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THE WEATHER
Fair in Kant. Probably nhowvtn
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day. SlUtliily warmer tonight.
ELIZABETH CITlf, NORTH CAROLINA, MONDAY EVENING. SEPTEMBER 8. 1024.
E01R PAGES.
NO. 213.
Coolidge Training Guns
~ On LaFollette Position
S|M*ukiii^ in Memory of LaFayette at Baltimore \\ hat
PrecidetifSaiB Van Really an Attack 011
W igconain Senator's Platform
david i awrfm ?:
k ? ? I*_l. b, Tt..
? Baltimore. Sept. li ? President
Coolldce mail, u ch |?.r,.
?lay In memory or l.aFayelte t,ul
really alined at LaFolhtte.
Mr. CooIUIkc i tainted a picture
? .i- '-nwilniiiiiJRui
??lutlon as a moderate and nut a
radical. as a man who Huns aside
temptations to rule and even re- '
jected a French crown, out of
the philosophy Of I .a Fayette the
I resident drew the moral that :
American institutions oiiKht to hi'
maintained and that efforts to
transfer to Congress the rlsht to
override derisions of the Supreme
"rt "r the failed States as ?d
vocated by l.ul'ollette and Ills
;;|'QUP. would only result In tyr
anny and the oppression of the
minority by tin- majority.
1'rsed by his counsellors to hit
hard at the I,aFollette movement,
the ('resident devoted consider
able space of hit* address to radi
calism as It has been evolved In
Amrrira and oonntuntly sought to
prove by the example or La Fay
ette that LaFollette ? govern nicnt
would In effect be mob govern
ment.^ - ?
? -jHL..dcJllMicalc. and determined '
effort." said Mr. Coolldgtv "ii be- ,
"Inrmadf to break down the guar
antees of our fundamental law. It
ha* for its purpose the confisca
tion rtf property and the destruc
tion of liberty."
Tin* President did not of course
no Into details an to the LaFol
lette program but aimed his
shafts at tin' planks In the third
party platform which would
change the Constitution of the
I nlted States. He was particular
ly cautiou.s In his remarks about
the proposal to give Congress the
power to overrule the Supreme
Court.
"Hut the Legislature," he de
clared. "I? not judicial. Along
with what are admitted to be the
luorjts of the question, also what
Is supposed to be tlie popular de=~
mand and the greatest partisan
- advantage weigh very heavily in
making legislative decisions. It is
well known that when the House
>of Representatives sits as a judi
cial body to determine contested
elections, it has a tendency to de
cide In a partisan way."
Mr. Coolldge's main argument
was that courts existed to pro
tect the minority and that to give
complete power to a majority left
the Individual who was oppressed
orly with the tedious alternative
of persuading enough people to
agree with him so as to make a
majority.
The Idea of limiting in some
way the power of the Supreme
Court of the Cnit.-d States did not
originate altogether with La Toi
lette In the present campaign;
i'resldent Roosevelt campaigning
In 1 1 2 made a memorable speech
at Columbus. Ohio. Just before
the Ohio primaries advocating the
recall of judicial decisions. He
had some sharp things to say
about the judges themselves. He
believed that while tho fathers of
America framed a constitution
with careful checks and balance*
they did not make it Impossible
for an executive to appoint "re
actionary" Judges. In the last few
yearn, tho critirism of the Su
preme Court which has provoked
the radicals to demand a change
has emanated largely from the
close decisions In the Supreme
Court in which one man virtually
overruled Congress by declaring a
certain law unconstitutional.
Some of the four to three deci
sions led to the suggestion that
whenever the supreme court Is so
1 closely divided. Congress '?ught to
have a further voice in mmntaln
Ing the validity of a law It has
passed:
While none of the radicals has
ever charged the Supreme Court
with being partisan politically,
the cry has gone up that mer of
a certain conservative viewpoint
have been appointed to the bench
under the Republican administra
tion and that if only one kind of
Judge were continuously appoint
ed the Judiciary would represent
a class viewpoint Conversely
W i "? Hrandels, who was
vtmwn to hold more or radl
c?l views, was appointed by Pres.
? dent W llsoir, the conservatives
raised a howl and endeavored to
prevent confirmation by the Sen
ate.
So the LaFollette argument Is
that unlets some means Is devised
to prevent extreme conservatives
from being chosen for the Judi
ciary and some plan adopted to
ke,p on or two Judges from over
m riding the wishes of Congress, a
* fundamental change In the Con
stitution should be made.
