North Carolina Newspapers

I'UtCULATlON TMt ItMMY 2.603 Copier THIS WKATHKIl Fair innlftht and Saturday- I Slightly warmer Saturday. Mod- I erale to !reah east wind?. | VOL. XV. FINAL EDITION ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 25, 1925. SIX PAGES. NO 247. Bargain Day for Lesser Violators of Law Seems To Be Working Wonders United Stalen Attorney Eni- j ory K. Bnckner Lets I Them Off Ea*y if They Plead Guilty CLEARS COURT DOCKET . * Object ??f Ii All Is ti? Gel the Big Violators and Considerable Sucoens Im Being Achieved By ROWLAND WOO|> (CMirttfit. IWJ. ky Tli* A??kKcf) Npw York. Sept. 25.? tTnlt?'>l States Attorney Kmory It. Buck ner. author of the "Bargain Bay" plan of handling bootlegginK small fry, has given two ooject I?'?kop:; I In the last 24 hours of what he meant when he told (ienersl Lin? coin C. Andrew?, the new national prohibition enforcement head, that the only way to enforce the law waa to go after the bi? vio lators. One was the breaking of a gi gantic Time* Square liquor ring, alleged to have international ram ifications. which has been supply Ing ?cores of "night clubs" In the Great White Way with their rc?- I quirementa of liquid Joy. The other wan the Invocation for the first time of a newly enacted law. which promises to build un the prohibition navy by stripping the rum runners of their own fleet craft and commissioning them in the Federal service. The writer was seated in Mr. Bucknor's office late Wednesday discussing the latter phase of the prohibition campaign when the li quor ring story "broke." The pros ecutor answered his telephone, listened intently for a moment. Is sued a few crisp orders and hung up the receiver with a broad smile Of satisfaction. "That'a the best piece of news I have had since I took oflice." exclaimed, explaining that two ?\>f h la aaalstants and some 30 pro 43 nlbltlon enforcement officers and \b jMillcemen had Just raided the "^Knickerbocker Building and th" Long Acre Building at Times Square and arrested 13 of 27 al leged members of the city's big gest rum runners. Agents were out Thursday with warrants for the arreat of the other 14 on charges of conspiracy to violate the Volstead Act. Irving Wexler. alleged master mind of the con spiracy, slipped away to Kurope a few days ago, but It Is believed he can be brought back for trial. The arrests are the result of :\ tedious investigation begun bv Mr. Buckner, shortly after he Iook office, to learn the best method of going after the "big fellow. It Started with the leisure of the steamer Nantlsco. which nailed brasenly Into harbor last April with 500 cases of liquor concealed beneath a corgo of laths. Little wan said at the time about the Nantlsco's capture, but Mr. Buck ner directed an under-cover Inves tigation, which he now declares, resulted In disclosure of the en tire operations of the ring. The raiders raptured long lists of cus tomers in the bright light ?one, together with much information. The new plan of turning over to the Treasury Department for use against the rum runners boats which have been captured with Il licit cargoes, was made possible by a law adopted by Congress last Msrch. It was invoked for the ? rst time Wednesday when I'nlted States Marshal Hecht, under a court order obtained by Mr. Buck ler, turned over to the Govern ment the gas acrew runner Fran ce? P. Richie. Heretofore, capture of a rum tunning craft has be?n s matter - of small concern to the rum run t ners. I nder the old law. the Oov WL eminent had no alternative hut to ^ sell confiscated boats. And as thsse boats, with their high speed <? motors and their ureal, empty holds, were of little value to any hut rum runners. It always was a ?Imple matter to buy them back ' Apparently there was a Bort of gentlemen's agreement among the runners that they would not bid the craft up and in most Instaneen' the original owner?usually work-! log through an intermediary?got his boat baek for s fraction of Its ?rUlnal com Probably half of erm't now plying between rum I row and shore have been sold hack to the trade" for a song. From l.h*Jr m">r h'" turned against their fallow* Ur. Buckner Is con 222L? ..*realB d?r* for ""?o X*?"*." *.? *11. Walter* a lift P?l<ll.r. ean off with ft light fin* ir thfty rdead j?"''