VOL. XIV. PINAL EDITION. ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA, SATURDAY EVENING, AUGUST 16, 1924. FOUR PAGES. NO. 195.
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Coolidge Notification A
Regular Pink Tea Affair
Social ICathcr Tlinn Political Atmosphere Prevailed
When President Delivered Acceptance Address
Before ,-in Aiidirnrc of a I'm Hundred
I?> DAVID LAWRKNCK
right. lttSI. b? The Adianm
Washington, Auk. 15. ? The radio and the lengthy text
*nay give one an impression of what President Coolidge said
in accepting tlie nomination for the Presidency Thursday
night but it \vas~an event which onbuilje JewJiutidrcd peo
ple \vho~ actually witnessed it can accurately describe.
For tilt- scene was unique
and the rvremony itself whol
ly unlike anything in political
eanipaiMis of the past.
In fact, there waa a constant
?trurolt- to rhanse It from the al
most formal social function that
** w*a to a rlp-rcaring political
meeting but II failed. The one
lone cheer-leader who decorated
iiliiiHcIf with a bis ci)Hfgt*-b?Ui?n
and rose to hit* f?<t frequently
nnd. waving his arms, frantically
tried to coax tho audience into
demonstrations, was often the
only itfiMon on hi* feet.
This was no si>;n of lack of ap
preciation for President Coolidge.
* ?r the audience stood for sev
eral minute* arid Clapped.hands at
the opening and interrupt ed Uh>
ai?'ech frequently with tho same
kind of applause. Dut it was a
dignified assemblage. it did not
hoot and yell and stamp Its feet
and cheer to the point of hoarse
ness.
Practically the whole first floor
was fi||,d wjfh Federal office
ImlderH and their friends and they
?^IliIWi ? li i I r n??il..lMjnur)|
1 resident. Hut the atmosphere of
political Catherines was not there.
It was simply a Washington func
tion to which most of the dlgnl
tarles and their wives came in
automobiles. Outside on the curb,
where the amplifiers carried the
President's voice, there was more
of the scene that usually charac
terizes political meetings.
_ There had - been suggestions
that the President should have
held hirt notification ceremony at
the foot of Washington monu
ment In tho open air where 25,
000 people might have heard him.
There probably would have been
JUtle deed then for cheer-leader*
?*s the crowds ? would have re
sponded to tin? President's appeal
for "common sense government"
which is to be the slogan of his
campaign. As it was. only a rel
atively Hniall handful of people
were able to get the true inspira
tion of the President's speech. As
for the i >arty workers, there were
not so many of them either. The
whole thing was treated a* one of
a series of Presidential addressee
and there lias been more en
thusiasm in the receptions given
Mr. Coolidge by audiences lie has
addressed here in the past.
The whole, however, is charac
teristic of the Coolidge campaign.
It Is not to be a boisterous af
-CftiL Mr. Coolidge himself U a
quiet-spoken TTniWaTrcrl -who
Hpeaks in a monotone and depends
rather on the words he utters
than the method by which they
are delivered. He discards elo
cution and relies on a careful
study of his speeches. He feels
that at best a political speaker
addresses only a small part of the
electorate. The radio and the
press reaches the greatest num
ber of voters.
Comment on the speech on the
part of those who heard It was'
uniformly favorable, it contnlned
no surprises. It was an evolution
or Coolidge doctrine along the
line* pf previous sneeetw That
? exactly Mr. Cooing?-! UIUMIKIIT
In the opinion of hla friend*. Thr
country known what to exp'-ct of I
him hut cannot be certain whirt-it '
will set from any of the other
candidate*, at leant at thta time
When the othnr two men have not
yet dlncloy^thelr program*. i
Among \ the Democrat* here
abouts air?] there are various.
National Committeemen and lead
ers here ? the comment on the
Coolidge npeech was that it wan |
significant for what was omitted. 1
Thn name of Warren Harding
wasn't mentioned. The Ku Kluxi
Klan Issue was not given even the!
space that was given It In the,
speech of John W. Davis or the'
letter of Senator taPoIletto. in
fact one Democratic National
Committeeman said he saw In the
language used by Mr. Coolidge In
one part of his speech about keep
ing America for American* and
opposin gthc Influx of foreigners
an almost exact parallel with one
or the cardinal principles of the'
Dp",ocr#,? are filled
with the Klan Issue and see al
most everything In Its terms, ln
ifc! 15 il will be a far bigger Is
locally throughout the cam-'
caicn than national leaders admit
and (hat before the campaign is]
over the President's position will |
have to be stated unequivocally. I
The Republican managers have
everv reason to be satisfied with
the C oolidge speech. It gives a
number of slogans for the cam
paign It contains no note of rad
Icnllsm which would make diffi
cult the collection of campaign
funds. It pleases the life-long Re
publicans and furnishes the haals
for nn appeal to the Independent
rot.r who wanta the pre.ent aUtcl
of thine* continued.
