TRIAL OF HART
UNDERWAY NOW
IN HIGH COURT
Opening of Caw Delayed
By Attendance of Witnens
at Family Reunion Held
in Norfolk
IS LAST ON DOCKET
A. N. Holmes, Convicted
on Immorality Charge*,
Sentenced to Sixteen
t Months on Roads
Selection at * Jury to ,r> N E' j
Hart, colored teller charged with ;
complicity In the wrecking of the |
Albemarle Bank, which closed Its
doors December 24. began this
' morning at 10:20 o'clock. The
caae had been achcduled to b,"K'?
at the opening of court at 9 : 30
o'clock, but neither of the au?l
tora who checked over the bank s
accounts was preaent. and Sollcl-i
tor Small requested that It be de
ferred. declaring that the 8t?te
could not possibly complete Ita 1
case without one of them.
The two audltora were W. S. i
Couraey, of Charlotte, and W. P.
Jordan, of Norfolk. Mr. Couraey .
had been compelled to leave Mon
day night to attend court In an
other part of the State to testify t
In a similar caae. and Mr. Jordan
had left last night to attend a i
family reunion In Norfolk. He ar- i
rived ahortly after 10 o'clock.
Mr. Jordan was the first wit
aaaa. testifying In detail to a?eged
discrepancies tn accounts as ahown
respectively on the bank a rec
ord! and the psaa booka. He told
also of having discovered checks
anfl debit memoranda drawn by
Hart, totalling ?!0*. . whleh? h*d 1
not been charged aggluat Hart s
account, declaring theai were lit
one of the drawera of the desk
?f need by W. H. Holland, cashier*
The accountant testified also to
alleged convorsatlima with Hart.
In which he said the accused teller
had told him that the bank s rec
ords had been falsified, and that
_ Jk?. shortage waa about
fejfcdlng that It c?st Holland about ,
HQS,! 00 a yes r to IIto.
IriSfng like tSB.HM over the ,
' years period In which the hank had ^
been In operation. The completed ,
audit of the booka. Mr. Jorrtan
aald. disclosed a shortage of ?&t>.
When the accountant had com
pleted hla testimony ahortly after
noon. Solicitor 8mall called to the
Slsnd Holland, the caahler. who
had been returned from the State s
Prison this week to testify >" 'J?
caae. Before Holland had Jjcgun
to teatlfy. however. Judge Orsdyj
ordered that court bo adjourned ,
l0 In ?the>C^nterim between 9 : : *0 I
o'clock and the opening of the |
Hart case, Judgo Henry A. Orady.
presiding over the'eourt. disposed
of several other aetlona In which
the defendaats had pleaded guilty i
or hsd been convicted esrller In
?VE Holmes, formrrly of
Stumpy Point. Dsr. County, con
vlctcd In two casqp Involvlng sl
leged Immorality, was sentenced
to eight months on the roads In
each csae. In Imposing sentence.
Judge Orady said h? would have ,
been Inclined to let off the
snt with a line, except that
Holmes evidently was trying to |
debauch" his aon. Kimer Holroos
The younger Holmes was fined ?50
and cnets earlier In the week ? '
charge of operating an automobile
while under the Influence of II
""willla Rlddlck. colored, of Per- I
qulmans County, convicted on a
sharge of Indecent expoaure. was
JKned ?50 and costs on one count
jLiil aentenced to 1* months on lh
./lIuds on another, the capias to be
' Wued Monday In the second ess-.
The court s Idea waa to give Bid- ,
dick an opportunity to leave th
State after paying his fine and
coals, through the fact that evl i |
denre was offered that hla aged ,
mother Is mslnlv denendent unon ,
him for support.
George White, colored, who
' submitted on two chtfrges Involv
ing the lirccitf of automobile ae- 1
ceBSoiies and a kodak. was given
hli choice of going to the roada ,
or the States Prison. Hp chose
the latter*, and van senltnced to
IB month* In each caae. the sen
tences to run concurrently.
Leonard Twlford and Amo* ,
Batoman, both of Eaat Lake. Dare
County, were acquitted by a Jury
la conniption with (br aelture of a ,
large quantity of liquor In Paequo
tank River by police a few weeks
ago.
The pa a# of J. T. Thompson, el
derly h celery mill watchman
charged with Iho larceny of hose,
"nded In h mistrial yteterday af
ternoon. after the Jury had been
out IS hours
Judge Grady announced today
thit the Hart case would be the
last to be tried at this term of
court.
