VOL. XIV. FINAL EDITION. ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA, MONDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 29. 1921. FOUR PAGES. NO. 231.
California Supreme Court
Steam Rollers LaFollette
?
VnAiuin Candidate Compelled to Hun oil Socialist
Ticket Which Will Hurt lli.? Cause in Other
States us Well ms Califoruiu
n, DAVIB MWRMfH ,
[r.w.iif- in*. ?? vs. ?'???"' '
San Franclaco, Sept. 27. ? -The
lecialon of the mate- supreme ..
SSlrl.herc wMcli dent? wenaior
LaFollette ? place In the Inde
pendent column and In effect com
pels Us aupporters to aiat^t their
ballots under the Socialist ban
tar Will hurt the cause of the
Wisconsin leader and help the
stances of President Coolldee
Judging from the expressions
?f bitterness which are coming
from the LaFollette managers
Here no other Inference Mr possible
except that their opportunities for
rote getting have been Impaired
The Socialists, conforming to tin*
requirements of the state, have
kapl their elector Hat open out of
friendship for the La Follelte
forces and now will name JjiKoI- j
beftte electors.
l .But -the Question nitty well be
?iked "Why did . the LaFollette
?sen want to remain aloof from
Hie Soclaliata whoae column ilu-y
now embrace?" Tho answer un
doubtedly Is that the
strategists thought tho word In
rt/nJndenf a better advertise
ment than the word ^Socialist.
Many of the California voters
the same feeling that the
??Socialist" carries with H 11
eirta In (Opprobrium. They may
SET LaFollette ? and aome of thi
n^r-Soclallsts would not care
!L?iher he waa listed under the
torch-but nevertheless.
m*?y other voters do not care t
affiliate even for one flection,
'^g'Vh.Tth. aupreme court .
iSd Slip# could be furnished aT
C? ita bv the LaFollette man
^orTto keep the votes from for
L.7.? ?hTlS names. >
' ^t writing ?? the name, or
P , - a raluctant number of
IK? Into the socialist' column
7?*?t as simple a matter as ?
lag ?h'? to 4*?P|l|JJ?,t"""<'rban
^U^rder K". V**
'This carries d'sadvan^
ignlied by ?h. practical
Including A those who
protesting loudeat on behalf
?nator LaFollette.
m.T "'"lapsed aa 'n?thsr"stes
S.,rstCTera%.? >ntttoXr
{L?^I"oou2W, to long as
fTthir ^ ot."""' -r
"^IcVyVtem anV uSmSwS
* to renounce some of
_ of the very party which
him under Its embletu on
*!?'? of whtt happened In
reminds th. disinterested
er that Csllfornls had a
than whereby the
electors were at the niercr
Hoosevelt proireaslve Re
. with Hiram ?"?J11""
the >???". '"TTt.JtoSI
Johnson Greeks his long
on natlaiisl politics since
ated primary eempssnln
M the supreme court dr
The progressives are get
taste of medicine they ad
- u year* ago
the lines of the i?hn
lent may 6a "f4
>*a auppreeaed hostility
and his friendship for
rtlette cause. M?. Johnson
I It would appear from all
?Ions waa a where
'of two decisions might be
one following the letter of
law which does grievous
as and the other following
7 mint of the lew whleh would
? I lame body of cltliens to
j# a fundamental right. The
of the law with IU result
Ting was follows i the spir
ited Thlst I **
mr from a reading
lone hut 1 do not think the
Itself sdmlta of two eonclu
The declelon, la my opln
j unjustified hy the law. con
to public policy and of most
al consequences. It Is dc
, such ah this that under
public conlldeaae In the
aa faa<a?iaiil?l rtahls
the fact rsmklns
a at (MIMorala can
ballots for LaFoiieiie
! plector*. or
elector*.
,,r
MAY PLAY GOLF
BY JANUARY
Cumdrn SiK- Purvhawd
for ('iiuiitry ('.lull awl
Tlmt ('.minty I> Co-A|wra1
inp for lis Sikti-ss.
St. niben of the KllJtlbelh City
Country Club tn:>y bo'playlnK Rolf
on their own K?lf roun-e next
January an<l the course. In the
opinion or members of the b""'|
of directors of the club, should
be in fine condition by spring.