ACCIDENT VICTIM
FUNERALSUNDAY
John E. Cupprrxinilh Fa
tally Injured When Hit
l?y Auto, Buried at Snlciu
Church Ometcry.
Eye witnesses uppcar to exlion
orate Frank Dance, negro driver
of the Ford touring cur which
struck and fatally Injured John
E. Coppersmith. Salem township
resident well known throughout
the County. In front of Stanley's
store at Old Weekaville Thursday
night, of any criminal negligence
in the matter. A car which Mr.
Coppersmith was waiting to take
to his home two miles away was
parked with the engine running
and headed towards Slmonda
Creek when the accident occur
red. It is believed that Mr. Cop
persmith must have stepped out
? rur ln^pvdiately
in front of the ear driven Ey
Dance too late for the driver to
stop before striking him.
The funeral Is set to take place
at Salem Baptist Church Sunday
afternoon at half past two o'clock
and to bo conducted by Rev. E. F.
Sawyer. Mr. Coppersmith is sur
vived by three brothers and one
sister. The brothers nre W. It.
Coppersmith and E. Coppersmith
of Nixtonton tow.-, ship, Pasquo
tank County, and W. O. Copper
smith of Littleton. E. Copper
smith was in Washington when
the accident occurred, but Is ex
pected home lit time for the fun
eral. The sister is Mrs. W. C.
Morse of Weksvllle.
?Nobody saw the car actually
strike Mr. Coppersmith, but
Steve Brothers, who lives about
a mile from Stanley's store on
the Slinonds Creek road, -had
Just stepped on the porch of the
store when the car passed. He
heard the car and turned to see
Mr. Coppersmith clutching the
right fender, his feet apparently
under the axle, and his head Just
below the level of the hood and
between hood and fender, and In
articulately crying out as If in
pain or for help. An Instant
later Mr. Coppersmith dropped to
the hard road and the car passed
on by or over him, stoppng Just
tfs thf TPTrr fender was about eveu
with his body.
Immediately before tho accident
occurred, according to Mr. Broth
ers, Mr. Coppersmith had been
standing out In the middle of the
road looking up and down It.
which was rather a habit with
him. Alfred Sawyer, who liven
on tho old Coppersmith place in
Salem, two miles from Stanley's
store, and with whom Mr. Cop
persmith made his home, had Just
cranked his car and had got Into
It ready to start and take Mr.
Coppersmith home. Mr. Copper
smith must have stopped out
from hnhlnri ? Liui car, into the
road an the automobllo which hit
him. driven by Henry Dance, col
ored. and coming from the direc
tion of Slmond's Creek, was al
most upon him. Eyewitnesses
say that the negro was not
driving fast and this Is borne out
by the fact that Mr. Coppersmith,
a frail man of small stature, was
not knocked off the road' by the
blow but was able to catch the
fender and for a second or two
hold himself above It. It Is
borne ont further by tho fact that
after striking Mr. Coppersmith as
the car came abreast of the first
post of Stanley's store, the auto
mobile stopped Just beyond the
gas station on the other side of
the store, a distance of hardly
more than 20 paces from where
Mr. Coppersmith was first
rtruck. Henry Dsnce, too. had
some excuse to be In a hurry.
His wife was sick and he wss
going for help.
Mr. Coppersmith Is believed
to havo died from a hemorrhage
of the brain, nrought on by the
concussion when he fell back
ward from the car on the hard
dirt road. Only two minor
bruises were found on his body,
one on the right knee and one
on the right elbow.
Dance, the driver, does not be
lieve that the car passed over
Mr. Coppersmith at all. Mr.
Brothers, who saw Mr. Copper
smith lose his hold and fall,
could not see very well In the
darkness but thinks that the Car
may have passed only over elbow
or knee or both, or possibly one
wheel may have passed from his
knee up hla leg and lower body
FKA.NCK DESISTS
FROM DEMANDS
m? Tt? Awvitinl Prr??)
London. August 16 ? Th??
French and Germans today finally
scttled Iholr long controversy
over military evacuation of the
Ruhr by an exchange of letters in
which they agreed to the principle
that August 15 of next year be
fixed as the final date when
French and Belgian iroojm must
completely evacuate the territory.
