2.4SU Copl?-a
Republicans Must Face
Ku Klux Issue Squarely
Now York, Wliirli I* to lie Ilutllc (iroimtl of No!
With Dnwrs l'ronoiiii<armriit Which
Mu*t Im? Made Moro Kmphatir I?y (iiHilidp'
nv l>.\VID UWRKMIfi
( Cot yighl. 1924. By Til* Ad.tnc*)
":i'W York, Autr. 25. ? In this, the hot-l>ed of anti-Klaii
fvulwilf iH't'HUse of tlwi JiU'iie- iiumljet- ji'Wi, ant)
negroes in the voting electorate, the speech; of General
Charles (!. Dawes, Republican nominee for Vice President,
has been Tccetvod forrhe most part as hn?5winatc.""
Doth the KiMieml and Pros-'
"t foolidjfo will find it m>c-i
essnry to no further in dis
cussiiiK the Klan nnd even ex
coriating ii if they wish to re
in; u^e vofe of tW races and
eretds condemned liy the
Klan.
rar iron, ills, |hm|,
dhw." K;r,"l"'a" "??>. ii..
in. h. ,? S5 V? wn,v r. ?l ii
tigers Hi i* ^'publican inun
UMIH 1 1 1 * ' III *4? ? J Vt'H iir?> II. xt .. .
his Kin',* ""y r"' "'J-'lllr,:
?i'J? ry to Hi,- licit 11 hlicii ii
i ' """ml"
II,,..
U.-i,.nr,dH ,,f tl,. Iji-iiiocralir v,,i
Of Now J. m y.
Ill Ml'"|'i'| ""'
w..r.l''?i 'ivrvr, i'h*. k",!!;,. ?
I II HI I not I v< t,?- l< adi'i*
, I*. """'Ini! In tit? lni.-r.Kt of
win. know ||, :,t ||?. ki,,,,-,
I - 'iV ur" I'" ""'
i i.. Jejvs ami negrom rriMii
holding office and t.? regard an
J00 per cent Americans only!
those wImi do not belong to those
groups.
The Klnn lssui? in the Knst in
uot primarily one of law enforce
ment or lawlt kdiiosk. It i* r?]|K. '
loua and racial. The Cathollcn
and Jew? are hitter over It and
what they for the most pari want
" denunciation -of ? everything ?
the Klan ilocn, In other words
?? no ? room for middle
* fyund on the Klan Issue. Any
?>%?? who falls to condemn thein
utterly Ih not definitely !tnti
Klan hut angling fur lt? support
- this the true political vh w
hereabout* and no hetler confirm -
ation of it could he obtained than
the ntlltud" assumed by Demo
cratic leaders, particularly Tam
many, since General Dawes spoke.
They had nothing up to that time
to lark on to i he Hepuhllcans and
could not accuse them of prn
l\lan feelings. The Dawes speech
.jui ftij
men to uiaw KepumlcaiiM to Ihe
standard of Davl* unl'xx |?resl-,
dent Coolidge goes further than'
did General Dawes and denounces
the Klan and all Its work* from
top to bottom.
The recent Democratic Nation
al Convention fight on the Klan
was regarded at the time by He
puhlica an as soinethlnK that
would spilt the Democratic party
but would not harm the Repub
lican* because the Issue had been
avoided at the Cleveland conven
tion. Hut the Democrats who
started the f MM Mt Madison
Square Garden will not allow
"lli'ii spponents <M nvwld It. John
W. Davis' challenge to the He
publlcan nominees Is a direct re-,
suit of the bitterness of feeling In
this section on the Klan. A pub
lic speaker who darea to avoid
? ^ n'T'" ,n r:,,"Pnlgn cspe
Tially In the populous sections of
the Kant sis lids little chanro of
being listened fo on anything
else. Once be declares himself,
hewever, the crowd settlea down
to a friendly hearing. John W.
Davis was warned about this
when he went to Sea Girt. He was
told he could not straddle if he
end 4ha*-a-i?tra4Kht oiu
deelaiation was essential Since
he made his statement Texas has
by an overwhelming vote given
the Democrat Ic nomination, whlrb
Is equivalent to an election to'
Mm. Fercuson. the atitl Klan can
didate. This has heartened Tarn
many and the Democratic man
agement In New Jersey, and Is of
fered bv them as testimony of the
wisdom of getting the Klan Issue
out of fhe Nation's system.
President Coolldge Is against
th< Klan In all It* Implications.
