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VOL. XIV.
FINAL EDITION.
ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA, TUESDAY EVENING, JULY 15, 1924.
EIGHT PACKS.
NO. 167.
John W. Davis Will Make
Campaign For W est V otes
< nn-i;lrr?'il Died in the Wool Conservative the Progressive
_ Not That VI ill he Struck in His Speeeli ot Aecrputnre
Democratie Noiumatioii Likely OecUMlill !*ui'|Ji i?e
llv DAVID LAWREXCK
tCawrtjht 1924 Tils
New York, July 14. ? Clem Shaver of West Virginia has been
_asked by John \V. Davis to become cai.ipaian~fnniiaiH'r. I h i rnr
ries with it the chairmanship of the Democratic National Com
fhittee and when that body, meets three weeks hence, arrange
ments would be made to have the present member from West
Virginia retire in order to make way for Mr. Shaver.
There has been some doubt, I
however, whether Mr. Sha\er
would accept. He is so eager for
the success of John W. Davis
that unless he could be assured
of the active co-operation of
men like Daniel C. Roper,
Franklin Roosevelt and others
?who know National politics
from the Democratic viewpoint
due to their experience in pre
vious campaigns, he would not
thP position.
Mr Shaver is anxious for a liar
? mo'nloua front. He has excellent po
litical Judgment and it was largely
due to his tact that no ateps were
taken by the friends of John \N . Da
?vis in the preconvention light which
' J, have prejudiced chances of
victory In "lew of the factional
differences that have existed, the se
lectlon by Mr. Davla as his manager
of any one who had a conspicuo us
part in the pre-convention fight It
f^lt might prevent harmony.
Mr Shaver remained on K?0<J
terms with all factions throughout
the convention. He Is the type o
man who would draw to his side all
? v*.> assistance he could g?t. Judge
Davl' add Rockwell, the McAdoo
manager. has already volunteered
his services and probably will e :il
important aid In the campaign t<
C?There are other reasons why Clem
choice' j2?
jS'He hJe?lpedWorganl.e the flr.t
hne
with his little band of
^eS^Hfan-r^S
^Vw VavTsdld not wait a rtjjg.
he^could
0can,pa,n,man.
$^?al? ovefco... TOt oh
Irction though permitting
Has.-.
turning their hand ' for
plan of campalgn.how'verca
" aw" "This mesnn anargument
and, whnt is progressive. "-f"?"
TVllliam Jennings Bryan lctrhere ??
had a long . J. .n th>' confer
,h,t '"h. over ?he Com,noner told
Davls^began Vo? unfold
wr,!chhelh,ff ?r?.r Importance per*
trt
^?whs t*Mr*^ ryan con*' ru es as pro
principles would satisfy him a
right course to pursue This mucn
seems certain even st this early dst
"before many weeks have passed
?he iHtck on John W. Davis will n t
t? that he ,1. loo conservative bu
that he (.^conservative enmigh All
of which criticism may arise fr< ?n
the East but the campaign will be
fought In the West.
RECOMMfeND AWARDS
LONG PENDING CLAIMS
Washington, July 15. ? The Oen
rnlljrd Office today recommended
to tits Department of the Interior
Initial swards In 38 of the 17* long
nendHat claims filed on Isnds In the
M Hirer oil district bordering Ok
lahoma aid Texas Jurisdiction over
which Was passed to the department
b r the Supreme Court.
FIFTY TWO PERISH
IN FOREST FIRES
Word Awaited Eagerly from
Homesteaders Cut Off by
Flames and Fire Fighters
I Busily at Work.
J San Francisco. July 15. ? Flf.'y
I pernons are unaccounted for and arc
believed to have perished within tne
last 24 hours* in forest fires which
jflrfl nf nil Bortlnns of the Fa
I ciflc coast.
The fires, raging all along the en
? tire roast from Southern California
I to British olumhia. are being fought
I by forces received from Federal,
state, and private timber interests in
| the effort -to save the thousands of
I acres of timber and grazing land*
j from being added to that already
I burned over in what is considered the
i most serious forest fire situation
I that ever existed on the Wester?
coast.
' Blazes in timber of eastern Wash
ington. northern Idaho, and British
I Columbia were reported to have
| burned over courses which have cut
off the homesteads of settlers of
1 whose fate word was eagerly await
i ed today.
i Spokane, Washington, July 15. ?
