North Carolina Newspapers

' ??*?#** ? ? ? THE WEATHER * * I' met tied weather nit ft * * occasional thoicers (o> * * night and Sunday. i\ot * * much change in temp' * VOL. XIV. FINAL EDITION. ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA, SATURDAY EVENING, JULY 5, 1924. EIGHT PAGES. NO. 139 Bitterness Unprecedented And No Harmony In Sight Alibis and Evcuses arc Numerous luit Impartial Observer! See* Leaders of Convention as Lots of Srlioiiliioys Who Will Not Agree Even \\ lien Nomination l> .Made J II y I) U IU UWIKXni Madison Siiuare Garden,^ e\v Vork, July 5. ? F.ast is East j and West is West and apparently never the twin shall meet ,in j Democratic politics. The age old fight -between i Tammany Hall and its affiliated organizations of boss control in! -New Jersey, Massachusetts and ^?<fme to a head In the! Clerk-Wilson fight of 1912 and again in the San Francisco con- 1 ventionof 1920, and today jt jsj the underlying reason of the deadlock which has prevented the Democratic National Con tention from making a Presi dential nomination after two weeks of acrimonious sessions. however i? ftT ? cedented intentitv m ?ni?re-| saaSL'Tps1 ::r sr r? SSSp ouJheHl'b?iand <"CCU8,>" ?re numer wmmd fatal' T^. ^ian i8su?' >'?-<? been Adoo delegate's caTnoi'era'.. 'the 1'?"! might the ijmi.k j ', Trv as they conceal the .??*.' !,,, s ma,nyh",d*??eopen1S!C5ay thTk i""1 ! Sas^-asanS The stubborqess that >.-?? i? I t;iV'Kk, u?? tend" ?*Ife ? tiRhter is, however n nt telling wrhlehh<!h Pr?testttn' Cat'liollr S tImm' enffenered ,, , ' fen McAdoo delegates f mm ' that the* a/ld S?uthorn at?<e* Insist tof.i ^V" "'"n ''"-nlshlnK elec-l !?"' A*'" to ,hc Democratic ticket more often than have New York i NPW, Jer8ev- Conner": which ?iL? a,nd Massachusetts, Smith men make reply that the rea ?ucb vwi? do nnt ?? clnHM.. ? ,h"r never have a ern atatea "Ih *ppe*^ to the East-' "9l"UaP?Yrtth''Vr,,^Woodr"w u ll-"? 1" tribute* toil, the states which enn th?tvi, Democratic victory i tloi:.",i^.KI" and theTrr4 Mn-?" not enouch. th romcTrf ??/" '?""'?'"'Ion toward , T' the prominent Trmr-tn? Hw~ P*rJy h" brn hardly . Th* Smith men hissed am| dTvm "thr?.Td w""Rln -lennlnjrs Bryan, three times the nominee of ninJ! '? *n<l ,h,,n when the Smith 1 nor fo W^"'d ,h1 Now Ynr* Kover-' ' VfX&*P?*** '"e convention the McAdoo delegates did the tit for f.t to vote for 'z wiVA ' / " w?" lost. Even Mr WM.? *iU ? ,0,t" to the c??: .nl?id .or, ru,h/t 8m,,h h- per- j f end. ?,"P"k b,,t ,h? governor-, .'o'rS^tTo^" the" "h^| mJl'll. 5 '? ,h" McAdoo dele-! Thi iov??rn lnv|t*t'on to have i tne governor speak wa?> nnfai m convention had lint votij J t h eye o u M.'t i? m''n ,n " hol,> "ne? s-JiB Un ..Ti K ****** with Mayor Hv have been ?|^f 'ho?^ ?? zrh m""n? ?"? *0 or more ba" BOMt" ii* W".! h?" run and ?tr.T.Vy!tr.r^?r L' tl1"'*"*" ?r ?o fordve and fort.t but an LITTLE BOY DROWNS NEAR SOUTH MILLS Curtis Pea rep, the? W-y?ax old Hon of Mr. and Mrs. George IVarce of South Mills, was drowned at about 6 o'clock on the evening of the . Fourth of July, while in bathing with his young playmate, Claude Traf ton. in the Dismal Swamp Can al near South Mills, according to a lonu distance telephone message received here today. The body was recovered about two hours later. No one saw the drowning except the boy who was In bathing wit U_t he drowned boy and no coherent story or~fiow it occurred - has been heard lie re. IJKSTOTY DKLKGATKS TAKK THK COXVKXTIOX VARIOUSLY Reports from the Elizabeth City delegates to the Democratic National Convention in New York Saturday were to the effect that Phil Sawyer had left in utter disgust and eonn to see his wife and baby at Virginia Beach, but that Mrs. James G. Fear ing continued radiant and in the ab sence of O. Max Gardner was run ning the North Carolina deleuation. These reports, although uncon firmed. sounded so lifelike that The Advance passes Vitl un fui what tiny are worth, if anything. Irreconcilable determination to de