North Carolina Newspapers

COUNTRY CLUB READY FOR USE IN FEW WEEKS Brilliant Reception I o Mark Formal Opening Early in Oclnbtr, Com mittee Aiinounm MEMBERSHIP KILLED Many Already on Wuiting List; Widening and Grad ing of Road Finished by Camden Authorities Completion of the Klizabeth City Country Club building by October 1 is virtually assured, C. O. Robinson, chairman of the building committee, stated today, adding that plana were under way for a brilliant reception shortly after that date to mark the form al opening of the club. Construc tion of the building Is being super Ytaed by L. B. Perry, a local con tractor. The resident membership of the club, originally fixed at 200, has been subscribed and there are already many names on the wait ing list. Mr. Robinson states. The majority of the members live here, but there Is a substantial representation In Edentoti and Hertford as well. Thus far there has been no Intimation that the membership would bo Increased at any time In the early future. For the convenience of mem bers, a private copper circuit la being run to the c|ub house from this city, a distance of five miles, affording the same telephone fa cilities. both for local and Ions distance calls as are provided her-. A Urge electric lighting system is being Installed also, along with modern plumbing fixtures, provid ing running water and sewerage. Golf Kxpert Coming A golf professional, employed In New York City upon recommenda tion of the golf department of A. O. Spalding & Sons, is expected to arrive Monday to shape the course and look after other details pre liminary to the opening of the Club. The man employed Is aald to have had seventeen years" experience In the work, and has had ohargo of several clubs In New York and New Jersey. His wife will have charge of the housekeeping at the club. Camden County roadbulldlng forces have graded and widened the highway from the end of the paved road near Camden Court houae to the club property, and It la declared to be In excellent con dition "making the driving dis tance from this city to the club a Matter of about 16 minutes at or dinary spee<l. ' A large force Is at work on the grounds, cleaning up and putting the golf green Into condition for play next month. Handsome fur niture has been ordered for In stallation In the next few weeks, as soon aft the Interior of tli bulldlng Is finished. All In all. the work of making the club ready for use Is progressing most satis factorily. according to Mr. Robln aon. There are many scuppernong and James grape vln#>s on the Club pioperty and members who have made jaunts over there In the last few'dayn have enjoyed them to th" fall* Besides there are several hufidred peach and other fruit trees which bear abundantly In eeaaon. ? Tennis Courts Ready Incldentally. Mr Hoblnson eftrten that the tennis courts laid out at considerable expense near the club building will be In con dition for play by October 1 Maintenance of the golf course and grounds Is supervised by Cleveland Harrell, who took ov er the work upon the resignation of A. Q. Bell, originally employed to look after this phase of the Job. Member* of the building com mittee besides Mr. Robinson are O. Gilbert and W. B. Foreman W. P Duff, president of the club, is ex officio member of all com m It tees. ? The Kllzabeth City Country Club tract comprises 200 acres of Clesred and woodland In Camden j County, on the shore of Pasquo tank River. It Is five miles by highway from Kllzabeth City, and has an unique topography In that It Is covered with hills. In sharp eeairast to the level sameness of the surrounding terrain. The club house Is situated on a high hill overlooking the southwardly ?weep of Paaquotank River, and Is surrounded by nstlve shade tree* Its situation Is the more pleasant by reason of the fact that the summer breete mainly comes from the aouth In thla part of the country. Workmen employed there through the last few months declare the breese has blown