THE WEATHER Local thiindershotccrs probably tonight and Thursday. (Gentle S. E. and S. Hindu. ( n? I I. AT H)\ T iiorfny 1(A) ( ti/iivs VOL. XIV. FINAL EDITION*. ELIZABETH- CITY, XOKTII CAROLINA WEDNESDAY EVENING, J I LY 0." 102 1. K1GIIT PAGES NO. 1G2. Disheartened Democracy May Do Almost Anything Although Two Strongest Vote-getters Withdrew Today the Principles for Which They Stood Remained in Con flict and Delegates Were Eager to (,)uit nj- DAVIT) LAWRENCE (Cafyrifht. 192* By Tti? Atfvanct) Madison Square Garden, New York, July 9, 11:30 a. m. ? Democracy stands fatigued and dishearted today. Its two strongest vote-gettersi ? William Gibbs McAdoo and Governor A1 Smith ? have been, withdrawn voluntarily from the; nominating contest after 100 ' ballots of an unprecedented deadlock in the hope of restor-' ing peace and harmony. But the principles for which both I stood remain an much in conflict as, before. The bitter feeling between I the "drys" and "progressives" led by' McAdoo and the "wets" and suppos edly conservative groups opposed toi him threatened a second deadlock. ; Today the delegates in the eager- 1 ness to make a nomination may do; anything. The Smith forces are not in agreement on an heir to the New j York governor's strength. The Mc-i Vllfin l^u|',-,i,|},a|? lon^r ar(. W|lj;?H)l-,l ing to lead. At last there is a semb-j lance of a real convention and what should have happened 10 days ago. j The Smith leaders feel under ob ligation to Senator Underwood of Al abama who violently opposed the Ku | Klux Klan and whose moist prohibi-j tion record Buits the Eastern states.' Much of the. Smith vote may go to' Underwood. But the McAdoo states are almost a unit against him for] they feel his candidacy was respons-' Ible for the Ku Klux Klan flght? which has nearly wrecked the party here. After the Underwood drive, the Smith rotes may be thrown eith er to Senator Robinson of Arkansas or Senator Thomas J. Walsh of Mon tana. The friendliness of the Mc-i Adoo people to Walsh is the one "hopeful tendency in the convention for in throwing votes to blip they are disproving the theory that they merely opposed Smith because he is a Catholic, they have always Insisted that they opposed Smith because hei is a wet. Senator Walsh Is a Cath-i -olio but la --a-dry and there Is nome1 chance that he may yet be nominat ed as the Western states on the last I ballots before adjournment at sun-j rise today were showing a disposi tion to vote for him. The. true choice of this convention! is today the same as it was the day it convened; namely. John W. Davis j of West Virginia. He has scons Of! second choice votes in both the Mc Adoo and Smith camp. He has been opposed by William Jennings Bryan ' QP_tJie JtfQUPtf. that h.e_ was aniJJaUed , with Wall Street interests. Mayor Hylan and William Ban-; dolph Heart, who have been confer ring with McAdoo. are reputed '?>. Uave expressed antipathy to Davis There was no sign that the Smith readers cared to risk an Internal f fight on local questions by naming Davis. Also George Brennan of Il linois is known to be Inclined to Weigh what Hearst will or will not do In Chicago. Brennan is not' friendly to the Davis cause. But notwithstanding the apparent' veto of Davis he has considerable strength in the various delegations! and it would not be surprising If the rank and Ale put Davis ahead and forced his nomination. With him on j the ticket for Vice President there Is much talk of Senator Walsh of Montana. Davis and Walsh would J suit most of the delegates but the; leaders are not yet convinced it is, a wise move. The balloting will dis-' pose of it one way or the other dur-| Ing the day. Kdward T. Meredith of Iowa ha*! a large following among the McAdoo, delegations and if not named for President has a good chance for Vlcej President. But the fleleKates are; tired of the prolonged sessions and In the last moment a compromise on Homer S. Cummlngs of Connecticut or Cordell Hull of Tennessee Is j At 1 as plausible as an$* plan heretofore I mentioned. j AMBASSADORS DENY GERMANY'S REQUEST (?v TDt AhmMiI Pr?M) Paris, July ?. ? Germany'a request <h*t the Interallied military con trol of her armamenta ceaae on Sep tember 10 wee denied today by the Allied Council of Ambaeeedon In ? ?ale headed In th? Uerjuaa ambai eedor. Scout ImmU Scattergood In Good Samaritan Hole Playing good Samaritan to a party of stranded picnickers nt Arneuse Creek Tuesday afternoon by bring ing them home to Elizabeth City when the motor truck which had taken them to their picnic grounds was unable to return for them on ac count of the afternoon storm, the good ship Scattergood was caught ju>t as she reached Elizabeth in the sudden and violent squall that blew over the city Tuesday evening abou 7 o'clock Just as she was coming in to port with the picnickers