
the terrapin would naturally follow.
It has taken the Ave years to cover
it. They had families of young with
them.
Local fishermen were suipiiaed to
find them so far -from home, that a
careful checking of the tdonllflfalhm
marks on their shells left no doubt as
to the fact that theae ware the earns
terrapin let loose at the hah half five
yean ago. They had grows approx
imately two Inrhee, bat the maririncs
were still distinct- The brand had
grown larger with the shell
Fishing far terrapin hdf been stop
ped In the waters of North Carolina
for five years la aa effort to rehabi
litate the ahaeet extinct species.
11m Commission has andmteh—
nuirunf ma u ins woun cnnqotr
th« channel in record tin*, the Amsri
ran champion broke all speed marks
fro* mm hoar antU aha ah—dnnid
her attempt. Almnef. altheat warn
in* and jttrt aa tha than Car har
wonderful aajmix* for eight hoars
antra quieted. Miaa Ederle faltered aa
if la pain. Mile 8ion, tha French
xwimmer, getrtly, and Hehny gruffly
urged har on. Wolf* far* har heaf
tea, hot tha firfi hudi shook aa aha
took It 8ha want bravely on, how
ever, aftar • minute's reat, making
for tha English coast, which waa joat
coming into sight through tha has*.
Har strokes which until than had
smaxed tha expprta by their rigor, be
gan to lack forca and regularity, and
the hope of a record breaking croaaing
gave way to pessimism on tha tog.
She want stubbornly on, bat, wincing
with pain, the Alympic champion had
to stop every faw yarda roll near on
her back and i> issaga har body.
Then came the cotlapae The limp
and crying girl waa hauled aboard tha
tug a strange contrast to the power
ful iwlmni who had left Cape Gris
Net almost • hoars before She waa
diaransolate, saying:
"I Just could not d* It; that aah
water was too much for ma." She re
covered quickly aa she did not suffer
from the cold aa la generally the caae
for the temperature of the water was
62 or <8 fahrenheit throughout, which
is warm for tha channel.
After she ate a har of chocolate,
Miaa Ederle slept so soondly that she
had to be awakened when the tug
reached Boulogne at 6:80 o'clock this
evening. Her failure to swim the
channel, has not shaken the faith of
Wolfe. Burgess, Helmy and other
channel experts.
"The girl was short of her beat
physical condition." old Bill Barge*
said. "She will do it If she trains
properly."
I midt emtio progreaa for um rim
ri*ht hoar* was marveloua. 81m was
'i*ht mile* from Cape Gris No at I
the end of three hour*, a performance
heretofore believed impossible. Then
the tide turned when the wu about'
abreast of Boulogne and the weather,
which had been perfect, changed.
The wind veered to the southwest,
a choppy sea.* as thrown op, and the
channel, living up to it# reputation,
Hwame a MaLii:*, foaming expanse
of water. Even so dm of the
pn on the tug ware seasick.
Fall Westber Follows Hoat m
Middle West
Chicago, Aug. St.—The first faint
whiff of football weather eaiead aver I
ing tempera turn down into the late'
Wi and early no's with scattered {
by a freak snow storm, and at White |
last night the ther
The MacMlllan north pale ezpedi
of winter in the Arctic region. New,
Tork's weather dropped from M yes
terday to #7 this evening. Kansas
slid from IM a few days ago to <1I
and anmd Chicago a steady drop fa j
the marrary mas a _
The weather man offered a diffi
dent promise of dightly •
wrda
Cm. - t - 11* 1- j?_ -
CJn^pBB6C9nB
to Build Roads for Mexico
mimy of whom wOl mm from the
North Carolina Highway organixa
tion, wfll ft to form Hm IWoa
fitoal highway nrganliatiMi. AH
of that* MOT wfli mrirc salaries of
•MM par yaw which i* eenaMataMo
Mora than thay now tocoies (tom tha
Mr. Upham i a tinned two waaka
ago from ft My to Mexico whara ha
nadi a surrey of Mm penpoaad read
system for tha MniaM Oertni
of a half million Mian worth of rami
machinery which baa already bean se
cured. All of the i otooaiewdation*
of hia report mm adapted.
Tha Mexican Government haa h^^
run road building operation* at tha
rate of fl.OM.Mt per month which
la wowed by toxea on raeottne and
tobacco, all fanda from gaa taxee and
tobacco toxea going into the road pro
ip-am. The monthly income will in
crease a* the Uim from three anurced
increase.
