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CIRCULATION
Monday
VOL. 3(IV.
FINAL EDITION.
ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA. TUESDAY EVENING, JULY 1, 1924. '
FOUR PAGES.
156
Political Battle Now Rages
Between McAdoo And Smith
i ? i *
Wlyl" Sninr- Mav l>e Counted oil lo Turn to McAdoo
Today, .Others W ill Shift to the Hunks ol Sihitti and as
Yfl I? 1\p Indication of ^ hat ill Happen
By DAVID I-AWRENCE
, . (C?eyrl?*L 1934. B. Til* AMMII
Madison S<iuare Garden, New York, June 1. ? William
<Sibt?-McAdoo Jed jn the race for the Democratic Presidential
nomination today with every indication that the smith forces
would attempt to break his strength by throwing their votes eith
er to Senator Underwood of Alabama or John \V. Davis of West
Virginia.
a victor)'' tor
| Davis appear the brighter at
the moment, as he has a strong
following in both the McAdoo
And Smith camps.
But many things will happen be
fore the break up of either the Mc
Adoo or Smith groups. The strate-]
j .gy being played today by the rival |
generals is Intensely Interesting an it
combines all the tricks of previoys
conventions plus a certain amount
of psychology that attends every
break. No politician can predict
?with accuracy what will . be the r??- j
suit of any particular move. The
plan today was for the McAdoo gen
erals to watch the Smith leaders to
see how much of the reserve
strength of the New York governor ,
la put Into the line. The Smith peo
ple have from 40 to 60 more votes, |
-while McAdoo has about 82 more!
which he hopes to get before night- ,
fill mirl fhrn hnvtnn n mnij^rlty th"
California candidate would stand be-i
fore the convention just as did Clark j
at Baltimore in 1912, hoping the
delegates will in effect disregard the:
?-thirds rule by giving him the re
maining VOtea.
Some of the tMnnn which m ay he.
expected before night appear to be :
as follows:
First, about 12 McAdoo delegates
who have been voting for the former i
?Secretary of the Treasury are really
8mith men at heart and have been
kept voting the way they have In or
rto provide ^-demonstration Ja.tex ,
on when they leave "him and go to
faith. |
Second, although Mississippi Hani
complimented Senators Harrison, i
Robinson and Glass, her 20 votes are
to go to McAdoo on later ballots.
The Smith managers were trying
early today to swing the votes to Da
?la and to hold them there so as to
prevent McAdoo from getting a ma
jority.
Third, Tom Taggart is friendly i
enough to McAdoo to give him Indl-1
ana's 30 votes as a compliment when
McAdoo approaches the majority
mark.
Fourth, Virginia, hoping for a
reciprocal compliment, from the Mc
Adoo forces later, may switch her
24 votes to McAdoo during the day. ?
All the strength In Ohio consti
tutes the McAdoo reserve. So long
as Ohio sticks to Cox, neither Mc
Adoo nor Smith can benefit, as the
residuary ~1rr~ Ohio would not
assist the Smith strategy but would
^end to help McAdoo.
In Illltiois, the 10 votes for Cox
lean be counted on ultimately to
|to Smith.
Louisiana plans to stay with John
Iw. Davis for several ballots. It was
[the first state to Join West Virginia.
fere and there are scattered votes
Ifor Davis but his biggest opportun
ity lies in the fact that he Is second
?choice of scores of delegates and Is
Jlooked upon as a logical compro
mise.
The Smith managers are more or
T "-'IfT obligation to Underwood
and may give mm some 7JT~ tTTJTr*
tes In the hope of giving him a
ance before the convention but the
Southern McAdoo states are not ln-!
rllned to help I'nderwood because of
his connection with the recent Klan
contorversy, so ITnderwood Is not a
probability. The outcome appears to
dependent on. whether the antl
MeAdoo forces can now break the
former Secretary of the Treasury
with Underwood or Davis or Both.
The McAdoo people are showing
friendliness to Glass of Virginia as
their second choice but they are not
yet In a mood to concede that their
leader Is going to be out of it.
HAWKINH-IIKCHAFT
Miss Mary Louise Recraft and Mr.
