Davis Making Strong Bid
F or The Progressive V ote
9 ?
Hi* Si mid oil Kailroad I.ahor Board Iftsue an Unex peel
ed Concession to Labor and Will Tend to
Weaken LnFollette Strength
, Washington, Sept. 2. ? Labor Day's utterances from the
.Ahrce Presidential candidates may appear on the surface to
'vlje simply a-plea for- the labor -vote as - thent-wns - n- distinct
friendliness to the cause of the working man expressed in
the speeches of President Coolidtje, John \V. Davis and Sen
ator LaFollctte.
But the labor leaders them- 1
selves recognize many differ
ences in the attitude of the
candidates and these differ
ences are fundamental.
First. W f hf' ' voftrnf "f he rnlT- -
i;oad brotherhoods and their tens
of thousands of members, Senator
l.aFollottO and John W n^vi* .
went over completely Co the view ;
point of railtOad labor and luci-i
dentally the American Federation j
of l^tbor with re* pec t to the abo- '?
lltion of the U. 8. Labor Duaril.
President Cooltdge cautiously re
ferred to the board a* an ??xperl
ment which "could he modified to ,
, Uit' .ill 'lie fit Of all ctmr<Tiifd," I
*Th? ucid tent of whether a can
didate is friendly to railroad la
bor Ih the Howell-Darkley bill,
providing for abolition or the rail
road labor board, which wan up
was successfully sidetracked by
administration leaders. Mr. Davis
and Mr. LaPolIette expressed on
Monday views identical with the
purpose* of the Ho well- Hark ley
bill. The President himself vx
prcssed no opinion when the mea
sure whs under discussion nnd
has not committed Itlmsejf. Rail
road labor wants a definite
pledge. It already had Senator
LaPolh'tte and it nlrerfdv had thr?
support of a substantial number
of Democrats In the Senate and
House, but It must have been sur
prised to receive the support of
John W. DaviB who has been
characterized as a middle of the
road candidate on lubor questions,
sometimes in the past arguing tho
cause of the employer and some
times the employe. The qualified
support or the principle of the
Howell llarkley bill Is an event of
tremendous significance in the
campaign for if he can endorse
that measure he may b.* found
fighting alongside Senator La Pol
lette on other questions vitally
affecting agriculture as well as la
bor.
Senator I *a Poll otto, however,
was alone in his outright deelara
tion In favor or the repeal or the
Escli - Cummins Transportation
Act. This is another acid test or
radicalism as analnst conservs
Ttwm Wrapped tip mitral act la
the problem or freight rates, the
radicals contending that since the
railroads are pcrm'lttod to earn a
certain per cent or their invest
ment. they manage to pile up
costs and operate their systems so
extravagantly that there is no op
portunity to obtain lower freight
rates. l*nd? r the Transportation
Act the Interstate Commerce
Commission cannot reduce freight
rates unless It reduces the earn
ing power or the railroads. Sen
ator LaFoIk'tte would repeal rate
making sections or the present
law and perronn a surgical op
eration on the whole railroad
problem.
John W. Davis as yet has Indi
cated merely that he wished
frelcht rates reduced and he has
expressed the belief that some
way could be found but he has
not specifically pointed the way.
Pnless he Is willing to attack the
Transportation Act and point to a
constructive remedy, many of the
radicnls In the West will not fol
low hint. As for President Cool
Idve he has committed himseir
definitely to the retention or the
Transportation Act with respect
to the enrnlng clauses for rail
roads and has said he would ap
point a commission or inquiry to
t-ludy the problem or freight
rates. Mr. Coolldae made an Im
portant declaration on the gener
al principles affecting labor. Ho
'repeated what President Harding
said about the right of labor to
collective bargaining nnd he made
hlr. position absolutely clear In
compulsory arbitration which has
boon nu? of tha tenet* ?f manu
facturing associations and labor
speakers for juany years- Mr
Coolldgo's statement that he
could not reconcile compulsory
arbitration with Individual free
dom will be tpioted for many
years to come. No political can
didate and no President has ever
cmne out flatly In favor or com
pulsory arbitration of labor dis
putes. so In a sense what Mr.
