North Carolina Newspapers

CIRCULATION 8ATCBOAY 2.642 Copies TH1 WKAniKB Mostly cloudy tonight and Tups- ! day General moderate northwest ] vloda. VOL. XV. FINAL EDITION ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA,* MONDAY EVENING. Al (U'ST 3, 1925. SIX PAGES. NO. 202 * COMMISSIONERS 1 LOATH TO BUILD BRIDGE ON CREEK Turn Deaf Ear to Appeal of; p ; Industrial Concerns Af feeled; Highway Bod -Asks $12,000 OI j) DEBT UNEAHTHED C. K. I'ugh Presents Bill f?r $1,630 for Benefit Accruing to Roads From Drainage The Board of County Commls- ' aioners. approached on the matter Providing fo?" ? 112.000 appro priation for construction of a new ; bridge over Knobba Creek, at the 1 foot Q*rPennsylvania avenue, or to impair the bridge already there, ' took no action at their regular meeting Monday morning, despite an urgent plea on the part of at- j torneys representing industrial | concerns affected, reinforced by delegates from the Chamber of Commerce and Merchants' Bu reau. Attorneys P. W. McMullan and J. C. B. Ehtlnghaua made strong appeal* on behalf of the manufac turing interests north of Knobbs C^eek. representing that these would be handicapped Beriously if. the^bridge were discontinued, and i that the general public would suf- ! -as well. Chairman W. T. Love, Sr.. of the Commissioners. I was inclined, however, to regard the project as involving too large an outlay compared with Its bene- ! ?t to the public at large. He ap peared to favor dlacontlnuance of i the present bridge and construc tion of another at the head of I natation, in the vicinity of the! froreman-Il Jades Lumber Com pany's plant. Other members of the board had little to Bay on the subject. Mr. Love took the stand that a bridge could be built near the r oreman-Blades plant at consid erably lets coat, that it would not be necessary there to maintain a draw, with a bridge keeper, and that very little inconvenience to the general public would reanlt from abandonment of the Penn aylvania avenue bridge. He was Inclined ^iso to atreea a clauae in the law on- the aubject that re quires the Highway Commlaalon to present Its budget to the County 1 Commissioners by July 1. The budget was not ready until the middle of July this year, and' he took that aa relieving the commit aloners of obligation to build the bridge. The commissioners learned to thfrlr surprise that they owed ?1, 630 assessed against them aa the ivalue of benefits accruing to the ?County roads from the formation ;of Pasquotank County Drainage .District No. 1, in Newland Town ,ahlp. Attorney C. R. Pugh brought ithe matter to their attention, ex plaining it had been assessed Ugtlnst the County by the board or viewers of the district Novem !*e j 1*21, but subsequently had been overlooked. He ex ?yrysed the opinion that the Coun terpart could be paid at any time J *. U'n 7e#r ,erni of of the drainage dlatrlct's bond Is * "ATtt'r some dlaeuaslon, the com missioner! voted to defer action oa ?he bill pending Investigation. "Hist there are only seven cases /phold fever In Pasquotank ?ireaeni. and that all of - ? . among persons who failed to taki< the Inocalatlon pro vided free by the County, waa the Outstanding feature of the report ot Dr. C. D. Williams. County Health Officer. Dr. C. w. Sawyer, farmer game warden of the County, preaented the board with a certified copy of ?*?e.l*?s passed by the last ;? *' 1 -' ***e"kly , and requested ^ Printed, aa t "'V1* ?', acquainting the public with their provlalona. Dr Saw yes agreed to m (hat they were "<? commlsslo*srs r""''1 the printing The bqard deferred action <pi thla mat tor, also. Of J/phold Cfwty at I ITnm are \OUTH K II I.ED WHEN SEAPLANE (HASHES Norfolk. Aug. S. ? Hugh Long, 15 year old son of Maurice C. 1/Ofig of thla city, waa killed and Lloatenant W. ft. Owln waa ae rlosuly injured when a aeaplane craabed Into a amall boat baaln at the .Naval Base here today. The boy was a passenger in the aaa chlne piloted on a flight ar for by his father. MMN'H KKDKItATlON INVITED TO AWtlST IN REVIVAL S^awboro, Aug. t ? Revival sar Vlees at Perkins Methodist OMircfc started Sunday night Au sust I. R?r. c T Thrift of Mo yock. paator of the church, la con &*****? ??rvlcea which .are be dUly 'hl.'lief; " ? 