North Carolina Newspapers

Youth of Defendants All Saved Them From Noose Cuverlv Impost-it Srntrnm of Lift- InipilwHi ?ii4*iil mi Leopold mid taii-li for Murder and of 'W Y c:ii> for kidnupin^' Y ounp Holier! I'Vmilv* i pt Tff-XMon^fa Ttr* ? SHFIUIT WAKIVED MAY BK W AYI.Alh Chicago. Sept. 10. SlierlfT Hoffman Haiti that within a f*?w !i.?urs after I^eopold and I.oel? hud be?*n sentenced ho received several anonymous telephone warnings that preparations W?'r?' bt?ln>? made to waylay tho prisoner* and their escort en rout" to the penitentiary. Criminal Courts Building, Chi eago. Sept. 10. ? Sentences of life I m prison UK' ut for tin* murder, of 14 -year -old Robert Franks, and years' imprisonment for hid jiapin,-. the boy were meted out to day to Nathan Leopold. Jr. and Richard l^oeb by Judge John 11. l&Vurly. - ? " - ? ? The youth of the ? defendants was all that saved them from the noose. "It would ha\e been the path ?f least resistance to impose the extreme penalty of the law." said the Judge in his decision. ??In choosing Imprisonment in Head of death the court U moved chiefly by the ages of the defend auta. 1H and 10 y? ara. "It Is not for the court to any that he will not In any case en force capital pu n ltd, inent bu^ to decline to Impose the sentence of death on persona who are not of full t?ge." , . judge Caverly added that while life IniprlHonment "may not strike I the public imagination aB forcibly ' an would hanging, yet to the of fendera particularly of the type they arc. the prolonged suffering It, r yars of confinement may well the more severe '?rln 0 rt butlon and expiation." Robert Franks. 14-year old son of Jacob Franks, retired pre.l dent of a watch ca?o manufactur ing company and a 'ormer pawn broker. wan kidnaped "hll\ *n; route to the family home at 505. Bills Avenue. - Chicago, from ill nearby playground of the Har vard preparation school, late In tho afternoon of May *1. 1 , , While the family was search ing frantically for the boy a tele phone message Informed Mrs Franks that Robert had been kid naped. that he was ante, and th.v the family would be advised fur ther as to how to recover him. Early the neat morning Mr. Franks received a neatly typed ^nerlal delivery letter bearing Ibc \ tnaturo "George Johnson with trie dictation marks "O. K. R." in forming him that Robert was nelu ? (or $10, (WO ransom, that the lad was safe, and to stand by for further Instructions as to how to pay tbe ransom and recover the boy. At dawn the neat morning a workman traversing the Penn.yl vanla railroad tracks at 118th ntnet. a wild, uninhabited acctlou Junt Inside the southern corporal* limits of Chicago, saw. the fee* of a nude body protruding fron. a culvert between two small iakes The body was taken to an under laker's establishment where U | rested unidentified until late In the afternoon, when a brother of Mr*. Franka went to the morgue on a chance that the body might ?| that of Robert* ? TT ? ! TH Ho Identified It positively al though a pair of horn-rlmmed spectacles were afflaed on the face. The glaaaes were found near the culvert and the under taker thought they belonged to th? boy. Then began one of the greatest man hunts in the history of Chic ago, because of the evident brutal ity, of the murderers and tho prom inence of the Frank* family. More than a score of persons. Including two Instructors at the Harvard schcol. were arrested.' but re leased when they were able to disprove connection with the k.d* naptng and murder. Column- of newspaper apace #tr? devoted to the case but tha headlines were diminishing lu jlre a* hope of apprehending the \ murderers dwindled when nncx * pe< edly Robert B. Crowe, state s attorney, announced on May 23 thai Richard Ix?eb. son of Alber* H l.?eb. K0 17 Cilia Avenue. view president of Sears Roebuck * Co.. nn.1 Nathan F. l*opold. Jr.. son ot A wealthy paper box mannfac turer and ahlpplng man. 475 ? Greenwood Avenue, had confessed to the kidnaping and murder. It developed that all eluea with th* tingle exception of the spec tacle found near the body had been exhausted By tracing thou Mnds of prescriptions for sj>ee * tscfet. the state's attorney* forcc finally eliminated all but four which called for apecUclee th ? .sine ?? those found a Ion gal de tho i _ _ .. . .. ? ? - ? - ? ? ? - "hodv- Qf theqaarrrt tA.TRV" <>]"!?