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CIIU I LATIOV SATURDAY 2.6S3 Copl?Mj niB WE.UHKR Fair lontKhr. Tuesday partly I'loudy Kr?-vh northwest aud v.???t ?iiiil^. VOL. XV. FINAL EDITION. ELIZABETH CITY, NOHTU CAROLINA. MONDAY EVENING, .It I.Y 27, 1925. SIX PACKS* NO. 196 Body Of Bryan To Leave Dayton By Special Car F or WashingtonT uesday Commoner Pu**ed Away 1 Peacefully W hile A?lee|>| Late Sunday Afternoon in 1 Temiemtee Town l.KADKK FOB YEARS j Career Likened to That of j Henry Clay Who Like- [ wise Failed Three Timet?I in Presidential Itace <Bt Th? AuirtKi? Trrmt Dayton, Tenn., July 27. ? The, body of William Jennings Uryan. ' who died suddenly here late Sun-J | day afternoon, will move on u | Hp.*oial railroad car from Dayton i for Washington at 8:40 o'clock Wednesday morning. Mrs. Hrypu auuouiu-ed through her friends to day. Interment of the political and religious leader will be in Arling ton National Cemetery, Virginia, at a time to be determined later. The end came while the Com moner waa sleeping iu the house , of Hlchard Rogers. which had 1 been assigned him during hl? stay \ heie for the Scope? trial. Attorney (leneral A.' T. Stew-' art, associated with Mr. Uryan I In the atute's prosecution of the Scope? case, arrived in Daytou to-I day to offer condolences to his I widow and to aid in the arrange- I meiits for the final disposition of j the body. The tuueral party will include Mra. lJryan and au escort of Day- j tou friends and Is expected to | reach the National Capital early > Thursday. A Hpeclal car from the South- I em Hallway, accepted by Mrs. Ilryan, will be connected with the i fast train from Chattanooga to Washington. From two till five o'clock this I afternoon the body of Mr. Uryan j lay lu state upon the lawn of the j Rogers home where he lived dur-1 lug the Scopes' proceedings and 1 where he died. A guard of honor composed of : Dayton ex-service men were on I duty during the afternoon. Virtually dominant in the Dei.i- j ocratic party for nearly 16 years, j William J. Uryan was three times, nominated and defeated for th<* I Presidency. Then,- like Elijah of i old, he cast hla mantle upon the' Klisha of Princeton and exerted a potent influence In bringing | about Woodrow Wilson s first i nomination for the office to which I lie, himself, had vainly aspired. Known in his youth as "the sil ver-tongued boy Arator of the j Platte," It was Mr. llryan'a elo-1 quence In his famous "cross of j fold" speech at the Democratic' National Convention in Chicago in 1896 that made him the choice of j hla party. He polled more than j 6.f,00.001) votes In his flrBt cam-j palgn. His career has been likened to, that of Henry Clay who alao was j three times nominated for the Piexidency and as many times de feated Clay, too, became a Secre tary of state. Friends of Ilryan insisted that, like Clay, he wss too conscleni ions, consistent and scrupulous for a politician and that the famous Whig's declara tion "I would rather be right than be President, well described the man from Nebraska. The former Secretary of State' was born In Salem, Illinois. March ; 19, I860. His father was Silas Llllard Uryan. a native of Culpep-' pt?r County, Virginia, a lawyer and.judge. The son, after gradu atliiK from Illinois College In 1881 an* t'nlon College of Uw, Chlca-1 go. in 1883 entered the law office of f.^man Trumbull, former Unit-; ed States Senator. Subsequently he removed to Jacksonville. Illi nois. where he practiced law until 188 7 when he settled in Lincoln. Nebraska During the Presidential cam- i pslgn of 1888 young Itryan'sj speeches In behalf of the Demo cratic ticket attracted attention and In 1890 he accepted a nomln-{ s t Ion for Congress In the First Ne-i brnska district. a Republican ? stronghold, "because, no one elie J would hive it." he said, since It t was believed no Democrat could win. He was elected and served from 1891 until 1895 He wis Made a member of the Important Ways and Means Committee In his first term. Two speeches In thl* period i Mr Uryan nationwide prom-1 mene?, one against the policy of protection, delivered on Marrh 16. 