North Carolina Newspapers

? *?*????? * THE WEATHER * * Showers tonight. Tues~ * * day generally fair. 1 * Fresh Southwest, shift- * * ing to Northwest winds * ********* *?***?? * CIRCULATION * Saturday * 2,435 Copies ? ******* ? ??? VOL. XIV. FINAL EDITION. ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA, MONDAY EVENING, APRIL 28, 1924. EIGHT PAGES. NO. 101. Murphy'sDeath Puts A New Slant On National Politics Influence of Incident Not Only Affects Possibility of A1 Smith's Getting Democratic Nomination liut Affects Vi tally all Machinery of Democratic Convention ny DAVID LAWRENCE (Coyrltht. IK4. Br II* Washington, April 26.?The sensation of the hour is the ef fect that the death of Charles F. Murphy, leader of Tammany Hall, will have upon the next Democratic National Convention in New York this June and the subsequent campaign. Most of the conversation here relates only to the influence of the incident on Governor AI Smith's chances for the Demo cratic nomination. But the sud-' den elimination of Charlie Mur-I Phy means more than that. It' means the loss of a great influ-l ence inside the party and per-1 haps the most important factor in the convention strategy of every campaign manager. - Nearly every Democratic conven no".? nf?"* yettr8 hft8 depended to no 6mall extent on what phnriu Murphy would say and wh.,Lf ? ?VrMntl0n but by "is astute SSrSS MnT Sefe Uke,y to ^ink the same' In more than any other man n the party, was its leader until tho Democratic convention of 1912 Af IZ cSarLWa<? W?odrow Wilson 4'-" aus Charlie Alurphy or thp tvn? organization politics which heinr .impi, r^srsrvv,,.! many. Murphy- asa'nst Tan,., In \amZXlluo?nKraeTut,a "k stron" 22J2f Dl;ennan of Illlnola wlfo'^S": aht? nnQ,UJCkiy t0 the '?ea of leader Jn Illtaol. fall?'? ?/ RoKPr s>""v?nl r the Al sm ?h k y t0 takp char?e ofl ? AI smith boom and the general "organization" strateKy at the comN Ins convention but It Is not probable! that anyone In Illinois will perma !n lie nk" Charllp Murphy s'"lace1 t on Of nm0Cra,ic party The posi tion of Democracy's leader in the empire state almost always K|^? ^ a "who,ee Va"tag(' the P?tyj ..ntlM can8n??nr,;tir 2?*?*?*! ?'i na,,onul ? cT.yr?r?trPphVhaw,f1h''ha^ whkh f.? ??.PPO'"2 "ffect fr,,,n ^at SI7. '" supposed at first Klance Had ho lived, Al Smith would have been hailed as the tool of Charlie Murphy s maneuvers. The delegates from other parts of the coun.rv would have coino steeled to resist the Tammany influence. The ohiwtinn would have been madeThat the D,m ocratlc convention meeting In hiew y.e!dk.n?"ioaard <? <?'": yielding to the dictation of Charlie Murphy. Now all Is chansed?Tan, ">?">/ Power will not be any more ,!.* ?f"c,or than'the same number of votes from other states. BuiJn tactics of the convon He"kn^wrV<> ,M"!lPhy Wl" b" ""ssed.! fluene. . J When ,0 ,hrow hl? In fluence to a candidate. He knew h?w, ? Persuade others to break In his direction. He was powerful be"' ""also ruled N1'" v1 "aK?r">' And r,.'*d ?"-w York state s poi-1 in??T Democratic side No anti-Tammany movement lias ever M,nn *wrrlr> ,'n,ly ",ronx to overthrow iillS" J.ii** con,ro?ed the nomina-' tjon of state, county and Npw vn?i/ city official*. Tammany is , r,r';av,;;r :'"T;,r ?of vrhy?K-? k i e\er has been< I nless If mn An ? a|lfonc* n n,?n convincing person ?lltv 10 dominate the aff.l?s oTThe Democratic party in New y?k state 1 may And itself |n the same situ. JlM 1 J* i Rpn,lb,,r?n TgantenMon ' did In Pennsylvania when Senator A number of leaders arose and no one became prominent An era of confusion In t.artv coun sels and friction resulted nnfi i?ln J Sovernor "'Wl"'""- "--m.:! Nationarco^eilron^re^;'^";;, Penrose. s? ,n Dcmocr.tlc Na ! bp"fnr ycars' V?" """ y"!,r no Chariuf Murphy!"'