He bad hern advised that h<
might as well avoid saying any
tiling until It waa necessary Tew
Itep.ihlleans expect him to re
main silent now. If he condemns
lb Klan as wholeheartedly as did
|f?avls the |?Hue will really be
i "V"I fro'n th^ Natolnat th<Vrt
Tioiiiflh It will p|,y n big purt in
lora I election*. Tt I* not the un
important problem. however
which politicians thought It would
be several week* ago it has a
momrnfnm unM*n any other t*'
sii" before the electorate and un
!es* removed by an #qt m\ denun
elation by all candidates Is going
to plagu* campaign manaicrrs un
til election day. for the pro-Klan
vote I* by no m^sn* small and
the prevailing theoryTs that frail'
candidates' denounce the Klnn
lha supporter# of that society will'
split their votes between all can
dfdstes on other Issues. '
FERGUSON HOME
REMAINS QUIET
Household Koniinr Not In
terrupted by (viiln'riiutor
inl Nnitiim?/i^i I. nl
i'YrpiiPoii Is on ihr Job.
NO RLANSMAN
T^IIOLI) OFFICE
(Bf Ank.vUti-4
AuMin. To*., auk. 26. ? Mr*.
MUiuiu. ?prjcu*iML. uamed by
U' liio,' uHk na -guytim.tr ?f- Tex
as. declared yesterday that abo
will not appoint nor allow a
member of tin* Ku Klux Klau
lly JAMHs It. KK(IMtl)
<Co??rl?ht. 1*24. Br Th? Atfvanc*)
Tcuiple. Texas. Auk. 26.
Household duties were not in
t'Trupli'd In, the homo of James
K. Ferguson. Sunday, Just because
"Ma" liud> been nominated for
governor (4 Texas.
Maybe Hutu was an extra plate
or two at t lie dinner table. Maybe
Mrs. Miriam Ferguson complaino I
a lit Ho niero than usual of h??r
swollen right band the voters of
Texas had shaken it sore during
the long campaign. Maybe "far
mer Jim" chatted longer than us
uul on his front porch. liut uth
erwise, things looked about nor
"nil a round tin modest little
homestead.
Mrs. Ferguson Hat on the front
porrh loo ? after dinner and after
she had seen that the -house wan
straightened. .Neighbors came in
early. Friends -some of them old
Fib nds ofTfio true and tried kind'
and others of the kind tluit sue-!
cess attracts ? ware arriving all
day and extending their congrai
ulations. Mrs. Ferguson wan hap
py ? h$rr strong face showed it.
But she was happy for "Jiin." It
wan for him, to vindicate his namo
and to restore bin honor that she
? blUl e d pt
I And now that she is a pollti
' elan, and a winning one, "Ma"
Ferguson alms to be a good one.
She will almost ccrtainly be elect
Id governor in November and
will move in January haek into
the Texas "White House. " frosi
which her husband was driven in
disgrace.
Mrs. Ferguson is well equipped,
mentally and physically, for a suc
cessful career in Austin. Horn
on a plantation in Rell county
Texas, she wan splendidly educat
ed by prosperous parents. Taught
first by a governess, she later was
graduated Jlf lmyior f'Mlli'gi" ? fm~
girls at Belten, Texas. Physically
she Is attractive. Her fare Is
bright and pretty, though sad
dened by the long years of fight
ing to vindicate the Ferguson
name. Her manner, at once
charming and graelous, in at the,
same time stately and one feels
impelled to address her ? net in
the campaign vernacular as "Ma."
but as "Madame."
The Ferguson's were married
In Helton in 1890. "Jim" was a
young attorney. Presently, he be
of his wife's resources soon at
tained a millionaire rating. It wa<
st this Juncture that ho launched
into politics? against her advice.
He was successful from the start,
triumphing over worthy oppon
ents in the race for governor of
his state, and conducted the af
fairs of the office In peace and
harmony until Ji*4 became em
broiled with the legUlat lire ovr
educational appropriations. He
insisted on reducing allotments
for the higher Institutions of
I'-arnlng. which drew the fir" on
the former university students
and. In return, an op?-n attack on
the institutions by Ferguson, that
was the beginning of his down
fall. ritlmntely, he was removed
from office because of his perso
nal fthancinl transactions with
breweries.
It was at Ihls point IhffT Mrs.
Ferguson beaan KPr fight for
vindication, which ended victor
iously on Saturday. She advised
"Jim" to take his case before the
people- th? voters. Time sfter
time, he was repudiated hy them
when he offered himself for high '
office, Kventually, the atate Dem
ocratic executive committee re
fused lb put hi* name on the tmtr
lot any longer? the stain pf Im
peachment had deprived him of
cltlaenihlp. they told him. Where
ap the name of Mrs. Ferguson was
farmer shot
through neck
o. A. Mrl'liornon of Provi
?l. nrr, Bloody Hut |,j
?? Toll WhyVilupJ^j
SKiPSS
sswrossrs irr?
SBS'pS'ii"
?r ? ,"ir .