The Camden ulte has now been
definitely decided upon and pur
[cbued. = "?
Camden Connty people who
urged the selection of the Cam
den site and who promised that
there would be co-operation on
the part of Camden road building
authorities in the .matter of a
good road from the end of the
state concrete highway from Eliz
abeth City to Camden are elated
at the action taken, according to
reports received here, and a start
was made on the Improvement
of the country club road Saturday.
This* would ?eem to indicate that
the asMurance given directors of
the country club' by prominent
, citizens of Camden that the road
I would be provided, if the Camden
I alte was selected, will be made
good.
r The realization teems to be taR
ing hold of forward looking citi
zens In Camden that the location
I of the Elizabeth City Country Club
| In that county will mark a new
Among tho possibilities, for In
stance. is the springing up of a
| summer colony along the river
shore on the club property, to say
; nothing of tho bu or more auto
' mobiles a day that would be paM
! ing to and from tho club bearing
peoplo of means who would thus
be made familiar with tho advan
? tages of Camden County.
i The Camden County site was se
lected for the Elizabeth City
.Country Club after a careful, in
| veatigatlon on the part of the site
committee and exhaustive cons|d
' e ration on the part of the board
of directors. The only other sTle
seriously considered was a tract
; of 100 acres situated the
Weeksvllle road four miles from
Elizabeth City owned by W. A.
Worth and Mlsa. Margaret- Hollo*
well. Tho price of this tract was
i $25,000. _
f The' Camden County flte Is a
tract of 200 acres, situated on
, the north shore of the Pasquo
tank river in Camden County si*
miles from Elizabeth City owned
by L. L. Winder. Jr.. II. J. Wood.
W. E. Hlnton and the ostato of
J B Flora This tract as pur
chased for $12,500. or Just half
the price at which the Pasquo
tank tract was offered
? T!re~ pawfuotairtr tract eon*T*t*
of highly cultivated farm land
without the natural slope* and op
en woodland most desirable for
purpose* of a country club, viz:
club golf course, trails, tennis
[courts, and so on. The Camden
' tract, on the other hand, had all
| these advantages. Moreover, the
land In not highly cultivated and
, can be converted Into a beautiful
golf club course and club site
i without destroying any of Its pres
ent value. The opinion of the site
committee, consisting of Dr. John
' Saliba. ehplrmnn. William C.
I Meeklns. W. P. Duff. Miles Clark
land ft. C. Job, was that to con
vert the Pasquotank tract into a
I golf course would depTcdatn Its
lvalue while to convert the Cam
den tract Into a club site and golf
(course would enhance Its value.
Not satisfied to rely solely up
on their ojrn Judjcment io
I matter the site committer called
| In an expert In the construction
of golf courses and this expert, af
ter Inspecting both sites consid
ered. unhesitatingly rscommehded
the Camden site.
Some criticism of the Camden
site was heard on the ground that
i there Is no dependable road from
1 Elizabeth City to that part of
| Camden County, but this objec
tion Is being overcome by the
i work now being done by the State
'Highway Commission on the float
ing concrete road and by the work
now being undertaken toward Im
' pi'ovlngMhe country road In Cam
den from the end of the concrete
to a point within a half mile of
I the club site,
SURRENDERS FOR
Ml'KUKH OF IN-LAWS
Cincinnati. SApt. stt. ?
soaked snd dlsfcevelled with hHi
clothes bearing the marks of si*
[hours of out of doors. Irving Per
In, aged 60. today surrendered
I himself to answer for the slay
ing of his mother In law. Mrs.
Frances Rawson. aged 77. and for
shooting his slater In law, Miss
'Nina Rawson.