* ,h' rP W'" ** 11 11 HIGH WAV ii F1MHHRI) IX FKW WKKKS Only fifteen more working days will be required to complete the Elizabeth City-Woodvllle highway, according to the engineers on the job. After the completion of this, road, there remains only *1x miles of dirt toad between Elizabeth City and, Hertford, this road being the detour 1 around Umphlett's Corner. No ac tual paving has yet been atarted on the Hertford-Woodvllle Road altho the contractors are expecting to start some time this week. This road Is to be a nine foot road and i #111 be bnllt on one side of the road ao that It may be widened when the Bute decides to do so. * L ? ?' " " ' PROMISED FORD MUSCLE SHOALS I Washington, April 28.?Presl- | dent Coolidge was quoted in telegram produced at the Senate Muscle Shoals hearing today as having stated that he was trying "to deliver" Muscle Shoals to Henry Ford. The telegram was from James Martin Miller to the Dearborn Independent. Ford newspaper. October 12, 1923. In cffferlng the telegram Chair man Norrin said that the White House records showed that Miller had a conference with the Presi dent- that-day* COOLIDGE INVITED TO ROAD MEETING! Raleigh, April 28 ? President Coolidge. Secretary of Commerce! Herbert Hoover, and diplomatic and j consular representatives from thej Latin American countries to the United States will be among those invited to attend the Road Building! and Maintenance Demonstration ' that will be held in North Carolina from June 3 to 7 under the co-oper ative auspices of the American Road, Builders Association and the State Highway Commission, according to Frank Page, chairman of the Com-1 mission. The invitations, it was announced, will be Issued Jointly by the Amerl-' can Road Builders Association and, the North Carolina State Highway i Commission. Thomas H. McDonald. Chief of; the Federal Bureau of Public Roads,: with offices in Washington. D. C.. who has taken great Interest and lent his support In the perfecting of the arrangements of the under taking. it was stated. has already in dicated that he will be present dur ing the week of June 3 to 7. Road engineers from practically every South American country will be present, it was explained, in addi tion to the consular and diplomatic representatives. They arc coming' particularly, it was said to, see the methods that North -Carolina has used in her extensive road building program and familiarize themselves with new road machines that will be exhibited by manufacturers from all over the United States, at the Demonstration. PREACHES SERMON TO SOUTH MILLS SENIORS Rev. F. H. Scattergood preached the baccalaureate sermon for thej South Mills High School Sunday, morning at 11 o'clock In Trinity Methodist church at South Mills. The church was filled to capacity, the music was appropriately selected! and well rendered, Including the hymns, anthem, response, and the vocal solo by Leon Halstead, "Teach Me to Pray." Mr. Scattergood. speaking on "The! Immortality of Influence" made a| strong appeal to the young people to! make the most of their lives. .\Jr. Scattergood made the trip on? the s^out boat. Scattergood, accom panied by a large number of Boy Scouts and several other passengers.! Other Elizabeth City people made the trip by auto. The commencement exercises are to be at the high school building at. eight o'clock Tuesday evening. Dr.] J. II. Oorrell of Wake Forest Col-1 lege making the commencement ad-j dress. COMMENCEMENT IS IN PROGRESS AT NEWLAND, The baccalaureate sermon for Xewland High Scliool was preached Sunday afternoon by Rev. Daniel, Lane of Elizabeth City, a large crowd attending from town and" country. Mr. Lane's theme was "Life Mor^ Abundantly." On Tuesday night the little people of the school will give an entertain ment. and on Wednesday night the commenement address will be made, by Rev. CJ. F. IHI1 of Kllzabeth City. I The piny entitled "The Average} Man" will#be given Thursday night RKV. If. K. MVRIIH FATHER MM? MONDAY AT HOFFMAN Friends of Rev. H. K. Myert, for-' mcrly of this city, received news' Monday morning of the death of Mr. Myers' father who died Monday morning at eight o'clock at his borne, at Hoffman. T. W. Baxter of M?