steadily almost every day. The Golf Coatee The nine hole golf course, now practically In condition for play. Was laid out by Joseph P. Knapp. millionaire publisher of New York City who maintains a hunting .lodge on Knotts Island. In Cnrrl tack County. Mr Knapp Is a golf %4t^uslast . and In designing the! ?oarae embodied In It many of ^the heet features of courses* In va rious parts of the world oa which Coatlaaed oa Page ? ' CLOT HIM. SEEDED FOR CIHLDREX TO START TO SCHOOL < lot hlng In nmletl Immed* Utrl) for children of the fol lowing in order. that they may rnlrr nchool nnl m*k: One boy, 13 )ran old. Tlirrv boyit, 10 >rar* old. One boy, nine yearn old. One boy, mIx yearn old. Two Klrb, IS yearn old. One kIH, IO yean* old. The mot hen* of then** chil dren, In every cane, are either wlduwN or liave been denerled by their hUMbandH. The cane* nrt< worthy of help, and the need In urgent. Clot hen Nliould be aeiit to the Chamber of Commerce rooms without delay. FINAL SESSION SOCIAL EVENT Training School at First Methodist Thin Week Fine Success The Standard Training School 1 for Sunday School Workers at | the First Methodist Church held i its final Besslon last night. In ? stead of the usual two atudy pe riod* with a general assembly be Itween. the two periods were held without break and the assembly ' was held In the social hall of the ! church. The ladies of the church i served delightful refreshments 'and the closing exercise of the 'school was blended with social en joyment. j At this time the pastor acted as master of ceremonies. Miss ' Keene presented the plan and the Importance of the observation of Children's Week. Superintendent Oobbel made the report of the School. J. A. Hooper, superlnten-l dent of the Sunday School ex pressed the pleasure and profit which the local church had re , celved and extended a hearty In vitation that the school return J another year. Presiding Elder Culbreth added to this his own ap preciation of the value of the 1 work and stated that the board !of managers had definitely decJd ? ed to have a school next year. All ? the students seemed delighted with their Instructors and eager ! for further opportunity to study. The plan of the school calls for I 12 study periods. Any one who | enrolls and attend at least half of , these periods Is counted as "en-j rolled." Quite a number of vIbI ' tors were In attendance each ' night, some of whom had they de sired might have qualified as en rolled. who did not do so. But 110 from 19 schools were en : rolled. Bach one who attends alt 12 of the periods (excused ab sences offset by extra Individual work not counted ugalnst one) j and does the required work re- j celves a credit of one uult toward the diploma which the Church Is- j sues to those who fulfill the re- I qulrements. Seventy nine from 1 6 schools won credits. The pre- 1 sldlug elder. 1; Kilty Hawk Cir cuit. 1: Pasquotank Circuit. 2. 'South Camden Circuit. 1: Salvo. 1 : Wesley's Chapel, 1 ; New Hope. 1: Hall's Creek. 1; Mt. llermon. I 2; Kitty Hawk. 2; Newland. 3; j Stumpy Point. 4: Union. 4; South Mills. 6; City Road. 22; First I Church. 27. The same faculty will conduct a school In the First Methodist ( Church. Rocky Mount, next week "Elizabeth City heartily congratu lates Rocky Mount on her prlvl- 1 lege It would give unanimous ] satisfaction If the same faculty > might come to Elizabeth Clfy next j i year. Not only In the class room ; J but In social Intercourse they : have won the esteem and affection ; | of our community." says Dr. N. H. ? (L> Wilson, pastor. CHRIST CHURCH Pl.ANS j MANY IMPROVEMENTS j The board of vestry of Christ 1 Episcopal Church announces that 1 i the extension of the chancel, long ' i tinder consideration with a view . ! to Improving the Interior of the 1 church, has been authorized. The, chancel will be deepened about 15 j . or 20 feet. The vestrymen also have decld- i i *"d to remove the unsightly piping I on the Interior walls of the j church, used for heating, and to , Install wall radiators, covered with attractive grlllwork The building committee of the . church has adopted plans and ape- ' clftcatlons for five stores to he ! erected on the church property I fronting on South Polndexter street. Contract for construction ; Is to be let on Monday, Heptem ! her 28. at noon. Rev. O. F Hill, the rector, announces. FRENCH HAVE TAKEN ONE TRIRAI, CAPITAL Fez. French Morocco. Sept. 12.' Amyot, capital of the territory | of Renl Zeroual tribesmen, has been captured by the advancing i [ French armies converging from Terroual and Tafrant.