Robert Harrison Hawkins, both of
HNorfolk were married Sunday after
SB noon 1:30 o'clock by Rev. E. F.
? Sawyer, at his home, 208 Pearl
I
J NtM I). WIIAON DKAD
D. Wilson died at his home >
?t Weeksville Monday night after I
an Illness of several months. The
funeral will be conducted Wednes
m dav at Salem Baptist Church., Mr.
Wilson Is survived by his wife and
ttf^ee children, Mrs, Reatrlce Rrlght.>
Mrs. Mary Stanley and Charley >yil-i
?on all of this County.
MRS. SPRINGS FOR
THE VICE PRESIDENCY
? Ill* Titk. July 1.? Th? 8omh I
flaroltna <trl><K?tlon la?t night 1wid
cJ to pl?w Mr, Laroy Spring* of
l.?Maat?r. South Carolina. In nom
ination far tlia Vlea PrMrtrtrnry and
?ha will ba Iha lint woman praaent
<4hi national ticket. j
VARIED VIEW?
KLAN AND LEAGUE
Editorial Opinion as Diverg
ent as Views of the Dele
gates at the Democratic Na
tional Convention.
Ity Ci. MARSHALL
New York, July 1. ? Crystaliza
(ion of editorial opinion of the New
York newspapers on the debates on
the League of Nations and the Ku
Klux Klan planks in the Democratic
National Convention Saturday and
the ensoulng vote, finds the editor-l
ial writers apparently as far apart J
in their views us the delegates them
selves.
The referendum proposition on
the League, adopted" by the conven
tion. is denounced by the Times as
?? n |??nn1..n" ?"?)j|||pv which nt'V
er can be put Into practical eFTe?l, "
while the World which has been as
ardent a champion of the League as
the Times makes no comment as to
whether the plan is workable and
says the convention did not stand by
candidates, at the moment did nut
find a pronouncement for the League
politically convenient." On the oth
, er hand, the Republican Herald Trl
I bune denouncefc the League plank as
"an amazing product of cowardice
and insincerity" which would op?-n
the most perilous sort.
I The World, which first exposed
the Klan and has tied the ftght-for
namlng the hooded organization in
the Democratic platform, takes com
fort in the defeat of its projectMn
the fact that Klan has no defenders
in the convention and that "its pur- I
poses were denounced and ridiculed j
as much by those who voted against
naming It as by the other side." i
The Tribune comments that "the !
men who prevented the Democ^tic
party from openly Introducing the
religious Issue Into the convention I
have done the country an important !
service." But It adds that the In
troduction of the rellgtyus Issue "in
a party sense was portentious of dis
organization." The Times says that
the Klan issue Is "something that
has got to be fought out; It Is some
thing that cannot be camouflaged or
compromised; the fight in the con
v*nUtfh fT Sffry ttir beginning of n
fight that will have to be carried on
In state after state and congressional
district after congressional district."
The Woi Id says it Is too early to
say now Just how the Klan and the
League will figure In the campaign
and challenges the Republican Party
to exploit tlies<- IsKiies. "For the Is
sues within the Democratic Party
are also Issues within the Republi
can Party," says the World, "and
they will be exploited for factional
ends by either party at their per
A IS MAH. SERVICE
ACROSS CONTINENT
?Br Tb? AMdilfd Prr-M )
San Francisco. July 1. ? Pilot
Claire Vance hopped off on the first
leg of a new day and night air mall
service from here to New York at
5:57 this morning. ,
Mlneolu, N. Y., July 1. ? Two air
planes ea^h with 550 poupds cargo
took off at Hazelhurst shortly after
11 o'clock Eastern daylight time for
San Fsancisco on their maiden west
ward run of the day and night trans
continental mall service which was
formally Installed today.
rONFKKKM'K IN HKHMION
The Elizabeth City District Meth
odist Conference Is In session at
Stumpy Point this week from Tues
day until Thursday.
TRAIN KII.I.S THREE
Ashevllle, July 1. ? The bodies of
three negroes were found alonasld"
the iLouthern Railway track near
Shelby yesterday. evlflenfTy having
b?en killed by the train early Mon
day.