Mr. Coolldge expressed the
viewpoint todsy that stability of
Government "la a very important
asset and argued against hasty
change.
"I doubt." he said. "If there
has heen any change that has ever
really been desired by the people
which they have not been able to
secure."
This, after all, Is the Issue of
the campaign. I)o the people waut
a change? Mr. CoolMgc's speed*
touched not only on the malnten
PREPARING FOR
OPENING SCHOOL
Supt. S. I,. Sllt'cp Makes
Important A 11 11 o ii nc??
meiil for Student* in |{??
f;ar<l to (luHHliciilioii.
Supt. S. L. Sheep nmk?-s tlio
following announcements in re- 1
Kurd to getting ready thin week
for lll?? open ill i; of school on next
Monday:
All pupils who have made spe- ,
rial preparation for th?* fall en- :
trance examinations will observe !
the following schedule:
Ill^h School
Wednesday Civics, lilsiory and
PiiKtirh.
Thursday -Latin, science mid
mathematics. Pupils will report
at 9 a. in. in Room No. 2. . Ex
aminations will lie given in the
afternoon jyjly wheu necessary to
avoid conflict.
.. . AIL iu iuiuu-t i-- a -faf?UH*- -* i rn nmmc
School who -niH entering Hlnh
SchoTd "Will h-port t?i !???- Hltfli
School principal at It a. in. Friday.
September 12. Instructions ami
explanation of courses to Im* of
fered.
All Hiuh School pupils report
to liiKh School auditorium at 9
a. m.. Monday. September 15. All
new pupils report to office of
principal at 10::)d a. ni. Monday.
September 15.
Cram mar. School
All Grammar School pupils who
failed on one or two subjects last
, term, _w ill tho-Urnm- |
mar School building Wednesday
morning, September 10. prompt
ly at 10 o'clock. Arrangements
will then be made for those who
have to take examinations.
All pupils entering the Gram
mar School for the first time will
report at Grammar School bundl
ing nt 10 o'clock Thursday' morn-'
ilng. All other pupils will report
I in same rooms they occupied last
term on Monday morning at 9
o'clock.
Primary School
All children of the first, second
and third grades entering the city
shool for the first time are re
quested to register *~4>n Friday,;
September 12. from ft to 12
o'clock at the Primary School
building
ance of the stutus quo In Demo
cratic affairs but defended his for
elgn policy as helpful to Kurope
"without sacrificing American In
dependence." He |io|m*s .America
Will "set the example to the world
both In Democratic nnd domestic
relations of magnanimity" nnd in
that course he believes lies "the
greatest honor which we can be
stow upon the memory of I ^Pay
ette."
FATE OF LOEB AND
LEOPOLD IS SEALED
Chicago. Sept. 8.? Thn fate of
Nathan Leopold. Jr.. aud Richard
Lo.-b has been pealed.
Judge Caverly bait completed
IiIm decision and will render it '
Wednesday an the la?t act of hi*
connection with the crlinlnal
courts of Cook County.
Throe sheets of ruled paper
containing approximately 1.000
words hold the decision, written
yesterday after the Judge attend
ed church, under police guard to
day. The rough draft was turned,
over to a stenographer sworn to
secrecy, to be typewritten.
WOULD FLIERS OFF
TO mOSS CONTINENT
<V*r Til AaaorUtrd Pnm ?
noston. Sept. 8. ? The world
fliers took ofT fr.rnr here at 11:02
Castern standard time, beginning
the series of Jumps that will com
plete at Seattle the circumnaviga
tion of the world. Weather con
ditions w?*Ve gnod and they ex
pected to arrive at Mitchell Field
at 2 o'clock today.
Iloston, Sept; 8. ? The world
fliers left tTils morning Tor New
York.
NEWFRONTIN
CHINESE WAR
VriiiirH of Cent-rul Cliutifi
of Maiirliuria S?r?*|iiii^
Down AgainHl For <?<?>. of
CfBHll Wu.
Shanghai, Sept. 8.? Tin* armies
of General Chang Tsolin were to
day swi'i ping down from Manchu
ria toward Peking against the
forces of General Wu Pelfu to
create a new front in China's ci\il
war which has been confined to
fighting eaMt and south of Shang
hai between the rival military
governors for the possession of
the gateway of the city.