* COTTON MARKET New York, Bept. 12. ? Spot cot- ; ton closed ateady with an advance of 20 points, middling 24 26 Pu- 1 tares closing bid Oct. 22.4ft. Dec . , *4.14. Jan. 22 12, March 24.1ft. Ma j 24.47. July 24.24. 1 W. S. NEWBERN GETS ROAD TERM Prominent Currituck Far mer Sentenced in Affray Case Sentences of 30 day* each on ' W. S. Newborn, prominent Curri tuck County farmer, and Noah Cattwrlght. aud fines of $60 and coat* each on Graham aud Dexter Snow were Imposed by Judgo Thomas H. Caivert late Friday af ter conviction of the four on a charge of participating in an af fray. Newbern and Cattwrlght noted appeals to . the Supreme Court. The judgment came at the close of the September term of court. Judge Calvert originally Im posed seuleuces of six mouths on Newbern and four months on Cart I wright in connection with the af ; fair, but upon a plea by their at torneya, seconded by Solicitor Small, he reduced the terms to :tu days each, to be worked on the roads. In passing sentence, he accused Newbern of helping to select Jur les chosen In the trial of iuiuor cases during the term of court Just closed. aud referred to the fact that he was on the bond of sev eral of those accused. The evidence In the case wan to the effect that the Snows. Cart wright and Newbern went to a ?tore at Mamie, In Currituck County, and engaged in an alterca tlon with W. N. (iarrenton and Charles Parker, the outcome of which was that Cartwriglit anil j Dexter Suow beat up the two j There was testimony to the effect that Newbern told Snow and Cart wrlght to stop beating (iarrenton and Parker, that they had given them euough. and should let them up. (iarrenton and Parker were defendants In the case also, hut were dismissed. The road sentencea Imposed on , Newbern and Cartwriglit w? r?- re ceived in the courtroom with con- ' slderable surprise. Despite all ap ; peals, Judge Calvert refused to substitute fines. H B. Cherry was fined $f>0 and costs on a charge of creating a , public nuisance. Foster Forbes, was fined $60 and costs and Jim Lilly, colored. $26 and costs on a j like charge. Willie Jones, alias Osborne Tav lor, and Willie Williams, both, colored, convicted of storebreaklng . and larceny, were given minimum j terms of three years arid maximum > terns of four years each in the] State Prison. They were convict- I ed In connection with the robbery j of a store In Moyock last month. A sentence of aix months on the roads, with a proviso that the capias would not be Issued If the' defendant paid hla Jail fees and the costs In advance, was Imposed npon C. 8. ('rain, convicted of as sault with an automobile and of operating an automobile while un der the Influence of liquor. Craln was charged with having run down Bpence flpry, aged resident of Colnjock, on the Colnjock bridge last March. Inflicting pain ful Injuries. * i SQIIIKHKLS ON CUB TRACT REINU SHOT Although till* U not thf aea Min for Nliootlng Mjulrrflfi, a numher of the fairy little wnl maln on the KlbMlnth ('My Country (1?h tract In ( nni<lfn County hnvf fallen victim* W t tionKht leva huntamen In the In ?t few day*, actordlnff to C. O. Rohln*on. chairman of the elah'n building commlttec, who warn* that farther depreil* thina of the kln?| will reealt In the offender* bring aiwietl. Mr. Hohin?