T' TiT --I ? Ti'lti'l Ili a. M1"'"1-" he
when
"?nr;trw?.; r -
un?w^r with . ? Ma'?o
In for g,?>u measure McPhVrHon
?I'Jicarcd i? under the fnfi
"'?. r t^ luuuu' . * -, 6,1
d'l'd "no, ",at *'<ieVo"th'p
s? in r- TTTTiT. - r?frn?
b.-rs ?r ,h. rl . i.?rr,t;d b*
tlx- afreet ^or,'',
h>- Marshall I ?cc?">nanlcrl
"? V..1 have Troo.tS " b'"
i?oWnn/0n;ni;k0n ",m X,'".
whir ,h?,rr"'l
<h" ???? . J!7
?"?! p?; .?"?J ;;n" ?t
Chief ?r PoiiA'.
while another had i (,r,'*nrv.
'!?- hand- of Sherljf l1, 'n,?
,,0"r "y hoottn*
knows wl,?h?r no,""?r
?r h0 wa? ?n eye.
t lle^'wa rra'nta" ??"T J*-'"
r?"u.*,,n,i:y? ~ ??h~
whatever of wtlaVV i "" ^ItUI*
r; rs
mnt.wz JSrr" ''"'-""t
~Vn
nml ?j 8 ' ,r WMdlo of I he DIr }
???? -
AT AXl> IHIOHVK
Washington X f a
Thomas DrnjM'V, a whit*"? C"
t ween as an!i /n '"an be
plasterer by tradn'*-* n,,,, aml ,l
JtiHf below i Ha 2?' ,W.n" drowned
bridge Sun (lav ni?H? i Sou,',f,rn
o'clock ami MomiaJ1 a'u,,,t el?bt
body had ??I been Ve ,^"T 'hr
-s:!"1, r'?io?.d
l"-ld*o Draper from w
l ,,,.-, ., rroin norm* un
, ".'
drowned before an*!, " ?
reach him a. e could
searcher* we?' ^ I
y""'nhir ?'"%"? 1
?r-ncr wa!t 11 n de r f ho*"! nV / 'h"'
O' Whlskoy at 1I10 iin.Il 1, .
life. m? he ,0?? hlj I
and by 100.000 yoIcb, ?hc wn??
nominated over the Ku Klnx Klan
candidate. Judgo Felix Itobcrl
aon. Saturday. 1
Mr*. Ferfcuaon Is not a polUI
clan. but nbe ?ay? who In anti-Ku
Klux Klan. Hor husband Is th.r
orlKlnaf foe of thn Klan In Toxas. ?
Hp cnrrlcd lh?? antl-KUn banner
In the fight agalnnt Barl II. May
field two yearn ago. The Fcrgu- j
?ons reallf that their vindication
In not all that attracted victory
to ihelr nld?- tho antl Klanner.t
followed "Ma" by tons of thous
a Ml,
"I told Jim I was going to an
nounce that I 1 1 k ?*d his platform."
Mys Mm. Kerguvon. '*Ono of ffie4
planks In condemnation of th"
Klan. The platform telln hpw
taxes ran be reduced nnd how
th^ government can bo restored
to the hands of the people. I wan*
to be governor for t wo yea*>r-_
and then I will not run again
"Of course. I will take Jim's
a.lvlce aoine but T Intend to run
the office Just like I run the home
You know. It takes a newly elect
ed governor two years to. learn j
his position. I will not have that
handicap Jim has been governor
before and he will aid me.
"Both of us know what Texan
needs and we Intend to see that
our beloved state gets It."
~T*T* TPr*TTBfln? n Mrr two dmgb ;
tors, one married and a resident
of Austin and the other unmarried
and bookkeeper at her father's
newspaper office. ?
STIU'Ck BY TKITJC
BOY IN HOSPITAL
Struck by truck while ridlnK a
bicycle on the street. Preston
Lason, 11 year old son of Mr.
and Mrs. Hilary Kason, of the
New Hope 8?>ction of Durants
Neck. Perquimans County, Is
in the Kllzaheth City Hospital
with a broken collar bone and
with head injuries the extent
of which can not yet be de
termined. though there is ev
ery reason to believe,"' from
first examination of the head
bruises end from symptoms no
firr apparent. that the boy Ha
noi seriously hurt.
Preston was \iritinK Rotter
aiid Archie Slianuonhouse. sons
? * r Mi and Mrs J "VV. Shaniion
house, 109 North Road street
and was to have returned home
Wednesday . He was struck
from behind by tin- Winekream
truck and it is believed that
the bicycle . was knocked
straight from under him.
era ble force. rnconscioiis when
picked up. he was believed
dead by nome who saw him and
the report that a boy had been
The hoys parents have been
-notified of the accident and
are expected to reach here to
niKht.
