* THE HEATHER *
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* thunder storms tonight *
* and Wednesday.
FINAL EDITION".
l^GIIT PAGES.
NO. 1G1.
Rudderless The Democrats
Are Just Trusting To Fate
$till (?ro|ifii{: in Ihirk VN ilTT Only ( ihanre That" ( !??m promise
i Candidate Racked liy All Except .Mr \(loo% l)i
miiiUlied Forces May lie Affected
\ ?
Ry DAVID I.AWHKXTK
(Copyright. 1924 By The Advance!
Madison Square Garden, New York, July 8. ? Rudderless
and without concerted action, the Democratic Naiiuunl Convert"
tion is drifting today in the hope that some process of mental
telepathy will make 732 hearts Jieat_as- ont-aiid -make a nom
ination. ,
But the chances of a stamped
ed selection have grown remote.
Four score ballots have taken
the emotion as well as the ele
ment of surprise out of the
1,098 delegates and the old
fashioned idea of starting a
"drive" without prearranged
agreement is proving futile.
The early? balloting today showed
elearly that the delegates are grop
ing (a the dark and will not get any
until all the leaders sit down
in a conference and after canvassing
the situation reach an actual com
promise agreement.
There Is, of course, a good deal of
talk about second choices. Some of
the Smith men are feeling out Mc
Adoo delegates on the subject of
John W. Davis of West Virginia.
There seemed to be also a tendency
to throw votes to Senator Rulston of
Indiana whose drive started late yes
terday and continued sluggishly to
day. It probably will not succeed as
Ralston does not as yet captivate the
imagination of the delegates. After
Ralston has had his fling, the plan
is to try out Senator Robinson of Ar
kansas and possibly Senator I'nder
wood of Alabama.' Most of the
strength of Senator. Carter Glass is
in the McAdoo camp where just at
present the disposition is not to start
compromise drives but to stahd pat.
The balloting, however, is having
a significant effect. The morale of
the McAdoo forces is diminishing. At
the same time it is becoming appar
ent to the Smith managers that they
cannot go much higher than their
present totals. They have some re
serve strength and believe that when
the McAdoo delegates are distribut
ed over a wide field of favorite sons,
the only cohesive block left In the
convention will be that of Governor
Smith and that persistence alone
will win out in the end.
Today's balloting will probably
force the selection of <a compromise.
Hitherto the McAdoo men have not
been ready to confer on the subject
though the Smith leaders have been
so inclined. If McAdoo should be
-unable to regain his earlier strength
? it Is doubtful now whether he will
go much over 400 again ? the end
of the convention may then be ex
pected.
All that has really been deadlock
ing the meeting has been a convic
tion that through some method ? -
either the abrogation of the two
thirds rule or a last minute convers
ion of the favorite sons ? the Mc
Adoo forces would be victorious.
There Is evidence that the Smith
people began to realize the hopeless
ness of their case several days ago.
The determination of McAdoo at
present is to stick, refusing to enter
a compromise conference or to re
lease his delegates. It would then
require a coalition of all the favor
ite sons delegates and the Smith peo
ple to bring about a nomination.
Since the McAdoo strength slumped
to a point well below one-third. the
nominating power mayf now. be said
to be vested in the hands of the re
maining candidates. Efforts to get
them together are proceeding. Mem
bers of the Senate and House are
active in the negotiations and some
thing tangible msy be worked out
before nightfall.
? At the moment John W. Davis*
chances seem, brighter than ever.
William Jennings Bryan alone has
vetoed the selection, but his strength
was In the McAdoo camp and if Mc
Adoo drops to a low total, the ten
dency will be to desert Bryan. There
Is also no love lost In the Smith
camp for Bryan and If Bryan alone
stood between the Smith forces and
a nomination he would be overruled.
It Is doubtful whether Ralston can
ultimately win the Smith vote, for,
while he has repeatedly denied that
he Is In any way connected with the
Ku Klu* Klaq, his opponents here
have managed to tag him with that
label.
DANIELS WINNER FOR
. DARE REGISTER DEEDS
___
Manteo. July I. ? In the aeoond
primary Saturday for the office of
reglatar of daede of Dare County A.