This latest military gesture will
make the territory between Muk
den and Peking" an armed camp
1,000 miles away from the
Shanghai lino of warfare.
Peking, Sept. 8. ? General
Chang Tsolin. military dictator of
Manchuria, has notified foreign
consuls at Mukden that in view
of the approach of rival Wu Pel
fn forces in the vicinity of Shang
hai-Kwan he would be obliged to
marshal his forces with Tlenoncs
as an assembling point, it was re
ported In official circles today.
JOMK'M TKA ROOM
WILL OI'KX TTRHDAt
Jose's Tea Room on Matthews
street next to the Wtnikrean.
Company will open Tuesday morn
ing at nine o'clock, and the pub
lic Is invited to call and Insperl
the now place with Its dainty
foods of various kinds. Miss Jo
sie Gordon Is the manager of th ?
tea room, and having put her en
ergy. Initiative and faith Into the
venture, hope* for thp support or
Elizabeth City housekeepers, who
will find sandwiches, xnlads. and
other good things prepared fo.
them there. There will nlso be
tables where visitors will be served
salads, sandwlchea and other
light refreshments.
Negro Question Bobs Up
In Louisiana's Primary
It* Hcud After Forty-eight Yi-ur Almrnrr ^lien
Senator Itjuisdcll Attacks Op|H>ii?-nt
mid Draws Hot Comeiiack
liv WALDO mooki-:
rccwriaht i??. th Th? ?<*??.-?)
Shrevcport, Sept. 8 ? The negro
question. a I?h? n t for 4K years In
Louisiana politics. ha* again
, falmi^l lln l.t-ml H k- HXpi'nl>wl-4?H
(?lay an im purta Kt parr In the
? Democratic primary Tuesday,
when a nominee for (he I'nlted
States Senate will be selected.
Nomination Is equivalent to elec
tion.
The negro question has been
raised by both candidates for the ,
Senatorship, StMUir JdMpH K.
Itansdell, incumbent for the last
11 yearn, arrti I <ee Kmmett Thom
as, Deniocrntic National Commlt
Ueiuua aiul mayor of
SnitOf ItansdHI. who served
14 years In the. Lower House be
fore his election to the Senate,
charged that Mr. Thomas, by hi*
Advocacy T)f the passage of the'
Sterling-Towner bill, which would
provide for a Federal department
of education, opened an avenue
-for ft Federal department head to |
compel a mtving of whites and
negroes, in the state's public
schools.
Mr. Thomas branded this
charge as "pur? bosh and folderol
nnd an insult to the white man
hood of the South." He declared
there will always be Anglo-Saxon
supremacy in the South. He hns
repeatedly quoted from the bill to
show thst It provides all Federal
money must be distributed
through the state treasurer and
spcclflrally provide* that the re
spertMve states are to remain In
control of their public schools.
fn ridiculing the argument of
Senator Ttansdell, Mr. Thomas
early In tho campaign predicted
: he would unearth "a nigger In
t*i?? Senator's wood pile." Thin,
ilr. Thomas' friends say he did
be- made fmWIe t IHIw ;
from Senator Ransdell to Walter
! Cohen. u New Orleans negro. who
was appointed comptroller of cus
toms at N'-w Orleans by both
I President Harding and President
jCoolldge, the Senate once declln- ,
ing to confirm the appointment.
In the letter written from
WashlnKton. June 22. 1922. Hen- j
ator Uansdell addressed Cohen a*
"Dear Mr. Cohen." and asked
him about "Mr. O. A. Ilartholo-j
mrw. n cnlorcd person whom f"*
don't know personally,' who. it
appeared, was seeking the Men
tor's endorsement for a position
in the Internal Kevenue and his
tonis branches at New Orleans.
The letter continued:
"I understand he has taken; a
Or st class civil service examina
tion and will thank you .to give
his case jour caVeful considera
tion. with the view to rocorumend
I n i# Wm If -you can consistently-*!"
so. advising trie In tJie premises."
The letter was ad&essed to Co- ,
hen as secretary of the Itepuhll
ean state central committee.
Mr. Thomas charges the negro,
Bartholomew, received the ap
pointment and Is working with
white nun and women In a posi
tion not held by a negro since re
construction days. Mr. Ransdell
has made no reply to the charge
nor explanation of tho letter.
Tuesday will te|| whether the
negro question Is still a magic
wand to conjure with In Loulsl- j
ana politics.
