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MONDAY. FEBRUARY It,. 1924
Meet Walter Cmrfp
Pursuing its recent policy of
endeavoring to acquaint readers
of The Advance with members
of the staff of special corres
pondents now serving this news
paper, The Advance takes pleas
ure today, ladies and gentlemen,
in presenting Walter Camp, who
has been often referred to as
the father of American football,
and whose name, through his
"daily dozen," is a household
word in America.
For six years Walter Camp
played on the Yale University
football team and was captain
of the 'varsity eleven for two
years. Just as expert at base
ball, he served as captain of the
'varsity nine for four years in
the positions of left field, short
stop and pitcher. lie row(M on
the class crew, won high hurdles
in the Yale College games and
represented Yale in the first in
tercollegiate tennis tournament.
A frequent contributor to the
magazines, including Harper's,
Scribner's, Colliers, Century,
- Outlook and the-New York In
dependent, he has also found
time to write numerous books
on sports. During the war he
was chairrtian of the Atlantic
Department of the Navy Com-j
mission on Training Camp Ac
tivities, and he then developed j
his "Daily Dozen," a series of
modified setting-up exercises j
which were used in both thej
Army and Navy. As an advo-j
cate of exercise in the mainten
ance of good health, Walter ,
Camp has many followers.
All his newspaper articles in
the future will appear exclu
sively, so far as this territory is
concerned, in The Daily Ad-i
vance.
. Made in Carolina I
Next Monday evening the
Elizabeth City Rotarians are
presenting the Carolina Play
makers to the community so
that this section of the State
may know a bit more about
what is going on in North Caro- ,
lina. The Playmakers' head
quarters are at the University j
of North Carolina and this is
their seventh tour. They arc bc-j
ing sought far and wide and|
"Elizabeth City is fortunate in'
having an organization like "Ro
tary to secure them.
, About a year ago when the
Playmakers were getting ready ,
to Visit Greensboro the Greens-,
boro News had this to say about
them :
The announcement that the Caro
lina Plavmaker* lire to visit Greena-l
horo thin month In the " l
their annual tour or the State Is ex
Client new.. This orR.n .at on h?? ,
now come to he nationally
Their collection of favorable notices]
Includes extract* from such n"?P?- 1
Dera aa the New York Times. World;
Evening I'?"t &nd Weekly I
an<i from such magannes aa serin- j
ner'a. Theater, the Survey and the |
World's Work.
Obviously no amateur organisation
can achieve such a reputation y |
theer technical excellence alone. The
feature of the Playmakers work (
that haa won them national fame Is |
the fact that they put on a ahow tntt |
Is not only a good show, but "n1""
anything else In the world. It to
profoundly American, owing no debt
whatsoever to any other tradition!
except In the mechanic* of produc-|
tlon; and It Is not quite like any |
other American drama because If Is
ao Intimately associated with the Mfel
of North Carolina aa to be conspicu
ously Individual.
The Dally News derives a peculiar
satisfaction from the success of the
Plavmakers becauae they are one
goSi tiling that North Carolina has
not only produced, but has also dis
covered for herself The merlta of
too many of our flrit-elaaa produc a
have never been observed at home |
until they were pointed out to us by
admiring outsider* ? the abort ?tor
les of O. Henry are a notable exam
ple nut the riaymak era were a
prodigious auecaas In North Carolina |
before New York ever heard of fhetn.i
Now that a distinguished producer l*>
said to be arranging to P?t *om? ?f,
the plays on n roadway. North Caro
llnlana have the plesaant
slight efipertortty that distinguished
members of the I-knew-'em-when
?lab.
Cleim Government Will
Be The Paramount Issue
Oil Seantlal- Have Overshadowed Bonus. Taxation And
Everything Else And Given Democrats Opportunity
To Take The Offensive
lly DAVID LAWRENCE
Co?yrt?tit. 1974. ky Th? Atfvtne*
Washington, Feb. 9. ? Clean Government will be the para
mount issue of the 1924 campaign.