V. Erana of Manteo received 306
rotea and M. H. DanlHa of Wancheee
37?.
W. T. IX?VK, JR., HV'RT
W T. Lo?a. Jr.. of >? Pearl street
la aufferlaf with a badly torn maa
cle In hla hark aa the reault of an ar
rldent Thuraday while ?atchln* or
llftlM a ahaep. IT ill Mm. Ijm
and family ara at tha home of Mr.
Lora'a father, w. T. Lore, Sr., it >|
Rhrtafkaaa atraat.
HIGHWAY BODY
WANTS $45,000
One-Third of This Amount
to l{etire Old Deht and
j AI?out One-Third Keiiiuind
! er for Knohhs Creek Bridge
A resolution presented to the
! County Commissioners Monday by le 1
Board of County Highway Commis !
! shiners requesting an appropriation
| of $30,000 for road activities includ
ing the construction of a bridge over
j Knobbs Creek on Pennsylvania
Avenue was sent back to the highway
body with a request for an itemized
statement of what the money is to
be spent for.
The resolution also requested that
money be provided for the payment
of a note for $15,000 which is out
standing, making a total of $45,000
-for road purposes as compared with
! an average of a little more than
I $20,000 for the last three years.
Exact figures are: For 1921 $27,- j
1468, for 1922 $20,900. and for 1923
I $19,294. These figures Include an i
annual reduction of $5,000 on the
I County's outstanding Indebtedness
I for roads Incurred under the chain
gang regime. Last year's road tax
was 18 cents on the $100 valuation
of property and It is estimated that
to raise the required amount the levy
for road tax would have to be raised
to 25 cents on the $100 property
valuation.
In regard to the bridge, over
Knobbs Creek the County Commis
sioners went on record as favoring
the abandonment of the project. In
view of the belief that this bridge
has ceased to serve the public since
the abandonment of Lamb's Ferry;
The collectors for dog taxes ap
pointed are as follows: for Eliza
"abeth City, B. F. Einmett; for Salen
township J. M. Jennings; for Mt.
Hermon township, J. C. Russell; and
for Providence township B. F. Prlt
chard.
The report of the County health
officer presented at the meeting in
dicates that there are Ave rases of
measles and 4 cases of typhus whlcn
have been properly quarantined.
The Jail and County Home were re
ported to be in sanitary condition.
Some minor matters includng the
release of taxes In Individual cases
were presented to the board. The
board will meet again on next Mon
day to consider the . equalization of
taxes.
The Jurors for the July-August
term of court are as follows: M. C.
Jackson. K. R. Wlnslow, L. B.
Bateman, W. P. Davis, S. J. Cart
wright, C. W. White. J. 1). Fitrhet,
CI. W. Fisher, J. A. Luton. M. 0. San
ders. Caleb Raper. C. W. Ward. F. L.
Sanders, W. G. Davis. L. S. Nixon.
E. E. Holloman. Orandy Brlte,
A. G. James, John W. Trueblood.
Francis Nixon, C. W. Davis, A. C.
Baum. C. L. Whltehurst. J. G. Fllm
ell. C. V. Ballard. C. N. Morgan. I..
W. Bateman. J. E. Gregory, W. A.
Brock. Q. M. Williams. Frank
Brown. L. W. Madrln. W. H. Mark
ham, W. J. Luton, A. 8. Alexander.
iJ. L. Baker, T. T. Turner, C. A.
Tanker. W. H. Sherlock, R. C
LHewett.
DAVK.M'OltT H(J(XHIIM
OFIPTKK TAItKINGTON
Police Office J. E. Tarklngton,
suspended from the city police force
by Chief Gregory recently but who
took his ease to the Ctly Council,
notwithstanding th<? fact that Chief
Gregory's action had the backing of
City Manager Dray, lost out In hi*
petition for relnRtatement when the
appointment of A. H. Davenport to
succeed Police Officer Tarklngton
wan confirmed by the Council In reg
ular tension Monday, night.
