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RURAL CHILDREN TO RE ADMITTED IN CITY SCHOOLS Trustee# Suspend Earlier Ruling Shutting Out Pri mary ami (? r a in in u r Grade Pupil* EFFECTIVE ONE YEAR I Board Will Await the Out come of Election for (Uiu solidation of the Di?trieta Around the City Kukik'uhIoii for one year of an earlier ruling not to admit out of town pupils Into tho grades be low high achool In the Elizabeth City schools whh decided upon Tuesday night by the Hoard of Bchool Trustees after some dis cussion. It was feared that the previous ruling would work un due hardship upon many children not living in either the Weeksvllk or Newland high school districts. The change was made effective for a year to await the outcome of the election to be held Septem ber 1 with a view to consolidating, the smaller districts surround iug Elizabeth City into one large high school dlftrict. If the elec-i tion turns out favorably for the, consolidation, the School Trustees i believe the new high school can, be erected and made ready for occupancy by the beginning of the, school term of 1926-1927. The consolidation would com- j plete the organization of the: County's rural schools Into larger j high school districts, and would j assure every child in Pasquotank | an opportunity to obtain a high school education without leaving! home. Rather than work a hard-| ship on the children who would; be forced otherwise to attend j smaller schools this year, the School Trustees decided to admit ?them to the Elizabeth City schools this year, despite the congestion! which 1h expected to result. Tuition charges In the Eliza beth City schools will rsmaln at $4 a month for the full nine; months In tho primary and gram-| mar grades, and 110 a month for, three months In the high school the other six months' tastructkm, to be given high school pupils free of charge, in conformity with the Stat" law on the subject. Thlsl year, however, the tuition of the high school pupils will be collect- 1 ed during the three months at. the beginning of the term, instead; of for the last. three months as heretofore. ! Superintendent Sheep of the city schools, announces that he! has virtually completed his .facul ty for tho coming term, and will; jnake It public at an early date. SOFT COAL MINERS HAVE GRIEVANCES Atlantic City. An*. IS. ? United Mine Workers of America expect Oovernment Intervention, aiming to, avert or shorten the hard coal suspension September 1. to con sider their grievances in the soft coal Industry as well. It was tar nod today on reliable author *y.? A redress of wrongs growing qu/ .of what miners say Is whole sale wage cutting and repudia tion of the Jacksonville agree $i\at In bituminous territory has become virtually the union's price of peacft In the anthracite fields, Recording to this Information. STRIKE TALK ?BOOSTS Oil, HEATERS '81. Paul, Auk. 12. ? Sales of oil heaters foT furnaces are unus ually good here. This has been caused by low anthracite supplies and talk of a strike. BANK DEFAULTER CAUGHT AT LAST Ix)* Angeles, Aug .IS. ? Joseph Ward, snld to be wanted in West Vlrg'aln on charge embezzling " tH fee hundred thousand dollars In funds from Bank of Benwood. has been arrested here. Police detectives who took him In custody "said that he at first denied his identity. but later broko down and admitted that he was the man sought. WORKERS WOUNDED IN LEGS WHEN FIRED ON Tientsin. China. Aug. 12. ? Chi nee# police and military police were compelled to fire on striking *nMl workers today when the workers staged demonstration. Bight of the strikers were wound ed. most in the legs RKVIVAL AT NKWBWJl V Revival services will begin at Newhogun Church Thursday with services at S and ft o'clock Den ver Rhnrkelford of Preemont. who has been singing at the revival services at Union and Hall's Creek Churches. will have charge of the kinging at Newbegun. Revival services at flail"* Creek came to a close Wednesday with all day ?ervlces and dinner on the grounds RIVAL GANGS OF IS. Y. UNDERWORLD ARMING FOR WAR K?w York, Aug. 12. ? Rival gangn In New