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VOL. XIV. FINAL EDITION. ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA. FRIDAY EVENING. APRIL 25, 1924. EIGHT PAGES. NO. 99.
Looks As If Republicans j
Have To Turn To Hughes
All Others Thought of for Keynote Speech at Convention
at Cleveland Seem to Have Been Eliminated and
-Now All Odds Favor Secretary State
Ry DAVID LAWRENCE
(Copyright. IM4. By T1)? Afvanet)
Washington, April 24.?Charles Evans Hughes, Secretary of
State, seems at the moment the most likely choice for tempor
ary chairman of the Republican National Convention at Cleve
land.
This is the latest turn in the.
Republican political situation.'
Mr. Hughes' speech at the New
York state convention not only
has earned him a place of lead
' orsh'P but the prestige he hofd3'
m the Republican party, having
served twice as governor of the j
states of New York, as an asso-1
cmte justice of thf Supreme
Court of the United States and
as the Republican nominee foi !
the Presidency in the close race
of 1916, is calculated to influ
ence his selection.
At first the Republican leader*1
thought It would bo a wise thing to'
1? B?n,e of <?e Western senti
ment by choosing a man or asrlcul-'
filiations but while there are
WlMnLrnme8 MCC""tabIe' ,hC d"CU>"" ,
Zs dl tl Question of P.estlge1
nslde the party. Pres-dent Cooi
Idtd of course, win have more tol
say than anybody else about the!
Choice of a temporary caalrmai. The
President s speech in New York sig
nificantly pointed to ,he
ments of the Secretary of state Al
HUghes n,ad?
an enthusiastic address about the1
^reSS-aRSi
chusetts, who Is .he leader of The
service onf?thdy ra"kB a" h'sh ,n
service of the party as Mr. Hughes
The fact that Mr. Coolldge comes
can " unVlBe'to^fi" 11 poI,t|
?artar:' 'halr?''"1from1>!,h'0r,t,Z"'
make the speech placing Mr Cool
ld*e In nomination. t-ool
Meanwhile the discussion of Dem
IrSr-tS
evlUbTedrntt Coo"^-"C"hnere "is a?"*.
contest nT,1 ln ,the Domocrat?c
ready ^"^1^,?^ SSI
could not be nominated beeause of
the one-third bloc a?aln?* hiJ. ..
doubtedly the ^i to?'" w,t
??' correspondent talked felt thai
and that h W0Vid be on MeAdoo.
and that he would either develon1
w r,ronKth on the first few bal
lots or be eliminated quickly There
"e no Idea that anyone e^se
the InltiaT balloting" ,>rUlU of!
Sena7oVt??a^0And^
many Insist th.t he cannot ,2 I
?hf.l "'""V"' hl" advanced age
21
* fr.-,,ne,",i\ ,i " m-ntloned more
"2S??? anyone e|,e with the
' . exception of Senator Carter
.lass of Virginia, nx a posslbl" com
candidate, though manr of
the Democratic editor interviewed
In New York felt sure Senator Pn
?i?rWO of Alabama would win if
the party went South of the Ma,?n
and Dijon line for n candidate
Mr. Underwood Is held In hlri.
*???hm """ lf b" h???> from ?
he i f? hl" n""ilnntln? would
be a foregone conclusion.
Sentiment In favor of nny one nia.i
has ?ot crystallised so far as the
ef .f"1,lof" ,rom many pnrt,
c?te Cun.ny wo?,1?, to l??l
drawn on. ' '~"m tn
crX . convention of the Demo
?Mljem*tit ao?h as &????, T
?S ^an'^n"',^1"" ' <?
t'OTTON MAHKKT
Ne*f York. April 25.?Spot cotton
Closed steady. Middling 31.00, Futu-.
res closed at the following levels
May 30.?5, July 28 80, Oct. 24 90.
Dec. 24.30, Jan. 24.00.
New York. April 2R?Cotton fu-i
tures opened this morning at the
following levels: May 2?.80; July
28.30; October 24.75; December'
24.11; January 23.77.
