VOL. XIV. PINAL EDITION ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA* SATURDAY EVEN 1 NO. SKI'! KM HER la, 1924. .7. 7 . _ EOUK l'AOES NO. 218.
A1 Smith Seems Only
If Eire lion Day Were Tomorrow liidieatinu* Nil* ur?'
that Nrw Vurli Would (?? Itopiilili
ran liv brp' Majority
J ? ny DAVID l-UVRRMf:
IW*. Br Thi A?jiific?>
t Till ? >* (ho m<! i J m miIm of ii<-< m b. ?? itfm di.lv nut. I ??l?-rnn i|?r In Daii-I
Uothl'', aim In. h>-?iin a iml.- )uumm-y fium "-iiau l?i ?H?a?t tliio-.uti unuallt all llu'
.NarUtifik claim in ax-main i-OIH-al ?utuurni i
"* Syracuse, NT. Y., Sept." 12. ? No bottcr~opportunity is us-"
ually afforded to get a line oil Kfnpire Stale politics than the
-state fair, especially on- Governor's Day.
Democrats
The writer found the New:
York state political problem
wrapped up in Governor A1
Smith. On whether he runs
or not depends the fate of the
? 'Utional ticket of the Demo
cratic party. (
So the natural tiling to do *a?
to find out if poaalble from lh<
Kovernor himself what ho Intend
? H? wan olwim in n,^.
Krand -stand Iire.umably watclilut;
the trotting rac.-a but alonfc.ldc of
him were Norman K. Mack, na
tional committeeman, and Wil
liam H. K<Hy, state, committee
man. Kho-rngdgm the Bovernoi
In d. bate, on tlie subject of
? li. ll., , I,r Kliuulii run for nnoth'
er term. Messrs. Mack and Kelly,
Irhn affirmative I
while t>,e Kovernor forcefully ar
gued in t lie negative.
Norman Mack beckoned and
the writer wan Invited to join the
discussion.
It wouldn't be proper to d fo
rlorn- what was nald but even ho
a solution of the perplexing prob
lem would be no nearer.
The leaden, especially' those to
whom it meana much to have ih?
"?f ,'c,lu'' 1,u" lh">unh, know
At Smith can help them. They
fear no other candidate can. They
do not protest! incidenlaiiy to
know how much Al Smith cnuld
help the national ticket hut they
think he would help It some.
Now hh for the governor, lie
owes much to IiIh party and want*
to continue to lie of service to it.
But he has had two terms and en
gaged in three vigorous cam
paigns*. There is no glory in the
governorship which he lian not al
? ready enjoyed. And there in a
?^prospect of much more toil and
tudlum with a legislature not en
tirely Democratic. Beside*, tin
governor is anxious to got hack
to Private business. Public ser
Yli?> in not remunerative to the
honest official? It |H usually a
burdensome expense.
it s no secret that the governor
doesu't want to run i?Kaln. He has
told many people that. He |H sin
cere a hunt It. If he has his way.
he will make speeches for Davis
and retire from the governorship.
Hut will he have lils way? Tin
practical politicians are pleading
with him. Would he put himself
In the position of refusing aid to
the state and county tickets all
along the line in an hour of dis
tress? If he hopes for political
advancement later on, will he re
ceive the ?anie wholehearted sup
port from the organization that
he now enjoys or will there be re
sentment because he did not make
the fight thl^ year? Could he
hope to b?- leader of a party which
might harbor the thought that it
would b<- In power but for his re
tirement?
Al Smith is a creature of al
most unparalleled popularity In
politics. The people who are for
lilfD love him and those who nre
against him are numerlcally
smaller than any Democrat In
New Yf*k state has had in gen
eration* Hut this In a Presiden
tial year when straight ticket* are
voted. And New York is normal
ly a Republican state. Four years
ago Al Smith made a remarkable
run. He was only GO. 000 behind
Harding who carried the state by
# million votes. Hut he was Just
behind Just the same. Some Re
publican* well Informed and un
prejudiced. conceded today Al
Smith's strength to be so great
that he might even win the gov
ernorship this time, even though
Coolidge carried the state.
And there's the rub. Would the
politicians of other states accuse
Al Smith and Tammany Hall of
bad faith If the stats ticket won
and the national ticket lost? It's
a risk for any one to take who
may want to be In the good graces
of his party.
If. on the other hand. Coolidge
carries New England and other
neighboring territory hy a uni
formly heavy vote and New York
shows a lesser margin as between
the state ticket and the Dsvls
llryan ticket It would be apparent
that Al Smith had helped the na
tional cause by making the race.
?? ,h"t **<?*nt would he Ingra
flate himself with the party mo
guls as navlng played the game
Irrespective of whether he wins or
loae* the governorahlp.
