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AL SMITH NOW TOPIC OF TALK IN MIDDLE WEST Attended "Religion* Cere moniala at Chicago But Moved in Political Atmos phere None the THEY SHOUT "AL" Chieagoans Followed New York Governor Wherever ?He Went and Begged Him j ^to Return By KOBKRT T. BMAll r^...?ccAn*>i im. to is. Chicago. June 28. ? Governor Al I Smith's "tour" of the Central . West has started a torrent of po lltlcnl gossip. The New York 1 chief executive Insisted he came . weat merely on a vacation and to ? spend a couple ot his vacation i day* at the Eucharlstlc Congress | ot the Catholic Church. During hi* itay In the Weat the Oovornor | religiously retrained trom discus sing politics. No end of adroit J questioning could make him break UN?vertholei? the governor m6ved la a political atmosphere and wherever he went there pol Itlca went alao. Governor Smith; (topped ott In Michigan, "rested i kere In Chicago for two days and a halt, Journeyed to Milwaukee to | anend six houra, and then hiked ( away to Columbus, Ohio, before ??training for the return trie to Albany. It waa rather a atrenuous vacation, to say the leaat? a vaca tlon Interapereed with conferen ces, which ^ t another time would assuredly have been called polltl eal. i. a It some campaign manager had nut lined a trip tor Smith at this time he could hardly have made a better selection _M|ch tian. llllnole, Wlaconsln and Ohio ere tour atatea from which the Governor might have a reason to axoect aupport for the Presidential noinlnatlon In 1M?. ThU to ? oeclelly tree of Michigan. Illinois ?nd Wisconsin Aa ? ??"erMu feet the Governor a visit to Mil J Waukec waa Qtlte generally I Mfown ee en erpreseion of his grat- :l Vtitude for the support the <ItIega ''lion from that stele gave him at Me4toon Square Oarden In 1924 i He won the Wlaconsln prlmarlos that year and hie aupporters In the | atate ere getting reedy to back him again two years hence. ) The state Democratic conference will meet In Mllwaokee next week to devise ways and meana of get tleg hack on the official ballot or J the slate, for Democracy has been at rather a low ebb In Wisconsin where the real battles are between the l*rtllette ahd Regular j wings ot the Republican party. In no place publicly on his tour of the Weshas Governor Smith men tUmed politic*- But It ha. so hap- 1 eened that his visits to the central , atatea have coincided with a tour , of the far Weat by Judge George W Olvany. chief of Tammany , Hall, who has been "nominating j Al at every elation along the road. Judge Olvany says the Oovernor will run again thla fall for h la fourth term at Albany and the will "go on to triumph lo i }??? II aleo happened that while he wae In Chicago Governor Smith Was hailed everywhere by his te - low Catholics as the next Presi dent of the United States,. he lust smiled the famoua Smith emlle all all theae allualone and dismissed the lahleet forthwith. Despite the rether vocal optimism Olvany Governor Smith atlll has hie doubts about ever gelling that aoBlaatlon Although the gover nor made a speech here In Chicago which he thanked Ood that New Wk waa "free of bigotry" he atlll there Is enough of prejudice agaln*t Cathollea to prevent fhat faith being nalned for the ' Idency two years hence. In aptM of thta the governor did not heelUte to uke advantage of the Eu&fcarlatlc Congresa publicly to proclaim anew hi. loyalty and lore I for bis church. ! Whether It had political ?I>nl'1' | canca or not. Oorarnor Smith ( while here waa entertained at a I luneleon which called J? | jaat about tha moat Influential mmm of Chicago Thara were Re puf>l leans aa wall ae D*?ocrfi5* I among them. There was for In itance Samuel Insult, the gas. elec tric and traction magnate, and j John Herts, of Yellow Cab fame I Md Janes A. Patten, of tn* , Board of Trade and the fa- I mous wheat "corner" John J Mitchell sad othara of the "big tan" banker#. Ogdan Armour. J Edward A. Cudahy aad Louis r. I Jlwlft . who need no Idant If Icatlon. and Mayor Derer and Former May- . or "Big Bill" Thompson. The Ian- ; cheon waa at tha aacluslre Chicago Club. Afterward Al Smith went *?***! lag aad ehopplng everywhere he , wee followed by a crowd. There were more people to meet him at Milwaukee thee there heve been te la that neck of the for e long tlaie. They "sited P?" *' r1"**1' ?at here. They commenied on the appearance of hie dothee which wsrTe.t "la the New York mee asr ead Immaculately were Colored Defendant Found Guilty Of Grabbing Suit Accused of having attempted to run off with a suit of clothes from the store of O. B. West & Co.. on South Polndexter street, on May 18, Johnnie Boone, alias James Doonr. colored, was found guilty Iby Trial Justice Sawyer In record er's court Monday morning. Upon I roqucat of Wallet L. Couoon. rep resenting Boone. Judge Sawyer re served judgment until Tuesday! morning, to give the defendant time to offer any evidence which might serve to mitigate his pun-i tshment. ? i The negro denied stoutly having committed the offense charged, asserting that he had only been In I Elizabeth City about three weeks, having come here from Beaufort. Miss Evle Rlggs. attractive mild of perhaps 18 summers, was the j principal witness for the State.; She positively Identified Boone as i the negro who, she said, went into the store on May 18. while she whs working regularly there, and snatche* #P a blue serge suit and started away with it. after hating rambled about the store for some time, offering various pretexts to divert her attention from /the clothing. . 