Guarding Herrin's City Hall
Machine Runs like thin Rive Herrln. 111.. ween* ot kl in n wir like
nppeuranr?>. Thl* one I* mount..! on the i?of of the my h nil.
JOINT MEETING
PROVES FIASCO
(louiity ( !onimissioii?*rs Did
Not Show Up Saturday
mill Highway Com mis
sion Not railed to Order.
The proposed joint meeting
the Pasquotank County Highway
Commissioners with the board o'
! County Commissioners* requested
for Saturday afternoon at 1:30
o'clock failed to take place. Mos*.
of tlie members of the Highway
body wore present hut as th!
County Commissioners did not ar
rive the meeting was not called lo
order.
A letter was sent to each mem
ber of the County Commissioner*,
requesting them to meet with th"
Highway Commissioners. The
letter did not set forth the pur
pose of the "meeting hut it wa*
understood that" the question of
-the budget lor highway mainten
ance and construction for th*
I coming year would be discussed.
The estimate of 45,000 made tw?
months ago by the Highway Corn
! mlssloners has not been ncted up
on and no appropriation has been
? made to cover this amount.
J. J. Morris, chairman rf the
Highway Commission received a
j letter from Noah Ilurfoot. Sr..
chairman of the County Conm.is
| sloners in which he .acknowledged
receipt of the request to meet on
; Saturday and said in part:
"If the Highway Commission
has any matter that they wish to
bring before the Hoard of County
Commissioners, they will he glad
| to hear them at their meeting on
Sll \R|? BltEAK I.N
C(mt)N IMAHKTE
NfW York. Sept, X The IJov
| i>rniiH'ii( cotton report wan fol
low* <1 l>y a sharp break in I li?>
j market today. October dropp'nu to
2'! 7 j aiitl tin- K^'iO'tal market
I this. - afternoon- -showing lo t il<
iclilli.s of 7 ?? to Kit points.
New Orb-uns, Sep) . *? Ortober
A\uUull. drt)i'Ui-d--tiL ,^^LULl_UUiiL-lk;r.
member to 2H.U2 alt< r I lit* pulrii
cattnn of~ttie povommmr it port
(today. x
TltKKE KILLED IN
AtiTO-TKAIN CI-ASII
| Kittaninu. Pa., Sept. s. Kiatik
Plppert, tit.-* wife ami months
nlil child, wi-if killed today when
i thi-li iiutoniobik1 win Kit tick by
! Ho* Pennsylvania Buffalo express,
j Jnhti Lucas, driver, of tin- ma
chine, wan injured.
MYSTEKY WOMAN
OKDEKEI) TO LEAVE
Wilmington', S-'pt. K, The
< "mystery woman" was today or
dered_to leave Wilmington aft? i
i three months Jail sentence for vio
lating the prohibition law had
i b<*en suspended. Charge* of lar
ceny and Jewelry hHoiiKing to
' Mm. J.. K. Lewi* and helm to the
Henry M. Flagler eidate, w? re
dismiss ed?
the first Monday in October, or If
the matter is urgent, I will be
glud to tame a call for a special
meeting to hear whatever you
have to say. If the County Com
missioners were to meet you on
the Cth as you suggfHt it would
.bo only an Individuals and not it'
Ihelr official capacity."
Eviden.ce Habitation Mars
Conspicuous By Absence
ISy K i\ OWK\
(CtnrliDI. 1914. Br Tk* Atone*)
Kick Observatory. Mount Ham
itlon. Sept. 8. ? Tuesday nigh'
when the planet Man swunK bark
Into Its usual orbit, 42.000.000
miles distant from the earth,
scientific men of the world at
large were JuHt am much In tin
dark <t m to whether Mars really la
Inhabited an they were twp weeks
ago. when the rod nameaake of
our <Iod of War atarted ita ?wlim
seven million milea nearer to old
Mother Earth.
Tin- mini total of aclentinc dls
ov?*rl"K made by the amall army
of aavnnta who have been man
ning slant telescopes in the I>Ik
Pacific coast observatories since
the ida net commenced to conn
Into "opposition" to thla world, in
fart, would tend to support th?*
oppoalte belief that Mara in un
inhabited.
