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ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA, MONDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 30, 1D22
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Situation In Pennsylvania
Is Peculiar Anti - Climax
All Fuss And Feathers, Drama And Pent-up
Feeling Reached Climax With Nomination Of
Giffcrd Pinchot For Governor, Since Then
Campaign Is ' Interesting Only Because Of
Lack Of Interest
TROTTER ARRESTED
Hi COLORADO TOWI
Preacher Who Escaped Jail While
Awaiting Trial For Embezzlement
Again In ( lutein's Of Law
McAlegter, Okla., Oct. 30 (By The
Associated Press) Rev. J. C. Trot
ter, former pastor of the Haleyvllle
Methodist church and financial sec
retary of Brooks Institute at Hart
shorne, who escaped from Jail last
month, while awaiting trial charged
with embezzling church money and
funds of the institute, has been ar
rested at Alamosa, Colorado, accord
ing to word received here.
f.r.:l2:r.ati:n 05ject
Of Railroed Men
St. Paul, Minn., Oct. 30 (By The
Associated Press) A national con
ference of railroad men to devise
ways and means of effecting amalga
mation of the sixteen standard rail
road organizations will be held In
Chicago on December 9, O. H. Wan
gerln, secretary of the national com
mittee on amalgamation, announecd
today.
Two f.!:n Electrocuted
Bellefonte, Pa., Oct. 30 (By The
Associated Press) Thomas Rhyal,
convicted of the murder of Clara
Lennox, fourteen, was electrocuted
at Rockvlew penitentiary this morn
ing. Curtis Sipple was also electro
cuted tor the murder in 1919 of a
rail worker.
By DAVID LAWRENCE
(Copyright 1922 by The Advance)
Harrisburg, Pa., Oct. 28. Pennsylvania's political situa
tion is a peculiar anti-climax.
All the fuss and feathers,
all the drama and all the pent
up feeling on the subject of Re
publican bosses reached its
climax with the nomination of
Gifford Pinchot for Governor.
Since then the campaign has been
interesting chiefly because of the lack j
of interest shown by Republican lead
ers and party workers who in years
gone by used to corral the vote in the
last two weeks and put the "Grand
Old Party over the hurdles with rec
ord breaking, majorities.
Democrats of prominence will look
you in the eye today and talk confi
dently of winning or at least -cutting
-down to Insignificance the size of the
Pinchot majority. Certain surface
signs would seem to Justify Demo
cratic optimism. For one thing, Giff
ord Pinchot is an out and out dry. He
i3 just as dry in a wet city when he
Is campaigning as he Is In a dry coun
try district. There's not a drop of
moisture in any of his speeches.
'Farmer" McSparrin, who is the
Democratic nominee for governor, is
much less rigid. He will acquire wet
Totes whether he makes a bid for
them or not.
-Another tiling which can not be
overlooked is the absence of Penrose.
This state has been accustomed to
political bosses. The Republican par
ty has functioned smoothly because
one man issued commands and one
man engineered the collection and
distribution of campaign funds.
There is no big Republican fund
this year. The big contributors, name-j
ly, certain .railroads and corporate
interests and the liquor folks, would
not dare hand any hard money to
Gifford Pinchot who, by the way. is
financing his own campaign. And
without money for the party workers
there will le little' enthusiasm. Al
ready the talk is of a "light vote."
In the days of Penrose things
were different. There was no such
thing as a' light- vote. If Indiffer
ence prevailed, the leaders would
send out word to get busy and the
-voters would be brought to the polls
in droves, the idea being to make
Republican prestige numerically so
strong as to dishearten opposition in
future years.
Apropos of the Penrose method of
leadership one hears reminiscent
tales of that $200,000 cash fund!
which was discovered in a safety de
posit vault after the senator's death.
He didn't believe, it is said, in col
lecting checks or dispensing checks
in campaign work and always had
the idea that plenty of cash must be
Tiept on hand to meet the exigencies
of party warfare in managing one of
the most powerful political organiz
ations in the country.