feat each other. There la talk of a rump convention if the thing keeps up but anybody with the minimum of political knowledge is aware that the split has come and that It will take a candidate with all the mental gynastics and good fellowship which can be commanded plus a certain amount of partisanship with the an ti-Klan group to restore harmony In the party ? an almost impossible task at this writing. The withdrawal, at the same mo ment, of both Smith and McAdoo would save the faces of both sides. Edward Fernsdorf. of Michigan, in troduced such a resolution a few minutes before the night session ad journed so that the initiation in bringing about the withdrawal of the two leaders would come from the convThllOli hut till' piuposal was vot? ed down without even a roll call. It represents however, an abiding feel ing in the convention. The compromise conditions, there fore, seem to have the best chance of ultimate victory. Senator Oscar Underwood of Alabama satisfies the Smith men and since he conies from the South the hope of his friends is that the Southern states now sup porting McAdoo will not obstruct his nomination. John W. Davis of West Virginia would satisfy both sides, though he has not said a word about the- Klan issue, whereas Underwood has made the fight against it and is for that reason fltat choice of the I'mllh delegates for a rnmprnmlnr. Willlnm Jennings Bryan says his real opposition to Smith Is that he Is a wet. He opposes Underwood for the same reason and Davis because of his connections with Wall Street, corporations. As between the two. I he would probably prefer the West VlrglnllATY ffR the'latter has not b?en a pronounced wet, though as an An-| tl-Saloon League leader expressed, he has been about "fifty-fifty" In his votes on the liquor Issue in Congress and elsewhere. Newton D. Raker Is now the hop" of Ohio since James M. Cox with drew. Senator Glass of Virginia has himself argued his delegation to go to McAdoo but the story is that Thomas Fortune Ryan has more In fluence In that delegation than Glass and that the delegation Is more In clined to favor either Davis or Un derwood than McAdoo If the time comes to abandon Its favorite son. It Is significant that In spite of the talk of Mr. Glass' letter about hav ing his delegation support Mr. Mc Adoo the document, if there Is one, has not been disclosed and the Vir ginia Senator has not made a public statement of withdrawal as haa Sen ator Ralston and Mr. Cox. There remains one other likely candidate. Senator Joseph Robinson of Arkansas, minority leader of the upper House or Congress. He has some strength with the Smith group and has the endorsement of Bryan as a dry and aa a progressive. Ar kanaas is holding Its 1ft votes for him In the hope that when the breaking up cornea, thla favorite son may be the compromise. His oppor tunity, however, will come only after there haa been ft decision with re spect to Davla, Underwood and Ra ker. County Apent ' Fall* on Job. However, mid I'rom pit) Advist** l\iM|uolank l arin rrs lion to t!onil>ut it. With the first,. boll weevils of Uu Reason in l'asqnotank r?j>ort<--. hardly more i n.tn a \vr k .rcu. 1'asquotauk cotton crop may now b? facing an attack by another post. This pest is (he red spider, which was found Sattrrday morning in the cotton of S. 11. Ueid in Mi. llcnnon township. Mr. Heid has a fine field of cot ton. but during the last few days some of the plants began to wilt and droop and shed their leaves at an alarming rate, patches of plauts. in tact, showing signs of dying. Mr. Ueid examined the cotton very closely but could find no indication of what was causing the damage. He pui4n a phone call for Oottftty-Farm Agent Falls Saturday mornng, how ever, and Mr. Falls was soon on the scene and very promptly found what the trouble was. "The red spider,"- says Mr. Falls, "is in reality not a spider at all. but a mile. As is usual with mites, both the male und the female have eight legs but no