I Taxation has been overshad-1
l owed. The soldier bonus will be
disposed of by a compromise.1
,The Democrats will take the of-j
, fensive and ask the country to
| return them to power on the!
.ground that their record of ad
ministration was not sullied by
any misuse of power.
I The air is full of rumors and ev
ery whoro one 'there are whis
pers all tending to incriminate per
j sons of prominence with a miscon
ception of their personal relationship
to the positions they hold. If half
; the stories which are being talked
intrant are ever brought out under
oath before the Senate invest! mating
I committee, the sensations of the past
three weeks will be tame compared
with the disclosures to be made,
j Dolled down to fundamentals, the
t bin question is who in the Govern
ment knew ahead of time about the
[ ma* lng of the oil lenses. Who tipped
jolt friends so that operations in the
stock market might be profitable?
, Who in the Government is engaged
i In stock market speculation based
j upon the act of the Government?
And where shall the line be drawn
j between speculation and investment?
I The usual tales of the roundabout
| efforts of the oil companies to gain
favor are being told and while no
| one is talking about outright brib
ery there are suspicions being ex
pressed that favors were extended in
[order to bring ? about a -favorable
viewpoint toward the leasing of the
.oil reserves to private interests.
One of the most perplexing phases
i of the controversy is the differences I
of opinion which seems to exist vitli I
I reference to the true value of some |
of the oil leases now under investi
gation. Responsible persons are
making the statement that some of I
the leases in question are really of!
doubtful value and that the owi ers
know it but that the Utter had to
keep on making public statements j
about the amount of money expected
to be made out of the leases in order
to bolster up on the stock market
the value of the stocks of particular
oil companies involved. If they ad
mitted that the leases were without
value, the stocks would tumble. If
they admitted that large sums ofi
money would be made, the Senate 1
would get the impression that the
Government had made a contract un-i
favorable to itself.
Just how much did the oil corii j
panies know aliead of time concern-;
Ing the making of the leases? l)id
they gather all outstanding claims j
and arrange a settlement so that th ?
Government would look with more
favor on the making of a lease or
did they settle the claims because
they knew the land was so valuable}
that they could buy out the claim
ants at a low figure and ultimately I
make more money themselves?
As for the general leasing policy, |
this* undoubtedly will figure in the)
answer to be made by the Republi
cans to the Democratic attack. Cer- ,
tain leases were made under the
Democratic administration. While'
no one has proved that any DemQ- }
crat received money or loans or any '
other favor to make the leases it is
a fact that private interests did se
cure leases under certain conditions.
W<ire these leases wisely made? jf
not, then the Republicans can claim]
that both the Democrats and the
Republicans followed the practice of
making lenses.
The Democrats will say of course
that they made their leases In the
?pen and asked for bids. Rut should
the Government's reserves be leased
to private interests? One dnv Pies-,
Ident Harding in u conference with,
newspaper men ill. cussed the subject
to some extent. Th.* criticism of the.
Teapot Dome lease had begun to de
velop and there was talk of an In
vestigation by the Senate. Mr. Hard
ing declared with vehemence that it 1
was nil right to talk about preserv- 1
Ing the oii for the Navy but if no
body would drill the wells there j
wouldn't be any oil and that if the;
lands adjacent were being tapped by
Vrlvate companies Government's !
supply might be drnined.
Mr. Ilardlng never Sieved In
Government development of its own !
oil lands. He didn't want the Gov-'
eminent to go Into the oil business.
He believed that If the Government
entered Into a contract with private"
concerns who would find It to their |
advantage to Invest their money In
drilling operations, both purposes,
would be served ? the Navy would
get Its oil and the private companies
would make their expenses and a re-'
turn on their Investment.
Granting the principle of this ar
gument as sound, the question then
turns on whether the private com-'
panies got more than their share of
the oil and made a return entirely
out of proportion to the Investment!
they applied. And shouldn't the
Government have gotten more out of
ft all?