Berlin. Aug. 16. ? In return for
acceptance by Germany of the
French proposal that Iluhr occu
pation continue for one more
year. France has agreed to desist
from her previous demand for
cummerclal agreement and other
^eonnmlr benefits whirYt w< m to
be linked up with the question of
military evacuation of the Ruhr,
it was announced here today.
WILD FLUCTUATIONS
IN CORN MARKET
Chicago. Aug. 16. ? Wild flue
i tuatlons In the corn market re
sulted today from continued un
favorable weather and ffrom ad
j verse crop reports.
Tradlns was of such exciting
character that simultaneous trans
actlooa at different placea in the
J pit were as much as three and a
a half cents apart.
Opening corn prices ranged
from one half to five and a quar
I ter cents higher and were fol
lowed by lightning changes some
times at the rate of a cent a min
ute, but tho market finally be
came fairly steady at one and a
half to two and a half cents ad
vance.
BILL TO FORBID
PUBLISHING NAME
Raleigh. August Ifi. ? The bill
! Introduced In the North Carolina
General Assembly by Represcnta
! tive ratterson t'orbldfllhU llir pub
llcatlon of tho name of the vic
tim of a criminal aasault. in Its
I principal section, reads aa fol
low*:
j MThat whoever publishes. or
causes to bo publiahcd, tho name
of any woman, maid, or woman
child, upon whom the crime of
! rape or an assault with Intent to
ravish has been committed, or al
i leprd to have been committed, In
this State, In any newspaper, mag
azlne, or other publication, shall
be deemed guilty of a misdemean
or, and. upon conviction thereof,
shall be fined or imprisoned in
the discretion of the court."
NEW WITNESS IN
\ KID MeCOY CASE
Los Angelea, Aug. Ifi. ? An en
tirely new aspect has been given
the TlTf reM Hon Shooting inves
tlgatlon, the police announced to
day, by th? testimony of a woman
who says she heard and saw two
men fleeing from the apartment
pccupied by Mrs. Mora and Kid
McCoy, former pugilist, a few
minutes after the ahot was fired
that ended the life of tho woalthy
divorcee early Wednesday.
The new witness says she lives
In an apartment directly under
that In which the shooting oc
curred and saw one of the fleeing
men so clearly and at such clos?>
range that she waa able to give a
complete description of him. Thl<*
man. she said repeatedly, and pos
I ltlvely. waa not McCoy. She was
unable to furnlah a description of
(the other man.
WILL HA VIC VACATION
The home demonstration agent
of Pasquotank County. Miss Mar
cle Albertson. will not visit her
clubs for the next two weeks, this
, being her annua] vacation.
I to roll off at the elbow. Mr.
lllo p persmlih. never, s t roji g an d
prematurely arriving at the fee"
ldeness of ago. waa so heavily
clothod that It la possible, In the
opinion of Dr. J. H. Harkwell.
who first examined him. that a
Kord touring car auch as that
driven by Dance, could have
i passed over his body without
i leaving a mark. Despite the
warm weather. Mr. Coppersmith
was wearing when struck a coat,
vest and sweater and a heavy
) army overcoat.
"I found aome rigidity of tho
muscles of the abdomen," says
Dr. Harkwell. "but I can not say
whether that waa the result of
his Injury or not. Neither am I
able to say positively that the
slight abrasion I found on his
knee was an absolutely fresh
' one. It may have been Incurred
prior to the accident."
Immediately following the accl- i
dent Mr. Coppersmith was lifted
to the porch of Stanley's store,
where those who had picked him
up tried to assist him to his feet ,
He seemed daxed. however, and
was laid on a bench until the j
physician could be summoned,
and was then taken to the doc
tor-* office, only a few hundred
yards away. Where a thorough ex- ,
aminatlon was made and no bone*
found broken and no outward
signs of Injury discovered except
those already mentioned. He was
then removed to his home where
he died early Friday afternoon.
I Mr. Coppersmith was a quiet
and Inoffensive man but an Indl- ,
vldual of marked peculiarities
and many Idlosyncrssles He had
little or nothing to aay to any one ,
; except himself and avoided rath
er than sought companionship. i
PORT BILL HAS
PASSEDSENATE
('(intuitu* (llati*e for Refer
endum ut the November
eleetioim ? Vote Wa?|
Thirty One to One.
