Third Party Feeding Fat
On Old Party Propaganda
Denunciation* of Democrat* niid Hrpiililicaim I'ir for
Lnl olii'th' ( jrowd W ho Let Democrats Ail
nwer K('|Mil)lican*> ami Vice Vcrs?u
Ily rtOnERT T. SMAI.Ii
tfnfi>ri>hr iwi. ?? Tim *iuwn
Now York, July .'JO. ? The followers of Senator LaFollette
and Senator Wheeler, the real new Senatorial Presidential
"yjYrarehy. rns?> up HmIm.v to remark that th-'.v too an? poing
to liiffit for New York state in the coming election.
Furthermore the progress- ,
ives^ns they call themselves;
now, are roiiik (o raise funds
. J;\ New York City to help car
ry oil the fight. It is asserted
in most positive fashion,
however, that none of it will
trickle in from Wall Street.
?State adherents of the I<aFol
lette-Wheeler iiolit ioa I DK rcor are
planning to hold a big convention
in Albany in abunt two weeks ami
lifer*' Ik it h boon some talk that
. they might indorse Major llvlan !
of thin city, who Is looking for a
demand to conic from tlie people
that he run for governor against :
Al Smith in the event' John W.
Davis, the Democratic 1 'residen
tial candidate, is successful in
getting A I to Miiiul for a third
term. Mr. Smith already has car
ried the* IK-mocratic banner in the
slate three times, twice cuccegg
fully and la anxious lo r?-tlre__tn_
private life, hut National leaders
of the party are Insistent that he
make one more stand In an effort
to swing the 4f> vote* of the em
pire state Into. the Davis column.
Mayor Hylon is watclilni; every
move made by or in behalf of
Governor Smith and la holding
Out his own threat of an Inde
pendent candidacy ns a mean of
dlHCournglng the Democrats In
naming th'1 governor a fourth
term. The governor and the may
or love each other like a couple
of strange bull dogs.
The La Follette-W heeler third
party coalition might be to the
- liking of the mayor, but the third
party people themselves teem a
bit dubious about Mr. Hylan.
They do not know whether he
would stay put or not, and most
A} i he spokesmen of the conglom
Vfttlon of forces arrayed tinder
the I .a Toilette banner are deatr
011s or puttlkig of tUitr nwir
men at the head of the state tick
et ho there will be no dfengcr o!
some one running away with
party at a crucial moment fn ^ie
campaign. The stu* conference
for progressive political action,
which is still the name the l?n
Kollette followers cling to In this
state, has decided upon nn active
program and a full state tlcekt.
There has been some t;ilk
friends of (Governor Smith among
the disaffected political elements
gathering around the LaFollette
flag may attempt to stampede the
progressive convention Into nn in
dorsement of the governor for a
third term. These elements, how
ever, are finding the samo opposi
tion which applies to Mayor Hy
lan. An Indorsement of Al Smith,
it is argued, might result In swal
lowing up of the entire progress
ive movement In New York and
work the advantage of Mr. Davis
and President Coolldge.
The progressives are being
urged to greater efforts by the
National leaders at Washington.
They nre being told that th:'
movement Is growing like wild
fire the country over and there Is
no reason why the flsnies of dis
content with the two old parties
should rifct be fanned Into full
blaze here In the heart of the con
servative East. The progressives
have been Immensely plensed
with the publicity they have been
getting and by the consideration
given them by the Republican and
Democratic managers. The third
party" "Tn* reed In 2" Tat ktpdfl' tin1" JR17
nunciatlons being heaped upon it
and is gathering strength by the
Republican announcement that It
mill draw its support from the
Democrats and the Democratic
statemetns that It will draw Its
support from the Republican*.
New England Republican* have
come out with declarations tfyat
LaFollette will get hi*, greatest
vote among the labor element In
that section which I* Said to be
normally Democratic. Democrats
of the Middle country and the
NorthWeUt Ttave predicted EaFol
lette would get his greatest vote
among the Republican farmer*.
Tlie I.aT'ollette people are grin
ning at *11 this and say It I* evi
dence of extreme discomfit if re on
Yhe pffTt nr nra tm* politician*.
ItETlllNM VROM <W*A
' .??n* Thleo Dlk, proprietor of
the Chinese laundry here, re
turn d Tuesday from Canton, Chl
ria. where he spentHoveral months.
COTTOS MARKET
New York, July 31. ? Spot cot
ton, closed steady. Middling 32.40
nn advance of fi6 points. Fu
tures. eloping bid. Oct. 2* 87, Dec.
27.17. Jan. ^7.96, March 28.30,
Mnv *8.40.