*wi>oro was In tha city Saturday on fcualafeas. TEKRIFIC EXPLOSION HOOKS BEN WOOD MINE Wheeling. West Va.. April 28?A few minutes after 100 miners went to work today in Benwood Mine of the Wheeling Steel Corporation near here a terrific explosion occurred in the workings. The blast, according to reports from Benwood. took place ubout three miles back in the mine. Benwood firemen reported that the mine is on fire. Entries to the mine were blocked by falling rock and d.ebris, hinder ing the work of rescuers. Deadly fumes are seeping through the blocked entries. More than 200 tollers from near by mines rushed to Benwood and immediately the task of clearing the entries so that rescuers could go in.I Widow of (Caruso Haa Left Second Hunhand New York, April 28?Mrs. E. A. Ingram, who before her marriage to! Captain Ingram of the British army was Mrs. Enrico Caruso, widow of the famous tenor, today confirmed | the rumors that she and her hus band were not living together. She1 declared, however, that she would bring neither divorce nor separation suit. NEW YORK PAYS LAST TRIBUTE TO MURPHY i New York, April 28?The cltyj and nation today mourned Charles F. | Murphy and honored him in death J as few have been honored In the metropolis in living memory. Prom the East Side, from the homes of the wealthy, from every social station, from the manifold walks of life there came to the bier of the Tammany chieftain In hlsj modest home and to the great 8t. Patricks cathedral men and women united in grief. The sidewalks along the route from the home to the church and thence to Calvary Cemetery where the interment took place were lined several deep. JEWELER GAGGED AND | ROBBED BY BANDITS New York. April 28?Three ban- J dits today bound and gagged Charles Kresney In his office and | Jewelry manufacturing plant In Nas sau street In the heart of lower Manhattan skyscraper district, and: escaped with diamonds and platinum j valued at $150,000. KIWAMANH WILL 1'IKIK Dt'lLDINd STATE ItltllMiK The Kiwanls Club will send a del egation to the Tri-Clty road meeting in Hertford on Thursday, to urge the building of the State bridge across the Chowan river and to request Frank Page, chairman of the State Highway Commission, to make a vis-j It to Elizabeth City and take a look | at the concrete road In Camden ' County. Several automobiles of Kl wanians. It Is said, will go to H?-rt-| ford Thursday and It is believed that | the notary Club will also send a del-1 egatlon to that city. DH. ZfrLNK K\I?L\1NS WHY DENTISTS ARB SO BUSY The dally Increase of dental pa ! tlents in Elizabeth City is due to . unueuul conditions, according to Dr. 7. in.s Fearing, city health officer, in a speech before the Elisabeth City Itotary Club last Friday evening. In , the course of his remarks Dr. Fear ing said "the dentists In this city are getting more work than they are able to turn out. This condition is due to the roughness of the paving on our! i streets. One is not able to ride overl these streets without shaking his | teeth loose thereby necessitating u , trip to the dentist. We should get be ? hind a movemen to help relieve our over-worked dentists." I HOl.l) WEEK OK PRAYER I Calvary Baptist Church will ob serve a wi'ek of prayer beginning to I night at eight o'clock and continuing through Friday. The program Is as follows: Monday night, Ladies Bi ble Class and Missionary society, led by R. T. Venters and Mrs. 6. S. Davis; Tuesday night. Men's Bible Class led by C. J. Ward; Wednesday night; regular prayer meeting led by the pastor. Rev. R. F. Hall; Thursday night. Young Men's Bible Class, led by Howard Jones and Ir vln Forbes; Friday night. Young Woman's Bible class led by Mrs. , B. C. Michlel and S. S. Davis. FOOTBALL ROLK IS CINCH FOB BUTLER i The Alkrama Theater announces that -it has- secured- "CftttM -for-! Divorce," for Tuesday and Wednes day of this week. In this phota drama David Butler plays the role of a star football player?one of those huge human hulks who can tuck the pigskin under his arm and plough his way through several tons of opposing physical resistance. This is a per fect cinch to Butler, who before he essayed acting, was one of the collegiate football heroes of Cal ifornia. BBIEF < XH'RT MONDAY Three negro defendants made up the total of cases tried In pollen court Monday, namely: Richard Taylor, taxed with the costs for op erating a motor car with defective lights. James Burnett, fined $5 and costs for disorderly conduct, and A. M. Armstrong, taxed with costs for operating a motor car without li cense, on condition that he secure license. Mitfg Mildred Ivph Ih Winner of Medal The medal was won by Miss Mil-' dred Ives, seventh grade. In the re-' citation contest at Forks