9, J. Da via, of Refhaven. a na
thra of Paequotank Goonty. was
M?Veased under a auapended Judg
In a rasa la which ho was
<rHart*d originally with omhessle
aoat on eight coanta In connoctlon
oKk his alleged failure to torn tn ;
premium* on Inaoraoce policies
wife* be hud told. TH% total
Fifteen Are Dead
In Train Wreck
At Midnight
Pittsburgh, June 17. ? Fifteen
persons. including four trainman
and 11 |iassensen were killed lu j
the wrcck of the Washington ex
press slid Cincinnati limited near i
I tliilrsvillr at the intersectioR of 1
the l'rnnoylvanla Railroad. 1t was
officially announced today after a '
careful check of all mortuary es- j
tablshments In Latrobe, Derry and ;
Hlatrsvlllc. to wbtch place* bodies ,
were removed. mi*
Pittsburgh. June 17.? r?^t least
18 persons were killed when the I
Cincinnati limited train No. 40 i
crashed into the Washington ex- '
press near Blairsvillc intersection
shortly before midnight, Pennsyl
vania officials said here this morn
ing.
Of the 18 of the known victims
nine bodies were recovered from
the% Cleveland sleeper on No. 50. i
Three were trainmen. Five bodies I
were found In the club ear of train i
40 which was immediately behind
the doubleheader locomotives pull- j
Jng the limited. Ten Injured pas- j
ftengers were removed to Latrobe
hospitals.
The smash occurred on a slight I
curvo two miles west of Blairs- ;
vllle Intersection, an important I
railroad center. Here the grotuM 1
Is leael and the entire countrysld* I
Is farming land. As daylight
dawned those at the scene wero i
given the first real view of the '
wreck. Four main line tracks
were ripped up and twisted for'
about 100 feet. The two locomo
tives on number 40 were reduced |
to a mass of twisted wreckage !
whUe one sleeper In which most
of the victims were located was
found to have been telescoped its
full length. Inside this sleeper an
other pullman car had been
pushed by the terrific Impact. The
two sleepers appeared aa though
one constructed around the oth
er. G. M. Six-Smith, superinten
dent of passenger transportat'on,
said t<ylay that tho smashup oc
curred when the express halted so
that a broken air hose could be i
repaired.
MOTOR CARAVAN
TO WILMINGTON
Elizal>etli City People Are
Urged to Attend High
way Convention
A large motor delegation will
journey from here, as well as oth
ers from other cities along the
North Carolina seaboard, to the
annual convention of the Atlantic
Coastal Highway Association In
Wilmington next week, If present
plans are carried Into effect. The
convention will be held Thursday
and Friday, and Is expected to at
tract hundreds of highway and
other officials from points all
along the coast.
The Atlantic Coastal Highway
runs from Malno to Florida, pass
ing through Norfolk. Elizabeth
City, F^denton, Hertford, Washing
ton. New Bern and Wilmington
and running thence to Savannah
and Jacksonville. In the South. Its
most Important unfinished link In
this section is the Chowan Bridge,
near Edenton, which Is to be com
pleted early next year.
In view of the fact that the as
sociations Is meeting In North
Carolina I his year, State Senator
P. H. Williams, of this city, vice
president for the State. Is urging
that everyone who can go from
Elizabeth City and the other
points along thn coast, make an
especial offort to attend. A motor
caravan Is bolng formed here, to
pick up delegations from the other
cities on the way to Wilmington
early next week.
SOLICITOR EVANS
PETITION DENIED
Raleigh, June 17. -Solicitor
W. F. Evans' petition for recount
of the primary vote In Wake
County was denied here today by
the State Board of Eloctlons. The
decision was unanimous. Judge
Walter H. Neal, chairman of the
board, said In making the an
nouncement.
WHITE STAK LI N ft
SOli) TO RKITISII
New York. June 17.- Sale of
the White Star Line to furnish
Withy e Oompsny and other Bri
tish interests was approved today
by stockholders of the Interna
tional Mercantile Marine Company
for between 7.000.000 and 7.
600,000 pounds.
shortage was given as 1176. The
court, taking cognisance of cer
tain mitigating circumstances,
changed the charges to forcible
ireflpass, adding a count alleging
that Bavls had sold Insurance
without the required license.