New York. July 31.? Cotton fu
tnres opened today at ttr* folio#*
In* levels: Oct, 18.00, Dec. 27.16,
Tan. *27.20, Ma'ch 27.60, May
27.60.
PLAN INCREASE
IN ADVERTISING
Volume ?f Advertising by
Itnlli Larpe anil Small
Business lirms tn lie
Larger Next Half Year.
By J. c. ROY MS
Co ot rl git'-. 1924. T *i ? A
New York. July SI ? The large
adviTtlum of tlu? I'nited State*
and many of the smaller ijiich as
well ure uqw layiug out their ad
vertising for tin* ensuing year, i
ReptirU from reliable advertising
agencies indicate that the volume ,
of advertising wilj bo materially !
Increased during the next ?; I
mwuDih, ?-n|w?einHy in the news- 1
paper columns and that approprl- I
at ions for that period have been
increased In many cases.
These re porta are sup|>ortod by
the flisiircB showing the amount '
Of advertising placed In the last ?
six months. The magazine adver
tising has shown a slight gain
and? the space devoted to sab s
appeals In the newspapers was
well above the record for the first
half or 1023.
Newspapers In 20 of the prin
eipal cities printed 693,443.74'i
lines of paid advertising from ,
January 1 to June 30 as compared I
. with fill 1.72HJi21 in the ... corres
ponding period last year, a pain
of 1,713,826 lines. All of this
improvement, howerer, was ptlel
up early in the year. January and
February showed pains of 1,936,
5 30 and 6,132,544 llnra respec
tively. Then the Bpace used be
""?trr TO fn IT VMT, TTIP Ti eavTrWt rer< s-"
sion occurring In May when the
total was 4.091.558 lower than
for the corresponding month last
year.
In June, however, betterment
was apparent and this loss was
reduced to 5.1,791 lines.
Analysis of the kinds of adver
tising in the New York papers
for the last six months throws an
Interesting light on the trend! of
TJusIneas Tn various Tines. A total
of 104,921,276 lines were carried
in this period asalnst 105,886,
724 in 1923. The largest single
item and the one which showed
the largest gain for the period
was dry uoods advertising. This
totalled 27.428.94 6 lines, a gain
of nearly 10.000.000 line*:
Morning, afternoon, and Sun
day editions carried 2.206,660
lines of radio advertising com
pared with 775,346 llneH last
year. National advertising ap
pearing In the New York papers
totalled 23,811.568 lines as com
pared with 21.742,650 linen In
the corresponding period of 1323,
the major part of the gain ap
pearing In the Sunday and morn
ing paper fields. ?
Men's furnishings showed a
loss, falling from 2,755,258 to 2,
712.552 lines but amusements im
proved nearly 300.000 lines, and
automobile display gained nearly
a million lines. Included among
the commodities which showed
larger use of space were building
materials, candy nnd gum. furnl
ture, non-lntox leal Ing beverages,
' and dPUk?:isTs* preparations.
Musical Instruments, proprie
tary medicines, magazines, books,
shoes. Jewelry and tobacco were
given less space than last year.
Financial advertising showed n
heavy falling off and there were
losses In space devo4ed to steam
ships and travel, want ads.
schools nnd colleges, church no
tices, deaths and dancing places.
Newspapers themselves used
more space than last year to tell
the public how good they war
nnd the volume of advertising de
voted to railroads, real estate and
resorts and legal notices showed
some Improvement. The amount
paid for space by women's special
ty shops declined sharply. Hotel
advertising was about the same
as last year.
Hans for a nallon-wlde cam
paign of advertising similar to
thoae now being conducted by
the raisin, prune and other frutt
arowers. Is now being worked out
by the California Peach Growers'
Association. The majority of the
growers have already endorsed
the plan and the association
beads are seeking the co-opera
tion of canners. The peach men.
it Is assorted, will follow the re
cent policy of the other growers
organizations and plac* approxi
mately 80 per cent of their year
ly adrerllslne with newspapers.
The Michigan llean Orowera*
Association p'ans the expenditure
of considerable sum* this season
for Intensive advertising to be
financed Jointly by growers and
'?levator operators. It la pro
ARREST LEADERS
OF LIQUOR RING
Wilmington ('.aim Again
With Apprehension of
White .Men Following
Slaying of Officer*.
Wilmington, July 31. ? Klmcr
J>ltmrl and Jn?'k ItuhiMty, white,
were arrested Wt-dofsiUy ufter
noon near Phoenix by a porne
leil by Sheriff Jackson of New
Hanover County, Shi riff
of Brunswick County and Chief
of Police l?ane of Wilmington ami
were placed In tire county jail at
Southport in connection with* the
slaying of Prohibition Agent Leon
CJi-orge and Deputy United States
Marshal Sam Lilly.