York'* under world are arming for war. News of the impending (row ble la contained In a confiden tial order today to the Infec tive DIvInIoii of the police force. BETTER SERVICE ON GAS ASSURED Company Initialling (iover nors ill Dintrict South of Church Strwl Installation of Individual gov ernors in homes Mouth of Cliurcu 'street which are supplied with gag was begun this week by the l*a* Company, and will l>e completed j lu about teu days, barring unex pected delay. It was aunounced Wednesday by J. T. Stalling*, j manager of the local plant of the ? company. Mr. Stalllnga declares : this Installation will result lu ma ! terlal improvement In the service given by the company, not only | lu the district In which the gov ernors are being Installed, but iu the rest of the city as well. The Improvement Is being ef fected at a considerable cost. Mr. Stalling* says, explaining that the governors have been tried out thoroughly by his company in oth er cities, and have been found to i come up to specifications. These i governors, he explains, give a constant equal pressure at the gas i burners, aud, being automatically controlled, keep the gas from "go I ing down" at peak hours when ga* | consumption la heaviest. | Through regulating the supply of gas to the section south of I Church street. Mr. Stallings de clares the gas service throughout the city will be Improved measur 1 ably, and housewives will be ablJ | to obtain gas in sufficient quan tity at all hours. He predicts that I hi* company ultimately will In stall the governors In all homes In the city using gas. Mr. Stalliugs announces also that S. B. Suggs, formerly with his company at their Rock Hill, South Carolina, office, has Joined the local organisation lu the ca jNtdiy of uiMuaa. aud will han dle all klnda of inatallations. Mr. Suggs is a native of Sallabury, and comes here highly fecommended. CURRITUCK POTATO DIGGING SLACKENS Powells Point, Aug. 12. ? Pota to digging In lower Currituck han slackened off somewhat In the la*t few days as a result of reduced 1 prices. This delay In digging is caused by a belief among the far I mera that the price will be up | next week and the yield will, of course, bei better. Some of the farmers are forming contracts i with potato buyers at $6 per bar rel. the potatoes to be dug be 1 tween the tenth and twentieth of t this month. The yield Is smaller than usual this year, but most of I the farmera are expecting to make 1 some money on potatoes. . The cotton crop Is short in Cur ; rituck this season, while the corn crop Is heavier than that of last yesr. Peanuts are beginning to j gain importance as a summer crop In lower Currituck snd It Is ex pected that many will be raised In thla section next year. The watermelon crop was fair ly heavy this year and some of j the finest melons seen In a long time were raised In the vicinity of ' Powells Point. MKS. (JI(WW)HY DKAD Waterllly, Aug. 12.? Mm. Elis abeth Oregory. wife of Pom Greg jory. of thin place, died at the home of her alater. Mra. W. T. Twlford. here laat Tuesday. Mra. Oregory had been III for aome time with typhoid fever, but waa thought to be on the road to recovery when the relapae rame. Mra. Gregory ! had only been married a year. , She la aurvived by one alater. Mra. W. T. Twlford; h#?r huaband, Pom i Oregory, and by three brothera, Theodore. Headon and Ganophlne . Beals, all of Duck. North Carolina. Mra. Oregory wan a daughter of tha late Paul Beals. of the Ufa i saving aervlcc. She waa loved by jail who knew her. ' FIRK IN BLFFOLK T1KHDAY DKHTKOYH WARKHOl'HI Buffolk, Aug. 12- Spontaneoui rombuation la believed to hav< . been raaponalble for the fire Tuea day morning at S o'clock whlct completely deatroyed a amal warehouae which In part of th< plant of the Hpffolk Oil Company It cauaed the building to becomi a maaa of flamea by the time th< fireman under Chief ApplewhlU arrived and tamed two atraama oi water. The loaa haa aot been ad Juated. The building which la partly ol galvlnlted Iron with aome frame '?olla|>?ed noon after the fire had apregd to all parta. FRUIT GROWERS ARE PROTESTING