Coolldge says Is merely the same
dor-trlpe that has been held by hla
processors but In view or Mr.
Coelldtfc's position In the Itoston
police strike, he has from time .to
time been on the defensive with
respect to labor. His speech on
Monday Is the clearest exposition
Ire Jias yet made and In it will be
rodnd adherence to a number of
principles for which labor leaders
have constantly fought, though
labor's national spokesmen prob
ably will say the President did
not go far enough. Mr. Coolldge
made It flear he would not go
over to any ona class or group.
JOINT SESSION
OF TWO BOARDS
Highway <'ommi**ion and
Hoard (loiuity (iommih
k inner. Tn Gel Topethrr
oil Koad Money.
I A joint mcetltiu of tho County
' Highway Commission and of the I
Hoard of County Commissioner* is,
nchedulod for n?xt Saturday after- -
-uooh -at 1:W0 o'oloek- for the pur
pose of seeing" It*' the two bodies
can e? t together on the matter of
"Trtad7"lVpJ> r^l>y fTitl on s _To> life com-'
in* year.
Two months ago the Pasquo
tank Highway Commission asked
the Hoard of County Commission*
"ers to mak"o~T7rovlstTTn~Tor tho ex
penditure by tho High ways' tioni-'
mission of $45,000 for this year.
Of this amount. $15,000 was to
I he applied toward liquidating the
deficit incurred under the chain
gang re Rime, while the remaining
$30,000 was to he spent for new
construction and maintenance. In
cluded in the n?-w construction
contemplated was a bridge ovei
Knobbs Creek to replace the one
at the end of Pennsylvania Ave
: nue.
The Highway Commission's
hud Ret of $45,000 was submitted
to the Hoard of County Commis
sioners at that body's regular
, meeting on the first Monday in
July, at which JLime it was a?*nt
back to the Highway Commission
' with a request for an Itemized
statement as to how the $:i0,000
was to he flpent. No action has
been taken either by the Pasquo
tank Highway Commission or by
| the Hoard of County Commission
t?rs on the matter since that date
it is generally understood, bams
[ever, that, of tin- $30,000 asked
| for for new construction and
maintenance, $10,000 was to be
expended for the Knobbs . Creek
bridge.
rilil'O I X V KHTIG ATIOX
TO UK COXCM DKU HOO.N
Washington!? ftept?~3 Immi .
grutlon Commissioner Curran at
New York today notified tho La
bor Department that the Invest!
Ration of charges ntfainat LiiIk!
Angel Ftrpo preferred in the hope
of aecurlng Ills deportation will be
concluded within the next two
days.
FOlll Mil J JON IVKMN
or TOBAtXX) AUK HOIil)
Raleigh. Sept. 3. ? More than j
four million pounds of tobacco I
were nold yesterday In Kastem
Carolina at the opening of the
action season. Half a million
pouadH were handled by the Co
Oporatlvo A*soclatlon and the bal- ;
ance through auction houses. The
average price ranged from 21 to
1 23 cents a pound.
| <Y>WKK MAY (H) IIIOIIKIl
gentle. Sept 3 ? (Special) ?
Further advance* In' the price of
wholesale roffei ?, which hlfl rinen
ft cfnts since July 1. are prodlcted
? by Northwestern roasters and
i whole salers because of a short- 1
age on the coast.
Yet that Is what both labor and 1
agriculture really want. Senator
LaFollotte ban already done so.
John W. Davis Is on ti?o ?nig'* and
i nearer to the LaFollette view
point today than ho was- In his |
speech of acceptance. Charles CL
j DafTes' observation that there wa*
; no room for compromise hot ween
radicalism and conservatism and
the Democtatic candidate inunt go
.with one or the other la slowly
fx Ini: corroborated though the'
chances are Mr. Davis In the end
will never go completely over to
the LaFollette standpoint but will
maneuver himself closer? to the
Wisconsin Senator than to Pres
ident Coolldge.