Lin wood Tindale, brother of
Deputy Sheriff lunula Tindale of
New Hunover County, was arrest
ed last Wednesday night charged
whit bel?g-an accessory before the
fact.
Itellef Is exprrssed that with
the arrest of the three men the
officers have apprehended the
leuders of a bootleg ring which
they blame for tho killing of the
.two -officer* on Tuesday night.
The tenBe situation manifest
when 4he news of the murder
first reached Wilmington has en
tirely diappeatvd following tU
arrest of the alleged slayers.
KAI.EIGH KIKES ITS
CHIEE OK POLICE
Uatflch. July 31 ? J. WttfTPT
Bryan will replace A. K. Glenn as
the chief pf the Italeigh police iio
partment in- the near future, it
was learned yest. .-day at the city
hall.
Wl'h tho exception of on* ?M?y
commissioner, who is out of town,
the entire body of com.nhsloners
renehed ah Informal a pre ;m< nt to
.-ecord the chang*.
Chief Clenn on his return to
this city from a short vacation de
clared that he knew nothing of
the change.
Chief Glonn also stated that
| the laek of results on the port of
tho present police -department ?
> due to un insufficient number of
police offices and not to its mem
i hers.
I'll It KK IN HOSPITAL
. TWELVE ARRESTED
Haverhill, Map.*., July 31. ? !
Throe men are In a hospital and
12 other* are under arrest here
today as the result of disorderly
conduct yesterday at the conclu
sion of initiation ceremonies of
the Ku Klux Klan when onlook
ers attempt to break up the Klair
meeting.
Haverhill. >fets?., July 31 ? Four
mm were ihcrrljpre early tnrtny
when hostile crowds clashed with
between 300 and 500 members of
the Ku Klux' Klan who held a
meeting laMlng Into the earl/
morning on a hill In the rajghbor
Injf town of Grovel. and state and
local police at length quelled the
disorders taking Into custody 23
men. <
STOCK BROKER IS
KILLED IN ROOM
New York, July 31. ? Harry
Mack, stock broker, was killed in
1 hi room In a theatrical rooming
district early today following a
party.
1 A youni: woman who wan. alone
with him when he was shot and
who describes herself as Peggy
Cook, hairdresser of Philadelphia,
when questioned by the police de
clared that the ahootlng was ac
cidental.
BROTHERHOOD FOR
THE THIRD PART*
? ? ? - * ? *
<Dr Th? AiwrlllHl r r? t? I
Cincinnati, July 31. -Senator
I.aFollette and Senator Wheeler,
Independent candidates for the
Presidency and Vice Presidency,
were today endorsed by the exec
utive board of the Ilrothnrhood
of Hallway and Steamship Clerks,
Freight Handlers, Express and
Station Employes.
PA It K Kit- K I N't J
Miss Thelma King, daughter of
Mr. Frank King of Wilmington,
was mnrrled^'^Ttiesday night at
10:30 at frfeth Mill* to Mr. Wll
liarfc-J-^Jfltrker. son of Mr. Frank
Parker. City Route One. by John 1
Jacobs, magistrate, at his home.
Miss King ha sboen making her
home In the city with Mrs. W. L.
Temple on Morgan street for
some time and has been an em
ploye at the iNorfolk-Carollna
Telegraph ft Telephone Company
for nearly two years. The wed
ding was solemnized In the pres
ence of a few friends of the con
pie. Including Miss Roale Hell)
Spin II 1 and ('. R. Taylor. Mr
Parker Is employed by the Bpence
Hnllo well Company. Mr. and Mrs.
Parker will make their home In
the city with Mr. and Mrs. W.
Temple on Morgan street.
posed that operators and growers
shall contribute one cent a hun
dredweight, letting the crop thus
determine the amount of the
money spent to give publicity to
{Michigan peas gnd bean*
Defense Strikes Back
The defense In the trial of Nathan P. Leopold. Jr.. and Klchard
Loeh, conf? sued slayers of Robert Franks. Chicaco schoolboy,
made it? first effort to break down the tcatlmony of stall's wit
nesses when it b?-i;au cross-examlnlni; Detective Sergeant JanieH J.
Cortland. Here the attorneys are seen m>Iiik over Cortland's
notes, with Leopold* looking over tin ir shoulders. I.oeb, sitting
l>ack of tbeni. appears ninrejnterexted. Sitting with heads togeth
er. from left to right, are Chief Defense Counsel Clareiiee |-\ Dar
row. Leopold. Attorney Walter Bachrarh and Attorney llenjainin
Hachrach.