RATES j Merchantavllle. N. J . Aug. It ? i Peach and apple growera In t hla i atate are making vlgoroua protaat agalnat any Increaae la freight ratee on fralt PEARTREE ROAL STILL WORRYING HIGHWAY BOARL Pasquotank Commiiisioi May Go Back tu Origiim Decision in Favor of th? Direct Koute J THREE DISSATISFIED Another Hearing on ^uen i lion Looms as Early Po? > nihility; Lineup May hi | Changed Soon Possibility of a re-opening ol the disputed Issue as to the rout I it k of Peartree Road, soou to b* ] hardBurfaced uuder the Couuty': "feeder road" program, wait ad vauced Wednesday by H. F. Sam pie, member of the# Pasquotank Highway Commission*, who strong ly disapproves the routing decided | upon by the commission last Sat | urday. In which the body reversed 1 Its original decision as to the rout ; lng of the road. Aligned with Mr. Sample lu op posing the preaent routing arc Commissioner Henry Meads an'l ; Chairman S. (i. Scott. The road if run according to present pland I will have a double curve permit ting It to pass directly by tlu farms of C. E.. and T. L. Over man. and running thence to wlthlr ! 800 feet of Blount's Fork, Instead of following approximately a dl i rect course across the farm ol Khrlnghaus * Small to a point some 1,400 feet from Dlount'c Fork, as wan agreed upon origin 1 ally. Mr. Sample contends that tlu interests of a large majority ol those using the road would Ik served better by following the di rect route originally decided up on; .and that a saving of approxi mately 9800 would be effected al | so. He points out that under the re-routing, a substantial deviation from the course of the old road it necessary In order to take care ol the two curves required to pass j the Oyer own farms, and says thl? | will, work ? decided hardship up on at leaat five owners of farmi between Perkins Lane and the point where tbe first curve begins In other words, Mr. Sample ar gues that five property owoeri along Peartree Road sra?to be In I convenlenced In order that tlu | paved road may pass the two Ov '.email, ^farms. He believes thai Comoilppiouer J- N. WUllams can be woo over to his way of think lng when he understands the sit uation thoroughly. Mr. William!' voted for the new route, along with Commissioner Walter Perry, after both had voted on June 27 for the direct route. Should either Mr. Williams ot Mr. Perry be won back to the orig inal route, Mr. Sample explains, the majority In favor of the new route would be broken. The vot* for It at the meeting August 1 was four In favor of, and two against the change. Should either Mr. Williams or Mr. Perry "swap over." the vote would be three three. In such an eventuality, tlu chairman. Mr. Scott, would bieak the tie. Mr. Scott has expressed himself n strongly In favor of ad hering to the original routing. Commissioners Leary and Perry are the only members of the board who have stood steadfastly against the direct route. Commlsslonet Meads voted with them when the routing first came up. but latei changed over to the other side Commissioners Williams and I Lane, on the other hand, voted agalnat them at the start, but sub sequently were won over to theli side. Commissioner Lesry owns * farm on the road to Nlxontor about a mile beyond Blount'i Fork. * He declares, however, thai his stand for the paving of ihf road past the Overmsn farms to a point nesr the fork Is prompted only by s desire to adhere to- tlu terms of the act under which th< bond Issue for the "feeder road* program was authorised. I IN ARGUMENT STAGE I Raleigh. Aug. 11.? The case ol State against four Raleigh lc< dealer* charging combination Ir restraint of trade continued todaj I with prospects that It would reach | the argument stage thin after noon. SEEK OEMENCY | Waahlngton. Aug. 12.- -One ol 'the moat Imposing campaigns I er undertaken to secure clemencj i for Federal prlaonera wai launched here today on behalf ol i Warren T. McCi >ry, former gover t nor of Indiana. oorroa makknt New York. Aug. 12. ? Spot cot ton rloaed quiet, middling 2 4 . 