and the smaller scouts on board. The storm made it so dark along the waterfront that the vessel was unable to land until the squall had blown over, but wOoe the imufa p?rt Jy and discharged her picnicker pas sengers. included among whom were women, children, and a nnmber o i babies. Scoutmaster Scattergood then in tended to put back to camp with the Scattergood to see how the older youngsters at camp had fared dur ing the storm, but at this juncture engine trouble developed, and ho was obliged tt> leave the Scattergood in port with a man in charge of the t>oys aboard, who were to have sper.r the night on the launch anyway, while he himself put back to camp aboard his skiff with outboard motor for the camp. There he" found that the scouts had found shelter for tne night in a farmhouse and, satisfied, he then returned to his home hero fet. A full night's rest. Having in the firat pface Kad tf carry women and children aboard the Scattergood by wading out in wa ter nearly hip deep, and following that having had to ride out the Htbfm circling about the harbor, and then having labored strenuously try ing to locate the Scattergood'* en gine trouble before finding that it was a matter that could not at once be repaired, and, finally, ending up the strenuous evening with a round trip to and from the scout camp by night, Mr. Scattergood was really ready when he got home the las' time for a night's rest. "All the Kcouts are safe and well this morning." be said Wednesday b*?fW f MurrrlTi)r t-rr ra-mp.-1 -ftwd the worse for their experience. Of course any camp is liable to be rained out once fn a while, and for a rea1 Hoy Scout the experience nf In night is only a matter of course." AGREE ON APPLYING REPARATIONS PI. AN (?r Th? ?AiMcint'd Prra) Paris, July 9.? -A plan for the ap plication of the Dawes reparation settlement was virtually agreed up on by Premier MacDonald. of Gre.it Britain and Herrlott of Franco a: the resumption of their conference today. It was explained, however, that the question would be gone over again and the plan possibly modified. HOMK AGRD < WOXAX IH HTIU'CK BY IJOHTNINti The home of Alice Doxey. 68 year old colored woman, which I* situat ed at the interned ion of 8|><>ed street and Culpepper extended, was struck by lightning during the storm Tues day evening and the top of lis chim ney. shingles from the roof and the weatherhoarding on one corner were ripped off and splintered, some of the timbers being picked up at a dis tance of 40 feet from the house. Alice, old and rather feeble, wan alone In the house at the time hut thoughly badly frightened she wa? not hurt and made her way unassist ed to the home of a neighbor. COTfOTf MARKICT * New York. July 9. ? Spot cotton, closed steady. Middling 30. R5. an ad vance of 95 points. Futures, closing j*ld; July 29. SO. Oct 204 93. Dec. 23.99. Jan 23. 93. March 24.02. May 24.10. New York, July 9. ? Cotton fu Urfa opened today at the following UiiL: iSj IIJI, UCl. 19.19.' Bqi. 23.99. Jaa. St.lt. March 21.91. H'mkkai. at white hoiisk After a simple funeral service at the White House at 4 o'clock Wednesday afternoon, the body of Calvin Coolidge, Jr., whp died Monday night at 10:30 front Heptic poisoning, will be taken to Northampton, Massachusetts, aud then to Plymouth, Vt., for burial Died Martyr To Ideals Of The American School Boy Too Good a Sport to Complain of What He Regarded a Trivial Injury Young Calvin Complained Too Late for Medical Skill to Save Him By EDNA MABSHAldi <C?pyr1?ht, 1*24. TM AtfvaiiM) Washington. July 9.? Calvin | Coolidge, Jr., the younger son of the White House, whose parsing the Na tion mourns today, died it martyr to the Young American Idea of helng a "good sport." Too game a chap to complain of what he considered a trivial Injury, he bore the pain of a blistered toe, acquired on the White House tennis courts, with its attendant throbs and j aches, until infection had bo spread ] thrmgh his system that he became almost _ delirious wit h. ...ff'ye.r Only" then did he admit he "felt 111." The best medical skill tnat the country affords then was brought to his aid. Out young "C? had ''stuck it oulV i too long. He died at Walter Reed | Hospital Monday night, after fouri gallant rallies which had amazed the} physicians at his bedside. Hiirr Tracy Ansell, a fellow stu-l dent of Calvin at Merceraburg Acad emy. and one of the closest friend.