North Carolina Newspapers

CIRCULATION MONDAY 2.547 Copies TTOI WRATH BR Shower* tonight and Wednes day. Little change In tempera ture. Moderate northeast winds. SIX PACES. NO. 203 Council Springs Surprise By Announcing City Has ? Substantial Surplus Now \ Elizabeth City Is Kicher ' . Than Most Folks Imag ined, but Taxpayer Will See Little Difference RATE UNCHANGED Action Taken to Curtail Ar- j ? tlvities of Non Paying j | Guests at Basoliall Games! ' Played Here that the clly ban a sur- [ Plua of |3?, 370. SI aa of June il rata a aa an agreeable surprise to I ?Islfors present at the regular ses J ?1on or the City Council last night. , 4 Whctf City Manager Ferebee read [ hie report. Of that amount. $22,-1 *331.98 was In cash and the re- 1 ?Minder, $12,038.83, In uncollect-, taxes. Thla latter Item Is not (unusual, since the financial report [waa filed ahead of the end of the Ux wHeclIng period, and there Is something like that ' amount still due when the report j la made public. thc ca8h ln hand. ?bout $10. 000 was received through a re fund from the Utilities Commis sion In connection with the sur veys made before the purchase of the power, water and sewer plants. ABd paid for at that time out of! the city's general fund. This leav?-s about $12,000 which Is unaccount- ' ted for except that U was levied and just didn't happen to be n?*ed ?d. It Is taken In some quarters I aa strong evidence of economical -administration of the city's fin ances. In reporting the surplus. City ' Manager Ferebee recommended ; git the money be used for street ' . . toproveroents. that the surface | : toilet' ta* be reduced from $4 to I , jj3. ana that the tax rate for city ; a be reduced. A reduction K wnt8 ,B contemplated by the Council, but this will mean no cut In the amount-that the citizens will pay. The School Board Is ask- . . Ing for an addfOmT \*ff nt-ltr* j eeuts this year, and Indlcatlona' K lh?t the present tax rate for all purposes will atand. 5 The rate at present la 11.22, 60 'sants-gelag to the school fund and 1J centa to the varloua city funds. It la proposed to levy 56 centa for ^he achool fund, and 67 centa for general city purpoaee when the rate for the coming year (a aet. Thus the taxpayer, while benefit ting directly, will be unable to aee the difference on hla tax receipt. Many Nee Hum Fiw The Council paaaed an ordl- 1 nance prohibiting the parking of 1 automobile** on the lot belonging I to the School Board on Parson- 1 ?age atreet adjacent to the baseball , ?park. Thla step wga taken in re-j Iponse to a requeat from the board of dlrectora of the baaebatl aaao- 1 elation, who explained that It waaj neceaaary to keep down the total | of wectatora who enjoy the games 1 cacti day, but do not pay for the privilege. The ordinance was 1 aimed directly at them. Members a* the association stated thoy ! eourtod 100 of these privileged ones at Monday'a game. After some discussion. the' Coaaell deferred action on a mo I. r?0"lre all drivers of auto- ? mobiles to stsnd examination and ! obtajp driving permlta, paying 91 ? eseh for them. A driving permit1 would entitle an automobile' own-' er to a city license tag without ad-i dltlonal coat. It was stated that I Tlrtg?lly every city In the State of ' a? comparable to Klliabeth | such a regulation, regard ?Lfi aa altogether necessary to eu?5 feckless driving. Tha Council voted to canrel Its earlier action making Matthews a one way thoroughfare, and i put the street back Into the two| way class ' A,*Volu"?n waa paaaed mem-. . orlallalng "the proper authorities ' > I J* sufficient funds to keep i "? .r**k. br,d??' ?t the foot! * iT*nu*- 'a proper 1 condition for traffic. The Council wa? hearing In mlod the failure of the Board of County CommlMlon "rl"r ,'n the day to Include the bridge In the budget for the year. The I'aaquotank Highway Commission had asked the com ?tlasloners for $12,000 for the structure . To Advertise Htall* Upon receipt of a report from ?I* liarlK#t hou,M* committee toi IVL that no satisfactory bids I for the most ' la the City Market, the that the stalla eleh ran tali for ert han^o/^***'" lo ^ Mlth stalls ern,?J rmt on all ronn?ee? w,th r?fi"lgerator lust IJIw hST .r#DUU for the year ttrn / ? close ranged ?3 by t^ie b^tehera oat f,#Wn T*1* ?'