CIRCULATION WEDNESDAY
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VOL. XIV. FINAL EDITION
THE WEATHER
I'lisfttlrd; probably nhowrra to
night and Kriday. Moderate to
frmli Northeast winds. ?
ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 25, 1924.
SIX PAGES.
NO. 228.
Hard Fight For Coolidge
In State Of Washington
LaFolltUe Now on Even I ?tiii s W itli Republican Nom
inee 17ut T?epiililicun Striflejjy "May Tlii li\
Something Like 10,000 Plurality
llj DAVID I.AWUKNCK
' ICtWrtfM. 1*24. B* Tkt ?Mmi
Seattle, Sept. 24.* ? After canvassing the situation in Spo
*? fame to well as Taeoma and the Western section of the state
of -Washington the conclusion 8?*TO*-i?waa?pal)le Ihut Er&i= '
dent Coolidge has a hard fight ahead to win tlie electoral
vote here from Senator LaFollettc.
Few states presenFas in- 1
teresting a mixup as the state 1
of Washington. It's a situa
tion full of possibilities be
tween now and election for
things are being done here
wMch are mftch different;
from what one encounters in
">lw*r ; I
In the tlrst place, ex-service
men who number about 60,000 of'
whom about -8,000 ara American
Legion members, arc being organ-'
l?ed tor a state-wide drive
against Senator LaFollette and
?Senator* WnecJer on -ircSSunt of
their wur record. Precinct ot
?5? L?,n! ars fc#!S*_pia?ned and
rrom which mucli Ja expected. Tlu> I
Republican statf committee says
" ? no' connected with Ihe un
? Bu\ " no exaggera
tion that no political organization
01 auch proportions haa ever been
?*5Uope<1 OB ,he P?clflc coast.
The tactics of the aervlce men
IB ? sense are non partisan. The
HI* Primarily for President
Coolldge but If any Democrats or
OUler ex-service men are encoun
tered who perhaps do not care to
vote for Mr. Coolldge because he
vetoed the bontis, they are strong
ly urged then to vote fof John W.
Davta. laaFollettf and Wheeler
are the targets of the attack
Copies of aotne of the literature
aent out by, the Iowa members of
the American Legion a^- being
circulated here, in large ? quanti
ty. Senator LaFollette is up
braided aa pro-German. .Senator
Whgwior la condemned bectfuse as
tana he refused to prosecute cer
tain members of the I. W. W..
who In war time defied *he draft
law.- There are relatively few
Germans In tfila atate so the Re
publicans neeQ have ?no fear here
ss they have In other states that
In attacking LaFollette they will
loae German votes. The fight
against I^iKollette In this section,
however, has more In It than the
memory of anti-war activity. The
growth of .radicalism In this re
gion la recognised as something
that the conservatives must coun
teract. The LaFollette movement
le drawing from both Republican
and Democratic camps but mostly
from ?he latter. In order, there
fore. to keep down the LaFollette
vote the conservatives are hoping
the Democrats can In some way
be urged to vote for Davis. Every
vote recorded for Davis ip count
ed aa one lopt to LaFollette.
There Is a noticeable friendliness
to Davis in certain Republican
n?wapaperH supporting Coolldge
.J] tn* Democratic vote could be
? ^"Mlfign D*vis. president
slater but the
?/.I0/." 'Wf* ""mbers to La
Follette and Wheeler. If the Wis
eonaln Senator swallows the Dem"
rVli * l\,h,, ,uu ?nd
K?.:r :,w,c
??.m* who ?? not to radical
? mn" tboat ?
Sfi ^ '?r ,h,,|r "**' ticket, will
tr?de votes with the LaFollette
arsz-i **>- wth the ufo,
"9* f">P'? not "specially con
,h* "V* "rk't their
?ote? might go to the Democratic
stele candidates In return for La-i
J^V15rli*.^"PP."r' . DmI" ?ke this
enrrled the atate for Koosevelt m
' Al?? t?"> years ago Sena
tor Clarence Dill heat Senator
Polndexter by a combination of
*"4 r,dk" tepubll
KoLhft . re?"Ur "?fubllc.ns .re
hopeful of. victory. however.
chanhels. For one
iei L fL"' Panning to
?"} the eonservatlve ItepuDII
can vote pen there la the ml*.