.'h*'??? >?">? to fourt dock?!??alrr.rfy aaarlr r?r? behind?for th* M?h., ud? th. authorltl-, hop? to ?" ,p "?WW MAHKBT N?w York. Hop! IS ? llpot rot ton rloMrf attadr lodar. middling II.**. * dorlln# of It polnu ru 'Snt rioting hid?: Oct. 11 ??. Dh ! #'?. Jan 1116. Meh 11.4?. Jfz M 7# V_. York' "?pt M?Cotton ??terw op*n?d today at tko fol ST'S? J*w>l?: Oct. II.SO. Dm. j?-llf inn. II II, March 114s. STRESS VALUE ROUTE THIRTY Meeting al Washington En tlui?iu*ti<* Though Not largely Attended Washington. N. C.. So pi 23.? ! | The meeting of Route 3? CoHRtal I H 1*1? way A shot la t Inn held Thurs-! day In the New Theater wan no! ! us Inrgely attended aa It should have been, hut nevertheless there was much Interest manifested. I Judge Chas. Whedbeo of Hert i ford. President of Route 30 Asso ciation presided while with him on the platform were Senator Wil liams. State President of the As sociation: Fred C. Warde. secre tary of the Atlantic Coastal High way Association. Brunswick. Ca.: R. ('. Job. Elizabeth City; I>. W. Ragley. Moyock : F. ('. Kucler and i Hon. L. C. Warren of Washing:-, ; ton. The High School orchestra I played several selections prior to : I the open In k which were much en-1 I joyed. President Whedbee opened the: 'meeting in a short address In' which be atressed the Importance i of Route 30 to this section. He j i then called on F. C. Kugler. vice-| 'president of the association who In a short speech welcomed the {visitors to Washington. and stresse.d what good roads were do i Ing for the county and what Route 30 meant to this part of Eastern j Carolina. He then called on Con gressman Warren who in his us ual happy manner preached the gospel of goods roads and the , building up of all the links on Route 30. now a Fedoral highway and one of the most important parts of the great Atlantic Hlgh I way system. Mr. Warren said . tourists could travel here 3 65jAa^a 1 in the year In comfort. He also wanted to go on record ns nnal 1 terably opposed to hnildlng 9 feet roads and wanted to tell Commis sioner William Hart that this sec jtlon 'would not stand for more roads of this type. He then Intro | d need Fred C.arde of Georgia, sec ! retarv of the association. Mr. Warde at once went right Into the importance of advertising Route 30, so as to get our share of the 100.000 tourist cars that will go to > Florida this winter. He suggest ed as a marker a duck In orange 'and black on enameled tin placed at short distances apart to show , tourlsta they were on the right rout#. H? made a number of oth i or valuable suggestion*? and asked one and all to co-operate together' , and make Route 30 the most pop lular highway between the north1 and aouth. | A committee on organizationi was then appointed by,the chair land while they were out R. C. Job; o" Elizabeth City made an Inter , estlng address on Route 30 and its connection with Virginia. The committee on organization 1 ' reported that new officers be 1 1 elected and finance and member-1 I ship committees be appointed. Re- , port was adopted. Officers elect- ? c-d wore: President Chas. Whed- ! t bee. of Hertford: 1st vice presi dent. J. H. Matthews. Windsor; 2nd vice-president* F. C. Kugler. Washington: 3rd vice president. Id Clarke. New Bern. Finance committee officers of Association and chairman of County Board of Commissioners In each county Route 30 passes t hrough. The visitors and members at tending were then invited to the Country Club where a splendid barbecue was served by the la dies under the direction of Frank C. Kugler. The next meeting will be held , In May at some place to be deelg- j nated by the president. EDENTON RESIDENT HELD IN HERTFORD Charged with pasnlng ?even worthless checks, H W. Francis, J of Edenton. Known s* "Hankey" Francis, wax lodged In Hertford Jail Wednesday In default of $560 bond, after a hearing before Jus tice Darden. Six of the checks were drawn on Hertford mer chants. and the seventh on one In Elisabeth City. According to Hertford authori ties, Francis' scheme was to go to a Ailing station In hla automobile, t buy a few gallons of gas and pos sibly a quart of oil, and tender s check for several dollars In pay ment. receiving the difference. All the checks were In small amounts. 