The supposed "canals" whlrh
lonK have been the chief basin of
scientific belief that Mars boaated
animal and probably human lite
very much like our own. It turns
out. are entirely too wide to be
man-mad'- affairs fully 100-mlha
across. Also, from the scientific
i-iii?i|ui|n) . ) )( w now if'- . dooln r*'*l
to be too winding and twlstlni: In
their course* to be the result of
any Kroat Martian engineering
project.
On the other band, observa
tions and photographs have vir
tually established the fact that
Mars not only ban air clouds and
atmoxphorlc conditions very simi
lar to our own. but Also has rlv? rs
and mountain*, land and sea.
Presence of wator In the sup
posed canal*, which now turn out
hi scientlflc theories to be fivers,
is believed to bo proved by the
fact that vapor is very similar to
our own earthly fogs arls<- from
them every morning when the sun
first strikes them.
Actual resulta of the savants'
observations, however, will not bo
definitely known for several
works, until scores of photo
rrat>h* taken during the opposi
tion period have been developed
and compared It hi possible that
these photographs, taken with
color screen arrangements whlcn t
will help astronomers determine
tho density of 1 hi Ma ilia li atinos
phoro, also may <?Ubllih definite
I y whether there in vegetation up
on tho planet. During tho 12
nights that ll has been possible
to take photographs from Mek
Obflnrvktory more than a hundred
exposures were made. Thev rep
resent various surfaces of Mara
I which have he en turned toward
the earth during, the opposition
period.
Nullifying the hitherto widely
held theory that the no-called
Martian canals probably art: the
greatest evidence of the evlsl- nee
of human life on the planet. f>r
H. O. A It ken. noted aHtroiiomie
authority In charge of all m ndl? s
made of Mum through Hie big
telescopes here, says:
"All of us who have partici
pated in the observation!* of M.im
made from thin observatory dur
InK the la?t two Weeks are agreed
that there Ik no evidence of any
thing artificial on the surface of
the planet which would Indicate
the presence of human life. The
no-called canals nre fully a bun
dred ml leg wide, which would
tand- any billets UiaL
they were man-made. Also tluy
are too devious and winding in
their courses to be the results of
any engineering project.
"The two wceha of observation
have not been productive of any
thing particularly definite. Our
greatest hopes are placed in pho
tographs which yet are to be com
Dared and which may prove en
lightening In several w;iys. From
them we may learn the no-aning
of the different color effee'a ob
servable on the placet through
powerful telescopes.. ? Th'ey may
show whether the green which ap
pears along the supposed rivers
or canals is really vegetation and
whether other colors denote
mountains, plains, oecans and
other topographical features.
"It Is hardly likely, however,
that the photographs will furniih
us anything definite upon which
we can base future theories as to
whether the planet Is Inhabited
or not. There Is no reason at thin
time to think it Is."
PLEASURE DAY
TRUE TO NAME
<m-iutiiuk Pirnir Dinner,
SpefrlieN mill Greui
Coikouix- Pfopl,. |.ac.
lorn of Occumoii.
Point Harbor. Sept. S ? Plenty
oat and to Bpuro. ?oou
speeches, and Ideal weather mad!
tin* annual "Pleasuro Day" e*?le- 1
UraMon hHd here Saturday a voij j
Ilk* ...,ou people who canto her*
outln*. A threuten
W,M"" I'"' U.,n
,v e nl n k iin,: II,,. fjfj ... -J
i Was too cool tor I, nihil, K Sat u I
>la> kept the Cloud from being us I
JitrRo.iiK laxt year.
II wa? really and truly a dav I
nf pleasure, Prom ?|?u o'clo. n
In the morning until the twilight
. ur. 11 rowd mingled on the'
a' mil* "hich stretches for nearly
J.""' I"'""" the home,,?
All?rt .s t iriggs of (his place '
v ir,"? "."in
III! J JO hy tho I.adi,? Ala
r t? y ", ?" Chriat
f I o wells I'olnt. AiinouncltiK
r""1 speakers stand!
Hob Urlgg, ?ald "the grub |S ,K |
good as (an W cooked In North
"Pi anything that Is'
raise, | to eat in the State you wir
likely find || |,ere." i
This point on the sound, hy the!