1892. and the other against the. repeal of the silver purchase clause of the Sherman Act on Aiimi.t 1?, lg?3. lh? he adyooated frw ,?d UBllm. M.d rolna?* of HI.,,, Irreapectlve of International atreement. .1 * 5S*f? " I, ? policy with j ^tlleh hI? ?lnn wu afterward* mom prominently aaaoclated until? tl? entered the Cabinet of Preal-I *t?m Wilton Mr. Bryan'? leaderahlp of t tie ??mor ra tic parly definitely waa broken at the national convention1 at flan Francisco In 1920, whan! *? waa defeated In hla afforta to haya plank Included In tha plat \f?rm Throughout tha campaign Coauauad oa pa (a ? WILLIAM J K.N NI NO S BRYAN BRADFORD TRACT SOLD AT AUCTION BRINGS $70,500 Dr. A. L. Pendleton It* Sue*! cewfill Bidder for Vulu able Downtown llnnine** Property BIDDING IS SPI KITKI) C. O. Rdhiibon Only Otli ' er Contender for Are? an a Whole; Sale Condition al on Approval i The Bradford tract, comprising the block bounded by Main. Pnln-| dexter. Fearing and MeMorrlne atresia except the parts occupied ' by the First & Citizen? National. Rank, the ?tore of McCabe A1 G rice, and a relatively araall area i at Polndexter and Fearing atreeta owned by Mrs. Clay Foreman.! wit h ?old at auction at the court-! , houae Monday at noon for $70,-. , 50U, the aucceaaful bidder being' 'Dr. A. L. Pendleton. The property, a part of the en-1 tate of the late I). H. Bradford, la1 the moat 1 valuable unimproved tract in this city. The aale In-' volved the largeBt real eatate tranaactlon In thla city In a num ber of years. C. O. Robinaon waa the only other bidder for the property aa a whole. The aale wan effected condi tional upon approval by the com miaalonera appointed by the court j in aettlement of the eatate. The, high bid may be raised at any: time In the next 20 daya, provided a depoait of ten per cent of the amount la placed in the hand* of the commlaalonera. C. K. Thomp-' aon officiated aa autioneer. Un der the terma of aale. ten per cent' of the purchaae price waa deposit ed on the day of aale. the re mainder to be paid In caah In full] when the transaction la complet-, ed. The property waa offered In; two aeparute plata. or aubdlvl alons. Under the flrat grouping It waa divided Into four lots which when aold aeparately brought, $40.900, and five which brought 912.250. The first four were bid In aa a unit by I)r. Pendleton at $42.100 and the laat five nt $16,-' 000 by C. W. Ward, making a to tal of $57.100 for the entire prop- j erty. Under the second grouping, the, entire property brought $68,500. Thla comprised four lota fronting' 65 feet on Main atreet and occu-i pylng approximately the weatsrn half of the block, except the bank property, and other tracta. aold aeparately. on McMorine, Fearing and Polndexter streets. Dr. Pendleton made no state ment aa to what dlapoaltlon he ex pected to make of the property. The opinion waa expressed at the cloae of the sale that he nad I bought it with a view to dividing it up and selling at least a pa ? ot It. SPOT SELECTED FOK KKJfUAL OF BRYAN Washington. July 27.?A spot high on the slope of Arlington overlooking the Capitol and near the monument to those who died on the Maine waa today tentative ly ?elected aa the burial plate of, William Jennings Bryan. ASK DISMISS ACTION Wsshington. July $7.?Wash ington authorities today asked the Columbia Supreme Court to' dismiss the action of I?ren H.| Whlttener who charged the school authorltiea with teschlng, disrespect for the Holy Bible. | MOV KM TO KDKKTO* Braxton Dawson, for n?wral I years connected with the Coral Cola Bottling Works here, left ftuaday to assume charge of the Coca Cola plsnt at Eden t on. He Is planning to make his home Ibers. SABBATH STORM CAUSES LITTLE HAVOC LOCALLY Lightning Strike* Derrick oil Kivernide Avenue, Shuttering Flag Pole; Tree Limh? Blown Out CHOPS AKK DAMAGED (!urn untl Cotton Blown Down, hut Ijim I* (Com paratively Small; Eleetri eul Di^lny Brilliant I'laying ha\oc In other nearby sectIuum. Sunday night's heavy wind and rain ?torin left Klizaheth City virtually