1 It Is said He will face trial al 1 the November term of Perquimans Superior Court. FRENCH FORCES ON f WAY MUM'S CAPITAL i F??, French Morocco. Sept. IB. j ?It la officially announced today that the right wing of the French forces carried out successful op erations to the east of Klfane and In tho general direct loo of AdJIr. I Abd Rl Krlm's capital, occupying ! positions at DJebal Koanton and i D)?b?l Bor h um MRS. ANNA LEWIS WILL RESIGN JOB IN THIS COUNTY Welfare Officer Accept? Position at Higher Salar\ With Similar Dutir* in' Wake Count v JiAS SON IN KALEIGH ! May he Offered Increase in Pay to Iteconaidcr Ac tion; Ha* Done Much Efficient Work Here Mm. Anna Lewis. County Wel fare Officer of Pasquotank for more than four years, will present her resignation to the Hoard of County Commissioners at their reKular meeting Monday week, it became known Friday. It Is sntl-J clpated that the resignation will : be effective November 1. Mrs. Lewis Informed W. T. Love. Sr.. chairman of the Com mlsxloners. of her Intended action Friday morning, explaining that' she had decided to accept a slml-i lar position In Wake County at a j large Increase In salary. In com-, mentlng upon It. Mr. Love stated ! that hp regarded Mrs. Lewis aa a J highly capable worker, and that> he regretted her decision to leave. ' Coming Into office In 1921 as' the successor of Preston S. Vann. Pasquotank's flrat County Welfare Officer. Mrs. Lewis has accom-{ pllshed much in her field, accord-! ing to thoee who have been In ) close touch with her work. She has taken part In the prosecution of a number of cases Involving of- j fenses against young girls, and It ! Is believed that her activity In I these and other cases has proved; a powerful factor In reducing the number of such offense?. A telephone call to Mrs. Lewis' i home Friday afternoon, with ref erence to her Intended resignation, elicited the Information that ahe i | was ill In bed. Among her other activities here, Mrs. Lewis was a leader In the es UMIshneni of the Detention Home for delinquent and under privileged children, which was es tablished at Nlxofiton about a year! agQ The work carried on at the! hotfte. under her general supervl-; slon, has attracted widespread ft j Yorable comment. ? There was some discussion on I the streets Friday as to whether] Mrs. Lewis might be persuaded to ? reconsider her forthcoming reslg-1 nation If ahe were offered a reaa-1 onable Increase In salary. Those advocating such an effort to re tain her pointed out that she was1 thoroughly familiar with condl-1 tlons here, and therefore wan In a poult Ion to do far more effective j work probably than any one who ' might be available as her sucees-1 sor. Mrs. Lewis has a son living In I ftalelgh. and this Is believed to be 1 a factor In her decision to remove j to Wake County. JAPANESE VISCOUNT DIES OF HIS BURNS Toklo, Sept. 25.?Viscount A. Hamoa, president of the privy council, who wan severely burned yeaterday when hlx clothing caught Are from a bonfire In his garden, dlod today. MAIN SHOWS ABE HEBE IN OCTOBER Arrangements were madr today for the appearance of the Walter L. Main shows In Elisabeth City. Friday. October 16. The announce ment of the coming of this famous tented organisation, now In Its forty-sixth year. Is attracting In terest. "During the almost half s cen tury the Walter L. Main Hhows ban been on the road." said L. C. Gillette, the general contracting agent. "It has grown and pros pered until today the equipment and paraphernalia has set a stand ard by which many other organi sations arc patterned. "A special train of double length railroad cars Wlfl bring the big show here. The parapherna lia and equipment represent nn ex penditure of more than three quarters of a million dollars. There are upwarda of 500 m?l and women and 200 horses with the show; almost ten acres of tents; a herd of elephants, a car avan of camels from the great des ert. The menagerie will be fullr up to the standard maintained by Walter L. Mai? In other years. The performance this season will se* scores of added European fea tures and novelties. The cham pion riders, acrobats, aerlallate. gymnaata and equilibrists of Con tinental Europe and America will be seen. "There will be two performsnc es at 2 and t p. tn.. the doors op ening an hour earlier to permit j vlalt to the soologlcal collection or to enjoy a concert by the mllltarv band An Immense atreet parade will be aeen oi^ the downtown streets at noon on show day." ri/OUH to orhopct Portland. Ore.. Sept. IS?More