2 f>, an advance of 20 polnte. Futures i cloalng hid: Oct. 2 2 72. Dec 22 ?7. Jan 22. SO. Marrh 22 10 May 24 01. July 22 ?0. New York. Aug. II. ? Cotton faturea opened today at the fol lowing lerela: Oct. 22.50. Dec 22.76. Jan 22.12. March 22 ftl May 11.21. I Mr. and Mrs. 0 M Wllllami 'and son. Oeorge, have returned from a rlslt to Norfolk ' Colored Rip Van Winkle i Lands In* Toils Of Law H<- looked like Rip Van Winkle, this nondescript colored Individual whom Police Offlrer RuUKhMU 1 brought before the bur while re , corder's court was in session her*' Wednesday morning, except that he lacked Rip's flowing whiaker< and lie obviouHly was not of ad vanced age. UIm clothing was in ! rags and tatters. When he sat i down, both knees gaped starkly ? out through rents In the ragged t' overalls which he wort-. He walked with a decided limp, .supporting ? himself with a staff. Questioned by County > Sawyer, this strange wayfarer , gave his name aa liubie MlllCT? and said his home was at fall. 1'erqulmana County. H* ?? i i plained his tatters by declaring i i that bloodhounds had been chae* ing him through the woods slnei Monday. He didn't know wkf they were after htm, lie said, add ing that there were nen with the hounds, and he took to the wood* j to avoid them. He admitted that , he had been accused of being crazy, but coutended he waan't ? POU EXPLAINS HE MADE ERROR 1 Superintendent I'rixon Rc j lieves Aiwieialed Prcw of Responsibility Raleigh. Aug. IS 1" ? ' ment Issued her.-. .ieorge Rom Ipou. superintendent of the Stnte a | Prison. said that he had made ?n error In Issutug a statement to j The Associated Press lust Thurs day In which ? ??" Klld "l*' dUr"l jlnis his administration -prisoners | have b?en given colte.-. sugar and > smoking tobacco, which they did not have In any previous admin istration." In his statement Juat issued. Mr. Pou admitted that cof fee had been furnlahed prisoners under superintendents who pre ceded him and said be made the ; correction "dealrtag the public to have only the actual facts ??? "In Justice to former superlnteud e"jlr pou's statement of Thursday, he -Id. ?.? a newspaper man. He relieve 1 ThH'AlclUHd Press of any re spoi.slblllty for the errors when he added: -The Associated tress I representative did not write the I "'^"lowing publication of the '.article last week. J- K. Collle. for^ mer superlntendenl of the Stat. i*i s. J. Busbee. former wor lds? Mrs. T. P. Sale, wld0" ol " 1 former warden, and Frank Oougb. of I,umberton. and A. B. \ ol Mount Airy, former directors of ?ie institution. <--ued aU^eme ,; In which they declared 8UPJ"" I tendent Pou waa ln#m?' *JU )rlll. I ,,.rj to what waa furnlahed pria oners during previous admlnlstra- [ .ions. These statements menWmed -coffee." "Huuar ?nd ^rls-. oh having been given to the pria 1 oners In prevloua .dmlnl.tr.. !?" Mr Pou's statement In regard t a,ls. lMU.d after P?bllo..lo., "t statement, from former ofllcljl'. j irfld not mention "sugar .J1** .1 i bacco," though the superlntenU.-n j stated informally that he ??' | "making Investigation of P""l ?r.. counts with reference to sugar 1 helnK furnished prisoners. | I The teJt of Mr. Pou'. ?? '?'?; | j relating to his former atatem.nl j i ""Th'e atatement recently to The Associated ^ stated among other things I coffee was furnished prisoners for theflrsttlme during my t ration. Thla statement WM l.re | SSltLw KS5.S hiTf'or matlon from me I did not go ' er the slgtement carefully wn Sirforr#sr.,j;:^ only the actual fact, I make ?hl?| correction In Justice to former su perlntendents Thl. . error .??, I discovered by me Sunday. | ?The Associated Pre., re,. p - sentatlve did not write the arthi | 'for me." Buy Dairy Feetl ?>n (U?-oprralive I la" Oaatonl*. A^?~i? ? Over Ion. of dairy teed were ordered cooperatively by the Oneton Conn iy farmer, .s the jment. reports County Agent - ^'Ta'the drouih I. eutttng th? milk production to a ??rlou* tent some beet pulp. npple l'"'P and Unseed meal wm ?ed In the order In the *0P? of up the production," a?ld Mr A" man. B4?1)Y 18 FOHNI? l^motte. Wii . Aug. 1*- A bo dy believed to be th?