uuacatlied. except (or the usual toll of limbs blown front tree*. The heaven? gave a pyrotechnic display of lightning of exceptional beauty and brilliancy while the rain |*oured In torient-c A bolt of llghtuing atruck the tall steel derrick at the plant ??f the Elizabeth City Iron Work h on Riverside avenue, shattering the flagpole which topped It. but cas ing no other appareut damage. This lucldeut occurred about 10 o'clock last night, and watt wit uessed by M Ilea Clark, on his way up the river In his new motor boat. the Seat II. "It was a blinding flash, that bolt that atruck the derrick." Mr. Clark declared. "I couldn't s?-e anything for about live minute* afterwards." Farmer? In town Monday morn ing from various parts of the County reported that wme cotton and corn had been blown down in the storm, but that there was lie tie damage- The crops art* in a particularly flourishing stale now. While the storm was at Its height, an electrical transformer on West Main street, in front M Dr. Howard Combs' residence, put on a little show of Its own. Crossed wires started a tuerry blaze, and disturbed residents of the section called out the Are de partment. The rain had extin guished the Are when members of the department arrived, however. TOWN OP NANSEMOND IS SWEPT BY STORM Suffolk. July 27.?The fury of a northwest storm filled with rain and hall and twisting wind swept down upon the village of Nanse mond. five miles from Suffolk, shortly before 4 o'clock Sunday afternoou. felled trees, unroofed houses, and laid waste to crops In a path 1.000 yards wide aud several miles long. The storm was 20 minutes In speeding on its way. hut It left tremendous dam* ago in its wake. Lifting from the Xansemond territory, the storm was blown to Norfolk a little later In the after noon. for slight damage. About 9 o'clock, however It rode lu again from the northwest, and spent Its fury In a terrific wind, rnln and electrical display. A few minutes before the storm atruck the little village of Nanxe mond was bathed In sunshine. In half an hour from the first drop of rain, the sun was . shining' again, but Nansemond farmer? had In that lutervul lost thou sands of dollars In damage to crops. several homes were wrecked, and the road through the village was strewn on either aide with uprooted trees and de brls. BALANCE OF POWER MAY BE DISASTROUS Wllllamston. Mass.. July 27. j Dr. I,eo 8. Howe, director general of the I'an-Amerlcan UbIm Washington, declared at the Insti tute of Politics today that a dis tinct trend toward a balance of power exists In I^tln-Amerlcan countries today and may have as disastrous consequences ax the balance of power In Kurope. SARGENT PAINTINGS MADE RECORD SALE London, July 27. A total of 172.000 pounds sterling, or rough ly 9150.000. has been paid for 237 pictures by John Singer Sar gent during the auction which closed today of the works of the American artlsl. This is believed to be the record for paintings of a single painter. J MK AMD ni l. MHOPPK HO M KTIII N't J gt ITK \KU T. T. Turner and Roland Saw yer of the Arm of T. T. Turner ft Company have returned from an exfenslve buying trip In Northern cJtles. This company Is opening a Jack and Jill Hhoppe on the second floor of the main store, fea turing a delightful array of wear able? for the small boy and hi?* little slater from 2 to 14 New fixtures are being In stalled on the second floor which Is being remodeled for the Jack , snd Jill Shoppe. Everything on the ground floor will be for Dad An announcement In the near fn ture of their opening will b# of, considerable Interest to tots and their parents. 1 Sportsmen Go .4fter Game Laws of Currituck County Suit t iU'il in Mccklcnburg i onnty Against (iamc (otn minsionrr* of ( nrrituck (harden (,nntv l.aus of the ( ount\ I ncoiistiluiitmul and Discriminatory chutJuly 2? Tar Hwl sportsmen ure out to explode the whole structure of North Carotin? gutne lawn and lei the fragment* fall where they will preferably on the sounds and iuur*beB'*if Currituck county. KlHMperated I o the point Of desperatlou ut the swiftl* dimin ishing game supply lu the state ami Curritu? k county"* 12-year success lii allegedly blocking ef fort? to Have the state's game, sportsmen Friday fired their first char?