than t.SOO tona of Hoar will be shipped from the Oolambla Hirer to the orleat the middle of Octo ber exporters announced today. Why Young Men Go West f Dolores Conrad of Sterling. Colo., has been chosen ** Colorado'* prettiest girl. 8ha will represent the ?tate at the International Petroleum Expos t tlon at Tulsa. Okh.. next month. Says Only By Segregation Crim ina Is Cam Cri me Ever Be Actually Stamped Out Fomuler of Psychopathic Laboratory Helieres Crimin al? Born, Sot )/ad <1, and Cure Suhjcct l.nrnely In ttrcedinp Out of tlw Strain Il> OWKN I?. H( <>TT (C?m<?kt ins. toy Tl? AtraM'l ! Chluxo, Sept. 25.?Scientific examination of 40.000 criminals (over a period of eleven yearn In thin country'* only real laboratory I for study of crime, bring the coii jclualon that only liy segregation of the criminal claan can the prob lems It raises be stamped out. In Itn report today, the paycho pathlc laboratory of the ChktlQ 'municipal court, emphasizes that j It? little known but extensive In vestigation shows crime to be a dlseane. with Its tendencle* Inher itable. and Itn cure subject largely to a breeding out of the strain from the human slock. Dr. William J. Illckson. found l?r of the psychopathic laboratory and Ita director during the eleven years of Its operation, who has ex amined more crlm ilia In than any other scientifically trained man in this ol*probbly any other country, finds that Inherent emotional and mental troubles are In a large measure renponitlhle for crime. "Crime." his report explains, "is seeo to be a social defect baaed upon mental defect, and the men SOUTH RAPIDLY SUCCEEDS WEST National Forrigu Trad? | Council Makes IoIcitkI ing AiirioiiiH ciiM'nl N?w York. Sept. 2G. ?? Tim' South I? HuecMdliiK the Wwt hh 1 the most rapidly growing sort inn of the United States In originating /foreign trade, the National For eign Trade Council declared to jday. announcing that the Iftoth i annual convention will h? held In Charleston. South Carolina. The convention will he fn Hen- j alon from April 28 to April 10 192? It will mark the first Importsnt National convention held In that i city since the Democratic conven tion In 188(0 which refused to nominate Htephen A Douglas One thousand and five hundred delegates sre expected to attend visiting the Southrn cottone mill towns, steel pants and Southern port developments. SE4.KECY SHJRKOUNOS DEBT NEGOrUTlONS Washlnxton, B??pt. ir?. Com plete secrecy surrounded the na Itre of the settlement oflqrr whle!?1 FYanee submitted as It entpr?>d the j second day of the deht funding ne gotiations with the American com- I miss loo. tal defect la aemi lo Im- h typical of I ho two groat divisions of tho mind?tho intelligence and tho emotion dlvialona. And Inntcad of bolni; a aporadlc thin?. appearing hv chance In Inrlividuala. the accu mulated caao rocorda ahow that Ilk?* all phyalcal and mental tralta. It riiim In family atocka and la subject to tho law? of nenctlca liko ?ithor characterlatlca." Tho thouaanda upon thouaanrla of crlmlnala examined In Dr. Illckeraon'a laboratory, aa the on ly plac?- in tho country whore th? v are really atudled. have borno out the flndlnga ho haa made. Scores of famoua murder eaUea. which have (ommandod nuniborloaa col umn* of newapapnr apace, have been found by Dr. llickaon to have been cauaed by emotionally unbal anced Individual?. Aa the work of tho payrhopath Ir laboratory gradually become* known. It la attractIn* Increaaed attention from Judge? and acton tiata from all parta of tho country ' Th* atudy. Dr. llickaon hellevoa, upon a tho way to a real under standing and aolutlon of the crime I piobletn. TO HK-IINVKSTK;ATE THE TOBACCO TRADE Washington. Kepi. 25. A re invent Iga t Ion of ovlilmirn gath ered by the Federal Trail? Com* mission In Hii Inquiry Into ? 1??? to bunco trail#? has been ordered The commission will appoint Inventi ng tors other than thou?' who as sembled It m original evidence, an a result of protests made by co operative marketing aaaorlatloiM sgalnnt the method followed and the tentative findings i/) H d lauds LEAGUE OF NATIONS Geneve. Sept. 25. l*ird Cecil In hI* ad ?I rem t oil a v t>efor? the league of Nations supported t h?