>EVEN MINE MULE
GETTING A KICK
OUT OF STRIKE
He In Hoisted to the To|ij
for u Hrr.it h <>f I'urr Air
and a Blinking I,?ok at
thr .SuiiKhinr
HUSH TO FLORIDA
4fany Miners . Who I^iid
z Down Their TooIh Never
Expect to Keturn to Work
iu the Mine*
By HOBKRT T. H.MALI,
IKS by Th? A4,t?ce)
Scranton. Pa.. Sept. 1. ? There
la not likely to be any news of
import from the hard coal "strike"
region for nome time to come. The
miner* are leaping; into their hoi-;
Iday in a joyous mood. Every
body seems to he happy, except
possibly the "maintenance men"
who are condemned to remain at
work, manning the pump* and
otherwise keeping the mines "fit"
for the men whenever they choose j
lo return to work.
The hard coal country Ik ac- i
cnatomod to "suspensions." That
is ih?4>nly word you hear in this
section, the miners being very 1
careful to assure you there Is no j
strike. Working agreements have i
expired. No new agreements have
been made. Therefore everybody ,
quits and everybody Is wearing a
Klin.
Even the mules of the mine are j
getting a kick out of the situation. ;
A mine mule's lot never is a hap
py one. The mule lives for month*? t
and possibly yearB In the stiginn ;
blackness of the underground
. workings. Today he is being
hoisted up for a breath of pure
air and a blinking look at the i
summer uunshlse. v 1
There la one phase to this ;
year's suspension which differs
ironi the dramas or conn-dins oi
i? tfce past. Many of the men who
I today have laid down their tools
I will never return to work In the
mines. They aro going to Join the
rtish to Florida. The news of |
Ihs land boom ?lo wu that way haa
penetrated the industrial under
I world and hundreds of the an
? - thraclte workers are going SoutVi
F 10 seek fhelr fortune. They will
f go well fixed financially and as
? investors rather than workers.
Most of the (migrants will drive
their own cars to the Southland.
I figuring that their strike will per
mit thenvto seek Florida fjrst and
I decldo as to whether or not they
I will remain, before peace has
been established in the coal in- ,
i dustry.
Auto trips In other directions!
? have been planned by the suspen
\ ders. This is the bi-annual vaca
I tion they have been waiting for
and they intend to make the most
of It. Clothing merchants and
haberdashers throughout the re
f gion reported today tho usual
brisk trado which always follows
an order to quit the mines.
Tho miners, expecting to spend
I so much time abovo ground, are
* dolling up" for thftlr holiday.
They also are fixing up the wife
and kiddles with new dresses and
for what the public generally re
gards as a strike country, this re- j
gion looks almost as If It wer?- eel- :
ehratlng a national festival. That
is It. In fact what the coal sus- J
Pensions have come to be to the
parties immediately concerned.
Tty?y are anything but that to the
poor consumer.
This year's suspension was a
foregone conclusion down this
Wsj?-long before the negotiations
svsr were begun It must not be
forgotten that these negotiations
k ?rJ. ? Wrs are held at the
neigh! of the summer season
?h!T -.J A*,*"tlc City. There by
the side of the sad waves, ens
ers and the operators begin a ?a?
1. n,nft time* out ton re
"V; ,n " Thr
tlatlon. are lone drawn hul
US? " n"y" J.0"0" ,h? H>m?
rourar || ?ui,h| not to be dill'
cult lo negotiate by the In
Bum mar, but It appeara lo ho quite
? problem to deride |? ju>, h
parttrn ,r Ur pub!
Ilr Khali be dealt with a. th?
yeara no by
Everybody around here knew
there would be a miapenalon be
C?u?e (treat atorka had hern accu- !
mulaleil at the mlnea. The pub
Ik not buying roal. The
e? m pa ! K of mine nwnera to get
??? public lo huy In the aiimmer
w" Proving a failure. Thev
,he ,hr?"' ? atrlke
ll! i!Ib?r bul ?!??* pub
mlnl?T*l.n!!1 oul market. If
' ' h?<J been roulliiued. Ihe
Tr^Jd 22!S rg
duced In **!! Wf>w,rt bave been re
?ii J M il' lo """* ro"1 Th|?