Raleigh. Augunt 16 ? The port
commission bill with the clause
for referendum at the 'November
election wua passed by the North
Carolina fecnato 31 to 1 today.
Kalelgh, Auk. 16. ? By a vote
i of 27 to 14 the Senate last nlglit
k killed Ule amendment to the port.
coinmlwrfftirSffi which would haVe
eliminated the clause providing
for a referendum.
Senator Williams of Pasquo
i tank led the opposition to the
| amendment.
The hill then printed the second
i reading with the referendum
iqltuip Included.
This morning the Senate will
give the bill Its final vote and It
; is predicted. baBed on the second
reading vote, that it will pass and
be sent to the House.
The Senate spent all yesterday
afternoon and last night debating
1 the referendum section and did
not adjourn until nearly one
_ o'clock this morning.
The Meosion was resumed at
10:30 this morning.
FIRK AT SAOH HKAI>
Friday night. Jud Peterson of
? Nans Head, lost his home, store,
? stock and household furniture by
fire. Scarcely anything was saved
! as the fire was well under w&yi
; and Mr. Peterson had Just time,
l enough to get bis wife and child-1
ren out of the cottage. His home
was on the sound side at Nags
Head and the origin of the fire Is
i unknown.
i MA11K Tiill* IX TAM>K II
Grice McMullan of Elisabetn
City and Tom McMullan of Hert
ford. now spending some time at i
Nags Head, are reported to have
made a record breaking canoe
trip from Nags Head to Virginia,
Reach this week. They left Nags
Head Tuesday and got back there
Thursday. With both boys still
at Nags Head it was impossible to
learn the details of the trip here
today, but paddling a canoe over
the waves that Intervene between
I 'Nags Head and Virginia Boach, a
distance of 66 miles, is admitted
to be a difficult task.
COOMDTjK OS VACATION
Plymouth. Vt.. Aug. 16. ? Pren- !
Ident Coolldge arrived here this i
morning for a vacation ut hi*
father's home.
Pant Sample of McKeesport. j
Pennsylvania, Is In the oity for a 1
few days visiting his mother, Mrs. i
Mae Sample, on Kast Main street.'
Dirt Farmerette
I Mr*. Huldah Ogden of Mliford. Ky.,
'? Mid to be the ftmt woman hi the
(J. S. to seek nomination oh a candi
date for Conferva* ua a "dirt fanner
1 ette." For IS year* she ha* been
ninntng a largo farm ua well an rula
Ing a large family. She wna a dele-*
Kate to the O. O. I*, convention at
Cleveland.
TIME EXTENDED l!\
THE NAME CONTEST
Several names have been aug
gouted for the Detention Home
for Pasquotank County but not
as many as the board had hqpet!
to receive. In order thai more
names may bo sent in no selec
tion will be made until after
j Ti.txrlnv A i. ?rn at m
"Remember that one dollar Is
[offered for the best name sugges
ted by any child under Ifi years
of age. Any child may
1 whatever assistance he may desire
| but all names must be mailed to
j Rev. O. F. Hill or Mrs. Anna
] Lewis not later than Tuesday,"
says the board.
COl* GBTTIN'U Sl'i;KI>KKS
Johnny Anderson, new County
Traffic Officer, continues to
'?iring speeders Into recorder's
court and to secure convictions.
Two ~<tftTond ants on charges of
speeding before Trial Justico
Spence Saturday were Sam Ilauin
and" Rufus Johnson, who jvere
fined 910 and cost* each.
The only other case in court
Saturday morning was one involv
ing a charge of drunkenness, in
which a fine of $5.01) and costs
wai Imposed upon the defendant,
Lem Hewitt.
Georgia CampMeeting Is
Not What ItUsed To Be
l.illlc Hell and Damnation in Sermon and No Slionliiu;
nt Mourner's Bench But ('rowil* Bin
and (lonvrrU Numerous uh Ever
fly MIIXAKD HKIWil HOV
(OnytlfM. I KM. If Tl?? aimkm)
Atlanta. Auk. IS. ? The old'
fHKlilonr-d Georgia camp meet in' |
iKii't what It uiod to br.
The mooting now In progre?H at
Mount Gllead, near Bon Hill.
<;? >.! la. one of tho oldest and
mopt famoua oatnp mooting
ground" In tho Mate, beam wit
noH? as to how completely that
early inanlfeatatlon of religious 1
ha* U*>en modernise. *4
Shouting by converts, for In
stance, has wholly passed out of
style.
Everybody drives up In a fllv
ver liiHtead of an ox cart or mule,
drawn buggy.