DANGEK TO THE
LEAGUE PROTOCOL
Jn|Nin*N Demand that Immigration
rrubk-m be Included Ofalm
Dramatic Situation
? Hi Tt? Aiwdtlad I'tm,
Geneva, S?-pt. 29. ? The palace
of the l.oagUP of Nations was the
scene of dramatic incidents today
as the wearied delegates reasitem*
bled in an attempt to discover a
solution of the difficulty crented
by Japan's demand for an amend
ment to tho proposed protocol of
arbftration and security In an of-!
fort .to save the protocol which
w*Tinni.'H i.i in1 I'ln'.ini mi in Hip
ncw'friTn of c ventiT -l~
Two members of the Japanese
delegation told a press represen
tative that if Japan did not obtain
satisfaction of her demand for an 1
it in .lid to en t to the proposed pro
tocol she probably, much to her
regret, would be obliged to voto
against the protocol when it was
submitted to the assembly.
<ic neva. Sept. 29. ? A grave sit
uation arose here yesterday when
Japan brought tho immigration
onoRt ion to the League of Na
tions with the demand that It be
included In the protocol now be
ing formulated.
TELLS HOW MAINE
SOLVED PROBLEM
Boston Engineer Visiting
ill Ituleigh Give* Interest
ing Statistics in Regard to
State Ports.
| Raleigh, Sept. 29. ? Advantages
to he derived from th<> operation
of State-owued port facilities are
illnstruted at Portland, Maine,
where the State has expended $1.
j 300,000 in freight rates, opened
'new markets to Maine farmers
and manufacturers und earned
more than 110,000 over and above
I the cost of operation, according
(to Frederic H. Fay, prominent
j engineer of Boston, Maasachu
i who was in Raleigh a few
riavn mil, ? ? ? .
Maine's need for publicly
owned port facilities was almost
aa great as that af North Carolina,
Mr. Fay said. While the Port
? In n<l pier was tinder eonstrueHonr
as fast as portions were 'complet
ed, boats began to use It. Karly
last year the first line came in.
operating from Portland, through
the Panama" Canal, to Pacific
ports. With the completion of the
pier this year, boat lines began to
use it to its full capacity and ton
nage for all parts of the world Is
being cleared from it.
"Benefits to the State," Mr.
Fay -sa^.- 4' have been the? iHtrel*
opment of new steamship llneR.
1 widening of old and creation of
new markets. This has been par
ticularly true of the business car
ried on between .Maine and the
* Pacific Coail' states.' TlVrou ghTKe
medium of water freights a Maine
manufacturer can ?IUp moea to
Pacific Coast po^s for less than
half the rhargo of the 8t. Louis
manufacturer has to pay.
"Savings on freight bound for
Pacific points, In a years time,
have amounted to more than
$250,000. and the rail rate to
New York has been so reduced
as to save another $50,000. The
total savings in freight moving
1 through the state pier for. the Pe
riod ending June 30 have been
more han $300,000, or more than
20 per cent of the State's Invest
ment In the project."
FOUR GIRLS WILL
REPRESENT COUNTY
Next Saturday Miss Marguerite
.Morgan snd Miss Ruth Harrell of
Fork community will go to Hert
ford to represent Pasquotank
County In the Jelly making try
out. They will compete with
team* from Cho#an and Perquim
ans County and" will be accom
panied by Miss Marcle Albert son.
Iiomi' demonstration agent of Pas
quotank. The Chowan snd Per
quimans girls will be accompanied
by Miss Pauline Smith and Miss
Helen (lalther. home demonstra
tion agents for Chowan and Per
quimans. ?
Miss Mary Hewitt of Newland
and Miss Jemima James of Weeks
ville will represent Pasquotank on
the same day in the bread mak'
Ing try-out at Hertford.
On Saturday of last week the
Jelly making fum had a prnrtlce
in the Chamber of Commerce
rooms In preparation for the try
out.
On the same day a group pf
club girls met In the Chamber of
Commerce rooms with the home
demonstration agent and made
preparation to send a barrel of
ranned fruit, preserves and pick
les to the State Fair.
FREIGHTER ADRIFT
MEN THOUGHT DEAD
Cleveland, Sept. 2#. ? Portions
of a freighter found drifting near
here yesterday Indicated that the
rtasef went down with 211 men
last week In the Oreat I?akes.
OrAY?T?tl.r OOMFKIIKXCK
The third Quarterly Confer
ence of the First Methodist
,Chnrch will be held in connection ,
< with the steward* meeting Tues
day evening at 7: It.