Bavls was released under $1.000
bond conditional upon payment ft
the $176, a*d upon payment of
Iconrt costs amounting to nearly
$600 He was give* 30 days In
wile* to tfceet tfc#** conditions.
SMALLER GIFTS
DISCOURAGED BY
CAMPAIGN TALK
Otic Prominent Rcpuhli-j
can Who Meant to Tontri
liute 810,000 Is Athannl
Give Lens Than $500, 000
WILL HAVE TO WAIT )
Think* No One Would Pay
Any Attention to His ('on
trihntion of a Few Paltry
Thousands
Ilv ROBERT T. KMAMi
, - ? IM. It IN ? ????*?'
Washlnpton. Juno 1 lY5o' oo'n
this i alk of 140.000 and |sO.?00
?running around loose"
complete Inability of a I ? >
vanla campaign manager to to
whore In the world auch small
?urns a, ?25.0"0 could P??"i!'
have come from haa bad a "orac
what unexpected reaction
It has discouraged ? nV?b"?'
oersons who contemplated making
contribution, to. the
Concrosalonal campaign commit
tte. tor their fight to ?????? ,"
Republican control on .Capitol Hltl
lhlOiIi"tntlo.ntlal man hero In
Washington who has been i a lib
oral colic tor and contributor.^
the Republican war cheats of the
nndt has told * number or uu
friends thai he th?ul?ht of ^v nK
$10.000 to the c?mp?ll? this in".
Since reading the testimony In the
Pennsylvania "boodle Inquiry, on
the Democrats are beKlnnin* "
call It. he says ho will bo ashamed
to tender such a small aum. l?e
to afraid there wouldn't be a cash
register wlthflfUTesam.il enough
to record such a little Rift. .
"Guess I II hate to wait until ?
can Kire half a million or ?o. h
said; "otherwise no^onc will pay
anv attention to me."
There is one angle
ligation which the public should
for "political1* octroi1 of one of the
MW.nl. 1. .?">?" ^".Xln
with at all time.. and eeM?lallr In
the "maklnf" of a prWlflent. The
man to lead tha Republican ma
chine of Pennsylvania Is an un
questioned political c?ar.
For several yean now Pennsyl
vania has been leadorless Several
persons had tried to atep Into the
.hoes left vacant by the death of
Bols. Penrose. They are the same
Shoe, that were worn by Cameron
and Quay. Ponnaylv.nl. Mpubll
canl.m has accualomort Itself to
."on? leadership. Since .
hasn't been any. the boy. have
been running wild on the bases.
It seemed thla year that tlffi
time had come to choose a succes
aor to Senator Ponrooo. Bill
Vare. long the boa. Of Philadel
phia. unquaatloned In hi. swayo
er the eastern end of the i ??at? b?
vote he controlled In the city,
deemed It bis opportunity to go
out for control of the stale
'""The Mellon." of Pittsburgh,
who had been caatln* their .yon
at political dominance of the
state, alao saw the opportunity^
"The Meliona" t?n? had beeii i In
charge of the duhadoln
burgh, but In the paat had -worked
Vn harmony with th. r^-InUod
king. "The M?l'on? of ?J"?"'
Include the Secretary of the Treas
ur,. In fact It ?*'
that If the Peppor- Plehar ticket
w?? a straight out victory at t M
primary poll.
would be " the Wan higher up
who would ?lv? all of Pennsyl
vania's order. In the future.
Olfford Plnchot bad an Ilea
that he. too. might ba I he loader
He iinderestlmaled tha atrangth o
the Bast and Waat mschlne. and
over estimated tbe will of th
"The fight became hot The
money poured forth In a golden
torrent, nut In tha end there was
? dogfall The Vare people put
over" BUI for the Senate, but the
Mellon." put over Flaher fot rgov
ernor. Tharo baa been a comWto
mlse, but na leader has boon
choaen to have undisputed sway
over the keyatone^atata.
mkmbkrh NK.W'^NO <x< i<
AHKKD TO MKKT HUM'
All members of the Nowland
Homo Demonstration Cl"b ar'
aaked to meet Mia. Marcla Albert
son Friday afternoon at "
o'clock at the .Newland High
School. It I- very important that
all members attend tbla meeting,
especially those (Irla who oipect
to go to Raleigh.
f>R. WALKMI BA' K
Dr. H. D Walker returned to
his home Thursday morning. after
attending the Stale I Med lea So
city Aaaoclatloa at Wrtshtavlllc.