?ore "he *^.ou"tht of- Ther.
corn, ii ue
depleted, until the market h""
l?on booated. ? "mi
dem. rallied a^'tC^b"
He clamors for relief. p
Governor Plnchot. who at*nn-H
I. to Ihe breerh Iwo
snd brought about a settlement af
? brief auapenalon la holding
aloof thin year. He took the
It problem off of Prealdent Cool
? handa In ItJI. but he dlda't I
?at any (real credit for hla Inter
(?'?tlon ao thla yaar ha may let
ConttmiM 00 pe fa 4 '
rms is Tilt: way
MILLIONAIRES PAY
f).\ THEIR INCOMES
?w York, Hp|?I. I.? Jniiipm
B. PMkp, former president of
Ihr .\mrrimn Tobacco f *otn*
pany, | Mtltl 1(111.2.50 Im oiup
Ih\o<i; Dorr In Duke 92.<Ut,(NN>;
ami NtMllnr Duke SI^I.OOO,
according to figure* made |>uli<
IIC today.
Detroit. Kept. 1. ? Henry
Ford ii in I F^I?W Ko?I today
m Ith the Port! Motor Car < orn
pany |Nibl tlie largcMt Income
tax In the Flint Michigan Din
i trlrt. Henry Ford palil 92.'
ftOH.OOO; telnet paid 92,41)H,
000.
New York. Sept. I. ? John
D. Rockefeller, Jr.. paid In
come InxcK of 94f.277.000.
l?on .\ngclen, Kept. 1 Many
MurprliM'N In movie (Ht returns
were Indicated today. Charlie
Chaplin paid 934.1: Fatty Ar
huckle |mli| 9M.OI2; Douglas
FalrbankN paid 9182.000; <?lo
ria Khuiinoii. 937,000.
HAVE MUCH FAITH
IN BEAR'S ANATOMY
Olympla. Wash.. Sept. l. ? I
Chiuow futih lu the curative qual-'
Itles of xelected portions of a
bear's Hiiatomy has resulted in
several unique assignments for
government hunters (fperatlug In
thin state. declare* Dr. Glenn .K.
Bach, field leader for tbe Federal
bureau of the biological survey In
the Washington district.
Recently, a Chinese resident of
Washington, I). requested ihe
feet of a beur while some months
ago another asked for a bear's gall
bladder. I n the case of the gall
bladder, the information was vol
unteered that it was wanted as a
health charm. Such 'a talisman
when worn around the neck. It
was averred, assured the wearer
1 .000 years of life.
Although the supposed curative
qualities of bear's feet were not
disclosed, the hunters have been
instructed to forward the first net
of Bruin's feet available to the .
Olympla of; ice for reshlpm*Mit to
Washington. They also have been
Instructed to ur? salt unsparing
ly in the curlnit process. This es
HuntUtl was neglected in the ca*o
3Tt*e galt'bliumcf. %itlf tbe re
sults that the talisman arrived in
such a condition- that officials
were prono to believe that the
warmer the weather the more
powerful the charm would prove.
IRISH LANGUAGE IS
ABOUT TO VANISH
Dublin. Sept. 1? There was
recently concluded in Dublin an
Interesting congress representing
all sections of the Cclt}c-'^*f^,. del
egate attending from Gaelic Scot-,
land, from Wales, and from Brit
tany. The discussions were large- 1
ly concerned with the preserva- 1
tlon of the Irish Isnguage. Kamon ,
Do Valera said that emigration
from the Irish speaking districts 1
of Ireland was the greatest diffi
culty to be contended with. He
was satisfied, he declared. that
those at the head of affairs, could. '
If they wished. get the money to
establish Industries to keep the ,
Gael at home.
Other speakers said the lan
guage wax dying hecausc the na
tive speakers net no value on It. }
Professor Gruffydd from Wales f
said that any amount of teaching
of the lanKUSge In the schools was
of no more use In saving It "than
a tinkling cymbal-' unless there
were put Into It something thst <
gave dignity to the person who
spoke It.
It was urged that emigration
from the Irish speaking districts
should be stopped. A resolution 1
Was' adopted unanimously declar
ing that Irish should be essential
in the final examination for de
grees in every college for doctors, ,
lawyer* and engineers, and that
laws shyyld be passed accordingly.