GLEE CLUB HEARD
WITH MUCH FAVOR
Good House and Apprecia
tive Audience Greeted the
Wake Forest Musicians at
High School Auditorium.
A packed house so far as the
fronl two-thirds of the auditorium
went greeted the Wake Forest Glee
Club at the high school Thursday
night. There were some vacant scats
in the rear, but altogether the house
was 4n point of size a good one?
away beyond the average for musi
cal events in Elizabeth City.
In point of appreciation the audi- 1
ence left nothing to be desired. Ev
ery Aumber was well received and '
encore followed encore after Dr. Po
teat's "Captain Mac" and after' the I
quartet numbers in which Larry Eu-j
nis Skinner took the part of second |
tenor.
Orchestra numbers, too, won Ken
erous.applause. Indeed it seemed to;
be the concensus of oplnon anions
.those who have heard previous con
certs by the glee club that the or
chestra this year was better than,
ever while the glre club was fully
up to the Wake Forest standard, i
which Is saying a great deal, espe-1
Cially during the years since Dr. Po
teat became director of the club. |
An innovation in this year's pro-1
gram were the readings by T. D. Da
vis of Mt. Airy. They add a pleasing
variety to the program and the num
bers by Mr. Davis Thursday night
won generous applause.
To mention all the pleasing num
bers would be to give the entire
program, but "Old Time Songs"
went straight to the hearts of the
audience, while to Wake Forest al
umni" "Campus Songs" and the sing
ing of "Alma Mater" and "Dear Old
Wake Forest" stirred a flood of hap
py reminiscence and tender memor-|
ies.
On the front row of seats the
Glee Club had as Its guests Thurs-i
day night the members of the sing-1
ing class of Oxford Orphanage, and .
Dr. Poteat, during the program,
took occasion to express appreciation
of their presence. At the close of]
the program the singing class in turn |
expressed ifs approval of the Glee
Club in college girl fashion with a
cheer that would have put to shame
twloe their number of Elizabeth City
high school girls.
The Glee Club left Friday morn
ing for Farmvllle where it was sche
duled to appear Friday night. It is j
believed that at its next appearance;
in Elizabeth City the Wake Forest
Glee Clyb will be greeted'by a full i
house.
PUBLICITY NEXT STEP
FOK COASTAL HIGHWAY
letter to C. H. I'uuli from Secretary
Wade Tellfl of IMhii for Tour
ing Cities This Summer
Publicity will bo the next step in
the development of the coastal high
way, according to a letter received
by C. R. Pugh from Fred G. Wade
of llrunswick, Georgia, Secretary of
the South Atlantic Association. The
publicity will be conducted In co-op
eration with the automobile clubs of
the principal cities from Wnshlngton
to Miami, according to Mr. Wade.
To quote from his letter to Mr.
Ptlgh:
"We have in mind unm" great
plans for the year 1024-192.r> and a
man of your remarkable will power,
forcefuln?'ss of argument, well bal
anced judgment on matters of Im
portance, can and will no doubt bo
of great service to our ansoclatlnn
in many ways, and I am going to
ask that you give ine the privilege
of calling on you some time during
the summer months to do some :?< al
publicity work which will involve,
no doubt, you and 1 being thrown
together a good deal, for a month or
Nix weeks.
"To make myself clear, it will
my purpopo to visit Ml of the big
automobile clubs starting at Wash
ington. D. C., thence through Pi^h
mond, Norfolk, your city. Wilming
ton, Charleston. Savannah, Hruns
wlck, Jacksonville and Miami, to lire
up a certain kind of high claps pub
licity that cannot be securcd In any
other way except by personal con
tact with these organizations."
ON TRIAL FOR MURDER
AFTER FORTY YEARS
Quitman. Oa., April 2S. ? After
bring a fugitive for 43 year*. Poater
Ornn, negro. w?a returned here t"
<lay to atand trial for a murder in
1880.
Diligent Member of the House
Copyright. Harris A Ewing.