OOTTOW MAItKKT
New York, June IT - Spot cot
ton closed today, middling 1*.?S,
an advance of IS points Fu
I urea closing hide: J air 17. M.
October It. 41. Doeamrtier U.47,
January 14 41 March 11.11.
Stands by Father as Trial Nears
M Urn Willi** llatr. dauKlit#* in W. K. Hair. O "a u rnii!- Hnrt.
Ik Htaodinu l?y licr father as tho ( iichik for IiIh trial ;ts ii?i>t
loatler In tin- Chuirt- "rclRn of tcyur." This in llic llrst piclnro of
her to be pu binned.
MERCHANTS KICK
ON CLOSING DM
! DiftHatiftfactinn Expnusw
Over Selection of Friduys
for jlalf Holiday*
I Widespread dissatisfaction ovei
'a decision of the Merchuuts' Hu
j reau of the Chamber of (Join
j merce Wednesday night thai iti
j momborH give Friday aftcrnooi
i half holidays during July an#
I August, Instead of selecting n no t h
er work-day. Is expressed here. I
i was Indicated strongly . that th?
arrangement might be changed.
Opponents 40 Friday afternoor
closing on the part of (he retai
j stores contend that, inasmuch ai
I the wholesalers closed Saturday
afternoons and the retail grocers
| had agreed to chine Wednesday
jeifternoons, the closing of the oth
jer stores on Fridays wnuld mem
I that busineKS would be suspend'-c
partially on half the week-day it f
ternoons during the ?unini"!
j months*
j A strong sentiment Is manifest
' ed for Wednesday afternoon clos
Ing, on the ground that that con h
t be made more nearly unaniinoui
. than any other date. Opponenti
of the Friday closing declare thu
when their aalesfolk no on an out
InK that afternoon, they arf m or*
or ktsa Incapacitated for work #?r
Saturday, the bualrnt day in th'
; week.
Precedent, apparently, I* tin
strongest argument in favor of tli<
Friday closing. Slnca ths plan ol
summertime half hflidays lien
Was adopted about a doz'-n yean
ago, Friday has boen th< d.ij
' chosen.
Wheeler AndReed
In Battle Of Words
Washington, June 17,--l!ndet
machine tiiin fusillade ?if question
ing by Senator Heed, Wajrn II
Wheeler of the Antl Saloon
league maintained today lie for#
the Senate campaign funds com
mlttee that the had play# #1
only a legitimate row- in politics,
In legislation and In litigation
? arising under the dry laws. The
league's ? ntlro financial chest f.u
1A25, the wltrt'-ss est inn* t "#l.
would not tun over $ ISO. 000 or
? 200.000
Washington, June 17. Wayne
n. Wheeler, gen# ral counsel for
the Anti-Saloon league, facrd
I Senator I!*"**l of Bftttfburl in a
spertaeular battle of werds today
before the Senate campaign fund
committee over Wheejer'n public
charges of expenditure by "liquor
Interests" In th* Pennsylvania "t wo
million #lollar Republican primary
j The long awaited clash brought
an overflowing crowd to the c< m
mlttee room and provided the cli
max of the Inquiry. Wheeler t ?oV
with Mm to the stand a bundle of
papers aa If prepared for a long
?lege of questioning.
KKtMTKKV t M'H OlIttM
TO tiKAVIB for AM.KK.It
A very enthusiastic meeting of
the County Council of Home IK-m
onstratlon clubs was held ttatur
'day afternoon at the Clumber of
.Commerce Rest Rooms. Eighteen
|o( the club girls art y> lea v p July
ft tor Raleigh to take the ifamiB'r
course offered at fltate Collefs.
J&u. y*1*
m . v- . ? ?v ^
THOSE WHO WAIT
| WILL BE TAGLESS
1 1 Miiat (?H Now Licribc
i Plalw Fanlrr Thtin lluvi\
Say.-i Donation
| Sir Waller Hotel, Unlclgh. Juno
! 17.? Have you your new licomu.1
1 platen yet? If not, you hud bet lei
i Rot thorn right away, or that oat
youra will he tagless whea the
! last day of ura or expires.
1 1 "People must begin Retting their
. license plates muoh faster than
i ithey havo thr past two week#,"
sulci It. A. Dpughton. Commlsslon
' jer of llevenuo today, "or many
will b" lost in tin* mad rush for
i lugs at Ihe end of the month. Now
I , is the time to get the tags. for
L Ithey rail he handled without any
j | riiMlt or congestion."
f j Motorista are also helng urged
I* to l?e more oaroful Jn the manner
. in which they attain their license
. plates to their oars than, they have
t been heretofore.