SCOUTS TO TAKE
CAMPING TRIP
Wilh Scoutmaster and Mm.
Srutl??r?oml Will Vioit
Five States anil District of
Columbia.
A camping trip with an itiner
ary of b?-twren l.fiOO and 2,000
miles, touching points in five
states and tlie District of Colum
bia, Ih tli?' prospect for a trio of
iloy Scouts wlio an- to leave Ell*- i
a lift h Clt>' hy automobile next
Tuesday with Itov. F. H. Scatter
good and M rw. 1 1 er Mood for th?*
mountaina of Western North Car
olina and a return trip that will
take them through Johnson City,
Tennessee, HaK?'ratown, Mary-'
In nd ; Cettyaburg, Pennsylvania,
Washington. D. C.. and Rich
mond. The fortunate acouta are
John Kramer, son cf Mr. and
-Mr* ? Hmrv ? tt~. ? Kruiner; ? Ralph
(Tlila. l) WiUox, sorv of Mr. and
Mrs. Jerry Wilcox. And Fnuicht
Jacocks, son of Mr. and M in. F.
; G. J acock a/
The boys will visit Doy Scouts
en route; aa wall m lunrroui
'eat. Expectations nre set for a
return In atiout three weeks. '
leaving Klizabclh City Tues
day, the party will make their
first atop ai Rocky Mount and
camp six miles north of that city.
Raleigh, the State capital, will be
the next objective, and there the
acouta will have opportunity to
see the State's historical recorda
and the curioa on exhibition at
the State museum.
Prom Raleigh the party win
Joturm-y to Greenaboro where the
boys will he entertained by
Greenaboro acouta and where they
will take time to view the old
battlefield of Guilford Courthouse
before proceeding on to Ankerllle.
The trip to Aahevllle will - be
made by way of HlKh I'olnt,
Thoinasvllle, Stateavllle, David
son College, Charlotte. Newton,
Hickory, Morganton, Marlon. Old
Fort. Kldgccreat and Camp
Swannanoa. At Davidaon Collegt
the party will camp for a night
on the campus and they will also
atop for aome daya at Black
Mountain and Montreat to attend
the Inapirational conferences :
' there.
From Aahcvlllc the party will
go bjr Marshall and Newport to
Johnson City, Tennesaee, and
Bristol over the Iloone trail.
Chrlatiansburg la the next atop
iand from there the party will pro
ceed to Koanok** and Staunton.
Virginia, and then rfn to Hagers
town. Maryland, and Gettysburg.
Ivnnsylvanla.
' TTieTfctUril inn Will ftn by way
of Washington, where the party
will camp at the touiiat camp and
apend a day and two nights In
, the capital city. At Richmond.
Glnter I'ark will be the camping
alte and from that city the plan
la to turn by way of Norfolk tr.
Flizabeth City.
The Itinerary of the trip was
' furnish* d to Rev. Mr. Flcatergood
by the Carolina Motor Club on
short notice by Ita service depart
ment. In addition to mapping out
a route, the Cnrollna Motor Club
supplied Mr. Scattergood with de
tailed Information about the char
acter and condition of the roads
and all along the trip In North
Carolina service stations of th?
club and outside the State service
stations of the A. A. A. *111 he n?
the party's call.
CROWE AND DAHHOW
HAVE HEATED WORDS
Mr Th* Aitnrlitnl Prml
Chicago. July 31. One of the
'cases which State's Attorney
Crowe heard when he was Judge
and Clarence Darrow was attor
ney for the defense was cited to
day In the Franks murder trial
when Ihe state fried to maintain
that evidence of depravity wan
not ndmlMshl" In mitigation of
th? punishment for Nathan Leo
pold. Jr.. and Richard Ixieh
The citation broUKht a h?<ated
exchange of words betwetn Orowo
and Harrow, the former main .
talnlng that he had not heard ,
\ '
Mil SWEETS
* SKLI. AT 812.50
Gregory, July ?? 1.- -The ' fir*t |
22 barrels of hwwI pntatoi-s to
Bp shipped fnim this point
ill in Mi'ajmri'FTiM "aK-fnllciWK:
Six barrel* at $12. fill per
barrel; four barn-Is at $11 per
barrel; burn-Is at $10
per barrel; four barn-Is at $a
[?? r liarn-ir
Total Rro*n receipts for the
22 barrelx were $2111. All
these potatoes wi-r>- handled
through J. 11. ||o: wiM)il & Son.