? bold freJ ./.'a l' downward from $130 per month per stsii I lag to their location la the . alalia were auclloaed tenta - lively yesterday afternoon at 3 o'clock bat the meat aiea. In i censed over the purchase of a type A it tefrtgerator counter which they ? do not approve, declined to t A Continued oa pete < MONSTER STILL RAIDED BY DRY CREWON RIVER Eleven White Men Arrest- j ed in Foray Engineered by Deputy Sheriff Sey mour, of Camden County AUTOMOBILES SEIZED Squad Descends Upon M a iti in o t h Moonshine Plant on Swamp Island Just as "Kun" Beginning Federal prohibition agents, as sisted by Deputy Sheriff H. S% Spy- 1 mour, of Camden County, pulled j off one of the biggest dry raids j ever staged In this part of the ! State Monday night. arresting 111 white men, and seising two auto mobiles, a mammoth distilling plant, and about 7,000 gallons of j mash. Those arrested were placed In Jail in Elizabeth City pending a hearing before Federal Com- 1 misaloner T. B. Wilson. The raid was staged both In Camden and'Pauquotank counties. | on opposite sides of Pasquotank ? River in the vicinity of the Pos- ' sum Quarter section. The distil ling plant was on a bit of high land on the Pasquotank side known as Crow Island, and cut off by deep swamps from the main land. It is accessible only by boat. The foray was engineered by Deputy Sheriff Seymour, who called In Federal Agents Griffin, McGee and I'axtyn to. make the ar rests. since moat. o{ the alleged offenders were in, lPaBquotank County, territory In whleh he lacked Jurisdiction. The party first Eeized two automobiles on iUm Camden County side, a seven passenger Reo touring par and a Ford Coupe. Crossing the river, fn a boat; the raiders descentMTutittft the still; they claim, Mltftl'a* a*HIRin" wsh getting under'WWf? 'Olif'bff by fhV swamp, the alleged Mill operators and their aides were trapped like! rats In a hole. Several of those! arrested were from Virginia, and', others were residents of Camden and Currituck counties. The prohibition raiders believe that by Monday night's seizure they have broken up one of the biggest "liquor rings" ever oper ating in Northeastern Carolina. They think also that the bulk uf the liquor made at the monster still was transported to Norfolk and other points ' In Tidewater Virginia. GEOKGIA POTATOES HUBT BY DROUGHT 1 ir N. T. Aydlett has returned fsom southern Georgia where he helped ship a SO acre crop of sweet po tatoes planted and cultivated by L. K. Sawyer of Harbinger, who Is known as an ezpert sweet potato grower. "The early sweet potato crop la unsatisfactory In Georgia and Florida this season." says Mr. Aydlett." Our crop was not quite a failure and did turn out some thing like an average of IS barrels an acre. The dry weather from March to the middle of May caused the poor yield. Old set tlers said they did not remember such a long spell of dry weather. "The best crops down there were corn and cotton. The boll weevil has not been seen thlrf year, snd the corn crop was particular ly fine, the third largest crop on record In that sactlon. "Another crop that attracted my attention while travelling through Georgia and South Caro lina was the peach crop. The trees > were laden with golden fruit, the boughs hanging to the ground. Picking and loading was going on as rapidly as possible with car loads rolling to the Northern mar kets every day." BULLET PROVES TO BE A PEACEMAKER Norfolk. Aug. 4. ? A bullet wound proved the medium of a reconciliation instead of a tragedy Monday morning. Shot In the lag as the outcome of a quarrel with Miss Mabel Wllmoth. 