I ' i *rejiesi places I
..r.vw't.Vr wn':r* be fo"n,ii
Hi , ? flr*' sportsmen til
-'. ''4'^ .'".ilttLnK the_g,Une wftrp ihr 1
lud luns who selected this site tori
i ,?; ?WTr, bch,n" <?>?'
face,. ' fr"m Pale;
The speak, -rs or the day were
(?'IT I' K' "f Halelgii,
<?tnnian.l. r ot the ? :? r.l Division
luring the World War; Walter
n. Attorney r..r the stati
, V? ?*"? . ?nimi?*iot,. ?,?i Rlcll
! h. .i ? s- reli" >- Hi? KHz
nierre. "y ? '"""her or Com
l!"1"1' of ?peod hoat-i '
intorruptod the speakers it wan ?
remembered that tho crowd]
Stan, 7 "ro""'1 ">'? speakers
larger than the
Which lust year listened to
Jongrcssmun llallett s. Ward an ?
there was less disturbance.
t.eneral Glenn hardlv spoke
oyer twenty minute.. Hut dui i
I lug that time he gave hi, llate.i '
he ?'?? ,hlnk ab"ut ?">
he establishment or porl an?
terminal facilities in North Car
w. e" i, "ln ??neral
,,.i'n il"!lo a nmher or votes "for
" ""?a.ure which will be voteu
on next (November.
?tiiy," u','r. ('"'"'"n speaking on
Our State ,|M,|,B r?r nearly an
ionnt"" Industrial and educa
Momil proRri.sH of North Carolina
Turning t? ?,e need. ?r th"e sutc
111. speaker pointed to the .level
.?"Micni or North Carolina's water
He took occasion to1
.and the w.rk or Representative!
" Johnson In the North fa.
spoke in?".!'01 i
i* poke |? glowing terms ot th?
work or Joseph IV Knapp in
I'urrltuck County. "The state
would not now be working on a
toad from Currituck Court House
rV i \ po1"' " " ha'"" heeu ror
M Johnson," the speaker aalil
if t ,Jo?. Kpoakinjc In the ln
vIlr i?L Albemarle Dlntrlrt
, air. iHlrl cniphaHlM on I ho Inipor
nihlhlt'L and county
exhibits anil urged the co-opera
yea"-? F?|"rr'"" k ?' <l>l? !
Pleasure I 'ay ha. become,
holiday ror all Currituck County
wdW in" I'a.quotank County
folks riding |? picnic oh I
serve, I that the doors of most or
the Store, were closed and post
'?rrlies apparently remained open
""'"'or. short while ror th"
delivery or mall.
?Thr, f hnrch or Christ or Pow
ells Joint which I. near the llar
?IlKSer postorrice Is ,p?n,?r
[his annual event. ?ev. James it
l.ee p.istor. headed the work ol
^UlrU!lnmlttfc? and ar, ordltix to
lloh tlriggs did every i bin* pot,|.
hli to make the event a success
II least a reporter for The Ad-'
vanee on one occa.ion round the
'"ig'n", r,C,'rd ln painting !
igns ror the occa.ion. Ile.iite,
the Ladles Aid Society among
tho ? responsible n,r the succm,
of the event wore: It L. Orlcia
I (J. Howdy. A. H m \
Mljlgetr. T. K. Bower, nnij K. M
Oallop, all or Harbinger.
The-elrttre srtslr w?,
in a very btiflineKM ) I k?* way Maf
Irnl'ihS" lo ""porln
ml the parking or car, and
' ?""r" f"r "r'?k. ?m
linn, r thus saving time and avoid
In* confusion Though sponsored
l.y a church of less than a hun
Ilrcil member, this event |, *iVe i
wholehearted support by the en',
lire county each year and with
the d-velopment or good roe, Is
J1.*; W,H ?th"r count le,
*''' "y" hj'ome larger ??.h
irld.t^ .? o """
graded |? IS mile, or the I'olnt It
was possible tJ]l, year to make the
trip In two hours by autontohll,
fr<nn Kllxabpfh City.
COTTON M \ ItK KT
Now York. S?*pt. 8. -Upot fiot
ton eloaed qnlel, Middling 24 <0.
a d' Clino of 120 polntn. Kuttirrn.
cliwln'; bid. Oct 23. SR. Doe 21 OR, i
Jnn 23 0T. March 23. 26. May
23.47.
Eventually Why Not Now
Burden Of Glenn Speech
Willi Kuilroud* Standing Still or l (Ground and
(loiiimcrrr Doubling Every Ten ^ ours Slute !Mn*t
Turn to Highway* nnd Wulerway*
TRAINING SCHOOL
GETS UNDERWAY
Thiwe Who Have Nut ^
Knrollcd May Do So To
night aiul Hmivi* Credit
on Diploma.