HbippliiK agent* of this seetion.
PKRSIA SAVS WILL
MAKE REPARATION
Washington, July 31. The
Persian government has ussured
lH?' State Department that It will
.take steps with 'regard *t<i Hip Im
brlp Incident that will leave "no
Kfund whatever for any anxiety
ion the part of the I'nlt.-d States
i government."
i today to the Am?*rl*
can communication demanding
protection for AniPrlrun citizens
In Pernia aud threatening to break
off diplomatic relations as the re
HmK-of-Ut* kilUak of <\u>wo4
Itobert I in brie and the Hulw?-qucnt
attack upon IiIm widow. Pet-alu dp
dared It would "rppalr tin- Inci
dent nnd fullNI Uie polnlH that
are suggeated by the 1 'nit* <1
Statea."
CO TO BOSTON TO
MEET WOK LI) I'l.lEltS
Washington. July 3 1 . ? ^ ctTnjc
Secretary Davis of the War De
partment and Major General Pa
trick. chief of tin* Army .Air Ser
vice, will meet the Army round
the world filer# at Boston. mak
ing the trip In airplane to wel
come their return to Aniprfcan
HOlI.
STILL HIGH PRICES
CURRITUCK SWEETS
Approximately eight cars of 1
sweet potatoes had been shipped j
through Elisabeth <*??>? Thursday;
Four cars were shipped up Jo and
Including Wednesday night and
three cars were loading Thursday
morning. Some other local ship
ments hnd been made.
The price for the early ship
ments was from $10 to $14 per
barrel. No market price for f.
o. b. shipments had been estab
lished this week but the ninrket
price was $10 to $11 Thursday. It
Is probable there will be n drop
of $3 to $4 as soon as the sweets
begin to arrive in greater quan
411*
The yield Is fairly good Ibis
year, according to Earl Crlggs,
manager of the Carolina Potato
Exchange. A yield of three to
four barrels per 1 .000 plants 1:4
reported by Currituck farmers.
Kt \Klt\l, OK CHIIjO
The funeral of Myrtle Marie
Ilalno*. daughter of L. C. ltalnen
of Slmonds reek, was conducted
Wednesday afternoon at 4 o'clock
at if Alia Croak ebvfeh in Mi. n*r
mon Township. Tho child wai
two months old and died ut the
home of her grandparents, Mr.
and Mrs. Willie Jones of Shaw
bo ro. She was buried beside her
mother. Mrs. Myrtle Marl.* lialntfs,
who died' only two months ngo.
MISSIONARY UNION
MEETING AT BEKEA
Thr twentieth annual Mt 81 HI of
tire Woman's Missionary Cnlon
of Chowan Association Is bring
held at Herea Maptlst Church
Thursday and Friday. The open
ing meeting Is Thursday evening '
nt 8 o'clock and Frlday'a session--,
begin at 10 o'clock In tho
morning and at two o'clock In the
afternoon. Dinner will be geffed
on the grounds.
Jttlch evidence In rnltlgati n of
punishment.
Darrow asserted ' thr t he did
and Crowe mild "Owl the defen
dant waf bnngeA" to which Dar
row retorted "Yea, but you sen'
teheed him."
A(J.\INST ST.ITK LAW
irniVK AI'Tll ('M)Kll la
J a hies Shannon, rural Paaquo
lank negro, who "dl?l not know
thai ii whs again*! Ill*' luw tu h't
hi* hoy under 10 yeara ?>f am*
drive hi* automobile in the coun
try." wai< let off with costs ami a
warning in I he recorder's court
Tli ifrHthi y .
"Thin Ik a mailer." nay* Trial
Justice Spence. "In regard to which
ignorance seems pretty general.
The law . fixing the age limit for
driving antoinohileM is a State
Ktat-utf and must h-Vohserved on
country roads an well as in city,
limits."
John Da n I els for illegal poa
session, drew a fin" of $ It ?! ami
hoen In court on some charge in
volving violation of th>- Volstead
Act .
Mary Ilenhury ami Rosa Nixon,
hoi It Colored. wore fined $!> and
costs Thursday for disorderly con
duct.
1)1 KS |\ I'KNNKYIAANII
'Rev. F. II. Scnttergood left
Thursday afternoon to attend the
funeral of hi* mother. Mr*. Kntl<?
llelllg Hcttttergood. wlio dim! at
two o'clock Wednesday afternoon
at her home In Jeiikintown, Peun
sytvantrn
Mr*. Scattergood wan the wld-l
ow ??f Joseph Hurr ? Srnttergond.
and 'the daughter of H.*V. John
lltillg, Lutheran minister, writer (
and translator, the man who In
the fifties wrot" the C-hineKc
Ja|?anen? trouty. W-mn* Im una.
fhi? ' nly man In t It Ik country who
could he found thai could wrlt.v
the treaty in the two language.*, i
Itesldes. Rev. K. II. Scsttergood.