*' of explosive under the gain?* law foundation*? A fiuit filed in Mecklenburg su perior court Friday ukbIubI the gain?* commissioners of Currtluck county ? barges that the game Ihwi of ihat eoitniy are unconstl tutioiial alid dlHcrituiualory. Should It prove ihat the plain - t If f m are right. It would then fol low that numerous other county game law h would he In the name class and would likewise fall. ( The renult would tie. the plain tiff sportsmen feel that the long nought-for Mate-wide law would , at last have half a rliuuee to re plenish Itself , Currituck county duck shoot? ers charge. Is ilotumated by the will of northern millionaires who huve erected Immense shooting lodges oTi the expansive sweeps of Currituck county marshes. The wealthy ones, I hey say. have Im posed their own regulations on the shooting grounds and the Currituck cltlzeus are solicitous that nu disturbance romes to them. K very effort of the North Car- ( olina sportsmen for u slute-wlde game law has for 12 years fallen monotonously to defeat and the sportsmen charge that the Curri tuck lobby at the legislature has been reliable. The Currltuckluns say their county Is very poor und would be unable to raise Us share of taxaa for schools and road* without burdening Its cltlzeus. except that li happens to coutaln u duck > shooting ground not excelled In America. The fees they receive ! from visiting uportomen. it is 1 claimed for them, enables them to keep up their schools and build roads. Tli* outside h port rt iti ?* ti n?y they ha?e no objection to that miti would willingly exempt .Currituck from the operatlou of h state law. T lir)- complain. bower. that Cur rituck lobbies in ih* legislature mul upsets all plans which the other count I?-* desire. Tired of continuous defeat?, the sportsmen are approachiug tlielr problem from a new angle antl aro willing to reduce the al ready bewildering complicated mass of county gume laws to a Mass of jtmked statutes In order to km In their point. tin one count they charge that t he Currituck gume revenue laws W ere passed 111 t lie legIftlut lire lit one day and are not valid because It Ih required that revenue laws be i>MH*ed on Neparate day-? The next count charges that tlie Currituck luws are unconsti tutional by reason of being dis criminatory In that they uatue a nominal fee for Currituck citi zen*. a season /ee of 00 for other residents of North Carollnu and h fee yf 77.f?0 for citlens from oilier states The pluintiff are of iho opinion that a favorable decision In the ? uurts would force Currituck county to come Into Hue with the other counties of the state and that the state game law would follow. l>r. A. Wylie Moore Im the Charlotte sportsman named an a plaintiff. The other of J. B. Ches hire. Jr.. Theo. 41. Kmplre. S. II Jordan, R. T. Stedman. K. CI. Thompson. J J. 1.11 whoii. and W. h. Itunkin. each from a different 1 nectlon of the state and each rep resenting a strong coterie of sitp portera of the suit. Cansler and t'ansler and (Maude A. Cochran of. Charlotte repreaent the ?porta men. The suit Is ugaluat H. II. Hell. H. IV Midgut?. H. L. Griggs. Pierce Hampton and W. 8. New bern. game commliuiloners of Cur rituck cbuuty. Khringhaus und Hall of Kllzabeth City represent tlie defeudanta. The suit was filed here, with the expectation that the defendants will seek to have the case moved Into tholr court district. EXPLORERS TO SEEK THE NEW <:aiiva**i?K Lihrari?'