I There were no charges against Mr.
jTarklngton except that he was tem
peramentally unsulted for th?> duties
I of a police officer. Councilman
Gordon voted to give Tarklngton an
[other chance byt the motion received
j no second. |
COTTON MAfUCtrr
New York, July 8. ? Bpot cotton,
closed quiet. Middling 29 60 Futu
res, closing bid, July 29.60. Oct
24.20, Dec. 23 52. Jan. 23.38. March
13 6V
New York. July ?. ? At two p. m..
today cotton futures stood at the fol
lowing levels: July 28.96. Oct. 24.38,
Dac. 22.72. Jan. 23.60 March 22.82.
-Unr-T vrr-Mr J. Ooiiofl fu
tarsi otwB<"d today at tha followlnie
July J?.?0, Oct 14. IS. Doc
11.71. )u. U N, March 23.11.
QUICK, WATSON, THE ETIQITET BOOK
What's wrong with this plctu re, as they ask In the etiquH ads.
The table manners are pretty had. but a good time l? being had by
all at the birthday dinner being given to llozo, who lives in the
Bronx Park (N. Y.) Zoo.
SEALED BID AUCTION
IS SOMETHING NEW
Four Kllzabefh City Merchants Offer
I tarsal it to Stimulate the
Summer Trade
Something really new is the1
Sealed Bid Auction of a piano, a
Ford roadster^ 1 gas range and a
diamond ring being conducted this
week by four Elizabeth merchants
as a novel method of advertising.
Each of the articles offered in the
auction was selected from stock a*
merchandise in particular demand at
this season and It Is expected that
l bidding will be heavy on all. The
regular selling price of each article
is advertised in an announcement ofj
the auction in this issue of The
Dally Advance.
Those who are interested in the
purchase of any one of the articles
should visit the store where it Is on
display, inspect it, estimate what it
Is worth, to him, write his bid on the
coupon which is printed In the an
nouncement, and deposit his bid
with the -merchant.
Bidding will be continued all this
week until Saturday. Anyone in
privileged to make a bid and all will
be considered. There are no condi-j
tions to the auction except in the!
event that no serious bids are made
on any one of the articles that the [
bids, if entirely frivolous and not re- i
presenting the wholesale cost of the!
goods, may be rejected. Otherwise j
the high bLdder will receive the mer
chandise at his own price which may
be considerably below the market
value.
The articles offered are:
A handsome diamond ring in a
whito gold setting valued at $65, ,
now on display at Louis Selig's,
"Your Jeweler since 1882." .
A rebuilt Ford roadster, 1922
model, with new top. and in first
rate condition all round, valued at
$215 on display at the Martin street
warehouse of the. Auto & Gas Engine)
Works.
A now Chanfbers gas range which
may be used as an ordinary gas range
or as a fireless cooker, on display ai
M. O. Morrlsette's, the Main Street
COL' KT -OWTIXI KS CASK
HOPING FOli AIMI STMKNT
Mrs. Alice Archbell had her hus-j
'band. Hen Arc'ihell, In court Tuvs
! day morning to answer a cha'ge ?>t t
| abandonment and nor. supptri, but!
j the action was continued by the
I court when evidence d-aclosed that
the husband had not ceaa'.'d to pro
| vide for his family but had or.ly
I walked out when his wife's nagging
became, it appeared to him, unbcar
i able.
The court continued prayer for
judgment in the hope that the dis
agreement, which arose over some
trivial household matter, might bo
patched up.
Leon Overton for assault on Han
Agerson. was let off with the costs.
Both are colored.
John T. Bell and Queenie May
Pailin, both colored, were fined $10
and costs on a charge of prostitution
Charles T. Riddick. colored, fail
ing to list taxes, was taxed taxeg and
(costs.
GRIST IS LEADING
TWO VOTES TO ONE
Haleigh. July 8. ? With 667 pre
cincts reported In the second pri
mary. the race for the Commissioner
of. Labor and Printing, Frank D.
Grist was leading M. L. Shlpman
.nearly two to one. the GriBt vote be
ing 41.240, while Shipman had 21,
224. These returns represented 51
| counties of which 22 were complete. j
IIKADH THK KLKS
Boston, July 8 ? John Price of Co-'
lu tubus, Ohio, was today elected
grand evalted ruler of the B. P. O.
iKIks at the annual grand lodge
meeting here. i
i Furniture Store.