210,616 Shaves
rhirlng th? 41 y#ar? "ITlKito Bitty"
C??burn, ??, ?f Forth WOrth. T#?..
was a barter. h? kapt count of
ovary ahav? and haircut. Hta *r?nd
total io 21MK ahav?o and
HITS HIGH SPOTS
AT PAST EIGHTY
KIN AREPEEVED
Relative* Seek lo Have
Guardian Appointed for
Charle* Overtoil, of Uiii
ilrn. Aged 84 to 87
GAY DOINGS ALLEGED
Defendant May Not Have
Cared Much for Song, But
Wine and Women Were
Different, Neighbor* Say
Because he stepped out a bit
more friskily than they'thought
an old gentlemau of fourscore
and odd ought. relative* of
Charles Overton, well to do real
dent of the upper part of Camden
County, living about five miles
above South Mills, are bring
ing court proceedings lo have a
guardian appointed for his estate.
They claim he la mentally Incom
petent to administer his affairs.
The case came up recently be
fore a Jury at Camden Court
house. with the county clerk of
the court In the role of Judge.
There was tesimony to the effect
that Mr. Overton has Imbibed
somewhat too freely on more than
one accaslon of late, and that due
to having taken aboard rather
more than he could handle, so to
apeak, he had beeu seen to fall ?
from the mule cart In which he
customarily rode about the coun
Ity.
Mr. Overton's age was given ,
variously as 84 to 87 years. His.
wife has been dead for a number
of vcars. An only daughter died
also, leaving as Mr. Overton's on
lv lineal heir a granddaughter.
Mrs. CI. S. Rhodes, aged 17. She ;
and her husband realde in the
South Mills section. The action
for appointment of a guardian
was brought to protect her Inter
ests by her father. Joe Lamb.
Gossip omanatlng from the
South Mills community hints
that, while Mr. Ovarton may not
have cared a groat deal for song,
he was decidedly averse to
IM oHter two factors In the trl->
umvirate on which many men's
lapses from grace are blamed. It
is said that he has shown a strong
predilection for youthful feminine
companionship on occasion, and
that certain young women have
prospered mightily by encourag
ing his attention. Though he.
himself rides in a mPe cart, his
neighbors say he has been known
to buy an automobile for a maid l
who caught his fancy.
Little to support this gossip was
brought out in the trial of the
case. It was contended by the
plaintiffs, however, that a girl
taken Into the Overton family a i
number of years ago. and brought
up In It, was getting hold of much {
of his property and probably
would have It all within a few
years, unless a guardian was ap- j
pointed. There was no hint of
scandal In connection with her.
She In Mrs. Charles Overton, and
also lives In that part of the
county with her husband.
After brief deliberation, the Ju
ry In the case found that Mr. Ov
erton was incompetent to manage
his affairs and directed that a
guardian be appointed. Through
counsel, the defendant appealed,
and the case was carried over to,
the term of Superior Court In
Camden County which convones
September 28.
The action has stirred wide
spread Interest throughout Cam
den County, where Mr. Overton
was regarded as one of the
wealthiest residents several years
ago. then owning as many as sev- .
en farms He Is declared to have
disposed of a large part of his
property within recent years, and
sn estimate ss to his present ft
nandal standing Is available here
ST. JOHN'S FESTIVAL
MERKY CELEBRATION
Koine, Sept. 1.? The tradition
al St. John'a Ere festival, one of
the many quaint religion* and folk
holiday* which hare *urvlvod Into
the 20th century from the Italian
middle agea. waa celebrated thj?
year with a wealth of popular gus
to which helled the tale of Rome *
fa*t growing modernlaatlon.
emulating the example of their
enceatora, acorea of thou*anda
gathered In the apaclou* wiuare of
the Ba*lllca of 8t. John Ijinteran.
and. with whlntlea. horn*, bella
and liberal wlne-blbblng. made
merry almoat through the night
with a ?plrtl more remlnlaccnt of
500 yeara ago than of today.