DAVIS DETI.ARB8
FOR FEARLESSNESS
. Newark.. Ql?Jo.__ Aug. .29,? De
clarinK that he believed the Amer
ican ppople wanted "honest, can
did, and fearless government,"
John W. Davis was today greeted
-trr ? ? u % v i n 1 ? hwwdred Newark citi
zens wh. nli e""I jlofco T5? "It TVWmtn-'
xites from the rear of the train
carrying him to Columbus where
he will address the Democratic
state convention.
He declared he believed the
Democrats of the country could
furnish such a government and
said he was supporting such a
policy.
Columbus, O., Aug. 26. ? The
Democratic party of Ohio in the
statu convention here today
adopted as its platform the dec
laration on the Kit Klux Klan.
the pronouncement of the stand
ard bearer, John W. Davis.
MRS. TV. B. rrmii DICAO "
Mrs. W. B. O'Neal died Mon
day afternoon at 3TI0 o'clock af
her home. AOS Morgan street, af
ter several months illness. Mis.
O'Neal was f?9 yenrs old and a
native or Button, having lived In
tills elty only the last seven years.
She was a member of the Firs'
Method 1st Church. an<l is sur-'
vived by her husband, a daughter.,
Miss Klsie O'Neal of this' elty.
two sons, James and Walker
O'Neal of Raleigh, and a sister.
Mrs. J .11. Jlarnette of this city.
The funeral was conducted
at the hoaie Tuesday after
noon at three o'clock by Rev.
PanM-Xane and. Inter me ut made .
in Hollywood Cemetery]
THIRTY INJl'RKI) \MIKN
TRAIN LKAYKH Tlt.V K
W. Lou Is, Aug. 2fi. Thirty
persons were Injured, three dan
gernusly, today when five cars of
the St. Louis & San Francisco
passenger trsln from Memphis to
St. Louis was derailed at Menfro.
Mississippi, according to advices
received here.
DKMAXIIH DUATII PENALTY I
Chicago, Auk. 2?. Demanding
again the death penalty State*
Attorney Crowe in his final argu
in* mi iiiiiuy launched g- viipjmmir
attack upon the mercy pie* for
Nathan Leopold, Jr., and Richard
liOeb.
TUG MCNAI.LY
TO THE BOTTOM
\ irtim of Monday Nielli
Slorm in 1'uitilim Si. unci.
I.rew of Ten Saviil in
Tlioir Own RiiaU.
SAKK AT NA<M HKAIt
Coming In on time Tuesday
morning. the steamer Trenton
report ed.-ali^etr at Xasre tfonit,
a n.| "Mantco. ana very TITTIS
property damage an a result of
the storm of Monday night.
Norfolk, Auk. 26. ? Caught in
the Pamlico Sound in the fringe
'of the hurricane which swept the
Virginia ami North Carolina coasts
lant night the tug Mildred Mc
Nally oT Philadelphia went ( <> the
bottom.
? lier efvw or ~t nr^rvririTir nf - -
selves in their own boats.
A Coast Guard cutter was
| called hero under orders to leuvo
? Haw pi on Itoado to senreh off lit"
chore between Cape I (altera* and
. Delaware breakwater for disabled
craft.
Xo Serious Damage
ij Raleigh. Aiir. 20. ? A tropical
,j stornv- pasted last night by th ?
"^?southern part -of - the CirrnHnn
const without doing any serious
damage.
, At Wilmington the vacationists
j retreated from Wrighisvllh: lleach
when things looked - threatening
1 but the wind changed and t li**
stnrio passed by.
ai ivriir..k.' hi. -
'oc???n but no serious damage was
done.
I At an early hour this inornlni;
! the center of the storm was off
Ilattcras.
t'lirollnn < 'it b'M Hitlerite
llaleigb, Aug. 26. ? Saved by
the veering of the wind, the North
i Carolina coast cities are today
em rging from a night of storm
| which at first threatened to as
1 sumo serious proportions.
? Whllo the slorm was al lis
height late yesterday off the const
i near Wilmington the wind sud
denly shifted franit east to west
? and the tropical disturbance wan
j blown away from land.
MT1TE CtRI. NOT
SEHIOI'SI.Y HURT
Running out to cross the street
In front of the home or Iter- par
ents. Mr. and Mrs. N. I-'. Sp? lice.
22.1 West Pearing strict. little
t KIlEabeth Rjienw, four -years old.
was struck by the feiid?*r of a
Hoick touring car driven by Lin
wood Hughes, 17-year-old son of
Mr. and Mrs. Sam Hughes, f.OC
Southern Avenue, Sunday after
noon at about 4 o'clock.