Mrs. John I. Nolan. California, only woman member of Congrtts. la
making a cake according to Houae rules, as It were. Kitchen bills must
bo watched, she finds, aa closely aa congressional bills. And. says. Mrs.
Nolan, there'a absolutely nothing wrong in the kitchen cabinet. She
does her own housework In her Washington home.
WOMAN LAWYER
ELUDES PURSUIT
Wanda Elaine Stopa, Bril
liant Chicago Woman, Flees
.After Murdering Caretaker!
of Man Infatnated With.
Chicago, April 25.?Search fori
Wanda Elaine Stopa. aged 24, Chi-',
cago's youngest woman lawyer and
former Assistant United States Dls-1
trict Attorney, was today extended
to the East in the belief that, elud
ing pursuit here after killing the j
caretaker at the home of Y. Kenley
Smith, wealthy advertising man with)
whom she was Infatuated, she fled to
New York with her husband, Vladi
mir Glaskoff.
During the last four months she j
had lived in New York, her expense*)?
paid by Smith, who told the state's .
attorney that he had befriended her
because she was the brainiest wo
man he ever saw.
I
'ItKSIDKXT SHEEP APPOIXTH
AX INSTITUTE COMMITTEE
President M. Leigh Sheep of the
Elizabeth City Chamber of Corn- .
inerce, looking toward the conduct-j
1nu of a business Institute In the cltv |
this summer under the auspices of
the Retail Merchants' Institute of
Chicago, has appointed the following!
committee to raise the funds to fin-1
ance the institute: M. O. Morrlsette,
J. W. Shannonhouse, It. II. Sheely,
T. T. Turner, Frank Harris, and M.
P. Gallop.
DISTRICT MEETING
OF WOODMEN HERE
Elizabeth City was chosen as the I
place for the next district meeting of
the Woodmen of the World at the
District meeting of the Woodmen of
the World at Aulander, according to.
word received here today.
"T. T. Tumor of Elizabeth City
with his men from Evergreen Camp
won out after a hard fight, Tarboro
putting In a strong bid for the next
meeting," says a communication to
this newspaper from A. O. Kiff, dis
trict deputy, of the Eastern North
Carolina district.
This district covers 16 counties
and the meeting here on August 16
will bring to rilizabeth about 500
delegates from the various, counties
of the district.
BANDITS HOLD UP
ASSISTANT CASHIEK
Granite City. III., April 25.?Ilan
dits today robbed T. D. Graninaroff,
assistant cashier of Granite City Na
tional Rank,, of $63,000 In currency
which he had Just received at the
postofftce from St. Louis Federal Re
serve Hank. Several shots were
fired by Gradinaroff and the bandits
but no one was Injured.
JURY SELECTED IN
OIL INVSTIGATION
Washington, April 25?The selec-i
tlon of a grand Jury before- which Is I
to be presented criminal charges
growing out of the Senate oil Inves
tigation was completed today In the;
District of Columbia Supreme Court.
After a brief session it recessed un
til Monday.
Ban On Handshakes Saves
Much Presidential Energy
\
('oolidgo Spared 2.10 Prrfunctory l'um;>8 of IIih Hi({l:l Arm
n Day Largely a* Hrmill of Hraction to I'hyciriil IJrcnk
down in OITirr of llie l.ant Two ProililrilU
ll> WIIiUAM c. IiTOX
<C*9yrlftit IV2I. By Th? A?mrm)
Washington, April 25?Tho White
House handshaking ban in sarlnn
Provident Coolldge in avoraue of
250 pumps of hla right arm a day.
That Is a conservative estimate
drawn l>y Whllo House attach* s who
watch the receiving lino around tl
noon hour day by day. Aa for tho
physical fatigue. they aay It has
saved n whole lot more energy than
can bo cot I ma tod In figures.
Small groups of vlaltora, It la
pointed out. will continue to recel\
the usual hand clasp and spoken
greeting. Hut tho Pi-osld* nt will J<
spared long periods of hand shakln*
with bli*. delegations and group*.