""PPOtters At
setT^Jr . three separate
all* ehin ?lectors going
mJ il ^ ^ ? *n ?trmnaent
J* " o* reached or the cotirls In
?"* *** 8f electors will
withdrawn through
ftaT"'"?: Z LaFol
?i,X I* .? b?t ""thw set. It
Chrfrged, fs there thrvugh eei
n?#end ?ii'i1"' r*ful,r *?P?WI-,
h??!?J I" *?* **' ?f "> the
,h' cnomy. the j
nepubllcaos .re get in ,?y hurr
^i. the situation
There are some signs or
ctrttrse. that the >t.te i. "
w?f """l* ?? 't "SS two
y**?? * '???ft election for
rS321 ^.JUd,M r??lted In
* **"*' to* the radicals, im
jrrovement In agricultural eondl
^22* h" f>me of the
K'uA h*"
Jras A?.rk,jr
IIOLI) l'l? GUARDS
AND TAKE GIRL
WaynWvllle, Sept. 25. ? The
abduction of Mist* Molly Tcague,
26 y/?ar old school teacher froirt
her home here where she was
held under guard In connec
tion with the strangling of her
newborn intmn, njt> uimIusciI
today hy Haywood county of
ficer*.
Friends of the at tractive
yoi:ng woman are thought to
have composed the party that
covered the guard with gunn
la*t Saturday morning and
calmly removed her to a motor?
car. -? ? , ?
She wag In a serious physi
cal condition ami (actyg a hom
icide charge.
WOULD FLltiKS OFF - -
TO S AN Fit A N CI SCO
Santa Monica, Cal., Sept. 25. ?
The wprld fliers hop|H?d off today
from Clover Field 'hero for {"rlaay
Field. San Fi^ncinco^ at ten
o'clock thin morning.
;tional troubles inside the Repub*
fican party In th?- Western end of
the state have not Kitten n tnon d
and the campaign has not yet
really bc(;n bepun. Then* Ip talk
that the local Isadora want finan
cial aid from national headquar
ters and that aojne ?f them are
anxloua to hultd an organization
that will recover lost ground in
atat? affairs. , , , ... v..? ...
? Qn the facr of it, l^r<.ll.H?
has an eten. chance of carrying
thla atate today. By election day
the work of the ex-aervlco men
and the Republican organization
probably will iimkn it a different
story, but eloB<- to ahnui ten
thousand plurality for President
. Coolldge is moftt that ia hoped for.
"Gamest Guy"
^ Kfu'.i IVtlltilhl Krrinnlv of N?-?
run l"iiiM(w >al| him tbfr :
'({??nu-s| m?> in.th*- wofirt4*? in dv
!?> iiM'hi-M Altogether i?*m.
}?t?:?teri in ^7 h'.^r.ir.ils in Kuinc* '
ih?J ihn l'i.u-| Kuiicn Hf n urut^r- j
?""?? H nmpnuillonn mtd Ann j?ur- ?
ih-oI "Yrenrh feet." the
l< mi or* my. Ye i Kennedy only grin*,
They KUttn give me chloroform |?o
ore they n;nl my cofUn lid down,"
... be ?iv?. i ? -*
NINETEEN PERSONS
KILLED IN FLOOD
j 111) Tli? Aiwliifd Pitb)
t ,Xaningrud, Sept. 2&. ? Nineteen
iP'Mnim nro ? known to ? >???" p^r- ,
i inhed in the great flood which
followed TuoiwTay'B gele.
The death toll la regarded an
light, however, in view of the ex
tent of the flood, whiMi wa? the1
t worst suffered by the fortaor Rui
,'aian capital ulnre 18.84.
Sentiment Swings In Favor
i
Negro Sentenced T o Death
^(?ntciKT impo-ril in Trial lhal Savored of l.r;;al Lynch
ing Now Ooii?iilcrc<l Too Ilarith liy (ioiiiiiiuii
ity in W hich It Wax Imposed .
? \ ??
By \V\U>o M(K?i;n
CapjrrlgM, IW4. ?? Ilia Atfvinc*
8lirov?a?orf,
I sA., Hi
what extent is a man utility when
j two men to whom ho Ih hiind
| cuffed commit murder. when evi
dence In lacking of intent on Ma
part to participate in the crime?
That is h question puzzling
criminologists and lawyer* here
in tho case of Booker Boone, ono
of a tr|o of negroes under sen
lence to hang October 'A for the
murder pf RherllT 10, M. Kentz. of
Jackson I'arlHh. Louisiana, laat
August 22. The sheriff was trans
ferring the nn-n lo Jail following
their arrest on a charge of moon
shining when the killing occurred.
Boone was handcuffed to Freeman
Coleman and Willie Washington
in the center when his two com
Pftnlons leaped upon tlie sheriff
who was walking ahead, with a
i flashlight, pick I in: a way through
a dense swamp.
| Coleman confessed that he
snatched the officer's pistol and
fShot the sheriff. In the melee
Roono received a flesh wound In
tthe left arn>. His cap* was found
1 under the officer's body substan
tiating his claim he was thrown
! under the officer as his compan
ions leaped . upon htm.