1S4I Cor pew avenue. W. C. Parron. living at the same addraes. want to 8t. i Vincents Hospital, had hie wound treated and then proceeded to the1 Second Precinct police station,; where he supplied the ball bond of the woman who shot him. | Mies Mllmoth. was charged with unlawful shooting and her bond! was flxed at |I0. Parron sus tained a slight flesh wound and sfter receiving sn antiseptic appli cation at the hoepttal Was able to walk to the police station He will be in the poettion of both a complainant and a friend In need wfc*? the caae Is clllad la Police Co? ft. STATE OFFICIAL MAKES PROMISE TO AIDSECTION < l<Hnmi?nioner pf Afcricul-, lure Plans Experiment Station in Region North of Albemarle Sound MONEY LACKING NOW Major Graham Outlines Work of Department in Helping Farmers to Mar ket Products Profitably The section of North Carolina to the north of Albemarle Sound | Is to have a State agricultural ex periment station as soon as fund* are available for the purpose. Ma jor William A. Graham. Statp Commissioner of Agriculture, de clared In an address before a rep resentative group of Pasquotank County farmers and others In the Chamber of Commerce quarters i Tuesday morning. Major Orahatn qualified his promtae of an experiment station with the statement that finance for It were not available or in Im mediate prospect, but said he hoped they would be In the early future. TOe ststloo would under take Improved soy bean snd pota- ! to production, as #ell aa that of I cotton, he declared, characterising ' the Albemarle section as the fin- | est agricultural region anywhere In the State. Introduced by State Senator P. i H. Williams as a young man of I broad vlalon who had made a sue- | cess of practical farming before he entered bis present position. Ma jor Graham took occasion to pay ' tribute to Senator Williams, stat ing that they were colleagues In the General Assembly and that few others made the reputation as a legislator that Mr. Williams did. In commenting upon the work 1 of the Department of Agriculture. ' Major Graham atated that th* | principal function of the depaVt meot at present la to help the North 'Caroling farmer find satis factory markets f<wr bis products. The Bute Cfllege. he exnialned. is , helping the " farmer toward ln-t ?araasai -production, and tho de partment Is co-operating with the 1 college In helping the farmer to diapose of his larger production profitably. Ktriphaalslng the need for bet ter distribution of the State's pro ducts. the speaker declared the farmers of the State must sdopt financial Independence as their motto and exert every effort to gain something more than a liv ing from their labor. He chsr acterlsed the existing situation ss a one sided economic development, citing as an Inatance farmers who. shown tfee advantagea of growing improved livestock*. had largely In creased their production, only to glut their home market and stand a substantial loss. In this connection. Major Gra ham declared the 8tate Depart ment of Agriculture was getting In touch with large packing house branches In this and neighboring states with a, view tq helping the farmer to market hjs livestock profitably. The department he said. hoped soon to be able to say to toe farmer: "You grow the crop and we'll market It for you." Major Graham reviewed th<> progress of North Carolina in re cent years. comm?ntlng that for many years after the Civil War the State's principal products were "moonshine, crime, ignorsnce and poverty," whereas todsy North Carolina leads the world In sn smaiing vsrlety of Industries. In prefsclng his address, he ssld he had yielded to temptation st Nags Head, and had eaten too much sea food, with the result that he was made very sick. He came up on the boat Tuesday morning, and ex pected to leav* hare for ftalelgh Tuesday night. HANBURY RAPIDLY NEARS RECOVERY Vernon Hanbury, agad If. who waa Injured in an automobile ac cident on the Woodvllle Highway near thla city early Thursday night, waa so much better Taes day morning that hla attending physician. Dr. Zenas Fearing, ex pressed the hope that be would be able to return to bis home In Cra dock. Va., either during the day of Wednesday. The youth has virtually re gained hla normal faculties, ac cording to Dr. rearing, and Is, well stong the road to recovery. MAKING GOOD TIME SWIMMING CHANNEL Cspe Grlanes. France. Aug. 4. ? Mile Jane Slon waa sis miles out from Cape Crlanes two hour* and forty mlautea after she began the attempt to swim the Englitih channel today. She appeared to be swimming strongly. TELLS AL SMITH NOT TO BOOST MEMORIAL Ualontown. Pa., Aa|. 