* to S??4? Which Unknown Lo cality Ih IntcreMtiii^ liy KPN A MAItSIIAlX I CvtyrlfM I ?2 J by T*? Aliin.M New York. July 27.?While the world IIiiishes It* Iuiik drawn sigh of relief over the almost despaired ( of safety of Hoald Amundsen, l.lii- | coin Ellsworth and the rest of the recent I'olar party, more than 60 explorers are In New York today | considering new fields In which to { work. No wild Inspiration will lead I t hem Into their next exploration" Methodically most of them are canvassing the libraries, the mu neuras and the story repertoires of ; their travelling friends to see which unknown locality offers the inost lure as an adventurer or an Interesting study. Most of them will be off before fall. Among the many crowding Ih" Explorer*' Club so that the secre tary's office and the great lecture ha 11 must be used as bed room - ? are: M. J. ftolan, contractor, w'io has built Irrigation dams and trol ley line* In all parts of South Am erica; Gerard Matthes. water pow er expert; Dr. Whitehead and I' I'egchey, two ship's doctors who i have explored extensively in Chile. Peru, and the Argentine; Captain Joluinn Menander who was .1 member of the Swedish expedition to Greenland and of the relief .-\ pedltion which set out for Hi South I'ole to find Nordenskjol'l when he was lost; William A Schaill, South American explorei . Henry Collin Walsh, of Ore. ., land, Morocco and ('antral Am? 1 lean fame; William Hell Tayh-r I'eru explore*; W. A It. flehmldi and llradley Jones, who were on the Carnegie non magnetic yociii during Its experiments. "They dont' sit about swappin ; yarns." fays Dudolf Kerstlng. s? retary of the clnb. "They're t???i busy studying or idannlng n<* trips. They're only Interested 1? new fields not those that ha** been tried." Incidentally M? Herat log has done a bit of erlng In Greenland. Alaska, and South America. "Most of them aren't so eag? r to discover poles and things. That means little In the long run. The real work ll#?s ahead- -mapping the rough contours established bj these explorntton*. learning Its flora, fauna fend geological hi* tory.** -?? - - ? M las ttva Sawyer returned Pun day from Raleigh, where she spent , six weeks wltb Miss Kanale Ma? VaUntio*. FREIGHT TARIFFS CUT MATERIALLY Coal Hut?' l\flfW live Align*! 20; An other Fight Ih On A request for Invent igat Ion of freight rate* on potatoes shipped from Klliabeth City to Middle Wentern point* ban been made by the Interstate Commerco Commis sion of J. P. Dalton. general freight agent of t ho Norfolk Southern Railroad, with a view to correcting Inequalities giving Ply mouth. Washington. Columbia and other point* below from thin city. The difference varies from five to 23 rent*. The request by the Internal?1 Commerce CommlH*lon wa* for-' warded by O. H. McGlnty. secre tary of tlio commission. at the In *tanc?- of Secretary Job. of t lie j Chamber of Commerce. It I* hoped that the rate* ran Im* ud JUMtcd HatlNfactorlly without the delay and Inconvenience of a hearing Mr. Job hn* been notified that the new coal rate* from the Po cahnnta* area of Virginia and WeMt Virginia to till* city will be reduced to ft 13 per ton. effec tive August 20. The former rate wa* $3 24. and the reduction will effect a material navlng for Indu* trlal uner* of coal here. The Che*apcake fltenmshlp Company, operating between Nor folk and lialtirnore. ha* notified the local Chamber of Commerce of a reduction In it* rate on auto mobile* The new rate, which1 will go into effect Augu*t 22. I* 2f? cent* per 100 pound* on car* accompanied by a panaenger The present rate In 41 rent*. Motor tourl*ts bound North or flout h by way of Norfolk and Baltimore miy spend the night aboard the boat snd cover 2200 mile* of their trip without Inconvenience* or undue expense. the rompany de' clin*. OIJl <j|5f IIOI SK ni'KNM Camden July 2? Plre flondav night completely dentroye?! the gin house of It 1? Kteven* of this place The building housed a Pord automobile and neveral farming I mpleinent* and the ??? timated los* in tsoo. The cause of the fire la not known. However, *o#ie believe the building ws* ?truck by light nlag. Mr. and Mrs. K. P. Aytflett Jr , and children. Kleanor. Carolyn and Bdwln III. motored to Vlr glnia Beach Friday, where (li v will spend two waakt. FOR NEW ROAD CUT MILEAGE TO POINT HAKBOR I'onr .Milt* I.ink uml Itrid^t* A v i* o h k North Kivrr Would i an 17 .Milen Ui* laiH f to Kii<| of Currituck joii ih?;ks pro j h:i Ami All SjH'ukrrs on Plea** ure l)u\ Join Him in Kn Noting Otiirkrtiilip; Com miitiiral ion w i 111 l)ar?