"In the past, many oar owners
' have UMi'd straps or string* or
wire, or almost anything that
r would hold the plate on the oar.
Hut this year wo aro going to on
. foroo the law to the limit and re
quire every ear owner to have his
I license pla?e "rigidly attached" to
i his oar. directly under the tall
x light, in such a manner that It can
I he easily Illuminated at night and
- road at a distance of not lens than
. r.n feet'* said officials ??f the Auto
i motive Division today.
Two reasons are k I von for t hi"
action. First, th.n it is a safeguard
that will savlf the Individual car
? owner needleM trouble and ox
f pense. In t Imt where license #laten
are carelessly attached, Ihe platen
1 are often lost, thus canning trou
ble and expense In replacing them,
and second. In that il will mat' i
lally aid the Then Uureau In tra'
Ing and locating stolen cars. Al
len I Ion Is also called lo Ihe fact
that this rigid attachment of 11
i cense plains will also lend to dl*
I courage the "switching" of licence
platen from one on r to another.
. which Is atrlcHy forbidden.
TO ATTKN l> mWKNTlON
HI'IIFMKN'S ASHtM l.\TlO\
N. W. I>ally. manager of the In
surance Department of the Caro
I Una flanking and Trust Co.. njso
secretary-treasurer of the Surf
men's Mutual Benefit Association,
left today on the noon train for
Morohend City where he will at
tend the I wenty-seventh annuel
meeting of Ih*4 Stirfmen's Mutual
flenefli Convention. June IS and
1ft.
Mr. I Hi 1 1 y will return Sunday
and he joined by Mrs. I >? 1 1 y for a
trip lo New York. Philadelphia.
Billlmore and Washington* where
Mr. Dally goes on hualn^.s While
fn Philadelphia th y will vlr.lt the
Heflfjul - Centennial Kxiioxltion.
They will be h way for about ten
i r,ft?Kvr oiTitKTTt tcimoht
vr Tin: (HlAMMAII MTMOOt.
The operetta, "(Jypsy Queen"
will he repeated tonight at the
Orammar School auditorium at *
o'clock, under the auspices of the
Woman's auxiliary of the Episco
pal church for the benefit of
Thompson Orphanage.
REPORT BODLEMAN
CAMPAIGN'S COST
Harrlshurg. Pa.. June IV? E
K. 'Roldleman. unsuccessful Re
publican #*ibernatorial campaign
coal $113.622. th?* campaign com
i mlltee reported today.
EDUCATION COST
FOR EACH CHILD
EXTREMELY LOW
I' inures 1'iililjslicil in Slal<
S'rliuol I'apl* Snimd liidi
rulouxly Small CoiiMflrr- |
iiifl I -iiia- TciK-liers* Work I
NEE!) NINE MONTHS
DoparlniFiil Ed n c a l i ai n j
Anxious lo Rridgr Gup
Brlucrn Advantage* n( I
Country mid City Cliildriti j
Sir Walter Hol? I. Hal. |-|,. jlln,
' ' ? SUppOKl! yu?l BtlOUld (|:>ci(ln
III teach your own child. c ul<?
you secure a liulldlnK. Ii uit ii in
the winter, inuiiic.i in i; and pa; 1
all operating ccwtii, and no; pa> I
out more than .1 year? Yel
th:.t |m what the I'late of Nerti- I
Carolina Is doing sight now. a c I
eotd|?g to tin- firm * ,.n . x,',,
distribution contained in state !
School ' acts. published t?v t |i>
Heparinu nt of Kduca:ion. jurat of.
the pre,-* today, n.jt it >..u die'
not want to do the t.achlng your |
self. could you emp!oy .t teartu
who wa m an expert in all the va
rious subjects. for $*1.(5. t
t. -ach thin child of y r urs f???* 1 h ?
entire school year? Yei that I I
wlnt the Stat.- |k doing.