* 1 WW selz (J upon I <00 j>oli|. He pre viously had Imvii questioned i \j the police because of l?!s know.i (rcQuent trips 1 it the p:uri? where the Krjuk \ l?"v'< l.miv m i ? im.fiii 1 hul was r. b-aved win 11 he ex plained that hi* interest In that luce. lily ws biut'il solely upon !i 1.4 study of ornithology, (he iclencv .of l?lr<! life. the region abounding In unusual specimens. Loeb anil Leopold related what, at first appeared to be unimptac.t able alibi. Leopold finally, ad mitted possible ownership of !h ppi i laili'K but UJI.r about ron I vinfpd the authorities that In- hail; lost them while on a legitimate (trip to* the region. Their story of their who re - ?iViiits on ;*??? d.:v an I evening of the kidnapping broken when Seven Knglund. the Leo "poftTfTfaiiTfeur. nsaefTWTfliat thr' I'd Willys Knfchl auioniobib- in which th? " hnyff^* declared they had been . ndit'ig, " had not beer, out of the lipoid girage at the time specif ieil. i^oeij. upon learning that exclaimed "My .Clod, ran that lie true; Rive me r. glub.f of . water." and wltliin a fe* minutes was relating a complete confession of his participation ( with L-opolil In the kidnapping and murder. Leopold, told that J Loeb was confessing. also made ? a detailed confession. The two statements Jibbed in all details except the one as to which actually had wiel il 'd the lethal Inst ruiiienr Leopold a tnl l?oei> both maintained that they had 1 been drivuiK the nutomobilc- into' which the Franks boy was en ticed and killed and that th ? other had struck the death deal' Ing blows. The confessions wt out that the two were intent on commit ting the "perfect crime." In de tail they ran: j The crime had been planned for several months. No particu lar victim had been selected. Th . afternoon on which the Frank ; boy was chosen had been spent in reconnoitering the Harvard school district for a possible subject. John Levinson. 9 year old grandson of Julius Ilo&in wald. noted philanthropist an! president of the Sears Roebuck & Co., was singled out. He escapcd however. In the general rush home at the end of the baseball gains In which the boys wer?, participating, and partly because of the presence of nn Instructor. Loeb and Leopold were driving slowly down the street, having abandoned hope for the day, when suddenly they espied Bobo. Franks enroute home. I*ocb addressed him, inviting him into the automobile. Hobby demurred." | He said he had only a short dis tanre to go home preferred to walk. Loeb. who had playeu tennis frequently with the lad, Insisted that he wanted to tal.r with him about a new tennis racquet, whereupon Bobby en tered the automobile. Seated, he was struck upon the head with a taped cold chisel, and rags stuffed into Ms mouih. 