Though stunned for an instant
by tho blow, examination dl
closed that the tilth* girl was not
- seriously -hurt.. <w?i-Rlm~i*-iM>w. up
and about as usual, none the
worse for her experience except
for a slight cut on the head and
a number of minor bruise* on In r
body.
OFFItlAlJi roM'KH ON
NICKKI. I'h/VTK SVSTi:M
New York. Aug 26 Officials
of the pere Marquette Railroad,
only one of the proponed 14.000
mil" Nickel Plate system whose
directors have not yet ratified the
terms offered by the Van Kwerlri
gen Interests of Cleveland, con
ferred here today with tlx- cre.a ?
tor of the proposed system In the
HfTiirt tti inni nut 1)11' ill miir |.n
pnratory to submitting the plan
to the directors of the Pere Mar
quette Wednesday.
Charter Issued For New
Hydro-Electric Company
Will Bring Light ami Power from Virginia, Operate
Modern llune*. Itudio HrondeiiHliiiK Stiilion-, and
Develop Keiil folate If Plan* Tarried Out
Hydro i l?-rtrlr pnwt r for Bill
abeth City, South Mill*. Hertford
ami Edenton, brought over high
tenalon wire* from Virginia; mod
ern btincft. audi an tho** now In
opcrnl Ion between Kalelnh and
I)urham. operating on tegular
achedule* between Norfolk and
Kdcnton by way of South Mill*.
Elizabeth City. and Hertford; ra
dlo hroadcaaf ins Matlon*; the de
velopment of unimproved real e*
ta?e Into golf links and |*o|o
grounds or Into building lota for
aubiirban development* all I h?*-?
ar?? contemplated In tho ambition*
achetno of the Virglnla-Carolln.'i
Tranalt and Power Company of
Elizabeth City, a charter for
which waa iaaned from the office
of .Secretary of Slate W. N. Ev
erett Saturday.
Tho authorized capltallxatl'm
of the new enterprlae I* f 1 00.000. i
with $800 already aubaerlhed by
It. L. McMurran. Alex I?evltln.
(.eorge W. Mar.pln. Robert E. Mc
Murran and W. C. Hughe*, all or
Portsmouth. and W. I. Ilalatead
of HoHth Mill*.
W V: Halatmd of Month Mill*,
attorney for the n*?w corporation,
when <j ii eat lowed about the mw
enterprise while In the dty thta .
VPftk, wan moat cnthiiKlaat le in
netting forth what ho conceived
to hi- It* pomibllltien and ex
preaaed confidence that th" in wly
organized corporation wonhj pro
vide Kllxahcth City a way out of
its utility probh nm ho far an clip
trie liitht and power arc con
cerned.
"ProiBotcra of the corpora
tlon," he nald. "are confident tba'
they ran bring light and power
Into Kllxaheth flfy, Hertford and
Kdenton, and mil ut lilt i?n t*? a'l
three of tficae towna at a lom-i
rate than they are now h?>ltm pro
ducod at In any one of tbeae cit
Ml
"The entahll*huic nt of lli?- enf
poratlon would alno make <l?cirle
lluhtH and power available for
South MIIU Htid Win fall. neltVlfel
of which arc* at thin time ntipplled
with thene convi nlencea.''
South Mill*, of courae. In In
tennely Intcrented In the new pro)
ect In that It will ofTer thla pro
greanlve and thriving community
? lertrlr 1 1 k 1 1 1 and power along
with eaay communication over
thn Htate M*tew?y now pnaatng
through South Min? with |?olnlH
both to th? north and to the
rouUi of County'a moat
Important ira41oc c?t^r
M \KlON Will I'EHUKST
IS INSTANTLY KII.I.KI)
Marion Whitc'iurst. the little
four y.-ar ol.l iliiuulitcr ??f Mr. ami
Mrs. i'laude Wl.itehurst of Cm ni
di ii Couniy. uear llastiiiK* Cor
iht, w?v instantly killed y?atcr
day iiiortuim Mwi ni 11 an?l 12
t.'Vlork win n a heavy timber from
;i In tii I ?* ? i ? plli' * here she and a
number of other little children
were playing. rolled on her, break -
iim her in-ck and criishiu*; her
skull, __J
TIh? aovidt'iit ncrnrnil at tin1
home of the child's grandpa rents.
Mii, . ;mi - ,^M)
IT. y;il?oiil a" i::ili ? iiriiTii ti.iTT from
mwii liciwni tli?' Norfolk South
? rn passenger slat ion and ? Fork
?cLu!??I, when- slur and ln:r moth-.
? I* and an old* r sister. Cloise, had
s.oij. fur a visit while their fath
? t wan speitditiK several /lays a!
