North Carolina Newspapers

"OL. XIV. FINAT7 EDITION ELIZABETH CITf, NORTH CAROLINA, SATURDAY EVENING. Al ?Tl ST 23. 1!>21. FOUR PAGES. NO. 201 Smiles Of Providence On Lord's Acres In Georgia ('ouiitry Pastor's IMun of Financing Country ( iliurclio Spreading Over an Kntir<? Stale* unci May lie Adopted Throughout South n> >111.1, Mil) I KIUil SON ICotrriCil. I VI 4. By T?t Atf?*ner) 'la.. Aiu. '"Lord's scattered throughout $uuth i'fti Uiiuii protect - ?<r. Birniliiuly h.v P'v'Rio "ProY f "itrtiriV from tin* !???! I weevil, the potato bug. th?' uruiy worm, an-l ?all 41m* -??tlu e |?etda thai ?leac*?ud upon crops. Th?*o r.MO acres planted for t !?? ? I.ord siri' flourishing in a way that is regarded hy some as a miracle. They seem to get more of t h< -I r share of sunshine and of rain than plants across the fence in neighboring fields. ? hounnful ? hart? -been- -th?? rropg mi Hm-hi1 ants, planti'd hy I hi* members of 100 country churches In Georgia, that the produce from them promises t<> yield ? ill "Vast I50.000. Those crop3 will ho noil) by chujrli com-, mitt eon, and tin* money devoted to church work, such as payment of tho pastor's salary. Tho acres are the Lord's ncn-s. in that everything planted on thoin will bo used in tho nanir of the Lord. Tliis Lord's aero plan to help finance tho country churches wn? Begun :t vt-nr ft go hy the Wnfffon llaptist a Church, at Arlington. Oeorkla". and now promises to spread throughout Iho country. tn.mlin'-i I frl't itl -UUmn hope that in a few year* there will In- Lord's acres plantod la overt state in the I'nion. The llev. H. M. Mtdton. pas tor Of the niuffton llaptist Church ami originator of the plan, drew Up an agreement last year thai seven of his members sinned. The a^rieinctil reads as follows: "We, the undersigned farmer members of the ItlufTton llaptist Church hereby agree to plant, culllvalo and harvest one arre from our farm, said acre to bo k no v. ii as tlie laird's acre ? Wr axree to turn the proceeds of said acre In to a committee appointed hy tho church. They aro to dis pose yf same and distribute tho funds derived from It In audi way as we may Instruct." The agreement wa? signed by J. II. Goodman. l)auss King. K. L. <L>. A- M Hubbard. J. K. Shaw, vr. C,. W it'll, and J. A. Mansfield. The hoi I weevil wa* worse that year than it ever has been In (b orgiu. Fields rn-ar Arlington were swept clean. Many crops were complete fuilureN. Hut the ai res devoted to tin* l.ord seemed protected by the hand of provi dence. people from all over the state visited these farms and they no ticed two thiims: Klrst. the lord's Acre was the best aero on each farm, though ' 'Mffepart Icii ^TriTT T^vf*" no mo?? fertile than artjolnlnn acres and received no better cultivation. In fact. In I?auss King's case the lord's Acre was iiejflectod as far as measures against the hell wee vil were concerned. He "left the weevil to the Lord." Second, the crops generally on the farms ??f the seven signers of the agree ment were better than their neighbors' crops. 'The belief spread ahoul that a miracle had been accomplished, that the Lord rewarded the farm ers. rewarded the farms who had planted an acre in his name. Newspapers mint* It ntfirlea ithniH the Mini's acres and In a short while Dr. Melton, the pastor, the Newspaper at Arlington, the post master. the mayor, the bank all were receiving letters inquiring If It really were true that the lord's acres had borne with a frultful rlps that suagested a miracle. Dr. Melton at first tried to an 'swer all the letters, then they became so numerous that he had a form printed and mailed It in reply. llaptist hoari'iunrtcrs in Atlan ta Investigated the Ixird's Acre ^lan. and declared it was one, of ie nnesi methods ever devised for solving the financial problems of the country