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VOL. XV. FINAL EDITION. ELIZABETH CITY. NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY EVENING, AlKIl'ST 14, 1925. SIX PAGES. NO. 212 BUTLER PINCHOT COMBINATION IS QUITE POSSIBLE Political W iseacres in Phil- I adelphia Ihm-i Plan 1* on I to Wreck Famous Politi- j cal Machine OIJ) ORDEK PASSING Wo Dominant Figure Now to Direct Present Organi-i zation and Pinchot an<l Butler May Well Break It ! By ROKKItT T. MM ALL (CotmgM. IMS, ?, Th. A ?,,.?) I Philadelphia. Aug. 14. ? Gover nor Gilford Pinchot has begun hia j "drive" for (ho United States Sen- j ate, but this Is not the most In- j tervstlng bit of political "news" ! which Is to be beard here In Penn- ^ sylvanla. The wlaeacrcs of Phil- ' adelphia insist that Brigadier General Smedley D. Butler, or the United States Marines, Is groom ing himself or Is being groomed for governor of the stale. A? di rector of public safety. General !??? ,r>lng to "elean up Philadelphia these last 18 months and ha* leave of abiience 1 from the "Devil Dogs" until the end of the year. Then ho will j have to decide whether to embark I upon the troubled aea of Pennayl- i vanla Republican politic* or to re- ! turn to the peaceful pursuits of : a fighter. General Butler haa had a ter rific battle on hia hands here in the city that once waa called "cor- I nipt and content." He haa had I to break" hundreds of city po licemen In order to clean out th<? ' bootleggers and the other "gangs" I which the general claims had the i city of brotherly love by thf throat. The general's fight haa oeen a spectacular one. He i.i sometimes known In the services *s the fighting Quaker, but hia re ligious upbringing haa not pre- I vented the general from uaing a bit of soldierly profanity when ever the occaalon required and 1 these occaalona. it may be added. I Have not been like angels' visits. I f <J?n?ral Butler soon after h!a arrival here arouaed the anger ol the political "organisation" and" they threatened to ouat him at once. The general struck aa AJax attitude snd tofd them to go ahead. Butler knew he had caught ! the fancy and the confidence of ?<? he rightly guessed that the political bosses would not dare depose him In the face of n 1 growing public sentiment. Preach ers. prominent citizens, civic or ganization^ all rushed to the as sistance of General Butler snd ho haa hsd full swsy at the city hall much to the chagrin of the "reg w*r* intent to let Philadelphia go on exactly as she Rpl>u*,llcan "organisation ' I ?Nil fa opposed to Butler and all of his ways and would fight him I *n<1 In the gubernator- ' lal primaries. But thla same or- j ganltatlon fought Pinchot threo nl',T ,ug? '"1 l0" battle. Once the people find an organlaa ! lion can be beaten ther? la a pret lo kick It In the | ? *'* The organisation still Is ?nPP?e . MI; Wnehofs ambltlou l.o 1/1 the United .States Senate I ?o<t .year an the successor to Sen ator George Wharton Pepper, but I "Ma oppoaltlon does not bother the I t<*<frnor In the least. He believes I ?? II going to win Pinchot and Butler have been 1 working hand In glove In the Job I Slr2?? if "P Philadelphia. The ?>!? ?>ubll<! safety has had I ine complete co-operation of the I ?hV?l.? s'rallon. Therefore Butler ^n0.?' '? ,6 *?"' * Pinchot- 1 onlla *' comblnatlon at the wishing """? Plncho1 ? ?nd Butler being HarnVb^re ?,m. Philadelphia to i It Is an extremely in I In. v h Proposition and. while II | f may be a surprise to thn ro.i |h? coun)^r, Peonsylvanlans have t he*n Hatching steadily tor devel k -?*#Me along this ii? Of eourae such a eomblnatlo i ?a Is proposed would do! have 1 been possible In the days of Bolae Penrose, but the Pennsylvania Re publican machine haa no one strong hand at the helm nowadays ! and neither Pinchot nor Butler la afraid ro buck II. Governor Pinchot Is touring the **'? ?! present, "on ofTlclal bual- j " Inspecting the various state institutions snd getting s first i view of conditions In gen ??7/: . Al the ssme lime, when an .i.Upon to "P*"*- he Ik giving | Hsrrlsbn'J1.' ?'l>to stewardship at which * record of proud ana ?""