* resolution railing for preparation o* a general dlMarmamnt confer ence and ronslderatlon of aome system of conciliation and arbi tration. I!e declared amid tremendous applauae that the l,eaaue as es tablished In the greatest Interna tlonal factor of today and pledged anew Oreat Hrltaln'a support FRENCH TROOPS ON DRUSE OFFENSIVE llagdsd. Irak, flept. 25. Men: bera of a convoy arriving her? from Damascus state that th" French hgvc begun a big offenalv against the rebel Druse trlbenrn?- i of Hyrta. employing 20.000 troop?, j 44 taeka. 32 armpred car? and j 140 nlrplanee. ALL CAR OWNERS URGED TO ENTER PARADE AT FAIR Me r r haul ?, ('articular ly, Should Avail Them M'lvc* of Valuable Oppor lunily. Say# Buxton \Vlute1 <;(>(?!) ADVEKTISINC (Iroal Allx-niiirli- District i Fair Expected to Prove Bigfjest and Mont Enter taining Held Here One hundred dollar* or more In prizes wII he offered for the bent decorated uutomohiles ?nd floats III the parade ushering In this year'? Creat Albemarle Fair on Tueiiday week. October li. The fair will continue through the fol lowing Saturday. October 1<>. and will have a wider array of amuse tueiit and other attraction* than any itlmllar event of the kind here, according to Secretary (!. W. Falls and his co-workers Miles L. Clark, rhalrman of the, parade committee, urge? every I merchant In the city, .along with ' everybody else, to decorate an au tomobile or float for the proces sion. which he says. should prove1 one of the most entertaining fea tures of the fair, and valuable ad-, vertlslng for the firms participate' Ing "Knter a car In the parade, to help make It worth while." he urges, "as a means of helping your city, and most of all. an a men na of helping yourselves. It i< thoroughly worth while from ar advertising standpoint alone, t > say nothing of the opportunity to win valuable prices." Arrangements for the fair fast are assuming final xhapc. There 'ure definite prospects that the ag ricultural. livestock and home ex . hlhlts will HurpasH those of all previous years, and that the nmunement feature* will be the bost In the history of the'fair. There will be free acts In front of the grandstand twice dally, and a free fireworks exhibition each nlghl. The Tip Top Shows, which will hold forth on the midway, are the same thai constituted the midway of the Norfolk fair, held during the week of September 7. OBREGON VISITS IN LOS ANGELES Former 1'reniclenl Mexico Ih Kurmer and Proniol er of Cu-opcrHtioii II) H.IKItV <'. KLLKK. i Cavyrifht IMS fey TM AOi?Ml Lok Angelca, Sept. 25.?Juat o hard-working and tired bean, grower on vacation ?aiich In (Jen ??ral Alvaro Obrcgon, hero of Cel aya. conqueror of Kranclaco Villa j and former prenldent of Mexico, who m now m vlaltor (o l?a Cludad de l?oa Anxoiffl. . - "I Hin Junt h farmur now," nay* the famous Mexican, "a grower of licaiiH (garbanoni and have no ambition* other than to help my followmen by forming bean grow era' aftxorlatlonn that will he to our mutual advantage. There Ih no.other Hlgnlflcancc to itfy visit here than aH a hard working beau rancher. I needed a rent, a vaca- , (Ion." A Mexican laborer, loitering at * tin- Htatlon when General Obrcgon j arrived, glanced up from hla clg- j urette Junt In time to recognize ? the gr?-at prenldent "Viva I m Menico' Viva KI (?en-1 oral Obregon!" he ahouted, clutch- - Ing at the slaeve of the former, rhleftaln of the Mexican republic j In hlK excitement. The general amiled gently, caualng IiIh Iron gray mmiatache to curl back and , reveal ntrong white teeth, but *|K?ke not a word (o hin humble countryman aa he proceeded with dignity to h waiting taxlcab. "Maybe the general ran tell us about thin year'a cropa In hla coun-1 try." a reporter auggeated at the hotel. "llueno," nliot back the one time war lord without waiting for hla Interpreter to anawer (General conditions In Mexico* "llueno" and the admlnlatratlon of President Callea? "llueno." with ' the name smile. Declaring that Mexico la tran quil and will ao remain, th? gen eral continued: "I retired from polltlca when i left, the presidency and have rtuck to my f#.M? acre ranch at Na vojoa In Henor?. The work of In Htalllna Irrigating projeeta and of riiltlvatlon haa been arduoua but I enjoy If." ha stretched forth hls| left hand aa a good-bye ex pre* , alon. Stepping up to the hotel desk the general npnke a few words to hla secretary and then handed the J clerk two aa in plea of clnth. . Through hla secretary he made known that he wlahed two