Experts are at odds on these
points, but the controversy will real
ly turn on unprejudiced testimony of J
experts. If it is proved that the in-,
terests of the Government were neg
lected It will make the Issue of clean!
government even more conspicuous!
In the campaign. There are signs of
cleaning already. The administra-|
tlon Is probing Itself, making rules |
for the conduct of Government busi-l
ness based upon the disclosure*!
made. Clean Government Is a trite
Issue but It will have a concrete sig
nificance In the 1924 political cam-'
palgn. I
COOPERS TAKE STAND
IN TRIAL THIS WEEK
Wilmlng ton. Feb, 11 ? With the
introduction of the last witness the
State expects to close its case today
in the first indictment against the
Coppers in the Commercial National
; Bank case, and the defense will pro
! bably consume several days present
1 ing its side.
M I NSTKKI. REH KA USA L
The local talent show,- "The Min
? strel Revue" will hold a rehearsal
- tonight at the Masonic Hall for all
that are to appear in the show at
1 the new High School Auditorium
i February 13 and 14.
A full dress rehearsal wilnbe hold
Tuesday at the high schodl audl
i tcrrlum. That the Minstrel Revue
will be acclaimed one of the best
amateur shows ever presented
i locally, is the opinion of several
, critics who have attended rehear
; sals. Special vaudeville features
will be introduced in the olio and
and the entire company will appear
; In the farce comedy "Way Out In
j Montana" which has been arranged
especialy for laughing purposes.
I There has been a large sale of tick
' ets and indications point to a highly
I successful performance from every
standpoint.
The proceeds are for the Woman's
Club tea room, the Linden.
i Rehenrwal Tonight
The choral club , will have a re
hearsal tonight at 7.30 o'clock In the
high school auditorium. All mem
bers are asked to be present.
On Northern Trip
^ Mrs. II. Grice left Monday for!
Xew York to purchase woman's j
ready to wear apparel for -the '
spring season for the firm of Mc
Cabe & urice. ?
GKRRMANY MIST ABANDON
POLICY .OF , EVASION j
(Continued From Page One)
mission is able to present to the
French a German program, bar.ed up
on an Impartial estimate of German
capacity and accompanied by full
and convincing guarantee of German
good faith and German readiness to
perform under the new contract.
Today the real difficulty seems to
lie in the German conviction that the
mission of the present expert inquiry
is to force the French to let Ger
many off, and that the single real
necessity of the Germans Is to pro
vide a paper case of inability to pay (
much of anything. This is the thing .
which is instinct in all the press com- j
ment in Germany at the moment j
when General Dawes is beginning his
labors.
And the German reaction is for
the next few days the all-Important !
thing. Meantime the one solid basis
for optimism lies in the fact that ,
neither the Germans nor th?- French j
care to aaaurne the responsibility for
a failure of this present undertak-!
ing. For the Germans it may well
mean domestic collapse and even,
revolution, for the F-ench it can'
Jiardly fail to spell bankruptcy. Each
nation, therefore, will maneuver to |
throw any responsibility for failure s
upon the other and thin circum- ,
stance gives General Dawes and his
associates a good deal of authority.
In the end, however, the old prob
lem remains; If Germany is not
ready to pay largely, as everyone,
agrees she ultimately can. then there
is no chance of any solution and
things must continue to go from bad
to worse. Therefore the German
state of mind as revealed by the
German public and press comment
at the moment has enormous value,
but it must be recognized that heavy
discounts are to bo made for propa
ganda operations, and the real test
will not be what the Germans say
before the Dawes decision Is made,
bnt after.
GIVEN FOt'R MONTHS
William Alexander Overton, fori
! siuiu It on Fred Moore with deadly
weapon, was sentenced to four
months on the roads by Trial Jus
tice Spence Monday morning. Ef
forts were made to Induce Judge i
Spence to change the sentence to a !
fine but the requests were refused. I
New
?