Mr. Upham while in Mexico pre
wmted the feat area of the road pro
irram in North Carolina and the Mex
ican plan will he almoet identical with
that in uae in North Carolina.
Two contract* far the road ayatem
were let during Mr. Upham'a recent
Wait, to Burn* Brother*, of Chicago,
who will do the work. Thaae war*
let becanae it wa* found that the old |
roada built hundred* of year* ago
were laid out urith marveloua engin
eering akill. The great Hulk of the
roada, however, will bare to be re
located before construction.
The road building work win be|
•implified by the presence along the
propoaad highway* of material which
ran be uaed in the construction of the
roada.
Plan 2,000 Miles
Already 2,000 mites of propoaed
hirhwayt have been outlined. They
will connect Mexico City with the
United State* and will be a part of
«he Meridan Highway from Canada
to Mexico City. The highway l» ex.
ported to become • great tourist
The Mexican highway organisation
will be built around the group of men
from the North Carolina Highway
Commission who are leaving to take
charge.
Mr. Uphaia found the Mexican en
gineer* • superior type of men.
Vae Aerial Photography
Mr. Upham ha* deviaed plan* for lo
cating the Mexican highway* by. aerial
photography which i* the first time
H has been used in road construction
work. Jhe contract for the aerial
photgraphic work has been lot to
Brock and Weymouth, of Philadelphia.
During his rislt to Mexico, Mr.
Upham was splendidly entertained by j
Mexican Government officials and en
gineers.
"The vast undeveloped resources
of Mexico only need a good sysUm !
of transportation to bring aboat a
great prosperity la Mexico, Mr. Up-,
ham declared.
Mr. Upham told af the
ty of Mexico and the em
H la a
try," declared Mr. Upham ta
inr the beauty of the
in INK by the
tries which I
churches."
"Hie cities are Khe the
cities with
All the ritiea have
• hy the Spaa- J
rf years age. hhii
af nrtJZZT r"T
. ■ - hSkc
cuatom af tha M
!■■ la» ■ ■ U iL >|
frinfinf in IMl
ftrwt day af the
Tto aalaa rm thia market aa far 1
<maon ara l,TO«,«7«
•old far $802,119.8S; an mrin af
»1* 02 for tha iMa.
In thte rtpnrt far tha week aa and
aa far tto aaaaon. tha "acrap" la to
rinded. It mmm to to Aa wf
on many markets hi tills bdt to ctl*
minate tto «crap in rffarthf, or aha
merely "paai" at tlifnfi Hha
of tha Mrkttt did down In
(uat far tto purpuaa af
noma particular market, bat tkia fa
unfair to tto farmer What to wan»a
and what to b entitled to ti facta,
not ratiautea. I hare nerrr teen any
"itheetra" acnt from any markat,
that ware not ueai -catlmataa. Ttoy
are never under.
Tto crop of tobacco In thia toh la
not aa rood aa waa expected. White
it it a much hatter crop than teat taa
■nn, yet it la not above normal hi
quality. Ita fot rifht much weight
and thia ia a grant help to tto farmer.
Condition* In tha whole of tha'Sooth
Carolina and border market toK thia
■eaaon are nimilar.
AMERICAN FARM METH
ODS SOUGHT
• ■ i i i
Lloyd George, Who Would !»
London. A off. 22.—To
Minister David Lloyd George has hi*
ryr on the Amtrinn farmer with a
view to introducing in England Amer
ican agricultural methods which
might help the British farmer.
When Lloyd George heard that 8e»
ator Arthur'Capper, of Kansas, farm
bloc leader and publisher of ate week
lies with circulation among 5.000.OM
farmers, waa in London, he
lately sent a luncheon invitation.
Senator Capper accepted
looking forward to gaining much ftrat
hand information from the British
statesman regarding the British Em
nire and Europe at large. For tare
hours the two statesmen sat in the
House of Commons' dining room,
overlooking the TWmes. while the
Welsh leader fired a literal barrage of
questions at the Kanaan. He wanted
to knew aO aboit wheat, aata. rye aad
bushel for their grab); how
organisations
•rated end a
and one other things about
life in the United States.
eon party
while Lloyd George was haatQy
" t. the ~