- ? Hundreds Mill ThroughlFranks Horned
Kearly 2000 people milled and Jammed through tho homo of Jacob Franks at Chicago to attend tho auction
?o'e of the Pranks household furnishings. They were eager to s'.lmpso tho Inside of tho homo In which
llobert Franks, schoolboy, hod lived before his llfo was smashed oat by a chisel after he was kidnaped by Richard
Loeb and Nathan Leopold. ___ The Franks have sold their homo and are moving u\v*y. M *~V"~ ? ? * ? ? ?
MANY LIFE SAVERS I
be heke fob faik
One Hundred McLibi'rs
Coast tinanl to Take rail
in l.Uc Katiim 1M III
?-Something liU?' 4Kf? officers and -
men of tin* Coast (iuard Service;
will be iu Klizabith City on Octo
ber 9, which has Im en designated
aw 4,Coa*t (iuard Day" of -the Al
bemarle District Fair-.
The boat lined when Captain;
John Allen Mid Rett and his brave
crew rescued the crew of the Brit-!
Ish tanker Mlrlo will In* here on (
exhibition during "Const (Iuard
Day." ^
The Revenue Cutter Pamlico
will arrive here for the occasion I
of the awarding of medals to Cap-'
ta{n Mldgett and otlier members
of his ^ullunt crew. In addition i
to tho regular creW of r?5 enlisted \
"flnn I'frfi'um ti>.? nmn>wm
brlngTiere three men from eucli
of the 20 Coast (Iuard Stations In j
the seventh district.
Formation drills will be ulv. n
by members of the Coast (iuard
at 1 p. ni. just opposite the grand
stand. Following the dull of the
Coast (Iuard the mcdnls will he
awarded on a new band Ktatul ,
which In belnu erected just oppo
site the grand stand.
I
C.\MKI> TO (llAI'Kl, HILL
Mrs. N". II. D. Wilson was called
(<v Chapel - -U>.| HuturUa^? by?
serious illness of |?er brother, A.
W. Mangum.
Detroit, Sf?pt. 29. ? The automo
bile buHineHH is picking up. Hat
I sf a ( t or y evidence of flint Is via
ble In many quarters of this great
manufacturing section. it in
equally apparent that automobile
manufacturers ft ro not going to
make as much money an they did
in the banner year of 1923.
In fact even tliosy companion
which have shown a natlcfartory
profit in the early part of the
year or for the nine mnntha to
date are not sum of holding. on to
thoro profits. There are enough
cross currents still running to
swing *>v*n tiic stronger concern*
toward danger. Another sharp
slump In demand during the next
three months might not only ob
literate the profits of the last
quarter of the y^r but wipe out
many of THe gaTnT of nt6~ftnrt
thrce quarters. "
Kncli quantity manufacturer
has a point of production where
conts and profits exactly balance
If the number of cars made each
day falls below that point, there
not only are no profit*, but over
head must Inevitably make terrific
inroads on surplus. This point
varies with every manufacturer,
with fluctuations of material mar
kot.M. and from day to day.
During tho last bad slump
however. expei* J; figured out
that the Ford <ompany could
make 2^00 cars a day and break
ejren whereas they would bo mak
ing a handsome profit at produc
tion of five thousand. That may
not represent tho Ford ratio to
day. but the point In production
where profit cea?*a and heavy
loss begins exists for Ford a*
well, as for other companies.
If therefore, a slump should
com* In tho next three inqnthii. at
tended by a lr*avy drop In pro
duction. much of the fain piled
up by the quantity producers
would be wiped away. (Neverthe
less there Is a decided optimism
apparent here with regard to {all
MllS. MAItKHAM DKAI) ]
Mm. T*. r. Markham. Sr.. of I
NVreksvlllo, died Sunday night at ,
live Sarah Leigh Hospital, having,
been there one wet k hi nee la si
Saturday She U survived hy her i
1 l-i-r husband and seven children.'
Mr.<. Warren Duvenport, of this!
cif v. Mrs. A. n: Price, of Wwlli* !
vllle," Mrs. <\ It. Angell. of fhar
loitsville, Virginia. Sirs. Lowls L.