The Republican organization is not
a single entity any more. It is com
posed of groups and factions. Had
it been united Brother Pinchot would
not have run away with the field in
the primaries. What group or leader
shall be recognized? There is little
" chance that Mr. Plnchot's victory
will settle the matter. He disclaims
having any Presidential ambition but
he is after all Gifford Pinchot, dyed
in the wool progressive, foe of boss
ism and a friend of the farmer. He
will if he runs true to form find him
self in a spectacular fight against the
Bosses and the factions. Outwardly
the organization men are saying they
are for Pinchot yet" they cannot con
ceal their doubts that It will do them
any good after election.
But the friends of Plnch6t who
naturally want to line up all the sup
port thev can get for their candi
date usually point out to the doubt
ing Thomases that if they are uncer
tain what patronage they will get
from Tlnchot if he is elected Gov
ernor they can be very certain about
the amount they will get from the
Democratic nominee, Mr. McSparrin,
if by chance he should win, namely
nothing. That line of argument is
having some effect. And it must not
be forgotten that Pinchot must have
the co-operation of a friendly state
legislature. His measures of reform
cannot be put through by executive
. flat. He will no doubt sees the ne
cessity of playing ball to some ex
t.-tit with the renular organization or
f v v i'l by otip means or another
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PLAN WELCOME SERVICE
The First Baptist church Sunday
night passed a resolution to hold a
welcome, hit vice next Sunday night
in honor of the new pastor, Dr. S. II.
Templeman, inviting the pastors and
congregations of neighboring Bap
tist churches.
Dr. J. II. Thayer, pastor of Black-
well Memorial church, will preside,
and the other pa.stors and congrega
tions invited including Rev. R. F.
Hall and the congregations of his
churches, Rev. S. F. Hudson and Shi
loh church, and Rev. B. F. Johnson
and Sawyers Creek church.
FASCISTI WAIT
OUTSIDE GATES
Body Of Dr. Schaffter
SentTo Ohio Sunday
Mrs. Sue Reid, mother of Mrs. Ttosier, with her two grandchildren and
her own cripp'.ed child, Robert, in thecrlb. Tho trial of Mrs. Katherine
Rosier for the murder of her husband, Oscar Rosier, nationally famous ad
vertising agent and his stenographer, Mildred Reckitt, has opened. Mr.
Rosier nnd his youns and beautiful employe were shot to death as they
werj iu his office together last January. Mrs. Rosier will plead the "un
written law" In her defense.
State Ticket llss
Thirteen flcr.es
Mammoth Potatoes
At First National
chide o' onooa
BELIEVED LlUElDEnED
New York, Oct. 30 (By The Asso
ciated Press) Coroner Snowden has
ordered an autopsy to determine how
Daniel Cohen, twenty-two and his
bride of a month met death. The
bodies unclothed were found in the
bathroom of an apartment house at
Yonkers. Cohen lay on the floor,
and his wife under the water in the
bath tub. Murder is the theory.
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D:"ii;tcr Is Innscsit
Havre. Mont.. Oct. 30 (By The
Associated Press) While Mrs.
Christler was today accompanying
the body of Rev. Leonard Christler
on the eastbound train, Mrs. Joseph
Pyle, mother of Mrs. Margaret Carle
ton, whose body was found beside
that of Christler, was attempting to
prove that her daughter did not
commit murder and suicide, as the
coroner's Jury held Sunday. Mrs.
Pyle was piecing together bits of a
torn letter found In the waste bas
ket to clear her daughter.
Raleigh, Oct. 30. An off year it
may be politically in North Carolina
and many of the voters are apparent
ly of this opinion that their election
concern is altogether local, but State
Democratic headquarters realizes
that there is a State ticket in the field
with thirteen names on it.
Of course, everybody who has not
forgotten knows that Chairman W. T.
Lee of the Corporation Commission,
is a candidate for re-election. The
associate Justice, W. J. Adams of the
Supreme Court, appointed to fill the
unexpired term of Justice W. R. Al
len, deceased, is a candidate for the
first time.