Many Republican! ire ml.t.k
rnly aaaumlng that Al Smith
do..?n I want to run becaune he
fear. being beaten. What he real
ly fear. la that If ha run. he may
bi> elected. And that mean, two
1' h*rli work wllh 'he
IKMMdhlllly that two year, hence
the chieftain, of the party mar be
after him again to make the raee
for United state. Senator or
Mometblng elaa to balp the local
CO-OPERATE EOR
COAST HIGHWAY
llitirs Hope- tu llavc It
Kept ill (IihiiI (ondilion
for Tourist Travel l)ur
iiijt Vi'int<>r.
Klizubfth City. South Mills nnd
E d o n l o ii u r e co-operating,
through tli** State Highway Corn-!
mission. with Wilmington. Savan-i
nail, Georgia, and Jacksonville,
Ftorlda. with a view of havtnir the
South Atlantic Coastal Highway
k?t?t hi Kimd condition through
out the cumiuK winter, so that
j tourist* from the East anil North
I thin winter can be advised through
the various automobile eluhs that
this highway, while not hard sur
faced an yet throughout lis
.length, will he at least passable
in all kinds of weather every day
through the coming winter seas
on.
The most serious inconvenience
that motorists over this route are
now having to contend with in
that part of the Coastal Highway
between the Virginia line and the
Albemarle Sound is the ferry de
tour at Hertford which Is being
maintained until the paved cause
way leading to the .. I'enjliimanH
River on the shore opposite Hert
ford can be opened to traffic. This
Inconvenience will be obviated
within the ne*t tbrr?* week*, with
{good weather, according to Secre
tary Job of tho Elizabeth City
; Chamber of Commerce, who was
in touch with tin- engineer in
; charge of tho work Friday.
"Work is now being pressed on
this causeway night, and day."
| says Mr. Job, "and the paving,
unless interrupt d by bad weath
jer, will be completed within u
week. Two weeks after the pnv
!lng i.< completed the/ road will be
open to traffic."
With the opening of the cause
way to tralTie. Coastal Hiuliway
motorists will have a paved road
all the way from the point on the
Newtand brick road where it joins
the South Mills spur to Edenton,
with the exception of a four mile
detour between Hertfoid nnd
Woodvilb' which will be kept in
good condition by the North Car
olina Highway Commission. The
dirt section of the Norfolk to Eliz
abeth City highway, via Mouth
Mills, Is kept open to trafTIc all
the year 'round.
Between Emperor ami Eden
house, near Ed en ton. dependable
ferry service across the Chowun
River is maintained, leaving Em
peror, on the Chowan side of the
liver, at 8. in, 12, II, and f?
o'clock, and leaving Edenhouse,
on the llertie side, at 9, 11, 1. 4,
and f? o'clock, dally except Mun
]day. nnd on Sunday the same
schedule Is maintained except
that 12 and 1 o'clock trips are
omitted.
Though finding the reports en
couraging nil along the Coastal
Hivhway. Secretary Job can not
say so much for the outlook for
opening up the road across the
Dismal Swamp between Tadmore
In Pasquotank and Acorn Hill in
Gates County. This road was be
gun with the hope of hnvlng It
I open by the spring of 1924. In
the spring, the date for comple
tion was set forward until the
autumn, snd now It appears that
traffic across the swamp will not
.begin to any appreciable extent
until the spring of 1925.
STATE TOOK PAKT
IN DEFENSE DAY
Raleigh. Sept. 13. ? Many ci
ties and towns throughout North
Carolina yesterday observed De
fense Day with parades of veteraus
and with speeches.
tickets.
So Al Smith hopes to escape
from It all. Hut will he?
The state convention meets In
a fortnight. The Democrats have
' not agreed on any one to run If
SmUh does not. If he Is drafted,
he Will run ahead of Davis with
out doubt. It's too early to say
how much. The I,aPollcttc vote
is going to be heavy. Al Smith
would recapture many of the
Democrats who favor LaFollettc
for In their anxiety to make sure
of a vote for Al Smith they would
forget EaFollette. Unless John W.
Davis can make a whirlwind cam
paign. he will be badly beaten In
Central New York by President
Cool Id ge for there seems little
I doubt even In the minds of some
1 well informed Democrats that
were the election held tomorrow
I the regular . Republican ticket
, would win overwhelmingly.
PERSHING ENDS
ACTIVE SERVICE
Last Signal Honor I'aitl
(irral (ii'iicrul I- An
m mi iH't'ii i fill Mailt* l?y_|.l|t*
President.
Washington. 8ept. 13. ? Gener |
.?! John .1 'Pershing euded hl*_A^ .
yearn of active service at noon
today with a last signal honor j
paid him in the issuance of an
executive announcement by Pre*
t ion's indebtedness to him (or the
service which won him the leader
ship of the American forces in the
World WiMJ.
Only in -rare instances in his
tory in which a retiring officer has
reached the highest rank has there
been precedent for the honor con
ferred upon General Pershing In
the executive order in which thi
President extended him "anew
the thanks of a nation for hU
eminent services."