?'nor '? rather ment It campaign doeu rartaSlt"?4 ,0 prov* effective ?a** ??*t year ran win th. ?- ? coveted offices In the gift of t?e IXOPl' The reforss rimlnt Jfn have gamed com of I ajT," which once was considered aa hlas 1 "h,rd eomino' I Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Spencer ( I J and children of Swan Quarter rs Lf turned home Thursday after i. ?9?ndlng a few days with Mrs. P\flp#ncer's uocle. Dr. M. M. Har-I rU AMES THIS WEEK WILL END SEASON Two more nmra of baMeball thin week, officially cIokIiik tlif aeason here, are muxnincH by ?1h? nudtatfnn?*nt of (he local nine. The flrnt one will begin thin a((mKM>n at 4:30 o'clock, when Kllzahrth <Tty will lake on the Ford Plant nine from -Norfolk. On Saturday after noon at 5 o'clock, the Norfolk Oriolcw, our of the fa*t*?t ama teur nine* In thl* frdlon, will play here. The baseball boys have been having hard Mletklinjc thlx week. They have played- one game with Hertford and one with South Norfolk, and have fallen considerably short of making exprtutew. They are dependant entirely upon the support Riven thent by Elizabeth City fana. and are hoping for a lance at tendance at both Knmew, ho that they may be able to pay their board for thin week, even If they fall to take hi enough to meet their tra\elinK ex pet mew home. YACHTSMEN SAY ROUGH THINGS Rainr the Dicken* Almut BoatH Bring Searched by (loaRl Guard By ROWLAND WOO!> IWJ. Tfc. A ?*????> New York, Auk. 14. ? Som* j three thousand owners In thej United States of pleasure boats, of the cabin cruiser and upwards classes -half of them In the New York district ? are saying rough things about the Government'! I prohibition enforcing machinery today as a result of the latest wrinkle in dry enforcement In' these parts ? the seizure by coast guard officials of the motored' houseboat Stroller and the arrest of Albert rink, prominent Chica go lawyer, and his bride, who were honey-moontng aboard. The boarding party found only 23 bottles of Intoxicating liquor on the Stroller, which Is loae by far than tfcouaands of New York era keep on hand in their homes -i' Yachtsmen here n?6ft|lderlng their ? Iflhey had sleeping quarters'? as tnelr castles, and have been "getting away with It" until the Stroller's selxure. Indeed, the Government sp-j peared to take the same ylew of the situation, for recently the dry enforcement authorities Issued a circular letter to yachtsmen ad vising them that they were to be free from boarding and search un less they were traveling under suspicious circumstances, and re queatlng them to co-operate In the work of catching liquor smuggling craft. "If the facts In the Stroller case are as represented. I cer tainly think the coast guard's ac tion was highhanded." Commo dore H. M. Curtis of the Seawan haka Yacht Club, one of the largest about Now York, told the writer today. "It certainly seems queer, coming right on top of the letter the department sent out to all yacht clubs. It haa occasioned great Indignation and there has been some talk of testing out the "castle" theory, but I don't see how such a claim could stand In court, as the law permits boarding and search of any vessel within American waters." Coast guard Captain Jacobs, commander of the rum patrol In this port, declared today that the government had no plan with re spect to yacht boardings other than "that formulated some time ago. which provided for the search of all suspicious craft." "We received certain informa tion that the 8trol1er had liquor aboard." he said *'A search proved that our Information was correct We will continue to mske