Thirty five persons are believed to
have perished In the forest fire at
Wheeler's mill yesterday.
iNewson. North Dakota. July 15. ?
i Thirty men were trapped by a forest
fire in Salmon Valley yesterday, ac
I cording to reports.
Kellog, Idaho, July 15. ? Several
persons are unaccounted for in a
forest fire sweeping Pine Creek near
; here yesterday.
SOI TII MILLS IS
! HAPPY OVER ROAD
Chairman Page on Visit
j There Agrees to Undertake
| at Once Paving North Caro
1 line Segment to Virginia
South Mills, July 15. ? South
J|llls Is happy over the prospect of
a paved road all the way to Eliza
beth City and Norfolk.
! Chairman Pane of the North Car
fitlMT HlfcTftt'iiy ComtirtsaloTl here
last week in conference with City
Manager Jervey of Portnmouth,
agreed to undertake at once the pav
ing of the North Carolina segment
or the Elizabeth City-Portsmouth
highway line between th?? Newland
brick road in Pasquotank and the
.Virginia line. I
1 Paving from Portsmouth to the
Virginia line Is now nearly Complete.
[City Manager Jervey's estimate be
ing that the last paving on the Vlr
?5 J,art highway would be
done by August 15.
THINK THIS MAN MAY
BE MAJOI{ MeLEAKY
j Ashevllle. July 15._Search for
, Major Samuel H. Mci.eary continued
through yesterday and Into today
, without results. Major McLeary dls
(appeared from Raleigh on July 2
I while en route to Charleston
?n"tn.n J"1* 18 ? A man
j believed to be Major Mcl.eary wa.i
( reported to be In Mt. Airy last night
|*ntl 'eft there for Winston Salem.
thk mii.t toi.uk KT HHOW
'H PLIMMO THK FOIvKH
[ The best show of the sort that
I has ever been to Elisabeth Clly,"
| seems, to be the general verdict of
those attending the Initial perform
I ?nr? Monday night of the Milt Tol
1 bert company In the tent on South
Road atreet.
The play given was "Saintly Hypo
icrltes and Honest Sinners." and 'he
| parts were well played. A new pro
*r*m ?* to *>? Put on every nglht.
One of the events most enjoyed
|w?? the mualc by the original Vir
ginia Serenade?. Milt TolberCa fea
ture orchestra, it |, ,aid to be of
considerably higher class than any
thing of the kind that has come to
the city. The crowd was large Mod
Iday night and apparently everybody
1 w Monday night la going
back tonight and take several frJ? n-1?
along with them.
The Milt Tolbert Show expects to
be hi the city all this week.
HOI.DS GAVEL-BREAKING KECOKI)
The strong right arm of Senator Thomas Walsh sent countless
gavels to the gavel factory during the Democratic Convention.
Since the problem of keeping the convention in order took plenty of
gavel pounding he is credited with breaking more gavels than any
other convention chairman on record. This interesting pose shows
the Senator in the hot weather costume of a convention chairman.
SOCIAL WORKERS
ATTEND INSTITUTE
Pasquotank Superintendent1
Among Those Studying
Problem* of Vital Concern
to Community Welfare.
Mrs. Anna B. Lewis, superinten
dent of public welfare In Pasquo
tank County, is attending the Pub-,
lie Welfare Institute at Chapel
Hill, with with 41 other county j
superintendents of public welfare cf,
North Carolina and a large number'
of other social workers.
The required courses at this in-'
stltute are Social Laws of North Car-,
olina by Roy M. Brown; Community >
Problems by Dr. Jesse F. Steiner; 1
Child Psychology by Dr. Harry W. j
Crane; Problems in Child Welfare
by Dr. C.-C. Carstens.
In addition there are lectures by
Judge J. S. Criswell of Jacksonville,
Florida on the Juvenile Court.*, ami
round table discussions each day cm
practical problems.
Pasquotunk County's Detention
Home lias been heard of there Willi
much interest and Mrs. Lewis tius|
been asked many questions concern- j
ing it. At one of the afternoon ses
sions she told the other welfare stud
ents all about the plan.
