CIRCULATION SATURDAY . 2.552 Copies VOL. XIV. FINAL EDITION THE WEATHER Fair in Kant. Probably nhowvtn In WViit portion tonlKht and Tnw 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;arn 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 . 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 . 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 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 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 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, - 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? ! 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, frwe, 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 l6 per mile. "The Seaboard ovof Ita cntlr* system realises u net revenue of Continued on pag > t , ^