searches in similar cases, but there will be no general boarding of private craft under present orders." As the Strollers plight Is laid to a "tip" given the coast guard by dismissed employes, the only moral In the rase seems to be. Stand In with the help. RJNNY, Birr TEXAS IS SHORT OF HOGS Fort Worth. Aug 14. ? The hog shortage In Texas Is the most so rere ever known and the etit* will have to spend 97S.OOO.OOO outside to buy Its needed pork products. The decline Is due large ly to Increased Interest In cotton farming. YOUTHFUL MURDERER GETS HEARING TODAY Sedalla. Mlmourl. Aug. It. ? The preliminary hearing before the Justice of |.eaw this after nooa will see the Initial apparaoca b# fore the har of Justice of Everett Adama. 17<year-old Wilmington, Ohio, youlh charged with murdar. Adama haa cojlfsaaed to killing | A. R Clawaon. whose body was found Bear Lamonte, Mlaaourl He wag brought here from Oarden C1<T. Kaaaaa. wfcora ha had drlTen In rtawwn's antonoMl*. NEW CHECK LAW FAILED TUTTLE Criminal Action on Check j Believed Worthless Falls Down C. C. Colson of Perqulraaru j County. against whom trial on the chargc of manufacturing and sell- ! Ing liquor I* pending In Federal | Court, was permitted to go fre-* by County Judge Sawyer In the r? 1 corder'a court Friday morning on a chars* of passing a worthing chwk for 9 166.96. I The charge against Colson was brought by John F. Tuttle of the Tuttle Garage on Matthews Htreet. There was no question that Col son signed the check and that on the strength of It he obtained a car from the garage on which the defendant owed a repair bill. But. ! : In view of the fact that the pros iecutlng witness admitted that] when he took the check he did j not believe that It was good, the I court re/used to hold the defend- , ant. I Colson claimed that he signed i the check without even knowing | that It was a check and without looking at the amount, but this would not have prevented his con viction. apparently, had It not al-{ so been for the proaecutlng wit- 1 ness's admission that he did not j believe when he took the check | ; that the defendant had the money In the bank and that he tried for j ? about 30 days to collect on It be- 1 fore presenting It at the bank for! payment. | Colson had not for several ' years even carried an account at I the bank on which the check was: | given. SCHOOLS GROW IN QUARTER CENTURY i Annual (expenditures Jump from One Million to Nearly Thirty Millions Raleigh, Aug. 14. ? Total school ! , expenditures In North Carolina In creased fro* tl.0S2.203 in 1900 to 129.747.076 In 1124, W H. Plttman. chief clerk In the State 1 Department of Public Inatructlon. has reported. "If this Increase ? , were distributed equally among the 24 yeara of this period." he aald, "It would represent an an I nual Increase of nearly one and one, quarter millions of dollars." Mr. ' Plttman pointed out that , $22,979,000 of the 24 years In ! crease Is found in the five years since 1919." In 1918-19 the to tal, he said, was $6,750,000. and In 1919-20 it was $12,250,000. In .1920-21 the total had risen to $17,487,763. and In 1921-22 It was $21,649,696. In 1922-23 the ' expenditure was $29,851,780 and 1 In 1923-24 It was $29,747,075. j i There was a slight decreaae from 1922-23 to 1923-24. The school population of North I Carolina, reported Mr. Plttman. j Increased 263.366 in ths Interval I between 1900 and 1924. There were 657,949 children of school age In the State In 1900 and 921,- i 315 In 1924. The Increase was 40 per cent over the number In : 1900. The white population was 4 39. 431 In 1900 and 628,132 in 1924. There were 188,701 more white children in 1924 than In 1900. The Increase In the number of white children represented 43 per cent. In 1900 there were 218.618 ne gro children of school sge In North Carolina, and In 1924 there were 293.182. an Increase of 74. 