Great torehea flickering from
atop the ancient Roman wall, tip
on which the dignified facade of
St. John'a look* down, lighted up
a milling m**a of old and young,
all making a* much notae a* po*
alble. Rickety bootha and itreet
huckater* ?old bella and penny
bank*, made of rough elay and
adorned with crude peaaant-madc
deelgn* Other ?ldewalk merchant*
did a thriving bu*lneaa In freeh
lavender *prlga and carnation*, for
It la a tradition of the holiday
that the betrothed ? and nearly
betrothed exchange carnation*
Elder hnlldayer* obeerved more i
carefully another o( the Bt John'Ji
Eve tradition* by Uborally patron-.
Iilng bootha which eold plquant
ly Savored analla and <llcea of |
pork, cut from carcaaaea freeh
frojj* the rnaettnf apt*
Snake Bite Causes Forest Fire
For more than ? We*, a Jul^|li'Unp lortm ftn- rafc*-d in th?- W:
TuJuncH Canyon, rant or raaaden a. California ? all hccaiiw of a rut
tlesnake bite. A camper, billon b y tln? anake, mailed In h nearby
town for treatment. witiiont cxtln mil?hln^ hi* camp tire. Hundreds
of acres of tlmbrr were burjyd a nd the towns of Snnlnnd and I.:i
Creacenta endangered. Many vol unteer flr?' Atthlcnt were pros
trated by nmoke fiimea and olli'* rs aever??ly .burned. lb-low one of
the volunteer*, overcome by ?nr? ke, is 'kIiowii being rnrried t"
aafety.
ESTATE OF LAWSON
WORTH $21,000,000
Chicago, Sept. I. The ratal* ??|
111** late Victor I.hwhoii, puhllsl > . ;
WHH placed Ht $2 1 .KOO.OOU |ml?v '
whon the will a nd inventory * {
wen* llled in T'robatc Court.
BABE RUTH IS LEI OH
WITH PUBLIC APOI.O(,\
New York. Sept. 1. - llj.i
Iluth kiM today, after m ronli
ence with Col. Kupert, Yank"
owner. that ho would pul?lirt> !
apologize for hla derogatory ???? i
menta concerning Manai(< i Hu.
gluM. Rupert Huid In that
he would aunpend punlalinc'iit
TRIED FOR ASSAULT
Wilmington. Sept. J Tom
Hoblniion, nemo. wrut on I rid I
her? today for alleged hhkhiiIi up
on a in -year-old girl laat Aiik-u>i
1 2- F^llnic th n high at the tlui"
and the negro wan carried to IT ?
lelgh for aafe keeping.
KKVl I'HIl'I.K
IN N'OIH'II CAKOIJNA
Itiili'ich. Sept. 1 Although ap
proximately HO.OOfl
Income tax returns in North Caro
lina. ovt-r one-third of tin- rnuni
tot U I Of $.*1,000,000 KHMniNnil'lllH of
the Federal (iovernint'Dt wan
against Ichh than inn peraonn' rec
orda today.
W. N. ???> noldx of the It. J.
Reynold* Tobacco Company lit' d
the iarwat income tax r**turn in
lllO Slate, totalling 1243.000.
TWO ltl(, I'MOBLKMS
confront c.ooi.iim;i;
Hwampacott. Sept. 1. ?Two do
mestic Ihmupm confront inc the Hrl
fnlnlnt ration. the anthracite sit
uation and the shipping hoard coii
Irowrny, ovpnthadowd h It oth*
era In importance today in view
of President Coolfdge'H approach
InR end of hia vacation here There
waa no indication of hix taking a
hand In the anthracite strike.
Novel Ways Bootlegging
To Beat The Coal Strike
ItonllrgffiiiK In the Hifflil It ?rd for l.ii/iinr la (Jliitr f ree
ly Mixed t \> in Sonic of thr Trannnrtion*
fit Serurr I iirl ,\on ntltiva
Hi KIIV t MAII.HII \l,l
n?wnAi *i nr. n?
New York. 8epf I Some nov
*1 way* of "boot leg* In a'' to bo.tt
Ihe coal Hirlkn arc bolna pr?<
llced here. New Yorkor* chariM-d
with Ihr ronponnihlllt y of keeplm
I arffe bulldU?*? vara and "Iwi
WlM?" to 1 1 f ( 0 II iriiNtlDKly to I
porta. 'there may bo no ahortai:'
ire laying In bin auppllca.