1 ' ra ' ?ruiUlT I lhU ?h "" practically TITled at the first service. The Men'a Federation of Rllta Mb City haa been Invited and re qutated to take part In theee ser ttcee. i lilt. WILLI AMM RVrVRRN Dr. C. B. Williams and family pruned Sunday from a three IMki' stay at the seashore. GRAHAM K ILL SPEAK TO LOCAL AUDIENCE IU-tu ruing from a brief so Journ at Naga Head. Maor Wil liam A. Graham, 8 tat? CommU sloner of A|rlcultarf, will ad* dreaa a mating of Pasquotank fount >? farmer* ami others In terested Tuesday morning at 11 o'clock In the Chamber of Commerce quarters In the Community Building. Mr. Graham stopped over briefly la Elisabeth city Hat urday on his way to Nags Head after a strenuous series of In Inspection trips to variola parts of the State. INJURED YOUTH IMPROVINMOW Vernon Hanbury, Hurt in Auto Crash, Is Regain ing <-oimeiouxnetw Vernon Hanbury, 16 yearn old Cradock. Va.. youth who was la* jured in an automobile accident on the Woodville Highway early Thursday night, la showing steady Improvement, according to Dr. Zenas Fearing, who Is attending him at the Elisabeth City Hospi tal. He Is now able to take nour ishment readily. Dr. Fearing states, and the condition of semi consciousness thst has persisted since the accident Is gradually clearing away. Thua Car. no complications have resulted from the fracture of two of th* boy's ribs. Dr. Fesrlng says, and the 'danger that pneumonia might aet in. atrongly feared at firat. Is growing more remote. Dr. Fearing expreaaes hope for the speedy recovery of the boy, though his condition still is regarded as serious. Young Hanbury, accompanied by his parents and other members of the fsmlly. had motored from Cradock to apend the night with Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Taaker, on Ehrlnghaua street, extended. They arrived aftsr supper, and Mrs. Taslw sent Vernon, tepfthef with her own son. Kelly and Theodore MUlsr,. young ion of * neighbor. In tfcs Tasker csr aftfr a loaf of bread. In order that she might fix aupper for the unexpected While on their way down the Woodvllle Highway toward the Norfolk Southern station, the csr In which the boys were riding waa near the ?lty. Young Hanbury was thrown out upon the con crete roadway, and was picked up and carried to the hospital uncon scious. The other boys were caught beneath their car. and es caped injury. START HUNT FOR MAN THOUGHT DEAD San Francisco. Aug. 3.? Henry | Swart*, vice prealdent and general ; manager of the Buffalo Cellulose I Company, supposed to. have met [death In his own laboratory at | Walnut Crsek laat Thursday by [an explosion, was sought by Sher iff R R. Veale today. A. J. Nellson. dentsl expert, de j dared after a minute examination I of the charred body found in the the 8warts laboratory, "This dead i man is not Swarti. His teeth va ry from the Swarts teeth." MYSTERY SURROUNDS DEATH OF TEACHER Mattoon. 111., Aug. 3 ? The mya terlous tangle of evidence cen tering about threatening letters found floating over the vlctlm'a head, today faced Investigators of the desth of Misa Cora Stallman former school tescher, whose body 1 wss found In s cistern on her sls 1 tfcr'a farm nesr here. Letters algnsd "K. K. K." snd i filled with Inuendoe and the dla ! covery that desth waa not due to I drowning were the major factors In starting the Invsstlgstlon. SAYS INTER-ALLIED DEBTS IMPORTANT Autan. Prsnce. Aug. 3. ? The i question of Inter- Allied debta I must be settled before Frsnce csn enjoy full liberty In her foreign policy, Premier Pslnleve declsred | In s speech hsrs todsy. Debta between the Allies would have been esey to settle during the laet month of the war. the premier said, but now the ques tlon la Impoaed on natlona In "pressing snd urgsnt fsshloa." HAYNES IS RELIEVED OF HIS AUTHORITY Waahlacton. Aug I.? Aa or dar relieving Prohibition Oo?a mlMl.Hr Hirnw of authority with rotpoot to anparrtelon ovor the luxation "of Intoilcatlng li quor, waa mad* public todar at tba Traaaurjr In ronnactlon with raorganltatlon of tha