8he rushed to the street, she continued, and called for help. Iu [ leaving the store, the negro dropped the suit In the doorway, and ran. Boono was arrested Sat urday. and was taken before her for identification. Mr. West, proprietor of the store, brought amlles to the faces of courtroom spectators when. In answer to a question from Mr. Cohoon as to the?value of the suit, he testified It was worth 820 "You mean It sells for 820 don t you?" the attorney queried. ??There is often quite a difference between what an article Is worth, and what it sells for." ' "No sir. 1 mean lt s worm 820," Mr. West replied emphati cally. "I paid 810 for the suit, and It *as worth It." Charged with possession, trans portation and sale of liquor. John Barnett, colored, who runs a small pressing shop near Zimmerman s mill, was fined 82 5 and costa. Po lice offered as evidenco a pint of corn liquor, which Officer. Ander son testified 'ho found hidden In the weeds about 20 feet back of the shop Saturday whllo other members of the force were search ing the building Itself. Barnett denied ownership of the fluid, or knowledge of its presence there. "The police have got their eyes peeled for you." Judge Sawyer warned Barnet, "and you'd better watch your step. They you're dealing In liquor, and 1% won't be good for you If they catch you right." Trial Justice Raps Open Sewer Menace Orders to the police to arrest and bring before him whoever was responsible for leaving water and sewer excavations Improperly guarded after nightfall, with con sequent peril to the public, were Issued by Trial Justlc P. O. Saw yer In recorder's court Monday. "Many complaints have come to i me that sewer and water mcits- j tions are being left unguarded at I night." the trial Justlc declared. In ! commenting upon the "J?11?*- 1 "That is a violation of both the city i and State laws, which require that sifch excavations be barricaded and properly lighted. It Is fortu na* that the city hasn't one or more suits on Its hsnds for bodily | Injuries an0 destruction of prop- 1 erty resulting from this. I "I don't care who Is responsible , from these conditions, but I want the police to bring before me who ever Is in charge, and I'll deal with him. If this situation contin ues. I'll treat the offender Just like I would anybody else, regard less of how high up he Is. "I see that the city manager is asking that people refrain from kicking abont the Inconvenience | caused them while the sewer and . other work is going on. but In my opinion, all the taxpayers are get- 1 ting for their money Is grounds for kicking They are certainly entitled to kick." THIRD CALL ISSdEI) FOR GENERAL STRIK K Fa I r m en t. W Vg., June 28. ? 1 A third cnll for a general strike } of Northern Weet Virginia coal j miners, effective July 8, was Is sued here today by Van A. Bltt ner. International representative of the United Mine Workers of America. The union leader ssked for "ev ery miner In Northern West Vir ginia not under contract to Join In "the fight for Independence." i They looked somewhat askance at his wslklng stick, which are not much affected In this section. But they liked his smile snd his breesy style snd they lesrned to shont "Al" at him- and he said i he wss coming bsck some time1 wtaMI he hsd longer to ftay. Tough Job Judge Charles A. MoDonaM. former chief Justice of Chicago'* criminal j court, haa ? tough Job. He haa been I appointed to Investigate Chicago's j election frnuda, the preeent crime I alt ua 1 1 on and the supposed Intrigue between crime and poli t lea In that city. NEW PLAN FOR GETTING JURIES (bounty Comtiii*t*ioner* he Relieved of Thin Task, It Is I'oAposeri : Raleigh, Juue 28. ? That (he Ju dicial system of the State Is al ready benefiting from the work of ! the State Judicial Council, creat ed by the laat Legislature to work out rocommendations looking to ward the constructive revision of legal procedure in North Caro lina, la most evident following only the third meeting of Ihe con , fereace held Friday in the Su ; prenie Court rooms. At thla time g draatir revision (of the method of selecting Jury ?men and in challenging prospec tive jurors was proposed by the committee on Jurlea, of which Jndp.e P. A. Daniels Is chairman, with Indications that aa soon as flight revisions