{MeCall, of Charlotte, and Tal
ituadge .Markham, of Weeksvlllc, j
knd four step children. Ray
flarKham of Norfolk. F. 1*. Mark- |
ilium. Jr.. of Wt-ekRvlllfl, Mrs. Lew
lie Thompson, of Waeksville. Le
Roy Markham of We.ekftYllle, one
! H'ter, Mr*. Kate Sawyer, of Char
I Imtsvillo. Virginia, and several
grandchildren. Funeral arrange
j in -nts have not yet heen made.
OHIO REPUBLICANS
DECLARE FOR DAVIS
Washington. Sept. 29. ? I)r.
J?>hn Grlor-Hlbben who signed the
i. I'peal of prominent Republicans
? H>20 to support Harding. and
l>r. \v. c. Thompson* president of
the Ohio state university, declared
yesterday that they cannot voto
for Coolldge but will support Dav
1 is. ? ,
FAItMEK FINDS WIFE
AND CHILDREN DKAI)
M inRiim. Okla.. Sept. l!'.t . - J. A.
Melon, farmer returning to his
i found hln wife and five children
with their throats eut.
Automobile Business Is
Picking Up Right Along
- ?
Kill I'm Pi Id Kxcopl in Kxcrpliona! (laws Stirli as DoiIri'
WiJI.Nnl Show ns Urge for Tlii*
as for I.phI Year
Iljr J. C\ HOYIiK
(0?vrl?M. IM?. By TO* *!????)
land curly winter busiuoK;*. t*oru
production thi? month will reach
about 1&M0O r:irH, It In estimated.
The company 1? working sonic of
Its hands today and will do so on
micc-edlng Saturday's although
It has been on a five <lay a week
schedule slncr> nmmor. The Im
provement In outturn at tho Ford
plant found an Immediate reflec
tion In tho activities of makers of
part*. These have also begun to
add to their payrolls. The Hulck
wort* are running strongly. com
pensating to a considerable degree
for lof h .advantageous conditions
for Kom?? other (Jeneral Motor*
subsidiaries. The Paige factory
fHowk signs of itterea-wd activity
and so do many oth< r plants here. ;
One sure sign of this trend Is
the number of automobiles parked
about the plants, for 37 to 50 p*r
-<*at af-lho workman employed In ;
many of the factories own cars and
go tri work In them.
Two concerns havo not Jumped
up their production schedules and :
i In v arr> ntnong thosn companies
In tho strongest positions. The
Dodge Itrothers havo maintained
a steady pace all yenr. 80 hav?? ;
the Hudson and Essex plants and '
each has done a remrkhl?* amount
of business Experts here polAt
to the l>odg*' record to substan
tiate their declaration that the
"prlng trnde Is gone fornvr. The
Hodge Brothers did not do this
last winter, preforrlng to take a
< ha nee of making customers wait
tather thsn load themselves and
their dealers down with heavy
stocks of manufactured cars.
Other manufacturer sdid so and
suffered severely In consequence.
The quality producers, who mak?*
car a comparatively few In num
ber and high In price. In general ,
have had a good season so far but 1
the figure* on the right side of the '
ledger at the year's close probably
?will b* well under those of 1 9 S3.
Margins of profits have ben
smaller and In some cases med
ium price cars made Inroads In
sales volufne.
POPLAR BRANCH
ALL SET FOR FAIR
Kxlifbki la Prospect nml
Al l aiiurnicMHs Made for
? Hlg ( n.w.1
4'upWvr ? Branch, Sept. 29.? The.
Poplar Branch .Community Fair
will be held on October 3 and
promts s to ho better than the (
committee in charge had at firBt
believed possible.
For several week? tho teacn
ers and pupils of Poplar liranclr
High School and especially the ag
riculture class have made extra
ordinary progress alonK the Ifties
of securing exhibits ami it Is lif'
Ji? ved that tho results on Fulr-i
day will demonstrate that their
labor has been well worth while.
Of course, It is quite a lot of
trouble to get these exhibits to
gether, but Poplar Branch has
been noted for Its community
WITH fi)T TTIBilg lliiH' ami II i<m
ply docs not expect to fall down
In thnt respect now.