\ Shipment
?
? .
Umbrella* and
; Canes
[
Weeks & Sawyer
Where the Be? I Clothes
Come From
'CAPTAIN McCRARY
LOSES COMMAND
Washington, FVb. 11. ? Sweeping'
'changes in the personnel of officers
!at Lakehurst, New Jersey, air sta-,
Ition and officers assigned to the air-!
ship Shenandoah, including thp re-'
lief of her commanding officer. Com-,
! mand^r McCrarv, have been mad0
?by Rear Admiral Moffitt. cliief of the
'Navy Aeronautical Bureau and ap
? proved by Secretary Denby.
i The orders to McCrary said "Up
i on being relieved by Lieutenant
'Commander Landsdowne as com
. mandine; officer of the Shenandoah
you will regard yourself d^tach^d
from all duties on board that air
ship."
j McCrary who has also boon in
'command at Lakehurst was also re
! liewd of command there and "de
tached from all present duties."
HERRIN FACES
MARTIAL LAW
Turbulent Section Also Ex
i pecting Strike of Four
Tltousunil Coal* Miners in
j Twenty-seven Mines.
(By Th* Attociatrd Pren) ?
llerrin. 111.. Feb. 11 ? Turbulent
Williamson County, the seen** two
; years ago of a massacre of more
than a score of non-union coal mill
|ers and lately of internecine warfare
I between dry Ku Klux Klan and wet
ianti klan factions, today faced the
prospect of a declaration of martial
law and the strike of approximately
; 4000 bituminous coal miners em
j ployed in 27 mines.
No untoward incident occurred
last night, according to reports to
| military authorities.
JUDGE STACY SPEAKS
AT MEMORIAL SERVICE
Raleigh. Feb. 11 ? Declaring
that Wcrodrow Wilson will be the
colossus of the twentieth century,
Associate Justice Stacy, Sunday ad
dressed a large audience here in the
| memorial service to the former
j President.
MRS. ASA CANDLER
DOESN'T GO HOME
Atlanta, Feb 11 ? While Mr. Can
dler today remained silent on the
matter, Mrs. Asa Candler, who was j
caught Saturday afternoon In an
apartment with two men and some I
liquor, did not spend Saturday night '
or Sunday at the Candler home.
TAKEN TO RALEIGH
FOR SAFE KEEPING
Raleigh. Feb. 11 ? Dillon Good-1
win, negro, who shot and fatally
wounded William Case near Klnston
Saturday, was brought here yester
day for safe keeping.
Mips Florle Bell Morgan of Ply
mouth spent the week end here as
th?* guest of her aunts, Misses Mary
and Florence Bell, on North Road
street.
FIRST LETHAL GAS
EXECUTION SUCCESS
Death So Far As Observers- Could See Was Instantaneous
And Painless With None of Horrible Contortions
That Mark Electrocutions
By I,. C\ OWKX.
Copyright. 1924. by Tht Advance
( Carson City, Nev., Feb. 11. ? Oth-|
' er states which desire to be both
? quick and painless in meting oat
I death to their condemned criminals i
. might do well, if capital punishment
j must continue the prevailing vogue,
I to investigate the example set here
j last week by the state of Nevada
i when it sent a convicted murderer
! to his doom with lethal gas.
Ten seconds after the lethal mix- 1
iture of hydrogen and cyanide had
i been turned upon Gee Jon. Chinese!
high binder, who went to his death j
alone when a sensational eleventh
hour commutation spared Thomas
Russel, his intended companion, the
i oriental lapsed into unconsciousness, i
It took nine of the 10 seconds for
! the deadly gas fumes to reach him. j
Onee they reached him, however, the
end seemingly was instantaneous ana I
painless.