'The kidnappers, not realizing that the hoy was dead, drove ahoir for a time Intending to kill the child when they reached tin place they hail selected for dis posing of the body. They flnali> reached the rendezvous, stripped the boy of his clothes and poured an acid on his face with the In -trntfon of disfiguring it beyond recognition. Leopold donned wading boots, strode Into the wa ter anil thrust the body face down ward into the culvert. It slut* and he forced It further with his foot, but In the haste in the dark n?w left the murdered boy's feet protruding. Also in the hurry of leaving the scene. Loeb picked np Leopold's cost bottom up and lost the tell-tale spectacles from the breast pocket. They also left one of Hobby's own blown sport stockings and his cap. Loeb and l^eopold then pro-' coeded to dispose of various ar ticle* of hobby's* clothing, the au tomobile robe In which the bod) had been wrapped and tho other things used In the murder. Some were burned, some were huri?d In widely separated spots and the cold chisel waa hurled from th ? automohilo not far from the scene of the kidnapping. The automobile used was ob tained from a rent-a-car agen . and was of th? same type as Leo pold's personal car. To obtain it the youths used assumed names, registered at two hotels and es tablished two bank accounts. The ransom letter was prepared wrell In advance of th* kidnapping, sealed and the envelope left nn addressed, that feature to depend upon the child chosen for deatn Ths typewriter was a portable stolen from the house of the fra j ternity of which Loeb was a mem ber before he was graduated from the University of Michigan. The! Silent Slayer (Mere are the three principal* In (he > tafning "silent ?layer"" can# at Dei. 1 (ihrw. Kns. !.<<>nar<l Pctrrmn, 21 llower left I. admits ho killed Amul j Dupnnt (lower right). his 19 year Old ! churn, hut he refusea to tell why. .The ? vpon* nkiyer wilt Tint nay whether hi* act concern* Floy KIs ?onirer. the 16 year-old girl with whom he lied to Calirornln after the murder. HPKHAIi VK.MHK ROll 1 TltlXl. EOKNTON NKfiROK.' Eden ton. Sept. 10. ? A spec.: ..I I venire was ordered drawn by nooi. today for the trial of I>avld Jonc.? and George Russell. ncgioc?) charged with the murder of Ham Small, In superior court here. The ea>?<! of Clinton Horn! for murder of Janies Bon?, was Ir. progress here this morning. Cases disposed of yesterday were: J. J. Hunch for fishing in pro- ' hlhlted territory, Judgment sus pended. K. L. lilake. charged with en-; t icing laborers, not guilty. William McClcnny, violation of automobile laws, asMcssed costs. ' MEEKIINS SCORES DEMOCRATIC PARTY Raleigh, Sept. 10. ? Denouncing the Corporation Commission. A. I) Watts, and the Democrata In general I. M. Meekins last night delivered a speech here In his candidacy for governor on the Re publican ticket. ? ? ? ? ? ? 1 letter written, tho typewriter wn ? damaged badly and thrown Into a lagoon in Jackson I'ark. The morning of the finding of the Franki boy's body, but before , it had been Identified, Loch una Leopold again telephoned th< Franks home but Mr. Franks, again was i/b*ent. Later they telephoned again Instructing Mr. Franks to ride In a taxi cab to a certain drug store where he wotaio receive other telephonic Instruc [ tlons as to how to pay over th ? i ransom. Mr. Franks knew bv then thai hla son was 4?*d and ' refused to enter the taxlcab. Th? youths Intended to Instruct Ml. Frunks to board a fast train for the Fast and at a specified poin: hurl a cigar box containing the monny from the train. Addition*' j Instructions were In a letter: placed In a message rack in a par lor car. That letter was found later at <Ncw York. Upon concluding their confea-i slons Loeb and Leopold agreed , go with officers and prosecutors on a tour of the route (hey had traveled from tJie moment th' Franks bo y was seised until the last article in connection with lii? murder was disposed of. They pointed out the various spot where they had buried or burne.l articles and assisted the officer* .In their recovery. The lypewrltci was retrieved from the lagoon b/ a profesxlon.il diver. Shortly after the youths ban confessed. Clarence K. Darrow. veteran criminal lawyer, and Wai ter and Benjamin Hachrach brothers, were engaged In theli tiehalf. Their first act war. seek writs of habaes corpus to re move frotn the custody of state's attorney and havs thei.. placed In Jail. The boys confessed on day A i and six days later the Cook coun ty grand Jury indicted them on charges of murder and kidnaplnr for ransom, both punishable b/ death In Illinois. On Jufle 11, Uiey appeared before Judge John] R. Caverly, chief Justice of thej Continued on page 1 At 65, He Wins With $16 Gun Ilai ry (', I >?