Mrs. Scattergood leaw* another
Hon. Alfred M .8<attcrgood of
Mt rchnntvllle, X??w Jersey; ami
four daughters. Mis* Mary Scat
t ?rgood of rhlladelphln. Mr*. II.
\V. Sweet of Mllburn. J#pw Jersey.'
Mm. Chaw. II. Ought on and MIm I
"Julia Scattergood of J en ktntown. '
Pennsylvania
STKAMKU SEMIS
IMSTUKSS CALLS
? lit Tl.. AMniilM IWt
Manila. July 3|.--? Thf? utoain
ship Slaiilcy operated by (In* .\?l
iniral Liuu Im ending <tut di*trosM
call* from a point off I ho island
-**< ? I'aliiwmi. i to nf t'.i ininv
miulheruly of tho I'll ill Iplno Aroli
Jpolago V-vmpIk owiiihI hy I ho
I'nili'tl Staios Ship|iiiiK Hoard wald
h?*r ciuiIih's hid liroUi n down and
*ho was In iuM-d of assl.-taio-*'
AVI vrous I'OSTI'ONK
i.k\vin<;s<:< ni.wi)
illi T1i? A'<viit?|
Kirk u.i II. Krolhiiid, July I .
Tin* l nli.d ^(alcM Army rouud
tlio world t1i? rs who nrrivi-d hen1
from llrouKh. Filmland. y?*t<>rdny
liavo |m)hI|kiu?'<I lliolr dcparlun
for frrhnul till lotnorrow lii-causr
of advcrxH wontlx-r tviiorls.
MAIL CLKKK GKTS
BANDIT ON TRAIN
FSmI Ofin|g, N. J. July 31
One bandit was k II I?*>1 and one e?
caped and a mail clerk wounded !
twice when he frustrated an ui
tempted mall robbery ai the Uck
it n tin Railroad Mat Ion here to
day.
Eugene Stack. aged 28. cm
ployed at the local poalofflce, rc
I ii r nod the bandits' fire when lh*y
started shooting without warning
a* he was taking the mall pouch'1*
off the train, killing a bandit al
most Instantly Stack wan wound
ed In his right thumb and right
leg.
Bic; CHOWDS HKAIt
KKV. T. v.. TIIIUFT
Gregory, July III.- Rf?v. C. T.
Thrift of Moyock. pastor of the
M^yoctr -rtrrntt", -ts-hntdtmr rr rrvtv1'
nl at ferkins Methodist Church
this week, -afternoons and night*.
It Ih conceded by older people
that th?' Herm?? n? Wednesday af
ternoon and Wednesday night
were two of the best sermontt
preached In the Hhuwhoro vicin
ity for yearn.
"Mr. Thrift preaches the truth,
the whule truth and nothing elm
hut the truth." said a member of
bin congregation todav. "Hi- Is
not n compromiser with sin; he
faces the subject square from the
shoulder. letting the chilis fall
where they will. He dors not fall
to pay hi* respect* to the modern
bathing suits, t h ? ? dance hull, card
playing, automobile Joy riding at
the midnight hour. Sundav bny
Ing and selHiws, neighbors mad
with each other and not on speak
ing terms, men exchanging wives,
divorce. Hiilts, and numerous other
stir*
"This neighborhood has never
henru r<??c?? four square prencblng
since the days of old time fellg
Ion.
"People arc coming to bear Mr.
Thrift from all the surrounding
neighborhoods."
< 'IIArrfCUr-l'IFIM 'K
Visa Pearl V. I'lurce, duughtcr
of Mr and Mrs. W. II fierce,
and Mr Archie K Cbippell. *ott
of Mr and Mrs. Hey more (bap
pell, both of Perqulmmii County,
were nrarrled Wadveaday evening
at 7 : 1 & o'clock by Iter. K K
Sawyer at hla home, 2011 fearl
street.