<?n ami other* In* ferreted In the Country Cluh waat to keep the aqalrrcl* on the properly, nnd are (flaturhed ovrr the proapeet that they are of the opinion that thoee who have heea ? hooting are treepnaaers upon the property, holding no ?aihainhtp la the dab. Dollar Down And $1 A Week Plan Growing In Favor Here What artirlett do people buy on credit nowaday*? A representative of The Dally Advance went out >enterday at 1 ternoon and a?ked half a dozen ' Elizabeth city busluMti men the foregoing question. together with a few others with reference to how credit transact iona are hand lt?d. Among other* thing*. he waa told that the Installment plau largely wuh nupplant ing the old *y*tein of ?<xt ??nd iiiic credit on aQ ' indefinite basis. "It make* mat- J tern easier both for the buyer! and the aeller," one merchant ex plained. "The buyer feel* com*! I pel led to set aside a certalifj amount each week or month to] I meet hi* payment*, and regulatea I h Ik spending accordingly. Inatead [of letting a bill drag along In lilt or mlaa faahlon until he has In jured hla credit atandltiR." Almoat everything la Hold on I he liiatullment plan theae duya, to a greater or leaa degree. Kven ?the corner groceryman who col lect* from hl? cuatomera weekly la running what approximate* an inalallment bualneaH. The de ferred payment plan haa become an approved and popular way of buying. One of the moat radical changen} in tbi* type of huaineH* haa been j the virtual abolition of collector*, j Formerly a credit atore main- 1 tallied a large ataff of theae men. who went to the ciiHloincr for the! payment* when they were due. ' Now moat of the atoren Helling on inatallment* depend on the cua tomera to bring or aend the money to the atore. Tlila lower* the expenae of con ducting audi a bualneaH, and con- ( aequently lower* proportionately' the price of the goodn aold Collector* now are uneil virtual ly only on account* which are de linqueiit and there are not i many. However, when a peraon ' neglect* hla Inatalfmenta for no ! good reaaon. u collector In an an tomoblle will vl*lt him and Jog hla memory. And when a person turn* out to he a bona fide dead beat, the efficient cr?dit atore doesn't play with him, but takes legal steps at once. ? "MoSt of the folk* who buy oil credit are hone*t working people | and kmp up their payment* repc ularly." Mated one merchant who handle* many nuch account* "In caae* of alcknen* or lo*? of employ men i. of courae. their payments may lapae temporarily. The more, after finding out the reaaon for the lap*e, doe* nothing ? jimi wall* No IntereM I* charred, and when the runtomer If :jM ? i ? pay uKaln. the arcount kkm llglil on " And then there In another angle I llti: KKCOKI) RKOKKN IN WESTERN SECTION Alhcvlllf, Sept. 12 All r?roi.| ' for for?*Hi fire* during the nionl'i of AupiiNi were broken In Went ern North Carolina laat month when 23 Area with properly Iohm i of $72.X1M> were recorded. INiird lng to a partial monthly report today by Thoma* Alexander, for oat warden. Iltvmc UttMAXV to ATtKNK Genera. Sept. 12. Th?- allied powera today forwarded to their amhunaador* in ItofHn an Invi tation to Germany to participate in ? eoafiiMN to MtnM^r the propoaed necurlty pact. The Invl tatton which I* brief t? dealrablllty of a meeting of allied land (German foreign minister*' early next month No alte for, the conference la specified lii the credit business. which one nifivhunt emphasised "People \ aft* using tlu? ?'.i?o?ls bcf.re thevi are puhl for." h?* explained. "and i therefore the nu'rchunt must sell i ri-liahle stuff If lie doesn't. he'll | have u hard job getliu}'. his mon?v t'l course t lie merchant. on th?* other hand, safeguards himself j by lioldinK title to the niervhan- . ?!????? until 11 Is |>ahl for." Within recent year*, the install ment Kume literally has conn* to . dominate the business of selling! iuwer priced automobiles It used ? to !>e lliat a man who wanted a car would co in i* In ami plank down the full cash price. Now, | according to l\ W. CJalther. mana ger of the Aulo & (5hh (OtiKlne Works. 