* A hold scheme to I h row u bridge across Norih Hlver ami. by tin- construction of a four mil?* link b.tw..i? ih.< iiui Tni|. road, in Camdeu and ?!??- Slat.- highway from ihe courthouse to Point Mar* lair in Currituck. to shorten by :t.'? mil?:? lb?- round trip distance l?e tw?-. ii practically all points below Coinjock and Kllzab?-th City. hiik gested by tb?'* Klizaheth City Chamber of Commcrc?-. met hearty ami ?-iilbiiHiastlt* support at the Pleasure Day Celebration at I'olut Harbor Saturday. Immediate steps looking t?? tli#* 111 a 1111 i 11 out ol plana to make provision f?ir fliiam-iiii', tlo- project art- looked for. Tb?* distance from Klizaheth City to 1'oiiit Harbor, an the roads run today. Im fi2 miles and the dlxtain*?* from Point Harlmr to Serf elk is but lit lb* more than tli?- distance from Point Harbor to Kllxabflb City. The proponed bridge and road would rut the ?1 is - t a nee from Point Harbor to tills* abeth City to 35 miles, without affecting at all the distance be t ween Point Harbor and Norfolk. K?|tiaI mileage and a relatively larger proportion of the distance to Kllzabeth City would be saved to all points between Point Har bor and Colnjoek. For instanc?, tile distance from Elizabeth City to Poplar II ra neb is ::k in I len. The new road would cut this distanc to 21 miles, less than an hour's drive. This bringing of Elizabeth City Into closer and more iulltnatc connection with Lower Currituck. one of Its richest trad?- nmi, Is naturally what appeals mo.it strongly to the Chamber of Com merce. Ilut hardly less interest lAg |o Currituck lana would be the effect of the new highway on the development r?f a summer report :it Point Harbor; while to resi dent* of Dn're* County the new I'nad suggests immediately the quickening of commuiiicHtion be tween that county and Eli/.iibclh City t li rough the establish mem of (ferries between Point Harbor and points in Dare. Speaking in favor of the road on Ph'asure Day. in addition to Secretary Job, Senutor P. H. Wil liams and J. C. ||. Khriughaus both gave the project their un 'lualilb-d endorsement. Kllzabeth City had a larger share than usual In Pleasure Day exercises at Currituck this year, the Kllzaheih City Merchants' Ah sociatiou providing a handsome silver cup as trophy f??r the win ner In the boat races. This cup this year was won by clarence Midget t of Manns Harbor, ami will pass Into tin* permanent pos seRsloii of any contender in the Pleasure Day boat races who wins It for the third time. Second and third, respectively. In the boat rac? Saturday wen- hasidio Twl ford of Powells Point and (Juy locution of Manteo. The local speaker was former lt?>piesenla IIv?* Pierce Hampton of Waterllly. Two Badly Injured At Moyock Sunday Moyock. July 27.?Otho Park er of NorthweHt. Virginia, wus badly Injured and a Mr. O'Rryan of Norfolk sustained a gash on the head from flying glass when a Ford driven by Otho Parker of North wept and Charlie Poyner of Moyock collided with u Hulck driven by Clifton Doxey of Nor folk. on the roail bolWMII North west and Moyock near the Vlr ginli line. Hoxey was en route to Moyock. a? on pa ii led hy O'liryan and Mr?. David Mnney and her three chil dren of Poplar llranch when his car whs struck. The Hulck was slightly dam aged and the Ford was complete ly u recked. Poyner was trapped beneath ill" overturned car. but he and the others with the exception of " Hryan and Parker escapo?l with minor Injuries. 1?vttlin7, siki is STABBED IN MICK SVw York. July 87 lluttllfiK Sifcl, former IIkM li. avy* . li:M rh.iniplaa, ii.Mh'? In lb* ii.rk In ? brawl, wan repeirl.-il oa i'i. way to mnl<l recovery In n li i.llnl her!? today. M flrat It *j)h MWod that ikl * JllK'llflr V *? I li list) bfen *<? v * . id CmtOl MAMKMV New Tor*. July 27.? Spol rot i. m rluMd ateaily, middling 111 ?0. an a.Ir.no? of 1 r. polni, ruiurmi il .KllI* bid: OHobor J?, l?c 2,60. Jaa. 1?.??. March tt.il, Road Superintendent Is Killed By Train Sunday AtCrossingNearMoyock kets b i v ) mu ks HH< EARLY SWEETS (?rtltui), Jul> '21.?T\* *?!