* A,l?" | riewson of Ml. Ne? Y?r* f .found In a dltcb ? brhl? ? ! the farm of Oeorge Myers near 'hat he only hail a "traveling ! iiiiuti." Officer Houghton told I ho com*. Ih.il when h?' approached Die ne gro. tlit* latter ran and Anally took refuse In an old boiler, squirming in so far that Houghton had to I'okt* bin: with a stick to get him *?ut Th? officer aa Id the negro told Mm he alept In a heuhous ? Tuesday night. Judge Sawyer held him for Sheriff Whit Wright, of I'erqultnaun Kloyd Sawyer, white youth ; ! charged with attempted larceny. | was given tit) days tin the roads. ? I Ht- was charged with trying to. [Steal a quantity of gasoline from | a tank at the Coast Oil Company'* : plant at the foot of Matthews' ! Street. Police still are Ht ekllle' Oils Sawyer, another while youth I whom they charge with parllcl- ? 'pal Ion In the alleged robbery at-! telilpt. I The defendant was placed uiider , a $:?uo bond for hlo appearand* . ai tne next term of Superior i Court. < Deputy Seymour Destroys Still Four Hundred Gallons Math Fed to Fiehea After Boot let* 24 Hour Vigil Caiudfi), Auk. 12.?* Deputy Sheriff H. S. Seymour, Special Deputy J. D. Barnaul and Curtis Tar klngton, after a fruitless 24 hour vigil in the Pasquotank Riv er Hwamp, destroyed a ?f?*gallon ut ill and 4UU gallons of mash yes terday morning. The tit it I wan in the swamp Just back of the. lands of I). N. Bray and Abner Hughes. "We had no food nor water," says Deputy Sheriff Seymour, "and the mosquitoes were after us in full force, ho, after having watched all day Monday and all night Tuesday In the hope ?f getting th? operator of the plant, we had to give up our watch. Fearing that our tracks would he discovered laud lead the owners to move the j plant we thought we had better 'destroy It." .Live maggots and dead blow flies abounded In the mash, ac cording to Mr. Seymour, and liter ? was no pump or otlwr water .sup ply except a stagnant frog pond In which the frogs and other deni zens held IiIkIi carnival all through his long night of watch ing "If folks who drink blind tiger liquor could have seen that mash anil that frog pond." says Mr. Sey mour, "1 don't think they need any other cure for the liquor habit." Mr. Seymour also says that he has a number of other stills spot ted, and that he hopes Ills next nlfcht's vigil will result in the cap ture of the operator as well as th? ?till. FEDERATION LABOR ELECTS OFFICERS Winston Salem. Aug. 12. Practicality all the present offi cers were reelected for another term by the North Carolina 8tate Federation of I?ahor In the final aeaalon here today. Results of the election follow: C P. Rarrlnger of Salisbury, president; O. C. Worley of Ashevllle. serretary tieaaurer; C. W. Jones of Monres vllle. chaplain: J. L. Shaver of Salisbury, aeargeant-at-arms ; and vice presidents. It. W. Morton of Charlotte. K. D. Cruoch of Win ston Salem, J. T. Robertson ol Mooresvllle. Marcus P. Sauls ol Durham. A. W. Allen of Wilming ton, R. D. Appel of Qreenaboro, and O. P. Whltaker of Ashevllle. SEE IMPROVEMENT TEXTILE INDUSTRY Boston, Aug. 12. ? Announce ment of the declaration of an ex tra dividend of AO cents a shar? by the Soule MUls of New Bed ford, together with the declara tlon of a dividend by the Cabol Manufacturing Company, the first to be paid since dividends were omitted in 1924 are regarded a> external Indications of Improve ment In the textile Industry here HEADS ODD FELLOWS Charlotte, Aug 12. ? C. P Burchette of Winston Salem wai elected Grand Patriarch of tin Orand Encampment ot the Nortl Carolina Independent Order ol Odd Fellows today In the Hll session of the seventy eighth meet 1*1. "HO THIS IM MAItltlAOK" HIIOWH OLD Jttlll'MALKM A glimpse of the Jerusalem of King David s time is afforded in "So This Is Marriage," liobarj Henley > second production foi Metro- Ooldwyn. which Is comln to the Alkraina Theater Thurada While the story concerns the < perlments of a modem jronn couple, an Interlude In natural color photography Is used to illu trate the Bible story of how Bath-Ahcb.i. betrayed her hii hand through dealre for David M4 of the punishment CLUB BUILDING HALF FINISHED BEADY BY OCT.l Structure Already Heart Semblance of lieuuly It VI ill lluve W hen It It. Keudv for Occupancy WORK (;oiN<; AIIKAI) Builders 1'utliug Kininliiaijc Pouches on |{oof; Temiii* (-ourt* null (iolf Course Beius "Seasoned" Construction of the Klizabeth Clly Country Club buildluK Is pro gressing rapidly. The Work of putting on Jl li?