7 5 per cent of all Ford car* are sold on the Installment | plan. And usually Ihc buyers manage to meet their puymeiits as i hey fall due. lu many of the cities. enterprise Ing dealers are selling even tires | and auloniohlle accessories on the deferred payment plan. And fur niture dealers say that tin per cent of their salon ure handled in this way. "We just couldn't along without the installment bus iness.' one leading local furniture dealer declared "It enables us to keep up the volume tif our sules 1 to the point where we can hold j prices down to a reasonable level." I There are hiiudredli of Klizn beth City folkn who eveu buy nion ey <?n ih?' Installment plan. Tlio flood Industrial flank makes many hums each day. to ???? repaid In weekly or monthly Install* ments unri thereby performs u highly valuable service for a mill I Hud*' of salaried workers who. every ho often, find IhpniHpWfi much In nn?il of more ready cash ' ii in iiii'.v ran lay their haada on conveniently otherwise. The Installment system In of ad ditional value in that In many can es It has ill** result of Inculcat lug the thrift hahlt Into many who otherwise would Iih Inclined Id l*'i the future rnlny day tuke care of Itself. The InHtallmeiil buyer get* Into the halilt of netting uHlde fixed sums at regular interval*, and often, when he has completed a particular purchase, lie finds thai he has adjusted his Income to his expenses iii aach faahlon aa to make It far easier to save a definite amount each week or month. Thousands of North t'arolln lana today are building homes on the Installment plan, through the building and loan associations, without which they probably would remain renters m II their dajm. Everything considered, while the Installment plan wcasloiially may tempt one Into an unwiHe or extravagant purchase, those who have observed It In operation agree that Its benefits rar out weigh Its dlsadvaiitaKes other wise It never would have rained Its present vogue. U AKKIIOlISi: ItOHItlll; PROWI.KII i;kis away What Is belle v?d to have been a second attempt on Fiiccesslve nights to break Into the new wan house of the liunk* Wholesale (Company, on flreeu street, was frustrated Kr Id ay night hv Whit Wilson, who operates a livery sin ble across the street About 7 o'clock, Mr. Wilson observed two boys prowling about the premises. They ran when he approached 'hem. and he gave chase, succeed Ing In overtaking one. The l>oy broke away from him after a sharp tussle, and escaped. The warehouse wan broken Into Mometlme Thursday night, and a small quantity of candy wan sjof ??n. police are Inveatigatlug. Thej robber* entered by smashing out s j light In a rear window aod unfa> t enlng the latah. HUGE SEAPLANE ANII DIRIGIBLE HERE THURSDAY Sprt'ial Vrrial Attraction* AMurnl fur County Koail ( U'lcliralion, Weath er lYrinitlitiy IM.ANE I IKK PN.?* NO. 1 Otlirr Airorafl Similar to l-atrd Shenandoah, which I'VII in (Hiiu Willi I 0*8 I. iff Kxr?|illunil attractions for the "k**i acquainted" celebration lo bo hold here Thursday, when Kli/aheth I'lly will play host to the !>???.> i* 1?* of <?ates uud other miiiiiiH.i of the Albemarle district, art* assured through a visit by Dr. M s nulla, of the eutertalmnent committee. uud Secretary Job. of Hi** chamber of commerce, to I ho Portsmouth Navy Yard and the Naval ltase at Norfolk Friday A flying machine of the type of the PN'.i No 1. which has floured prominently lu the newspa pers in recent week* In connection with It-V non-stop flight from the Pacif ic Coast to Hawaii, uud whose crew was rescued after having drifted helplessly about In the Pa cific for nine .lays, will be on hand for the celebration It has been promised by officials at the Naval Base. A law dirigible. the same type of craft a:t the Shenandoah, which crashed tii earth wllb heavy loss of life ill Ohlu a few days ago. Is coining from Langley Field. If the weather permits. This airship, of rourse. Is much smaller