*?? dollars h bari-el hum t lit? |nlrf ?I HhlHl mil\ SMWl Nhi|i|Mil fitmii (hit {?lure Krttur ? Ih) l?> II. II. Sawyer, through th?* IinmI for\?Nr<lliiK linn of J. II. IfawHlMNl A S?MI. -?Ill (ih|j| \ on Northern nuirki'lM, urtonl ll?H 1? will? lUlviiVN irtiihln^ Mr. Hiiw)fr. ?ARROW IS JUST TIRED OLD MAN StO|>M Off III IVlllH'HMM* W il ilernntM t? and Wmii iliTM Why llut?*?l |t> ItOltKftT T. SMAI.I. t C???fi?M IMS *? A??aM*> Chicago. July 27.? A tired old muii nils In Hi* h rooky mountains of Tenneaee toduy . communing Willi nat ure. lilH only god. ?lid wondering why ho niuny people In the world hiile lilm. Within the i last three days he ha* received ? hundred? upon hundred? of tele ' Kruiim and letters. condemning him to the Hulphur and brlme i atone of the fundamental nether regloiiN. Kvery now und then there Im a rift In the clouds. a friendly hand held out to one who tights the fight aH he neen It. but thene commendations are vuHtly In the minority. To America at large Clarence Harrow in a mail forever doomed. Mr. Harrow linn telegraphed h In frlendH and associate? here In Chi cago that he will uot he home for u day or two. He haa ?topped off In the Twnesn wilderness for a r(4|?t ?the rent he haa alwaya craved but Ih aeldoni permit fed to have Some of the let I era he Ih receiving contain resolution* of civic and religious bodlen adding their condemnation to the Judg ment of the individuals. The re action Is nation-wide. It Ih all very revealing. Mr. Har inw say h * h Ih hatred of a man v ho h.f* never hated anybody and i nev-r will. Further than to id mlt he haa contempt for pruaump 1 tuouanei* und hypocrisy, the de , lender of Scooes wl.i col go. But thin, he e> plains. Ih not hatred. "Alwaya." Huld Harrow to the writer. "V- have battled for the ' underling Alwayn I have had I to fight a hoHtlle public nentlment. ' l went from Chicago to Doiae. Idaho, to defend Haywood among the frlendH of the ?lead governor . Steuenherg. 1 went to Los Ange lca to defend the MacNamara'a at ! the home of the frlenda of Gener al Harrison C.rey Otla. and found myself a defendant In the end. I fought for Loeb and l<eopold In : Chicago among the friends of Hobby Franks. I fought In Ten t leasee In the home of fundamen talism for modern thought and modern science. Few men of the bar have travelod so far and so wide In search of hostile environ ment. "Yet I have found friends ev erywhere. and 1 firmly am con vinced that If you have a Just cause and can get u bearing from the people you will gel a ai|uaro deal in this queer old world. Just ,after the Civil War when section hI feeling was at its highest I was In Cleveland, Ohio, and I {heard a Confederate general get up before a union audience and win ItH cheers. Il was a liurten ! Ing thing to me and has com-( forted me all through life. The trouble with most Just causes 1b that we cannot reach a sufficient number of people, or get thetn to llHten." The contempt of court proceed ing? at Dayton worried Harrow only because be did not want the j world to believe, or to believe hlmaelf. tliut lie had wilfully lak en advantage of u country Judge. There were some at the trial who lualsted Harrow wanted to be a martyr, wanted to be put In the close and stuffy county Jail, with Its mld-Vlctorlan convenience* Nothing was further from his thoughts If anyone had wanted to lynch Harrow, or shoot him. he would have given up his life with h sardonic smile, but being put In m county Jail -and poaalbly In communicado that was no part of his scheme of things. MI)Y GKAC.K JAILW) GIVING BAI) CHECKS Tampa. July ?7. ? Krom aur rmindlnif* of luxury wh.rn ah" was painp<T<Mi with attention. many aarvanta to a aingl?. room rail wh?rr today ah* waa dolnx hrr oam laundry, waa tha rhan?. tuada In the llf- of Lady K.ma McKeiiile. I.ady Ornea who la alao Mir. Krank T. Jannlntta ??? arraatril hy a daputy aharlff o? a warran' taken out by O. K Hray chargtna liar with Inaulng worthlaaa ch-ck?. A. T. Davi*, I'ojmlur Itoad Man in r.liurgt' IUhihIpuc tirni Slate lli|sli*a>. Meet* limtaiil Dealli K!N<;i!NK STHIKKS CAR Iron Mounter Smiwhei Dod^c t'oii|H- ami I)ra|{? II 11111 i?l i*-? t and Tilly I'eet ItryiMiil (irmsiiif; Moyock. July 27.?A. T. Davis. Slat o road const ruc tion superintendent on the SI igo to Point ttarlior road, wast instantly killed here yes terday morning at a few min utes after 11 o'clock when the Norfolk Southern passen ger train smashed into his Dodge coupe, on the railroad crossing al>out an eighth of a mile above Moyock station. Tin* Impact of tl?" collision crushed the t?