* roof wan being finished today, and the structure already has assumed something ?r the look of the finished build ing. The weutherboardlng still remains to be put on. and all th?* inside finishing Is at 111 ahead of the builders, who declared the job is about half done now. The clubhouse will be completed and ready for use about October I, according to present Indications. Meanwhile, the tennis courts and the nine hole golf course on (lie club's 200 acre tract are un dergoing a seasoulng process. Much filling In was required for both, the tennlH court h alone cost ing several thouHund dollars, ow ing to the large quautlty of clay and Hand that had to be uaed to rultte them to a satisfactory level. Workmen under the direction of A. g. Hell, aupervlnor of grounds, are dally engaged lu spraying. mowing and otherwise looking after the golf course. By autumn this Is expected to be one of the finest courses anywhere In the United States. It was laid off by Joseph P. Kuapp. million aire publisher and sportsman, and owing to the sandy character of the soil, will be one of the few courses in the country on which golf may be played throughout the year. The country Club building now in process of construction! Is ? large structure of Dutch Colonial type, with wide screened porches ??n three sides, two of which over look Pasquotank River. The building la at the top of a con siderable hill, adding measurably to the beauty of Its location It Is surrmirtded ? by rnit4ve"'iiftfc0^ tree*, ?Ml Ms ronvettWntiy'^btM* IbftV 'to t ft* "golf course, tM? ten nis courts, and the pier which gives access to the club properly from tho river. Tho club directors plan later on to conatruct a more pretenti ous pier than the one at present on the property, which Is decid edly ?i make-shift affair, This new pier will be built In the gen eral form of a basin, or lagoon, providing secure harborage for yuchts and a sheltered place, per liaps, for conservative swimmers. The resident membership of the Klizahoth City Country Club lit restricted to 200 persons, each of whom owns a $100 share of stock In the enterprise. In ad dition. the property is bonded to the extent of approximately |26. 000, making Abe Entire Invest ment In the property close to S60.000. I?l{. VYK TO SPEAK TO (X>NGRECA'nON Dr. H. K. V ye of Providence, Rhode Inland, will npeak ut the Flrnt Mnpti.it Church tonlKht nl eight o'clock, and the public In cordially Invited to hear him. The Flmt Methodintn have call ' eil In their regular prayer nervlce at their own church In order that i hey may not mlnn thin opportun ity to hear Dr. Vye at the Flrai Rapt Int. Dr. Vye In a friend of Dr. H. H Templenian, pantor of the church, and toippllad h Ih pulpit lant Sun i day. Tonight offern an ununual opportunity to hear a good Hpeakcr and an earnent preacher. PACE TO AIIDKESS STATE ENGINEERS Ailievllle, Aug. 12. ? -Addrenn en by Frank Page, chairman oi I he North Carolina Highway Com 1 mlHHlon and A. J Hrounneau ol New York were ncheduled to h? delivered today liefore the Htat? Heel Ion of the American Hoclet) of KnglnMf* and the American Hoclety of Mechanical Knglneert 1 meet ing here. A joint convention of the twe orKuiilzatlonn *111 complete work tiili afternoon with a final bun! iicmx meeting lo hear reports ol ' i onunitteen. SETS RE(i)Kl> IIICHE rot I EARLY COTTON \ mature cotton boll, fully open and with lorka almoet itwl? to tlrof* ?*it, wm brought to Advance Wfdi?*U) from the |>r. Mlmiet farm ofipn -Me I he Palrunniml, whkh la -rated b> K. C llell. Thla la the enrlleet, It. H. Ifmlng of the KHz* belli City Milling ConifMliy, wUun ?ln - ii er#, my* that he ever remem ber* i of ton to have opened In l'a?