A movement Is under way to
ask Governor Henry L. Kuqun to
! commute Boone's sentence to life,
imprisonment. He is about 21
, years old and apparently has th??
Intelligence of a normal boy of
ten. His testimony regarding the
killing was couched In tliese
words:
"White folks. It was done so
quick, I did not know what was
happening."
After the killing, according to
the testimony of Boone and Wash
ington, the three men went to the
home of Kit Driver, Coleman's
brother-in-law, where they ob
tained s file and remorod ?h?
handcuffs. They escaped and were
apprehended after a search of
several days. In whlofc poMemen
and officers numbering approxi
mately $00 from all settlons of
North Louisiana joined.
Boone was arrested about 10 (
mile* from the scene of the crlnie
24 hours after It occurrcd. He
made no effort to re?lat. Wash
ington waa apprehended a day
filler and Coleman several diiy*'
|?t. 25.- To
i later. After their o rreat the t li r?
men were brought hero for safe- ?
keeping.
On September 6. a special ses
sion of district court w?h h<>ld at
' J?m?'slnrrn, ? the ? Hsrish ? futai ? of_
Jackson. A Jury of 12 men was
? mpnneled from 17 veniremen ex
amined and the trial wan finished
within 1<rr than four hours.
Tin- day before - the trial Cole
man confessed the Crime but un
der the I<ouisians law a defend
ant charged with murder cann6|
plead guilty. An the n*en were
penniless Judge J. K. Reynolds
appointed an attorney to repre- ;
sent them. The attorney did nqt !
challenge a single veniremen and '
on cross-examination he did not |
ask any witnesses morn than two i
questions. These related to the
dlsts'nce of witnesses from the 1
scene of the killing. He then put j
Washington and Tloone on the !
.stand and they pave their version
of the a flair. The argument of 1
counsel lasted tlx minutes. The
Jury deliberated four minutes *\id
brought In a verdict of guilty
?against all threS men.
fnder I,oulslsnh law the court !
had no alternative but to sentence >
.them to hang. The negroa' law
yer waived motion of appeal.
At the time of the trial there
were few p< rson* In North Louisi
ana who did not sunt all three
men handed, but within the last ,
few day* nentlnlnnt has changed
regard Id it Boone.
r-j
SOI. I. WEEVIL NOW
<;ettin<; in wokk
Raleigh . Sept. 25. ? Th* North
C arolina cotton crop la at la?t get
ting fully arqnalntod with the i
holl weevil. The recent wet
weather, lateness of the crop and
other conditions have resulted In
maximum damage by weevils ori
bolls. In some rases two-thirds
mature Ths Beptember It con
ditions hss a <1 percent decline In
the two previous weeks. The pres
ent condition of 5? percent Indi
cates 208 pounds per acre and a
prospect of 711.000 bales this
year. This is 22 percent lets than
last year's crop, even though the,
rereage i* known to be InrressM.
BEG FIGHTERS
QUITBOMBING
Forrigu Gov?-riiiiiont Min
isters ct Peking Drufl A|>
? |?r:il tO-VLarring. ( hinrsc
Force#.
--IH' rrr*?l
Peking. Sept. Tttv? An appeal
and warning to rival forccs fight
ing on tlic Manchurian border (or ,
control of tho central government ,
ot China to quit bombing unfor
? I-roin llm ? plr wsn
drafted tnHiiJ at a meeting of the
Peking foreign government mln
iMters here.
Herlin. Sftpt. 25. ? The (lerman
foreign offlcc today Issued a state
ment explaining that the Anglo- ,
German commercial negotiations
hud not broken down as reported
but only hud been postponed.
They will be resumed shortly, the
statement adds, with every pros-,
pert of satisfactory conclusion.
WEATHER BOOSTS
COTTON PRICES
?New Orleans, Sept.* 25. ? The,
Cotton Exchange today seethed
-with, excitement with the noattng .
of the weather map showing
more rains In tha eastern. belt.
Heavy short covering ran prices
up rapidly, October jumping 115
-points ^ ?)
New York. Sept. 25.? Tear th*l
cotton nwvi-mi'tit will be seriously
delayed ns the result of preasnt
rains in the South Atlantis States
today led to the big advance )n
cotton contracts. They sold at
mid day at the full $5.
IIM.H SCHOOL PRINCIPALS
TO MKKT HHKK OX HON DAY
A High School principal*' Con
ference will bo held In Elisabeth
City on Monday. September 19^
In the office of County Superin
tendent ML P. Jennings. All High
School principals are expected to
be here from Currituck, Camdan.