Hell-flro and damnation ru-r
mons have been *upplanted by
more restrained discourses.
Bobbed hair prevails among
the girls.
In fact, thing* generally have
changed, except for three funda
mental particulars:
The fried chicken is as good as .
ever, tho religion Is as sincere, ,
and tho spooning Is as whole
hearted.
Mount Gllead was established
f?0 yearn ago by tho Methodlstn
and has been the scene of many
famous gatherings *lnc? then. In
tho old days people drove to the
meeting ground from all parts of
the state and some came afoot.
Today the numbers have In
creased instead of diminished, hut
thore lan't a hitching rack on the
ground*. Farmer*, business m? n
and preachers all drive up In au
tomobile* and park Instead of
hitch. Various nlyles of bobbed
hair are exhibited by flapper*
from Atlanta. Macon, and Augu*
ta. and short skirts are much In
evidence.
Four services a day are held
with preaching at each - -one In
the morning, two In the afternoon
and one at night Conversions sre
frequent, but the converts take
their salvation quietly, without
shouting.
The sermons are preached In a
long open ahed called the "ar.*.,
bor." Just as they were yeara ago.
The ,?tents?, for thoae who wish I
to live on llii* camp ground our
Ing the? meeting ar?? wooden
nhack*. unpainted itii'I Weather
beaten. with the shingles curling
from age. Win n mule drawn v? ?
hide* mad?? locomotion a sli'W
proce**, many "tinted" on tin
camp ground!*. Hut In thin age of
flivver* most of the congregation
prnrrrn to return home for ttt^"
night, sometime* travelling dis
tance* of 30 to 50 mile*.
Following the flr*t sermon
preached at 11 o'clock in the
morning, dinner In nerved on long
barbecue table*. Fried chicken,
rosst beef. barbecued hog. cake.i
studded with nut* and frosted
with Icing. ssndw|ch?* anil Muffed
egg* are heaped there and the
motto 1*:
"No one *hall go away h ti(n
g ry."
J. L, Peacock, who ha* been
attending camp meeting at Mount
fiilead for 60 year*, I* one of the
old-timers who doe* not think
much of the change*.
"When people got religion hack
In those day*, they r<*ally got It."
he nay*. "The mlnl*ter* scorched
the sinner* with aermona on hell
Are and damnation, and the con
verted believed in shouting over
their happlne** You could tejl a
cainp meeting half a mile elf by
the nhoutlng and Hinging I re
call one time when five good peo
ple got religion M or" of the
night service*. and knelt at the
altar nearly all night, whip- the
preacher prayed over them and
the choir mux, It wax dawn and
the Are had burn<d to aahe* when
the meeting broke up
"t remember once when a black
*nake long a* my arm nwunv
down from one of the crow* beam*
by It* fall and Brother Tlobblns
snatched it down and running
outside popped It* head off *nd
never disturbed the meeting.
"And the food In those day*
people cooked a whole hog. ?
yard full of chlckena and cake by
the armfull In preparation for
camp meeting."
U .K. I IT DEI.AYED
INDEFINITE . TIME
Wu^UiiiKton, Aug. 111. Depar-I
tun- from lleyjavnlk. Iceland, of;
tin* American Army airplane* in
llf Win lit flight may Im* delaycj
i ii ?l? finitely to await Improved i
coiidillDiin, it was indicated by a !
lili'.Ksa lie from Lieut. Lowell i
Smith. tiiUii commander. ro
.r.'.Hnl I ill Ii, ? Mi- Jin- ? llmirral
Patrick, chief of the Air Service. J
Tin- iiuwuki' as dated yestcr- i
day and told of new delays due]
to lo?? and .other circumstances
and added **will leave here as
soon as practicable."
UTO-ltl <i?.V tOl.LISlON
ON lll.ltiliMIl) II Kill WAY
ll.rl(..r.l. Win:. i?. j.'TT J..r
dan. Hertford Itoute Three, is
nurshiK a had eiit on his head and
VV4U>> -of ilulvidiTc .ia suf- ,
ferinu Willi bud bruises from head
to foot ai a result of a huRgyand
auto collision Wednesday night at
tii?' Hertford road near the home
of .1 W llalstead.
A Kurd roadster driven by Bert
Smith vt lUlvidere ran into a
klior***? and? buggy- team driven by
Joe K<> nobis, colored, of Hert
ford Route Three. Neither of the
drivers wire seriously hurt. Jor
dan was riding wth the negro
whll*' Wiley was In the car with
Smith. *
Tlw roadster_was going toward
Hertford ami the buggy was go
ing in the opposite direction.