<?!;. 11 inrt^ntrT t'lvnioulh O . i* 65 y?.:iw ??l?l ? l?-i t I ? ? ? ' ?* is I ?? 1 1< i iiih) lii* Jiini Mir:iiglilcr lluin ??%??? l!?> pruvtil it l.y winn.iv* i H-? hi. I AiiH'iKnn I In llw Anir?t?tn T fa ji nhuiVThtg ? ' a Mi<'i'i<"i k *hoot ui liuyton. o.. wuh it ????.??? ?.f i.ui <1 i'?o Tii ? . ?; In- nscil mi y rusl In in HO. After it W.im all ttv?*r. Ih- il '"llii"! all t' .rv* V ? us uuuoti.i u.iii hlip|?4?l l:onir Muuiiy. I lui In* u.n n li i I y ? ' ' '? "? i ' yoUl ni.'dal not with a ili.ci.oml. NORTH CAROLINA TKACHKll OFF TO HIMiKN'DLI) HTART The first issue of ihe North Carolina Teacher since its con.Ui nation with North Carolina Edu < at ion In June in off t?e presp wi'h an attrjietivo rover -deslgu which combines the map of North Caro lina and the long l**u f pine a? a border surrounding the reprodo > tion of the Aycock Memorial on th<> Capitol Square in Raleigh b? Gutzon Horglum, and with con tents as interesting to pareuts as teachers. * M. 11. .Trnbuo is editor iu chief, with Misses 1 In Johnston, Eliza beth Kelly and Kennle Peele, and M. L. Wright as associate edl tors. The hoard of managers is com posed of Frederick Archer, W. A Gralmm. Cheater- -llawocUi, and Hubert L. Wright. WILL KEEP FLIERS FOR DEFENSE DAY WftMhington. Sept. 10. ? The de cision to keep the world filers in Washington until Defense Day was announced today by Major General Patrick, chief of th?: Army Air Service. SEVENTEEN DEAD IN PLANTATION FIGHT Honolulu. Sept. 10. ? Seventeen persons are dead at Hanepepc. Kauaui Island, as the icsult of (lash among strikers and work ers on tho Mcllryde plantation yesterday, according to word rc received here today. VALUABLE JEWELS STOLEN FROM HOMK New York. Sep 10 ? Jewelry va' ned at $250,000 was stolen front the home of J. 8. Cosden. wealthy oil man and race horse owner a* Sands Point, Long Island Mon day night, it was announced today by Gerard Lulsl head of the in vent (gating company in charge of the search for tho robbers. HATt ltl>A%' LAST l>A\ TO t?KT \ OI K ? IT\ lill'KNM It's a fairly safe bet tliul iux? . Moii day's sra.ion of the rocofd , er's court will havfr fnlMork et. Of ciuirM- there'* a re:it>on. If-" fart twnapo Saturday is Thmr^ntTr j'to provide one's Keif with 11<mi?? i in required in Klizabt-th City. | whether It be to ruu an automobile i or a newspaper. License tax?:s were dues on Sep timber 1, and due warning hat, , hem ftiv?-n through the pulril'* i prim s Unit these taxi's must bo i paid by September 1.1, IniS al ? ways there art' ? number of pro I crastinaiors who wait till then , lasr ininutu and then forget ai.d ^get caught. according lo Ci|y (Auditor Saeidenj,^. ANNOUNCEMENTS 1\ REGARD TO SCHOOL Supt. 8. L. Sheep calls the fol lowing mutters to the attention Icf pupils: j "All pupil!; promoted to 111,' Seventb Qr?d? will report at II.: Grammar School auditorium Mon . day' morning, ut 1 1 oYIocm. i'lease do not come until the hour named as It will avoid much con fusion. "All Seventh Grade gradual ? ^ of last June entering the lllKii , School next Mionday are requested to report .'to Mr. CouiIm at 1! o'clock Friday. September 1-'. "All new pupllH entering First. Second or Third grades who hav . not been in the City Schools here tofore will report at the Primary Building at 10:30 Monday and no* before that hour." FINKI) KOH TKKHI'ASrt James Watson, colored, on v charge of trespass whil-? drunk was fined $r> and costs in the r corder's court Wednesday