.Statistics on the handshaking per
formances of Presidents ar:- n ?t to
be obtained with any depre* < f
curacy, but oJd timers of th?? White
House force declare that th" cham
pion handshaker of recent yearn was
Theodore Roosevelt. Next In th? art
of hand itrasplng was # President
Harding and Chief Justice' Taft. dur
ing his term In the White House,
was considered no slouch at tho art
of friendly greeting. President Wl!
son during his flrst term shook
hands quite a bit but after the entry
of the I'nlted States Into the war, i
the restrict tons on visiting cut down
the ordeaj to a minimum.
Reams have ?been written In r>
cent years, especially since the
breakdown of Wllso/i and the death
of Harding, about the unmoer*ary
pbyalcal fittlKun put upon tl\c ? vcu
tlve by tlvB'- and other fonnnl'tle*.
but It l? doubtful wh< th' r any f if*r
dlnn of the President'a health or bin
peraon could ?e* away with n ? ?rlct
bun on tiandflbakln*; by th< Preal-f
dent.
Hfntorr records. bow; ver, thai
Gnome Waiblnpv i wa? one < hlef
o\ rutlvr? wlv? did ^ot aW"\ wltb It.
ft In told of tin* fi.nl Pr; *id? nl that
?von at the formal nc< ptlon* *?n
d'?red to C.onrmn* and tin f it II di
plomatic corpa of I he t Ijrx?. i ? n *v*r
nhook hands with th? visitor* Th"
Ptv-tldon*. wbo f -mldt r? d ^In^wlf
riT" lr? the "ri*- " cln??K. i < ? n re
public* w^r#? p? w mid democracy an
? -vT?erlment, ?tr>od stiffly Wltb his
band a brhfttd lil* 'ark and Ik wed
? bo ?tate!v bow of cblrnlrou colon
ial daya n? tin* ?,u :*t* Hied by
Rudolph Forairr. veteran ?%* -cu
tlve clerk nt the White 1Io? who
ban watched th" go I nun *nd on? npa
of Mix Presidents. In nmonv tiowe
who are most anvlous to ae*? "ie '>ur
d^n of such details a* hunt* *hV:lnK
lifted from the Pro*ldent'n roulne.
When reminded of George W Intc
ton> custom he said:
"It'a a fcood Idea and ml *bt be
worv^d t* advantage "it." Hut
prcbablv Rudolph doesn't g?t the
thrill that rialtcra from the sjeka
Ret at the Bight and touch of the
Prealdent.
TAMMANY LEADEIt
DIES SUDDENLY
Now York. April 25.?Chart*'*
F. Murphy, leader of Tammany
Hall, died of acute indigestion at
9:30 o'clock this morning at hi*
residence here.
He was born In New York. June
28. 1858. and succeeded the late
Itichard Croker an chieftain of
the country's most famous politi
cal organization.
ALUMNI ENTERTAIN
W. F. C. GLEE CLUB
With Dr. Gregory a* ToantmaMter 1
Knjoy Delightful Social Hour
al the Linden
i
Wake Forest alumni renewed
their youth and recalled and
swapped college experiences when
they wore hosts at the Linden Thurs
day prior to the Wake Forest Glee
Club concert to the members of the
club at dinner. i.
The visitors were welcomed by)
George J. Spence. *06. and response (
to the welcome wns made In behalfi,
of the club by George Modlln, '24,'
of Elizabeth City, who is business1,
maanger of the club. Then there
was a short talk by Dr. Hubert Po
test. 'Ofi. club director, on the j
Greater Wake Forest Program, but i
with Dr. S. W. Gregory, *8fi. as ,
toBBtmaster the affair was entirely
Informal and most of the hour
sllpned bv before hosts or guests
realized It in informal conversation.;
In the course of his remarks on
the greater Wake Forest program j.