Hut althouKh these liKuns ma
sound ridiculously small whet, I
you emtio to think about' all tin [
splendid work done by the schools
and .school tvachcrH, take a look I
?? what the State spent for the I
education in 1914-15. Ten yearn,
?Ro an average of $5.7* was'
spent on the education of each ru- 1
ral child, and only 1 12.152 wan
spent on the educating of each
Hty child. In 1924-25 this!
nuiount had Increased %so that I
$21 X! was spent in educating \
each rural child- hut only for a '
six mouths' term? while in the j
Hpicial charter and city school I
moHt of them running on a . nine I
?Vo'L'o8 ba?lB ? and average of
fiH .12 was being spent In the
education of each child? not
quite twice as much being spent
T./. S?y Ph,,rt "" OM ll,r rur"I
elilld. Thus attendance appesrt.
to maintain s big gap between the
educational cost of the rural and
the city child, partly because It
eosts considerably more to main
tain a school for nine months with
hotter trained teachers, than it i
does to maintain a six months'
school in the country. K in to
remedy thin wide tan between the
advantages of the rural and city
children that the state ftopart
ment of IMiblle Instruction Is urg
ing consideration of u nine
months' school term for both city
and rural schools over the entire
?State.
Hut In analysing the pep capi
ta cost Of educating one child in
North Carolina, the total cost has
neon divided Into throe parts.
These divisions are teaching
and supervision, which comprises
*3.4 per cent of the total expense
second ad inlnlstrstlon 2:5 percent
. ? I h in Includes only the nor dlein
expense; and third, operation and
maint< nanre, amounting to 14 t
per cent, which includes the
amount spont for fuel, janitors
school supplies, rent. Insurance,
etc. I ri other words, out of every
dojisr spent for schools In the
Mate. 8.1.4 cen 1 n goes for teach
?*rs and Hiiperlntendent* salaries
to supervisors and principals, (hat
1* those who do the actual instruc
tion; 2.5 cents goes for clerical
work in thn administrative end.
and 14.1 cents for the upk'-cp of
the property.
T ["V"? C?P'<? 00.1 for each
child, both city and rural school*
$25 97 in 1924 25. lakjam th,:
crtllrc .state es a whole. Tills rep
reaentod an Increase oi $i ') ] OVer '
th" privloua year, of which $126 1
WB" '?r I ' a r h 1 ai R and supervision
and KK cent a for operation and I
amOritciianci*. Kurt wan no In
crease lai adirtlnistratlve coal. I
The largest per capita enpendi- I
lure In rural aclmol* la an cupmi
dlture of :i6 86 In Now Hanoveri
County. Durham and Currituck I
follow next with a per capita ex- I
pcndllure of ?m.s3 ,nd |2tl.(i*
respectively. One reason for the
cost in New Hanover County is
that alt the aehcola have a nine
months' term. Currituck has a
I''"' months' term for all ?(,?..
children and Iturham Coaanly has
"llhl lnonl,l?' I'-rm In oearlv
all of^he rural school-.
The lowest por capita coat perl
child Is |? Scotland Countv, :
white ii amounts to tm f 11216
Orccnafcoro has the lilahesa p?r
caplla coat anion* the nlly schools
al $11151 per child Itocky Mount
has the lowest per capita cos! out !
of :t, cities llat'-d, al $25 51 perl
child. Thi schools In the cllles I
ar? all nine months' schools, 1
which account* In part for ih" in
creaaed coat.
?.l \ Mi HI'r.KHMJ Tf.lt M
Noah Harrln*fon colored, waa
put unrinr a aunpeml^d Judgment
of four month* on the roada after
n hearing In recorder'a court
Thursday mornlna on a charge of
failure to support hta wife, The
auapenaloga was made conditional
npon the better performance of
hta family duttoa. Ha waa required
to pay th# podrt coats alao
T!u ft 01 Autos Is
Almost A Thing
Of The Past
Sir Walter II' tel. Italoi^li, Juno
IT. ? Theft of automobiles lor re
?*ale |)ur|HtM H Iiuh h? i*ii inadi- ul?
most a tiling; i f ll;o past III North
Carolina uk a result of the ? xc I
lent system of reniai rat loo
ployod ami the activity of t ho
Theft lUin-au. Automotive J>l vi
sion. Department ol Kevenuo. of
which L. S. Harris hi clilrf. The
principal trmiblc winch the theft
bureau now had to contend which
the stripping <>f stolen cars mid
.he Male of the part r anil arcca*
jorlcs taken from tin- cara. lint
the bureau i? in'iVlnn b?oi! head
way In the breoUiw. up of ihH
practice.