These Institutes are held to makuj
it possible for welfare workers to
secure the very be?t training foil
their work that they may use this
knowledge for the good of the chll-;
dren of the home community, for i'.
is with child welfuru particularly that,
weltare workers are most of all cou-*
cerned. It Is in the child that they
Be** the hope of making the world
better. On the other hand, they seek j
to arouse a similar interest in the
child on the part of parents, teachers,
and the community in general in ol
der that the knowledge gained from
Hkilled teachers and learned lectur
ers may be applied in the way to
bent Improve local conditions and t >
solve local problems. This is the
fifth institute of its kind which has
been h?-ld for welfare workers to
discuss and study their many prv,
blems. The required courses are the
basis of certification for county wel
fare officers.
Among prominent welfare workers
of the State and elsewhere In atten
dance are: Mrs. Kate Burr John
son. North Carolina Commissioner
of Public Welfare; Miss Mary Shot
wcll, IClM Em?th Tuttle and Samuel
E. Leonard of the State Welfaiei
Board; Miss Eugene Bryant, direc
tor of Mothers Aid for Cincinnati;
Mrs. Mary O. Cowper of Durham,;
executive secretary of the North
Carolina league of Women Voters,
which has recently made a study of:
juvenile courts In North Carolina. |
The Institute opened July 7 am'
will close July 19.
GUARDS PROTECT
CClTTON MILL MAN
Oastonla, July 15. -Armed guards |
art' feeing maintained about the
home of A. C. Lineberger. Belmont
cotton mill owner, as the result of 4
series of anonymous threatening let
ters, It became known here today.
The letters began with threats of
kidnapping and blowing up his home
but Anally wotind up by begging that
If the Identity of the writer wtr?
discovered there would be no pros* j
cutfon. 1
BODY OF WOMAN IS
FOUND IN OLD CANAL
Richmond, July 15. ? The body of
Mrs. John n. Christian, wife of a lo
cal merchandise broker, was found
today in the Kanawhka Canal here
near the James River, after an all
night search by city and county po
lice.
Authorities were unable to find
any trace of the six months' old In
fant carried by the mother when she
left home yesterday.
The search started yesterday
when Mrs. Christian failed to return
home. Her steps were traced by
bloodhounds from the house to the
banks of the old canal and when It
was apparent that the woman had
entered the canal the water wan
drained and the body found on the
bottom. Search for the baby contin
ued.
SEIZE NARCOTICS
WORTH OVER MILLION
Now York, July 15. ? Narcotics
valued at more than a million dol
lars wore seized and nine members
Of the crew including the captain of
the Italian-American liner Duillo
wore taken Into custody today fol
lowing a raid.
BRAZILIAN POLITICS
AFFE4TS COFFER MARKET
New York. July 15. ? Brazilian
political news yesterday led to heavy
buying movement in the coffee fu
tures market which forced price* 75,
points higher.
It was feared that 1f the revolu
tion in Sao Paulo should last fntic!1
longer there would be a scarcity of
coffee In consuming countries.
boll weevils iiapfy
AT WKT OKOKGIA HCMMF.lt
Atlanta. July IS.?? (Special.) -
Rains recently have washed the cal
cium arsenate from the cotton plants
in some sections. kIvIiik the boll
weevil an uninterrupted opportunity
for damage. Plants are being re
covered with the poison where fair
weather Is In prospect.
(JEOIKJIA FA ItM FltS MOST
OITIMHTM SINCE WEEVIL
Atlanta, July 15- -(Special.) ? Re
tall and wholesale business has been
stimulated by the receipt so far this
season of between $15,000,000 and
$20,000,000 by Georgia fruit and
truck growers. Jobbers report ac
tive buying of fall lines by rural
stores. The morale of the farming
communities is higher today than at
any time since the advent of the boll
weevil, since the prospect Is for a
million bale crop for the state with
an estimated value of $175,000,000,
including seed. Growers are culti
vating actively and seem to be wag
InK a winning fight against the wee
vil. The State College of Agricul
ture estimates that Georgia live
stock and farm products will yield
half a billion dollars this year, an
Increase of $56,000,000 In farmer
purchasing power In the last 12
months.
BREAKS MOCK BIT LIVES
Wilmington. July 15. ? John D.
Rivers of Charleston South' Caroli
na. dived In the surf at Wrlghtsvllle
yesterday, broke his neck, bat ttlil
llvea.
OOTTOlf MAKKirr
New York. July IS. ? Spot cotton,
closed qtHet, Middling Si. 05, a de
cline of 15 points. Futures, closing
bid. July SO. OS. Oct. SS 04, Dec
24. 14, Jan. S4.ll, March Sf.SO.