rhurches. I)r Arch free, one of the leaders of the llaptist Church In Georgia. pre pared a tract explaining the plan, anil this tract was used by field workers In urging the rural rhurches to give the method a t r I :? I . This year, to the astonishment of llaptist headquarters, one bun dled churches in Georgia alone have taken up the plan and through their members have planted an average of five acres o piece; Near Arlington the finest stalk of cotton recently was taken.. Irpm it l.ord'a Acre, and Just across the _ iy.r. in an adjoining fb Id. the. j\ t stalk was sulecied from mi ncr< planted by a man who had .not devoted any of his crop to th? Lord The land was the same, the cultivation had been the same, and >et. the atalk from the lord's arri cullLttiUud L-l holla, whlb* (bat from 'he nearby sere contained only 21 bolls, This same dlfTer rtice applied eenerally to the crops on the two acres. Mrs. Ollbert James left Friday for Nags Head where she will Upend several days. DAWES ATTACKS DAVIS SPEECH Opening Campaign " i ft Maim-. Kepnhlieaii Yiei% Presidential .Nominee. ^ age* W arm Fight. Augusta, Me.. Aug. 23. ? Charles (J. Duwen. Republican mamiuiu -fur Vt?? l'retiltlvni. d** dared In liis address h?*r*? today that he wan "oppoHftd" to flu* Ku Klux Klan although ho realized that many had Joined it in the in terest of law and order. Augusta, Me., Auk. 23. ? An answer to John \V. Davis' accep tanee. some comment on the tar iff. and definition of his own trade union opinions were deliv ered by Charles cJ. Da wen. Repub lican vlee-presldei?llal nominee, here today in opening the na tional republican campaign in .M ft file. tie said Mr. Davfs* speech indi cated^ "personal high purpose." hut whs the kind of oratorical presentation "designed to put to >l. e|V l/acMciU I H I fl K Iflg . TT was unfair. Dawes said. to' main tain that individual dereliction in a grc.at organization "alone Justi fies the demand that an adminis tration should be thrown to one side." lie referred to Davis' "ora torical appeal" to install in pow er "a party which has demonstrat ed in the past 'business incapaci ty." Of Davis' attitude on foreign relations, be remarked: "It sounds well to say. as Mr. Davis . d?p?. ' if 1 |>r- -ilil America uill sil as an equaT among equals, whenever she sit* at all.' This has been true, of course, at alt times." He thought the Inference from \1r Day la sneeih was that such a matter as the "expert commit teo" would have go?ie to the Sen ate for sanction, and predicted that there In "futile debate" American participation "would have perished because the Sen would not have allowed the word ?official' to attach to it." Regarding Davis' attitude on the league. Dawea asked: "Hut Is ho practically constructive?" Dawes added: "With him *1 would wel come the duy when this great question would be entirely lifted ckhmany has now HEK ONLY CHANCE; |R? T>>? AHOcliIrd Po?l ((??rim. Auk. London CiHifcrpft^ fo r-?*fau m* hint; the Duwch r?'if>*Hjxfn plsn aave (!rr many a chance which is not lik* ly lo be renewed if she reject* it tins time. wax Chancellor Marx's warning to the Keiclistai; today In the course of a carefully phrased hut impressive discussion ?d London negotiations. Ft'NKUAL i\ T. MX ITT The funeral oi C. t. ScoTC wl?6 1 died suddenly from a heart attack 1 \\> tlu-sday niyht. was conducted uf his roHldpnrc^mrrWvKt Church " street, Friday afternoon at 4 o'clock l?y his pastor. Dr. S. H. -Tejupleman, -of the KinU. -Daptist . Church. A quartet composed of Mrs. J. W.? Foreman, Mrs. Thor burn liennett. J. W. Foreman and J. S. Seeley sang "Abide With Me" and "Rock of Ages." Active pallbearers were: Calvin Twlddy. C. I*. Harris. W. Hen Goodwin. M. P. Jennings. J M. Will ka, J ohiL W ells. J . H . itallard. , .and Frank Parker. Honorary pallbearers were: W. T. Love, Sr.. J. (1. Gregory. J. L. Pritchard, W. A. llrock. C. A. Cooke. A.J. Scott, and J. J. Whiter The Odd ; Felloww had charge of the cere- , monies at the g'rave. Mr. Scott Is survived by his , wife. Mrs. Sophie V. Scott: three, daughters, Mrs. (I. H. Davis of Wceksvllle, Mrs. J. S. Tuck?T_flf . Hertford, ai d Mrs. w. c. Twiddy of this city; ot)o son. S. tl. Scott of this cltv; two brothers. S. W. -Scott and Walter Scott <?f Weeks viHe; thre?; WKlfT?, Mm Jennie IVrrell. Mrs. Willinm Halstead. Sr.. and Miss Kin ma Scott , all of Weeksvllle; and 1.1 grandchll d re n . The funeral was largely at tended and the numerous floral offerings attested the high esteem of many friends. . Among those attending the funeral from out of town were: Rev. W. T. Halstead of Summerville. South Carolina,, and Mervin Scott of Oceana. Vir ginia. THK FIXN'K OF HWANH liOl'fillT COOI. HPftCLL Hells Island. Aug. 23. ? A flock of swans arrived In this section a few duys ago and right behind "TIH'lit "win rnitl weather. Local weather prophets are explaining ; it. . WILL MKKT .MONDAY 1 A special m"etlnir nt 111" Imifhl of managers of the Pasquotank Detention Home will be held In the office of the aecrctary-treas urer. M. P. Jennings. Monday morning at 11 o'clock. above the plane of partisan poli tics," " and then said "the situa tion demands some consideration of the practical question how things are going to be done." The Republican program, he con tinued , offers I he only present policy possible of accomplishment It'sNot^'BrotherChariey" But Charles W. Bryan N o w . William JrmiiiifgM Taken a Bark Seat aiul 1 1 in Wido ly Heralded Rrolhcr Step* Forward Into Hole of I/ending Scion of the Bryan Family IU LHO 4. KYAN (C??yri?*iL 1*14. If Th? A?va?c?) Lincoln. Noli., Aug. 23. ? "It's rharl??R W. Itryan, and brother ' WilHaw" luilii.i nut "Wini.im 1 Jenninu* Itryan an?l brother Charley."' Twenty-flve thousand people witnessed here Monday night a transfer of political crowns un equalled In the history of the I'nlted Stated/ The Itryun birth rli;ht In Democratic politic* h* ' far a* It In possible to bequeath , such a heritage, whs pawed from the hand* of William Jennings to, tin- new Ktar, Charles W. the hlth- ; erto lens widely heralded "brother Charley." In every art of Hip Commoner! ? Htf ? tfcrr ? thrrr ? w** plaln evidence that this waa hi* brother's day that these were to be his brother'a day* and that he himself hud definitely and per manently taken sec?>nd place in the family. "No brother waa ever happier in a brother to succe?*d him in , politics," the Commoner told the j notification ceremony crowd, in the brief speech which he Maid waa to be merely hla "benedic tion" upon his brother's future career. . A week aao the local demand for an address from Wlllinm Jen nings as a part of the notification program became so great that ttre committee decided to place him on the program for 40 min ute*. Sunday this addreaa wan canr* lied at the request, of flroth er William himself. He explained that "thla Is to be Charley's day and I do not Intend to dctrac* from It the least bit On a doaen occasions durinx the jnmt win HTnnPW the noil Hca-* tlon. when the habit of more than 30 years' atandinic led com mittee* and the public to pay first, deference to the old war horse, (Brother William Inalated that . Ciiarica ^W^nniat have I he flrau place, that he waa now the first 1 Itryan. When photographers were grouping the two nryaiiH with an old school friend from the family hoiin- in UbImu. IIHwHw. mid wia Keatcd that William Jennings be the center of the group. he de murred and placed Charles W. In the central position. The name resignation was evident when he in*lat<>d on being the last member of the governor's party to ascend . the nprakerH* platform before the notification coremony began. On the platform, he insisted on tak ing a seat on the extreme edge, as fur from the center as he could get. And on his face, nn lie lis toned to ills brother's acceptance speech, there was an expression of admiration. Whenever Charles" W. approached, in his speech, the ; epiKiamniatfr fire which has char acterized llryan eloquence for 30 years, a satisfied amlls passed ov- i er the old warrior's fac?