/ COTTO* MAKKUT
New York. July 1. ? 8pot cotton,
closed' quiet. Middling 30.90. an ad
??n*e of 70 points. Futures, closing
bid, July 29 90. Oct. 26.18, Dec.
24 4*. Jan. 24.26, March 24 4.",, Aug.
17.10.
Rev. and Mrs. W. C. Phlpps and
daughter, Eleanor, hare returned
from naltlmoje ind Oxford, Penn
sylvania. after visiting friends. They
were accompanied home by Miases
Julia and Margaret Prince of Balti
more.
KEEPS AWAY FROM TOBACCO
Col. 'Nicholas Bell, St. Louis, and hit historic "convention pipe" ? of
good old corn cob variety. Col. Hell has been a delegate to seven conven
tions and a secretary to five. Ills lu ng-stemmcd pipe always bring from
him the good old gag that "the doct or ordered mo to keep away from
tobacco." He is 82 ? the oldest visitiug delegate to the Democratic Con
vention.
MERIDIAN MAItREKS
WILL BE EXAMINED
Chapel Hill. July 1. ? Ensign
John A. McCormlck, U. S. N.. who
since April 1 has been at work In
the state checking over, replacing or
re-establishing the magnetic meri
dian markers at all county seats, has
thus far occupied about 3D to 69
stations to ho visited. He Is now in1
Winston-Salem and will later visit
Raleigh. Smlthfield. Louisburg and
other points in Eastern North Car-i
olina.
Magnetic meridian markers, es
tablished in every county, it was
said, have fallen into bad condition
or have been rendered useless by
obstructions. They are being
checked over by the United States
Coast
eration with the North Carolina Geo
logical and Economic Survey.
Magnetic stations, itj was ex
plained. are of great Wlue as es
tablishing magnetic ?variation and
enabling surveyors to compare their
instrument _8;_ _ A _Nort h Carolina sta
tute requires annual comparison of
surveyors' Instruments to determine
-thetr variation from Buch a? rang^,
but it has been widely disregarded,
it was pointed out. largely from Ig
norance of tht> existence of the law
and in some cases from the essen
tials relating to magnetic variation. I
Since Ensign McCormlck started
his tour, the North Carolina Geologi
cal and Economic Survey has been
making an effort to have all survey
ors informed of the time when he
will arrive at their county seats, so
that he might discuss with them the
| principles of magnetic control.
JAPANESE (UTS DOWN
THE AMERICAN FI.AGi
Toklo. July 1. ? An unidentified i
Japanese early today cut down the!
TVrffpricafl flag* from In front of the"
embassy. I
JAPANESE ASK
AID OF THE GODS
Nation-wide Demonstration
Staged Today Against Am
erican Exclusion Act as It
Becomes Effective.
<?y Tilt Aimliim Pr???)
Toklo, July 4. ? A nation-wide
demonstration against the American
exclusion act which 'ntn offset
today opened with -mass prayer
meetings at all national Shinto
shrines throughout the country.
The crowds" petitioned the ancient
deities to aid the people in this trou
blous time when the Japanese race
is being ''insulted"' by exclusion
from America.
Numerous details of cutting down
the American flag in the United
States embassy compound today have
been brought to light by police in
quiry although the identity of the
1 Japane^ - who slashed the halyards
"and Ffvu a "lince T^TfinTmrffTy^rrTttovrd
the ensign has not been uncovered.
L Several hours after the affair
when witnesses reported the affair
to Charge d'Affalres Caffery he hur
riedly called on Foreign Minister
Shidehara.
SECOND PRIMARY TO
. BE HELD SATURDAY
Vaeeond primary has been called
foif Saturday. July 5. at all North
Carolina polls to decide the nomina
ting for Commissioner of Lnbor and
Printing between M. L. Shlpman. in
cumbent, and Frank Grist, who re
ceived the next highest number of
vnt?* to .Shlpman in the first pri
mary.
KILLED UN COLLISION
Chicago, July 1. ? six were kljlod
and 17 Injured early today when
two trains cuHtdeff in a rear-end col
lision here.