Dr. Poteat referred to more or less I
current misrepresentation concern-1
Ing what is being taught at Wake I
Forest as to the real fundamentals of
Christian faith and said that this)
misrepresentation emanated, for the:
most part, from those who knew:
neither Wake Forest nor the mem
bers of its faculty. %
Referring to the Wnke Forest:
spirit, George Snence said that thl*|
spirit was the biggest thing about i
th? college and that what made thej
Wake Forest spirit was the men back
of the collece from the davs of its'
founders until now. It I* the infill-!
ence of work and of the faith and of.
the dally lives of these men. Mr.
Spence said, an Influence which will1
endure and carry on when they are]
gone, that has made, and Is making I
and will continue to make Wake
Forest great.
Members of the Elizabeth Citv j
Alnpinl Association are: G. J.
Spence, *06; W. L. Cohoon. '96; rir. ]
R. L. Kendrick, '06; J. C. Spence,'
M. H. Simpson, *12; E. F. Avd-j
llett. Sr., *79; E. F. Aydlett, Jr., 12; I
R. M. Sawyer. *13; M. H. Jone*. *15; |
| A. H. Combs. '10; P. G. Sawyer, '10; 1
Herbert Peelo, "08; M. P. Sawyer, I
'02; J. G. Gregory. '90; Dr. S. W. 1
Gregory. *86; M. E. Dell, *14; T. J.l
Markham, '05; J. B. Alderman, '15;
G. F. Wright. 13: J. H. LeRoy. Jr..
*20; Rev. R. F. Hall. '18* G. W. Bro
thora. Jr.. *12; G. P. Sherrlll. *21;
1. M. Meeklns. *96; E. S. Scott, *02;
Noah Burfoot, Jr.. '15; John Sprulll,
'07, and Kmnk Overton. '08.
CHAMIiKIl COMMKRCK HEAD
APPOINTS CANAL <X>MMITTKK
A committee to keep in touch
with the appropriation of $375,000
for the purchase of the Dismal
Swamp Canal recantly approved by-j
the Rivers and Harbors committee
of the House of Representatives was
named bv President M. Leigh Sheep;
of the Ellznbeth City Chambor of
Commerce Friday morning. #
Members of the committee are P.
H. Williams. J. C. B. Ehrlnghaus, J.
T. McCahe, nnd O. F. Gilbert.
APPOINTED EDITOK
EPISCOPAL ORGAN
Richmond, April 25. The reslg-j
nation of Dr. Russell Bowie of New
York ns editor of the Southern
Churchman, publication of the epis
copal Church, has been accepted and
Dr. Joseph Dunn of Richmond ap
pointed sucyasor. It was officially
announced here today.
? ?
MELLON PROPOSAL
I < EJECTED BV SENATE
Washington. April 25.?-The pro
posal of Secretary Mellon designed
lo check capital loss deductions was
today rejected by the Senate with- {
')Ut a record vote.
BAKER DISCUSSES
MUSCLE SHOALS PLANS !
Washington. April 2r>.- Former j
Secretary of War Baker and three j
citizens of Mississippi today threw
the weight of their testimony t
ngalnst any proposition .for the op ^
'?ration of Muscle Shoals without v
guarantees of power distribution, at j,
the hearing of the Senate agriculture t
committee. !
Baker said he faverred the NorHs '
proposal for Government operation,
unit "never under any circumstances J
whould the Government part with j
the dams at Muscle Shoals."
WAR DEPARTMENT
POSTER RECALLED
Buffalo, April 25.?A War Depart
ment poster attacking certain wo
men's organizations for disloyalty!'
has been recalled by Secretary 11
Weeks. Mrs. Maude Wood Park to- i
day disclosed before the National 1
league of Women Voters convention i
here. I
PLAN HELP TO
FINANCE FIGHT
Kli/.ulx-lh Oily Shipper** Will
L'lidrrtakc to (lontriliiite :i
Minimum of $500 to I'rr
v?*nt Freight Kutc Inrreuttr.
Kliznbitli city HlU|t|>0rs will un
iortakc to rainc at leant $500 to as
sist In the fight nun Inst the pro
posed change hi interstate freight
rates affecting North Carolina cities
now pending before the Interstate
Commerce Commission. A commit
tee consisting of Kay Toxey, W. J.