On none of the proposed chanjt- 1
on In th?> Constitution will the
Democratic nominee follow I?a
Follette # |
Incidentally It Is significant
that Mr. Davis has come out
asslnst a Federal department of.
education Strange as It may
. seem JUxjihfcg.Jjeen t l??d up with ,
religious cleavages fh IHe "1111 fIV j
years as the Catholic Church has
been supposed In Congressional
circles to be one of the leading
opponents of such a department. :
Mr. Davis savs he thinks the edu
cational problem should be left to
the states. To a certain extent1
this will help get for Mr. Davis
much of the antl-Klan vote which !
i he began to corral with his *ea j
jOJrt speech.
I
URGES ADVANTAGE
CXM?P MARKETING
KimiHT Sheriff It. L. (irlKcx Shjh
Something Should he IKiiu
llrfoif Inothrr Yfl
Harbinger. Sept. 3. ? The nat
ural development of the sweet. po
tato crop thin season brought '
about marketing conditions which j
Khould be effected through co-op
erative marketing. accordlnu to {
former Sheriff It. L. Griggs of this !
place.
"The average yield of the |
crop." Mr. Griggs said, "lias been
beiov- nortmrfc-feWit^ v **ux~ and -ika I
acreage this season Tihk also Co en .
small.
"I consider 50 barrels to the j
acre a normal yield and I would !
estimate that 30 barrels to the
acre would be about the average j
for this season.
"With a small acreage and a .
poor yield, together with a late I
crop In many instances, nature J
has shown the farmers the effect j
l h at co-operative marketing
would have on thtf-jfrarket price' '
of potatoes.
"Of course more potatoes are
being used every year but It Is
reasonable to suppose that the I
price would not have been as good '
this year had the potatoes tlj?t !
have been shipped from here all r
pone on th?* market at one time. 1
"The tendency next year will be i
to raise more sweets and some i
steps should be taken to market
the crop on a co-operative
PREMIERS GIVEN
A GREAT OVATION.
ter MacDonald of Ureat Hrit.il.'
and remicc Herriott nf Franco at
t ended ? today's sessimv- of the ..
League of Nations assembly and
wero received with a great ova-!
tion as they entered the audi
torium.
Geneva. Sept. 3. ? Prime Minis- 1
FLIERS HOP OFF
FOK PICTOU HAKBOK
IMctou Harbor, Nora Scotia.
Sept. 3. ? TTie American fliers j
hopped off from Hawke* Bay,
Newfoundland. for this port at .
10:12 o'clock, Eastern standard
time, today. ?
KKNDAIJi CAKE Wll.L
GO TO Jl* II Y TOI>AY
Spottsyl vania, Va., 8ept 3. ?
Consideration of the verdict to bo
rendered in the case of Charted D
Kendall, charged with killing Dr.
Robert L. Powell, In exported to bo
begun late today by the Jury, upon
completion of the ' arguments.
LaFOLLETTE TICKET
WINS IN WISCONSIN
Milwaukee. Sept 3.? Candidates
for governor and other offices on- i
dorm-d' by Senator I.<aFoll<-ttc ap
pear to have boen elected in yes
terday's primary.
COOL WAVE TUESDAY
NICHT OVER STATE
Raleigh. Sept 3. ? Report.*
received here Indicate that rain
last night caused a fall in tem
perature over the entire South
ranging from 10 to 30 degrees,
mom places recording between 60
and 70 early today. Including Ra
leigh.
FINEKAI; T. B. (XM)KK
The funeral of T. H. Cooke was
conducted at the First Methodist
I church Tuesday aftemon at five
o'clock by the pastor. Dr. H. H. I).
Wilson. The choir- sang "I,ead
Kindly Light" and "Abide With
Miv" and after the service at the
church the funeral procession
wended its way CO Hollywood
Cemetery where interment was
made. The pall bearers were
Dr. C. n. Williams. Dr. I. Fearing.
J. O. Fearing, II. S. Overman, J.
11. Venters. K. F. Spencer. Miles
JcnnlngH and J. N. Whltehurst.
Attending the funeral from out
| of the city were Mrs. Augustus
Cooke of Heaufort, Mrs R. E.