morn Inf. The trespass was committed a the Cut Hate Drug Store, cor^'i 'Parsonage and Dyer streets. ? - Poplar Branch School Is StartingOut With Energy Principal Muvo Will Teach Boy? Fool hull, mill Kmiiry Smith Will Help Them Build Farm, Shop and School Truck Garage Poplar Branch, Sept. 10. Poplar Branch High School baa atarted out thlB year with an un tiaual amount of energy. Emory Smith In aRaln at the head of the aarlculture department while Pro* feaaor Mayo, M. A. graduate of Poabody'a Teachera* College at Naahvtlle, who. by the way la al ao a football Btnr, la at the head of the achool. Th?> rest of the teaching ntaff are all nccompllflhed teach era and the puplla all expect to do unixl work under them. Kiipcclally la ihla true In the agriculture de partment, where they have al ready made plana to build a farin shop and a aarago for the aehonl trucka. Thla work will be done entirely by the boya of thla de p.ir: mant, thereby aervlng the dual purpone of airing the boys vocational training and of getflnu the bulldlnga up without extra ex penao to the county. Th?* farm shop la aomething that haa been ntrongly urged for aome time by W. H. Gallop, rhalr rnan of the hoard of education of Currituck County. The ahop la to be equipped with all klnda of flrnt claai toola, Including both black smith and carpenter toola. Th* boya will tak.^ tralnlna In all klnda of work which they ahall probablr have to do on a farm and will atHO carry on a atudy of farm anlmala. which la included In the cmirne that la mapped out for thejp to puraue thla ymt. The parage la to he 110 foet long and 20 feet wide. T*N will accommodate all of the 11 trucka { that arc uaed to traanport the children to and from school. ? _ The agriculture department has aiso orKanl/.<-<) an ?dHoflfll staff to take care of the news of the agriculture department and ulso the local n?-WH of thin vicinity. Thcae boyf all Intend to do their bout to writ#* something of Inter eat each week concerning the work thHt the boys are doinu. The staff la ns follows: John Brlee, editor; John Litchfield, assistant editor: Orlu>;H Megga? James New born. and Carlysle McOlotid. writ ern of the tUttflU- wlm r<;i?r< M nt some of ih*> heat tale?it In the whole achool. All of theae hoys have been aelected with care, as the department wants somebody Jnh that th^y think ? will take rare of it In tho Inst way posslhl". The hovfl expert I" ae| Into full *wln? with their nihletic uetlvl-' ties in a short while. Professor Mayo has been looking over the material from which h" hsa to form a football team and has pro nounced If flrst elaao football Is the only sport that Poplar fJrnneh has neventaken an active part In before and tb" b*<rn are not as well acqiinint'-d with th- name an they sor<n ??xpect tn fye. but under the fculdaner and direction of Professor Mavo they expert to com?* to the front as one t f the leading teams of Eastern North Carolina. The agriculture teach er la alao dolnsc splendid work In .getting the boys well orranltcd and In good shape for hflrd work and th?* boys are all looking for ward to a buav and Interesting i school seaaoa for the years 1924 and Ittl. ' BABY DROWNS IN I* VII. WATER Shiloh. tVpt. 10 Drowned In a pail of water ?-jh the fair TiivmIuv inoriilnK ??f llttl** Mary ??'?1 ',TH L-ht.-r i?f M; Hud Mrs (lOiirijH lire w a i I miS I'tuil" niunitv. It \va? wash day at Him llr ?wu home, and the mother was busy with (h?* clothes while tlu* father hat] M>ue to take tlw? older children to school", I'nobtterved by the neither. the, baby pulled her self up to tin- side^nT a larun pail. about- of a lard xtand. flll?*ii ulili walei ai'd toppled In. head Hist. I'n able to make any outcry, she was drowned before the moth ?'i- knew what hud happened. i'litn ral Hi'l i Urn ? w??r?