Neither the car or buggy carried
lights. The negro saw the Ford
I apparently headed too near him
land haled Smith but the driver of
the automobile evidently did not
neat* him noon enough to slow his
car down to any considerable de
gree.
At any rate when the automo
bile struck the front wheel of the
hnr.Ky both the ear and buggy
turned over and the horse lapsed
himself from harness and ran
' mnvn IIH IH If K road nnUI lie was
held up and taken back to the
j scene of the accident.
The top was pmashed off the
car, the windshield broken and
i the steering wheel was knocked
; off and its spokes smashed to
splinters. The buggy was robbed
of one wheel with another badly
'smashed. One of the trarors was
i stripped across the hood ??f the
automobile. There were probably
'other damages to both the auto
| mobile and buggy that could not
be observed at night.
Bert Smith, driver of the Ford,
i said that the llghta went out
?Just he fori* he met the buggy and
that ho had planned to stop at Mr.
Ha 1st cad's to see If he could get
i some bulbs. Mr. Smith .looked to
i>" about years old while Mr.
.Wiley who rode with him Is pro
bably around HO. J. H. Jordan,
who rode with tlie negro. Is a
young man, probably not over 2f?
"years of age. Tlve negro appeared
j lo be about fifty years old. "A
Imrso and buggy aint got no show
on the road thcue days" Reynolds
declared after the accident. *
J. W. Halslead and his family
played the role of good neighbors
to the Injured, dressing their
; wounds nnd otherwise helping
them in every way possible.
FRANKS' IIKAMNC;
n vm.K of vrn s
<n? ThJ AMir||i*d r !#?*.!
('hlmxo, August 16 The
Fran kK hearing today developed
Into a two hour wit and won!
battle between the chief defense
counsel, narrow, and Dr. H. D.
Singer. the mate's fourth attentat,
with State's attorney, Crowo and
Harrow also wrangling.
At Currituck <1iiirrhm
Powi'II'h Point. Auk M- ? Rev.
('. A Vandermeulen will prmch
Sunday morning at 11 o'clock at
ChlRjark Haptiat church and
Sunday aflrriinnn at 3 fl'finfK at
Rehohoth Haptiat church.
M'NKItAI* MICH. KIlWAItim
Hertford, Aug. 16 - Kunnral
m-rvlcca of Mrs. J. R. Edwards of
this rity. who dlad Thursday at
Guilford County Sanatorium,
were hold nt the Wplsoopal ('fttirch
h'-r Saturday aflor noon at four
o'clock.
Or. R. R. Drane of Rdonto>i
conducted the service* In thfl
absence of thn roctor Rev. Mr.
JillRon. who Ir In Tenne*Bee on
Ills vacation.
Mra. Edwards la survived by a
thrr<- months old daughter. I'atlie
Rawllng* Ed wards; hy her hus
hand. J. R. Edwards who Is pri
vate secretary to Congressman
II S. Ward; hy her mother and
father. Mr. and Mrs. Sydney M.
Mr M ii Han of Kdenton; her grand
mother. Mra. J. M. Whedbea of
th?H place, and an uncle, CharHa
Whedher\ also of Hertford as well
an a number of distant rolatlves
nt Hertford, Kdenton and Ellxa
heth Clly.
Before har tnarrlag* Mra Kd
wafds was Miss Camilla McMul
*an of Ed'-nton She Wl| a gra
duate of St Mary's College and
was well known and liked by
friend* at Elizabeth City, Hart
ford and Kdenton.
COTTON MARK FT
N ? w York. Aug. 16 ? Spot cot
ton cloaed quiet at noon today,
declining 10 polnta. Middling
26.70.
Kilt urea closed today at tho fol
lowing levels Oct. 26.12, Dee.
26.46, Jan 26 34. March 25.66,
May 26. *2.
Ford In Coal Business
On a Bigger Scale Now
llax Born Supply i Kuril Employe* Willi Coal for
Some 'i'iinr lint Now I'rrpuriiiK Supply All Motor
("nr lmlii?lrv mi Likra mid I'rrlmii* I'll III if
SENATOR WALSH
FLAYS COOLIDGE
Prownilor of Oil Injtiry
mnl Demorrntir (ihuir*
man Yigorotin in Denim-'
riutinn (f. (). I'. Nominee
? Helena. Mom., auk.? mr-Tho
attitude of President Coo I Id go to
ward tho oil dlaclosurrs wuj* as
sailed In strong terms here last .
nlrht bjr - Senator Thomas
Walsli. of Montana, pnisccutor of '
The SehftlG Oil Cnmmtttrn ami
chairman cf tin- Democratic Na
tional Convention.