I'anquotank. Perqulmanit., Dan
and Chowan Counties.
FUNERAL DR. OASON . '
Kdenton. Sept. 25. ? Dr. H. 11.
8. Cason who died Tuesday night
at his home at Edenton was born j
? in ? 18 74, the ann nfihe lalo Cjlf
ton Cason and Mary Shaw, the lat
ter preceding him Just one week.
In 1905 he wax married to Miss'
Alice Makely. of Edenton. From
| this marriage there were two
daughters, the eldest of whom
died In her sixth year, and Miss
Alice Makely Cason. who with her.
mother, are the only direct survl
? vonr.
The funeral services wert held |
in St. Haul's Episcopal Church.;
, the rector. Rev. R. R. Prane. D. j
I), officiating at 3:30 Thursday
.afternoon, and the Interment was]
mudo In the family plot In Reaver i
Hill N
Among those attending the]
I funeral from Elisabeth City were: j
Mrs. Resale Stewart, Mr. and Mrs.
Will Foreman, and Mr. and Mrs. j
IE. C Conger
TWO ARB Ht'RT WHHN
IIKIIMiK 1M TAKKN l'P|
Miss Katharine Tinner aad Lea- |
ll?' Helanga suffered brulsea and |
i cu (a about the faro and head Wed- i
neHday night when they wero re- i
? turning from Worih'? I'lrr anrf !
diwcorered too lato that someone
for a prank had nomorod one of |
? the bridge* on the dirt road which I
' loads * from Worth's Pier to the ]
brick road.
I MIbb Pinner and Mr. Belanga j
I were two of a party of younft peo
ple who had enjoyed a weiner |
.roast at the pier. They happen- <1 .
to ha ahoad of the others on the J
! wny home. The bridge was
' found later out in a field where 1
I the practical Joker* had taken It]
betw-en the time that tho party!
went to the pier and returned 1
home. Mr Itolanga's ear waa eon- i
Hlderably damaged also.
ZF.PPKI.IN ZH-3
TAKES LITTLE THIP
m? Th? AlMtrlalMl fr??0
Kreldrlrhnafon, Oermarty. Hept. ?
217.? ^Tho zeppelln 7. R-3 built hem j
for tho t'nited States Nary left
her hanger today on another ,
cruise which It expected to con- ;
sumo 34 hours.
RMVIVAIj (IlimKM KHIDW
Revlral service* at Halls Creek ?
Methodist Church will come to a j
close Friday night Ther# will be !
an a)l day meeting Friday, ser
vice#! at 11 a. m.. 2 p. m.. and at <
7: SO p. m., with preaching by,
the pastor. Rev W. T. Phlpps.
Dinner will be served on the,
grounds and all former members
ht this church *re given a special .
Invitation _to bo present. The;
public la cordially invited.
(?OTTO* MAIIKKT
New York, flVpt. 24. ? flpot .cot- 1
ton closed quiet, Middling 23.76. .
a declinp of 40 points.
ruturea. closing bid, Oct. 23. SO.
Dee. 22,?0. Jan. 22.82. March
New York. Sept. 25 Rpot cot
ton closed steady. Middling 24.70.
an sdranre of 25 points. Futures
closing bid. Oct. 24.43, D?c.
21. tO. Jan. 23 ??, March 22.M.
May 24.10. - ?
WEDDING SURPRISE
TO ELIZABETH CITY
MIm Kvelyn Lumb'tt Parents *re
an SurprUwl am Any
One Kim
Elisabeth City caught its breath
Wednesday when the news
reached here throu gh t h o now?
"paperS that ail*s EretynTdimb of~l
this city had been secretly mar- !
ried to Charles H. Consolvo. Jr., j
at Ilaltlrnore on September 1. i
Apparently the parents of the i
young vrtfe. Mr. and Mrs. J. W. ]
Lamb. 311 Pearl street, were as
completely tsken by surprise as
anybody else. They - bad not j
h**ard k word bf It Until tD^T' 8CTWH
It In the papers, they declare Mrs.
Lamb admits, however, that wheu *
her daughter left here tho last I
of August for Baltimore the girl '
told her that she would probably j
be married soon to a young m&o
of position and wealth. Mxa. ;
I?amb say? that she counselled '
her daughter against Buch a mar- J
riage.
According to Mr. and Mra.