*! of the President's name-sake, gave! the writer a vivid word picture of J Calvin Tuesday. "He was one of the finest chaps l| ever knew," Ansell said. "He was all that a fellow should bp. But wej never dreamed that the courage be[ had. the ability to take what wa* Coming to him without a word Ofj complaint, would one day cost him i hll life. "Cal Coolidge, Jr., never had been strong. Hut he was a regular 'he I boy.' You see, be was so tall ? five I feet eleven ? and he only weighed | 115 pounds, so it did not leave him, much extra endurance. "Calvin was no athlete. He never,! to my knowledge, tried out for an athletic team at school, never took I part in any Inter-class or inter-schol astlc meet. Now and then he went for a long hike, or played a game of Rolf or tennis to keep flt. but he1 did it more for pleasure than forj glory or the sake of competition." An earnest student, the younger! Coolidge boy managed to keep at! the head of his classes, according to! his school mate, being one of those dep4 ndable fellow* on ffhOHI fll# pro- '; feasor might call when all the other students failed to answer a question. "That does not mean he wan a 'Koody-goody'," young Ansell hast ened to add. "He Just liked to use his brain. Rut what we liked best about him was his sportsmanship. I've no doubt there we*e a lot of days when it would hare been easy for the tall, thin boy to tell the wsrM ?> mm Iwi ached too much to do this or that. Nuliftiix Pay Their Triluitr of K<-h|m-<-I (Br Tha AuorlMrd rrwt) Washington, July 9. ? Only the Retting of the historic Earn. Hoom of the White Hou^e with Its profusion of hanked flow ers today distinguished tho simple funeral service of Cal vin Coolldge, Jr., from that of any other youth of his country. The governments of the na tion* writ h his own were per mitted their wish to pay their tribute of respect to the Pres Ident's son. but the desire of rtir bereaved family for sim plicity ruled in every detail cf the arrangements. Prayer by the pastor of I he First Congregational Cliurcii, which President ami Mrs. Cool ldge attend here, his reading of the ?eyfrtiiWi ?f?4 the Hing ing of favorite hymns by a quartet completed the simple service late this afternoon. Tonight the body will be taken on a special train to his boyhood home at Northamp ton, Massachusetts, where ser vices Will be held tomorrow. Later In the day tomorrow he will be laid to rest at Ply mouth, Vermont. Otlier fpllows did. Hp didn't. He wan always cheerful. "I r^membor oncp whpn be hurt hlmsplf, how he laughed and forced hlninelf to go about hi* work and play an though It had not happpned. Hp wotild not even tell mo, thouith I knew that thp pain must have been Intense. "It was probably that spirit that mad** him kMp Qllfet abou t hla blls tnr nntll It had bMMlfl dangernua ly Infpctpd. Instead of having somp one earo for It front thp 1?< ginning. He would not have thought It manly to gpt pxcltpd over a blister." Probably the surest tpst of Cal vin's disposition, and th<> onf which moat endeared htm to his Mprcprs burg friends, camp whpn hp returned to arhool last fall aa thp aon of thp Prpaldpnt. He took hla plaee among a lot of good, plain American boya, Juat as much one of them as If his fit tier tnr*-TWtb?u slotted trr ttrr moat exalted of public #lf?e*s. * HUNDRED AND THIRD BALLOT IS DECISIVE After Final Breaking Up of McAdoo-Smith Fight, Davis Springs to Front and Con tinues Lead With Underwood Second Un til the Task Is Finished. (C?irrl|kt. 1924. B* Tht A4vinc?) Madison Square Curdeu, New York, July ? John W. Davis of Vi est Virginia was this afternoon nominated for President liy the Democratic National Convention on the one hundred and third hallot. The opposition of William Jennings Bryan and the at-| tempt of William (>il?hs Mr-I Ad?e-h> deliver hi- strength, to Meredith failed to stop him. Beginning with this morn ing's balloting the movement to Davis gathered a momentum wnicn could not 1m* retarded and gradually but surely through the succeeding ballots the votes flopped over into the Davis col umn as state after state either increased its offering to him or turned over its whole quota. Bryan's opposition to Davis wax swept away in the rain of Davis votes which swept over the convention, iTtlFllTSffipt of the McAdoo forces to make K. T. Meredith of Iowa the heir to the McAdoo sin-nut It com manded a following which made only a had third, and when the Davis flood was rising so fast that all otl>??r candidates WfTe'TTeliiK swept before It Iowa, Meredith's home state, with drew him from the contest and vot ed for Davis. Then scenes of disorder swept the convention as everybody clamored [for a chance to Join the winning forces. Thonias Tauuait of Indiana mounted a chair and moved the nomination of Davis by acclamation. The motion was carried with a roar and Chairman Walsh shouted into the din before him "The chair de clares the Honorable John W. Davis the nominee of this convention." After nominating Davis for the Presidency, the Democratic National Convention would have nominated Senator Thomas J. Walsh of Mon tana for Vice ('resident by acclama tion had he permitted it to do so. Despite a roar of demands for his immediate nomination Walsh de clared the convention In adjourn ment until