- as he leaned forward, nodding his head in approval When the speaker took a full thrust at the Repub licans, glee spread over the Com* i owner's face. The crowd. however. wan not so ready to accept the transfer of laurel* When William Jennings insisted that his "benediction' would last but a minute or two. th" people shouted "*o on. go on" with litt consideration for what th?? Commoner called the "pro prieties." There wa* na qualification In brother William's endorsement of the Democratic ticket In his speech. "The f>emocratlc party never had two standard bearers more worthy of the confidence of the tolliriK maw* than It will have In Oils campaign/* Tfe said , Mrs. Itryan. wlfs of the Vice Presidential nominee, was not present on the platform, flhe sat In the background, as she has kept In the background during tha of husband's . tlclpation in polltlca. Hia la to bv> the glory, hera the satisfaction of , silent participation. Fliwer, "Pet" of Air Service K baby airplane, now the pel" of th? air acrvW. weighing only 400 pounds and consuming on*' gullon of Ktwllne for 30 imlea. ha? arrivel at McCook Field. Dayton. sfier ? ISuO-mUs journey froin Kelly Field. T?*xa*. The plane, with a wlrig spread of but 18 feet. pllote?! by Llrtl'TKiniM B Phillip*, proudly noaed Into the field and took Its place along vide P. a l?lf brothers, it -is colled ?b<? Atourtf" and con mok?? |?% mn? i??r h-mr WOMAN MAY BE TEXAS GOVERNOR \ Hlfrs Deriding Today Be tween Mrs. Miriam Fer |!HM)ii and llcr ku klux Opponent. U> J.lMtJi U. RK( ()UU d'ui^iitht. 1931. b? Til* Adttivei Forth Worth. Texas. Aug. 2S. ? After today the Democratic donkey in Texas will wear either' a suntmnnt ur a hood. A sun bonnet, if Miriam A. Fer guson I* nominated (or governor ! by the antl-klnn fuel ion. .Mr*. . Ferguson is tbe first woman in Amcrira to run for governor. A hood, if Judge Felix D. Ro bertson. the Ku Klux Klan- choice, l? successful. The Issue ip all races, governor 1 lo comptroller, is clear cut ? tho Klan being the dividing line. Ef ' forts to divert the attention of public to other issues have failed | and each side Is taking its all on this primary, thi ?tuond onr In 7 four weeks. The first primary failed to develop a majority for any candidate in any of the sev 1 en Important state races. Young klan prosecutor, who has Mml to the penitentiary a number of floggers wearing the hood and sheet mLsscd his majority by a few hundred votes only, and con ? sequent ly lie in expected to run away, from his Klan opponent hi the rare for attorney general. However, his is (he only race where the result Is not In some doubt though anti-KIanners are expected to win In the majority, i In l he first primary. 720, U00 : Texan* voted. Because of the In tense bitterness the present cam pnign has amused, even more ar< ; ?ap*? ti ii'-trr ?ri- Tn' -i,!n?"Aana ?;.Tr ' urday. InlereHt Is centered In the cam paign f? ? r governor. Opposed are Mrs. .Miriam A. Ferguson, whose husband was refused u place on the ticket because he had been Impeached and removed from of fice. and District Judge Felix 1). ' Robertson of Dallas. Antl-KI.ni forces are lined up solidly behind , the woman. The indorsement of Robertson by tbe Klan is public ly announced. These two are Ihe survivors from a field of irtne, who entered in tho first primary July 26. The Klan figured In tbe flnt ahwllnn ami mnaultmM nm iml lows: Hnrton tKlani 29.212; Murk lett (jintl-Klan) 21.X66; Collins (Klan i 25,321; Lynch Davidson, (anil Klan) 141.020; WhlN* Dav j Idson (antl-Klan) 124.321; Dix on (did not raise issue) 4.183; Mrs. Ferguson (antl-Klan > 146. 