Scool Fri day night ano the other contestant^, i Misses Elizabeth Carter. Marguerite Morgan. Sarah Prltchard. Lovle Prltchard and Lessi<> Prltchard, re ceived fairy stone lockets as souve nirs. The judges were B. L. White1 of Xewland. Miss Catherine Albert son of Elizabeth City and Miss Bes-; sie Harnett of Washington. N. C. After the recitations Miss Cath erine Alhertson, field secretary of the State Parent Teachers Associa tion. gave a short address and the J Forks School Parent Teacher Asso ciations affiliated with the State' Parent Teachers Association and elected E. R. Spruill as the presl- j dent succeeding J. C. Overman. Tin other officers were reelected. Matrimonial Institutes Are The Newest Wrinkle Bridegroom No Longer To Ruth Untaught anil Vnpre/tared Into Manifold Problem* of Domestic Life hut May Learn in Advance by Mail Hon to l>e a (rood IIunhand II) JI NK HAnnAWAY (Copyright, I'#24. By Th? Advancc) Now York, April 2 6.-?Hrido k rooms aro (o bo taught matrlinony; by mall. Thla will bo the next de velopment of tho school for prospoc tlvo husband*. known as "cupld's i clan*." now flourlahinK at th<? Brook- i l.vn Young Mcn'a Christian Associa- > tlon. 11 So many requests for an outline i of tho lectures hftvo coflw from i young men in for sections of tho . country that Carroll N. Glbnoy, head i of tho educational department of tho i Brooklyn "V." under whose insplra tlon the course waa iitartod. an nounc'd today that ho was considoi i ing n plan to assemble tho material j Into a series of lectures which could, bo soot by mall. Tho courao. consisting of six lee-!, tures of advice to tho vounK man'! about to ombnrk on tho nnchartod, seas of niMtrlinony, opened a fort-] night ago. Tho enrollment lists i young rnon betWeoB tho ages of 2' ' nnd 34?all of tbom bacholora and . all "with honorahlo IntontIons.'' Aa many moro, Mr. (iibnoy said, wore turned away and tho elas< room door lorkod to bar the crowds. Of those lucky ones who got Inside, about DO p'-r cent, It is estimated.1 aro engaged. Half of tho remainder i have th" girl In mind and would Ilk" to bo onzagod. and th# remaining! ono quarter aro looking forward to, matrimony In tho Indefinite futuro. Tho two lectures thus far havo boon upon ?ho physiological and an atomical aapocts of marriago by Dr. Wllliati H. Pi lit of tho Brooklyn Nursory and Infanta* Homo and by [)r. Joseph fJ. Forty?? Of the New Vork Homeopathic Medical College, respectively. The phyaioloiHcal .aspect* of the uarrlage state. hhitH of the emotion* li and intellectual scford whlcn iliouid exist, the problem of wheth- 1 ?r to rent or buy u home, the hutl* ?et, and how to make iho most of a nearer family Income will be treat ?d In future lectun s. "One ot the youn*4 men told mo he first lecture of the course alone s-aa worth $2.r> to him." Mr. Olbney <ays, "althouuh the prlee for all six s only $10. One man from OhlfiBO srrote that he wished he could com mute to flrooklyn weekly for the lecture* and If some form of corres pondence course in the matter could t>e arranged, he wished to he en rolled. "It has even been fUktM-ated that I arrange a altnllar ??'???????? for wo* lien, giving special attention to par ^ntal care of children I feel this la wit of my department, however- a matter for the V W. C. A., perhaps." The flood of correspondence which hi* followed In the wake of thi.-* course has tos?? d many strange let lera In Mr. Olbney"a file. Amohk them are a acore of letter* from lonely women In TSfloua parta of the world, offering themselves as possible wives for graduates of the matrimonial achool. "They come from wldowa, from young glrla and from girls not so. young who are beginning to fear that their cherms were born to bloom un icen," Mr. Olbney explained. South Mills Mail Service To Be Inaugurated July 1 And Mail from Elizabeth Clily to South Mills an Well from Camden to South Mill* Will Give Many Camden Resident* Two Mails a Dav FED WIFE GERMS IN GINGER ALE White Plains. N. Y., April 28? Clarence Baring, inventor and dabbler in chemistry, was held here today without bail to await action of the grand Jury when he was arraigned on the charge of at tempted murder In the first de gree. Pneumonia and diphtheria germs are