4f ? L. P. Aruabiri. national commander la EkW at It* Oraad Army of Ika RapnMlr. today talafraphftd OoTarnor A I Hralth of N?w Tort prolaatlai agalnat tka tovarnor taking aajr part la 'tka 4rlra to promota Intaraat la tka Stosa Mountain Manorial. Lights Cigaret? Pouf! T Om elcoitt. pdct. SSSO.#<X>! Twenty thrr* tank cars went off the trnrk of the Midland Valley railroad at Haakrll. okla. Someone lighted a clgarct. dropped the matd^ ind look what happened. BETTER ROADS IN CURRITUCK Rapid Progrew living Made ill Ruilding r.ninly Road Synlrin ? Currituck. Aus. With H. M. Mansfield In charge of nil couuty road construction. Currituck la ' making rapid pmsn hh In building up Its county roa<i system. One project that r^nnlr^d conslderabt* engineering skill Ik n road from Bella Island to the State Highway. This road puts i-xldenta o( ; Bolls Island within a If. mlnutea' automobile rldo from the Currf* I tuck poatofTlcc. Before this road > was built they had to make their trlpa to the mainland by bolt , which was about a 40 mlnuleeM trip when the sound wax peaceful. This road cost approximately | 910.000 ail told. With the addi tion of a little surfac material l| will be In excellent condition, if Is about three miles long and Inl tersects the State Highway about! a mile and a half from the court'l house. ,4,.. ? Another .road from tColnieek. to. Chuffhoa inland &a*,eac?nU)Mpee* < comql*tcdLuj4 U JnutxoeUer* ??u? i dltlofi.' "CM jr.. who tan ' been Over th ? old road ran fully appreciate the new one." a Currl tucklan remarked Monday. "There are enough feeder road* In Currituck County to rearli tt?' Raleigh," Engineer Mansfield d - ' clared Monday. Currituck Conn-, ty'a road machinery Is valued at $25,000. Co'OfM*r*iinp' with the State crew ihe covet? '*oad' hulld ers an* working to .-fibre Currituck ; good roads throughout the dwrnty. SEEK GET SCOPES IN FEDERAL COURTS Chattanooga. Aug. 4. ? A sec ond attempt to remove the Scopes evolution cat*** to the Federal courta was launched here today when Dr. John R. Neal. chief counsel for the defense, filed a pe tition with the clerk of the Circuit Court seeking to restrain state au thorities from further prosecution of the caae. RULGARIA THIS YEAR MUST IMPORT SUGAR Sofia. Aug. 4. ? Due to a small er harvest of beets. Bulgaria's sugar crop la expected to fall far short of that of last year, when the country had sugar to export. The reason Is said to be due part ly to the refuaal of the factories to furnish beet seed to the peas ante. Last year there waa auch s bumper crop of beets and so much sugar manufactured that the price dropped. The manufactur ers are said to have guarded against a similar situation thin year with the result that many beet raliera withheld the seed from the farmers. Thua the beet acreage waa greatly reduced and It la predicted that Bulgaria will I be obliged to Import augar from Clechofllovakla. It 4LEICH IS HIT RY SEVERE STORM AT EARLY M lf .\ lti? l?*f iclt, Aug. I. ? l?nwn to il** fouml Raleigh In the Kt'l|? Of a utonit IhMt Iw1kIp<I lr?n like ntrnWN and HmttrriMl their hMurhm *rnnw the Blrtflu of the capital city. Thr wln<l reached a velocity ??f II) nitlm nn hour, within wvrn of (he maximum M re r?nlfd January I, 19'iii. Sn far no phynlral tajurlea have been reported. CAREFUL BUYER FOK STATE INSTITUTION Orpnnvlllc, August 4. J. B. I Kpllman. purrtiHMlnK agent and treasurer of the East Carolina Teachers College, a 8tate Instltu tion. ban a laboratory In which he makes qualitative and quan titative tests and comparisons In practically all foods he buys for the college. Although ho bears a college degroe. he Is still a atu-t dent. He docs research work