The President added that h?sl
felt "certain that I voice the sen
timent of the entire cltlienry of
the Republic in wishing him long
life, happiness and prosperity in"
the retirement he has so richly
earned."
Washington Sept. 13. ? With a1
speech of farewell, John J. Per?h
Ing. general of tho Armies of the
l*nited States retired at mid
night last night from activu duty-.-'
JUDGE DAVIS AT
BLACK WELL SUNDAY
Judge John Warren Davis, of
the New Jersey Federal Court o*
Appeals, whose home Is at Tren
ton. but who for the last week,
with his brother, Rev. Q. C. l)a*
is. Daptist pastor at Albemarlt
has been assisting Kev. Romulus
Hull in an old fashioned revival at
llerea, the uld home church of
the Davis brothers, four and a halt
miles from Elizabeth City, will
speak Sunday nt Dlackwell Mem
orial Haptlst church at the ev
ening service. Crowds that have
been overflowing the church au
ditorium at llerea have been at
tending the revival, and many
; others who would have been glad
H**-hettr Jwdg? -Davis have beett
' prevented from doing so because
?they fe.lt thorn would bo no room
for them at Uerea. Many of these
will doubtless avail themselves of
the opportunity to hear Judge
Davis at Black well Memorial
Sunday night.
Tho annex and gallery at Ulack
well Memorial will bo opened
Sunday night, If necessary, so
jthat all who attend may find
! seats.
NEW MACHINE SHOP
KEROKING CYLINDERS
j No longnr is it necessary for
owners of gas engine* in Kliza
j belli City av f? t points dewn tho
sound to aO/?i* their engm*'* t >
Norfolk or a ?*.iore distant city to
have the cylinders reground. This
work is now done here at Clark's
Machine Shop and Gas Kngln"
Works on Riverside Drive on the
site occupied by the old Jet DftVh
machine shop for many years.
Equipped with a modern cylind
er regrinding machine, thin shop
claims to put cylinders in such
good condition that they actually
do their work better than when
new. General repair work Is done
by this new shop but the regrlnd
of cylinder* Is Its specialty, th*
proprietor, C. H. Clark, with sev
tral years experience in repair
ing marine and automobile en
gines. having made a particular
study of making as good as or
better than new out of old ones
Mr. Cla?rk not only knows his
business but is abreast of tli"
times in realising the value of
newspaper advertising. He has
}>ii advertisement In tills Issue
of The Advance.
OX MOTOR TRIP
Leaving Saturday afternoon for
a tour by motor car of Western
North Carolina, Mr. and Mrs.
Hcrscy L. Williams. 223 West
Fearing street, were Accompanied
as far as Chapel 11111 by Mrs. Wil
liams' brother, Johnnie Williams,
who will matriculate at the Fnl
vorslty of North Carolina for a
degree. Johnnie Williams Is a sou
of John T. Williams. 100 Kant
Cypress street, and was a member
of the class of 1923 at the Kllxa
beth City High School.
WRITES TELEGRAM
THEN ENDS HIS LIFE
New York. Sept. 13. ? After
writing * telegram formally an
| nounclng hi, death to frlendn.
M. Wachsteln, aaleaman of
Slpllbenvllle, Ohio, drank polaon
In hla room at the Hotel MrAI
plno today and waa dead when the
the amliulanre surgeon arrived.
COURT MARTIAL ON
ACCOUNT OF BARON
Norfolk. Si.pt. 13.? The Atlan
tic fleet arrived here yesterday
afternoon and a court martial
will tie held on the Texan at once
to determine how the Dutch h?T
lon. Von WeaterhoH fame to thin
| country aereral weeks afo Kmiig
| Kled In on that veuel in defiant"
of the immlgrition laws.
CHINESE FIGHT
IN SPITE OK KA1N
<11. Tt?? Aur.llnl 1'rmu.l
Shanghai. Sept. 13. ? Rival for
ces of the warring China military ,
governors battling fur the possea
Dion of Shanghai disregarded the
traditional rule against fighting
in ihn rain today when ririu-g wait'
resumed at Ht.uikhi, 15 miles
west of Iter*' while that area wu.-t
Wing soaked by n new storm.
Canton. Sept. ,13. ? l)r. Sun <
Vai Sun, head, of the South Chi
na government, accompanied by a
regiment of troops departed for
Schluchow today In the northern
part of Kwangtuug Province, th
control.
GAH HER BACK
FROM ALASKA
Spent Five Yearn in Mi?
?i<>n Work in Fur North,
Acquiring Title und Fam
ily While Away.
Back from five yuiws of mission
: work iu Alaska, bringing Jiomc
the wife who four years ago" met '
him at Seattle for their marriage
, and (wo children born above the
Arctic circle. Rev. Burgess Woqu
Galther, who acquired his title as
well as his .family after entering
mixalon work in the Far North.