A slightly used Colonial design
I Cable piano, which sold new for
$550, and Is now said to be a bar
gain at $315 as it Is In perfect order,
taken In exchange on a piano of
another design, on display at the
Duff Piano Company.
Calvin Coolidge, Jr., Dies
At Walter Reed Hospital
Sixleen-Year-Old Son of President Hiid Mm. Cooliilgr
Fought Bravely Until the End Whieh Came
at 1 1 O'elork Monday Night
Washington, July Rw ? Death one**
more has cast Its shadow over the
White House, claiming Calvin, Jr.,
16-year-old son of the President.
The courageous struggle of flva
days that atood off the Anal claim
of acute blood polsonlr.g ended last
night. The younger son of the res
ident dlpd at Walter Heed Hospital
whpre he had lain In his desperate
fight for life since he was removed (
th?re last Saturday In order that ev-i
ery resource of medical science
might be employed.
Wasted in strength by the ravag-(
ing spread of septic poison that re
sulted from an almost unnoticed 1
blister which developed on his foot1
while playing tennis a week ago, thp
youth fought a futile battle through
out yesterday. loosing ground stead
ily he yet amated physicians by the
tenacity with which he clung to the
slender thread of life and his for
titude under the suffering of the
complications that attended the
spread of the disease.
He collapsed early In the night
and death occurred at 10:30.
Washington. July 8 Co..l
Idge. Jr.. ton >f President and Mrs
Coolidge. died at Wftht? Ilced Hos
pital shortly Mfnn eleven o'clock
Tift BtiHt frrrm wftlr poUaTTTHI
brought on by a blister on the foot
from playtnf taanl* k
Faaaral arraug-mcoft had not
been made early today.
The boy. who was lfl yearn old,
made a gam > flglil agalrit the
disease but wa* unable to stand off
tho poison whl!*n permeated his f n
tlre system.
Tentative plans for the funeral
were understood to Include a simple
service at the Wlhte House at 3
o'clock tomorrow afternoon, the
body then to be taken to Northamp
ton. Massachusetts. the Coolldxe
home, where another service will be
held with burial Thursday at Ply
mouth, Vermont, where the Presi
dent was born.
SENDS SYMPATHY TO
PRESIDENT COOLIDGE
When the news of the death of
Calvin Coolldge. Jr.. reached h*re
Tuesday morning Mayor W. Bon
Goodwin telegraphed the following
message of nympathy from Elisabeth
City to the Chief Executive of the
Nation: . ,
President Calvin Coolldge,
White House,
Washington. D. C.
Our entire community hereby ex
presses to you and family Its sincere
'sympathy In the affliction which has
befallen you. May an All Wise
; Providence cnnble you to bear the
sorrow bravely Is our prayer.
W. BEN OOODWIN,
Mayor. Elisabeth City,
North Carolina.
Slide Toward Ralston
Ends? Afternoon Session
\\ illi Sol ill Villi's nf Oklahoma. Nivalin. Ali ? niiri ami Kan
-a* I'ii-Ui'il I p. Ili'-iili's Smallrr (?riut|i-. Imliana Si'ii
alnr Kank> Third W illi Nearly Two I liimlri-il Noli'*
COWS ARE BANNED
FROM THIS CITY
^flor DeeiMiiber 31, 1921,
ilifv Musi Hie Themselves,
Hark to the lurm |T?le*>*|
( ?Mincil ltc*cin<J* Action.
Cows will be banished from Eliz-j
abeth City on and after December!
! IM . 1924. under an ordinance passed j
| by the City Council in regular sea-i
sion Monday night.. The ban was
put on hogs Ion k ago, and. in view
TrfHio growth of the town and the
i <1 i rriculty ot keeping premises where
a cow Is kept In sanitary condition,!
especially <r? wret weather, four mem- i
b?Ts the Council and the Mayor
| deemed it in line with progress to
put the cow out of the city limits
also.