|iMrta?k County. SARKOtt l.y MISSES M r<> in: ith I>r. r. \V. Sawyer, who liven on the third Hour of (hi1 tiold mail Furniture Company huUtl* iiifC on Kaat Fearing atreet. narrowly eaeu|>ed being burned to ileatli early Tueaday night while | mi liit i tig the Inalde of a large metal tank In hi* living i)UarterM. I>r. Hawyer wan ualng a paint mixture which carried a con Hlilerable |>erceutage ? of gaao llne, and wan lualde the tank, which la about four feet high. He waa ualng a lighted laiup. Somehow, the lamp wan over turned. Inatantly the whole Interior of the tank burnt Into flame literally enveloping hlin. He managed to get out, and turned In an alarm of fire. When firemen arrived, the Itlaze had gone out of ItH own accord, the gaaoline evidently liavlng burned from the walln of the tank. There wan no damage. I>r. Hawyer eacaped with a nllght acorchlng. DRIVER PERMIT EXAMINATIONS STARTED HERE j All Elizabeth (lily Ke*i dciltn Who Operate Auto mobiles MuhI Obtain (lard* by Spptemln-r 1 FEE OF $1 CHARGED Car Ohiuth Will Ih* IhhikmI (lily Liceimett for 1925 1926 Without Addition al Charge Examination)* fur automobile (IrlvcrH* permits. dlrcrlfd by (ho i City Council the Arst of the I month, were begun today. They | art* being conducted at tin* office* ? of City Auditor Snowdeu. In the , Telephone Uuildiug, 5 South Hoad jalreet. a few doors from Main. Mr. Snowdeu states that an officer will | be on hand at all hour* of the : day to question applicants , laauance of cily automobile li censee for 1926-1926 will begin ! Tuesday. Mr. Snowdeu states. Theae muat be procured by Sep { t ember 1. All applicants for drlv i ers* permits who own cars will b?? Mjeued city licenses free of charge j upon payment of $1 for their per ! mit. Permlta will be Issued upon the I basis of an examination In which i i h ?? Individual examined must fur | iiIhIi satisfactory evidence that he knows how to operate a car, anil that he la familiar with the cllv I and State traffic regulation. A | fee of 91 will be charged. Per- j iik 1 1 n will not be leeued to person* j under 16 yearn of age. the State ; law not permitting any one below | j that age to drive a car. All who paaa the examination , for a drlver'a permit will be Issued I cards which will remain In effect Indefinitely unlet** revoked or huh pended for traffic or other vlola tlonH of the law. The new regu lation la expected to make motor ing safer In Kllxabeth City. Per sons operating automobiles with out drivera' permits after Septem- ] ! her 1 will be liable to arreat and prosecution. It la announced. The drivera' card* lasued here must be carried at all times by , the persons to whom laaued. NEW RATES OltDERKI) ON COAL SHIPMENTS Washington. Aug. 12. ? Rail roads aervlng West Virginia Smokelesa coal dlatrlcta were or dered by the Interatate Commerce Commission today to lay down u new basis of ratea which will al low movement of such coal to the consuming territory Including all of the New Kngland and the At-| lantlc aeaboard. One reduction In anthracltr ratea affecting North Caroltnu j pollita waa required. SAYS KNOWS NOT OF VANDEKBILT WEDDINi; New York. Aug. 12.? While It has been reported that Mias Con auelo Vanderbllt would marry Karl E T. Smith. Yale Unlveraity student, noon after the Christmas holidays. Sidney J. Smith, father of the young man. Raid today that he "knew nothing about It and ; neither did hla eon." SNOWDEN VISITED BY SEVERE STORM Hnowden. Aug 12. -The wind storm last night did considerable dsmage here, blowing down the IS by 40 atorage house of W. K Carter of thla place. Four telephone polea were blown down near here and conald erable damage waa done to the corn crop. ... - - - RKVIVAI, AT RIVKRMIflK j Revival service* at Rlversld' | Baptist Church will begin Monday I afternoon at .1 o'clock, conducted by Rev. M. I* Hooe of Columbia ' Rev. H K Vjre will apeak at I Riverside Sunday afternoon at ISO. MORE DEATHS BECAUSE THERE ARE MORE CARS j No Longer I- There Any I Don l.l Thai I92.~> Will lireak All Hi'oords in Automoltile < '.axuulties inchkaskd traffic | Motorist* Associations Say ll Isn't Recklessness So | Much As Creat Number of New Machines Uy HOItKItT T. SMALL i>'.?rt?Kt 1*24 ki Ihl *<?