| "Autom ihll;- thieve* hnie found
'hat in N??rth Carolina h is io-\t
1 10 imposrlblc to p."t ft way with i.n
j automobile and r.ell it h.h I. si t Mid
j vhun they t< ok I a . aa mar i"kIr*
! 'ration and license systei.i muk"*
| t an easy ma 1 1 it to tiare a car.
j .?oiiRe?|nentl-y they hav turto d to
I the hitalneMH ? f Hlcallti*; c.iin for
I heir ncecasnrlo*. and tl;l.. until
:?tf|y has pioveil more ??? Uluhl?
ind I'':"-* risk v. They wul t.tk>- a
car and run It out to home scrhid
?d place or ont-of-thr-wny giraite,
jvlo re the epotato?* In In league
with thorn, and tlrri remove ? v
'rythlng removable- -tires. I;?-ner
ltor. starter, hunv?? rn. and ell the
iceessorios. They then pedille
I I bene paits to oth?r ?'H or
'?ell themf dlicct. They then mi me
ilines in i na j;e to Ha the car lls-lf
| up in such a way that It could not
be identified, and Hell it. hut that
I Is still too risky." said Harris.
Hut even these gnu us of "car
istripperH" arc benlntiliw, to din
appear an a result of the clone
I watch which the agents of the
i Theft Bureau keep in all parts of
j the State. These gangs for the
most part are made up of youngs
'tors, it is pointed out, many of
i whom have resorted to this meth
od of making some "easy money."
Although car thefts on the whole
show a slight Increase all over
I the country, the percentage of
thefts Is on the decline, especially
< In North Carolina.
WEATHER IDEA!
DIGGING SPUDS
Very l*iK?r lint U1111I
ily Very G?md; I'riw
|ircls for I'rice* Fair
With ahlpmenta of potatoea
climbing carh day. loral conntila
alon men predict Hint tlw rush of
Ihn neaaon will reach lt h climax
next week,
I'rlcea tire holding up pretty
well and commlaalon men think
tlint the market will remain
ateady the real of thla wr>?-k. Some
predict a better market next week
whit* othera aro not wIIIIiik to
Ullkf a gucaa.
Quotatlona In New York thla
morning were running from $4.75
to $0.50, and f. o. I?. prlcea on
local dock ranged from $4.00 to
$5.00.
It la eatlmated that from 20 to
30 f?er cent of the potato crop ha*
gone forward. Half of the Cur
rituck crop ha* already been
ahippi-d, commlaalon men aay.
It la eatlmated that from twenty
to thirty per cent of the potato
cropa were bought before they
were due thla year. The average
price paid la eatlmated at $4 a
barrel.
Weather conditlona hare been
very favorable for digging ao far.
Wedneaday wan Ideal and it ap
pearcd Thuraday morning that
there would not he aufflclent rain
to Interfere with digging.
Hlxty-two cara were ahipped
Wedneaday with proapeela that at
leaat that number would move to
day. Thla will make a total of
practically 800 cara ahlpped to
date or r,0.000 barrela.
"One Kueas la about aa good aa
another," W. (?. Lenaen. local rep.
reaentatlve of the Cnltcd Htat?-a
Department of Agriculture aid
Thuraday morning when aaknd
about proapeetB for apod price*
next week. "If weather conditlona
continue favorable, however, I
would aay that proapeet* are very
good. The South Carolina crop
hna been practically cleancd up
a ltd dlggluK In Virginia Juat be
glna next week."
Itoth government Inapectora and
eotnmlaaloQ men agre?? that the
<iuallty of the potatoes ahlpixri
thla year are exceptionally good,
practically all of them paaaing aa
number one potatoea.
The yield, however, la very
poor, the average yield being ea- (
1 1 mated at 10 to I. Figuring on'
thla yield two commlaalon m?n
thla morning eatlmated that the
eiat of growing potatoea thla year
ll around $3 per barrel outald" of
ahlpplng expenaea. To Include
ahipplns expenac* the coat of
growing and marketing the apud
runa up to about $4 a barrel. !
Thla leavea for the farmer a
rather amall profit when he aella
potatoea In the ground at $4 a
barrel or when he geta $5 a barrel
on New York quotatlona.
Being abort of caah la a great
dlaeomfort. find It ao hard to i
Impreaa people with four wta4om|
then.
OPPONENTS DEBT
SETTLEMENT ARE
BLOCKING MOVE
I'rrvuade Senate to Adopt
Kraolution Calling for
Investigation ?f Negotia
tions W illi Hunkers
MORE COMPLICATED
ItniIPinlion of the Briand
(.ahinct Affects Situalion
Because Something De^
licnds on PoHcy of France
|l> DAVID I.AWHKNC*
IW. *<??*?)