[ was" greeting old friends on the
streets Friday and Saturday,
j * Hl'V. Mr. OBtther tir spending a
short vacation with his mother, i
Mrs. Gailher at Hertford, be
fore leaving for the seminary of
his church at Alexandria. Vir
ginia. for a year's study, lie was
here Friday aftornoon and Satur
day morning for a visit to his
brother, W. C._Galther. and fam
ily. returning to Hertford Friday
morning. So far as he now knows
he will return to mlsnlon work In
Alaska when he has completed ills
; course at the seminary.
| .Mrs. B. W. Gaithor, before her
marriage was Miss Penelope Wed
dell or Tarboro. The Gaither
Weddell wedding took placo tt
the home of Hlshop Ilowe, Bishop
| of Alaska, and an Interesting co
incidence is the fact Archdeacon
i Fred B. Drane of Alaska is now
on ! i i h way to Seattle where nt
the home of Bishop Howe he In f >
wed Miss Rebecca Wood, dnughter
' of Frank Wood of Edenton, who
with Mrs. Wood will accompany
Ills daughter to Seattle for Hie
wedding.
DAWSON NAMES AN
ADVISORY STAFF
Raleigh. Sept. 13. ? John O.
. Iiawson yeuterday named an ad
jvlsory committee of the Demo
crat* In the State campslgn here.
W. H. Dall of Greenville will re
' present the first district.
M Its. \VI M.I AMS DKAI>
Mrs. John Williams died Sat
urday. 3:45 a. m.. nt her home on
? Halls Creek road about six mile*
from HiIh city after several weeks
illness. Mrs. Williams was about
1 30 years old and Is survived by
her husband, two children. Fran
res ml Carroll, her parents. Mr.
,i till Mrs. Oscar Seymour of IhU
city, and a number of brothers
und sisters. The funeral will be
at the home Sunday afternoon ill
two o'clock conducted by Rev
Daniel Lane of the City Road
Methodist Church and Interment
will be made at Hollywood Ceme
tery.
FINKRAL MltM. M1M.KH
The funeral of Mrs. H. F. Mil
ler, who died at the home of her
son. Zeb Miller, fid Hunter streer
Thursday morning, was conducted
at the home Friday morning at 10
o'clock by Rev. C. fl. Culbretfc
und Interment made at Hollywood
Cemetery. The pallbearers were:
Messrs J. n. Leigh. Charles Son
I der?. C. L Lister. J. L. Prltchard
L. II. Twlford and John Wells
'Among those from out of town
hero to attend the funeral were
her husband, H. F. Miller of Bux
ton; her sons. Fred. Erskine and
A l *o n Miller of New York City.
Mrs. Rebecca J?*nnette and Mrs
Euxella Felton of Washington and
Mlaa Olga Miller of Buxton.
CAKIi BLADES IN HOSPITAL
L. Carl niades, ?07 Pennsyi
vanla Avenue, 4s In a .Norfolk
hospital, where he was operated
' on f cj ir appendicitis upon his ar
rival there from Philadelphia on
a Bay line boat Saturday morning.
Mr. Blade*, It Is reported, wha
taken with appendicitis on the trl^
down tho bay and was rushed t .
the hospital as soon as the boa:
docked.
CONVICTS HOLDING
OFFICERS AT BAY
Sumter, fl. C., Sept. 13.- ? Six
escaped convicts, reported to be
provided with arms and ammuni
tion, are surrounded In a clump
of woods a few miles from Sum
ter by rural policeman. The of
ficers have asked for reinforce
ments from here.
HTIDIO Opnw MONDAY
Mlas Elizabeth Baker'a music
; studio will open Monday. S*pt. 1ft.
Pupils please register at once for
I hours. ? P.ast Main "N?*t
door to Southern Hotel. ad ;
rRAINING SCHOOL
COMES TO A CI OSE
Suriu?Mil in lnl.-rot, Al
IfiitluiK')', and Uu:ilit>
Work Done AII K
lion* of !Muiia^?*rs .
Tli" Elizabeth City District
Standaid Training School for Sun
day school workers clowd its flfl
aiinual session at the First Melh ,
odist Church Friday night. This
-ncUuul, -wlilch. m ^.ni -SiituUti Jihjkt .
na?l a most "?iiccmTiil Week." "sur
parsin^ in interest, m tempore
and quality of work done, the ex
pectations oL the^Local board, of
niHDaKvn, under whose direction'
the school wax held. It was at
tended by workers from the Meth-__
'odist Sunday schools of tli>> city
and from schools over tlx district. ,
jsoiue coining r.u miles in order to
[take advantage of thi-i truiiilnu
opportunity. made possible by the
I Methodist churches o'f th?'s-<f?slrict
I with tile Co-operation of the Sun- ?
day School Hoard of the North i
) Carolina Conference.
Following two class periods 1
Friday night. a brief commence
ment service w.iM h. hr in tlie Pun
day school auditorium. presided
'over by Her. C. II. Culbreth.'
chairman of the l>oard of niunuu
! CI S. at whicll I.. I.. Cohhet, of
Durham, conference superintend
Jent of Sunday school work and di
rector of this training school, an
nounced the number of eertitl
? cuI. k of credit tun iu'd aud <1 hi ?