In, "human nature" also, and In bus iness methods, business skill and business ia geaeral. Mr. Spltman makes a very close , correlation. for Instance. between whst a firm puts In a can or pack- J age and on It. He says practically j Mill companies give proper weights &n<l measures and that tho dlffer einr Hen in the quality of the' goods. "Even stationery," he says "Is fair Index to what you' may expect. He doesn't put "all his ens* In. on* basket," maintain ing! that ? way to' get the best servlc?i is tn makn each purchase an independent transaction. BOY IS KILLED IN - OVERLOADED COUPE Oxford, Aug. 4. -While riding' on the running board of a small I coupe carrying seven other per sons. Edward Hudglns White. j aged 9, of Keldsvllle. wax killed when the car turned ovor two' mllea from Oxford. Klonnle Hud glns, aged 16, a cousin of tho dead, boy, was driving the car. TOOK OVERDOSE OF SLEEPING MEDICINE Salisbury, Aug. 4. ? C. C. Cran- 1 ford, aged 32, former motormsn on the street railway here, died in a room of a local hotel bore this morning due to an overdone of hy- I pobrontlc compound. An empty j vial of the sleep producer was found in his room. KEKK REINSTATED Chicago. Aug. 4. ? Dick Kerr, former White 8ox pitcher and he ro of the World Herles for 1919. today was reinstated In orgsnls<*d baseball by Comil? lOBf Ijindls. MOIIK AUTO* IN 8TATK Raleigh, Aug. 4. ? Automobile licenses Issued this year exceed the number Issued during the name period, last year by 33.1 66, says Commissioner It. A. Dough ton. Fi rst A t tempt At Ba ndi try Was Enough for Josephine By O. I, HCOTT (OwrtaM im %r T** AAwmi) Chicago. Auk 4.? What part suggestion play* In landing b?lng demonstrated hare tm tell 1 Ing faahlon. Each time. ttawevrr. tha outcome of the fling h y the uninitiated Into crime has sndd In a direct bump against law. ( Police who've been wondering what csosed the andden flair of young glrla for taxlcab robberies were told today by the lateat of these bobbed haired bandits, and the learned again that suggestion of newspapers storlea was behind her nor*. i The girl, pretty Josephine Kest Ing 17, a stenographer out of work and desperately In need of money, took her fling at the hold up gama. "I had read of others girls hold lag up people and getting nonn that way. and decided It was th? best way for me to help my self she sobbed oat to the police after her failure. Josephine had procured a big }r calibre revolver, hid It la her han<l hag. and hailed a taileab As ? dosen others of this amateur ban dlt claaa had doae she dfr*cte<i the driver to take her fo i desert ad address and then gun In hsn<i had requested money. Only JoKi-phirK-H nervr fsllrd | her. Her hand shook so unstead- I II jr that the rah driver grabbed the heavy gun and easily persuaded [ (he young girl to accompany him to the poll<-p station. "It wan the first Hme I ever | i rled any thing like that." she i pleaded later, "hut It sounded so |?-aajr when I read of others girls I doing It. They managed to get the mono v they needed, but It looks aa thought I wasn't cut out for that kind of business." Ofrl tail bandits hare sprung up all over the city In recent waaka. Horn* have been most dar ing. taking rabn and all from the drivers. while other* have lost ihelr nerve and gone to the police nation. Merely th* suggest Ion given thaae young women by reading of ' He attempt- of others appears to Mav? given th?m the urge to Mter 'he dangeron hold-up work. That ?as the plain' today of youthful loeephlna K? xting, who says that *11 all* wan'- Is a chaace to do lonaat work ? ow that she has aeen he dlfftealti - of the bandit busl POLICE COURT DROPS BACK TO USUAL ROUTINE Ordinary Run of Week End Drunk*, Affray* and J <JW? Disorderly Conduct i Monday and Tuc?day KNIFE AND GUN STAR | 1 ,011 nil- Hcrk?lull W h <? Took on Two Iridic* ol j Color al Depot Provide!