Through lack of scientific supervi
sion which would have measured the,
advancing steps of death with mi
crometer exactness, the estimates of i
the time it actually took" the deadly,
gas to kill, can bo based only upon
the slightly differing closeness of^
those who watched. An effort was
'made lo set down accurately each
{stage of the death proceedings by
means of a stethoscope fastened ov
er the condemned man's heart, but
| an extra section of hose, which led
; from the death chamber to the ob-j
servers' safety station outside, ren
dered the effort ineffectual.
Gee Jon was led into the lethal ,
gas chamber at 9:40. The gas was
turned on at 9:41. It was necessary
for two guards to support him in hif
death march to the interior to the 1
small stone igloo.
i Once inside the chamber the trem- 1
bling prisoner was quickly tru.ssed to ;
a chair in one bf the two steel cells,
I which had been set up Inside of the
structure. An instant later there
was a plainly audible sound which ,
1 resembled the rush of air from an :
airhose and the half dozen witness- j
es required by law with as many |
newspaper men who were also spec- j
tators. craned their necks to see the!
final chapter in the legalized drama
of death. |
The condemned man straightened
in his chair and raised his head. A :
fleeting expression, hardly of curios- 1
ity, came over his face. He started '
to turn his face toward the sound of
hissing gas which came from the:
wall behind him. Suddenly his eyes
went shut and his upper torso sagged
limply down into the chair to which
he was bound. At the same instant |
the upper abdominal muscles, which
until a second before had moved in
regular breathing, became still. The
muscles of his body continued to
twitch for six minutes. In the
quick transition from life to eternity
there was no movement of the body
or face to Indicate even the slightest
suffering.
McADOO BEFORE
OIL COMMITTEE
Appearing At His Own Re
quest He Declares That the
Question Transcends Par
tisan Consideration.
Washington, Feb. 11. ? William
G. McAdoo today emphasized before
the Senate oil committee that his
professional relations with E. L. Do
h'eny recently terminated were "in
good faith" and had nothing to do
with the leasing of the nitval oil re
serves.
Appearing at his own request be
cause of testimony giveri by Doheny
as to his employment in connection
with Mexican oil maters, McAdoo
declared "I think it may fairly be
presumed that if my name was not
prominently mentioned in connection
with high ofNce my private practice
as a lawyer would be of no interest
to this committee or the public*." +")
Asserting that the "faith of th??
people in their own Government is
shaken," he declared: "This question
transcends political parti? a and par
tisan consideration" and the "first
duty of the hour is mercilessly to
uncover and to bring to public view
and scron and punishment every one
who has betrayed a public trust or
who has been guilty of wrong doing
in this humiliating and dangerous
affair."
HUILDING AND LOAX
STOCKHOLDERS TO MEET" -
The annual stockholders meeting
of the Albemarle Huilding & Loan
Association will be held in the office
of the secretary-treasurer, room 205,
Savings Rank & Trust Company
building, on Tuesday evening, Feb
ruary 12, at 7:30 o'clock.
NORFOLK COTTON
Feruary 11 1924
Middling (closed today) . . . .33 l-8c
Middling (opened today) ...331-2c
NORFOLK PRODUCE
At Jarvls & Fentress
SPKNCE-HOLLOWKLL CO.
Live Drensed Undn.
Chlckcns 25-30 30 23-30
Hens 25 30 25
Turkeys 30 30-35 28-30
Geese 20 30 25
Ducks 25 30 25
Large Hogs 8-10
Small Hogs 11
Milk Calves 12-15
Yenrlinga 8-10
Sweet Potatoes $5.00
Eggs 38c
Market Finn.
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NOTICR TO THR VOTKRfl OF
Panquotank Cnurtty ?. ? Ladlea and
Gentlemen: ? I am a candidate for
Sheriff of thle County In the Pri
mary to he held on the Brat Satur
day In June 1$24. 1 ehall certainly
appreciate your Influence and your'
vote ftrr me for ttila office. Re
apectfully, I.. W. Anderaon.