prohibition unit. atactica Raptambar J. Tha ; ordar algnad by Internal ftavanna f'otnmlaalonrr Blair la addraaaad to tha prohibition rnmmlaalaaars and to prohibition director, tJOMMITTKK TO MKKT I Tha bora' work committee of (ha. Rotary Clnb will meet tonight | at I o'clock at tha Chamber of Commerce FARMERS COME BY ACORN HILL See Prettiest (>op? Be tween Here and Ral eigh in Tadmore Forty olne farmers from Paa quotauk County attended the Farmers Convention In Raleigh last week and all report a profit able and enjoyable visit to the 8tate Capital. The party returned by thaj Acorn Hill Road and R. C. Lowry. Jr.. who was a member of the party, aald that the prettleat crops he observed anywhere between Elisabeth City and Raleigh were In the Tadmore Section of Pas quotank "The corn In Tadmore." says Mr. Lowry. "la marvelous and la well worth the day'a Jour j ney to see. I had heard a great deal about the agitation over the drainage dlatrlct there but I am surprised thst Intelligent men csn not see the great advantage de I rived from thla undertaking. "The flneat corn I have aeen anywhere was on what two years I ago was waate land, upon which jonly cattle grazed. I underatand and this reclamation la due sole Jly to the drainage canal which parallels the road across the swsmp to Oatea County. I am of ! the opinion that drainage la as 1m j portant to ua as good roada and i as soon as our people swaken tq | the Importance of drainage w f shall become more prosperous 4 a farming people. Frankly. I *d not know that there waa auch tfnd In Paaquotank County as the won ! derful black landa of Tadm6re." FIVE ARE INJUREI/ IN KU KLUX RIOTING ! Westwood, Mass.. Aug.' 3 ? Five , persons. includisg two women and : a boy were cut and bruised. thre#? 1 men were arreated and the farm house of Stephen lllsley In the Islington dUtrtet here was wrecked Sun<}ay when a meeting of some thr#e score Ku Klux Klanamen wis broken up by a mob of 100 peracpa. The meeting wan : the first attempted slnoe the state ! polka anndinced that the depart ment no linger would afford po , lice protection to klan gatherings, j A aton/ thrown at the speek er'a atanq started the rioting, and (Instantly the air waa filled with ? mlawlles. The three local con 1 stables F*re unable to restore or | der. m any of the klausmen : reach e<f their automobiles and es caped. kut about a score took ref | uge In] the Illsley house, which | Immedntely was surrounded and atoned f "LASY OF QUALITY" 4t the alkrama Of Jhe costume playa that have been produced recently, none are nald' to surpass "A Lady of Qual ity" In dramatic strength. The plctule Is the attraction at the Al krami tonight. The mental struggle of the heroine keeps the ! spectator In the highest of sus pense. I Thk heroine's noble sacrifice of I renouncing the man she loves and t* abeut to marry rather than cast | a stigma upon him awakens for .her die deepest of sympathy. In 'the closing scenes the sight of the | hero embracing the heroine and ; saying to her that he knowa all. * her slater having out of pity for both acquainted him with the I murder and Its causes. Is a alght j which one cannot eaally forget. LABOR THROUGH WITH THIRD PARTY MOVES Washington. Aug. 3.? In direct language from Its executive coun cil. the American Federation of Labor has announced that It Is through backing third party move ments. of the kind which It sup ported In 1924 with the late Sen ator LaFollette as Presidential candidate. A return to the custom of enter ing Congressional and other poli tical contests In support of indi vidual candidates aatlsfactory to unlona emphatically was Indicated aa Its feature course by the coun cil, which has Juat wound up a quarterly aesalon. during which much time was given to study of labor strategy In approaching elec tions. RIFFIANS CONFER WITH SPANISH HEAD Paris. Aug. J. ? Oaneral Prlmo Deltlvera. head of the Spanish military directorate, has received two emlscariee from Abd El Krlm, It If flan leader, at Tetuan. Spanish Morocco, it waa learned today from dta patches reaching the foreign office. The Rlfflan emls jaarles wast to Gibraltar to con , far with Bchev Arrlsta. mlllion j aire ahlp owner of Balba who act Jed aa intermediary between the Bpanlsh government and Abd El Krlm. BRICKLAYERS AND PLASTERERS STRIKE Naw York. An|. Approxi mately HO. I>00, 000 worth of fon ?trurtlon waa halted when brlck layera and plaaterara employed by the Oeorfe A. Fuller Conatructloa Company vent on a alrlke In all the bvlldlBf project* la the city today. . He Started New Monkey War i Wittner, who ttlrnpd up what promises to be another "evo Washington by flUnic suit to withhold pay from teachers i disrespect to the Blfcv* by giving Instruction In vurlous sclen i shown here talking | ?Ver with Jocko, or the monkey tribe. Cifime Commission Not Heeding The Reformers jen Organization Headed by Elbert II. ( iary H ill Make Critical Stud v of Crime mid Method n lined to Combat Evil in I arioua Place* fv of Crii #<? and Meth bat Evil n P or ions /' lly KDX.' MAIISHAI.I. iril fc? Th? ?#?????> Now York. Aiik, 3 --"Blue lluw" reformer*, who would clt > further Into the traditional right of the American people to the "pursuit of happiness." need look ! for no support from the newly organized National Crime Com mission. And relallveii of crimi nals will find It a poor place to gb seeking Hupport of appeals Cor i clemency. These facta were made clearly evident at the meeting lute We^ neNday at the offices of Klbert M. Gary, chairman of the United States Steel Corporation, where organization of the new commu nion wan begun with Judge Gary In the chair. One "blue" Sunday advocate who attempted to corral u groap of the big business men, Jud$ee? i state senators, crime experts, p^ j lice officials. and others, iurlud i lug Governor Smith, who met to I launch the crusado against na i tlonal conditions of crime chur acterlzeR uh "terrifying beyond ill expression." received no attention at all. I Theater going and card pla>? Ing on Sunduy are not crimes and mild pleasure seeking leads to no | more crimes on Sunday than on l week days, was the opinion one committee member expressed. ! And that reformer went home disappointed. Another crusader who came to tell the "workera for public aafe iv apd det'cnov that Hmnklm Is! us hail 4* drinking ami that over w rli titiifc smokerlngs In cellars i-fj th?- underworld an many crimes are hatched as ever w^re brewed , over glaums of whiskey or beer, j weal home with a patient smile 'ami no encouragement. Si 111 a tjlrd ? a woman who re fined her name but proved her , relation to mld-Vlrlorlan days by lier puff an* bustle skirt, choker rollar and wee hat that sat high 'on her head -who ramo to urge | Governor ftinlth to see that knee skirts were run off the streets because they tend toward Immor-j allty. went home without netting [a chance for a ^rord. ' Nor was there any time for peo ple who came to ask aid for crlm i Inals uow In Jail. | The commission, which may ; start working through the country next week, will be educational and critical according to several ; persons at the meeting. It will make u study of crime, will keep a critical eye on the police, the ! Judiciary, the prosecuting offici als of one community wrestling ( with crime methods another com munity has used. ? "We want to Interest President ? Coolldgo and get his support." said Judge Cary. and any com mission which concerns Itself ; with petty reforms could not hope for national support, was < the general Idea. Club Girls Are Hostesses T o Hungry Body of Guests Member* of the Board of Coun ty Commissioners, lli? County < Board of Education and several: j specially Invited fluent* were en tertained by the I'usquotatK , , County club KlrlN at a delightful dinner Monday afternoon ut I ?'clock at the Chamber of Com merce quarters. The term "de lightful" Is used advisedly in de scribing the dinner ? It was Juat that. The menu comprised fried chicken thst came up to the fin est tradition* of this delicacy; beautifully browned gravy; deli clously creamed potatoes; hot rolls and beaten biscuits that lit erally melted In one's mouth tasty corn pudding. Ice cream and cake. The guest* did full justice to It. . The dinner van given a* a tok en of