665. or 34 per cent. In connection with the an- j nouncement of financial and en- 1 rollment figures. Mr. Plttman made a study of attendance rec ords. He found that the total en rollment In 1900 waa 400.452 and ; In 1924. 793.046, an Increase if 392.694, or 98 per cent. The number of children In av- i erage dally attendance In 1900 was : 206.918. and In 1924, 671.369 . an Increaae of 312,441. or 176 per I cent. Thus. It Is seen that the at- j tendance had climbed more rapid ly than either the Increase In school population or enrollment. In 1900 there were only thirty high schoola la the State with a | total attendance of 2,000. In 1920 there were 420, with an ea- ; rollment of 29,294. and In 1924 (there were 728 high schools, with j a combined attendance of 63,976. White school property In 1923 I was valued at $52,177,225 and negro school property at $6,580.-1 770. ADMITS KNEW OF MAIL CONSPIRACY Kewanee. 111.. Aug. 14. ? Joseph ! Jackson, driver of the government ' msll truck, which waa robbed of a sack of registered mall, admitted | today that he had knowledge that [ the robbery waa to be staged H<? lis held on the charge of consplr j acy to rob the malla. GOING AHEAD WITH ONE PLANE OFF DUTY WuklMton. *?? 14. ? With ol, of lla pi, DM temporarily out of romnlaalon Ik* MacMlllan Arc Ik ?ipadltloa It going ahead with tba other two la aaubllah an In lermdlaU but at Flagler Fiord I oa Bllaamara laland. ton mllaa I Iran Blah. Oraaalaatf. tka mala V Chicago Has Plan For Getting Rid of Crime By SeRrrgalins Three ThousHiid MciiIhI I)eliiii|iirulH Judge and INycopathic Director Believe They Would Suve Trouble for Over Three Million I Br *n?fiit'4 r??*| Chicago. Aug. 14. ? A standi) log offer to rid a ritv. of more ' than 3.000.000 population, of all crime by pormanoutly s? gregstlng 3.000 mental dclinqm nts who are marked repeaters in In final form for the next session of the Illinois legislature. The offer In from Chief JOsllee Harry Olson of the Municipal ' Court of Chicago, and Dr. William i J. Hlcksop. director of the Court's Paychopathlc laboratory. In which defendants in more (ban 10 fli<^ criminal rases have been examined during the last 11 years. The experience of iho laboratory has brought Judge Olson and Dr. Hlckson to the conclusion that crime prevention In more a prob lem in psychology than in police administration, and (hat tho root of the problom Is the mental de linquent whose dobility render* him Incapable of Interpreting pun ishment an retribution. Instead of committing offenders to prisons and reformatories for ?hort sentences. and then throw ing them on noelety aagln. to rotn- i mlt a greater crime. Dr. Hlckson propones a permanent IndUHtrlal farm colony where the delinquents could live lives adjusted lo their peculiarities He would make the colony largely self-sustaining, and In ad dition would save upwards of $7. 000.000 annually of Chicago's $16,000,000 budget for policing and criminal courts. The laboratory's records *hnw | mental defleleney an the prime factor In Chicago crime, and al*o. that In a large majority of the do | linqurnts. the criminal bent Is ; manifested In sooie minor offense 1 during the period of adolescent-. By segregating the offenders of mental debility or emotional In stability. the Olson-Hlekson pro gram would prevent their later and more aerlous oilmen. Many records are cited by Dr Hlckson in support of his theory that feeble mindedness Is a ma Jor factor In crime. Of 2*2 boys arraigned In one term of the Hoys" Court. f?3 per cent were morons, and 33 1-3 t?'i cent sociopaths Only 1.9 percent rated average Intelligence. Less than five per cent of the boys have been In school until past 14 years of ago. 83 per cent have not reached seventh grade Many personal histories were Investigated In this group. A larc percentage of the boys were found to have