Arrangements have been made
for a large crowd that day and
the committee hopes the people
will co inn from near and far and
see for themselves what a pro
gressive community this Is. And
if the weather man Is kind that
day the Fair Is hound lo be a com
plete success.
TWO ARRESTED FOR
MURDER OF NF:GRO
Charleston. S. C.. Sept. 29. ? W.
N. tfSTewaome of Kim City. North
Carolina, and W. E. Cook of Wel
don were arrested hero yesterday
on suspicion for murder of a ne
Kro~irer-' 8g rorra a y : ?
in.AN SPEND 1WONEY
ON MARKET HOUSK
Over $2,500 will be spent on
Improvements nt Elisabeth City's
municipal market house.
All refrigerating machinery will
!>?? n -pa I red T tho Ice box?-s will be
rellned and the place will bo thor
oughly renovated,
'Hie huildlnn will also be pnlnt
? d. In fact everything possible
will br? done to make the building
gei m proof and rat proof <ih far
ns Is humanly possible.
... Tkly work on the market -house
was authorised at a recent meet
ing of the City Council, contracts
It a v>* been let and work will begin
In the near future, according to
CHy Manager John Bray.
fl+Y ROAR AHKA1)
City Road Men's Bible Class
continued to lead In th* attend
ance contest being r.taged between
slils cluRH and the Men's Bible
Clans of the First Methodist Sun
day nchool. There are four more
Sundays in the contest and Inter
est Is increasing. On Sunday the
First MM hod 1st class had 66 pres
ent.
HTATK MIHNION PIlOOItAM
Tho Woman's Missionary So
-CjflUL of the placHwell Memorial
Church will give a State Mission"
program Tuesday afternoon from
3 to 5 o'clock. The program com
mittee consists of Mrs. A. B.
Combs. Mrs. M. E. Trueblood and
Mrs J. W Modlln
TEXAS COTTON* H?OP
VAUK HAI.F III U /ION
Houston. <4cpt. 29.? (.Tppclal >
? ? President II. M. Croason of the
Cotton Exchange has wired the
rhiiplnx bonrif asking that more
shlp'i he fi nt to this port to handle
tin' cotton crop, indications sre
for a Tevis yield of shout 4.237.
oc. (i b nb'?. or ftMlt the miuoI of
last year's crop. Even at lower
prlcer. lb crop should bring $500,
000.000.
TO MKKT Tl KHOAY '
The Woman's Wesley Bible
Class of thf Flr*t Methodist Sun
day School will hold their month
ly meeting Tuesday afternoon
September 30 at 2:30 o'clock In
the civ a rooms. Mission study
h'glns at this meeting with Mrs.
G. P. Hqod leader. All members
co urged to be present and not
to miss tho first chaptor of this
study.
Appalling Toll Of Life
If Great New York Fire
Frightful Piclun'H of Probable Holocaust Depicting
TliotiHumlrt Driven Into North ''ml lv??t Kivcrn
} Feature Tire Prevention Week
SEATTLE FOLK
WFIfOMFFI IFRS
Army Aviutur? (iuniplrti'
Wurltl Might in Five
Month* ami 22 llnys Ac
tually Klyiiiii I Hour*.
?Mv Th? Awclnnl I'irxi .
Seattle. Wash.. Sept. 29. ? The
kIx United States Army uvlator*
who completed the flghl around
the world h e fe^-y e i CP rd a y were
prepared today to receive the wel
come which bad been arranged by
an appreciative citizenry.
The filers completed (heir jour
ney hack to Seattle in five months
an<l 22 days.
The 27,534 miles wan made In
351 flying hours.
Seattle. Wash. Sept. 29. ? The
around the world filers completed
tho last leg of their trip., wh'-n
tlwv landed here v^ynli'Y
: noon. . ?
i HUNDRED KILLED IN
Chinese fighting
? Mr Ttv* Aaaorlaivd |>m*i
Shanghul, Sept. 29. ? A hun
dred Chinese soldier* were killed
and many others wounded thin
morning on the mile front from
Xauslang to Malu when tho ar
mies of the rival military gover
nors fighting for poMAealon of
Shanghai continued hostilities
with Impetuous Intensity.