"HootloRRlnR" la the proper
word. Tho auporlntendent of one
largo offlro biildlnK. ordered to
(tot coal enough to lust till t b?*
first of th? year, approached the
igent ffom whom ho alwaya bnvs
But the intent waa hII aold out to
Dthera. antlelpatlnK ?he I>Ik mill.
"Oet me nil tho coal I need hmI
I'll get you all the Rcotch and rye
pou ran uae. the superintendent
told tho roal aaleaman. tho Inner
sdmlta The order ban been |?lur*frt
?but the saleaman In at III debat
ing whether to try to fill It "with
or without '?
The run oh New York 'a r-oal
lupplylna rompanloa atarfod Hat
urday and haa boon continuing
with such rising Impotua that cer
tain companion frankly admit
Lhey will not ha able to supply all
waats
Oa? aaleaman whose Anfnat
hiMlnen* ha* equalled all the first
M-voji mouth* of III" yr#r put to
Rether. Wan ill desperation when
order* continued rnmllKt
"I couldn't promlne to nupplv
h not her ton of roal after Sunday ''
he said. "Then >? friend of h
friend of mine phoned to nuk inc
out to dinner. I* went mid lie
?darted iim . off with a powerful
cork tail.
"When I came to n few hour*
later In hi* home h< wavptl a hill
of aale In my fare. "Wiry fold me
I'd have to *et enough to tide two
apartment hou*oa thrnttjch the
winder' he Bloated 'N'ow you've
*ot to *rt It for me."
Whfri' to utorn tin- roal In c**.*h
of Immedlute delivery. \n m proh
lem that In vn*|im many haver*
At l?*nnt three nk vnrrap?TH will
erert bin* on the roof, where roal
may l>e *tored when the hnwiin-m
overflown If the *trlke In effective
and long, one Hnle*nian reported
after converwal lonti with hi* htiy
era.
A big factory In the middle of
the clly In clearing Ita warehouse*
to afore thousand* of tona of roal
Id. If delivery In made pronto a*
Ifa owner* har? demanded.
SIMONDS CREEK ,
ROAD CONTRACT
LET AT $65,591
K. I W illianiN, 4 !on tractor ? '
U Only lli<ltlrr mi Latent
< oiuitx "Krrdrr Koad'1
I'rojfrl flrrr
KOllINt, AGAIN VV
I'rurlrrr Komi (jiiCHlion
DinruHMMl I .niptliil). But
No Action Taken; May
Seek l.c^ul \?!vice
( rii i*4 for hardsurfaclng the
hlgh*ity from Old WcckHvllIt', K
tullea he low thW city. westwardly
to Slmoiiris Crwk, a distance of |
H|l|irO\illlitlPlV III.. Ill ll?-H. WltH |c|
Tuesday by tin* Pasquotank 1 1 IieIi -
wiiV I'mii mission lo K. I.. Wil
liams. contractor with offices
lure and in Norfolk. Mr. Wll- 1
liams was ilic only bidder i?n the
project. which Involve* const ruc
tion ?>f a nine fool concrete high
way of iho type adopted for all.
tin* others in ilic "feeder road '
program ..undertaken through Is
suance of $250.<Uin In county
bonds hv art of the last C.eneral
Assembly.
The contract flmircs on- the r??M'l
vjis $?a. !?!>!. no. or a little under
Slfi.Otio a mllo. Contracts on
similar road*" radiating from this
city have approximated $16.A00 a
mile. and the iUgher figure on the
Weeks** lllc to Slmnnds Crook
highway is ascribed to the higher
coHt of haulage. The matcrlala
must he transported by motor
truck a distance averaging H'n
111 Ilea.
Mr. William* wax low bidder
also on* count ruction of a bridge
at Simonda frock, in connection'
with the road. Ill* figure was
$2.0-1 2. fin for a bridge of creoaot
ed timber. The next lowest hid.
Miibinitted by \V. L. Jones. local
contractor. was $100 higher.
Th?' Simonda Creek road la to
1m- "of plain concrete, eight incheji
thick at the sldea and si* luchea
at the center County Engineer
J. It. Ford eatlmated prior to re-'
celvlng bida that it would coat
9G6.400 to conatruct.
The toad will run from Old
Weekavillo to a point about 2.1 AO
feet hcvond Simonda Creek bridge,
and will follow the preaent high
way as cloaely aa ia practicable.