been the offsprngl of men ' tally defective parents, some of whom had long criminal records r In Chicago. "At preecnt the law presume* the criminal to be nanc until prov en Inaane." said Dr. Hlck^"" "When recent studies In crlmlnol ogy are Incorporated Into th" criminal code of tho JTnlted Stat every criminal will be presumed Insane until he proves himself sane "The mentally deficient repeat ere sre responsible for virtu all-, all vicious crimes, such as m?n ders. robberies, bank-hold-ups and criminal attacks on women. legislation to provide such a colony as Dr. Hlckson proposes has been prepared by a volunteer committee of civic leaders for th? legislature H. D. n,LTB OIRLM CAS fl KT ORADKH MAT! HI > I V The glrla of the Hone Demon stration Cluba of the County who went to Raleigh a few week* ago for ths special work given there In ths summer cosrae can get th?ir grades on the food and clothing courses, at the meeting to be held Batsrdsy afternoon with Miss Marc la Alhertson at tke Chamt>ot of Commerce Rooms st 2 30 ??flock. LIGHTNING BOLT JOLTS "BIG JOE" Hip* Mattrrmt OfH'ti Rul Children oil Bed Ew'u|m' Harm Miraculously A freak stunt of the lightning , In the eloctrlcsl Htorm the other j Mkk'^ua. l*. iL-Uud by Willi am H , PCartwrlght. who II In the' Brother* School House neighbor- j hood, several miles below Eliza- i both City. A boll struck the hom- ' of Joe rjirlvrUhl, colored, known as "lltr, Joe," near Olivet Church, and causcd much commotion, he ' say*. The lightning csme down n : Chimney In the middle of th-* | hotis? . knocked out a tirlek when ' It reached the second story. and ripped the Hide neatly out of a ! mattress on a h?'d on which sev- 1 aral children were sleeping. Tn? J children were unharmed. Next , the bolt ranged over the floor. ' tearing h brand new tan shoe to little bits. partly ruininR another, and aettlng fire to a couple of wo men'a hata. Still seeking thn ground, th ? | lightning next tore a hole tbi mgh ; the floor and went to the first atory. There It split, one bolt going through a front door and the other through a rear door. "Big Joe" wan lying In the front hallway, hi* head clone to th" ; door. The lightning npllt a pi nee j from the door facing scarcely two feet from him. There were a dozen or 1& per-) sons In the house at t lie time, ac cording to Mr. Cartwrlght. and none wa? hurt by the sudden visi tation. K EARNS l>ll> NOT SIGN FOIt FIGHTS New York. Auk 1*. ? Jack Kearna. manager of Mickey Walk er and Jack Dempaey, called at the offlcna of thn New York State Ath letic Commission today but did not algn any contract Involving th" service* of either. The commla- ? alon asked Knarns to postpone ac tion In Dempseya behalf until nevt TOesday owing to thn fact thst s full board wax not present today. SAII.S FOR MOROCCO AUGUST TWENTIETH rsrls. Aug. 14 The departure of Marahall retain for Morocco was today definitely fixed for Au gust 20. Vt NK.?t IL MR. DAVIS The funeral of Edward Davlr who died Thuradsy evening at 7:30 o'clock at hla hom", 202 East Bur gnu* street, waa con ducted at the home Friday after noon at. 4:30 o'clock by Bev. O. F. Hill, pastor of Christ Eplaco psl Church, and hurls! waa made In the Eplacopal Cemetery. The pallbearera were: W. O Barnette. E M Co*. Ed. Mldfett Jamea Ferebee. Darlua White and Ben Armstrong. Mr. Davia waa R0 years old snd had never gotten over an sttsck of acute Indigestion he suffered In June. He la anrvlved hy his wife and several nephawa: E. L. Smith son of Norfolk. E J. Smithson o Flnley. Ohio. .1 K Smithson. J. J SraKhson and O. C. Smithson o? rrity Bo'ite Three. S. L. Davis of Norfolk and a niece. Mrs. Dora Brooka of Norfolk. "cf>TrO* MABKHT New York. Aug. 14. ? Spot cot ten elosed steady, middling 11.7* an *?Tsn cr of SI points. Faturex closing bid Oct. 28 R 1 Dee. 11.75 Jsn. 23 2? Mch 23 66. July IJ'f" CiS PRICE CUT