Wood ley. Sr.. M. C. Love. S. G.
Scott,, and W. H. Weatherly, Sr., to
make a canvass for a freight rate
fund with that amount as a mini
mum was appointed by President M.
Leigh Sheep of the Chamber of
Commerce Friday morning.
The foregoing action was taken
by Mr. Sheep on the authority of a
representative body of Elizabeth
City shippers who met at the Cham
ber of Commerce rooms Thursday
night* to hear M. R. Heaman of ttie
Wilson chamber of commerce and
H. E. Harlow of the New Bern
chamber of commerce discuss the
situation.
Mr. Harlow told of what other ti
tles of Eastern North Carolina ar.?
doing In preparation for the fight be
fore the Interstate Commerce Com
mission. He pointed out what it
would mean to cities of Eastern
North Carolina to have a change of
freight rates as compared with Vir
ginia cities, declaring that the ten
dency- would be to drive away pros
pective industries, to 'hamper the
section's growth and either to seri
ously drive out of business Its whole
sale enterprise or at least to seri
ously restrict their development.
Wilson has raised $2,000, Mr.
Harlow said. Newbern, $760; and
Klnston. $1,000. At Washington a
meeting was held Wednesday night
and then und there $500 was raised
and a committee appointed to go cut
and bring the amount up to $750. It
was felt that Elizabeth City should
raise $500 or more.
Mr. Heaman In an exhaustive ad
dress made It quite clear, by con
crete Illustrations what Eastern
North Carolina would be up against
If the new rates proposed should go
Into effect, both manufacturers and
1 other shippers.
| To fight the case for the North
;Carolina cities a traffic expert has
been employed at Washington and
the fund that Is being raised Is de
signed to meet this and other Inci
dental expenses, such as printing,
postage, correspondence and so on.
Eastern North Carolina shippers are
described as being thoroughly
aroused and ready to fight the pro
posed Increase In freight rates to.the
limit. ~ >
CASIIIEK ARRAIGNED
FOR EMBEZZLEMENT
Charlotte. April 25. ? Clarence
Latham, chief bank examiner, an
nounced yesterday that W. V. Smith,
cashier of the Farmers Hank and
Trust Company of Caroleen, will be
arraigned today charged with em
bezzlement of the bank's funds.
BANKING BILL IS
FAVOHABLY ItKt'OJtTED
Washington, April 26.?The Mc
Fad den bill to amend the National
Hank and Federal Reserve Acts was
today ordered favorably reported by
the House banking committee.
SLAYER CAPTURED
IN THE MOUNTAINS
Richmond, April 25.? Sam Palm
or. charged with killing State prohi
bition Officer McMannaway near
l-'lynn yesterday wan captured today
In the Alleghany County mountalnn
ifter helng wounded. Attorney Oen
rul Maunder* wan advlned.
NO OFFICIAL KEPORT
OF NAVAL CASUALTIES
WaMhlnt'ton, April 25. Overnight
idvlcea to the State Department con
fined' no word of caaualtleA nmonv
In- nnvel forrea at Tegucigalpa, cap
tal of Honduras, reported yesterday
n an unofficial metmage from San
Salvador.
Officials here today were Inclined
o accept the lack of any official re
lort an a hopeful in
They anaerted that In view of dl"
urh?*d condition* In Honduras It
vould not he unusual If exaggerat ?d
??raJons of the nltuatlon had trlokh'd
icrosa the border Into San Salvador.
IHIKTF.EN PASSENGERS
HURT IN COLLISION
Chicago. April 26. ? Thirteen
>.iK?enR"ra wore Injured, Ihrne fa
ally. here yv.irrilay when two elec
rlc cara collided. ^
I'AUK WIU. HPKAK
Reports from Hertford are to th*
ffect that chairman Frank l'a*e ot
he State Highway Commission haa
iccepted the Invitation of the Hert
ord Chamber ot Commerce to apeak
it the trl-clty good roads meeting
n that city on Thunday. May 1.
I