(interesting facts concerniiiu tin*
| week's work. Short talks were
I made by Mr. Culbreth, Judge J.
It. I^'iuh. J. I.. Outlaw, and J. A.
Hooper, expressing gratification at
the results of the school, thank
jlug th>' faculty tor their work,
jand requesting that a similar
| school he hi-ld next year. Ily a ris
ing vote I lie school asked tlliaui
imously that such a school be In hi
iln 1!?25. Following the com
i niencenient program. refresh
tmenls were served In the recrea
jtlonal rooms of the church.
I Knro|le<l In the srhool were 111
1 bona tide studi-nts. and to lie
I counted as enrolled, according to
Director Cobhel. one ha. I to al
tend at least six of the 12 clans
| periods. Sixty-seven certificates
?of credit on the standard training
hrouraa were pirnvtl. Throne r.nt
, flcate n were distributed among
the Sunday- schools iih follows :
hwt Churrh, 21; City Road. L"!;
Stumpy Point, ft; South Mills, r, ;
Mt. Hermou. 2; Newland. 2; Ply
mouth. l; Hertford. 2: Columbia.
1 ; Oak Grove, 1 ; New Hope, 1 ;
'Nasties. 1; Pasquotank circuit. 2:
Dare circuit. I; llethany. I; pn
siding elder. 1. The names of
those earning certificates, accord
In K to courses nre as follows:
"Organization and Adniluistra
lion of the Sunday School." L. I.
Gobhel. instructor: Rev. A. K.
, Drown. Rev. C. It. Culbreth. Mrs.
Kobert S Fearing. Itev. I* N
I Pitta. W. S. Forehand. Mrs. I,. It.
Foreman. Mrs. Wesley Foreman.
J. A. Hooper. R< v. Daniel l.ano.
Hev. W (i. I/OWe, P. F. Meeklns.
W S. Overman. 11 K. Ownley,
J. L. Outlaw. Rev. W T. Pblpps.
D. J. Sprulll. It. J. Wood. J V.
Wood, and Hev. N f*. Year by.
"Principles of Religious Teach
ing," Prof. It. N. Wilson, instruc
tor: Mrs. Sarah Adams, Mlrs
Kate Rlanchard. Miss Lizzie Ilurn
liam. Mrs. Pete Daniels, H. I..
Daniels. Mrs. J W. Davis. Mrs.
Margaret Davis. Mrs. (I. F. Der
rlckson. Mrs. C'lny Foreman. I.. H
Foreman. J. It. Leltli. Mrs. K. R.
Meeklns. K. It Meeklns. Miss Mil
dred Perry. Mrs. M. 11. Sawyer.
Mrs. M. I .'-lull Sheep, Mrs. Kmlly
| Spencer. W. J. Stanton.
"Beginner Organization and
Administration." Mrs. C. H. fill
breth. instructor: Miss Pearl
Brothers. Mrs. Lillian h. D11II11.
Miss Mae Hooper. Mrs. Danb-I
Lane, and Mrs. J. R bwtgh,
"Primary Lesson Materials and
Teaching. " Miss Georgia Keene,
Instructor: Miss Pearl V llerry.
Mrs. L W. Hooper. Miss Mayo
Jones. Mrs. 0. W. Johnson, Mrs.
Heatrlc Meeklns. Mrs. Kllzabeth
Munden. Mrs. M. K. Pappendick.
Miss Cecil I'ntrick . Mrs W S
HIkkm. Mhs Kstelle Sharber. and
Mm R. D Wise.
"Junior I.esson Materials and
Teaching" Miss Rruce McDonald.
Instructor Miss Lllzaheth Hag
ley. Mrs. W. C. Olover. Miss Mar
garet Hill. Miss Lillian Hooper.
Mrs. Willie Hooper. Miss Maude
Iseljch. Miss Huena Mann. Miss
Kdlth Meeklnn. Miss Carrie Psp
pendlck. Mrs W, T. Philips. Miss
Helen Thorpe, Mrs. E. L Hod ti
ers. Mrs. Chas F. Haulfs, and
Mrs. Herbert Smith.
Being unable to attend all the
clans periods, Or. N. If D Wll
son. who wss called out of the
city on account of s death-, and
Rev. F A. Lupton. of Columbia,
who arrived in the city Tuesday,
were Issued office credit and will
complete the course and receive
certificates of credit.
To the fi" persons named above
will be presented. In the various
churches by th??l r respective pas
tors 8tind*y morning, the certifi
cates of credit earned during the
week.