* i Biggest Sensation Pasquotank recorder's court ] seems to have slipped quietly back j Into Its normal routine this week. ? both Monday's and Tuosday's ses sion having provided about the j usual run of weekend drunk and , disorderly conduct cases. Lonnle Heckstall. an old offend- j er, provided the most sensational I case heard Tuesday. With a pen chant for getting Into trouble at best, he added to his liabilities In that direction Sunday night by imbibing more bootleg liquor than he could well carry and pocketing a "switch-bladed" knife. Thus equipped he escorted a "glfl friend" to the Norfolk Southern passenger station. There one Eunice Holly took his eye and when she found his attentions too ardent for his liking he uncorked his knife, grabbed her throat and appeared to be about to stab her with the woapon. Then It was that Estelle Taylor : flew to the rescue, and Lonnle | turned his attentions to her. In flict Inc h wound with his knife In her left arm when she sought to ' ward off the blow aimed at Eun- ? Ice. There was a considerable , mlxup. It Beems, but the combat- j ants were at last parted without further serious damage. Lonnle J was given a three months' sen- i tence on the roads In each case. ' Appeal bond In the sum of $250 i in each case was required when . the defendant intimated that he ! would like to carry his ease to a ( higher court. Mary Bunch, colored, was do- : fendant In a case Involving the j pointing of a pistol and threaten- i Ing to shoot one Klney Reed. Mary passed a neighbor's house, and, I overhearing some conversation In- | volvLng herself, showed resent ment. Thereupon Klney Refd, *"?" I sponded rather hotly ami a.wgr of | words led to a threat of open. vio lence. Feeling herself no match for her heavier and younger ene my Mary went homo and got a pistol, which she expressed a com plete willingness to use. It was then that Klney was persuaded to execute an orderly retreat; but, smarting under her defeat, she j had Mary In court Tuesday on a charge of assault with deadly | weapon. The defendant was let off. In view of the fact that she j seemed to have acted under some ? provocation and did not appear I desirous of doing more than frigh tening her enemy off. with a fine ; of * 10 and costs. In the case of Ernest White, ' for whom warrant was Issued on | a charge of rf^proprlatlng certain ' property that did nfc? belong. to j him. prayer fttr Judgment was. c6n- ; tinned for tw6 years on payment of costs, the prosecuting attorney : representing that complete rtatl- , t ii t Ion had been made by the do- j fondant. CAPTAIN SPIKES GETS HIMSELF $10 RAISE; The morning session of the reg uar meeting of the Pasquotank i Highway Commission Tuesday j was Interrupted by the speech of Commissioner of Agriculture Ora- I ham. which the commission took < a recess to hear, and only matters of munor interest were disposed of. Sealed bids were received for the position of keeper of the c.narles Creek drawbridge, and the Job went to the Incumbent. Captain Peter Spires, at a salary of |3f> a month, this being the lowest figure at which any one was willing to undertake thb work. The Commission voted that Captain Spires be employed on a monthly basis, so that If a way con id be found to get the bridge taken care of at a lower figure the Commission eould take advantage of it without undue delay. A committee was sppolnted to Investigate the sdvlnablliry of closlnit and abandoning th<> old road by wgjr of the five brldgcM from Pasquotank station to Parks ville. the board being disposed to the opinion thst there Is no furth er nerd of this road since the ex tension of the Mt. Herrnon road to a paved rond In Perquimans. The ' orom Union voted definite ly to sbandon snd close the old road from Jarvls Temple's place to the Vewlnnd road, giving Mrs. j i> n * t ha wa y full title thsrto. In ronsldMMIon the granting of a rlnht of wgjr for the new road. Ml. I. ED WITH SHOTGUN High Point. Aug 4. ? Doyus. K'-rsey, aged I*, shot and killed himself with a shotgun enrly today i at his hoiM two miles east of here. nOTltl* MAftMtVT New York, Aug. 4 .--Spot cot ton closed nulst. middling 24 40. a decline of SI points. Futures, Closing bid: Oet 23 8?. Dec SS.9S Jan. Wrh *$. 