Eleven members of the Superior
Court bench are to be selected. The
reason for the odd member is that
the elevation of Judge W. J. Adams
to the Supreme Court caused a vac
ancy which could not be filled beyond
the first general election, therefore,
A. M. Stack of Monroe is the extra
candidate. The other ten are:
William M. Bond, Edenton, First
District.
George W. Connor, Wilson, Second
District.
J. Loyd Horton, Farraville, Fifth
District.
Henry A. Grady, Clinton, Sixth
District. .
E. H. Cranmer, Southport, Eighth
District.
Neil A. Sinclair, Fayetteville,
Ninth District.
William A. Devln, Oxford, Tenth
District.
Thomas J. Shaw, Greensboro,
Twelfth District.
W. F. Harding, Charlotte, Four
teenth District.
James L. Webb, Shelby, Sixteenth
District.
Mammoth specimens of Cuban
yams, as large as canteloupes and
weighing between eight and nine
pounds, have attracted considerable
attention at the First & Citizens Na
tional Bank, where they are on ex
hibition. These potatoes were grown
by C. A. Wright of Jarvlsburg, Cur
rituck County.
Ccunty Traffic Officer
Had To Me To Ditch
With one arm broken and the
other badly sprained and swathed In
bandages, County Traffic Officer
Smith presented the appearance of a
war casualty in police court Monday
morning. Bandages and injuries
were the result of an accident on the
brick road to 'Newland Sunday.
' Smith was riding his motorcycle
Jand coming in the direction of the
city when he was met by an automo
bile driven by Benjamin Alexander.
The Newland road is only nine feet
wide and Smith declares that Alex
ander was taking both sides of the
road and especially the wrong side,
until finally, at close quarters, it be
came a question of being struck by
Alexander's machine or taking to the
ditch. Smith chose the ditch as the
lesser of two evils, and saved his
life and the motorcycle. The ma
chine, strange to say, came through
without a scratch.
Alexander, it is said, will face a
charge of reckless driving in police
court later In the week.
Se:!s Clue To Sender
Of Pcieened C
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off In the registration will cut down
the total vote caBt. Conservative es
timates at this time are that Pinchot
will win by a vote of between 40,000
and 70,000. This Isn't a very good
majority for a state which even In
the three cornered Presidential fight
of 1912 gave a fellow-Progressive,
Mr. Roosevelt, more than one hun
dred thousand and which gave the
Republican ticket In 1920 a major
ity way above that.
Mr. Pinchot will feel the effects of
iMr. Penrose's absence at the wheel
The Republican organization isn't
what it used to be and there is of
course an excellent chance for Gifford
Pinchot to break the organization
into more pieces by aggressive at
tempts at leadership nlmself. He
will have to adopt a tractable mood
and a policy of olive branch diplom
acy to put a constructive program on
the statute books and to make the
succors which no doubt he wants to
n r. o whether or not he Is bitten by
" - ! - ' ' 'nl bee.-
The body of Dr. W. A. Schaffter,
who died Saturday morning of heart
failure wa9 sent from here on the
three o'clock train Sunday afternoon
to his home in Worcester, Ohio, the
Masonic Order, of which he was a
member, having charge.
On Saturday morning at about
seven o'clock Dr. Win. A. Schaffter,
an employe of the United States De
partment of Agriculture, stationed at
F.lizabeth City, and woik'ng under
the direction of Dr. F. D. Owen, State
inspector in charge of hog cholera
control, was found dead In his room,
apparently from heart failure.
Dr. Schaffter was about to be
transferred from this point to Eden
ton, where the headquarters of the
work in this end of the State was to
be re-established, and had been, ap
parently, engaged in arranging his
goods for the transfer. In fact, his
death was discovered when some one
went to his rooms, on South Road
street, to notify him that the truck
which he had engaged for the re
moval, was awaiting at the door. Dr.
Schaffter had been feeling some
what Indisposed for several days, but
there was no indication that death
was Imminent.