believed by physicians to have been administered to Mrs. Daring in ginger ale, root beer, and solid foods. Mrs. Baring is wealthy and 4 6 years old, seven years older than Baring who is a second husband. She was divorced from the first. AYDLETT EXPLAINS "MISSING" MONEY Says That $800 Bond Money Is Being Held l>y His Firm Pending an Adjustment of Fees. i E. F. Aydlett. candidate for Con-! greiia from this district, before leav-| Inn Monday morning for Currituck where he la attending court, Rave' out the following statement for pub lication: "Mr. Editor: "I desire to make a statement In The Advance regarding the Hoberts matter. "Mr. T. A. Hoberts and three oth ers were arrested and Indicted un der a charge of manufacturing, sell ing and transporting liquor. Their boat was seized and the materials thereon, consisting of 4,100 pounds of sugar, 200 pounds of coal, and 45 five-gallon water hottles. and a quantity of meal. Mr. Roberta em ployed Aydlett & Simpson to repre sent them, ho agreeing to pay the fees for all of them. They had to give bond of $800 each, and secured bondsmen by him depositing with me for the three of them. *2,400. to secure their bondsmen. Gallop was In Jail for want of bond and Roberts came bnck to Elizabeth City later, and Mr. Simpson secured a bonds man. and Hoberts deposited with Mr. Simpson JK00 to protect the bondsman. At court the Judge re duced the bonds rrom' $800 each to 1250. They gave new bonds on Fri day of court week. and came in to nee me to get the $2,400, which was on deposit to secure these bonds. I told Mr. Roberts that I wanted him to settle our fees. He declined to pay any further fees. I then told him that I would hold enough of the money to cover the fees. Mr. J. J. Moss claimed the $2,400. and snld It was his, and that he deposited it for lloberts. I still refused to turn over all the money unless Ihev would ad just the fee*. They left the office. In two or three minutes I sent word to them that I would pay over the $2,400 as It was claimed by Mr. Moss. Thev went to the office of Messrs. McMullan A I,eHoy, who de clined to represent them. They then back to the office and I paid them the $2,400, all this In less than 30 minutes from the time they first asked for the return of the $2. 400. They knew thnt Mr. Roberts bad deposited with Mr. Simpson 1 $800 to secure the bond of Gallop. This money Mr. Simpson, with my approval, declined to pay track to Mr Roberts until he would adjust our fees, and Mr. Slmnnon Is now i holding the $*00 awaiting an ad justment of the fees. Hoberts Is a non-resident of the State, and lias i no property In the Stat., that I know I'f. and It Is reported has placed hl< : property In his wife's name. I of- i ferod to arbitral'' the matter of fi.es, i but Roberts declined: and also de- t rllned to pay anything more, and left till' office It is hut right that We should have nn adjustment of our fees in our settlement with him i (Signed) "K. F.?A YD1.ETT." The occasion for the foregoing statement Is an article In last week's Independent which stated that In the case Of noberts ot ?| |n Fndrral i Court Aydlett "pocketed" the bond oion?Jr and "arranged a stool pHeon bond signed by a local citizen " The; article also deemed to Imply that $800 of the bond money was unac counted for. Feeling that he had been misrepresented and inlglit be inlured by the article and that the public was entitled to his aide of the matter, Mr. Aydlett Issued his state ment. Income Tax Derision I'oet |ioned By Senate Washington. April 20 ? Decision by the Senate on the Income tax was postponed today when the tac tion was passed over for future dls-l cusslon on the request ot flenator Simmons of North Carolina, ranking Democrat on the finance com mittee. i j Bids on the now star route from I Elizabeth City to South Mills are now belns asked for by the Postof flce Department, both on a six trips a week and a 12 trips a week basis. If bids on the 12 trips a week basis are accepted, the carrier will start from South Mills at 9:15 In the morning and arrive In Elizabeth City at 10 o'clock. He will leave Eliza beth City for South Mills as soon as he can Ret the mall from train one. due here at 11:15 a. m.. but not lat er than 