Thinks City Can't Afford
To Give Up Secretary Job
I'rr^iilriil Slit'?'|> of llie Klizitlx-lli < it v. Chumlti-r of ('iihi
iniiiri1 Hi.].. - Way <^an !ir Fmuul in Kciv|> llim Ili-fr
\\ H<* Hu< I)oiir Sut'li I'.vri'llriil Wink
PKAtSE FOR JOB -
Here Is a letter to President
Sheep setting forth the senti
ments of the Perqulaiarrj* Coun
ty Chamber of Commerce- to
ward the resignation of It. C.
Job, secretary of the Elizabeth
City Chamber of Commerce:
"Tills organization learn*,
with deep regret that It. C.
Job, secretary, Elizabeth City
Chamber of Commerce, has re
signed ? that .office ? n-rrd ? will
shortly leave to assume similar
duties in Gainesville, Georgia.
"The Perquimans County
Chamber of Commerce express*
es Its appreciation of the splen
did work done by Mr. Job dur
ing his connection with .Eliz
abeth City Chamber of Com
merce. He has brought a fine
spirit of harmony between
that community and this and
led the two into full co-opera
tion In movements tending to
develop Northeastern North
Carolina
"Further, we take this op
portunity to oommend Mr. Job
to th^ people of Gainesville,
Georgia, as being a thoroughly,
conscientious and efficient
community organizer, who ful
ly appreciates the solution of
the Twentieth Century com
munity problems.
"Respectfully submitted,
"L. W. ANDERSON.
"R. M. RIDDICK. JR..
"Committee."
GOVERNOR'S DAY
AT FORT BRAGG
Governor Morrison With
Mrs. Morrison and Mis*
Morrison Guesln of Briga
dier General Bowley.
Fort Bragg. Juiy 15 ? ooveral
thousand persons ar? gathered hero
today from all parts of the State t>
witness the celebration o* Governor's
Day. Governor Morrison v. I ? h hi*
wife and daughter, Angelia, are here
as the guests of Brigadier General
A. J. Bowley.
Many of the spectators are for
mer service men and to them the
camp life, drills, and maneuvers
only bring back memories of the
days of 1917 and 1918, but the
majority never were in camp befor"
anil to them the activities of camp
life, the accural** drills and sham
battles are wonderful, as judged by
their expressions of surprise.
This morning the engineers de
monstrated the building of pontoon
bridges; light and heavy artillery
fire was wutched from Vaughun's
Hill; and at noon the Governor s
party was entertained at luncheon
by General Bowley at the Officers
Cluv
This afternoon the Governor wlil
inspect the fort, review formal guar.i
mount nnd observe the sham baUU
si aired by the Eighth Infantry, be
sides watch the exhibition drills ot
tent pitching recreational games, an I
mars calisthenics by the members r;f
of the Citizens' Military Train in;;
Camp. He will then deliver an ad
dress to the soldiers nnd visitors In
the Hollow Square after which the
Governor's party will be guests of
honor at a reception and tea dance
at the Officers' Club.
HKNATOK itt K\TKMJ5I>
FltOM CO!' NTH Y C'l.L'H
Washington. July 15. ? Senator
Robinson of Arkansas was yesterday
expelled from Chevy Chase Country
Club as the result of the fight he hat*,
on the links with Dr. James F. Mit
chell of Washington.
GIRL RESCUED BI T
COMPANIONS DROWN
Brechin, Ontario, July 15. ? Six
teen year old Margaret Murchis? ??
was rescued from the swamps of
Lake 8lmge* yesterday and told how
she and two companions were caught
In a storm Friday In a canoe and
Hi. v tried to swim to shore while
?he held on to the canoe. Th*y wcrv
drowned she said before her eyes.
HAS IXritKAMRD KX PORTS
AND DK4 RFAHKI) IMPORTS
Washington, July 15. ? Increased
export* and decreased Import*
marked the foreign trade of the
United States for the fiscal year end
ing June 30, It wan shown In figures
made public by the Commerce De
partment yeaterday.