Dr. Schaffter was a native of Ohio
and had been engaged In the prac
tice of veterinary medicine at Mans
field for some years, but a few years
ago he relinquished his private prac
tice to enter the employ of the Fed
eral Department of Agriculture, Bu
reau of Animal Industry, and was
first stationed at Denver, Colorado, In
the work of sheep and cattle scab.
In July of last year he was transfer
red to North Carolina on hog cholera
control work, being assigned to the
force of Dr. F. D. Owen, who placed
him at Elizabeth City, in charge of
that work in the fifteen counties in
the northeastern portion of the State.
Since he had been here the work
of cholera control among twine has
progressed to such a point where it
was felt that headquarters could be
changed to Edenton, thus enabling
more concentration on a few of the
counties across the Sound.
Dr. Schaffter has been In this sec
tion nut a jittie more than a year,
but in that time he had established a
large list of friends, and was noted
as being a most zealous worker in
his. line. He leaves a wife, who at
the time of his death was on a visit
to her old home in Ohio.
Dr. Schaffter's older brother Is al
so employed In the Government ser
vice, being In cjiarge of Federal meat
Inspection work at Detroit, Mich.
Ready To Take Over
Italian Government
Leader To Confer
With King Today
London, Oct. 30 (By The Associ
ated Press) Triumphant forces of
the Fasclsti are ready to take over
the Italian government, according to
dispatches today. The leader, Dr.
Benito Mussolini, Is scheduled to
confer with the King and answer his
request to form a new ministry.
Thousands of Fasclsti troops are
waiting outside the gates of Rome.
Rome, Oct. 30 (By The Associ
ated Press) Rioting broke out
Sunday night when parties of the
Fasclsti passing workmen's quarters
were fired on. One attacker was
killed, one Fasclsti wounded and two
captured.
Rome, Oct. 30 (By The Associated
Press) Benito Mussolini, leader of
the Fasclsti, called by the King
to form a cabinet, arrived this morn
ing as the throngs cheered. Musso
lini went Immediately for an audi
ence with the King. It is believed
that a new ministry will be consti
tuted late today.
Reprisals Forbidden
London, Oct. 30 (By The Associ
ated Press) The commander of the
Fa'sclstl, at Rome, according to an
Exchange Telegraph dispatch today,
has Issued a manifesto ordering the
Fasclsti squads In the city not to
carry out reprisals. The manifesto
declares conflict to be not only use
less but harmful to the cause.
Farmers Give Thanks
For Bountiful Cress
New England, N. D., Oct. 30 (By
The Associated Press) Six hundred
farmers and their families yesterday
knelt to give thanks to the Divine
favor that has granted them a boun
tiful harvest this year. The common
prayer service was begun last spring
after four years of crop failures.
Will ?hti Insanity
Philadelphia, Oct. 30 (By The As
sociated Press) Authorities are
seeking a clue to the sender of the
Doisoned cake which killed W. W.
Sterrett of Devon and resulted in the ,
serious illness of his wife. Indica
tions are that a woman sent the
two cakes and that the poison was
mixed in the Icing.
Statesboro, Ga., Oct. 30 (By The
Associated Press) Following a con
ference of mom berg of the family and
attorneys, Rev. Elliott Padrlck went
on trial here today charged with first
degree murder In connection with
the killing last June of his wife and
her mothers. The conference decided
that insanity would be the defense.
Sixty-nine witnesses were called.
niGGEHT PUMPKIN MAKINGS
FOR HALLOWE'EN PIES
MASKED MEN TRIED
TO KIDNAP CONSTABLE
Henrietta, Okla., Oct. 30 (By The
Asunrlated Press) Reece Adklns of
DeWar was shot to death and
Thomas Bogus. constable, was
wounded seriously at Speller City
last night when a band of masked
men, of which Adklns was a member,
called Bogus from the theater and
attempted to kidnap him. Another
unknown man was shot In the leg.
Bogus fired his pistol when the band
attempted to force him into an auto
mobile. Ralph Pool, accompanied by Ross
Wheaton, telegraph editor of the Vir
ginian Pilot, returned to Norfolk
Monday afternoon after having spent
Fun W l Elizabeth City.