There was Home Hiiggeatlona that,
the paving be Increaaed to 15'
feet in width from old Weekavillo 1
to N'cwhegun church, but the ;
commissioners took the attitude
that they could not .afford the
added Initial outlay. The con
tracor Ik allowed 1.10 working
daya to complete the project.
In connection with the letting
of the contract. K. I?. William*,
who waa preaent at the meeting,
told the coinmlaalon that tho
County could aavo conalderable '
money by reducing the hold re
?l ul red or the contractor. Thla
at preaent la Ho per cent oi' the
contract coat of tho Job. Mr. . VII -
llama 'explained that other aUt^es
? Virginia, for Instance required
a I mnd of only 3fi per ceil . which i
lie said was far leaa expensive.!
The commissioner* appeared to
feel that the additional expense
wan justified, however, by the
added degree of aafoty.
Paul Walston, local exprean
agent, appeared before the com
mission and presented a claim for
$137. HO for extra cxprcHMagn on
fh<' recent shipment of 92r.r1.ooo in
bonds from thla city to buyers In
the Middle Weal. lie explained
that the clerk who handled the
shipment figured the charges at,
$A0. whereas they ahouhl have
been * IK 7. AO. The commission 1
agreed to pay the difference.
After some discussion. the com-,
mission decided to take no action
on m proposal to pave the Fork*
School road I R feet wide acroan
the Knohhs Creek swamp Just out
side the cjry limits. The distance
Is about *00 feet, according to
Knglneer Ford, and the additional
coal would have been about $1.
or.o
It ifcaa * x J ? I h liif'l that the* County
would experleneo contdderahle
difficulty in keeping up the
nhiiulderN of Iho road where It
rrrmHcd th?? swamp. fommlnalon
er l#eiiry ?nggeMted that f-runhod
rork might ho liaed to advantage
to protect the road Hhoulder* at
that point, and Knglneer Font
agreed with him. hut Mr. Wil
liam*. contractor for the* road. de
Hand sufficient atone fhr the pur
pone would rout a third an much
ax concrete. and would laiil only
a year or ao.
Toward the rloae of the meet-'
Inc. the 'luentlon of routing Pear*
tr?*e Koad. already a subject of ex*
tended controversy. hohbed up
agMln In desultory faahlon. There
wan extended discussion of a sug
gestion liy Vlee Chairman II F.
Sample. presiding in the shsence
of Chairman H. (I. Bcott. that an
altogether dlalnterestpd attorney
In* employed to paaa on the lejcal
Itv of thn action to rr/ute the road
diagonally a'-roaa the farm of Kh
rtngbeufl * Small to ItoMt'l Fork
in I he event that the commlfttilon
nought ]?t*l wdvlrc In the matter.
Mr Sample explained thai Wal
ter Small, counsel for the rommis
Hi4>fi. wan part owner of the farm
In question. and that It might!
place him In an emharraaalng po- 1
sitlOQ,
One Plane Off
Other Disabled
Km 11 IVh ikImo, Kept. t. ?
W illi half lit voyHRP to Hawaii
Meeom pi tatted. (he flafrihlp <>f
I he two 10.300 |Htun<l *r??
plant's which look off from Sun
Ki-hik-Into buy wni winging ila
way wmtwin) today.
The otlirr plane whn h float
on Ihr iiurfare of the l?a< ifir
:UH> nautical nilli'K from Han
Kranciaco with the dwtroyfr
William Jonea atandlng by. The
ileatn?>er*N captain intsM?KHl
that he would take the rila*
a bled plane In tow. Keport*
from the Jone? were that the
plai?e l*N-W, No. wa? In diffi
culty ?tue to bmken oil pre<*Miie
lilies.
Han Franclaco, Kepf, I .?The
Mataon liner Manoa M-nt a
wire lean report to the Navy ra
dio lien* today Raying that
I'X-O, No. I, |MtNMr<| the I.24M)
mile idtlp at <1 : 1 0 thin morning.
Honolulu, Sept. 1 .?The dis
abled >eaplanc IVN-tt, No. :l, will
try another m?n-?*top (Hk1ii I'roin
San I ihiii Im-o to Hawaii. word
wan rerelvwl here |?mIav.