Mrlrm and Mrs. R. D. Elliott of
Hertford, and M. S. Elliott of
Edenton.
riWHIDRXT DAVIIMOX
II. I, WITH I'NKt MOMA
Charlotte. Sept 3.- ? Dr. W. J
Martin, president of Davidson
College, who It 111 with pneumon
ia h?"re. Is reported better today.
lUtot < ? MT Ml It rs i OITON
Atlanta. Sept. 3.? (Special. )
Severe drought Is injuring the
"top crop" of cotton In Southern
Georgia. Top cotton Is that which
fruits last on the upper portion of
thn stalk.
FIRE IH>EH DAMAGE OF
seventy rfVB ih>i,iaiih
Fire Wednesday afternon .it
one o'clock on Speed street did
|75 damage to the house owned
and occupied by Ed. Berry, col
ored. The fire was caused by a
defective flue aad was cxtln
gulshed by chemicals.
Fire at Cooper Cleaning Works
on Matthews street Monday,
caused hjr gas Ignition, was ex
tinguished without damage.
AflBI) GRANDFATHER
OF RARE R1TH DEAD
Fort Smith. Ark.. Sept 3. ? Rev
O. W. Ruth, agftd 73, grandfather
of Babe Ruth, died here today. '
Fate Unkind After Hardships
Without money nn?l anxious to fulfill hi?* wife'* dyinp rc?|iio*t that he tnke
hln t.hn-e-y< ?r ?ld baby Itoy to hr.r .2ni.-Ui.inU a immtn in Nuru iy. tb.orno
Haiwpn of ? 'dIot-?4 <wt-Qi?4?4 (<m Ni-w Vin-k -Kindly nurtoriiit.i
aided him, but In bad road region* ho larrlrd tlio child in his urrnn. Ho
found ho could work hin way to Norway, but they wouldn't take the child.
Now llanwon i* walking iNu-k to Chicago where he h<?|H'? to work and aav?
for iKissape money ftir the child
COUNTRY Cl.UB .
BOARD NAMED
Eltzalu-lli Cily Director*
tlhonfii, Two Oilier* Will
lx* Named from Outride
of the Qly.
The members of the hoard ofj
directors for the Country Club, ex
cepting two who will not be from
Elisabeth City, were named at- -a
meeting of *be organisation held
al the Chamber of Commerce
roon?s on Tuesday night. It la
thought that the other two mem
bers will come from Hertford and
Ed- nton.
Members of the board named
were <> P. Gilbert* J. T. McCabe,
M L. Clark. W. 1*. Duff. J. C. II.
Ehringhaus, W. (J. Gnither. .M. il.
Jones, W. B. Foreman, C. O. Rob
inson, and J. K. Wilson.
A- site committee whs named -
at Tuesday night's meeting lo ron
?klrr the various sites bring :uig-'
gonted for the club. This mm
milee, il is understood, will ad
vertise for offers on 100 acre(
plots that are available.
The by-lawn for the club are to'
be drawn up by a COBOtlUee <?.m
posrd v?f W. A. Worth, J. K. Wil
son and II. C. Job. Roth the sit*
committee and the by-laws crtin-'
m It tec are to report at a Hubae-j
quent meeting of the Country
Club to be held subject to thn1
cull of the directors.
Officers of the club are to be
elected by the directors. A meet-,
lug will probably be held for this!
purpose as soon as ail the direc
tors named ??e at "home from
their vacations.
Applications for membership to
the club are still being receive!
and these are being consid* red ,
and some of them given memb'r-'
ship in the rlub lo replace a few I
of the original members, who for !
one reason or nnother have had j
to withdraw their memberships. ;
Mia* Lydla Mead* of Weekavllle
ret urn- d home Tuesday after
rpendlng m week with her cousin,
Miss Nellie Markham. at Mrs. J.'