The Elizabeth City DistrL?
Training School fur Sunday School
Workers opened on Sunday night
in the First Met (indict Church
with u running mart. Ail of the
1 faculty wcru In place. The op
ening exercises were held iu the
Church Auditorium.
After worship, tho Conference
Superintendent presented briefly
the alius uud methods of the
Standard Training Schol. TIiIh is
a part of the church-wide effort
to train the officers and teacher*
now active and to prepare for
future workers. Thu course i a
laid down by the central au'thori
J Ifift and thOHC- whn attend r.tgn.
larly, read thu prescribed book.i
and hand In from day to day thV
simple written exercises aligned
by the Instructors receive credit 4
which count toward a diploma iu
the Sunday School Department of
the Church. Tho work Is of
course elementary dnd easy, but
It Is hoped by continuing from
year to year to develop in the
Church a body of men and women
who will be fitted for this vast
ly Important part of the CfiurcL ,
activity. The rank of a Sunday
School In the Church la largely
determined by tho number o'
teachers and officers taking theso,
credit courses. Any who were1
unable to begin on last evening
and who wtll attend every night ,
from this till Friday will be per-,
mltted to stand for a credit unit \
The attendance last night was
very creditable, though not alto
gether satisfactory, with 116 on- 1
J rolled for work beside visitors j
Among those attending are the
following pastors: Rev. Messr*
Yearby, of Hertford. Ix>we, of
Plymouth, Hrowu. of Stumpy
Point aud Fitts of Manns Harbor, ,
besides the four resident Metho
dist preachers. Stumpy Poln*
the farthest church repre- !
sented. carried away honors for
out of town attendance, having
ten present. Other pastor* uiul
workers are expected to arrlv>
during the day. The work for
Monday and each succeeding day
will be class periods in th<> sev
eral class rooms, 730; 8:20; r.
worship period, 8:20; 8:10; and
a second cluss period 8:40;9:30.
Visitors or students from othei
churches will receive a hearty
welcome if they come regularly or
even at their convenience.
TIIKEK DKOWN SUNDAY
Jacksonville, Fla., Sept. 8.
Reginald L Lewis, ajied 2f?. his
wife and father drowned here
yesterday when catching crabn.
Mrs. Lewis fell In. the husband
Jumped in to save her, and the
father Jumped In to save them
, both.
OKIHHO MAN HKNTKNCEI)
TWO MONTHS ON ROADS
fyRoy Perry of Oklsko wa*
sentenced to two months on the
roads In police court Monday
morning on being found guilty of
driving a car while under the In
fluence of liquor. Perry ran In
to the car of I). L. Davis, &U5 Mor
gan street, on the corner of Cedai
and Road streets. Mr. Perry took
an appeal to higher court and was
relesed under a bond of $f>00,
Charged with reckless driving
while drunk, I>. L. Davis pleaded
guilty and paid a fine of $100 and
cost*.
N H. Relfe for carrying a gun
In his car was fined $f?0 and
costs. This defendant also ap
pealed and secured a bondsman
for lion
O. C. Warden, colored, for pon
session of whiskey paid a fine of
$30.00 and co?ts.
Alexander Lee. colored got four,
months on the roads for driving
without permission a car belong
ing to the Smith Ferehen Motor
Company. Judgment was later
suspended upon the payment of e
fine of $25.00 and costs.
Will Ilsker, colored, for speed
ing tiaTfl IKe co'rts* of court
Wfllle Morris and Henry Lamb,
colored, for failure to stop at a
railroad crossing, were taxed
with the costs.
Oscar Glover, for failure to list
taxes, paid his taxeg and costs o^
court.
For belnr drunk Richard Spen
cer paid a fine of $& 00 and costs.'
Charlie Alexander for assault
on W, IV. Dillon, both colored,
paid a fine of $10 and costs.
For disorderly conduct I.e*li?|
Tlllett paid a fine of |10.00 ari'1
costs. '
j "Either all other -states In the
Colon with fuclliiii'H fur water
transportation ait* contumatcly
j foolish an?l North Carolina only la
wise or North Carolina la
unspeakably f-iolixh and thorn*
other stjftes an- uir.. ." t;.n*-ral E._
IV cllenn Mblii hi- r.fjza'hctii" 6ltjT"
audience In hi* addrega here Sat
urday night in behalf of the
State |H?rt and terminals measure
which Im to ho the iMHUe of h ref
? r. -nil a in submitted loth.- voters
?>r this State in t ln< November
? hot Ions, "for North Carolina
potentially grcati-nt in rtirh facil
ities. is the only State of them all
that bus done nothing to develop
ItH water transportation."