appreciation for the kind nes* of the Board of Education Ir providing a truck for the girl* 01 their recent trip to Balelgh for the short course at State College and to ahow their appreciation to the work, In connection with which the girls' clubs conducted under the supervision of M Hi Marcle Albert son Secretary Job. of the Chamber of Commerce, was j Master of ceremonle*. I The repast was entirely of food stuff* grown and prepared In Pas* quotank County. There are 16 of 1 the girls' clubs, with a member ship of 210. At the close of the dinner. W. T. Love. Sr.. chairman of the CommlHslonera. J. M I a Roy. chairman of the Board <<( Education. County Superinten dent M. IV Jennings. Secretary Job and others of the guest* made short talks. All eipre?>? d delight with the entertainment given them. The girls sang their club son** and gave their club "yells." all in . appropriate fashion Miss Mar guerite Morgan, a member of the i party that^ook the trip to Ha leigh, told of It entertainingly, and | on behalf of the group as a wh?de , expressed appreciation to the Board of Education for landing jthe tmok. Mis* Jemima Jam* 'who drove the truck there at><1 back, told briefly and talaraatin* ly or the trip. At the close of the dinner. MIkhi Marcle Albertnon wan given a big ovation by the guentn and the glrln themselves. HALLS I I! U K ? III IH II AT CHILDREN'S HOME Nlxonton. Aug. 3 - The Halls Creek Mfthodlxt church and Hun day school Md their annual pic nic on the beautiful lot of the Pan <juotank Children's Home Wed nesday. The boyn and glrln of the home attend his Sunday School They hull! a Ion* table the day before on the bank* of the river under tli<> Mk treea aud alno a number of neata. When the pic nickers came the boya and girls took chalm out on the lawn for them. They decorated the picnic table with flowera from the yard and did all they could to make the guests happy and comfortable. The three nwlngs were enjoyed by the smaller children, an well an the big yard and the ahade tree*. There wan plenty of lemonitde and at dinner time the Mk table wan apread wfth a variety of good thing*. with apeclel empha nla on fried chicken and country ham. Oamen and racea were enjoyed and prize* were awarded the win ners. Muny of the plcnlckem en Joyed bathing In the river, and ev erybody declared that they had had a delightful day NEW SOUTHPAW HERE} SHORTSTOP IS COMING Capp* Htar aouthpaw of the faet Norfolk A Weatern Hallwav nine ef Norfolk la here, and will play on the Rltaabeth City team t h In week, the baaeball menage meat announcee. A new abort ?top la etperted to arrive In time for Taeada "a game with Hertford The Kll/n tw?th City nine bit been week at abort nlnce Devi* of South Norfolk, left ebout n week ego Alno, the management hea 'been n. i.klhg to atreagthen the pitchin i utaff of the teem for ?evert l weeks. NEW POLICY FOR SIMPLE DRUNKS Defendant* MiimI Aiinuvr ti> ( ?liargcx of Hccciviii^ j ami IVuiiti|>nrlin^ No longer will a defendaut who I ndulg.ii |? a week-end spree be | Permit led in come Into court aud, tt?. SUllly to a "simple driHik charge. get off with a Ane of $6 and coats. II.. will mltui Imp I ?? .!!? .UV0" to ?n*w,r chargoa of receiving and transporting, pen altle. for which usually run from a lf.0 Mi,,, to a jail sentence. ac- i Cord I UK to whether it ix the de fendants Arat, second or third of- 1 fenae. This announcement came from Couutjr Judge P. (J. Sawyer Mon day morning. when a (Ine of $10 i and coats wa? Imposed on Lyman Artnatrong Ave for getting drunk and Ave. the court rrankly admit-* j d. Ix'caiiHe the Wltueaa got hla j liquor from a perfect struuger for Wlioae nuiiiu he did not take the 1 trouble to inquire. Hardly attain, the court Intimated, under the new policy of pressing charges of receiving dnd transporting against I hone violating the city ordinance! aKalnat drunkentieaM. will a de fendant broiiKht In tin thin charge I get off no lightly. A 'lne of $50 aud coata and a I juil aentence of four montha. the I Jail sentence sua|>ended for two I years conditional upon the defend- ' ants observance of laws relating! to possession of