than the Shenandoah, but will afford many visitor* at the celebration their flr?t opportunity to ?''w " lighter than air flying m?rhlue The plane which is comltiK will be the lariseat ever lo visit North ??astern Carolina. It Is of the British ferry type of hydropl lane, and carries a crew of five, Includ ing two pilots, mechanics, and a radio operator. The Navy Yard Hand will be on hand for the event also This was promised definitely by offi cials at the yard Supplementing the Hoys' Hand and the South land Jubilee Singers, already ar ranged for. It gives assurance that there will be plenty of mualc-? uud the best music obtainable lu this part of the country The Na vy Yard Hand Is regarded as one of the finest organizations of the kind In the South. Official visitors here for ttio day are expected lo Include ('apt. \V. T. Tarrant, commandant at the Portsmouth Navy Yard; Lieu tenant Commander Jl H. LeHour l*eolsle. aide to the commandant ; Capt. II l' Cocke, commanding officer at the Naval Hase Air Sta tion; General J P J*rvey city manager of Portsmouth, and ot it em. It was largely through Clen eral Jervey's assistance that the I'onimlttee wan i> 1" Kali" the pera t loll of the Navy In providing the band, the diri gible anil the big aeaplane for the celebration. . Ilr llulla anil Mr ?>"?> motor?n lu Norfolk Friday In lir I Fear IllK'- far loaned 1 1 "'in tor Ihe trlii with Ilr. Fearing m nan. Hll lh*. a? driver Th.'V report n altogether Mn?cassf U I anil Jileuiwin! "^Meanwhile Ihe work of r?l?ln? fundi for lli" ie.i-br?llon It nro coedlng. though aomewhal n.ore i low I v than larllor in lh< week , .1 llllonal donoi-1 reported up to noon Saturday, w -li th- .lumlwr <.( \ ialtorH they Will entertain iro a t fi'llowm Honor <iuesia K. City Cotton Mills 20 Southern Holler. Slavo ft. Heading Co. &0 H C. Abbott ? 20 CI. W. Twlddy <0 Twlddy it White 10 Sed berry Drug Co. & Pritchard ft Jackson 4 lu procuring llallctt H Ward. former member of Congress from this district, us the principal speaker of the day. the committee bore in mind not only Mr Ward'.* oratorical glftii but also the fact that he l:< one of dates County's In ',t k (WW I native MM Preparations fur the barbecue and other special features of the day are taking final shape now An abundance of good things to eat for all the visitors Is promised. The latter an- reminded, however, that in order to be given first con federation at dinner time, and to gain free admittance to the after* noon baseball game and the inov lea. they must wear badges Ret ting forth that Ihey are guests Committees at various points on the roads leading Into the city will Issue the badges that morn Inn. and others will he distributed from a booth on the courthouse grounds to those who for one rea son or another may fall to get theirs on the way here. FIIIE IS RAGING AT WEST PAI-M BEACH West I'alm lleach, Fla . Sept 12 Fire believed to be of Incen diary origin Is raging In the black j belt of thla city, having destroyed i ten houses up to 11 o'clock this I morning. (UH EK \OK \lcLKA\ sets aside simh) Tit PKAY EOK K l/\ KalrUth. IS. (iiilrr nor Mrl<ran (<h1h> Unued m proclamation netting mltlr to morrow ah a "day of humility mil prayer to <Jod" for ruin. Tin* proclnmatlon urge* "our people nn t hey tn*\ hnvr ore a* ?ton in rloaet and publU* an M-inlillrt of worship to offer up their petitions to Alml|(ht> ( ?? mI , the gitcr of every k?mhI ami perfect gift, until the drought la broken and Buffi rlent rain ae?l to relieve the iimlR of our people." Fliers Resting From Adventure Read Letters 'From Relatives and Prepare to Give Out Offical Story (Hi Thl liu'ltlrd ? Honolulu, Sept. 12. ? Rested. , happy and asleep, America's lie I io?'m of aerial navigation, wcih at Pearl Harbor today recovering from their strenuous crulce in which they were cant about bj ; vagrant wiuds In mid Pari Ho for ulue days on the beapiane PN-u, No I. Honolulu. Sept. 12 ? Command er Kodgers and his four rompun ions