Dairies once flourished In the!
heart of Elizabeth City, but an end j
; Wits put to these. during the war
when the City Council enacted an or- !
dinance limiting the number of cows
that might be kept by a family to'
lone- "Tills was later amended so as;
to permit two cows to be kept and
the result was. with the dairies in
the city abolished and with no dairy1
of any size outside the city, one and
two-cow dairies sprang up all over
town and flourished. More recent- .
ly the Oak ('.rove dairy has been es
tablished just outside the City llm-.
its and. with paved roads into the I
city, farmers are now devoting more)
attention to dairying. It Is felt,!
therefore, with virtually six months |
notice given, that the putting of i
cows out of the town will In no wise J
jeopardize the city's "milk supply.
Another reason that led the City i
Council to Incline toward putting
the family cow out of the city limits'
was the difficulty found in. enforcing
the ordinance as it 'fttood, as the
same family would contrive. In some|
Instances, by keeping one cow in a 1
neighbor's lot, to have really more J
than the number allowed; while in.
other instances, with more than one
family occupying the same house,
more than two cows were kept in
the same lot.
Even at that, however, and with |
the city health officer ijrging the en
actment of the ban on cows because j
there are now "more flies in Eliza- j
beth City than ever before in Its his- |
I tory" sentiment of the Council for
and against the ordinance was even- 1
ly divided and It required a vote J
from the mayor to break the tie and :
pass the ordinance. Those voting !
for the ordinance were Councllmen :
Gordon, Weatherly, Ferebee and
Kramer, while those voting against |
it were Councllmen Anderson, Fore- j
I man. Cohoon and Hughes.
DAMI) SWAIN FAI LS
ON STREET TUESDAY |
David Swain, known as the city's
oldest newsboy, fell on the corner of
Main and Martin street Tuesday af-jl
ternoon about two o'clock nnd was j
picked up by Carlton Wood ley and ,
Evans Dlades and taken to his home I
on the corner of Parsonage and Elm j
streets. He .was said to be In a I
critical condition when this newnpa- j
per went to press.
AMEKICA LEADS IN
TRACK AM) FIELD
Olympic Stadium, Colomhcn,;
Prance, June K. ? Making a clean I
Bwc-p of ti|o Aral three places i n .
shot put and sending the atara and
strlpea up three Ktadluni masts f*?rj
the first time the 1'nlted St a ten to
day swept Into commanding lead for
the Olympic track and field chain
plonahlps. The 21 points gained In 1
this event ran the total for America
to 98, nearly double Pinland's 6 4. }
tJHOIUJIA BOTTOM OKOWKftH
HKK I'ltOMI'KlflTY AHKAl)
Atlanta. July #. ? (Special.) ? Al
though the standing acreage of cot
ton today la two per cent leaa than
a year Ago, the crop condition,
which shows a betterment of 19
points, makea it probable that the
yield of the Southeast will be ap
proximately 1.000.000 balea. provid
ed average conditions prevail. Thla
would Insure the greateat buying
power In this section since the war
? about $120,000,000 gross to
planters based on prevailing prices
for futures which are expected to
be maintained.
Mr. and Mrs. Jay O. Oreenleaf
who . were married last Thursday at
Crewe, Virginia, apent the week end
here as the gueats of Mr. Oreenleaf s
slater. Mm. E. R Outlaw Jr., and are
now at Nags Head where they will
spend a f?V days before returning
I to their home at Backsport, 8. C.
Madison Si|imr?* Gardeu. N?w
\(>l'k, Jlllv S.^ Till' lit n
*Hd?' l??wa nl Kalston this attiruoon.
shook 1 1 ] i the louu deadlock in the
Drnmrralic National ('i)itvt uUaM^
1 11 surcwxhm llio Indiana Senator
picked up lh?' solid votes or Oklaho
ma, Nevada, Missouri, and Kansas,
besides smaller groups. raising iiis
total to a point approaching that of
tin* two leaders.
Meantime, McAdoo strength had
b?'?'n pounded to a new low nevel and
Smith was Just ahout holding his
own.
The Ninety-third ballot totalj
Kalston 196. Vi. Davis 68, Underwood
4 4 'I4 , Glass 2", Robinson 19, Ritchie
16%, Walsh 4*4. Sauls bury fi. Cuin
mlngs 8%, Meredith 26, Hryan 8,
llaker 2. absent 2.
The convention then adjourned
until fi o'clock tonight.