More wounded are reaching
Shanghai than on any one day
since the fighting started. All
the hospitals are overflowing and
ULJ3 rnii.rl..tl, |h>.t
I being taken to exclude any more
: of tho wounded from foreign
settlements whose facilities are
FLASHLIGHTS NOT
BICYCLE LIGHTS
Flashlights are not in conform
ity with tho requirements of the
'city ordinance for lights for bl
i cycles at night, Trial Justice
i Spence of, the recorder's court
j holds, aud the attention of the
city -police was directed to this
"matter "by ? Prosecuting ? Attorney
Sawyer Monday morning when
Haymond Hrlckhouse, 17 year old
boy. was brought before the court
for riding at night without light
.or bell. _ _
i '^Ninety per cent of the men
i who ride bicycle* at nlglit use
these flashlights,11- HaTtf Mr. Saw
yer. "and If tho police are not
going to arrest them I do not
think they ought to bring up boys
!llke this. Tho defendant was let
off with the costs.
Gus Allen and Jim Combs, both
; colored, were up on a chargo of
{assault with doadly weapon.
Combs with a gash In his head ln
jflleted. by Allen. Combs, H aP:.
pearH. had been boarding with Al
| len and Allen's mother until about
a week ago when Otis ordered
him off to the tune of considerable
profanity on both sides. Combs
wont back to the house In an en
deavor to make up and It was
when he found him there that Al
len smote him in tho center of
the forehead, Inflicting a wound
which required four stltrhrs to
close up. Comb* thereupon had
Allen arrested for ussault with
; deadly weapon, whereupon Allen
swore out a warrant against
Comlm on the same charge, de
claring that when ordered from
Ills house the first time Combs
threatened him with a gun.
Allen drew a fine of 920 and
(costs, being found guilty of as
sault with deadly woapo*. while
Combs, found guilty only of sim
ple assault was let off with |5
. aiw| CO*tM. - , ,
C. H Hall was fined $5 and
?costs on a simple drunk charge.
RKVIVAI* AT HKM'KOHH
Itev. C. A. Vandermeulen began
the revival at Sawyers Creek Bap
tist church Sunday night at the
7.45 service. Services are being
conducted throughout the week
at 3 In the afternoon and rff 7:45
at night. The public is cordially
; invited.
[resigns as alien
i PROPERTY CUSTODIAN
Washington, Sept. 2t. ? Thomas
Miller today tendered his reslg
, nation to "President Coolldge as
?alien property custodian.
MRS. FERGUSON IS
WINNEK THUS FAR
I Th? AnatKlnl frf'O
Austin. Tex., Sept. 29. ? Mrs.
. Miriam Ferguson today won the
fli*Bt st*p In the court fight to
i have her disqualified as Demo
cratlc nominee for governor of
I Texas when the Injunction to keep
, her name off the ballot was re
fused tty Judge Calhoua.
ROI1KHT T. KM AM,
((Nfrrlaiit. 19:i, b/ Th-i Ai)>*m)
New York. S? |?t. 29.? New
York i* fin vim; ilH annual Are
scar** anil thi* >1.14; it |rt a partl
rt: IN r 1 y ' ' 1 "1 1 ) IW, r -Imp., th? :
ii.u. i 1 ; j> nTManhntrnTr-J*l3i?t*1?ur-r
came a cou^i'nii'il iuuhh of Hky
ticrapera ami cunyon-like strata,
the jlri' 0I1 i?"fn of the city have had
the nightman- of an explosive Are
spreading acrors (In* island at
Canal t ??r l>< low nn?l cutting
off the two million- persons dally
employed in the hudness life of
tli ? low. r metropolis. How this
t? ? in In,., panic at rick on multitude
? vt ; would escape from the ring
of |)ri' i,' It hSi dill J awi'i'ii on nouth
ward to tin- Itutiory Is 'more than
any one lias ? ver been able to Ag
11 rn out.