of the ill fated non-stop flight i from San Francisco to Honolulu ; today rested in the Navy hospital after gruelling hours spent on the Pacific l.ihue, inlaud of Kauai. Sept. 12 ? Decision to Jjave Command- i John Rodgers issue an official statement of the events of the { flight of the PN-9. No 1. was! made today, following a confer j ence of the seaplane's crew an' Kodgers and Connell had both been deluged with offers for an ! "official story." , Mouutaius of messages from friends, relatives and well wish ! era everywhere were placed before -the West Coast-Hawaii aviators, i today by a relieved world. ; . The first message read by Com , mander Rodgers was from his I mother. Mrs. J. R. Bowden Figures In Crash While motoring In Norfolk Frl- j day mornlug with li?r Mister, Mr.i. ; I J. R. Howden. of this city, Mrs. i I A. L. Sawyer, of that city, sum- I tnined a number of painful cuts' I about the face when Mrs. How- | | den's car was struck by a taxi op- ? j era ted by R. M. Harrell, 4 I II Moii-j | tlcello avenue. The collision oc* . I cur red at Westuver and Colonial avenues, and Mrs. Sawyer was I thrown through the windshield She was cut by Hylug glass. Mrs ' Howdnn escaped Injury, though I her car was practically deinol- J lahed. The driver of the taxi was ar- 1 rented on a charge of recklesai driving According to Informa , tlon received from Mrs. llowden. : who Ih still In Norfolk. Rbt wani driving south on Colonial avenue and was In the act of making u left hand turn into Westover ave- j nue when the lax!, going north on ' .(Colonial, struck the right rear' wheel of her car. Mrs Sawyer Is u daughter of Mrs. W. J Morse, of tlilH city News from the hoaplptal Saturday ' | morning was to the *-ffT?*ft that the wan rapidly recovering from her Injuries. TRY EXPEDITE RATES ON BITUMINOUS COAI. Washington, Sept 12 ? To ex- , , pedlte the making of railroad j rates on bituminous coal from I West Virginia and Pennsylvania J to the Atlantic seaboard territory, the Interstate Commerce Commit j slon today set aside the usual re- j uuliements fol U days Mllll Of (the new rale schedules. FORI) DECIDES NOT TO Rll) FOR SHIPS Washington. Sept. 12 Henry Ford has decided not to bid for the Pan American Line ships now opersted by Mstaon Company from New York to South American ports. SEI.E4.T \UU\SSAI>OK imikini; 1|T WEEK WanhltiltoD 12 tlon of tm? nejdHpanese ambas sador will be rmoeafter President Coolldge has "inferred with Sec retary Kellogg, probably next week ? ? ? ~ ? ? i MOHKRN HOOCH FACTORY Durhsm. Sept. 12. -Ooe of th most modern* and up-to-date hooch msnufscturles ever captured lu this section of the State wss thai recently located by Sheriff J, M Con kiln and Federal OfflCera Cites and Ijingford. On the bsnk of Little River, j thejr explain, they found s 200 j gsllon steam outfit, while nearby ? was some 1.600 gallons of rsw ma terlsl In process of fermentation. A considerable quantity was also found, the officers report. MORALE FELL WHEN TREATIES WERE SKJNED Navy Men I in 1 922 That tli** Treat it** Fixed Statu* lint Found They Were IMi?tak?*n Fore** Has Bern Reduced) Fund* Hate Not . Been Provided, and Navy Has Even Been Short of Fuel ( Thia l? the necond and last dispatch by Koh.it T. Small mi present da> conditions lu tha Army and the Navy). New York. Sept. 12. -The low ered moral*- which tin; observer finds in the American Navy today In dii?