Bestcity Country Club
Seems Almost Reality
-Movement Making Oniet ? bul ? Stead). I'mgre** ? and
llardhended IhhiiiOh Men ICntliii*ia?tir Alton! Ven
ture W liieh Will Allraet Home I'olk and Other**
Till' IU"VHI' '"r :l , ,
.?lull til KIIuIm-IIi <'ll>. w Ii nil ii"?
f.?r several months had seemed
hardlv lo bmlM\ has in fuel been .
maklitt; quiet but steady Itoviixh ?.
ami iiiiw !??? his 1 i U? ly to be on III**
point u( fittiiihiK Impetus and j
momentum i?r a ship an she lakes |
to tin- water at her launching. A
touch Iter*' ami lliH" unci tin1 good t
hIi i |? tremble* for an Install! and I
then Blips suddenly ami swiftly in
to tin* sea. taking to her native
element a* a bird taken t?? tin* air.
So tin- Elisabeth City Cbuntry \
Club. First careful planning. i
then a quiet and steady building '
to put those plans into definite |
and concrete form, and dually j
pr? paint Iohh for tie* lannchlnn of
tio> completed work. Blanks for
Huhscriptlons to stock In the cluo
were circulated for the first lime t
Wednesday. My Wcdnewlajr night,
tiO shares of stock had been sub- j
scribed. By Thursday night ,ludM
cations are (bat the number nub
srrihed will rearh the 100 mark.
How near completion that will
carry the movement i* seen In a
flash when it is und stood Hint I
100 share* Is the minimum num
ber of shares that are to he Hold
to make siibscrljiHqtjs binding.'
that 125 Is the number of shares;
couiib d on and that no? more
lhan 1"?0 shares will be offered at
Ibis time. 1
The plan of financing the club
is simplicity Itself Say that 125
share* are taken. Only one share .
will be sold to any one person
ami that person will be asked to
subscribe *12f?. which will repre
sent $100 as the par value of hli J
share of slock and a $2T. mem
bership fee. Only those Who sub- j
scrlhe to slock In the club can
become members, mid thus mem- 1
hershlp would be limited to 12f?.|
From the sale of these 125
shares of stock a little more lhan
$15.QM? wjuuld accrue, wliich. It
Ih believed, would raise the nec
essary funds to acquire p desir
able site. Additional funds for a
clubhouse to cost an equal sum
? and other Improvement h and j
equipment could thru bo raised
by a bond i ssu e. pr min^h i s , of ^ t he \
the most substantial business In
terests In the city.
Two sites nre under consldera- ;
tlon, hut the one dndlng most fa-;
vor with those who are promoting [
t lie movement and that will moat ?
likely he acquired If satisfactory
options can be obtained consists I
of 200 acres on the south shoro !
of Ariicuae Creek.
"1 didn't know tin re was such I
"a nit ?' lor a jjoii coifrse in Fast- ^
??rn North Carolina." declared W.
|\ DufT to an Advance reporter.
"Why, there are rolling sandhills i
r?0 feet hlKh on that site with a
growth of chinquapin and other
hardwood timber I hut would
make a course equal to the golf
courses at fine hurst.
??The establishing of a country
club here would be a great thing
for Klizabeth Clly. We mlk about
a tourist hotel here but we could
never hope to secure patronage
for one without a playground for
the tourists. Hut with a country
club provided with golf course,
tennis courts, and other facilities j
for amusement tourists travelling
along the Coastal Highway would
stop Ht Fllrabetb City. Klir.abeth
City Is the only town I know of
of its sl*e In North Carolina with
out a country club. Norfolk has
three."
"Hut how would you retire
your bonds?" the reporter wanted
to know.
"That presents no difficulties,"
was the answer. "The plan Is to
d red ^e (he mouth ? f Arn?;us?
Creek and build a Fioathouse near
the mouth. This would make tho
club accessible to sportsmen com
ing Into this section by water.
Then cottages alonn the shore
could he built and the n venue
from these and oilier source# I
would retire the hondw 1 wish 1 j
had a cottage down there this1,
minute. I never saw a finer place'
for a resort 111 all Ibis section. |
The breejte from the southwest i
sweeps In from over (he sound,
stronx enoush to take your shirt
off. delightfully cool in summer |
but tempered in winter.
"Every country club that 1 1
know anything about has a wait
ing list of members. Any man
who puis a hundred dollars of his
money in stock In the Elisabeth!
City Country Huh. In mv opin
ion. Will be able to set It bnck ,
nrobahlv at a premium, any time
it For nti utif, let It f
be remembered. Is to be ndinltted
to membership who does not own
stock and no member I* lo be ,
permitted to hold more than one
share."
This Is hard headed, phlegms tie j
Hill Huff talking and not a
youngster whose enthusiasm Is I
likely to run swav with his Judg
ment. And flill Duff Is typical of
some of I he othfrs who are back
ing the inevment with every Mt
ef mn mnch enthusiasm as Mr. ,
Duff C O rtcblns?n. for ins'nnce.
r?r. ?,. q Hlades. ??. C. Hlndes, I*. ;
It Foreman. O. F. (lllbert. Miles
Clark, W O Halther, Howard
Smith Marshall Jones and others.