777; Pope (antl-Klan) 17,453; Robertson (Klan) 192.692. In the first primary, the Klan '?entered on Robertson following s conference of Keagles, Titans and Cyclops, and be was the high man in (he run off. However, 'the iniRl Klin vMnT rigured on th - basis of each candidates standing, showed the state as a whole antl Klan by about two to one. Many antl-Klan leaders, whose Influences had been distributed over a wide field of candidates, were disappointed that one of tho Davidsons fslled to got In the run the previous record of Ferguson. The latter, while governor, had been impeached and removed from office because of his finsn cial deals and for many years had not been In the Democratic party, having cast riM lot with t.he American parly. Ferguson also bad bn?-n an an ti-prohihlttorilst and had b*en none too enthusiastic In support Of I be war pollc !??? of Woodrow Wilson He had been denied a place on the primary ticket but, be entered his wife's nam?' In stead. In the campaign now drawing to a close. Robertson has centered his attacks on tha Fnrau* snn record jThI has declared tba. prohibition Is the lasun and not the Klan The women supporting Mrs. Ferguson are wearing sunhonnets and are shouting as tholr battle self has sppeared at most of the campslgn rallies and In a number of instances has made prolonged DAKKOW IM.KADS I OK YOl'NC CHIMIN \I S Chicago. Auk. 23.? Clarence S. Diirrnw agrflti m A t his rlii quence, logic and philosophy to-! day his a ppi'iit (o Judge John H . Oavorly for merry lowunl Ilichard and Nathan Leo pold. Jr.. denouncing the bar Uu ci ty of hanging and making fierce -denunciation of the tostiniony of th- state's nlienl*ts. BOTH HOUSES != ? finish mm (frnrral Assembly Itrjret* <!liiltl Labor AiiH'iiiliiinil, State (ollrp Tukrs Over State Fair. Kaloigli. Aug. 23. Tli. extra (cession of (he North Carolina j General Ass. nthly adjourned at hoon today. Raleigh. Aug. 23. Aft or hand ling a mans of local h'glslation 1 lie CI- neral Assembly f ??n tirl that it could not adjourn Ihhi night be .cause of the engrossing of th" ? hills and both house* h? lri their up their business and went honi. I,flm night the Federal amend in on t to thn constitution regulat ing rhIWI labor was rejerted in the llou*e by n viva vore vote. It previouaty had been rejected in the Senate. A bill was panned whereby the J.'tato College will take over tic* State Fair and operate it for ten yearn. TIIKKK kll.l.KI) IN fh;iit with iianih i Chief of Police Martin Fold. Pa trolman Thomas Thornton and an unidentified man said to huve boen a paroled convirt were killol and the chiefs win was seriously wounded in a gun fight hero to day when the patrolman found a mun trying to break Into u store. (WTTON CIIOP FtHtWAHT Wai-hingtori. Aug. 2.'!. \ eot ton crop of 12.ori6.onti equivalent of 600 pound l>alen wan the fore :?wd today by the Dcpar'.mei.t o. Apr.tulture. The figurrs represent od an in *rea?f of ?nr..huii hnlow n..r forecast of a fortnight ago. the '?rop responded to better growing condition*. \F.W AUTO ROAD WILL UK KIMHIiKh SOON Rolls Island. Aug 2:i The auto road to 11*11'* Inland will be completed and open to truffle in about three Week*. I'XION HKHYICKH Hl'Mi.W Union services will b? con ducted Hunday night at fight o'clock at the First Methodic church by Rev. Daniel Litnn. A special Invitation I* extended to xtrangera and visitors. address**. However, sr a general rule she calls forward her hus band. after ?'