New York. Au?. 14. ? Anoth er wluct Inn of one rent ? gal lon in the tank UHKon price of throughout It* trrrU tor) mw mimNincnl kmU) by the SimiiUnl (Ml ( <>iii|mii) of New Jerwey. North t arollnaN quotation U m rent.v The tiulf IterinJnK Company met the Mtnndaril Oil t orn* l?n>'? reduction In the Kastern territory. HERTFORD MAN DIES SUDDENLY T. <!. Whi-dlire Victim oi ! Ilcnrl Attack Shortly After Midnight Hertford. Auk. H. ? T. C. j Whedbee, ramlliar figure on Hert ford streeta for yeara and cousin j of Chan. Whedbee. prominent j Hertford lawyer, died at 12:30, o'clock Friday morning very aud- . denly. He wan conscious only 15 j mlnuten l>efore he expired after HUlferlnR a heart attack cauaed by high blood pressure. Mr. Whedbee lived on Churc'i atreet near the Perquimans River bridge. He was f>8 years old and Ik aurvlved by his wife, two broth ers. Dr. J. P. Whedbee of Suffolk, W. It. Whodhee of Hertford: three slaters. Mra. I?ena Newhy, t Mrs. K. M. Newby and Mlaa Pat- I tie Whedbee of Hertford. No funeral arrangements have j yet been made but aa Mr. Whed bee had a apecial averalon to flow- j era h t funerala hla wife haa asked I that they he omitted. Mr. Whedbee was well liked and especially popular with the | business men and farmers. NEGROES BE TRIED HERE FOR LARCENY Norfolk. Auk. 14. ? It was stat-i ed at tho Norfolk County Jail last nlKht that an automobile In which ! Jack Griffin and Jamea Howell, colored, both of Elisabeth City were ridlnK on the Washington! Highway. when they flashed with Deputy Sheriff Smith and Prohibition Officer Wilson In an cxrbango of shots, was yesterday claimed hy P. M. CoUon. a resi dent of Perquqlroaqs County North Carolina. The county poli^p yostetday went to the points on the highway where the ahootlnK occurred and; recovered a pistol from the woods, in which C.rlffln and Howell were arrested after they fled from the' car. Advices from Elizabeth City au-| thoritlea state that flrlffln and Howell both live In that city and are wnnted there for larceny of an automobile after charts against them hore have been satisfied. REPORT ON COTTON CONSUMED IN JULY Washington. Aug. 14. ? Cotton consumed during July totalled 4R3.R9R hales of lint and 62,613 of llnters as compared with 493. 76F. hales of lint and 60,677 of llnters In June this year, the Cen ails Ruroau announced today. BELGIAN COMMISSION IS MARKING TIME Washington. Aug. 14- Debt ne gotiations between the United States and Belgium were suspend ed todav pending conferences to be held Monday between President Cooltdg*, Secretary Mellon snd Senator flinoot. repreaentlng the American Commlaalon. BATTLE IN FLORIDA OVER STRIP OF LAND Fort Myers, Fla.. Aug 14. ? Marcon Ialand today was divided Into two hostile camps which are reported ready to do battle over the ownership of a strip of land more than a mile wide across the middle of tho island which hae never been included In tho survey. MOTORISTS IN GLEE OVER GASOLINE WAK Atlanta. 14. ? Motorists are In glee over prospects of a gasoline price war. The Woffard Com pany has announced a reduction of 3 centa a gallon rotall sharing ' i ei ret rebates, discounts and con cr: nlnns" by distributors. WANT THE STATES TO KKGtTLATE BUS LINES f>elrolt. Aug. 14. ? Michigan will join other states In an effort to hrlng Inter state bus and truck llnea under regulation of Individ ual state* rather than of the Inter afate commerce commission whlrh. local transportation men any, is too far removed to take up leal problems DEFENSE THEORY IS EXPLODED BY X-RAY Itlchmond, Aug 14 ? The de fense theory that the skull of Ru dolph K. Dlsse would show a de pression from the Injury that might have made him mentally Ir responsible for the killing of three persona and the wounding of the fourth here July 28 was ex ploded today when an Xray spec ialist reported no depression erf. dent. r MAY