Or. an t'lly. New Jersey. Mr. and
Airs. Whitehurst came h? re Sat
urday fruin their home in Cam
den. and .Mr. WhllehurNt left
Moiida> morning for Ocean City, j
11-r- to _ it.uchcd . Jtf._Wj.re. I'lill-'
adelphia. and in nspfcii'd to re
turn liimi" tmiiuht.
How i In- accident occurred in
not certainly known, as there
w. iv ho eyewitnesses except vory
younu children. Mr. Curler. busy
In his hhicksuiil Ii shop at the in
tersection of t h ? ? Old Jarkson
toad :ind Forks road Monday,
eoiild hoar tin- children laiiKhiiiK
at their play just outside his
door. a lit) VhCIT the hk(i::1ifi f
changed to sri-rahi* he rushed out
to. find Marina motion less upon
the ground, Jdood. from
i-:jr .ami l.iouLh. .. A-- h ? ? i ij.c I .< d\ Liu.
child u|i. she strolled for an in
stant and then lay still. A |?hy
sici.iu h.'isllly suuiiuoiied reached
M |.h"" i * 1 1 1*|' 'I f ' ?mid-JJj^l_
lo-ol(i't) <| -nth had lieeii practical
ly in UantaiM'ous.
II i m supposi d that the child
had ellnih?d up on the 'lumber
pile nud fell or Jumped off and
that the tluiher i?e i in motion by
her meveiiji'iit rolled down on
lop of her r.ud entirely across her
body. When Mr. Carter reached
the child. I lie lou had rolled Sev
ern I f(?e( beyond her.
The fuperal will probably he
conducted at .Ilu- Carter home
Wednesday afternoon at I o'clock.
IJev. It. r. Hall oiTiclwl Inn, and
interment will prolmhly he made
In the rritchard bury In*; Kfound
across the road from Cork School.
CALLS NATIONAL
IIADIO CONI ICIJKNCK
Washington. Aiir. 20. ? A Na
"tfoirnl ftaflo foirforritco to din-;
cuss better voluntary regulations
of Hie wirclcxK was calli d t iday
hy Secretary Hoover to meet In
Washington September 20.
1,1 MIIKIt OltllKltS I M.I. OFF
New Orleans, Ann. 2(4. (Spe
cial.) I?uniber orders to South
'? rn I'ine Association mills f??J I off
fi.R per cent last week, produc- '
lion decreased 1.1 per cent and
shipments Increased 2 per c< nt
Ti..- min* ^rr^ir rs;rriCT,Tifro-fft<?r
ami made ni;. 000, 000 feet while
7 K, 2 00,0 00 feet Were ordered. I'll
nilcd orders total 2211. HOil. 000
feet.
MUSSOLINI SENDS
AMKIIICA HIANKS
Washington, Aiik 2fi. Pre
mier MiishoIIiiI of Italy hist night
night sent the thanks of his na
tion to tlio United States for Its
successful search for Lieut. Lo
catelll, around the world flier,
who wan rescued hy an American
Imhw in A eft if wwO-rni
oi l K l.lt is KILLED
IN SUBMARINE S-2
in# Tl>? AmwIIIhI Pr??? I
Manila. Auk- 2fl. James E. I
Kkuu of Onisha. Nebraska, chief
pel I y officer, was killed today hy
ciiKinc hackfirc aboard the snh
marine S-12, lylnK at <'avit Navjr
Vard. Anoth<r seaman was slight
ly injured hut no damage wan
done to the ffiihmsrlne. The nav
al hoard In Investigating.
IIELIKVK NEXT IIOI*
TO 1NIIIAN IIAIIBOIt
W:i 'ii/ "ton. Au?:. 2r. !,ocklne
detailed reports on plans of the
American filers for the next hop,
ofTlrinlM here today assumed that
they would follow the tentative
schedule worked out hy the Army
Atr Service and proceed from Iv
Ifttul. flrcehland, to Indian Hsr
hot. l/ahrador. as soon as the
planes could he put Into condi
tion for the fi00-mile drive.
(.1 IRKIN I OOIC WfllM
Will I, U (IN VACATION
N'ews him been received In thi
el4y *+t~? the marriage ?if Mr
fttiirkin Cook and Miss Sarah Lee
Perkins at .lacksonvlllo, Florida,
on Saturrtny.
Their w ddlng was to have
taken pUro In FH?c? mber hut
when Mr. Cook, who Is bookkeep
er of the First and Cltlxnns Na
tional Hank of Kllzaheth City,
went to Jacksonville to spend hid
vacation, th" young couple decid
ed not tn wait. They will make
their home hero after August 30.
Miss Perkins is ttte daughter
of Mrs. John Holmes who former
ly llv64 in Bllaaheth City. Mr.
Cook Is the son of Mrs. F. M.
Cook of this city.