O. Mrggs, on North Road street.
Ti:\ AS XKICDS i.-,,ooo
Mom-; itrrroN- i-k kkhs
r?n Worth. s?'pi. 3. ? <sp??-;
rial, > -Cotton pickers* have be- 1
come ho scarce that Texas ?irow
era are raiding neighboring conn- I
ll?*H by nlMit and armed men are '
employed to prevent nick
??!? from beinn "run off.- In
Nuecea County, farmers are pa
trolling the roads with shot nin*
and strangers found prowling '
about pickers' camps are ai rest
ed as vagrants or wnrm rt lo leave
the county. Fifteen thousand
workers aro needed in tin- fields
at once.
GILBERT ACCEPTS
ItEPAKATIONS POST
(tit 111* Awnrlnnl t'r*M ?
Paris, 8ept 3. ? Seymour Parker
Gilbert. Jr., former American un
do r-wr ret a ry of tho trcamiry. to
day accepted tho post of a^cm
general for reparations under tho
Jhiwrs plan. t,ho post brinjc tem
porarily flllc.l hy Owen 1). Young.
LIGHTNING KIM S
MAN AT It 41.1. GAME
High Point, Kept 3. ? Glltnore
Plcetl, aged 22, fir' man of tho ci
ty. was killed hero yesterday by
lightning ft a ball game.
II KICK I IN TKNSE AT
COROJNKirS INQUEST
llcrrht, III.. Sepl 3. ? Xliln town ,
Is ton?e today u.s the coroner's in
quest Ih being held for the men ;
killed last week. The sheriff an
nounced thai lie will se|*e the au
tomobile which started the riot
laat week Immediately after the
Inquest.
SKIN SI'K4 IAMST DK.\I>
Frederhksburg. Sept 3. I>r
Randolph Bryan CurinlchuH. ag<*d
56. Washington skin specialist,
died here today.
HANOI! i:\IMLKED
IN 'MAIN HOI.I) t!P
Meads. Kalians, Sept. 3. Three
armod banditn held up the Gold
en State Limited here yulerda/
hut tha authorities were tipped
ant on^ waa captured. Two men
wore fatally Injured.
IIOAKI)IIM(? THE BLACK WATCII
H?t? In hit hlKhnt-w the Prince of Wal?* e<nil?x aboard (he. yacht
Black Watch, wblrti ?rrt?d him aaHor- Hn dlaembnrk.-d nV Olcn
C ove and completed the trip to Janm R Hltri* n"a e?tnt? at Hyo?
It, L. I., where he *111 Mar whll? In thla millrtrr. I>y unlnmnhllc.
FIGHTING BEGINS Foreman-Bundy Road Will
NEAR SHANGHAI paved To County Line
lloMilitirs *.iil I'mlcr Way
ul Ton O'clock1 ? Ameri
can Forccn I'rcjiariiif; lo
I'rolcct Settlements.
<n? T!?? Ataultlid l'twl
Washington. Sept. 3. ? Hostili
ties between the forces of Mili
tary Governor Chi and Defense
Commissioner Ho at Ilwungtu
near ShniighaMu*gau -hi ten o&ajpck
Jliiji inuxniii*. tiiu Stai?? Depart
ment wuh advised today by Con
sul General Cunningham.
Cunningham alwo reported that
the American naval forces have
prepared to land forces along with
the Japanese. Italian, and llrltish
contingents to protect foreign
settlements, if necessary.
The Frcnch consul general
served notice tc*day that the
French naval forces would bo
landed in tho Frenrh rnnression at
five o'clock this afternoon. The
dispatch said that Governor Chi
was in charge of Kiangxo prov
Shanghai. Sept 3. ? With fight
ing-at Hwangtu- near here in-pro?
gress this afternoon between the,
contending armies of ihe two.rl-j
val provincial Chinese governors
reports were ' received indi
cating that tha battle. line^ are
extending toward the coast In
the direction of Woosung
Shanghai. 8ept. 3. ? The harbor-!
whs filled with foreign battle- j
nhlpM ready to protoct foreigners
aH (he Chinese forces in civil war
today -drew near to the city In
what Is believed to be an attempt
m rapture thw city.