Members of the faculty left for
their- respective hom? ?* nt the
closc of the school. Miss McDon
ald going to Columbia. South Car
olina, Prof. Wilson to Trinity Col
lete. Durham. Miss Keene and
Mr Oohbel to their headquarters
In Durham. Before leaving they
1 expressed v*ry great satisfaction
ovsr the way the school was at
W II.I.IAM MKKRINS
STAG'S IN HESTC1TY
A in I I'nlroM KIitIciI (iovcmoi
Imihc M. M?*ckin? To I'rarllrf
l.aiv Here Willi Son
riil?'!?s Isaac M. Mt'i-klns of
Mllzabcih City should defeat All-;
KUrt WHttui Mcl.t'aii 1n the" lace for
-iluvrriiur nf No
\ ember, a new law rtria will prob
ably figure prominently In Impor '
taut litigation in the courts of,
litis district after the elfCtioiU.
Thiu firm Ik tbnt of Meeklns &
Meeklns, in which tin- Kli/uheth
City colon* I himself is senior part
ner and bis son. William Meek
mviiib'T of the.,
11 rm . The" Arm's baliie Is already
on the door* of a commodious
suite of offices ill the Hiiiton
Jlu(tdlng and I. M. Meeklns,. ac-^
cordlni}' to William 'Meek Ins,
plans, unb'ss he is elected gover- >
nor, "which lie is fininlliin nn !
rat to r Mrongly," says vouiik
Meekiu# soberly but with a siis
?jiicion of a twinkle In his eye, to
return to Klizaheth City in No- 1
veinber and resume tlie practice
of luw.
William Meek Inn was graduat
ed from Yale with the degree cf
bachelor of arts In the class of
1 H20. following which he took the
law course at Harvard and, was
admitted To Hie bar in North Car
olina last January, Last June lie
married Miss Marcia Kathertne
Cliuplu. daughter of Mrs. Freder
ick Emmons Cliapin of Washing
ton, and the offices of Mocking &.
Meeklns were opened her.* upon
The return of Mr. nnil^Mrs. WIT-"
I ia in Me?-kinn from their honey
JUUUIL ?
YOUNG TKACHEK IS
IIKI.ll FOR CIUMK
Waynesvllle, Sept. 11. ? Motile
Teagne. young sehool teacher, Is
in custody here today on charge
of strangling to death her Infant
child soon after it was born Tues
day hy tying a cord around its
throat. She then proceeded tu
the schoolhousc ai ml taught as us
ual. .. Haywood county officials
said she confessed the crime. She
is now seriously ill at a hoarding
house with a guard stationed a;
Imr bedsld'}.
OlMMNlZKItS SKNT
11) CAROLINA MILLS
INew York, Sept. 13.--- Organi
zers of the United Textile Work
ers of America whose executive
committee in in session hare have
been sent to the mills of the Man
vlile JenrkcH Company In Rhode
Inland and North Carolina, whera
wage reductions were madu re
cently.
MIIH. NKWIIHRN DEAD
Mrs. J. it. 'Newborn of Jarvis
. burg died at h*?r home Saturday
morning. Mrs. Newbern was th.*
wife of Dr. J. M. Newhern and
was formerly Miss I.llllan Madura
Iturke of Itealton. Virginia. She
had been In poor health for some
time but recently seemed to bo
Improving. The funeral arrange
in e nt h have not yet been made.
BAKDfM OfBT PAYIIOU<
I New York, Sept. 13. ? Two
clerks employed by a slaughter
house company were kldnspel
near their office today by five
bandits who robbed them of $10 ?
000 payroll. The dark* wore tak
en in a tsxlcab to a building flvo
blocks distant where they were
relieved of the cash and the ban
dits escaped.
INKS. MAIJXIKY WINS
Philadelphia, Sept. 13. ? Mr
Molla Malhvry of iNew York wen
the middle state's women's sin
tennis championship today
defeating Miss Anne Townsond ot
Philadelphia ?-l, H O.
CAROLINA Mil l s
I.VHIKH MOMENTUM
Raleigh, Sept. 1 3.? According
to reports from cotton man u far
turing centers, the curtailment,
program which has been effect. ve
among cotton mills Is abating and
particularly In this true of the
Carotins, said T. W. Chambllss,
Director of Information of the
North Carolina Cottrtn Grower a
Cooperative Association last night,
"The reports show thnt curtail*
merit is a little less than two
thirds of whnt it was during the
summer months."
I'llUTOCIUI'lIKKS TO
MEKT IN GOLDSBORO
Ooldsboro, Sept. 13.? The Eas*
ern Carolina Photographers' As
sociation will hold It fifth semi
annual con /ent ion here on Sep
tember If/ and 16. it has been an
nounced here. The territory of
the association covers from Dur
ham to the sea, but a number of
members of the Western Carolina
Photographers Association will b
1 n . nt It win said.
Speakers for "the meetings were
announced as follow*: John J
Blalr, director of school houslo*
of the State Department of Edu
cation; Dr. J. H. Hlghsmlth, in
spector of state high schools; and
others.
tended end for the splendid hos
pitality accorded them by the
people of Elisabeth City.