liquor, wqh the : penalty imposed upon Levy Sprulll, colored, on a charge of possession for the purpose of sale. I Visiting Levy's home, buck of the I electric light plant, on the 1 strength of Information to the ef- 1 feet that he was retailing liquor, j police officers found Jans and Jugs and bottles In any quantity amell Ing of liquor, a glass upside down on a table with the smell of li quor atill strong In It, und a pint bottle nearly full. That the table had b.'eii used as a bar was Indi cated by the fact that liquor spilled on It had eaten the paint and varnish away. That the electric light plant neighborhood. Just beyond the cor porate limits of the city, was a sort of center for petty bootleg ging operations has been evident to the police for some time. In fact, one overbold bootlegger in that neighborhood is reported re cently to have accosted a city offi cial. before recognizing him, as the official was panning in his automobile about dusk, thus: 'Hay, boas, don't ?6u want to buy this pint of liquor*?'' * : Sprulll, however. Was th*' first bootlegger in that Vicinity whom the police have been able to appre hend In many months. The foregoing cases broke the 10 day period of no police court ending Saturday. "I feel more like myself." re marked County Prosecutor LeRoy Monday morning. "With no court all last week 1 felt every day that something waa decidedly wrong with my schedule of work." NEW AUTO CONCERN STARTS BUSINESS The Paaquotank Motor Com pany, Incorporated la the name of Klliabeth City' neweat automobile concern which opened for bual neaa Monday morning a, 611-613 Kaat Fearing afreet aa agenta for the Chryaler automobile* Tom Jone* and Wlllla Wright , of thla city and Tom Cowell of sblloh are the membera of the j new corcern. Tom Jonea la well known here, j recognised for hla mechanical aklll. lie haa been In the employ of the Auto * On Engine Work* alnce thla firm waa organized. Wlllla Wright la atao an exper I lenced automobile mechanic, ape clallilng on repair work for high priced care. He haa alao been with the Anto * (laa engine Work" for nine year* Tom Cowell of Sblloh will doubtloaa draw considerable bual iiexM to the new firm from hla county. Ha will continue to lire at sblloh, looking after hla Inler enta there aa well aa hla connec tion with the new firm here. The I'aaquotank Motor Com pany. healdea aelllng the Chryaler cur*, will apeclallxe In repair work of all cara. They hare quarter* In the Hcott building on Kaat rear ing *treet With three entrance dour* The new cara have arrived. Including the roadater. aedan and cociih In four and all cylinder i *"*' Til. DEN HAS SIGNED WRITTEN PROMISE New York. Aug 3 The e.ecu tlve committee of the United . Ktnt'-i Lawn Tennis Aaaoclatlon h"11'" * written pledge from Wll lltna T. Tlldiii. national lennla rhimplon, binding him to give no mote Interview* for newapaper *yiidlcalloa on tennl* tournament* In which he la competitor. Adjudged guilty of violating ? lie I'hiyer^rrltei rule by the com mittee. Tllden naved htmaelf from aueie-naloa end dl?tuallflcailon by u written to alrletly ob serve the rule 'Wro* maiikkt~ New York, Aug I Spot ,ot ton rloaetf quiet middling 14.16. P'.lnta unei?nge,i Future., cloa l"g bid. Oe? 1, 14, r>ec 24.11, !?.?#, Marib 1J?J, May 2, I JUNE BUSINESS WAS BETTER HIAN MAY Fifth VWdll lUwnf District Re port Indicate* Piwprr it) on Way Richmond. Va.. Aug. 3 ? June I business In the Fifth Federal Dis trict was relatively better than I that done In May. although de crease* were noted in some lines i of trade, said an official review made public today. The volume for June. 1926. It was pointed i [out. was diatlactly above that of June. 1924. "and correspondents I In practically all llnea are optl-| mistlc on prospects for the aec-i ond half of 1925." the review aald. i "A year ago three outstanding unfavorable factors were affect ing the business outlook, but alii of them ahow Improvement this year," the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond finds. "The deprea-, slon In the textile Industry con-' tlnuen but Is distinctly less msrked , than In June. 1924. nitumlnous