COST OF COURT
ABOUT AVKRAGE
The recent term of Superior
Court cost the County 11.400 as
nearly as can be computed at the
present time. The bill of costs
presented to the County Commis
sioners at the September meeting
was $1,076.10. In nddition the1
4mypien -received approximately
1300.
From the total cost must be de
ducted the court costs paid by va
rious defendants which will
amount to about $fi00, according
to Krnest L. Sawyer, clerk of
court. The actual money re
quired to he paid out by the
County will therefore be less than
$1,000. which Is not considered
high for a week's term of court.
Of the amount included In the
bill of costfl, $183.85 goes to Fom
ent L. Sawyer, clerk of court;
$42.60 to Charles Held, sheriff;1
$ If, 3. 75 to 1'. (,. Sawyer. County
prosecuting attorney; and $50X to
W. !?. Small, solicitor. The bal
ance is represented by witness
fees.
Miss Orace Pendleton left Sun
clay for jXurlolk. whure ?he will
spend a few days.
Pasquotank ilifih?uy ( iinvin i??inn In Ank < ^infractor
RuiltliiiK ltoa<l in IVri|tiiiuuiii> to Continur Op.
rrutioiiH Hirer Fourths Mile in Pasquotank
FISHES ACIMISS
k-vr- hv i:ah
llattrras. Sept. 3. ? Smart
Rogers nf KM zah ptli C'lly limkn
a world record here the olJ^M*
day, for hp Ih certainly Hip on
ly man who ever flalied Iti a
Ford car across llattiTas Inld.
Mr. Rogers wan trolling for
blue fl?h. He caught I wo njiri
hung the ihlrd. Ms friend*
beltpvo his record lim would
make even Henry Ford and
' Thomas Ktlson envious.
Ilatteraii Inlet Ik ihro-f
fourths of a mile wide and Is
PltmU1 .1 hpt ttfinn lh?* A. S, A ?> ?
I In hunting grounds on Hat
teraa ami Ocracoke Island,
near the torrlhte Dlnmond
ShoalH. Mr. Rogers left the
Hatteras aide aud wantracroa.i
In his Ford, snaring the blue
fish along the way.
? Witnessing tho thrilling ox
perlniPtit were. A. 8. Austin,
r Sam O'Neal. A. 8. Austin, Jr.,
Utck Austin and Monroe Aus
tin.
seeking avutiiim
? ? WEED NEAK CITY
Kobort F. Porter of the Liberty
Fliers of Tarboro Iiah boon hero
tliln wook with a vlow to bringing
an airplane to thin city for com
mercial aviation purposes. For |
such an undertaking an aviation |
field, for take off and landing, in
4 ho first requisite. and up until,
Wednesduy afternon, Mr. Porter
bad been unable to locate such a
field. Anyone knowing of a broad
stretch of level and solid ground
'not too far from the city which
may be obtained for this-purposo
can gel In touch with Mr. Porter
[through Secretary R. C. Job of (
the Chamber of Commerce,
i Commercial aviation consists of ?
aortal advertising, aerial photo- 1
grnphy, exhibition flying and i
flights wllh passengors.
PRINCE SPENDS
THE NIGHT OUT
Syosset. L. I.. Sept. 3. ? The,
Prince of Wales spent another
night nut last night. He arose at
noon today at the JamoH K. Bur
den place after loss than seven
hours repose for ho did not get
in until a few minutes after five
this morning. He spent the night,
at the holfie""oT_frien?r? "near thoj
Burden estate.
Children's Home Reality
And Visitors Pleased
Idea HroiiKlit ?<> Attention Kli/nlx lh Cilv l'cn|ilr by
Mr?. KhIi- llurr Johnnon hikI Mr*. Anna B. l.cwis in
April Huh Materialized in Marvelou* Manner
When Mra. Kate Burr Johnson.
North Carolina Commlasioner of
I'uhllc Welfare, spoke to an Elis
abeth City audience on the even
ing of April 10 and anions other
thing# mentioned the need of a
detention botno for raa<|uotank
County, probably no one present
bpJIevfd that on September 2 atich
a home would be a reality in I'aa
quotank County and that lt? opcn-i
Ing would bh formally celebrated
by a picnic m upper at the home
with local officlala Interested In
welfare work, and a member of
the State Welfare Hoard. Miss
Nell Ilattle l*ewia, of Italelyh. an
gueata of honor.