12:30 p. m., and will ar rive In South Mills 45 minutes later. This will give mall service from South Mills to Elzabeth City and re turn the same day. Orders could be sent to Elizabeth City from South Mills each morning and filled the same day. Upon the arrival of the mall from Elizabeth Clly the South Mills rural route carrier and the South Mills Camden Star route carrier will go out on their routes and the Elizabeth City-South Mills carrier will remain In South Mills until they return, us ually about 4 o'clock, hut not "later" than 5 o'clock. He will then make an afternoon trip to Elizabeth City, but will not be required to carry mall on the return to South Mills. This will make the hour of his return to South Mills optional with him. If bids on the six trips a week basis are accepted the carrier would start from Elizabeth City upon de livery to him or mail from the 11:15 train, or not later than 12:30 p. m., and arrive at South Mills 45 minutes later. He would remain there until the arrival of the rural and itar route carriers, at about 4 o'clock p. m., or not later than 5 o'clock, and then return to Elizabeth City, arriv ing here 4 5 minutes after departure from South Mills. Orders sent In by this mall could not then be filled un til the next day's mall. i Whether the single service or the double service Is adopted. South Mills, under the schedule as mapped out by the Postoffice Department, will get two mails u day, one from Elizabeth City and one from Cam den. For upon the arrival of the mall from Elizabeth City, In either case, the star route carrier from South Mills to Camden and the ru ralroute carrier serving the South Mills It. I". D. would start out upon their routes. The star carrier would arrive nt Camden In time to make connections with train two there and would curry back to South Mills the mall, arriving on train two, which will bo pouched on Camden on now Instead of on Kllzabeth City. Till*, an can readily ?be seen. will kIvp South MIIIh two malls a day and would give to South Mills' resident* mnll from Norfolk dally shortly af ter noon and mall from Italelgh dally a few hours later. Camden residents on the star route between South Mills and Cam den post office will also get two malls n day. Instead of one as at present ns the carrier will put out the box ,h""' on his trip from South Mills to Cnmden and on fits return trip from Camden to South Mills. The fact that South Mills will get afternoon mall from Camden mnkes clear why It will not he necessary for the South-Mills Elizabeth City carrier to take mall from Elisabeth I . South Mills on his return trip In the late afternoon. The new mall service is being In ? Ugurafed us a result of machinery set In motion by Congressman Ward several months ago. In response to ? suggestion made by The Advance, Mr. Ward wrote to Postmaster Hoop er here and to Secretary Job of the I hanther of Commerce asking for rlata relative to possible mall service between Elizabeth City nnd Soutn Mills, and Mr. Hooper and Mr. Job. with the co-operation of President Turner of the Elzabeth City Merch ants' Association, very promptly had Ihe data nnd the necessnry petition Tor the route In linnd. The data Old petition went forward In due lime to . the Postoffice Department ind now South Mills nnd a verv con dderabe section of rural Camden are in have two malls n day. As a ro ll1,1.'. "f residents of South Mills, of South Mills It. I-'. D. and lialrons of the star route between "touth Mills and Camtlen will b> able lo get Tin' Advnnce. as well ns the Norfolk dally, on the day of Issue. Ml efcopt II,? South Mills It r D residents will be able to get ? the Vews and Observer on the dav of Is iiio as well. WAY COTTON DKOPS Mew York. April 21 ? H?ary li quidation due lo weak llvnrptol cables to (In)" broke May cotton con tracts 72 points on the opening call. 4'OTTO.\ MIHKKT New York. April 2*?Spot cotton closed quiet this afternoon, declin ing 70 points. Middling 29.an. Kn tures closed at the following levels: May 29.45; July 29 ?B; October 24.IB; December 23.53; January 23 .in. New York, April 2k?Cotton fu tures opened this morning at the following levels: Mav 2 9.48: July 17.83; October 24.11; December 2S.57; January 21.20.