Cheined Litnfn
Owd Fer r...ry
T. S. McNlder and Lynn Goodwin,
In police court Monday on a charge
of being drunk and disorderly, were
fined $15 and costs each. Both men
were farm hands on the Foreman
stock farm and Trial Justice Spence
said that were It not for the fact that
they were badly needed on the farm
he would be of a mind to hold Mc
Nlder in Jail to see if It would not
Improve his memory as to where he
got the chained lightning that prov
ed the undoing of both defendants.
McNlder declared himself unable to
say as to when, where or how the
liquor came into his possession.
Jesse Pipkins submitted on a like
. One of the largest pumpkins In
Pasquotank County has been pur
chased by the Ladles' Aid Society of
Calvary Baptist church, Riverside charKe and wag flned jio and costs
Drive, and several of their kitchens William James, colored, charged
are busy centers getting the pies lth ftg(iault on hB wfei wa9 fined $5
HALL-MILLS CASE
HARDLY UP TODAY
New Brunswick, N. J., Oct. 30 (By
The Associated Press) Though the
grand Jurors were summoned to con
vene. It is considered unlikely that
the Hall-Mills case will be presented
today. Attorney Mott reiterated his
confidence In the story of Mrs. Gib
son, eye witness, saying the testi
mony was corroborated by Mr. and
Mrs. Norman Tingle, living near the
Phillips farm.
AGRKTIrURAL CONGRESS
MEETS IN PARIS NEXT
Washington, Oct. 30 (By The As
sociated Press) The International
Congress of Agriculture will be held
in Paris next May or June. This will
be the eleventh international con
gress and the first since the war.
The International Agriculture
Commission is a permanent body
whose chief function has been the
organization of such congresses and
the United States Department Is
much Interested in its work. M. Me
line, former minister of agriculture
of France, has been president of the
commission since 1908, and this
country has been represented for
many years on the commission by
several members of the Federal department.
FORTY-EIGHTER5 ARE
DEMANDING A REPLY
ready for the big Hallowe'en party
Tusday night at the home of Mrs.
Charles Sanders, 615 Hunter street.
niackwrll R. Y. P. I. Puts
On Program At
Corinth
and costs.
Oscar Mullen, colored, was flned
$10 and costs for being drunk and
disorderly.
New York. Oct. 30 (By Tho Asso
ciated Press) J. H. Hopkins, chair
man of the Committee of Forty-eight,
today made public a letter to Presi
dent Harding asking for a personal
reply to the committee's demand that
Daugherty be suspended pending the
hearing of Impeachment charges
brought by Representative Keller.
On Sunday night a goodly number
of the B. Y. P. U. of Blackwell Mem
orial church Journeyed to Corinth,
where a very good program was rend
ered by the visiting young people.
The church was packed full and a
good time was enjoyed by all. On
Tuesday evening Corinth will hold a
Hallowe'en social and an invitation
was given to all to come out and
have a pnnd time.
REV. W. J. nVIU M RACK
Rev. W. J. Byrum, who for a num
ber of years was pastor of churches
In Currituck County and also In Tyr
rell County, but who left this section
to accept a pastorate in Southeastern
Virginia, was In the city Monday on
his way to Indlantown, where he will
res'de and assume the pastorate of
Oak Ridge, Pleasant Grove and
Providence BaptlHt churches.
. Prltehanl Made Secretary
Of RuHlneM Men's Rlbln (lawt
On Sunday morning L. B. Prlt
chard was unanimously elected as
secretary of the Business Men's Bible
Class of Blackwell Memorial Sunday
school. Mr. Prltchard succeeds
C. N. Morgan who has been made
superintendent of the Intermediate
Department of the Sunday school.
The teacher. Prof. A. B. Combs, Is
now teaching the graded lessons and
very Interesting sessions are held
every Sunday morning at 9:30. All
former members and also new mem
bers are asked to come out Sunday
morning. .