* ? huld at tin* home Wednesday morn Inu at lu o'clock by Hev. S. F. Hudson? ??f- Shlloh. pastor of Shlloh liaptlst Church. The entire caniniunlty Is saddened by tin* unfortunate accident which hmuKht be reavement and tragedy into the Itrown home. FOI'K A HE DEAD IN FIGHT AT THE POLKS Opelousao, I^a., Sept. 10 -Four art- dead and two are dying us the ivMiilt of u ftght ut the pells In tin- prlmar> yesterday. Hirrrr.it fi:hhy skkvh k ? I.Ui utmi. ? Sept. . 10. ^s.TiiuJag creased business between Edenton and Mackey? has caused the Ed enton-Mackeys Ferry Company to arrange for a double schedule wiih an extra ferry boat to carry 1 ft cars. thiiH allowing a simul taneous starling from Edenton and Mackeya mid doubling the serv i?H?. "Thin new boat .will probably bo |uit into siervice the latter part of ? !J* week. It Is interesting to note In this connect Ion that with the advent of these ferries. the Edenton Murkeyn, Coolll.il Highway. be tween Emperor and FIdenhouse, and the Salmon Creek Line, be tween Edenton and Avoca, the jiaitteuijfr traffic in and out of Edenton has been built up tre mendously. so that It Ir now not nil unuaual thing for 50 earn to push over on these ferries In the course of the day. HANK ANNOUNCES AMOUNT EMBEZZLED Putnam. Conn.. Sepf io.--The First National Dank of Putnam which closed after Its cashier. C. Harold Klrkpatrlck. tried to com mit sulrlde, yesterday announced a $700,000 deficit as the result o." his embezzlement. l.IST OF TEACHERS FOB COMING SESSION Following is the list of teach ers in the Elizabeth City School* for the coming season. I'l-lmary (jnuleN Miss Sallle Beasley. supervisor. First ? Miss India Hurtled, Mis * Ethel Ilerry. Miss Amanda Leary, jMrs. Susie Morrlsette, Mis* Carrie 1'appendiek. Mtss Lticlle Poag. Si-cond Miss Florence Iloll, MIssT.olUO Lee ftlanchard, Mr*. E. E. Etherldge, Miss Margaret Harris. Miss Emma Willis. Third Miss Dora Blanchard, Mrs. Mary Cooke, Miss Luclle Le Itoy. Miss Helen Sinlthwlck, Mrs. Wllbert Whltehurst. (JrnmiiMr tirades Fourth? Miss Winnie Bose man. Miss Allco Hrockwell, Mlns llebecca Hunch, Mrs. L, K. Skin ner. Miss Nettle White. Fifth Miss Kuth Cooke. Miss Osa Klser, Mrs. II. C. Pearson, Miss Mary Lee Scott, Miss Mary I. White. Sixth Miss Linda Delon, Miss Lanle Norton. Miss Eva Prltchett, Mi:'' Frances Purvis. Sevennr Miss Annie Fellers, Mr*. A T Haley. Mis- Hattle M Harney, Miss Marie I^eltoy. High School A II. Combs, principal Miss Kuth Bsrbee, domestic rclence; Miss Florence Brown deln, commercial course; Miss Aleene B. Edwards, I*atln; Earl II Hartself. English; Ralph W Holines, inathemattcs; Miss Hens King, science; Joe L. Lax of Bo livar. Tennessee, new sthletlc succ (Ting F. M Dwtfht; science and athletics; Miss Hessle Newton, history; Mis* Nell I'lck ard. Fiench and English; Annie T\ "t'oHkoff, mat hematics; JL.T. it viand, mathematics; Miss Ciara It' lie Stiles, public school music; Miss Annie E Vaughn, civics and history; Miss Frances Wil liams. arithmetic and civics; Miss f?ola Workman, English. FI NKKAL Mlts. HI ItMIAM The funeral of Mrs. B. G. Burp hnn . who riled st her Home, 41!: Cedar street. Tuesday morning. At, 2:30 o'clock after two wet k* II! ness, was conducted at the hotnr Wednesday morning at 12:30 o'clock by Rev. W. J Noble ar.d the body was taken to New Hope for burial. Mrs Burnham wa 43 yearn old and it survived oy her husband; four daugbter<>. Miss Linda Burnham. Mrs. Lin , wood Goodwin and Mrs. Charle* llumpnlett of this city and Mrs 1 A. I). Ilench of Roanoke Rapids, and one sl/iter, Mrs. Alice Djvlft of! St. Brides, Virginia. Results Maine Election Pleasing To Republicans Represent* Biji liUM um (i?iii|mre(l Willi jib ? (loinpurcd With 1922 Indicate* Tide Ulu* turned ? Bui Kli?n 1m?uc Given Democrat** \lihi llr DAVID IiA\VnE\(T. 1924. Br Th? AflonrO Washington, Sept. !?. ? As goes Maine so