Lamb, their daughter for about ?
a year now had made her home ;
with a married sister in Ualti- j
more and was only here on a yisit J
ill August. Mrs. Lamb says that]
young Consolro had been going ;
with her daughter for a long time
prior to their marriage but that '
she did not know -when the daugh- ?
tor spoke of marriage In August '
that he was the man she expect- .
ed to marry.
state Toes in
FOR MORE ROADS
Highway CommUeion An
nounce* Elaborate Plans 1
for Future and RaisoH
Frank Pagr'? Salary.
r- Raleigh, Sept. 25. ? Group In
surance totaling $7,500,000 wan !
taken out by the State on Nation
al Guard members yesterday.
Raleigh. 8ept. 2 5 ? The State
Highway Commission set aside
$1,000,000 yesterday for a sink
ing fuid to retire bonds, making
12,600.000 this year. The law
requires $1,000,000.
The commission also announced
that plans will be perfected this
I year to ask tho General Airaem
appropriatlon. the 165,000,' 000
i bond Issue having been expensed.
Frank Page's nalary was yos
terday raised from $5,000 to $15,
000.
REGISTERED MAIL
AND MEN MISSING
Apr I ngfl 6 1 {Tf "M iir, - ~ He pt "257?-^
The Union Trust Company here
today reported to the police that
, $100,000 consigned to It by reg- 1
I Istered mall was missing and
! asked the police to soek William
^anlfan. bank messenger, and a
j guard who Is also missing.
POLICE TO STUDY IIP
ON CITY ORDINANCES
The poo plo or Kllcabeth City,
[generally speaking, know little
about the law* of The Old Homo
Town and less about tho city's
. government.
80 aald City Manager Bray
LThnrsdiy morning in acQimrsa
, Hon with a reporter.
"Memberi of th- policj force,"
Mr. Bray went on to say, need to
to be given detailed Inatruetlon on
various city ordinances."
Mr. Dray wishes to eeo a cam
paign Inaugurated which glre the
! public a further Ineight Into civic
affairs of the city and create a
spirit of co-operation between the
police force end Mr. Average Cit
lien.
To accomplish thle end the Ci
ty Manager haa definitely decided
to hold s^ml-monthly drill meet
ings for tho officers of the police
force. At these meetings Mr.
Br ay Is going to drill the police
foroe on the laws of the city *nd
also their duties when these laws
are violated. The city ordlnaoaaa
will be studied at these meetings
from beginning to end.
"Some facts brought out In
these ntudles" Mr. Brgy said mny
be of considerable Interest to the
public end the press may find
good enough to print.
"It would be a fine thing alao
If the city's laws could be Includ
ed In the study of tfvlc* lu the ,
High School."
HIGHT SAYS ITS
TILL DEATH PARTS
Kashvllle, 111.. Hept SS. ? Rev
Lawrence Hlght held % jail here
In connection with the poison
plot that cost the Itvee of his wff?
and the husband of hla confeseed
accomplice. Mrs. Elsie Rweetln.
today showed no oatard strain
from his plight, while Mrn. Sweet
In In Jail at Halem worried more ,
over the future of her three chil
dren than her Imprisonment.
"Mrs. Sweetln and I are still
sweethesrts and will remain
aweethearts until death parts us"
the minister said today.
Mrs. Rweetln's apathy to food
has aroused concern for her. The ,
only nourishment she haa taken j
sliH-e Tumday was a glaas of milk
MANTEO SCHOOL
OPENED MONDAY
Enrollment Exrrcds That
of i.HHt Vrur and Much
l>y Parrntn.
Manteo. Sept. 25.? The school
-term for 1924 and 1925 opeued
here Monday, September 22 with
an enrollment that exceeded that
of last ytH r while the number of
High School mudc.nts wait fifty
irtrtr -thrw last year; ? ?
has be?'u previously announced
that all the parent* who pbssibly
could were dealred to accompany
Their chllftiTh anil itnr tnterear-nf
the community was plainly shown
by the presence of so many of
them present on the opening
morning.
Rev. A. W. Price wan there and
made a splendid talk, Hud the
principal, L It. Wllllford, also 1
made a talk.
The faculty Is as -follows:
Professor L. II. Wllllford, Fay- 1
etteville; Miss Jimmy Jones. Lau- (
rinburg, Latin mid English; Miss,
Ira Jennett, Manteo. History ahd ,
Chemistry; Miss Nora Phillips,
Pennsylvania, penmanship; .Mist
and Seventh Grade work; Mrs. Es
sie Newnome Westcott, - Manteo. '
Fourth Grade work; Mrs. Naomi
West coll . Mantoo. Second and
_Thlrd Grade work, Miaa. Iiulda
Drlnkley, Manteo, First _Grnde
work:-" ? ? ?? j
KOOSEVEI.T CHOICE
N. Y. HEPl'BI.ICANS
Rochester, Of. Y., Sept. 25. ?