Business Goes Like Stage
Coach Of Long Ago Days
Started Out With Keen Jump First of January and Will
Probably End Year Same Way, but Just Now Is in the
Mid>t of Journey and at Slow Steady Jog
Ily J. f. ROVIiR
fCaftyriaht. 1171. Br Th* Ad.inr#)
New York. July 1. ? lluslness J
started out on January 1, 1024. in
the United States like an old-tlmo
six horse stage coach polling out of |
a boom milling camp in the morn-i
ing. It waH always the custom of
the- old drivers to start their horses)
on the keen jump and- bring thepi in i
at their destination the same way.1
When they reached the edge of town |
at the start, they slowed down. That i
Is what buslneaa haa done. j
After three montha at a gallop,
business commenced to atrlke tho
tough grades and today It has set
tled down to a steady Jog. It ham
not stopped and the spepd In Mill!
fully up to normal. Many ??Xpert*,
including financiers of International!
reputation predict that the pace will j
Increaae from this time on and thatj
the hualness vehicle will swing up at;
th?? clone of 102 4 at as great a pact]
aa at the start.
In spite of thi fa^T TTnTT ftit* 1s a4
Presidential year and that the cam-;
palgn usually can be counted on toi
upset business somewhat) the wea-:
ther baa been the most potent fac-j
tor In the business. Industrial and
trade alt nation In (Tie fifST "htftf~~nfl
10 2 1. It can hardjy bo aald that!
there was any spring In some sta
tions. Crops 'In nearly all geograph
ical divisions are two w??eks or more
late and aome have been damaged*
by cold and storms;
Demand for seasonal goods has
held off. Consumers did not Jingle
their money on the counter. Retail)
buyers refrained from placing com-j
mltmenta for future delivery. Job
bers did likewise. Manufacturers!
followed u similar system with re
gard to raw materials. Producers of
raw material;* moaned, cut down
production in some Instances and
sold what they could (no iii'-nn
amount, by the way) to foreign man
ufac.turers. The latter thereupon
rushed cheaply produced goods Into
American market*.
liny 9m* Trend Misjudged
Another Important factor In the
situatirfn an It exists today has been
mlsjudgment by many business men
of the psychological trend of the
buyers of the nation. Nowhere wan
thin more apparent than in the auto
mobile industry, which ha* such an
Influence on other linen. The indus
try started out at a tremendous
pace nnd?r AC hcdulefl eiltlog for
production of around S. 000, 000 cars
for tho year. The theory was that
sale^i had been cramped in previous
Springs because dealers hsd difflcul
ty In making deliveries. This year
they had plenty of cars but few cus
tpmfrs.
Dealers discovered that buyer*,
were hot for cars when they could
imt but when there jkmk
no difficulty In providing them, the
prospects backed off Dealers com
menced to- demand that factories re
lieve them, of some of the burden
of unsold stocks, factories cut down
and today the volume of automobile
production Is nearly 25 per cent off
the February peak.
? It U estimated by some parts man
ufacturers that there are a million
new automobiles now In manufac
Contlnusd on Paft 1
Second Day Of Balloting
Fails Develop Candidate
I .
j McAtloo ami Sin il I ? ('milium- to Loud ami as "Xiimlur of
{ Uallol- AIoihiI- l li.-r.- Is- < .limine in Umih-and
No Imlicalion of W'lial May llu]>]><-u
VARIED PROGRAM
FOR THE FOURTH
Itai'ini; at Fair Ground*,
Swimming and ('.alloc Ram
? at B? ahy and Powhle llrail
it llasrluill on Diamond.
A varied program of horse racing.;
swimming and canoe racing, and a
double header baseball game for the
Fourth of July in Elizabeth City is
promised home town people and vis
itors.
The racing begins at 2: DO o'clock
at the Fair Grounds.
A Fourth of July celebration with
swimming and canoe races and fire
works has been arranged at Daw
son's Bathing Beach.
The races will start at 2 o'clock
with a 40-yurd race for boys under
Hi years. At 2:110 there will be a
free-for-all girls' race of 20 yards.
At 3 o'clock boys und??r 12 yours
will bo entered in a 20-yard dash.
During an interval Jjotween the
races and diving events ducks will
be turned- loose in the water and will
become the property of those who
succeed in catching them.