>|> of Mr. Davie' broke hla bark, hi? left ' arm and hI? right leg. Mr. Davi? WUN driving bin far toward North Vph( and tin* train engine ?truck (He car on the right able, drag- ? ging It 1 r?o feet beyond the cross ing. The ear i? a complete wreck. It stood up right after the acci dent with nearly every part dam aged in Home way. The pilot on the engine was knocked off and two croNM tire? ou the tra?'k were broken off by -flie dragging car. The train waa brought to a atop about threw hundred yard? be yond the croawlng. Resident? of Moyock runtied to tlu* arene when notified by the * train flagman that a man had hern killed. Dudley Rngley *aA? It iipert Went of t hI? place me inoved tin- mutilated body from the wrecked automobile and an official of the Norfolk Southern railroad notified the KlUaboth City undertaker to take the body In charge. The body left here at three o'clock yesterday afternoon for Kllzabeth City and left that city ?t ?even o'clock Monday morning for. Conway In North ampton County. Accompanying tbc body were State Road Super vlHor. \V. S. Montgomery of Ellx abelli City and other member? of the State Highway crew who worked under Mr Davi?. Includ ing K M M id get t of Colnjock; V. S. Cowell of Shawboro, D. L. Davi? of Kllzabeth City. J. R. Montgomery of Small? Cro?a Rnad?. Dl?trlct Maintenance En gineer L. B. McDnnlels of Tar boro Joined the party at Wlnton thlH morning. It i? understood. W. J. Davi?, brother of the dead man and chief mechanic at the CI randy road camp, left for hla home last night to Inform rela tive? of the detail? of the tragedy. How the accident occurred^an not be explained by any one! Mr. David Ih known a? a careful driv er and It In thought that he Came to u stop Ju?! before reaching the croAnlng and then Mtarted hI? car again and reached the track be fore he Haw the oncoming train. W. J. Davi?. hI? brother, said yea terday that the brake? on the car were working poorly and he think? posdlbly that fact attribut ed largely to the accident. The flagman on the train- think? Mr. Davi? tried to duck (o the foot of the car when he saw that he wan going to lie bit Dudley llagley of thin place Im Inclined to the opinion that the Mr Davi? made au attempt to get out of the car before the engine of the train struck him At any rate when Mr. Dudley reached the ?cene of th" accident, the dead man'? head was near the engine of the car and hla feet In the ?eal. The wind waa blowing northward, thus driving the noise of the train lu the oppo site direct loti from which It waa going. H id J net a few yard? be fore the crossing that the train hIows down for the approach of I he curve near Moyock station. It Ih believed that the train woa going about 3 r. ml lea an hour when It struck the automobile. Throughout .the day Sunday cars stopped i'? view the wrecked automobile, the value of which in ltd wrecked condition I? placed gt about If.ft. When the accident occurred Mr Davi? was on hla way to Northwest t o dee L S. Rawnlght. Ford agent at that place. He had planned to return to take dinner with Dudley llagley In the two years and nine month* In which Mr Davis has superintended the road construction In the lowfcr part of this County, he ha? not lost h slugi? team and has not bad ii dingle accident In spite of the great amount of blasting that bad been necessary. He won many friends In the county because of Ills tact with farmers whose lands the road route poised through and the peo ple of Moyock were greatly pleased when they learned that Continued on page *
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