(leaking a few words, explaining that "Jim will talk for me." Kach candidate ha* drawn thousands of voter* afternoon and night and the prediction It made that Texan will net a new record In voting strength The general opinion Is that Un political fate of I'nituiL .Stales Senator Mayfiold. now under fire In Washington, because of his Klan affiliation, is at Make in this election. Overthrow of the Klan Would result, it Is exported in formidable opposition to May field four years hence. Its trl umph would leave hint secuf? at least temporarily. : In the aa von races which will bn decided are 14 candidates; 7 Klan and 7 antl-Klan. It is the first time th e anti Klan for ces have given formidable battle to their oprponentn since the in jection of the fnnue four years ? HIV.' " TlNTTMHrtt of the etf'tlntf ' will have a decided effect on the trend of Texan polltltn for the next fonr years. ITALIAN \M\TOIt CAVT BK KOI 'Nl> Washington. Aug. 23. -.-The Air St?i vii >? reo? ivctl t?f - lici'l word of ih.> arrival of til* world ilit'i.-i at ? iSroculaiid. l.ii-iii. Hi. Italian avlutor, who wa trailing I li<> world tiler*, is Ins' mid an all day search of (?ret'iilaiul waifr* fall:. I to fin<t him. Washington. Ai:>s. 2't. Com prehensive plans to match 011 ian?l and seas I ? ?r I he missing -M-m-I ?ho ? m-v la I of. f-.f n*ntT*ili7':~'WrTT"": made today l>y cruisers Mil wan I. e a ltd IliHn.iond. according to U^rtMU'iit today -= ? St Johns. Newfoundland. Aug. 2:!. -The manager of tin- Marco til t'nmj'nnT's *f7irtnn*-tier'**-Tmtsr5?Tf~ ceivcd a message from tho cruiser Lawrence off tho Indian llarnoi, Labrador, declaring that tho! Am. rim n fliers were at1 Indian Harbor Sunday. SU \l'l'lN(i POTATOES FOK lulls Island. Aug. 2.1. ? Swept potatoes an- bringing $7 h barrel barrels wit** Hold there Monday ami ahonU 8UU bar ruin ai Coin fork : At this rat" everybody around hero will bo getting flivvers and new k 11 its for "Sunday beat." bIKK CAMI' MKKTIXI1 It lis IsJand. Auk. 2.1. -Currl lu. k wall and landing "looked Ilk ? a tamp fifctTilig Sunday The road was filled with flivver* and otlor rarn for half a mile each way and many people enjoying fresh air. IAIU2K IIUAH SKKMS Tot ltlNta ? 1 Kiirri rK Currituck. Aug. 23. ? A large black hear has ;?een visiting Cur rituck .Maple and Hell's Island laloly. Cleve Mathlas. local boar hunter, is folding and training bis hounds to meet Mr. Ilruin. for In Ik a Idg one. 1 1 in mate and young one* are also said to have been seen walking about. IIIKIIKH I.AI'DS < MtOI.INA ACTION Washington, Aug. 21. Sena lor Fletcher of Florida today Ih uded I lie action of the North ' irnllna General Assembly In re jecting the c Ik i Id labor amendment. KXIW IN MIHTIUAl, Coldshnro. Aug. 22. ? lien M. I.*gg it's trial for manslaughter. 111 connection with an auto ncri dent In which two were killed, re sulted in a bung jury and mistrial "lier?? yesterday. Year Without A Summer Is Said To Be On The Way Weather of I,:isl Two or Three Yearn Like That of lhoH<* Vomieiliiitely Preceding Odd Suiiiiiier of I HI 6 Declare* Noted IMetcrolo^'iHt ll> KI>.\A MA IIHIIAIili ir.a*yrlj*it. IW? ?> m* A <??"?) Washington. Aiik 23. ? Choer up. sw 1 1 ? r? r*. A "year without mum i" In mi inn Wily. At l?smt flint Is tho prediction ??r Herbert J. Ilrowne. mastpr of ocean meteorology, wlinw fore ? avt.K fnr tho first six months of this year have proved more than 95 per cent correct. And he Is will In k to ?ink? bin scientific repu tation that his later prediction will come true. met tied ami colder" In tho prophesy for tho coining year. A colder winter, a colder summer, with violent and ifuddten changes from extreme heat to extreme cold, from extreme? drought to i>?. tr*m? rainfall. And then? In 1??26 -27 - will come the "year without ji summer." like tho me morable Ixi ft. with frosts, snow and Ice In every month In the year. Tho safety lino of grain pro ductlon. Mr. Ilrowne predicts, will retreat flout h ward, proba bly as much as 2K0 to .'100 miles ?and all crops will suffer Long range weather for> cast ing telling what kind of seasons we are going to have one. two anrt thr^o yours ahead* ? Is a* ea.