Tex Rickard Real Winner
In Friday Night's Event
Promoter Made Nearly Hull' a Million Out of Will?
lirpo Match \\ Inch, <on-i<l<iiiitz What I'if&ht
Was Worth, Wan (?oiti? Some
ROBERT T. SMALL
1*34. b> Tb? AiluD'l
! N?*w York. Sept. 1 3? Tex Kick- !
ard won the "battle of the c?n
iturlea" Thurnday night at lloylf'a i
1 Thirty AcroiL The hundre.1 ?l?.i.
lar HIIIm rolled Into his coffer*
'like rain has !*???'? falling on th?*j
I International polo flelil. Today!
,M*r ' tT?V uudlapuTed "champion ?
money Better of all time. He |
? knocked the fight fans of -the!
! Kreiter rlty for a row of Ave cl- !
phera with a big four In front ?f '
I them and la richer at the moment
| by aomethlnK nightly has than
half a-mlllfon dollars. Tex *oak?d
the boya a* high an $27.60 for!
. "rlngaide" seats that ntretched 1
from the brilliantly Illuminated i
light arena far baek Into the Tftmr"
neMH of the night. Without field
glaanea many of thone m tin'1
? rlngnldea" would not have known
what wan going on in the aquurod
circle.
Nor would they have ml sued
. ??uch If they had forgot!, n (|i.
old glaanen. There Wuh an ex
tremely lady-like boxing exhlhl
t iuu which wwnt tho of 1 ^
l rounda and might have gone on
? forever If the referee hadn't
! dropped from exhauntion. He nuf
fered more punishment tlmn eith
er of the flghtcra. They clung to i
each other like two loat brother* I
-two waif* of the atorm -during
most of the evenlng'a program '
and at t linen they defied the moat
heroic effort* of the third man In
the ring to pry them apart.
"Wild liull of raJamaV'
There wann't much "panth" to I
I the brown panther. Harry Wills. ?
And ait for Flrpo, the Wild
Hull of the I'ampaa, aome one In
| the crowd very properly dcMlKiiat
ed him an the "Wild Hull of the!
; Pajamas "
Harry Will*, giant New Orleuna <
n#gro, now renlding In the wilds
, of Harlem, claimed that l.uia An
gel did by far the greater part of
the hugging. Hut the keen ob
server within hailing distance of
'that famoua "rlngaide" noticed
that Harry hung on to the bull'*
wicked right arm Juat about ev
ery chance he got. Wllla went In
to the ring with one Idea In hi*
mind -to keep away from that
haymaker. In thla he aucceeded
admirably.
Flrpo went into the ring with
out knowing where he wan going
or what he wax going to ilo. Wild ,
, bulla are alwaya like that. And
Flrpo aucceeded. loo He didn't
go anywhere, nor did he get any
where. Some afternoon when the
proverbial camel goea ntrolllng
I through the proverbial eye of tin
needle. Lula Angel may get New
York fkna to pay mouey to aee |
: him In another bout. The reat of,
his time he m Ik lit juat an well de-|
I vote to keepliiK out of Jail. If the I
fnn? could only have known the
ieicuae the big Argentine waa go
|lng to make after the flyht wn?
over, the evening would have been
i full of Joy for them.
I'lmcf Terribly.
Angel aald he waa in no mental .
condition to fight. I?ooklng at him
i in hla rlngalde glower no one
would ever think mental trouble
? could ponalbly come hla way. f.uln
I aald that all the proceeding*
agalnit him. the charges of per
I Jury and of violation of the Imml
g rat Ion and white Nlave acta, had
. upaet him terribly. What really
did concern the great open Mpceeaj
above the fighter * eyea wax the
fact that a one-time ex-manager
had attached moat of bin nharo oL
the nlght'a recelpta Moral wor
riea may be one thing, hut finan
cial worrlea, they do make the
Wild Hull wild.
After all It waan't no much
what Irnln Angel had on iiin mind
that hurt. It waa the big brown
flat of the Panther beating a tat
too on Lula' left kidney. Virtually
all of the fighting waa done In
the cllnchea and except rllnehen
there was nothing elne but. The
negro known how to handle bin -
aelf In tight placea. Life In the
colored colony of Harlem ban
[ taught him that. Hut he w;m far
from ponnenalng anything that ev
en remotely reaembled a knockout
punch.
I The time he floored l.uln In the
necond round wan a chance blow
Juat after a break. H?- didn't gel
another chance after that, for the
referee made them break clean
An a matter of fact he walked b? ?
tween the two big men moat of
the time. No wonder he wan
hanging on to the ropen at the
end.
Sullivan The Hero
Andjf anybody in that Hoyle'a
Thirty Acre* won the right to go
In the ring with Jack Dempaey it
waa Referee Danny Sullivan
There wan no one elne In night at
the end of the twelfth round who
had the ear mark* of a coming
champion. Jack and Danny would
get along fine. They could help
each other carry the Hull or the i
Panther out of the ring after a
few moment* of mixing with flatl
ana'a newest movie hero.