At 4 o'clock a canoe racc?La-.ttcliv
duled. Following this, there will be
a dlvinu competition for small boys
and then a fancy diving event which
will be free for all. At 5 o'clock the
feature race of the afternoon will lie
the free-for-all event of 100 yardt?.
At night there will be fireworks
at the bathing beach.
A double header will be played
here on July the Fourth with , the
first game between South Mills and
the Elizabeth City Cubs on the "Main
street diamond at 3 o'clock and the
second between South Mills and
South Norfolk at 5.
The Elizabet h CI ty. Cubs are fl g
"ifiing on a "strong organization tills
summer with this the only team at
tlyj-fpreflrnt time organized in Eliza
beth City. South Mills has always
gone .strong on baseball and put up
a strong team.
FIFTEEN DAYS GRACE
MOTOK CAR OWNERS
Relief for the automobile owner*
who have been standing in line for
hours in order to register their cars
at the Elizabeth City Branch office
arrived Monday In the form of a tel
egram from the Secretary of State
which extends the time limit on new
licenses to July 15.
The telegram follows,
Branch Office,
Automobile Department,
Elizabeth City, N. C.
Due to rush and our inability to
deliver license plates in time, the
limit for registration Is extended
from June 30 to July 15. Call up
on all officers to co-operate iif ord*r
to render this service to people, fiw
id enforcement after 16th. Please
post.
W. N. EVERETT.
Secretary of State.
There has been for several *Jayn a
throng of scores of automobile own
ers all dny long at the Battery &
Electric Company where the Eliza-1
i beth City office Is located. Two
I clerks ar^ at work on the registra
tion certificated but the work has
-proirreiwtf nlmHy nn?f- many ? have *
stood In line for hours. A reporter}
for this paper asked some of those j
In line how lonfi: they had been In
line and learned that It taken about |
three hours to move from the foot!
of the column to the window. One|
middle-aged farmer said he had been;
In liii" Friday and Saturday, but luvd
left aftrr standing for soni" time. He1
was back In his ce on Monday!
still trying to get his license plate, j
This Is the first year that license
platen have hern obtainable in Eliza-,
beth City and other centrally locat-j
ed towns and while it was thought,
that better service could be given!
through the branch offices, consider- i
able congestion has resulted from
the. system.
.
CHECKING UP LIST
OF STORM VICTIMS
(By Tilt AHMMIti Pmmi
Lorraine, O., July 1.- Despite the
belief of city snd military officials
that all Iy>rralne's storm victims are!
not accounted Tor the number of
dead remained today at 72.
The Red Cross In checking the
dead and Injured found 17 persons
unaccounted for since the city was,
struck by the tornado Saturday. The
wortrfif cleaHrfg~T?ir the wreckage of
the state theater under which offl- !
clals believe arr a number of bod-]
lea has been halted because of the
danger of the adjoining four story!
brick wall falling.
ARMY PLANES OFF |
Calcutta, July 1. ? The Aim;
plane* In the 'round the world flight,
left here early today for Allahabad,,
Ilrltlah India. I
(By Th? Aiwctilrd Prrti)
I Now York, July 1. ? On the twen
liit.li ballot tills afternoon McAdoo
lost 12 votes. Smith lost 4. white
Davis of West VlrHnl.l ??l ,v
Tilt! vote was McAdoo 4!!2. Smith
307 'H, Davis 122. Underwood 45 L,
JJobinson 21. Ritchie 17 >4. Cox BO,
pllryan 11. Davis of Kansas 10. Glass
25. Ralston 30. Saulsbury 6. Walsh
8. Hitchcock 1, Daker 1 and Dever
The twenty-second ballot, unoffi
cial, was as follows: Underwood,
[Smith 307 V6 ; Cox 60,cmfwvps. a
i 45 1-2, McAdoo 438_l-2, Robinson
[22. Smith 307 1-2, Cox 60. Governor
Davis 5, Glass 25, Ralston 32, Sauls
I bury 12. Walsh 8 1-2, Richie 17 1-2.
one absent.
Hearing that the Mississippi dele
i nation was planning to go to John
| W. Davis, William Jennings Urvan
launched an open tight on the floor
during the taking of the nineteenth
ballot. However, the delegation cast
1 its 20 votes ror Davis and the twoi.
? succeeding ballots.