Th? President, h?? declared, is
giving no thought to tlx* more se
rious aspects of the nil scandal,'!
now that hi* ha* turned Ihe cvl 1
i denco over to Government cuun
jsel.
"IIi? doesn't think about It at
all," said Senator Walah with ref
. ore nee to the policy Involved In
I the Fall leasing program, "aim- ?
ply hecauao he hasn't the Intel lee- I
I tual or moral vigor necessary to
! auch a proceeding. He
lias neither tho talenta, the fore-"', I
the intellectuul vigor nor Ilia pen- 1
aitlveneaa to official misconduct i
that tho American pmple export |
and demand of a rresidenl of Mi/'j
j United State*. "
I The Senator's condemnation of j
i Mr. Coolldge's attitude, delivered
[In the courao of an address op
i?nlng tho Democratic campaign in
(Montana, waa followed hy a t rib- ?
jute to John W. Davis aa "a fitting,
I choice to lead a fight for clean
Government," of proven ability
'and "progressive in thought and'
action."
\ To tho candidacy of Senator
! LaFollette the speaker made no
direct reference, but he paid a til- ,
1 l?ute to hla colleague, Senator
? Burton K. Wheeler, the I?aPo!-|
[Tetto candidate for the Vice Pre*- 1
j Idency, for hla services as prose-)
[cutor of the Senate Dougherty
I committee.
! "You may indulge In any view !
you like touching his course in
aligning himself with the fortunes'
of Senator l^aPollette," he said 111 :
reference to Senator Wheeler.
| "You must take your hats off to
jhirn for tho service ho did the
'country In driving from office a
| member of the cabinet notorious
I ly unfit, an achievement to his.
| credit before ho had been In the,
donate a single year. In the his-'
tory of this Nation there Is no 1
similar example of sudden rise to
1 fame."
Senator Walsh declared thei
four leading Issues of the cani-j
palgn- to- -tm--*-' honesty
ment, the revenue law. the tar
iff. and tho policy of Isolation." |
; The difference ? between the Mel
j Ion tax plan and "the Democratic
plan now in operation." ho said, i
i formed a clear line of demarca
tion between the pollclea of the
Republican and Democratic, par- ]
ties. Tho^ Republican tariff, h" |
said, bad "robbed the farmer,"
whllo the Republican foreign pol- 1
Icy had contributed nothing to
iWard reconstruction expect to |
I send abroad a species of "eaves
dropper*" to watrh the course of
! others.
Referring to the reparation* nc
? Reflation* conducted by ? Hharleo
0. Dawes and Owen D Young.
'the Senator pointed out that they
went abroad as private Individu
als. with "no authorization from
our Government." and continued:
"The saddening part of the
whole affair Is that Dawes and
i Young acted a* the representa
tive* of a group of luternationnl
bank its, who actually took the
?conduct of our foreign affairs out
I of the hands of our Government
and are themselves directing the
course of tho present exchanges
about the council table In Lon
don."
! The Montana Senator prefaced
bin discussion of the oil scandal
with a review of Iho Senate In
|qulrtM Into the Veterans Hiircau.
the Department of Justice and oil
leasing. coupled with reference*
alno to tho "throe major scan
dals" of th" Tuft administration.
th?? Archbold Impeachment. tho
l<orlmer caso, and tho Mailing' r
affair.
"The Republican party." he
said, "haa twlco befn found want
ing and flak* to he tried a third
time, if there were any evidence
of repentance, Ihe country might
b?* disposed to take another
chance. The danger to free Gov
ernment Ilea In thfc fsct that ft*
publican leaders affect to reheard
tho revelations aa of no great oon
naqucnce, the ni Indeed* o* their
1 associates aa matters of course, or
manifestation*, an the President
expressed It. of after-the-war psy
chology. He cxprcMMcd surprise,
not that the rottenness e tlsted.
hut that there wan not more of it.
"Lord nave 110. one may rever
ently remark, how could there be
more? Our annals will be
searched In vain for any record;
^T?y J. ?'? ii??IJS
MM. h' T"
v N?'w York. Ai*. !?' -Hflory
Fonl 1? n?ln* ??>?? ">?? r*,,*u 2S?
bu.lne,* In th" ,Northw0?t Thta
fact Iiuh become* known with tne
arrival at Duluth of the BMlOi
Ford. one of the Ford Motor Com-^
pahy* -
Captain Mayo, manager of tne
Ford flout. announced that the coal
brought to til.; In 11 'I "t the ItkM
by tin- F<irrl (ltd would tint ?
u*ed to till thi- ?ewl? "t tho t?
rlous automobile plants In the
North wool -and that th<* remaind
er would bo. sold to the public.