49, Ms v Currituck Ready to Fight Suit Against Game Board Under Way In Charlotte TAMMANY IS j IN SAD PLIGHT WITHOUT BOSS No One lo Say Yon or No With .Enough Authority to <-arry the Necessary Weight TIGER IS SCAKEl) I)i?ei< Not Worry Over State | and National Polities hut| Over Losing Power in the ! Metropolis District lly KOllKItT T. MM A I.I. ( C? im tor TIM Nrw York. Auk. 4.-r-The pollt- J leal conflict which Is stirring the, greater city at the moment Is not1 so much concerned with the pollt- 1 leal ambitions and fate of any one j man, but has resolved Itself Into* the question aa to whether or not; Tammany can rule New York; without a big boss." There Is admitted chaos In the city Democratic ranks and there Is no one at the Tammany wig wam in Fourteenth street who can say yes or no and have the dic tum carry the neceaaary weight. Hence there Is pulling and haul ing first one way and then anoth er. until In the language of a one time famous statesman, no ono appears to know where he Is at. j Tammany Is without a boss. It has a quintet of borough leaders,} but when it comes to bossing a big i political job, five leaders are as udruly aa twenty. Tammany has functioned in the past with one, strong hand at the wheel. That ' hand la not thare today. Richard Croker was the strong1 hand of his day. Than camei Charlie Murphy, the silent boss., [Murphy wasn't so strong to be-' gin with and many thought, that.! twtfh Crokqr's death Tsmmany's (fays were numbered. Rut Murhpy and hla silent methods soon dissi pated all such Ideas and the time quickly came when a nod from' his wise head meant political life or death in the big city. Murphy didn't always have hla way, eith er. but he knew when and how to compromise and be made every compromise look to the faithful like a great Tammany victory. Rut Ross Murphy haa gone and no one has arisen to fill his shoes. Governor Al 8mlth could have done so. he could have been the big white chief at the wigwam;! his word would have been law. Rut the governor sidestepped the Job. He wanted to remain on at Albany for a apell and then per ils ps to go to Washington as Sen ator. Al Smith never In his own 1 mind and heart has cherished the Idea that he could be nominated! for the Presidency or elected to that office. A great many people said that' even If "Al" did decline the nom inal leadership of Tammany Hall he would be the real power behind the throne. The opponenta of Tammany are trying to place the blame for the present situation In respect of the mayoralty at the' governor's door. Rut to be a po litical boss Is one thing, and to be an aspirant for office Is quite something else again. The gover nor haa found that the two do not go hand In hand, so to speak, and h*> has tried to keep hla skirts as{ clear as possible of the Imbroglio, which Is threatening Tammany's right to rule. Judge (Jeorge W. Olvany Is nominally the ruler of Tammany Hall. He la the succeaaor, but not; the logical aucceaaor of Boas Murphy The Judge la a splendid type of cltlsen and centalnly haa added poise and dignity ? one might almost say cluae ? to the wigwam; but he la a Judge by dla-t position and temperament; he is, not the hard-flated fighter that( Tammany needs. He does not crAck the whip, nor does he act* aa If he owned a whip. The Judge I believes in conferencee; there Is a report that he even bellevee In prl marlee. Primarlee are all right In an organisation like Tammany, provided the word la paaaed down the line In advance aa to how the ballots are to be marked. Rut an| "open" primary Is something to make both Croker and Murphy do flip-flops In their mouldy graves;! So Tammany for the flret time In more than SO yeara la going In-! to a Mayoralty election without a! big boee and the floundering that! la everywhere apparent tells how' aurely the big chiefs of the peat1 are oilseed Tammany got by the state and Presidential elections laat year In pretty good shape. Tammany doeen't much care who Is preeldent. Al 8mlth led his own foress to