Theodore Roosevelt, Assistant Se
cretary of the Navy, was today
nominated for governor by the
New York Republican state con
vention upon the first ballot.
DR. PEACOCK MAY
NOT BE EXTRADITED
Charlotte, Sept. 25. ? Attorney
General Manning expressed doubt
here yesterday as to whether
i North Carolina can extradite l)r.
| J. W. l*eacork from California,
> but every effort will be made.
T eapot T empest Raised By
Hylan Censorship Proposal
.+?
Hiit SiiHinliun that Army and Navy Step in to JSL:
r ^ Mi 'um)1*r?|H>r rr? >lmw on Mage . *5
Sctiiik to Havi* Bitii Awful Himrr
PRIZES AWARDED
FOR BEST KITCHEN
p .In Mm pterin fvt.JL'A; ?
|nounc?-d last week by twelve
firms of this city have been award
riul by thn furtg.tp to;
Mrs. K. F. Garr-ti. 8lS. We*T
Church street, first prize $3.
| Marble 11.11 Carr. HOT W?st
Church Btreet, s.-cond prize $2.
M. L. Brltt. third prist'. $1.
Th?' contest was close and se
f lection was made only nfter care
fully considering the fim*nt points
of ne&tutT4tt and accurary in Join- !
ln?; the pieces to form a modern
kitchen. Some missed the prize
.cla&a only on account of slight
Irregularities in making one or
two connections.
TIiobo who deserve honorable
menttnn arc- Mrs. A -U*? W<M44h
1 KlUaboth Evans. 105 McMorrlnne;
! Mrs. Fred Wilson, 505 Pentisyl- [
vanla Avenue; . l*oul?e Adams,!
.609 First street; Bllllo Mellck.
? Mali h mat* street; Mrs. ?J F.
| Weeks, 123, N. Martin street;
| A I Icq Barrow, 805 Lawrence!
[ fitroot; Mrs. M. (T~WXIiramar 7?n
North Road Htreet; Mrs. T. C. ,
Jones, 410 E. Church street; Miss ?
Katherlne Davis, 705 N. lloml
street; Julia W. Sklnnor, 205 W. |
; Church street; Elolse Waldorf.
518 Raleigh Ave.
EXPELLED FROM
stock exchange
New York, Sept. 25. ? George
I Kecor, member of the brokerage
firm of Secor, Raynolds and Com
pany. was today expelled from the
New York Stock Exchange for al
1 leged Irregularities In connec
tion with transaction in stock of
the Southern States Oil Company.
Chowan Association Goes
; NextToColumbiaChurch
Plan Hold MectingN in Fall Grin Off to Good Starl Willi
Big Attendance and Tuesday After Third Sun
day in September Begin* 1925 Sennion
The Chowan baptist Associa
tion meets next with Columbia
i Baptist Church, Rev. M. F. Boor,
j pastor, on Tuesday after the third
i Sunday In September, 19 25. The
| Introductory sermon will 1h?
I preached by O. V. Tllley, pautor
of the First Baptist Church of
1 Hertford.
1 ThuH Rets under way at last
the plan of holding meetings of
| the Old Chowan Association in
the fall, at a time when most of
[the other Raptlnt associations of
'the state are meeting, inatead of
| In the spring an heretofore.
, The last spring Hesalon wan
| held at Bethel Baptist Church.
I Perquimans County, Rev. R. 8.
^ Mond*j pastor, in May, Vft2~4- Thla
session was never completed, bad
i weather preventing the discus
sions nnd transactions of business
net for the latter part of the ses
lalon. It wan decided at Iletliel,
however, that In future meeting!)
of the association would be held
| In ihe fall, and that the proceed
ings for this year would be com
pleted at Warwick Bnptlnt Church
| In Chowan County near the Gates
County line on Tuesday and Wed
nesday after the third Sunday In
; September.
| This meeting waa duly held this
week with a large number in at
tendance, especially on the aecond
'lay The flrat day s attendance
!was cut down to some extent by
bad roads. This was a two day
session, Inasmuch as part of th"
BusTbeiin cf ttie~ association had al
i ready been transacted at B<th?l,
but the 192S session will in all
probability run Into three. days.
| The association opened on
jTueaday morning wl'h devotional
(exercises by II'. II IIin"a. follow
ing which Dr. 3. II Ti mplniian
[moved the adoption of report i on
the various phasrs en the d^nem
'ln*Morml work an read at D"thel
in May. This motion being unan
imously carried, discussions of
the report" were reatimed, the or
phanage being the first topic tak
en up. VUh M. I. Kealer, general
maunder ef the orphanage mak
ing the principal spreeb and with
K. F. Aydlett and I)r J H. Thay
er Joining in th?? discussion.