*???) Washington. auk. -Whiu official llgures ?'??? iibl** lier.- there It* no li'iifer any tl> > 11 til but that l?? will "uu rlii all Hh predecessor* ? of automobile deaths. Tht* staU ur affairs l? said "?> >" bB du? U n.ucli 10 Increased re?kleran?? l? the handling of care. but to In creased t rattle on country roadi and city streets. Motorists aa?o clallonn. havii.K their lets In Washington, inclat thai traffic Is better reeulalcd thlayeai than ever before, and alao aaaerl ,hat the -kill of l? more In evidence, but thua fat no nieaiiB have been dertaed deallnK With the <ini.rec?unwj number of new niaclllnea and new "^fready 4 ii the District of Co lumbia several thousand more ma^ chine* have been registered this ypar I hail for II juoi ?,?l the heavy reglel ration ie.slm Is Mill to come The"-* condition la said to be true In the various state*- ,m, There never has been a summer like the present one f?r The roads are (airly black with them. Secretary Hoover, of tta? Department of ''"minerce, return Iok recently from a trip through Z West, -aid that he saw au? mobile calliper" everywhere. Th report* come from Ihe South "nd the Ka.t Hotel Proprietor, aay their business from overnight tourists thla y?r In more than double that of * year ago ? improved road condMOM, greater proaperlty of tlie A""? ? f! a whole. Ihe preaenee he called "easy money, and l?? fn'crea.TnK desire of Ihe .verat. American family for a ar, accounted (acton. I n tha heavy nulo IraV'el t<i bo obtiervOd Is the real '"cation month In the J^i^JaJf the railroad* ur.- reporting heavy t r? v?al on their lilies In all dire? lions. The Increase of train " trip ping." however. has not Jept paC" with the multiplication of vehlclaa """The latter traffic I. resulting In (a, more accidents llian were re corded In 192t and the toll . 01 deathn iH mount Iiik dally. There are not only the deaths to pedajr trlans caused by auton.oblltott but the appalling toll ??r the rider* thcniHflvoH. Iwspiia all the precautions and w"?'0J"f St grade crossings the IIM ?' death In tills type of crash Is run ning steadily at the flood. Keck leas driving still Is ent on the roads everywhere. TM most amazing tlllnga the ""ft?* ties have to deal wltll In policing the roads Is the persistence with which some drivers Insist "B?n driving on the wrong side Of Ihe road, rills Is particularly dangerous curves. Tie l"'rreul <????. nf fatal accidents due to wrong side driving Is both start line and discouraging, tor thls at least Is one fault which r.ecmlngly could lie remedied over night by the motorists themselves. In many of the states particular attention Is being paid to statistics on this wrong-side driving an.l when the reckoning Anally la I nade for the llgtires are likely to cause a sensnl Ion N? one kno? tout why a driver tliould hug llie Inside of a curve .hen .?? Ine to the l?ft. nor l'1* outBUl when turning to the JJJJ Ihev do it In all loo many eases ,?d s machine coining In the op noalte direction l? too often en eountared with dlM?trou. "?ttlg. There Is very general and very juat complaint among that the American roads are not wide enough. Ktates and countlr Hnvn in ? 'I ? * an effort, to pW ?p mileage In road In this way have made their M*J ways as narrow an ''Ti' .s ao" to slrln.. them out a. 'on g as po? slhle with Ihe same amount of money. The unwlsdou. of this course Is being reallled at la? and widening work Is In process In many localltle*. But no what th.- width of the road cer tain driver* will drift Ju*t ?? cef" taU.lv and just as dlsaslrouatyto the wrong side as a moth h.ivera ""si'it' traffic authorities are )ujt The) say the niost discouraging thing n the world is to read he dally record, of new car otltMU Where all ihe nuichlneH are going M one ca * say. There ta bou.4 to be a limit somewhere. ^ dkmand is AtmvE 43 FOR 1I.I.1NOIS COAL Chicago, Aug. u. I active for llllnola coal at ihe operators sold out Pr'CM ? re atroot with lump coal aelltaf from |MI to ????
The Daily Advance (Elizabeth City, N.C.)
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