Frightful pietures hare bora
'drawn uf the probable holocauat,
, with tliouaa nd ntul tons of thous
ands belug driven Into thi< waters
of tin* Kant and North Itlvers. The
Rant Itlwr bridge* loading to
liruoklyn offer nt l? ast two ave
nue* of or.capo from a Are Marl
ing north of the city hall, but for
any onllifttmtltnr ^rrffittnw"-aii??=*=
idetily Hontl. of that point the '
means uf egress are "limited to
] three tindeV'ilYouhd railroads and
a few municipal und railway fer
rlea. The subway* are built close
to the r-urface and a heavy wall
' falling upon them would cruah
through the thin roofs. The fer
rle* would bo uwumpmi in the
flrat ruah.
Fire Thief Kenlon la very earn
ed in IiIh warn In kh to the cltroV
what inlitht happen. At the no
jmeut hla chief concern ia over
traffic condition* in the atreot.
,Not until within the laat few
mon ilia liaa New York City had a
real anti-parking law for automo
bllea. It had been the cuMtotn to
lot machine* atop where they
willed ko long iih t hero- waa nn In?, __
u 1 I' IV lllf II,;. nia In arteries
??f traffic. Now that the new law
la In effect no one aoema to pay
much attention to it. The traffic
court wan Jammed ouo-dsy thlav
week with more than 1.000 of
fenders. So great waa the cruaih
of "criminal*" that a panic In the
1 court room waa narrowly averted.
Some one thought they felt tho
floor nag. There waa a Hcream
and a pell-mell rush for the doors.
Police reserve* were called out
and hurry mea?ai(ea were aent for
additional magistrate.* to come
and hear the caaea. Eventually
?the courtroom waa c|ea f-f -
"then iFie offender* had to form It \
line outalde and await their turn
at the bar.
The thouannd of nrreata, how
ever, have not aeemed to leaaen
.the contention of- .aland lug ears -hi?"
the downtown district*. The lire
'chief believe* that In nnY tmdrt^w 1
emergency the department would*
be ao Impeded In It* work by tha
Jam of automohilea aa to make
the Ioiik feared conflagration pos
sible. Chief Kenlon alao fears
that a sudden blast of flame from
a building might easily explode
? he Knaollne tank* of automobiles,
parked In front of It. The react
ing scatter of liquid Are to other
automohilea and buildings would
spread ?t he situation t? yenA lli -1
human control. The chief cites
always the rapid npread of the
Ilnltlmore lire some 20 years ago.
A similar rush rf flame serosa (M
lower end of the laiand would
make the wild nlghtmaree of the
department chiefs a allocking
; reality.
Fire In the theatrical dlatrlct at
night la Knottier of the city's
< dreads an Are prevention week ap
proaches At tlw hour when tha
theaters are about to begin their
performances and again aa tip
crowds* pour out/ the dlatrlct,
running from Columhua Circle on
the north to Thirty-sixth atreet on
j the south. I* a tangled maaa of
{traffic. ~Often the Jama are Im
penetrable for minute* at a time
denplte the heat, efforts of the po
? lice. At auch a time the fire de
imrtmenf would bo helpless to set.
In a nudden Are the Jammed mi*
.c.hlfli-a -Would. havu. to tw> a ban- ?
doned and left to hlock the
'! street* In n mass of' burned
; wrecknge.
Of course the t v i?|cal New
Yorker nnya nothing like that will
ever happen. He nald prohibition
never would come. Hut the Are
head" ppend manv reitleaa hours
, hroodlntr on the possibilities The
rlty iifflclnls are 0 routed snd ev
ery effort ts to be made to clear
,thc ntreotQ of standing csra.
THIIKK KIIIKI) WHEN
TRAIN STRIKES WTO
Aahevllle. Sept. 2t. ? Albert
Wakefield. Mra. Wakefield, snd
Cordon Haywood of Andrews,
wore Inatsntly killed by an auto
eoliidlng with a train nesr haro
veaterdajr.
rtYT TON M4HKFT
Nfw York. Rept 2t ? Cotton fn
tnres opened todav st the follow- *
Ing levela: Oct. 2S.50, Dec. 24.4#,
M n 24 41. March 24 77. May
CS.OO
?New York. ?ent. 2?. ? At two
}p. m. today coiton future* ?too4 1
1st the following levels: Oct. 2ft.
Dec. 24. M. Jan. 25 00. Ma
25.21. Msy 25 64
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