On Tuesday afternoon devotion
al ex?rclv?s were >rd bv Rev. ('.A.
Vandsrmeulen, following which
all the time on th'j topic of the
75 Million Campaign and the new
*amn*lcn was given over to nr.
C. r Maddrej, secretary of the
State Million Board.
Apportion^! to ? hi< Chowan As
sociation under the new campaign
ia the task of raisin* $46,000 to
the vsrlotia objecta of the aesocla
tlon in addition to what Is rslsed
fjr the orphanage. Oifls to the
oiphanage will not apply on this
9 4ft. 000. The association voted
to accept tho apportionment nml ,
asidgnod to the executive commit
tee tho matt<-r of the nubappor
tlonment of thla anionht anions
| the varloua churches of tho aaao
clatlon. Tho report. on t lioi execu- I
'tlve committor In this matter waa '
?later road and adopted.
I On Wodneaday morning dovo
tlonal ?xerclaoa were led i>y Rev. ,
Joalah tClllot t . following which
tho topic of State Mloalona waa
;takon up. wlilch was apokon to by;
; Reverends B. L W??lla. II. I?
. Hlnea. O. V. Tllley and Dr. H. S.
(Tomploman. Next on tho pro- 1
I gram wan Homo Mlaalona and J
I Rev. Jacob Gartonhaua wan Intro
ducQd by Rov. 3. F. Hudaon to ;
*-d4*cw*n thin luph^'mafclng a mojil
Interesting presentation Mr. Gar
tonhaua waa hoard at Mack well
: Memorial Church of thla city laHt
'Sunday and la expected to apeak
I at tho First Haptlat Church next
Sunday night. Thoao who hfmrd ,
< him In thla city or at tho aaaocla
tlon pronounced him a moat Intor- 1
oatlnR talker.
\ In the dfacunalbn of foreign j
mlaalona Rev. J. R. Taylor, who1
; waa to lead tho dlacuaalon, Intro- 1
ducod Dr. J. C. Quarlea, Mlaalon
. ary to South America, who haa
'aorved In Argentina. Ifraguay and
Paraguay. Dr. Quarlea la report
ed a* having made a moat Inter" j
eating and helpful addreaa.
Devotional exerelaon Wodnoa- 1
day wore led by Rer. T. L. flrown. 1
following which Rev. M. F. Hoot* j
dlacuaand tho topic of the Ilaptlat
Young People'a t'nlon.
Tho caufte of the old mlnlatera ,
I waa presented by W. J. Herryman
while" that of Chrlatlan education
waa proar>ntod by Rev. M. F. Rooe
i followed by W. J. Herryman and
Rev. A. A. Duller.
; Shortly before the aaaoclatlon
: adjourned Dr. (J. IV Weaver, pre*
I Ident of Chowan College, arrived
and waa given opportunity to pro
aent th" cauao of Chowan and to
;expreaa hla pleaauro In meeting
the delegatea of the Chowan Aa
aoclatlon.
' W. J. Herryman waa re-elected
'moderator and J. G. Gregory waa
, re-elected clerk of the aaaoclatlon.
, W. J. Herryman waa named a a
delegate to the Southern Itapttat
.Convention. Dr. S. H. Templeman
I waa named aa member of the For
eign Mlaalon Hoard. Rev. O. V. ;
Tllley waa named aa member of'
the Homo Mlaalon Hoard and Rev.
K. C. Horner aa member of the
State Hoard of Mlanlona. Lycur
gua Hoffler. Rev. A. A. Butler and
| R. S. Monda were named aa aaeo- ?
j elation delegatea to th? State Hap- I
tlat Convention.
Rev W. F. Cale la naator of
Warwick Haptlat Church, which
i showed Itaelf a moat hoapltable
boat to the aaaoclatlon.
II y RORRIIT T. SMALL
(Cuprrttbt. 1?*4. t * TU? Aavtrol . ?? '
Now York. Sept. 2&. Mayer
llylan "has raised more or less of
a tempest here by hi*
proposal t list t lii : 1 1 ranking offl
t?X ? IW- ?"(?? ik?
shall assist t K* ? civilian authorities
i !i bringing about what amounts
to a censorship of the stage. The
-yvu4w p4u>wi1kUu,-. members of
lii-- tit* ru 1 1 . arc demanding to
kuov.- if the war Isn't over audlf
tin* output or their fertile brains
i.i to bo "choked" by censorship
which rattb'H of Runs and sabre*.