aulta of clothea made without delay. "llueno." waa hla parting word to the clerk when the order wis given. KX-SHEIUFK BKAV IS SERIOUSLY ILL Former Sheriff fl. F. Dray, of' Perquimans County, 1* RorlouRl/1 III nt bin home at Hertford as i* I result of a heart attack early Mon- | day morning. Hp cam*4 downstair* ! on a Kiiiall errand, and fainted on j the way back, falling near the , head of the stairs. His wife fouud him in that condition, and man aged to get him into bed. Restora tive* were administered, and he ; regained consciousness after a short time, but has been In a ?e rlouM condition since. Former Sheriff Bray is a native of Camden County, and lived In Pasquotank for a time before moving to Perquimans. He cele brated his seventy-ninth birthday ! about a month ago. SUPERIOR COURT TERM NEAR END Many Relatively Unimport ant (late? Di?po?ed of During Week Drifting along toward the hour j for adjournment, the September] civil term of Superior Court,1 which opened here Monday morii Ing with Judge Thotnan H. Calvert presiding, thus far has been vir tually devoid of interest, as far aa the general public is concerned. Minor damage suits and the like I have dominated the docket all week. The term Is scheduled to end some time Saturday. In the case of W. W. Newbern vs. D. W. Snow, the Jury found that Snow was Indebted to New bern In the sum of $663.76, the1 face value of a note held by the latter, together with Interest at alx per cent from September 4,' 1922, and the costs of the action. A verdict In favor of the de-: fendanta was brought in a suit of the Virginia-Carolina Ilubber Company, against the Auto 6 Gat Engine Works, of this city, Involv ing an alleged breach of contract. J. 8. Rogers was granted a di vorce from Mrs. Fllena Rogers on statutory grounds. The case of the Farmers' Oln I nlng A Produce Company against C. E. iVa&eraon, now a member of pnr?f~EltIaWTh "CH? police MFC*, i came near ending In what la termed colloquially a "dogfall," the plaintiff being awarded a Judgement of 1197.48, and the de fendant being given a Judgment ,of $146.65 on a counter-claim. In the case of Walter L. Co hoon. attorney, against Donnie Maker. Mr. Cohoon won s Judg ment of $60 as a fee due him fori legal aervlcea. R. E. Flora was winner In n suit against A. E. Cohoon for re covery of a mortgaged horse, the : Jury awarding him the horse In dispute, or an alternative Judg ment of 970. The case of Herman Newbern vs. Joseph H. Raker ? Company. Norfolk brokers, wan continued. Attorneys for the defendants made a strong flght to have the case dis missed on the ground that It had been tried In Virginia, and had been carried to a higher court on appeal. At the beginning of the Friday i afternoon session, the court took up the case of W W. Woodley against Caleb Walker, In which the plaintiff seeks to recover dam ages for Injuries alleged to havo resulted from an automobile ac cident. AMERICAN VIEW IS GIVEN TO FRENCH Washington. Hept. 25. ? The American viewpoint wan Riven the Prenrh I>ebt Mlaalon today In a meeting at the Treasury between the negotiators of the two na tions seeking a basis for settle ment of the French war debt of $4,000,000. Hardly more than ten minutes were required for the second Joint conference between the debt mil slons which was described as hav ing "made the progress usual In such negotiations." Today'a Joint conference was called after President Coolldge had gone through the regular Frl day cabinet meeting. ROTAftlAKM WILL TAK K C'KKHl'M OF UltKKNVILLK (ireenvllle. Hept. 25.?A com mute from the local Rotary Club It now bually engaged In perfect ing Its plans for the census tak ing of (Jreenvllle. Having ne cured the services of a represen tative of the Government, which ! steps are ensentlal to make the i ccnnus official, the Rotarlana with i the? aid of the city officials and under the direction of the Federal | agent eipect to begin the work within a few days. GRIFFIN BEGINS TO SERVE HIS SENTENCE Halelgh. Sept. It. Henry Den nis Orlffln. convicted mob leader, today began service of a St) year sentence for alleged mutilation of Joseph Needleman last spring. A new trlgl was denied him Tneeday. tf.xam nnroFi ?hop MILIJON BALKM AMORT Houston. Kept. II.?Latest re- | porta on the Te*as cotton crop. , Independent of government fig* I uree Indicate It will be at least a , million bales lees than that of | 1914. HEATED WORDS OVER EVOLUTION AND DR. POTEAT ( hoHini Baptist Araocia* ? ion Starts Firework? When Dr. G. W. Paschal of Wake Forest Speaks THE STORM BKEAKS Dr. Paschal Vainly Endeav ors lo Explain That No Personal Beliefs by Any Teacher Are Advanced Columbia. Sept. 25,-The Cho wan Baptist A it uncial[on (?titled its seealon her? at .1 o'clock Wednee day after two daya and one night of Intereated diacuaelon and heat ed debute. Out of the ordinary routine of htt.lneaa and hearing of report? nothing of oxtra Interest happened until Tuesday night when Dr. O. W, Paachal. of the VNake Forest College Creek De partment, made a talk on Chris tian Education and In particular education at Wsk? Forest College Then the fireworks began, whan hf reached the subject of th? teschlnt of particular subjects at ?ske Forest. As soon as the subject of evo lution was mentioned the storm broke In all its fury. Dr. Paa chal In his discussion of the sub jectof Wake Forest suggested and contended that tho subject of Ev olution whh concerned only In the courses In Biology st Wake For o?t and only studied by the stu dents In connection with that sub ject. and that there no theories or beliefs by any members of the fac ulty of the Collage were advanoed: that the facta and results of re search In this line were preaentett In their truthful and unbiased form, and that the student waa lert to form his own opinions, and many of them had their own opin ions and ware free to atate and ad? vanca them, both pro and con. He ?aid that at other colleges, nsrn Davidson, that Evolution waa iB required part of the curriculum. m W<MI asked by Dr. J. H. Thayer, of Elisabeth City. If w \ J'' PoUal* President of Wake Forest College, taught at i the college what he advanced In nis recent book on Religion and SHence. Dr Paachal Inflmated that he waa unable to aniwer the nitration correctly aa he had nev er heen n Undent under Dr. Po b1i ,no"",r tnlnlater arose > the floor and nave hla exper ience concerning the matter whan b'. waa a student In Dr. Potest's Biology claaa. that h* has dis continued to teach. Dr. 8 H Tbmplemsh, also of Elisabeth C|1 *1?! L" ,h?' h" "sa a friend of Dr. Poleat. admired him, and thought s lot of him. but he did not see how North Carolina Qaptlata could keep at the head of their greateat college . m,? Whoae teachings and beliefs wers ao utterly repugnant to those of i most of their members. I Rev. R. B. Monds brought the discussion to a head when ha stat ed that the query was whether or not the Rsptlst people of North i Carolina should continue to keep I Dr. Potest at the head of Wake | Forest College Immediately there wan a motion made to call the discussion and cut abort the argument. Dr Paschal Invited all who were Intereated and want ed to find out the situation to come to Wake Foreat and cover I the ground for themselves. Wednesday morning, after the departure of Dr. Paachal. the subject was again brought up up on the Introduction of a resolu tion by Rev. A A. Butler He stated that he wss only reading the resolution, and wanted no discussion on the subject, but that It was neceesary to say some thing. snd not too murh; that he only wsnted a vote on the reeo lutlons Introduced. There was no discussion, and the resolution psssed was stated as follow?: "Resolved: by the Chowan Aa "or In t Ion In seas Ion at Columbia. North Carolina, September 23. 1926. that we arc unalterably op posed to the teaching In any of our schools either 8tate or denom Instlonsl the Evolution hypotha sis, In sny of Its forms, that deea or rsn be Intelligently construed to conflict with a Chrlatlan Inter pretatlon of the Bible." WAS ASSUMPTION AND NOT STATEMENT FACT Lakehuret. N. J., Sept. I( Da examined today before Ik* Naval Board of Inquiry. Col. C. O. Hall, t'nlted ntatee Army okaarrer aboard the flhenandoak ?a ker fatal rilght .said this hla state ment of yesterday that fsllare of two engines on the ahlp furatehed a possible contributing eaaa? to Ike disaster waa mora la tke na ture of an assumption that a State ment of fset. COLONEL KI PPERT IS HEAD OF Mt EWERS New York. dept. It.?Gal. Ja cob Roppert. preeIdeal of (ks New York American Laagne ftaae ball Clak, ?as today aUcted pree Ident of tka Halted date. Brew er? Association, saeeaedlng c. W. Pelgeaspaa of Newark, reelgaed.