Missouri deserted the McAdoo
camp on the twentieth ballot cast
ing Its 3fi ror Davis.
I Announcement of the Missouri
f vote started a demonstration but It '
was short lived, the chairman bang*
| ing ror order so that he might au
! nounce the result of the ballot,
i There was another Davis cheer when
| the result of the ballot was an
| llounced at 122.
j Only scattering liamlrlapping and
[Some groans greeted the announce
mem of McAdoo? nnd Smith ? votes
showing their losses, other dele
gations were reported to' lie waver
ing.
North Carolina, which had aup
! ported MrAdoo truill I he first, beuan
I canvassing to determine whether
; McAdoo still could cumman a ma
I Jorlty.
| There were only slight changes on
I the twenty-llrst ballot, McAdoo get
ting 439. Smith 2*4 v.. Davis 14)>
and I'ndcrwood 45 '4.
J New York, July 1. ? The conven
Tfion" reconvened at 0:30, Eastern
I time, this morning to continue bal
! lotlng.
J The sixteenth ballot gave McAdoo
,47*. Smith 305 'a, Davis fi3. Robin
son 4?. Underwood 41 >4, Glass 25,
II net loss of one for McAdoo and no
change for Smith.
i The seventeenth gave McAdoo
471^4. Smith ?' I 2 ''j , Underwood 42
| Robinson 2k, Davis H4, and Glass 44.
The eighteenth developed 110 can-,
didate and relatively little change In
the voting. The vote was McAdoo
470 14. Smith 3121,4, Underwood
[30 14, Robinson 22. John W. Davit
Ififi, Ritchie Davis 10, Glass 3d,
Saulsbury fi. Ralston 30, Wirtl 20.
! Walsh 2.
| The nineteenth ballot gave Mc
jAdoo 47 4. STTrith 311 ?fc, Davis 84''.
? Inderwood 29 >4. ftobinson 22, It'll -
chle Cox f.0, Bryan. 10, Gov
ernor Da vIh 9, GIhhb 30, Ilalaton 31,
Satilsbnry 6, C6f>HafVd 1, WhTflrZT^
Monday'* IbilloiliiK
First ? McAdoo 431 Smith
240,/a, others scattered.
Second- McAdoo 431. Smith
251 >4, other little changed.
I Third ? McAdoo 437. Hmlth 255 ?*.
, others little Changed. Sweet removed
from balloting.
Fon??!;-~ -jjttle chnn^ In rrtafWo
standing. Kendrick removed from
balloting.
Fifth, sixth, seventh ? No chanxe
Indicative of rcf<ult?
Eight!) ? McAdoo ? 44 4.0R,- Smith
273 Mr.
- Ninitr^fatHle change:
Tenth ? McAdoo 4 71.r?, Smith
299.5, John W. Davis gaining, with
57.5 votes.
Eleventh ? McAdoo 47?.3, Hmlth
303.2, Davis 59.
Twelfth, thirteenth, fourteenth ?
Little change.
Fifteenth ? McAdoo 479, Smith .
306.5, John W. Da via 04.6. The
convention adjourned early Tuesdav
moTnlhg at !7>e end of the fifteenth
ballot and after a long night a<>sslon
that had failed to develop a candi
date. McAdoo was still leading with
Smith slowly Raining and John W.^
Davis of Went Virginia had gained
third plarre with *4.5 votea. having '
started on the first ballot with only
21 votes. Favorite aona were still
keeping scattered votes.
CiRTH KKUIT MOVTHH
(W TWO AHHAll/T CHAIUJF-l
A long and tedious session of th*
recorder h court waa occupied,- for
the most part, with minor offenders
Tuesday.
There were two convictions agalnu
one defendant on a charge of as
sault. with deadly weapon, all prtrtie*
to the affair being colored. The de
fendant was Alex Armstrong and h"
drew four months for each offense.
Fred Harris, also colored, got off
with $10 and coat* whn convicted on
three separate cbargas. cllsordarly
conduct, creating a disturbance and
i trespass.
Joshua Zachery. colored, prosecut
ing witness against Jams K. King on
a charge of carrying a concealed
weapon, had a lapse of manor? and
I was taxed with the coats.