coal mines In West Virginia are producing more coal thau at this time last year, and West Virgin la uppears-to occupy a stronger position ln*the rorfl mlndtig Indus try than any other State. "The agricultural outlook Is better thsn last year, when an ex ceptionally late spring and exces sive rain had delayed planting and cultivation of the growing ! cropa. June weather was too dry in most of the Fifth District, aud certain sectlona. especially Vlr-i ginia. will auffer aerlous losses In yields unless general rains fall I this week, but on the whole | | the dry weather has probably been, | more helpful than otherwise this year. . ! I "Farmers have their fields free I of graaa and weeds. crope have | been unusually well cultivated ' and the hot. dry weather favored i boll weevil control." The report said that other indi cators pointed to good proapects for the fall montha, including higher bank deposits and the em I ployment of labor at good wages. I "Debits to Individual accounta are I running well ahead of last year. 1 Business failures during Juue In | the Fifth Dlatrlct were less Id .both number and liabilities than! In Junt. 1924. I "The Carollnaa appear to havei I fine tobacco cropa. and cotton lsj alao more promising than a year! ago In both Carollnaa. i "Building operatlona continue in record volume, aasurlng ateady employment for workers in build ing trades ' J * h> ? ij i SETS NEW RECORI* IN Tanking up tanker Wilmington, Aug. 3. ? The I | pumping of 38,000 gallons or ' black strap molaaaes from the United States tanker Dannledlake In one hour, following Ita arrival! ! here. Is believed to have aet up a I new record. With 1,180,000 gal- 1 I Ions of molaaaea In its tanks, the | J tanker arrived In port at 2:10 o'clock. The local cargo was dis charged by 9:10. when the tanker] ' put on fuel and left for Erie Ban In. New York. Captain N. T. Henderson Is maa . ter of the tanker Dannledlake. which came from Porto Rico. He ! reported the presence on the boat : of nine stowaways, all I'orto Rlc ans. One of theae was a lad of 13. who was placed In charge of local police for safe keeping, be cause of his age and because he, | could not apeak English. But he appeared happy. The little stowaway could make ' himself understood only to the captain, at whose coat and trous ers he tugged when the captain was leaving. Owing to the lad'-t age, he could not be made* mem ber of the crew, the minimum age limit being 18; and, as Porto Rica la an American possession, the other eight stowaways could not be deported. They obtained work one hour after their arrival In Wilmington. ? FALLS URGES MORE PIGS IN PASQUOTANK Farmera In North Carolina are losing an opportunity to make 1 money with swine, aald O. W. 1 Falls, County Agent In Paaquo tank, In reporting some hog-feed-' Ing demonstratlona being carried on by the farmers of this County. : "The Foremsn Stock Farm," he aald. "haa recently completed a I 35-day hog-feeding teat with 20 I animals and reports a gain of I, 027 pounds in the test." Mr. Falls declared that a herd of 200 making the same gain would net the grower a profit of 1800 In a like period. HAH FULL (JltOWN (XJTTOK BOM* IN 18 ACRE PATCH Fully grown and well developed cotton holla from the farm of Ja cob Rlddlck, City Route Flv<-. were brought In to The Advsnce office Monday and may be aeen by Callers on the editor's desk Mr. Rlddick haa 12 or 13 acres of cot ton, well fruited and a beautiful stand. His bolls are the flrat full grown apeclmens brought to The Advance this yea r. CHILI) DIES FROM DRINKING KEROSENE Oastonls, Aug I. ? Violet Ruth Mauney, two-year-old daughter <>f Mr. and Mrs. Thomaa Mauney, n dead here aa the reault of drink ing a amali quantity of kerosene oil. which she swallowed from p | bottle with which she was found to ham been playing. BRYAN'S DEATH WILL NOT DELAY SCOPES' APPEAL Unlikely Anyway F.ven had . (.'ommotier i.ived lie or Darrow W ould Have Fig ured in Higher (lnurt lip to TEN N KSSKKA N S Pros and Antix Will Have Fight Out < 'oiiHlilulional ity of Evolution Statute Without Outside Aid H) KOHKIIT T. HIIAtJt Ifudfrtikl. |MU, H* Th. Miurti