goe; I'm? N lion is an old battle cry of the Republican party and the llemo .ciats have .been loatlflo use it except wh-irrh-1 ? t. -nrm ap 1 pea red to be turning tlu-i k-vvh v. MISS ALBERTSON BACK TO WORK Field Secretary State Par ent-Teachers' Association I .eaves for Meetings at llalifux and Raleigh. j Miss Catherine AiDertson. uei<. secretary of (ho North Carolina Parent-Teachers Association. re turned to her work this week ai 1 ter spending two weeks vacation at her home here. following special work at Columbia University thin .summer. , Miss Albert hou r headquarter* are. at the North Carolina State ^College for Wometr* ^whirh las year took over the Slate 1'arent Teachert Association an a part o' ; Its extension work. She went from Elizabeth City to Halifax, however, to organize a Parent-Teachers County Counci; ? In co-operation with Miss AnniL I Cherry, county supervisor of rural schools, and the various clylr or ganizations of the town and coun ty. From Halifax Miss Albcrlfton goes to Kaleigh where she speaks at a county-wide meeting Satui . day on the work of the I'arent Teachers A*aoclailon.-co?operatln,; there with Miss Anne Holdford, county supervisor. She will thii : report to headquarters at the N. I C. C. W. In Greensboro. In October Miss Albertson ex 1 ! pects to be in this section of tU?; State again organizing 1'arenl I Teachers Associations in Gated ; and Bertie counties. TilRKK SKHVK'I'.H NOW IN ItKVlVAL AT 1IKKKA Throo services will be held daily, beginning tonight, at He rea Baptist church, one at 11 u ? m., the aecond at 2:30 p. m., sou ; the last at 7:30 p. m., In the re vlval conducted by the well known brothers. Judge J. Warren Dav Is and Dr. Q. C. Davis. Interem has been so great in these services that the night ser vice was add>vl in order to enable ' those to attend who could not d j so in the morning and afternoon. Many are going from Kllzabet.. City, for it is only a short dnvt ! on the Newland rodd to Berea. GOVERNOR SMITH APPROVES CONTRACT 1 fNew York, 'Sept. 10. ? Gover nor Smith today approved ItTC contract whereby New York will join In a suit against the United States for the return of direct taxes approximating $3.0i)0,00u. paid immediately after the civil war. ; Virtually all the other states In 1 the union either have adoptod or are negotiating contracts provlo Ing for their participation in tli Joint action, according to staTe '< attorney Sherman. North Caro lina Is among those which alread; I have completed steps to Join in the action, he Maid. ORDERS RECEIVERS TO CONTINUE TASK ?New York, Sept. 10. ? federal Judge Bondy today ordered th< j present receivers for Wilson and Company Chicago packers to con ; tlnue in their present capacity fot the durtlon of the bankruptcy suit This order fives the receiv ers complete charge of the com pany's affairs in New York and Illinois until reorganization Is <-f : fected. FIGHTING GOES ON WHEN DELUGE IIAI.TS Shanghai, Sept. 10. ? Cessation of the deluge which halted the fighting along the front south and west of Shanghai was a signal for the resumption of firing along the whole line thin morning b< - tween the forces of the rival mil Itary governors battling for pos session of Shsnghal. DIKN AT IIOMP1TAI* Mrs. J. W. Boyce of Belvldere sge 41 years, died at 7:05 Wod nexday morning at the Klltabeth City Hospltsl and her body wll be taken to Tyner for burial Thursday. roiww nrsH hwovd Detroit, 8ept. 10 Rcnitnr Cousens Is running second for re nomlastlon as Senator In th? pri mary of yesterday. It is no secret that the Democrats oontHleiilly ex pected either to win the gov ernorship in STaTTfn of cilt down materially the Itepiibli '<an majority. On the face of I ho latest re turns. they have lost the election \ ami the question of how much"""" l hey Imvv cut down the K-publl- , can majority