<y as falling off a log. If you know how. *uy* Mr. Ilrowne "Th? heat of tho mm controls nil weath'-r" ho explains. "Its beat varies from your to year and can be meanured by InHtrumnl* j pcr/r"-t?-*j by scientist* of thn Smithsonian Institution'. "The .nun's heat was above nor mal fro in 15 17 until March 1*22. tilnco then It has gradually fallen, with slight occasional variation* until, in September 1322, it reached the lowest, point recorded since mod rn ttlentlflc obaerva lions began In 1901, and the sgn's heat reaching the earth, has re mained at a low point ever since. This drop has been equal to a uni'fi'.nw tn m.* warn** r^irrjws-' ture of four and a half degrees fahrenhelt. though of course un evenly distributed. ' "Th? open ocean covering five seventh* of the earth's surface, 'PI" the meat Hfnrf hmn'?s ml M?I> sun's heat, which penetrate* the water to h depth of from f?00 to 1.000. Ocean currents carry the warm water of tropical regions . to colder regions. while1 by pres ?uro. countcr current* of cold wa I tor flow down to restore the bal ance. The winds panting over the water and OlltO the lend nr?> In fluenced by the water's tempera ture to he cold or hot. "The ocean water has been un usually cold t h If* year and we had a late aprlng." Mr Itrowoe laughs at the often exploited theory that wandering Icebergs au?i heavy ralna have made the water cold, rather than a reduction In the ac tual heat of the nun. lie a. Ida "ocean currents complete their response to a long period of lea ser or greater aun brat only af ter about three yearn. And no weather may be forecasted three years ahead for the time when the ocean eiirreots will have entirely rnaponded." Here sr?' hln predictions, made In July of thix year, for the weather, baaed on those ob servations; August will swing toward hot dry weather from the Mineourl Valley RtftWtfd ? r? Hi.? Atlantic with severe droughts in many regions, relieved by thun derstorms. Many heat records win be broken but there will b?| brl'f cold spoils in both August and tfeptenrber. The winter will set In early and last long. There will much wvre weiither, and Insufficient, snow to rover the winter 'ffralns. The Gulf roast will see early cold wave* In January. The year 1D2G will rep<nt the disagreeable fea tures of 1*24, with a break in the California drought. A successful year. eacept for lees In livestock due to winter severity, with plenty, of grass and water. Is duo the (Continued on Page 2.) i LaF ollette's Age Serious Handicap to His Campaign Wisooiihin Senator Nov Srvrnty ^ rurn Old and for MoM of l.'inl Yrnr Hun Bern Under (!on *1 mii I ('.lire of a l*li y.-i?*iuit IK DAVID !.AWRRX(H I Ca??n#ht. HJI, 0? Thi Ad???K?> VVasIiiiigtirtTr~Ang7 22.--.Mm - W.-i>nv t-n. ago M . Presi dent C'oolidifo, ago f>2. Senator LaKollette, ago CI). These MaHstteirwnr figure iiT ft\p~KHttona! campaign as an argir- ? mont all by themselves. Pageant Peach Wmaome ta-auty of the MMiih?rn type won for Mian Margaret Swln dell the UtW of "MIm l?uk?lur*l' and , ihe honor of reprcK'titlnft thai : Florida city tn the national hcauty ' 'uuriuiftumi ?? AtiamtcCtty In 8vp tomber MINOIt t\KKS IX r?|tRT c?nly" two cnaen wrm diKpunod of in Saturday 'a m-nwion ?? f pollen court. C. I<. S?