Prisoners Attempt
To Escape In Storm
? " t
Juil Delivery Krimlruled l>v Juilcr AllirrUiin W itli Aid
of thr l''irc I)r|mrtiin'iil uml SlierilT
C Jn'rlcs Itcid Monday Niglil
1,
HERE SEPTEMBER
Uriel ill Fir*! iMrllindist
<!liiirrh for All Sunday
Srliool and Church W ork*
?tm of the District.
? A-- *Tnndnr?t training aehool far
the Sunday school ami church
leaders of tlx* Klizjiheth City Dis
trict of I h<> MethodlHt Church will '
? hn held liiTQ-boKlnnlnu September
7 and lasting thrnurli September ]
12.
Tlio session +111 l>c hold In the1
.Firm Methodfat s^hurch, with 1?. 1
I*. Gohbel ??f Durham. director
i and Rev. ('. II. 'Culbrrlh. chalr
?man of tho-lwiard of manager*.
Five standard rnurMW will- bo
offered and rorllflrntw nf credit
will' bo Ismied. The first class
"jy.'rlod va?*h day will be from 7:3n
t?*K:2n ji. m. followed by twenty
minutes Intermission. The nor
mal elans period will follow from
S: 4 ii to 9: 30.
Tlu* tajur.se:; ami msmH'lofH .TTT~
as followa:
"Sunday ftchool Organization
and ' Administration" by 1,. L.
Gobbol.
"Principles of Religious Teach- j
lug" by Prof H. 'N. Wilaon of
Trinity College;
"lluglnncr Organ ir.at Ion and Ad
ministration" liy Mm. C. 11. Cul
i broth, district elementary superln-'
tendont;
"Primary Lesson Materials and
Teaching." by Minn Ceorgla ,
Keeno of I>nrbam;
"Junior I?esRon Materials and
[Teaching" by Minn Bruce McDon
ald of Columbia, South Carolina
| The following committees havpi
I been appointed to attend to the,
1 details of (he school:.
Hoard of Managers ? Rev. C. H
, Culbreth. chairman; ...Mrs. 0. II.
? Marrow, aecretary; W. C. Saw
yor. treasurer; Rev. Daoiel l^ine.
W. S. Overman. Iir. N. II. 1). Wil
aon. <1. F. ftcyffert and J. A. :
Hooper. -
Publicity Committee ? Or. N.
II 1). Wilson, ehalrman; Hcv. W.
T. Phlppn.
Regis! ration Committee ? W.
S. Overman, rhairman.
Flnaneo Committee ? J. A. :
Hooper, ehalrman. I*. II. Wil
liam n, and L. R. Foreman.
Kntertalnment Committee (J.
Arrangements Committee Rev.
Daniel l?ano, chairman ; F. K.
Kramer, and It. S. Fearing.
WIIITKVII.I.K MAN
SHORN OF LOCKS
Whlfevllle, AuKiiat 2?. An
drew Carterett, f#f?. a resident of
the eastern part of this town, who
baa for years worn hia grey hair
In locka hanging down hia back,
entnc to town Saturday and ex
preaaed hia disgust at the actloa
i of the throe igcn. wlio, ho claims,
ehuaed him at night carried him
Into the woods and cut hia itnlch
admired locks from hia tieait. 1
Mr. Carterett has steadfastly
I refused to have Ills hair cut. giv
: ing aa his reason that, like Samp
son. therein lay the aecret of hia
strength.
When he appeared on the
streets of Whltevlllo Saturday,
few people recognised him. It waa
said, as he had prevloualy been
iuch a distinct character, lie na
aerted that it took the three men
'to do the Job. of giving lilm a hair
cut against hia will
V KTK.ru NS MKKT
at (iiAiu.orn;
Charlotte, AucuM 2 fi A cam
palgn to raise f.'i.OOO for the ex
pense* of the Confederste R*
unlon to be held here on Septem
ber 16. 17, and IS, will ho con
ducted during Tuesday and Wed
nesday In thta city by the Chair-'
hor of Common:* under tho sup
crvlslon of C. O. Kueater. busi
ness manager, and the members
of ?he American legion Mr.
Kueater atated that he expected
to raise the full amount by the
end of the aecond day of the
campaign.
It Is *xptrt?1 lhat 1.200 visi
tors will he present at the re.
union. Cltlcna are preparing
plum In ftiHr hnm^ fir ihr old
Vetera na, 200 homes alfeadv hav
ing been offered, Mr. Kueater
said, and 400 more will lie housed
In the city auditorium.
<WITV?N MARK FT
New York,. Aug. 2K Spot col ?
ton cloaed f|ttl#4. Middling 2010.
an advance of 41 polnta. Futures
closing bid. Oct. 24.90. Dec.
24.45. Jan 24.43, March 24.73.
Mav 24.00.