"ThU-aieattine which is lo._h*i_
submitted t *? tli'- voters In North
Carolina In November." the
speaker went mi to way, "docs not
provide for the rote t run ion of
terminals at any particular point.
It Is not a Wilmington project, or
? SouthjM.it project or a New
Hern projtet. It Im n Stale proj
ect. it duea provide for the con
struction and propt-r location of
terminals. both t eean and Inland.
Tliat'a all that li is possible ami
**'*1 ** ts necessary for the
FluTe ro d??: lor tin- FVdTraFfiov- "
eminent will not permit the State
lo provide channels for commerce
.Into and out of tle-ae terminals,
but is Itaelf obligated to provide
channel* where there are tenuln
ala.
on people in thin section are
very much interested In the com
pletion of the Norfolk to lleau
fort section of the Atlantic Inland
Waterway. Senator Simmons hus
been working on this project for
yearn, but progre.sa is painfully
alow. I asked the Senator about
it on a recent visit to Washing
ton and he told me that the
"tumbling block wan the hoard of
enuineera of War Department at
>\ aahlugton. I w? nt to aec the
head of that board and here la
what he aald to me.
You folks are talking down
there about potential commerce,
| but we can t recommend appro
piiatlnnn on the txinh of poten
jtlal commerce."
Hut suppose,' | countered.
North Carolina koch ahead and
does ita part In providing termin
als for shipping along the route of
thlii proposed waterway?'
Then the appropriation for
the completion of this project
would go through on greased
w.ioelB,' wan his anawer. 'for that
would he the best poar.lhlc evi
dence of North Carolina's good
faith in the claims on which the
Mate la asking for tlx develop
ment of thin waterway.'
"You way that the port- and ter
minal meriaiire would lie an ad
vantage to the Cape Fear baaln,
but atik where It will benefit yon.
Would It not he worth something
lo you to hasten (lovernjnent pur
chase and deepening "f the Dla
mal Swamp Canal ' One yacht. I
am told, en rout" fmr.i New York
to Florida made a abort atop in
your harbor last summer and left
$1500 In your city. Suppose ncorea
of fh*?<. yachts panned through
the Dismal Swamp Canal, as they
would If It wen ? free waterway
and If the Inland Waterway e*
ti tided all the iv.iv to H?a u fort*
each aiimmer ' You are scrap
ping for good mud < to bring tour
ists through your city. Why neg
lect your waterway*.'
"If you will consult your map
you will find that every Mate with
porta la spending money freely to
develop those ports New York and
New Jersey have spent $150,000,
'000 on .terminals Philadelphia
? has had spent on He t? nninaln
$100,000,000, New Orleans, made
the ?econd mutest port In the
world through slate and Federal
. appropriation^ . '?"? had spent
there more thiin $100,000,000.
The Slate ?>r California years aco
appropriated $11,000,000 for port
terminals at San Francisco. Rev
enues from those terminals have
taken rare of the Interest and
provided n sinking fund to retire
the bounds mill In addition have
provided funds for new construe*
tlon until today San Francisco's
.terminals te present an Investment
of $56,000,000. And thla In h la
terminals Every state that haa
appropriated money for this ptir
pose has been able to collect rev
? nuea ?tifficlcnt to pay lnt? rest
and roITfe I he" Honda ariiT fo fin
? nee new constrm tlon.
"It In a inatt. i of common
knowledge that North Carolina Is
bcln?t discriminated nvnitial In the
matter of freight rates. The fls
iires of the three railroad systems
rtliat operate iu .our State. It seems -
to me. prove this conclusively, to
nny man with open mind. I tiiko
the'r own figures;
"The annual net earnings of
the Atlantic. Coast l<lne over Its
entire system tire $:'..K7 2 a mile.
In North, Carolina Its esrafuga
are $4,801 per mile.
"The annual met earnings of
the Southern over Its entire
svstem are $ per mile, lo
North Carolina It rams $?,4f>6
per mile.
"The Seaboard ovof Ita cntlr*
system realises u net revenue of
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