>yff?rt wait tavd wit Si the cotda lii the ri'Pordi'r'M court Saturday morning for parking too near a Arc plug. Clyde Chnvora. colored, wan 1 fined $5 and coatn for exceeding ; Ihe N|HM-d limit at liitemeetlng i Hi reel*. Do the American people want a man in the White Ilou.se who is physically able to cope with the almost su perhuman tasks of the Presi dency or do they wish tt> take a chance on a man already in failing health? ~ As tho campaign strategy Is un folded. It becomes upparrnt that the definition*. of radicalism, pro gresslvlsm. conservatism and all (hat they connote will provide suf-._ flcient controvorKy for those who lake tho trouble to analyze Issue* minutely but with a vaat number of votera the personality and In dividual ability of a candidate la a controlling factor. To them the question of the cundldatna' agon will ho propounded. Seflirtnr l.n I'nltnttr was bora ' ^ on Juno 14, mr?. and' if he worn inaugurated prealdent next March lie would be within three month1! of seventy yearn. At the cxplra liun *?( hi* flriit t<u m he. would ha ? itmrly seventy -fotrr year* old. No man haa ever been elected to the Presidency at such an advanced afce. William Henry Harrison wan OK when Inaugurated and served one mouth. Zachary Tay lor waa fi4 and died after a year In office. . The vigor with which Presi dent llooBovelt conducted his Job waa due in no Hinall part to hla youth. wan forty two year* old when he took the oath of of flco aa Prcaldona. Woodrow wa4 66 yeara old and broke when he waa 63. Prealdent Harding waa 55 when Inaugurated and did not * llv# out hla term. wnen Mr. Harding died, there $ wan considerable discussion ab to and hew It weighed down a man of advanced yeara. Few business corporations would chooae a gen cuil manager al-ihe- api flf 56 or <50 and none would pick a man of nil. Yet the presidency of tho United States which la tho larg est single business institution in the world, Ik being sought today by one man who la nearly 70 yearn old. Were he In vigoroua health, the situation might ha different, but he ban spent a large part of thij |mhI year under th? euro of h .physician. IJoth President Coolidge and Jnlu}~ A&J2&sla jus. ji!U?5jx. in>mt of the men who have been < locted to the Presidency. Presi dent Coolidge is the same age aa j Abraham Lincoln when Inaugur ated. namely 52. Mr. Davis la somewhat younger, the same age an William Howard Tuft on as suming office. fJ rover Cleveland waa 4 7 when Inaugurated the first time. Grant was only it. | Garfield waa 49. Moat of the Prealdenta have been In the fif ties. All the Vice Presidential can didates this year are young men. They usually are. Hut Senator Lal'ollette has the distinction of 1 riifiiilnii f?r 1.1 un afr? ?? most unprecedented In American hlslory It will not be an asset , but a liability to him In the cam paign. The political folir are sensitive about a man's age. The Junior Hnnator from Indiana. Ren ator Ralston. Democrat, was pop ular in the Middle Weat and con sidered seriously for the Demo cratic nomination hut his party colleaguea were a f ra Id that his age sixty-six -would be a handi cap and that opponents would constantly refer to it In their cf forla to p<-rsuado the votera to There la no general under standing In Government circles aa to the age of retirement from public, off loo but Federal judges %j"o rarely appointed nowadays If I hey are beyond 70 unless, of course, they are In excellent health Seventy Is considered an umir-r limit. The question of ago is going to be heard from n good deal in tho forthcoming campaign and not to the detriment of the two can didates of the major parlies but aa a means of convincing voters of the futility of voting the third t.cket. THIIKK WOMKN DROWN New Orleans, Aug. 2.1. ? Three women were drowned In the Mis sissippi River yesterday when their skiff overturned. OOTTDX MAhKST New York. Aug 23 -Spot cot ton closed quid. Middling 87 60 a decline of 20 points. futures. Oct. 25 62. Dec, 2615. Jan. 2ft.lt. Mnreh 2ft 60. May 25. fto New -York, Aug 23^-Cottdn future* opened loday at the fol lowing levels : Oct. 26.70. Dec. 26. 20. Jan 24.26. March IS. 61, May 26.76.