New York. Aug 2* Cotton
futures opened today at the fol
lowing lev?U: Oct. 2 4. <2, Dec
24.15. Jan. 24.18, March 24.10.
May 24 96.
An attempted juil delivery Mon
?dny -night during ffte storm was
thwarted by Jailer Albertson with
the aid of the flru department snd
Shrtilf ltcid. Tho^uttcmptuil de
livery might linvo freed six ne
gro men who had been sentenced
varying term* on the roads at
the rereiu bpmIu^ of Superior
Court.
When J?ll*?r Albert son walked!
around the Jail building as in hla
eu8t<im al about ten o'clbck Mon
day h** -?hw a chink in -the wait
through whli'h light wan nhining.
lie Investigated and found that
one brick hnd been removed from
tile (Hll' T wjU, _ Hu Immediately
railed to the firemen to help him
and reinforced with volunteers
he entered the Jail to find Mula
ehl Coat en. sentenced to 4 year 4
'''? the roads, in the main part of
(lie .Jail am' almost in the act of
'v.iring at the walls.
On** of the firemen had
phoned to Sheriff Held, hut' un
fildo to mak-' connections, told
'be operator of tlie attempted de
livery. The operator succeeded
In putting through the connection
and relayed the news to the sher
iff's son who arotiKud the sheriff
JJdJH bIccd. mi.-,, MUU ||f U.M
arrived at the Jail lie found Jail
er Albertson und the firemen
guarding ('osfen. and the other
fivo negroes In their cell also un
der aurvelllanrc.
Thoae of th>a negroes wbo fi
gured prominently in the attempt
ed escape were handcuffed by the
sheriff and Jailer Albcrtaon re
mained awake all night on guard.
According to the alary told to
Sheriff Held by llishop Itaker, un
der sentence of 4 months. Costen
found that one corner of a steel
strip had been ruHtcd thin by ac
tion of the water leaking front
plumbing fixture*. Ue was able
to get his fingers behind the atrip
and by exerting all his strenffth
he moved it downward somewhat.
The other prisoners then added
their weight to Costen's and
budged th'j Ktrip still more. Cos
ten's flngors could not atand the
strain, however, and I-urlan Hol
fey. 12 month* man, also put hla
fingers to the gap while the oth
ers hung on to add weight. Bakor
says he did not assist.
With four banda to the gap and
the weight of five big negroea the
strip came down Niifflclently to
allow (Tost en to creep through to
the cell above.
This rell had recently been oc
cupied by K. K. Clarke and had
:lwen^-ttJTt*Tfirtochetr^whtm shsrtft
Held removed him Sunday night
to begin his term of years at
Stale's prlsox. ("oaten was there
fore able to gnln the freedom of
t ha outer Jail.
He wont to the back side of the
building and brgan to dig at the
masonry with a ploco of spring
Just whero the spring came from
is 11 mystery. He had removed
several bricks from the inside and
had broken one brick through to
tho outer air when detected In
his work hy Jailor Albertson.
I.lghta were on in tho Jail al
though they hud been oxtln
?HHilah**!? ?-BumUir ol ?
throughout the city. To thla fact
as well as to the lime arrival of
tho Jailer the State owes the safe
keeping of Its prisoners.
Ilad the light* been off In the
Jail nit elxcwherc or had the Jail
er arrived a few minutes after
warda tho six negroes, some of
whom are considered desperate
characters, would no doubt bow
be at large.
According to llaker'a story, the
efforts of the negroes In bending
the steel were timed during
crashes of the wind atorm, and
during lulls In (HA wind tftgf
rented. The delivery was well
planned and eiecu(ed carefully
and surressfully up (o the arriv
al at the back of the Jail of Jail
er Albertson.
The n?groes In tho cell In addi
tion to Maker, Costen and llolley,
were Wheoler Smith, 2 years; Ir
ving Whltehurst, 2 years; snd
Daniel fllddlck. 2 years. In an
other cell was Prad*9 Hanks, al
so colored, under aentenco of one
month.
Only one white prisoner was In
the jail at the time, Alnsley. who
was asleep when tho sheriff
looked Into hla cell. Neither
Alnsley nnr hanks could have
taken part In the enrapo had: It
been successful as they were se
curely locked In separate eefti.
The mortar with which the
brick Jail Is put together fs said
> to be very soft as It was made
before Improved methods of man
ufacture had been Introduced. ,
Made of lime, snnd and water It
Is easily dislodged as cement mor
tar would not he.
CUM MOO I, WW KM TO HK
AMfl\M8W>OH TO J A PA*
Washington, Am. 2fi Kdgar
A. Bancroft, Chicago lawyer.
? bly will soon be appointed j
Amcrlesn ambassador (o Japan/ |