RETURN TO WHIPPING POST lllinoi* Fed Up on Kind no? Theory May Krvert In Ancient (Custom By OWEN I,. HCOTT im. fcj Thi ! Chicago, Aug. 14. ? Convinced I that kindness and clemency never will make good men out of crimi nal*. authorities here are turning their attontion to the jvJblpplpf poet? ope of the molt ancient and most , effective crlitta deter i rente- -an a posslblft noluUon to their problem. | Ktate enactment would he re- i j quired to bring the cat-o-nlne-< I tails Into vogue, but in the fare of the rising crime wave pausing | over the country officials believe I i that legislative sanction would b< | forthcoming If sought. ! To bark up their position, those i favoring phyntral punishment for | criminals point to the experience! j ol Delaware and of the province of Quebec, Canada. where the lash has been laid on with effec tiveness. Rurglary has almost disap peared from Delaware as a result of the threat of the whipping post according to figures of those who; favor Its return. Montreal, by us ing the iash has stopped crime, waves, while In England the use! of the whip on Juvenile offenders,, when their cases began to be fla grant. is said to have cut down the number immediately. < Chicago Is commencing to take the experience of other coramunl ties to heart, and is giving aerlous consideration to the cat. The evl jdenee unearthed thus far points to 'an abhorrence of physical pain i on the psrt of criminal. The thought of hsvlng 100 lashes ; from a merciless cat-o-nlne-talls laid on their back gives cause for I hesitating before committing se rious felonies. Proponents of the whipping ! post admit that It Is cruel and that i It Is modleval. but they claim that I It la effective. Thus far the at tempt at pampering criminals by giving them prisons that rival ho tels for sumptuousness. with as 'surance of an easy life within, hasn't done much to stop crime. Physical punishment that will make felons cringe before the thought of the lashing that will be their lot If caught. Is the other extreme which Just now Is appeal ing to an Increasing number of people here Newspaper and offi cials have Joined In Investigating the feasibility of the whipping post . Reaction* appear to favor the cat-o-nlne-talls with assurance of hard time for criminals If put In | to use. RUBBER COMPANY HAS RESUMED OPERATIONS Bristol. R I.. Aug. 14. ? The Natlonsl Indls Itubber Company of Bristol, a subsidiary of the t nlted Htates Rubber Company has reeumed operations on a fotir day per week basis. Irs HOT TIME IN NORTH CAROLIN i HaIHgh. Aug. 14. ? North Carolina rnnttMed to owflter f?*lajr fallowing the hotlfat night of thf nihiiht. < huHottf'* mntlmum wm 101 ?W|Wf?, Wilmington M, aart Aahevltle *4. AUTO MAKERS WILL EXPAND THEIR PLANTS Instead of Worrying Over Possible Saturation Point They Prepare for Bigger Business AUGUST SALES GOOD Not Only Are Prices Re duced but Terms are Made as Convenient as Possible for Purchaser By J. C. ROVI.K l?2J. by TM A<n*M| New York. Auk. 14. ? Automo bile manufacture?. instead of worrying over a possible satura tion point, are preparing to ex pand their plants In many Install "There In nothing In general conditions throughout the coun try. an far as I can ace. to warrant anxiety with reference to contin ued satisfactory busies*." C. W. Nash, president of the Nash Mo tors. Ha Id today. "Industry In general should proceed in a proa- ' parous manner. The outlook for our company In particular ia more favorable than ever before. Or ders on hand are greatly In ex ceas of our ability to ship." Thin ntatemcnt accompanied an nouncement that new buildings would be added to the plant lay out at Kenonha. More factory aites are In demand In Lansing than ever before In the city's his tory. and 68 per cent of the Indus trlen there are connected with the automobile induatry. August mo tor car salen are proceeding at an unprecedented rate for this time of year. Thin fact la subalautlat ed by dispatches received today from Atlanta. San Francisco. 