* iu large part to the disap pointments growing out ot (ha limitation treaties signed in Wash ington In Hi*- spring of IU22. Nary men an a whol*> thought thaat treaties fixed the mama of the Navy virtually fur all time. But they soon learned it did not. Con gress tailt-d to provide the funds necessary to keep the American aa tabllshment on u 6-5-3 ba*is with ? Ureal Britain and Japan. Atteullon wan called to this fact time and time* ni'aiu but fongraaa failed to heed lllhtead of iuiprov lug conditions In tb*1 Navy, there I has beeu a tendency ever since ) the treaty rat I flout ions to cut tha Navy down. The enlisted force , ban been reduced far below the ! number Herniary to keep the An? | erlcau fleet on a parity with Great Britain and ahead of Japan. Fund* have not been provided for keep ing the necessary number of ahlpt iu com mission. The Navy haa been ?o short of fuel expenses at times that it has been ueceaaary to abaudon luaneu vera one year iu order to hold them on thing like a proper scale the next year. You will not bear Navy men bitterly complaining of thiu condi tion They merely state the rada to you If you ask what In the mil ter They nay that If It be tba policy of the American people to have m weak and inpufUciaatif equipped Navy lhat policy .should be opened and publicly declared ho that al I may know It and so that conditions may be readily un derstood in some r en pec t a It |a staled the American Nuvy Is bare ly keplng pace with that of Japan. In other respects, it Is not keeping pace. Navy nun are asking If there was not an Implied obliga tion to Great Britain to keep the American N:tvy at a live unit basis Instead of a three. Groat Britain, lu return fpr this treaty, de nounced her alliance with Japan. There is a feeling In the Nary lhat the service is retrograding because of lack of funds and that the people of the country do not care Perhaps the Shenandoah was being sent West In order to stir a bit in pride, and enthusiasm for lh?- Navy Certainly both are needed. If lb*- naval establishment Is to be kept In first clasn condl t Ion . The cruise of the I'aciflc fleet to Honolulu and Australia was ar ranged for much the same pur pose, as well as to insure the An tlpoden of our Interest In Partite affairs So far uh the Army is concerned*, the best that can be Maid of U la that It has stood still since ttre Armistice- stood still in equip ment but not lu the loss of morala. Major General Charles P. Sum meruit, commanding the Second* Corps area, at Governor's Island, successor to General Bobert Lte Bullard In that post, asserts that there has been no progress, ex-, cept perhaps in the working out of a scheme by the general staff for mobilization of men and re sources Mobilization Day. or de fense day as it was afterward called because of the offense the word "mobilization" brought to the pacifists, was a suacess In 1924. when undertaken on Armlft-> tlce Day. which brought the world war to mind This year the White House directed that there should tw no more such moves on Armle? tlce Pay. The date was tran** ferrod quick I v to the Fourth of July, but partly because of lack of sufficient time and partly bocauae there was s feeling that tha "authorities" did not look with fsvor upon the scheme, the test tlila year was almost a fiasco. In stirring all the animate at Washington. Army and Nary men agree that Col. Billy Mitchell may be building better than fc? knows Ills interest la almost wholly In aviation. But If Con gress and the public begin to pry Into aviation they will find what Is the trouble elsewhere Congress. It la known, will take no particular Intereat In tha armed service until public senti ment Is aroused. Perhaps it will be by the Mitchell "affair." The Army ami the Nary today ar* M rahblng at straws. The propose^, 980,000.000 cut In their appro* priat Ions for neat year would jaat about drown them. If < ongreaa wants them to drown that le something else again. But if Coa gress and tba people ex| services to be up to-da <IH AITKK CUT lUtinei. ?*??. k> I St 'ready" a different policy a to be adoptad. They Sleep With Nation's Heroic Dead With impressive ceremoiiiea the bodies of several victims of (Hf Slifiiaiiduah disaster were 1?ii i !?-?! on the beautiful wooded slopes of Arlington National Coiufiery near Washington Nut tor awa> is the touib of the Unknown Soldier. The picture kIiowh I he flag-draped caskets cunt: inilir I lit- budks' of Lieutenant Commander Lou it* Hancock, l.li-ut* iiuui l-Mr.ar W. Sh?i?i?unl and Lieut. J It l?u\vr<-tict?.