TODAY'S PICTURE
ONE OF CLASSICS
Ten (<miinim<Im<til- 1*
Among Kiltie That Will
I /Uhl, Say a Manager
"Some books are road and -then
thrown hwb>\ Some pictures arc J
Keen and then forgotten." Shelby (
Burgess. booking manager of the
Alkrania ThPHtnr said Monday ev
ening.
"Tho life of all ordinary movie,
is about two years. Classics of-llt
orature like 'Hamlet' 11 through- 1
out generation and are read again
and again.
" 'The Ten Commandments.'
has a theme so great, a sweep so I
large, and is so elaborately pro- j
duced that It is one of the small
group'bf films that will never die." j
"The Ten Commandments" will
bo shown tonight and tomorrow
night at the AlkrAma Theater and ,
In the afternoon of each day.
HANKY REITERATES
REFUSAL TO RESIGN
Washington, Sept. I. ? Bert
llaney of the Oregon Commission
of the Shipping Board today re-i
Iterated his refusal to resign un
der the circumstances requested
by President Coolidge.
FINDS RICH ORE IN
SOUTHWEST ALASKA
Ketchlnkan. Alaska. Sept. I.
Oordon Beetles, here this summer
on his way to Seattle to buy sup
plies. reported" that he had made a
rich strike of cinnabar, the chief
ore of mercury, on the Kuskok-j
wim Klver In southwestern Alas- 1
ka 200 miles from Bethel, a town
at the mouth of the stream.
Before tho I'nlted States bought i
Alaska from Russia In lRf>7, Bus- j
slans mado good profits by recov-i
erlng mercury from /cinnabar'
floating near the mouth of the]
Kuskokwlin after a landslide: .
They used a retort made from an j
old bolter.
In 1920 the property on which J
Beetles has made his discoveries
passed Into the possession of "Cin
nabar" MarDonald after he had
sought for 20 years the source of;
rich specimens he had found lie
was frozen to death four winters j
ago.
I?ast winter Beetles Investigat
ed the properly extensively and.
located three veins. He found I
MacDonald's body directly over |
one of the veins.
< I.KNKM'Y IIK.MKI) Will
I'AMgi OTA.N'K I'HlHOM-.lt
Kalelgh. Sept. I. -Clemem.v
yesterday denied A. K. Jones
of f'asquotank County by (lover- i
nor Mclean and I'ardon Com hi In- j
nloner Sink.
OKT CONrKftKRCIS HABIT
Oxford, Kng.. Kept. 1. ? Where
do undergraduates go during the
long vacation. Is a question often
asked by the uninitiated who lin- i
agine the colleges and grounds to
be deserted for several week*. Be
fore the war they were, but the
conference habit acquired during
wartime has stuck and developed,
and for only two weeks In the va
cation Is there nomplete silence In '
the buildings.
There |h a constant Inflow of j
guests to industrial conferences,
educational courses and commer
cial conventions during which the
conferees are housed and fed on I
the linen of s modern hotel. Stu
dents for (b?M conference* lead
the lives of undergrsdustes. occu
py their rooms, dine In the big
halls and by so doing assist the ?
economic problems which Is urg
ent In the cases of some colleges.
COT rOW MAIlKKT
New York. Kept. 1. ? Spot cot
ton closed quiet, middling 22. .IS.
sn advance of lfi points Futures,
closing bid Oct 22 11. Dec 22.14.
Jan 2 1 .HO, March 22 10. May
22 43
New York. Sept. I. -Colon fu
tures opened today at he follow
ing levels: Oct. 23.04. Jan 21 72.
Mrb JI.H7. Mav 22 3*.
MERCHANTS SIGN .
CONTRACTS, FIND
THEY ARE NOTES
Twelve Elizabeth City Bti?
incM* Men Trapped by
Smooth Stranger* IVoiiuh
ling A c! vert i ? in# Project
PROMOTERS VANISH
\ ictiniM Squirm Periodic
ally ^ hen Monthly Pay
ment* of SI 3 Fall Due;
Clock Quit Altogether
Twelve Klizabet h City mer
chants arc- I'xrppdinsly anxious to
get in peraonal touch with one
Arthur KmIiii and one (Sen Hlrsch
smooth talking Individuals of He
brew extraction whose present
whereabouts ?n> unknown locally.