Madison Square Garden, New
York, July 8. ? In a broken Held and
amid many uncertainties the Demo
cratic National Convention today
tried once more to H??t4-U* upon a
nominee for the Presidency.
With both McAdoo and Smith be
low the total necessary to exercise
the veto the favorite son group took
renewed hope and kept up its ham
mering attack but with no very clear
results.
As the delegations left the leaders
they scattered their strength so wide
ly that some of their managers
feared a new deadlock might Result
between a new aet of candidates:
Temporarily, at least, Kalston of
Indiana had the advantage among
the favorite sons.
Supporters of Hobinson, Glass,
Davis and several others kept their
men conspicuously in the picture
meantime In the hope that wh?*n the
time came for compromise they
would be able to command their full
ehare of attention.
?Ninety second ballot totals were:
McAdoo .110, Smith 355%. DavU
69%. lTnderwood 40*4. Ralston
196 3-4, Glass 26%, Hitrhie 16%.
Walsh 4 %, Saulsbury 6, Cum tiling*
8 % . Houston 2, Meredith 26, Bryan
8, Callahan 1. absent 2.
The ninety-first ballot gave Smith
355 1-2, McAdoo 318, Kalston 187.5.
Davis 6'6.5, I'nderwood 4 6.5, Glass
2H. 5, Hobinson 20, Kitchle 16.5. Da
vis of Kansas 4, Walsh 4.5, Sauls
bury 6, CummingH 8.5, Meredith 26,
Hryan 8, absent 2.
The ninetieth ballot gave Smith
357.5, McAdoo 314, Ralston 159.5,
Davis 64, t'nderwood 42.5, Glass
30. G, Robinson 20, Ritchie 16.5, Da
vis of Kansas 20, Walsh 5, Sauls
bury 6, Meredith 26, Bryan 15. Dan
iels 19. absent 2.
The eighty-ninth ballot gave Smith
358, McAdoo 318.5, Ralston 99.5.
Glass 66.5, Davis 64. I'nderwood 41,
Robinson 20.5, Rltchh* 22.5, Davft
of Kansas 20, Walsh 3.5, Saulsbury
6. Owen 20, Meredith 26, Hryan 9,
Daniels 19.5, Hooscv?>lt 1, absent 2.
The eighty-eighth ballot of the
convention which was the first of
Tuesday s session, gave Smith 362,
McAdoo 315 Ralston 98, Glass
6'?4. Davis 59 14 , Underwood' 39,
Robinson 23, Ritchie 22%. Davis of
Kansas 20, Walsh 5, Saulsbury 6,
Owen 20. Meredith 26, Daniels 23,
Dryan 9, Jfodfev it 1, absent 1.
New York. July 8. ? The Demo
cratic Convention adjourned last
night after the elghfy seventh ballot
as a mark of respect to President
Coolidge, word having been received
of the death of his son. *
At that ballot the ant 1-McAdoo at
tack hail been successful and Smith
was leading McAdoo for the first
tlrne.
McAdoo's total had fallen below
the nerenssry one third of the voted
necensary to hold a veto upon any
candidacy while flmlth had stood
practically qt 111 and the dark horses
had picked up strength.
When the session bpened today at
10:30 the leaders stood this way:
Smith 361%, McAdoo 333 %, John
W. Davis 66%. Ralston 93, Glass 71.
with several others trailing the lead
ers.
By action of the convention all
delegates were released from their
pledges and Instructions on Presi
dential candidates late Monday af
ternoon. This action was taken be
tween the eighty-second and eighty
third ballots but failed to materially
alter the vote In the eighty-third,
and the convention then adjourned
until 8:30 Monday night.
NKW *. ATI, AM HKliK
Dnimmond'i Pictorial Atlas of
North Carolina, two pages In which
were taken by the City Council of
Klliabeth City early In the present
administration, la now off the preaa
and copies may be seen at the office
of the City Manager or at Chamber
| of Commerce headquartera In the
| Community RuDdlng.
j In addition to a complete copy of
th# Atlaf the Chamber of Commerce
I* to receive 1,009 copies of the Ellx
'.abeth City aectlon for fr?? dlatrlbu
It Ion.