Tb?' hotio of contention Is. a
piny which has been running here
since (ho early part of the month
"called "What IW^Otoij." T|WH
action revolves around b company
of marine.* In Franco during the
World War. Tho rovil dogs la
tho plav swoar something awful
and this. ostensibly, is the res
for the complaints which are i
piece
nut swearing Is not now to tbo
Now York stagi*. Jeanne Eagels,
In "italn" has hi?*n calling a mis
sionary the worst names out oft*
dictionary for upwards of two
><ar" "P<l the authorities hare
would at a politician shouting
"Hell and Maria." And certainly
"wearing ia 110 HtraiiKer to ifap
>d?'vll dogn. They did not piek up
anything In Franc to add to thair
vocabulary of profanity. An Am
erican doughboy or devil do 5
could givo all tho other Holdiers
oardM and flpaden and still lead
easily to the wire In a "cuaaln*
match."
The profuse swenrlnK which
punrtUHtcH every act of the play
now upon the griddle is not the
real cause of complaint of It by
o fflfcern of t he Army, the Navy
and the Marine Corps. They know
a bit about "cuasln* " themselves
and are not M<iuiumi*h on the sub
ject that Is, all of them except
the chaplains or padres.
The real fueling of the "errloes
against the play is that its action
and atmosphere are subversive of
discipline- and tend to rirrr every
body the wrong luiprcaslon of
what life could be like In the
Marine Corps even in the hell of
war. ,
TIiucu'm-a lioril boilod Iqvo atory
I In' play. Kvory play has to
, have that. In that particular play
If Ih the love nf a raptalto and a
I top nerxeant f??r the radio jclrl.
TIiIh ?lrl hihI th?- Jealousy of the
two mm co through the play
from the firHt tu the l int act. The
eaptaln and the nergeunt arc for
rvor at flNtlruffs or near the?
Tin y arc depleted playing poke
touftlior anil tlu>rr In n drawn rt i
volver. or pcrhapa a couple a
t hem on Ihr table*. The anthof
evidently liav? the Idea that cap
tain* ?nd lop ><? iKrantn arp "bu4
dlca" In tin- Marino Corp*. ThO
may Im? at limn for I he nrnintoi
purpoae of trapping the enem)
but tho play throughout reelca 41
the Idea* of what a vo Inn tot
might think might ko on In
company of marines.
Il In a far frirhrd ntory evi
If Iho play Ih written down
frH-ndly rrltlcH nn onr cif ~tl
"utrong" thlm-'M at t ><.. htMitj
fwaaon. If Army and Nary 41
Marine Corp* officer* had a Km
?*r aonao of humor, which on I
tunntHy inont of thorn have j
they would laiifch thefr heads
at the? marlmn in the piece 4
,1"t it go at that, lint noma apt
??fitly have proved ju-naltlvo a
'the mlflrepnwntatlon of coi
>t Ion* that cxlated. even In 1
time, ami complaint* to . Ma
Hylnn followed.
Th*> mayor now proposed l?
*WH?-pin? lottor lo the- fomn
alon<r of llren*c that Major O
oral Roh?rt Loo Hullard, ?
tnandlnsc at Oovrrnor'a Inland, I
ll<iar Admiral Plunkett, t*
mandInK ?t the Brooklyn m
yard, nhall aaalat In bringing ?
varloun mannfeera of theater*
Nnw York togither with a vie*
rtiMlnv out objectionable ace
and aituaMonii In the curr
production*.
Romo of the edmpUiBte :
aicalnnt nukodncaa on the sta
HKuJnut too much glorlflaatloo
the American girl aa natujr; mi
hrr anil not an the mod la tea
hnnf h?r charma. Thus th* i
vor would have the Army and i
Navy canaor tho ladlca aa wall
the pictorial inarlnea. "
It'a a ftfeat propoaltlon, 1
General Jlullard ia too old a ci
palcner and Admiral Plunkett I
widely travelled a aea-do* to
Icaught In any auch contract!
IT any one dlngracea the nnlfo
In public ttioy might act, but q
aorlnz far fetched playa and
tempting 'to clothe the beautl
ladle* of the en*r>mhle do |
'omo within the artlclea of war
the purview of an officer and
j gentleman.
HI'BMltH TO (J:\MIIf ilXG
Chlffed with anmbllag Lea
Fpriillt auhmlttcd and did sot i
pear In Co aft Thuraday morali
Ifa waa fined ?5.0? and cai
The fin* waa Impoaad 1ft tha
flee of Trial Jt?atlee Spetica a
there waa no aetalon la p? I
''fturt.