The United States shipped abroad
goods valued at $4.311 1.115. 7?7 at.d
purchases abroad were 93,557,147,
i
? | "Elizabeth City simply ran not af
I ford to lose It. C. Job as secretary
Chamber of Commerce at th id
time. "
I So >ay? M I., lull sheep, president
| of the Kllzabetli City Chamber of
{Commerce, who has been
i letters from Edenton and Hertford
'expressing high appreciation of Mr.
I Job's work here and voicing the hope
'that some way can be found by
which he may be brought to a re
consideration of his decision to leave
Elizabeth City for Gainesville. Geor
gia.
jof the chambers of commerce of Ed
jenton and Hertford for the largest
i part in bringing about the new spir
it of co-operation that today exists
.between the county seats of Pasquo
? tank, Perquimans and Chowan.
Not only so. but officials of the
'chambers of commerce In these
neighboring communities see in Sec
retary Job a man with a grasp of
(the fundamentals in any situation
and who knows how to present them
[with extraordinary effectiveness. For
I Instance, Chowan and Perquimans
| recently mmlp an ??n.,.nnnon>M| anj
what they considered a flnal effort to
convert the State Highway Commis
sion from Its program of a nine-foot
I road through Perquimans for the
Edenton-to-Norfolk highway. Hut
after they had failed a meeting was
held in Elizabeth City as a result of
which resolutions were presented to
the road governing bodies of th?\
counties through which the district
highway passes asking the endorse,
ment of the 16-foot program by
these bodies.
It was Secretary Job who present
ed these petitions where opposition
was most likely and who secured the
wanted endorsements. Then It was
Secretary Job who journeyed to Tar
boro to see District Commissioner
jHart and arrange for a hearing on
the matter before the State Hlghway
|Commlsslon. Rut Mr. Hart, after
jhearlng Mr. Job's argument, said, In
Isu balance:
| "Job. there's no use In your send
ing a big delegation up to Raleigh
to present this matter. I see the
force of your argument and I am
sure that the other members of the
State Highway Commission "will see
it Just as I . do. The Perquimans
| project has already been let, on a
j nine-foot basis. Hut I am going to
arrange with the contractor to pave
the same number of square josds of
16-foot road that he had J.oz3tra< te:l
to pave of nine-foot road.'
Thus at length the flght of the
Elizabeth City Chamber of Com
merce against the further construc
tion of nine-foot State roads In this
section has been completely success
ful. now that the State has aban
doned its last nine-foot project.
"And credit must be given to
Job." says President Sheep, "not
only for the final success of this
fight but also for Its Inception, for
It was Job who conceived the Idea
in the first place of the meeting here
that resulted in the abandonment of
the Idea of building a nine-foot road
through Camden and Currituck. To
be sure, to gain our end for the time
being we have had to saeriflce some
thing In the length of our roads. Hut
nobody can doubt that eventually
the State will provide money for the
closing In of the gaps that will be
left on sueh a project as the Eden
ton-to-Norfolk highway when funds
now available are exhausted.
One of the most '/ffectlve argu
ments that led to victory in the flght
for the 16 foot road through Per
quimans was the fact that this road
has now become a part of the Coast
al Highway, and everybody acknowl
edges that had It not be?-n for Job's
Initiative and foresight no delega
tion from this city would ever have
attended the Coastal HUhwrfy meet
ing at Savannah in April.
"The success that has marked
Jobs leadership In this road flght Is
typical. And, from a purely selfish
standpoint, the principal reason why
he should not be permitted to leave
Elizabeth City at thin time In that
the biggest thing he hss ever under
taken la now at a critical Mage. f
refer to the proportion to Induce
the C.overnment to take over the
Dlamal Swamp Canal. Job ha* car
ried that undertaking through al
most to aucceaaful conclusion. But I
have no healtatlon In naylng that
ahould Job go elaewhere the pur
chase of the eanal might he leopard
lied and would certainly be In grave
danger of being further delayed. For
nobody elae ban the facta and figure*
connected with thla tight at hla fln
gera' enda aa haa Job. And If Job
can carry thla one fight through to
aucceaaful conclusion hla aervlcea In
thla matter alone will be worth more
to the city than the annual aalarv
fnat the Chamber of Commerce la
pledged to pay him."
Wiw TAMMANY CHIRP
New York, July IS. ? George
Waahington Olvany. Judge of the
Oeneral Deaalona Court, Mi elected
late yeatcrday aa chieftain of Tam
many Hall to aoccMtf the late Charle*
F. Murphy.