They called the acwlng bee a
"battle of the contender* for the
contender* for the heavyweight,
crown." The only contender who 1
qualllM ro T.a Ul. kar.l That
boy wis tlu-l" ? thousand wayo.
Tex Itml Winner
jl,i CUii "pomntf" f'"" Jack
I Dempsev the rest of his lifo- Any
mf.n wh" *Str" i a "rif* '
three-quarters of :i million dollars
j for a bnxlnc match lik*j Unit of
Thursday n lulil ami rake off two
' thirds of The "purs*-" for himself,
packs a wallop that ??? l?r":
i inotfr ran rearh with a radio set.
The "|iri'liinlnarlt'?" ? l?at Tex pro
vided for ilo* hlood-llilmty crowd
constituted tin* largest assort
ment of - bologna ??v?*r H.-1 .Iw'fore
'the willing populace. Some one
said they cost T. v $7.&?U>. If they
did Tex got iitnim for once in his
life. Ho ought to be richer today
by at least S l.m.7-0.
As a 8|H'Oiaclt' tin- Iklit wan nn
-artistic ? H-fmn-pfi. Te<c was In
league with the weather gods.
They gave lilni a perfect autumn
night. Tex didn't even haw to
pay for mor?' than I "? or 20 lights
In the spectators' Mictions of the
:io acres.
The went her man- told him the
moon would he full that nlffhtr"
and there was no need to go to
Useless expense, Not having ft -
mania' for useless expense, Tex
placed his faith In the proRnostl
catyr. H' was not disappointed.
A very full moon hIiowii down on
the assembled so.ooo. if from"
time to time the man in the moon
wore a wry face, lie had nothing
oil most of th" customers. The
man In the - union probably
"booed" with Hie customers at the
close of this championship con
tention.
Prince tlcl|M'<) Tev
Tex also had Ilie advantage of
a number of preliminary notices
that the l?rlnce of Wales would
he at the fight.
This brought out a lot of peo
ple. During the evening there
was much discussion pro and con
us to whether the prince really
was there. Outside i?f the few
thousands who sat within the ef
fulgent rays that Illuminated the
ring so as to enable the moving
pictures to operate, no one could
be seen. The crowd disappeared
In the distant rows like ho much
mist. It was a weird, mystcrloua
assemblage. We hope the prince
wasu't there. He has suffered
enough lu his young life. Rome
members of his party were pres
ent. Not content with having
been robbed of a largo share of
their jewels, the.se titled Fngllsh
folk showed they were gluttons
for punishment.
We are sorry, however, that
Canon Chase wasn't there. He
would have received an entirely
different Impression of a prise
Unlit from the one which led him
to unusual steps in stop It. It
was Him most 'ladylike evening
anyone could have had. Football,
polo, racing and even baseball are
wild, wild sports compared to a
battle between a wild bull and a
panther.
Whs Angel All (tight
Instead of? ealllmr- him "Ann
Zlier an he Is known. In his na
tive pampas, th" announcer In
sisted upon Introducing the Ar
gentine as "Angel."
He proved to l?- :? It of thnf,
and. like Ansel**' \ lidta. his blows
were few snd far between. Thoda
Itara might have profiled by the
evening. She could have got some
points on a him which would have
made her a neater vamp than
ever. It was no wonder the cus
tomers groaned at the finish.
Tex l'lckard also has some
mental troubles like the bull. He
is to be fried I?. vt month for
transporting pictures of the
t Dempsoy-''arpeii'br flglit In con
truventlon of the Federal laws
made ami prnvid* '1. If Tev ever
transports the pictures of that
Flrpo Wills Imbroglio he will
have to go l?? fore :? friendly Judge
lo escape the electric chair.
Th* evening was not without
Its bright spots. There was the
boy who yelled "you can't tell
Wills from Flrpo without n pro
gram." And Micro was the band
that played "It Aln'f N OOtHBO
Kit I n No Moie," with some one
singing "How In Hell C.mi Old Tex
Tell, It Ain't A -Colin; to llaln No
Mo'."
WOULD KLIEKS ON
I.AST STAGE TODAY
Washington. Sept. 13. ? Th#.
Army world filers began the law
stags ef their Journey hopping
off from Dolling Field here today
for Dayton. Ohio, at 10:50 o'clock.
The clearing of the atmosphere
which Indicated better conditions
between hers and Dayton prompt
ed those In charge of thr? flight t'?
order the planes Into the air.
Karller In the day postponement
of the trip had been considered.
COTTON MAItKFT
New York Sept 11 ? Cotton
future's opened today at the fol
lowing levels Oct 22. 45 per.
22.0?7 Jin 22.12. March 21.17
May 22. in,
fl pot cotton closed quiet. Mid
dling 23 SO, the same level as at
the opening Futures. ?loslar
bid. Oct. 21.55. Dee 22.17. Jad.
12. -0, March 22.17. Msy SS.fi.