S : :U) o'clock this evening to give tine for consideration .of the matter. There appeared no doubt he would be nominated at the ses sion lUUlKftr.' .Madison Square Garden, New York. July 9. ? Weary and only ha!:, awake the Democratic National Con vention i-ea*M? mhled today at midday to try to Rather tip the pieces from last night's explosion and fit then! together into a National ticket. McAdoo supporters were a wait In*, word of formal withdrawal from Smith before proceeding to throw | their strength elsewhere. Indication* wars for a contest be-| tween Davis, w hp. was riding the rls-i Ing tide as the session adjourned' early this morning, and former Se cretary of Agriculture Meredith, to whorii McAdoo leaders were attempt ing to deliver most of the McAdoo strength. At the bexlnnlng of the session to day there was an undercurrent In dicating a hurst for Underwood. The hundred nnd first ballot to tals were; tfmith 121. Mr Ado,. Davis 3 It, Underwood 2 29 %. Glass 5?. Robinson 22*4. Ritchie. V4 . Walslr 98, Owen 23. Murphree 4, Kerry 1, Meredith 130. Houston ?. Cummin^ ? Hull 2. Maker 1. Gerard 1?. Dan lels I, absent 3 % Smith leaders decided to split up their vote and permit delegates t.j ballot for their preferences hut were determined that no eleventh hour msYement by MoAdoo forces should nominate Meredith "Any time we want to unite on a msn the Smith forces can be brought together," said George Drennan ol f II IBUII. Devle sprang iato the lead today MAY HAVK ANOTHKH ANTI-TYI'HOIl) CLINIC Pasquotank will have another anil I typhoid rlinir this summer, provld 1 oil thai the County Commissioners ! take action similar to that taken by I tin* City Council at its regular session |<m Monday night of this w<?ek. ? Tills action was to agree to pay 1 f ? of ?M-h*""phTs1rta'i'i' Iff : charge of the cllnle provided that the i County Commissioners pay the oth I er half and the State assume all oth I er expenses, including advertising .and the cost of the vaccine. In con nection with the clinic. I Pasquotank has had two or three of these clinics heretofore hut there has been none here in nevoral year., and. with typhoid re-appearlng in j the County, It was suggested by City I Health Officer Dr. Z. Fearing that il would he well to have another al tills | time, and the City Council very ? promptly feH_.iiL.ljM. with his sug | gesl ion. It is believed that the County Com mlssloners will receive the matter with like favor If ft properly pre ? Rented to them. I with Underwood clone behind ami Meredith a slow third. On the hundred and first ballot I the new order of candidates wan I DavIk 216. Underwood 229%. Mere ! dltli 130. The drift to Davis continued on I the hundred und second ballot which carried him to a new high mark with ; Underwood still following close be j hind. Attempts by McAdoo force4* j to bequeath their strength to Mere dith were not Miiccessful and some of the most steadfast McAdoo bat tallions In the long fight flopped over into the Davis column. On the hundred and second bal lot the Smith strength was split lip. | going largely to Underwood. The re sult of this ballot was: McAdoo 21. , Smith 44. "Davis Underwood :ot. fftlss ?;7, Koblnson 21, Ritchie >4. Walsh 12:?. Meredith ?;r,.r,7. Dan j Mh 2. Allen 1. Ilorry I Gerard ,7, Hull 1. Hryan 1, absent is. Madison Square Garden, N?>w ' York July 9. - -The Democratic Na itional Convention adjourned ar t fottr o'clock this niornTng. "after one i hundred ballots without a choice, to j resume at midday today. j Karly in the evening A1 Smith an | hounced t'hat he would withdraw I from the race If MrAdoo would do , likewise. To this proposal McAdoo made no answer at once but started a drive i for votes which, carried him hij^h above Smith in the balloting. I Then, after midnight the conven tion voted down two resolutions to i adjourn and continued ballotting. Between the ninety ninth and hun dredth ballots, word reached the I convention In the form of a lette;4 i from McAdoo signifying his with drawal and throwing his strength to (Edward T. Meredith, former flec.re [tory of Agriculture in the Wilson ; cabinet. | On the toext vote the vote of Me ? Adoo dropped to Its lowest level hue Smith held steady. It. was Indicated Just before ad journment that both Smith and Mc Adoo would definitely get out of the race today after a conference among [the leaders and their voten would bo k available for other candidates. On the hundredth ballot North (Carolina cast Its solid vote for Jo septus Daniels. The candidates stood as follow/. ! on the hundredth ballot: Smith .1&m. John W. Davis 203 H, McAdoo | 190. Underwood 41\4. Qlast 35. ! Robinson 48. ftltchle 17H. Walsh *2Vi ftaulshury i. Own 10. M*re , Maker 4. Oarard 10, Haary I, total 1 1089. abaant 7. ? _

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