wings. They are' less than one-fifth of an inch in | length. ? "Male and female of the pest are! both present on the plants. The' color of the female is subject to con- 1 slderable variaton. At t-iines it is a rusty green, sometimes greenish amber, occasionally yellowish, again almost black, but most of the lime brick red. "The males are considerably smaller than the females, of a rusty salmon color and the spots at the sides are more cons-picious. "A contact insecticide, that is, an insecticide which kills by contact and not by being eaten by the insect is absolutely necessary, since the mite spends its life on the under side of the leaf. Injury results from the extraction of the Juices of the nlri nl leaves and feeding U by means of sharp, slender, lance like mouth parts, which are thrust well into the leaf but on the under surface. "Following Is tho spray mixture that should be used to combat this pest : One ounce pottaslum sulphid Two gallons water. "This solution should be sprayed on the plants and should be repeat .ed in seven days. "The presence of the pest Is first vevealed by the appearance of thn upper surface leaf of the blood red spot. As the leaves become more Infected, they redden or turn a rusty I yellow over the entire surface, foil I up, then turn brown and dry, and J finally drop off. The lower leaves usually are first attacked, but infes tation spreads uward until only the bare stalk and one or two terminal leaves remain. Such plants almost always die. "In anmp caana fhe <1ropninp ofi the leaves Is sufficient to prevent J the development of any lint at all.) However, the loss of foliage is al-i ways accompanied by the shedding! to some extend of bolls and squi?res' ?ven when the whole plant is not lost. PUOfiRKSHlVES POSTPONE NAMING VICK l*HKSII>E\T| Cleveland. July 5 ? Postponement of a vice presidential nominaton was agreed upon by leaders of the! Conference for Progressive Political calvin <:ooi.iim;e. ju. !S SEIUOISI.Y 1I.J. Washington. July 5 ? Calvin Cool ?? .-4^-sertmTTlT til; aft tie" While' House wlih sejitic poisoning as iho result of a broken Mister o n h \ - ;rtn about* durins a t ? ? t?. n i - ma;<li. Culvln is tin- younger *?m i f Pre-i-Uni ami MT>. CoolM,; >. Washington. July "? ? Anxi .>us!v w.it hinu for sipn of improvement t-?.;.;y in the opjulilion uf C.tlvlii Cool5?lf?.\ Jr. in his fight again*!; ? M.i.n ??i'1'f v ' 1 " ?> > n ? ill* Wini. ' lloii*e rvlnctantly announced at* noon that there had be. n no im-j provemrht during the night and morning and the case continued "very serious." STRICKEN TOW N IS IN NEED OF lIEI.e The following telegram has just been r?c?ived from Lorain. Ohio, I by Mayor flood win: j "Lorain is sorely stricken. Loss , will largely fall upon peoplo homo loss and without resonre^s. Ohio ? governor acting to secure aid I throughout state. This will not suf jlico. Lorain needs every contribu tion possible from municipalities or ] individuals. Send contributions Lo jraln Chapter Red Cross. National ll?'d Cross will supervise dlstrihu j lion." j While there will bo no tumoral so licitation. Mayor Goodwin will be glad to receive and forward any coiir trtbutlon. 1HES AT BERKLEY Mrs. Martha Gregory Whetstone. [ widow of the late John W. Whet- 1 stone died Wednesday at her hom?? 210 Indian River Road. Berkley, | Virginia. She is survived by on?*! daughter. Miss Susie Whetstone, two grandchildren. two brother*. Robert | and L. R. Bell and a sister. Miss Ada i Hell, all of Virginia. The family was formerly of Camden County. Funerul services were conducted at the homo Thursday evening by Rev. Beecher L. Rhodes, pastor of the Berkley Avenue Baptist Church of which she was a member. Mrs. "Beecher L. Rhpf^" "ml M? C. ? 