victory In ths state. Rut todsy Tsmmsny faces a campaign which meana more to It than all the atate and national affairs Can Tammany continue to reign aupreme In the elty The city la Continued from page 4 Western Sportninen Seek i'Mt lo Defeat What They Seem lo Be Fighting For, People Think BATTLE ROYAL MH>MS Salaries of gl.OOO for Warden and 8 1,500 for Awn'Mant Are Regarded A? Unjustifiable urrltuck. Auf. 4. ? Currituck I County folk* In general and members of the county highway and game romm IbbIoqb In particu lar have taken off their roata and rolled up tholr sleeves to fight the ? ult brought against the game commissioners of Currituck Conn, jy by Dr. A. Wyllo Moore of Char lotte and other Piedmont North t.arollna sportsmen. This suit came In for a major portion of the discussion around the courthouse Monday where quite a crowd gathered who wen* Interested In various county board n,! /."A" """-i aro held on Monday of cach month. The general opinion onions CurrllucklmiH rnima tn ho th|lt theae wriiirrn North Carolina aportamen aro working to defeat the i very Ihlnc they .com to be fighting for? lo aayo the Rtate'a nme. . . Tl1" Charlotte dlapatcb In The Advance," Itepreaentatlve B R "fid Monday. "Intlmeled that Currituck County had contlo afi!r !?cked lhe p?a?a*e of a atale-wldc game law. If ih|a la ?o the real of the State ahould pay homago to Currituck County for defeating a law that would have completely wiped out Currituck County'* name. , , "Why. according lo the prpvl uloae of thla hill, any Nprth C??. Ilnlana for the paltry aum of 13.25, would be privileged to son '85? I"*11 during one aea Charge la Kefuted Tho charg. la made that northern sportsmen make the ?aao lawa of Currltuok , County. Of course people here lenow that some of thom rought the' law is lit now stands. I was told, how "?r' l!' ??e who fought lhe prea ent bill that ho waa glad It had passed. Another feature of the State wide game bill that was proposed which the folks here think groaa ly Impractical Is the provision for a aalary of 14.000 for a State (lame Warden who would have a assistant employed at $1,600 and I these two officers would be as sisted by counly wardens through out the State. of'2S.?? bMt, th?l '?' ? bunch or political appointments?" asked Dudley Ragley of Moyock. Talk centered yesterday around v.* ,?lne hl" bocauae It la Im plied that lhe ault la filed with a purpoae to make poaalble the paaa age of a Statewide game bill at the next aeaalon of the Leglala ( ture. rormer Sheriff R. i,. c.rlgga rloea not believe that the peoDla of the State at large would wel come the victory on the part of Ihoee who are riling the ault. Ha pases his opinion on the number J of representatives from Western | counties who fought with Cnrrl tuck to defpat the bill when It waa | before the House. Have Faith In Lawyers Generally speaking, the people here are confident that the coun sel employed by the game comnila I !K r?"' of ">e ?"tu? >tlon. Bhrlnghaua and Hall have "?en employed and to uae tha *^.rd* ?' ?"e Currltucklan .?!!?. Zr. rton" forgot mora , about thla game bualneaa than any of theae Charlotte blrda ever will know.' Membera of the Currituck gam* commlaalon are: R p Mldgatl. of Uilnjock. chairman. R, L. Qrlgga of Harbinger. II II Ilr|| of Rhaw horo, Pierre Hampton of Water. '"d W. 8. Newborn of Pow ell a Point. Membera of lhe hl(k way commlaalon are R. L. cirlgga, W. II. Cowell, of Rhawhoro, and 0. w Ragley of Moyock. The highway body la Joining In tha fight with the game commlaalon and Indlratlona are that lhe entlra Counly la aolldly behind theae two county commissions. BODY OF BANt^HOFT ON WAY TO TOKIO imT2 ?? ? Tk. body of r?dgar A. Bancroft, ambassador to 1.P?n. who died In ?<??&? Ijf* w1k' wl" In Toklo Wednesday afternoon on a a se rial government car. It w||| ||? naiu'i'h M A?drewa cathedral Htatea departure for Hm United ? ?71U',..A mystery Matfoon, |||.t Aug. 4 -~Wh?th*r Mlaa Anna Hpallman. 41 year old i"**" ""tool principal owl "ilj S? utudenl, look her peraon or waa mar. kiizruz1" ?'