I*ooklng hack upon the flrat
meet In KB held to diaruaH auch a
home, thoHO who -attended the
meetlnga recall how lin|ionalhle
the undertaking itemed.
The County welfare officer be
gan by tnlklng to the women of
the varloua mlaalonary aorletlea of
the rhurchea In the rlty and t'-ll
In* them that here wan an oppor
tunity to do horn" mlaalonary
work. She alao apoke to the va
rlr.iiK elvlr organizations In the
city and when sentiment for auch
a horn*- had been arouaed, the
matter wan proaent'd to the Coun
ty Coinmlaalonera and the City
CoiMielf, Mho t>y their rapport* net
the whe?na grtlng for securing the
home.
The rhurchea lent their aup
port. and Individual donatlona "of '
furniture and mon? v ttff made, '
ao that gradually, the idea aet
forth by Men. Johnaon and Mra.
l>-wla ban materialised
Thoae attending the picnic aup
per were delighted with the Chil
dren's Home, aa It la to be railed,
and marvelled at the tranaforma- 1
tlon Wrought In the place since
the alte wan aec tired.
Mian Nell Ilattle Lewis waa
greatly Interested and pleaaed
with the work done and expecta
to write a feature article for the
i Sunday newspaper* of the State, ,
I t?*lllriK about welfare work In j
I'asquotank County and particu
larly about the Children's lforae.
North Carolina people have ac- 1
quired Ike habit at fltopplnj i<>
mad articles appearing under the
namo of Mian Nell Hat tic I,cwIh
because of her d? lluhtful column.
"Incidentally." which Ik to be
found each Sunday In th?? Newa
and Observer. and (how who
have struggled through the plon
leer dayfi of public welfare work
In I'amiuotank County aro grati
fied at the recognition tin* work t
will rtfclvr In the Blale through
the pen of Mlsa !,? win.
The nicnibi-m of the Children's |
j Home board an- Nov. (J. K. Hill,
chairman. Supt. M. ? I'. .IcnoliiKi,!
wcri'tiry treasurer; (?. F. Soyf
fort. f)r. S. If Templcmnn, Nonh
llurfoot. Sr.. Dr. Mora S llulla.
Mrs. W. ft. Ooodwln nnd Mm. S
C. Nf'Wbold. ThBBi* were present
at the picnic aupper Tin nday with
various member* of their farrir ;
lion; m Iho I?r Zenaa Fearing, cltv
health officer; Mia* Marcln Al
b"rtnon. homo demonstration ag
ent, who ha* been of Invaluable I
help In welfare work In the Conn
ty, and a f?>w oth?-r vNltora. Of
coume, Mr*. Anna l<ewln. County
welfare officer, whh there, and
Mr and Mra. Fred A. Jone* who
lire In charge *uL the Children's'
Home. \
? There are 1 1calldren In the
home, their agfli ranging all the
way from 2 to 16 yearn. The, home
began operation on Anguat 12.
8o Interested are VIliltMtll ci
ty people In theao children that a
requent for three high chairs for
the youngest of them, which wa.4
made In The Advance Tuosday af
ternon. brought the three chairs
by nine o'clock Wednesday morn ]
Ing. One othwr high chair 60*1(1
be used If there Is still an unused
high chair In an Elisabeth City
home.
i
The next paved road to be
hullt in I'usquotnnk County wil*
he a throe qunrters of u mil>> ex
tension of I ho Foreman-Uundy
rDiLd fronultti pre?ctit t^nwltvui.vou
the Perquimans Hnf\ whorelt Will"
connect with a nine font pjvtd
road in Perquimans County lead
ing through Chapanoko w>- How
el I 's store on the Hertford- Wood
vill? State highway. ,
'The new mad will not only I
'make Elizabeth City more acces
sible to a large tied Ion of Perqui
mans Couutys hut also will pro
vide a pared road all the way
from Elizabeth City to Hertford
as soon as the pavlmc now under
way from Hertford toward Wood
vllle Is completed.