8? snuiord sang. "In the Garden," .Messrs P. M. Pritchard an<l John M. j Gibbs sang. "Sometime We'll Under stand." The floral tributes were beautiful and profuse. She was laid to rest beside her mother in the fam ily burying ground near Princess | Anne Court House. LIGHT BALLOT TODAY IN SECOND PRIMARY Raleigh. July 5 ? With predictions that there will be a light ballot the Democrats of the State are going to the polln todny to select a Commis sioner of Labor and Printing with >the contest between M. L,. Shlpman and Frank D. Grist. (IRCLEH MRKT MONDAY The circles of the Joint Parsonage Soyloty^nnd the Woman's Mission - ?list Church will meet Monday after noon at four olclock at the homes of the following Indies: Circle 1 with Mrs. W. W. Woodley. rircle 2 with Mr*. Daniel I.ane. Circle 3 wth Mrs. I/. S. Gordon and Circle 4 with Mrs. I*. If. Williams. Action today an?l the convention will be asked to entrust the selection of such a candidato to the committee which would confer with I>aFolletlc after the Democratic situation has worked Itself out. Democrats See Choice Of New York City A Mistake Il>2 rtOUKKT T. SMAI I fC?lrri?M, Ml. ?i m? AdvanM) Now York, July 5. ? More* jiml more it has been borne in upon the) Democrats that New York city Is not nn Ideal place for a national conven tion. The accommodations have been wonderful, the official enter-) tain merit has been lavish, but the ] crowds at the convention have been j anything but fair; New York always i has prided Itself before on its fair ness, Its tolerance. Its hospitality. N<-w Yorkers contributed large sums of money to bring the Democratic convention to this city to show the people of the country what a fine "big town" this was and to allay the prejudices of the "out landers" against the metropolis. Many thinK* have happened at the convention which the visitors will: not soon forget. Perhaps it won Id have been different If New York city had not had a real native son of the sidewalks In the running for first honors. Perhaps the north gallery crowds would have been fair; per haps they would not have hissed and booed the demonstrations of the Mc Adoo followers on the floor; perhaps the band would not have "insulted" the Georgians by playing the battle song of Atlanta to the tea; perhaps there would not have been such un authorised running In of spectators' without tickets. It waa thought this latter event would be stopped after the gate crashing which marked the first Smith demonstration but It has continued and many legitimate tick . ct holders, Including those who liad 'official buiineRR at the convention 'have been brushed aside by the po lice at the outer portals to make [room for some friends of some city Official. By Wedne sday night of last [week the ''Invaders" had become so i bold that they usurped seats belong ing to delegates and many of the lat ter had to stand up during the great er part of the proceedings. This fOAte of affairs finally brought a pro t9|t from the long suffering perma nent chairman Senator Walsh. Perhaps also if the Klan and antl Klan fight had not been carried to I the floor by the radicals who swor?' to high heaven that nothing short of a specific denunciation of the hood ed order by name In the platform would satisfy them, the noisy jn the gallerlea "won 1(1 not have been so great. New York Is a hotbed of antl Klanlsm. The. oratory on this sub ject aroused the passions and prej udices of the local people and they expressed their desires In the matter In no uncertain terms. The legitimate business of the Con vention has been seriously retarded by the noisiness and unruly conduct of the galleries and by the crowding and commotion on the floor. The Democrats have a hard enough time composing their own dlfferencea of opinion. When the gallerlea begin to take a hand In the proceedinga the situation la well nigh hopeless. Like Weary Prize Fighters Political Forces Struggle Mr Viluo ami Smitli larlions \lnu?t l.