!f ln|PrHM ln PHlr ia inter,
sifted each month on the day thnt
I hey are called upon to dig up tho
*u,u ',f ?" meet a note t hat
fulls duo with monotonous and un?
falling regularity- -and which they
dldn i know they had signed until
II w.is too la to for tho knowledge
to benefit them.
Kahn and Hlrsch blow into th
city rarly in April with their pock
ets hii I Kin k with testimonials, and
offered local merchants a proposi
tion 10 erect an advertising clock
in a prominent downtown loca
tion. Tho clock had a storoopil
con arrangement whereby lantern
slides wore flashed on a screen for
paaaeraby to sec. It looked like a
good advertising atunt.
In consideration of the service
the merchants were to pay $13 a
month. Some were under the Im
pression that the slides wi re to be
changed weekly, without addltlon
?l cost to them. Others under
stood that tho change was to bo
tuade each three months. Tho 12
merchant!* signed what they be
lieved to be contracts, voidable tn
the event thnt Kahn and Hlrsch
failed to fulfill their part of the
Agreement.
The contract waa OMtenslbly In
duplicate, the aigner keeping one
hair and the promoters tearing oil
and retaining .tho other, duly
signed. Some of the morcrnfflta -1
wore given to understand that the
clock face would be four feet
across. affording an adequate dis
play. Others gained the Imprea
slon thnt It would be five feet
across.
Ileforo leaving town. Kahn and
Hlrsch had a "disagreement" and
"Pllt up their partnership. in
stead of having algned contracts
?s they thought, the 12 local mer
chant* actually had signed prom
laaory notes, collectible regardleaa
of whether any sort of contract
existed. Kahn and Hirsch divided
the notes, and discounted a num
ber of them here. Others were
discounted In Oroenaboro.
The clock was erected over tho
steps leading to the aecond floor
of the Blades building, at Road
and Main stress. Instead of be
Inu four or five fort wide. Its face
measures three feet across, or leaa.
The location of the clock face Is
f?r from conspicuous. The service
began on April 11. and tbua far
there has been no change in the
slides, despite the fact that the
first three months ran out July
11, nearly two months ago. Aa a
matter of fact, the clock cased
flashing altogether ahout two
weeks ago. this being due to the
clrcuiiiHtanco that the roof leaked,.
It rained in on the slides and the
colors ran. rendering them vir
tually Illegible.
First Intimation that 'bey had
signed notes. Instead of c >utracts.
came to tho merchants when they
were callcd upon to meet the Ini
tial payment a month after the
service began. I .oca I holdera of
the notes were Innocent of fraud
ulent Intent, and demanded their
money. Some of 1 he merchants
paid, and others decided to await
the Inevitable- the service of
Judgments against them. 80 me'"*
signed for six months, and others
for 12.
The clock Is an eight-day af
fair. snd runs faithfully enough.
It tells time under dlfflVultlee.
however, due tn the fact that
somebody climbed Into Its "looat"
and- yanked off one of tho hands.
The company furnlshlnic the slldea
hss sent word hero that It haa
ceased business relations with
Kahn. and no more slides are In
prospect The inM heard from
Kahn was that ho was somewhere
In Kansas Hlrsch has dlaep
pearod utterly, so far aa th*
t wain's Klltaheth City patrons
know. t
The business Arms signing up
for the clock service were the
Lane Motor Company, the Herv-L*
Filling Station. tTie ( Drive ft
Company, the Klizabeth City Coca
Cola Hot tljng Works, the Crystal
Ice A- Coal corporation, R. A. By
rum Company. Cooper Cleaning
Works, the Albemarle Pharmac/.
the It y a 11 Floral Company, the Al
bemarle laundry. W. A Cotter ?(
the North American Life Insur
ance Company, and White's Sweet
Shoppe. - S
All ?!?<? ?jwMI??lr ?ora, and *11
arr more than anxloua lo rontor
wlih Kahn or Hlrarh. or holb On?
?-v<-n Ko*a ao (ar a, to aay thai If
anybodjr will 'ak.< th<- (rouble lo
rrale either or both, anit .hip
then here c. O. D . he will pay
all tranaportatlon charges snd a
bonus healdea. A warm welcome
swalta the pair here.