depends altogether on wii'M till I it ? u it | i.j in takEu ? aa a bash of rrrktinltiK. In tin* 1920 election the gover norship as well a.t lue I 'residency van won by the Republicans In September ami November, re- a -apoctively, by approximately 65, 000 majority. Today tly Repub licans have had thai majority cut down nlnid?i tintr To ThltT' NT tent the Idea thai 1920 may be ' taken as u basis of computation for the 192/ election and that Da vla will bo bi'ii t i-ii ax wan Cox la subject to aharp depute by the , matliematlcH of the case. Compared with 1!?22 which seeins (i fairer basis for calcula tion, the Republicans have mado a Hmall gain. They won then by 24.000 and It waa remarked at that time that the cut from 1920 represented conaiderable luna to the Republican party. The Maine results were considered significant and they were indeed borne ont by the Concessional elections; for. applying the natm ratio of loss to the Republicans in other states, the mathematicians did 'figure out about the loss of seats In Conxr< mm which they did suf fer. Ho Maine pointed In 19M the wny thy Nation Went. * What then does a unin from -4.000 In 1922 to 36,000 In 1924 | really represent? It means (hat the Republicans not only have held their own but have made a gain of about 12.000 votea though the difference between a govern orship and a Presidential vote Is n I ways a few thousand any way, no to all Intents and purposes the situation has not materially chanKed from 1922. Had there been any landslide in prospect for' ? lie Presidential race, the barom eter In Main. should have regis tered at least a 50.000 or 60.000' majority. Entirely apart from the effect which the Azures will have on the workers of both parties for they will interpret It art they phase ? - Maine may have an iuiporjnnce In , i another field nf controversy, .namely the Kit Kluv Klan. The defeata of the Klnn in Texas and .Oklahoma iiad made mine of the I supporters of the Klan In politics somewhat timid. The Coolldgo -political mat)H?fjH w?>ro advised that a strong Klan vote would bo rant for the Republican candidate * for governor In Maine beeause of the denunciator ?.f the Jilnn by Mr. PattanKall. Ilu Democratic nominee. A victory with Klan i support n I ways goada the antl- < Klan elements info action. Per* 1 haps the most provocative head- -5 line wnlch the 1 ?? innerata could ' wish Is that which today was used J by one of the If publican nrvs* ? papers here "fin water elected - governor In Maine with Klan backing." Had the Klun been beaten In \ Maine, It iiikht have had the op. A. poslte effect politically for tho tl??x?p|?> u0<? i,u' not uciivul> con-? i icerned with the Klan Issue are more numerous than those who feel themselves aggrieved by It. ' j There are nmnv who foe! no deep- ? ly against the Klan that thev will make an Issue of It In all elec tions The Kastorn states unques tionably have much of that scntl m nt and thst's why tlfe Repub licans will find the Maine result Ann* in their facs in the Kastern areas very mtich an the Georgia primary gave Me Ado,. n KJ- n taint which he hliutelf did not court or particularly relish* BI.KASK IS W INNER IN SOUTH CAROLINA - - - ? - ** , '1 Columbln. M. c., Rept. 10. ? i With practically complete returns on the state's second primary, ;j Solemn n I.. Illeas?, former a even nor. was nominated a* I'nlted Hfaf%a Henstor y?st. tday over -J James (?'. Ilyrne ( 'on r retina n > for 14 vein, by a Majority of 2,. 200 volar. COTTON MtllKKT New York. Hep! 13. rot ton closed quiet today: ralddllitT 1 23 80. fteventv ?>o?nts d'cilne. Futures, closing bid: October 22. 7*. f>ecHinher 22.36, January 22.30, Msrch 12 CI Hav 22 ftf. New York. : pt 10 - Cotton futures opened today at the Ut\ lowing lavsls: Oct. 23.60. Deo.' 23 or,. Jan. 23,00, March 23.1* ? May 23.50.