\liaiM<il anil Piiin tin-llril Into Slate <>t Blind anil Dii^ucil lii -i-lanir \lli r Mure Thau Til ItuiiiuU i?o l)i*i*ui'il\ mi rUMh-VHO.V V?JOl ItNS Till. MI)\I)? ? New York, July 5. ? The Democratic National Con vention, following the seventy-seventh ballot today, ad journed till 11 o'clock Monday morning. BOYS ORGANIZE -COMMUNITY BAND Mint of Mflllltrrs Already I'rofieient and Itapid Prog ress Is Looked for Willi) lie^ular Praetice. I On Thursday night about a dozen boys interested in the organizat inn j of a boys' baiul sponsored by the Itotarians mot in the Community Building with Bill- C. Sawyer, George rSuyffort and Bandmaster Waldorf, j After discussing the matter awhile organisation was perfect ed and the following officers elected:.. . President, Koscoe Foreman. Jr; 'Vice President. Jehu Hickman; Sec-) J retary." Wilson Sanders; Treasurer, i ' Melvin Davis; Membership Crtin I mitt'-e. Wilson Sunders, Joseph Kra mer, Melvin Davis. Walter Cohoon. Burgess Perry.. I Boys of good character and habits i will be asked to join and so far i about 31 have signified their desire to unite with the*DanJ and its sue- 1 1 cess seems assured. < 1 Plans are on foot to raise money] 1 with which to pay for the instru ments it is necessary for the band to j | buy and own hut nimii nf the liuvi "Will own their own. Only such in struments as it will be necessary tn have and wheh will not he of much value to the boys for use in the home will he bought by the band. In this tjie band will need assistance. It is hoped that regular practice may soon he In order and those boys who will need to do so will take individual instruction on their particular instruments so thut all may be able to keep up wth the regular work of the band. Many of ' the boys arc already more or less proficient and rapid progress Is looked for. DISTICH T COXKKUKNCK .AT STI MPV POINT FNDS Among those returning from' | Stumpy Point Friday afternoon after attending the Elizabeth City District] I Conference in session there this week were: Dr. X. H. D. Wilson.' Rev, and Mrs C. B. Culhritlh ? u-u4 ?snn. Howard, "Rev. Daniel Lane. Rev. j W. T. Phlpps and Gid Pendleton. At this meeting J. B. Leigli was re- 1 elected District Lay Leader, and Rev. j Daniel Lane was elected secretaryof the Conference. Mrs. C. B. Cul breth. J. B. Leigh, and P. H. Wil liams with C. R. Pugli as alternate were three of the eight delegates! elected to the annual conference that) will be held this year at Wllming- 1 ton. November 12. It was decided to hold a standard training school for Sunday School , workers at the First Methodist Church September 7-12. A board of] managers were selected to promote, IL ! Sermons were preached -by Rev. J.I T. Stanford, Rev. A. B. Crumpler] and Rev. W. T. Phlpps At the re-: quest of the conference Dr. N. If. D J Wilson presented In detail the argu-i ment for and against the unlflca-j tlon of the two great American Me-i Lhodismn and the sentrihenF'of the; Conference seemed almost unani mously in favor of It. The next conference will be held at Parker Mithodist Church, Gates' County. I ALBEMARLE KING TUT BONES ARE UNEARTHED Digging away on the morning of. the Fourth of July In (ho rear of! The Advance shop to make. room fori tli?* foundation of the new pf6M| workman unearthed a couple of anc ient bone* which must have belonged I to some King Tut of the Albemarle! auction. There wore no Jewels or! other hurled treasure, however, and not enough bonea to Identify an those of an ancestor of any present day' IJestcltians. Perhaps a very long time ago this! was the alte of a residence, and the! family burled their dead, as waa the custom. In the yard or field. Nobody se*?ms to remember that far back, however, and another theory la that this was a fllled-ln lot and that the bones are the remain* J of an animal thrown In with thei traah to build up the land. The building waa erected about 1882 and until 1918 had a plank floor. At that time a concrete floor was put In. A shallow pit was made for the preaa probably In the early daya of the Tar Heel, but the pit for th# new preaa la much deeper and It waa not until thla waa b#gun that the bonea were brought to light. Madison Square Unrilpn, New | York. July .1 ? Still obdurato