No Intensive drive to soli stock ^
MOM PUBLICITY
FOR BESS CITY
N?*xt Ihmii' of <!urolina Mo
tor 4 lluli Mucuzini' Will
lluve l)mcri|>tivr Article
on Alltemarle Mrtrupoli*
C. W. Ilolieru, vice president
and manager of the Carolina Mo
tor Club, who . superintended the
eHiahllHhmeut of u local office in
Elizabeth City a few month* ago,
was a vjaltor in t li &h city on Wed
nesday. to confer with F. D.
Fletcher. manager of the local
brr.nch, Secretary Job of the
Chamber, of Ccifiimerce and others.
Mr. Robert* said a descriptive ar
ticle dealing* with Elizabeth City
and thlw territory would be pub
lished In au early i^Hue,or the club
magazine.
The club- which affiliated with
the A. A. A . now hat in the neigh
borhood of 4. nt) u members, ac
cording to Mr. Iloherts. The
benefits to be derived from mem-*
berahlp Include logal Hervlce. road1
service, membertdiip in the A.
A. A. $50. reward for the return 1
of a stolen automobile $50 bond
when a member In held1 for traf- ;
fie or slmilur -vlolatbimi, and In
formation on routings. j
A member of the Carolina club
recently broke down on a high
way In California, ifo telephoned
to the nearest official garage and
wus towed Into town, the garage
sending Uie bill to the headquar
ters of the Carolina club where
It waa paid. This I* an example
of the road xervice furni fthed to
members. The nmmberahip fee J
Is flTPa year.
The^-lub ix- now bending every
effort toward the influencing of
tourists to come to North Caroll- j
na. according to Mr. Roberts. It j
U also* preparing to back legls- I
latlon to raise* the speed limit.
assembly. No legislation will be
sponsored l? y the club In the extra
session. he anid'. as thin t^sslon has
been called for another purpose.
Since the local office was op
ened in Klizabeth City the Auto
and <Jas Engine Works has been
designated an an official garage
In this locality. Licenses issued
Statu i tin ""?*>!' button of the
club with the department of
State in Klizabeth City have to
taled approximately 4.000 for pas*
w?nger automobiles and 280 for
trucks.
HKHKIOT MARKS
ROCK BOTTOM OFFER
London. July 31 Members of ?
the Experts Committee of th? In
ter-Allied Co n fen- nee after exam
Inlng the proposals submitted by
French expcrlH yesterday as a
compromise plan to end the con
ference deadlock over security for
the Dawes plan for a German loau
today declared their belief that
the French proposals with minor
Alterations would probably 1m- ac
ceptable.
London. July 31. ? The rock
bottom of(V?r In concessions by
Premier llerrlott of France was
yrMerday handed to Prime Min
ister MarDonnld of Great Britain
in an effort to break the dead
lock In the Inter-Allled Confer
??v?r tHHiH'feiMg the Dnweir -
plan for a loan to Germany.
DAVIS MAY'S BRYAN
IS BIGHT ABOUT IT
New York. July 31 John W.
Davis. Democratic Presidential
candidate*, announced today after
his return from Maine that he
was In ? ntlre accord with his run
ning mpte, Governor llrynn of Ne
brftaku. regarding "mobilization
day."
fSy Th? *<wwTif>d Pr.n?
In tho club Ih contoiniilfllcd. Pro
moter* of tho pro |<>rt fool tint
tho aln* ohm non for n mKCPMful
country cjub Ik rnthUHlifrin on tho
??art of It* ni"inbrrM. Tin- Intrrw*!
In Kllznhoth Cltv In m?n In tho r#
HponMo to tho offer of atock In the
rtntv TfBlB ftflrnTrin nii'l RorF
ford have come Indication* of
equal Interest In thoao cltle*.
Krorn tlir Duck Inland Club, with
a tnombriNblp of BO Northern
RDOIiiin' n. ban com# an exprea
aton rt much Intormt In tho un
dertaking. But those who are In
toreated do not want to knock
down ami dran anybody Into
membership In the club Tho In
dustrial Dank h acting as tmeffp
for auhacrlptlon* and r.iymenf*
pending octuil orjnnlantlon, and
untH organisation I* * (T?ctc<? and
offlrerH R -<> r-ti rfrd nnd hetln to
function tho bank will receive ap
plication* for nu-mbemhlp an 1
payments on ntnck as then* pay
monta come due.