Washington, Juno 17.? There
are enough votes In tho Scnit# to
railfy tho French debt settlement
hut there arc many opportunity
to *ldetrack consideration.
opponents of the settlement
have started In to hlork action by
persuading the ft. note to ado#! ?
resolution calling for an Investi
gation of the e?>n vernation* an<J
negotiations that may have- keen
uolng on In recent weeks betweni|
American bankem and the French
government relative to new ?rl?j
vate loans. The Implication which
it Is sought to prove Is that thn
International hankers have
Influential In Keltina the Amdrl
ran Government to naree to lon
lent terms so that loans might M
negotiated which would be admnr
tageous to private bankers. Up U)
now, the American Government
has used Its moral Influence to
prevent the floatation of loana to
any country which had not
to fund its war debt to tho Unite*
States. 'AL
In the last several week! the
American Hank?rs have been an
I IcIpatlnK their opportunity to
make a uew loan to France ana
have naturally examined the poe
nihilities. Whether they h aye In
any way used their Influence to W
rure votoa for lite French debt aet
tlement or whether they have pte
vloualy beon urging the Amerieoa
debt funding commtoalon to make
better terina lor France than were
given Ihc Calllaux mlaa on to
HomethlnK the Democrat* In
Senate would like to llnd out. The
Henate resolution calla on tne
World War debt funding commia
.Ion for thlH Information.
The answer can lie forocaat. Tne
debt funding commlaalon bu i not
heard of any formal negotiation*
for a loan or of any agreementa
lhat have been made. It preauin
a hi y knowa what Inoat l'?nk"" ,'I
New York know that the aub)?et
of French llnaneea la a conetMl
aubjert for dlacuaalon.
The realgnatlon of the Brtanfl
cabinet In France makee the altu
allon even more complicated t?
cauae even though the W?f;
debt aettlement la agreed to by
the American Congreaa and the
French parliament there atlll re
malna the matter of flacal poltor
for the French govornment Itaeu
to solve. .
There have been conferences
abroad between Governor Strong
Of the Federal Iteaerv* Uank ana
rr. neb official" with r. ?i?-ct to In
ternatlonal oxchange and iioiu* in
qtllrlea have bee# made. It l*tlU
deratood. by the Federal "e?erre
llank ot New York o ?lW*J
bankera aa to what their attlitte*
might be In the event that a toea
were floated. But a! tbl* trtg
the realm of the hypothetical ana
there haa been no agreement maa*
with the French Kovcrnincnt ao
far aa Information available her*
la concerned.
An external loan for f r?nJi*
baaed upon th" fact tlmt h. r debta
with Atnerlea have be#h
rnd that ?he haa worked out a
aound policy for Internal '"vMUea
la fully expected here to l*??
action by the H.;natco? lhe
French settlement but not one ?e
ready to hasard a aueae whether
this will com*1 Immediately or in
?the autumn Bo far as th?> Antnr
lean Government Is concerned It re
frankly Intereated In K "nee"
eal condition and one of 'he argo
m, ?ta beinu made for ral flcatlon
of the debt aettlement to taat
when once Ihla uncertainty I*
cleared up. France will be able to
eatabllah her credit poaltloa ta taa
financial marketa of the world.
"CO TO (HIHCU
ON FATHER'S HAY"
Thin Im the ?oit??l adtfor
which will Im* Riven In ttntnr
flu v'n Ailvmirr In nn mlvf^|w>
moot whl<-h I* In hr |w?l?l for bf
laymen nf K.llwMh t "It jr.
To run f h In ml ?n attmctlrr
?I* ? M> N fall IMS* ? dilu
n?*wn|??|MT wowl'l like Ik ham
fin voluntary hiIxm rlptlona of
III .OO Mrh. It t?ke? ? loitf
lime m mrn- M mm popartiflly
when hnlf of llifm arc
when )??m roll.
Hut It wMI take a mighty IK
tie while to poll fhr rwHw
flow a and tell the |trra??ia that
miNwrni Ihe phone thnt yon wMI
contribute niw dollar toward
publishing the n<1v?>rtUf?Mal.
t harch ndvrrtUtag pnya M
other c H Sen. H will pay In
abeth iMf. fhonn AM or 8ST.