to poucp proposals. the Democratic ! National Convention struggled on with its nomination deadlock today without material change in the , stand iiig^ul t lie-leaders. Cnder the surface the forces of .disintegration and compromise were at work but they were making feeble progress. Overnight conferences anion? leaders appeared to have gone for nothing. Like two fighters In the ring weary almost to the point of exhaus t ion and pummelled into a state of i blind und dogged resstnnce after fihore than 70 rounds Smith and ?McAdoo forces went drearily on with 1 their balloting before an audience that long since had become inatten tive. If either had real punch left it was 'reserved carefully for ttie supreme I moment that etch .side seemed to I think was somewhere in the ludeli* Inite fut lire. After two ballots this morning the I convent ion received and' promptly re jected the proposal that thereafter the favorite sons given a low vol* should be dropped on each suc Iceedng ballot until only two candi dates remained on the field. 1 The effort to eliminate favorite ; sons by formal resolution was re newed in different f'rrm ? by former ? I senator Hitchcock who preKentrd a I resolution providing that after the 'seventy-fifth ballot the low man on leach ballot should withdraw. Thin, I too, was riefon^inl iipnn roll < nll While McAdoo forces were seeking J unsuccessfully by formal resolution to drive favorite sons out of the field Smith supporters countered with the attempt to form a combina tion with favorite sons in hope of finding a compromise candidate who could be put over. Those in charge of the candidacies of Davis, Itobin Ison, Glass and other favorite hoiis i went Into conference with Smith I managers and some of the conferees appeared hopeful of result before the day was over. A resolution proposing that the j convention adjourn to reassemble July 21 In Kansas City was snowed under on roll call, 82.7 voting for it. and 1,007.3 against it. | Smith reached a new high mark | on the seventy-fourth ballot which _ uuve Mr Ai1dit~!? i 0, Suilin 3 <5 I , Da v i * 78^, t'nderwood 4 7, Cox 1, Class 28, Robinson 23. Ritchie 1 8 , Walsh 4'i*. Saulsbury 7, Owen 2, I Baker 5. Bryan 4, Ralston 3la. Ke vin 1. The seventv-fifth ballot gave Mr Adoo B1.1. Smith 366, Davis 78 1-2. ; Underwood 46 1-2, Cqx 1, Class 2S, Ralston 4 1-2, Hoblnson 25, Rltchi 16 1-2. Walsh 2, Salsbury 6, Owen 4. Bryan 4, Baker 2, absent 1. The seventy-sixth ballot gave Mc Adoo 513, Smith 368. Dsvis 75, l*n derwnod 4 7 '-st . Cox 1, Class/29, Rals ton 4 , Robinson 25, Ritchie 16 1-2. Walsh 2, Saulsbury 6, Owen 4. Ba ker 1, Bryan 4,^A^bs?Mit 1. Smith 367, McAdoo 513, Davis 76 1-2, I'nderwood 47 1-2, Cox 1, Class 27, Ralston 6 1-2, Robinson 24, Ritchie 16 1-2; Walsh 2. Saulsbury 6, Owen 4. Baker 1, Bryan 4, Roos evelt 1, Absent 1. New York. July -5. ? TU<? -seventy flrsf ballot, which was the first of to day. pave McAdoo 528 f,?, Smith Diirli 68. Underwood 37 1-2, Class 25, Robinson 21. Ritchie 16%. Saulsbury 6, Owen 2, Baker 56, Bry an 2, Walsh 1. ?New York. July f? ? After going to 70 .allots the Democratic Conven tion adjourned Friday night until 10': 30 this morning daylight saving time. On tho seventieth ballot McAdoo had 628 1-2, Smith 134 1-2 Havl* 67. and the other* were trailing. The pnrty tandem were de?pernto find many ftchemo* were being con aldered to break tho deadlock with tho possibility that on* or mom plans would bo advanced on tho floor today to end the long negaton and nominate *omo man for tho Pronldonoy. WAS PATRIARCH OF OIPI.OIVf\TI(: SERVICE Waahlngton. July 6 ? Alvey Adec, aecond Aaaiatant. Treasury of Slato and patriarch of diplomatic aervlcp. aervlce. dl?<l at hla home hero today. MRM. MHTKR IMPROVING Mra. Oecar Uiter la Improving at i th? Elizabeth City Hoaptal where |ahe wa? taken W<wtne?<i?y in a?ffous condition after aha had swallowed t solution of blchlorld* of mercury. Hope wta held for her recovery Sat jiirdaj at noon.