8t. Psul. New Orleann and other wide ly separated points. Rtronuoys efforts to Increase and encourage those sales are .ba in* made, not only through price reductions but through ease and .cheapnesa with which purchase* | can be financed The spread of paymenfa throughout the Indus' try has been increased nearly 20 per cent. The Ford Company hav ing been a pioneer in the ssle of pfeanure earn on a partial pay-, ment plan, han turned Ita atten tion to the aiding of farmers to puchase tractors. The new fi nancing plnn for the agricultur ists han boen developed by the Motor Acceptance Corporation of Milwaukee, which handles pur chane of Fordaon tractors and other farm equipment. Under the acheme a 13 per cent flnanee charge In added to the factory price of a Fordson tractor. The fsrmer pays 25 per cent caah plus freight and dealers delivery charge and the 76 per cent bal ance In npllt Into two equal pay mentn due November 1, 1926 and November 1. 1926. Additional equipment auch as plown and harrows, etc, can he bought on the nam* terms. Ford ! officials say they hope this will | materially aid in motorlslng many j American farms. In connection 'with the financing of authoritlee. It In to be noted that money rates are fairly low and while borrow ing raten may be expected to ln ' crease. It Is believed bankers will 'continue reasonably free In ex pending accommodations. Announcement was made todey that the Ford Company would bring out a 2 1-2 ton truck about January 1 at slightly leas than 11,000 for the chassis or 91. 1M equipped with a stake body. A lleet of these trucks has been op erated experimentally for aome flme by a concern which handles some of the Ford supplies. Despite the fact there were 1, 9.16,700 new passenger automo biles made In the last half yeare. dealers stocks are remarkably light and on the whole manufac turers are carrying only normal | stocks. Some of the more prom inent producers are far behind de liveries. The Cadillac factory Is turning out 100 csrs a day sad Is expected to Incresse this to 116. ? Chrysler Is producing *00 cars a dny and Dodge Brothers about l.ioo Although sales were less thsn loo.ooo larger in the last six months than In the correapoadlng period of 1924. profits for most of the lending companies showed substantial Increasea and some producers up new high record# for all time. Thla betterment extended to the ? retail dealers. The Oilchrlst Company, one of Boston's large department stores has opened a department for the distribution of two well known makes of automobiles. It la be lieved this la the first department store to engage In retail mer chandising of motor cars as wet* ss accessories. Buses are being turned out In record volume sad a total production of at least 16, ooo for the year now la Indicate*. COTTON IS STR CITING ftscramento, Aug. 14. ? With the present warm weather cotton |ls making excellent progress hi all the growing districts of Cali fornia, ces. When the Street Floated Away ? ? PP? ? ? ? ? k They had a apftvy rain In Detroit almost a cloudburst ? and It flooded dozens of streets. 8treet 9 that wore paved with wood or composition blocks suffered heavl ly. ax the blocks floated away and wore scattered all over the city wh ti the water subsided. For Evolution Jamr* Robert Wllaon. Rhea Bprlnff*. Tenn.. aluminum plant worker, and father of Ave children, wanta them ! taught evolution. To Insure thti. he has filed In the federal court at Knoxvllle a bill which would make the Tennesaee statute ngninpt teachtna evolution null and void.
The Daily Advance (Elizabeth City, N.C.)
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Aug. 14, 1925, edition 1
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