Washington. Auk. 3. ? The death of Wllllum Jennings Bryan . will have 90 effect upuu the ap peal plans in tho case of yot^ng John T. Scope*. of Dayton, con victed for violation of Tennessee's anti-evolution act. Mr. Bryan's untimely taking off may rotr the further proceeding In the case of some of their national Interest, but It was never Intended that he should he active for the state In upholding the conviction ln._ the higher courts. As a matter of fact there Is very serious doubt If Clarence Harrow. Dudley Field Malone and Garfield llays will uppear furth*? er in the cas*' for the defense. Their appearance at Dayton waa due entirely to Mr. Bryan. It was only whon announcement came that the commoner was to volun teer for the prosecution that Darrow and the others wired their wllllnKiieMH to take part In the de- . fense. This wan the reply of tho defense luwyurs from the constant taunt of "forelgner?" mixing In the private affalrn of Tennessee. Now that Mr. Bryau has gone it would seem thut the foreign lawyers would all disappear from the famous case. Just how young Mr. 8copen. the complacent "goat" In the entire proceedings- will feel about all this, remains to be seen. The Tennessee case Is about to revert to the Tenneaaeeans and they will have to fight it out along their own lines. Mr. Dar row had been seeking to retire from active law practice. Wheth er or not hn will feel like retarn 1 Ing to Tennessee merely to argue I the constitutionality of the law la extremely doubtful. Certainly Mr. .Darrow would not argue for a new 1 1 1*1 Ip the lower courts, although he has asserted there were plenty of them, as noted by the number of exceptions filed. No one wants another trial In Dayton. There never could be unother setting as that, and now that death has tak en Its fling at the famous char acters. It would be Impossible to reassemble the cast. Mr. Scopes will have to make up his mind to submit to Tennes see and her peopl^ It Is perfect ly true his steller role In the trial was stolen away by Darrow and Malone and llays who were made the real defendants at tho bar of public opinion, but the glamor und the spotlight ure gone now and Mr. Scopes will have to carry along his cause as best he may. * It Is fortunte for tho ypung school teacher that his chief "na tive counsel." Judge John R. Neal, of Khea County and Knox vllle. Is a constitutional luwycr of marked ability. The burden of preparing the cast at Dayton fell upon Judge Neal and one or two of his local aasoclstes. The burden of carrying the caae to | higher courts also restH upon his 1 shoulders. Judge Neal Is not a I rich man, but It Is said he has born a large part of the defense expense already uud will have to ! shoulder considerably tnore as the appeal moves forward. Judge Neal effected himself as much aa ; possible during ;the proceedings ! at Dayton, but once more he la I the mainstay, and If there Ih to J b?? sn eventuul overturning of the evolution law the credit will be Isrgely his. MARTIN COUNTY IS , PLANNING BIG FAIR Wllllamston, Aug. I.? Martin I County Is planning the largest fair I yet held In that county, reported I Farm Agent Ti II. Brandon. All I premiums for exhibits have been materially Incrcssed. he ssld. and j those for community exhibits have | been practically doubled. J "Much interest is being shown | by local communities." Mr Bran don ssld, "and many of thorn ar* planning their own fairs from which exhibits will be entered at the county fair," J. P. l>KAI> News has been received here of the death of James Ferguson Moore, brother of MIsh Nr|le Moore, a teacher In the Kllnaboth City school*. In Jersey City, New Jarsey, recently after an Illness of two years. He wss 26 yearn old. and wss 11 native of York. Mouth Carolina He Is survived by his wife, who was formerly Miss Dru dlla McfSrath, Of Card Iff, Wales: his parents. Mr. and Mrs. William |T. Moore, of York, and the follow Ing brothers and ulsters: Alberta [Moore, of Llncolnton. North Carw* Una; Miss Nello Mooro; Mrs. W M. Bench, of Wlnston-3sl< m;. W IT. Moors. Jr., of Daltimore; and Miss Mary Moors and Joe Moore, of York.