The original plan of the State
Highway Com mi anion, it will b^
remembered, was to build a nine
fool roai all tin* way from Hert
ford to Woodvllle, but when repre
sentatives of the road building
bodies of all the counties north
of the Albemarle Hound peti
tioned the Commission, instead of
building n nine-foot road f6r tho
entire distance, to build a 16-foot
road n* far as the money would
go. and when that petition was
granted by the Slate Highway'
Commission, the length of the
road to be paved was necesaartly
mr tmwTt.- TiniKeiiuuiniy thire
will be left, 11 11 1 1 1 by act of the
Legislature or otherwise new ap
propriations are made available,
a gap of something like three
miles of unpaved road In the State
Highway connecting Elizabeth Ci
ty and Hertford.
The Foreinan-Bundy road,
when the extension contemplated
shall have boon completed, will
offer n paved detour by which the
unpaved segment of the State
road can bo avoided at very little
sacrifice In distance.
Tho extension of the Foreman
-Buudy roHJt-lras-been under con
sideration evor since It was built.
For a long time the matter vu
hold In abeyance because of un
certainty as to whether Hertford
would meet Pasquotank at the line
with a paved highway. This un
certainty has now dissipated, as
Perquimans Is now building Its
end of this road and the parlnfi
will be completed at the County
line within the next two weeks. . ,
The Perquimans rood was grad
ed by tho County Highway Com* 1
mission and the paving was then
let to contract at $19,000 a mile
for a nine-foot road. It is bellered
probable that the rontractor who
Is building this road for Porqulm
ans County can he led to agree,
when he reaches the line, to carry
the paving on through Pasquo
tank lo the present terminus of 1
the Foroman-Miindy mad. and ne
gotiations to that end aro uow un
der way.
If these negotiations are suc
cessful the extension should b*
completed before cold weather
and at a probable total coat. In
cluding grading, of not more than
120,000
AMHArt/r ('\SKS KKVII KK
OF <-( KltlTK'K COURT
Currituck. Sept. 3. ? Ansault
caaea took up the major por^on of
the flrnt day'n m-Hnion of the Fall
tnrui of Superior Court being held
horn thin week.
.Jnd?:?' Allrn'd charge to th#
Jury wan completed before the
court rece?*#?d for dinner and th?
criminal docket waw started on In
tlio afternoon H>?Hion. ?
Lunday ('anon, Irvln I'ower^
Will In Tatuni, eharfced with as
sault. phTid'-d Kullty and paid the
coata of court.
Edward Ktherld^e, who wtl;
tried for an iiHnault with a deadly
weapon with Intent to kill a col
ored hny, pleaded not guilty. The
court found tlio ahootlnp accident
al rathor than mallcloua or with
Intent to kill and Ktherldge waa
Acquitted.
NKWLAND SCHOOL ?
OPENED MONDAY
Newland High School opened
Monday morning with an enroll
nu ni of |fi:: pupil*, the ix-at In Ita
hlntoi v About :<D other* are ex
pected to he added In a few days.
I>r. N. If I). Wllaon made an
nddrea* and then the work of
clnnalflcatlon won beitun. II. L.
White la principal of the nchool
and the teachers are Mr*. II. L.
White. Mlaaca Lillian Hooper, Rm
II v Stafford, Mftllcent Ilayman,
Alma Foater, Nannie Urny, art*
Mr*. !>lna t'appa.
The ochooln at Itlvcralde, Mt.
tlermon and Oklako will open
next Monday.
(WTTOX >1 AVIKKT
New York, Sept. fl -Spot act
ion cloned quiet. Middling 21.40,
an advance of 16 point* Pntore*'
clo?ln(| bid. Oct. 24 53. Dec. 14. 11,
Jan 14.15, March 24 S8. Ma*
14.17.
New York. Sept. 3. Cotton fu
ture* opened today at the follow
ing level*: Oct. 24.30. Dee. 24.00,j
Jan 24 0?. March 11.10, May
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