At first. Mayo added, the coal
would ho disposed of ,n carload
Iota and salen offices will be op
ened -both In. Duluth and In St.
Paul or Minneapolis.
Sfaxo will rcLum- Lo Lbe Jiead
of tho lakes from a final trip to
Detroit for Instructions on the
Henry Ford II next week when
i he final plans for distribution and
handling of the fuel will be made
public. Tho Ford boats, which
carry coal to tho head of the
lakes, will loail Iron ore at Duluth
for the Ford plants at River
Houice. Mlrh. Two additional
boats now under construction will
be plnced In operation within m
short tlm". Extensive Improve
ments hIho will bo made to the
Duluth docks to facilitate hand
ling of this traffic.
Ford recently offered to buy
tho dock, now in tho hands of re
reivers, outright for ffi&O.OOO but
|Ll(t , Mm J HI I IIHII
nients are completed, however, by
which he secures tho use of the
property for a rental of $70,000
a year.
Within the last few year*. Ford
has acquired a coal acreage In
Kentucky of tremendous prodnc-'
lion possibilities. For some time,
ho has sold coal and coko to hit
own employes In Detroit at lew
than tho doaler* prices, being in
un advantageous position through
transporting of coal from hit own
mines over hln own railroad. The
new plan for tho Northwest there*
fore, would seem to mark as-ev
en greater expansion of activities.
The operation of vessels to carry
automobile parts alone to the
head of the lakes for trana-ehip
niont to various Western assem
bling plants by rail scarcely would
be profitable, but. with his vesaela
carrying coal up and ore down, ,
the handling of Ford parta at
loatt pnrt way by water seems
likely to be seriously considered.
The movement of coal over the
Groat Lakes has already suffered
recessions this uenson. Kstlmntea
based on shipments to upper lake
ports from Cleveland and "ther
Lake Krle harbors so far thle
year. Indicate that the coal trans
ported up to the closo of naviga
tion will fall seven million tont
bnlnw ?be tot*i "f ? M.OM.W
tona carried In 1923.
i The Iron ore movement on the
lukos also has taken a decided
drop this season, and now la
scarcely expected to reach 45.000,
000 tons, as compared with a to
tal of 69.noo.ooo tons laat year.
This Is due in sonm part to re
cession of activity at the Iron end
st?el plants but It also hat been
affected by the coal situation.
JVessIs have be*n unable to op
erate at a profit unlesa thay
could secure full coal cargoet up
tho lakes and carry ore down.
Many lake vf?scls have *****
wtthrtmwTi frnm srrTlc^ abd
thrre are now nearly 10?, /*?***
in the Idlo fleet. Even If there
were a striking Improvement In
the movement of lake traffic, the
Keaaon now Is so short Jkat the
Idlo time could scarcely be
up before Ice closes the harbort.
MAN HTIHN'(il,KH WHILK
CIIAXCIINCJ M\THI \<i HCITH
Wilmington Aug. 1?. James
Morris of flrccnsborn strangled to
doa'h vrsinrday while changing
bathing suits in the turf.
BODY <>F SOCIALIST
FOUND NKAR HOME
iKr At AkmUIH Pr??l
Homo, Aug. 16. ? Th<- body of
Olacomo Matteottl, Soctallat dep
uty who dlaappi>ar<'d June 12. bun
born found five mil** from Rome
noar tho gpot whore hlw coat ?u
found aome llm r ??o, Rome pa
in r? announced today. ,-j
Ml'llDKIIVCK C'AI*TI'HKD
MARKS 4 OM KMMIOK
I."xlnd(on. N. C. Auk Ifi -John
I.eaK. charged with murdering
Charles Garwood, taxi driver, laat
wrek. waa captured nrar (.aurnna.
South Carolina. yowt*rd?f and
rotifi aaed the erlme.
bearing comparison to It. Ona
cabinet mam bar under Indictment |
and already Condemned by public
opinion 1tr bribery, another djrf
en from *tr -ntrtr
public opinion, n third fort*,
rr-tlro for ntupldly permitting i
canno#ra to pillage the o||
aorvea no eaaentlal to the Natl<
aafoty."