are made and the j proposals put in statute form, thai its passage by the State I^e*; |lalature would be recommended. Much progress has been msde to j ward tho working out of a definite ; Judicial system. Justice W. J. Ad iams, chairman of the .committee ! reported, but on account of th? exceaslve amount of research ; work required, the full report of I the committee was not ready for submission at thla time. Whilo suggestions relating to 'the work of other committee* : were made, the only formal report ! submitted was that of Judge Dan lela of the committee on Juries The members of the committee are: Judges Henry A. Grady. E. H. Cranmer, N. A. Sinclair, and Messrs. G. K. Freeman. (J. V. Cowper, J. O. Carr and J. Bay ard Clark. The gist of report of the com mittee on Juries consisted, first, that the duty of making up the Jury lists be no longer vested In the hoard of county commission ers, as at preaent, but that It be vested in a special board In each county to be known as the Jury commission, whose duty It would be to examine the tax Ilsta and , I select from those lists those tax payers who la the Judgment of the commission are best qualified ' to act an Jurors, both from the standpoint of being taxpayers and men of kno#n character and Intel- i I llgence, capable of paaaing ?n evl- < denco In an Intelligent Mid dis criminative manner Graham Bell Takes Norfolk Position In order to avail himself of the i wldeivepport unities offered by the broader field In a larger city, Ora- . ham W. Bell, caahler of the In- ' dustrlal Bank here, haa tendered his resignation, effective AiikusI , I, to accept a position In the bond aales department of the (luaranty Title A Trust Corporation, of Nor folk. It Is announced. His succes sor In the bank here haa not been named. Mr. Bell Is a son of Mrs. A. C. Bell, of this city, and was born . and reared here. After a couple ! of years at State College, where I he took a preliminary course of ? civil engineering, he d**cldcd to go Into hanking, and accepted a post- | tlon with the Flrat 4 Cltl*ens Na- ! tlonal Bank. When th?* Carolina Banking 6 Trust Compaq y was or- I ganlaed a couple of years later, he 1 went there as aaalstaat cashier, I remslnlng until the Industrial . Bank was formed. He hss been 1 caahler of the laat named bank i since that time, a period of about ? two years, snd under his csreful j management. It has grown stead II y . . Graham Belt Is a steady, tlreleas worker, and haa a never falling courtesy and klndllnesa which have won for him the highest re- 1 gsrd of thoee who have been ' thrown into huaJneaa or social con tact with him here. A large mea sure of auceeaa la foreeaat far him 1 to Norfolk' world of finance. | Slot Machines Hit Death Blow By Judge Sawyer. Largely as a result of prote** ? from feminine quarters, slot ma chipes of the typ* which deliver a more or less uncertain quantity of merchandise or redeemable tok en* are to he barred from KB** bet h City and Pa.iquolank t'oflnty after this week. Trial Justicg IV G. Sawyer In recorder's (fiuri Monday Instructed bott^ the ,Cliv and county authorities to affi ind bring before him for trial luy person running such machines' on tad after next Monday. In dlroofing (hat operator* of the machine* be brought to ap counting. Trial Justice Saw er stated that he had roceived a vi ry ieroro "curtain lecture" from a woman at Sunday School Sund y. to the effect that Ahese a I lei 'd gambling devices were corrupt m the^ moral* of the younger gel c ration. He added that when I le bars recently were let down to t ?e machines while a Supreme Court decision an to their legaJity I* pending, the city nud county lit erally were flooded with them. The decision of the higher court hai not b??en announced yet. Mr. Sawyer npecified that his ruling applied both to the old and new types of machines, the latter of which said to Indicato before hand what the patron will win on tho next play. Ho expressed tl^e I opinion that It was needless wail longer for the Supreme CouR j decision In the matter. TELLS ABOUT SALARY i LAW ENFORCEMENT Washington. June 28. ? Morft information about the $1 .10.00? dry la,w enforcement fund of the Pennsylvania Women's Christiaif Temperance 1'nion was sought to day by the Senate campaign funds committee. William n. Wright. Deputy At torney General, of the Keystone State, wag a witness. Wright, whose home is In Raltiinore, said he undertook dry law enforcement in Pennsylvania in February, 1923, at the n quest of Governor Plnchot and that he received $6, 000 a year and expenses. This year. Wright b*M. II l!l *UI*' ary was Increased to $8.000, but the only expenses allowed wero traveling and telephone and tele graph expenses. MOM'S KIG H I Ytt VibMfV* CERTAlf>*cv/ tMMe e^RNEO OUR WCJtftcN'. You bet. Mom r tint, no you oujchi to call 357 and h?h* that "Mom'n' Pop." the family comlr utrlp. Roe? with hrr on ber vara tlon. It will make the dayu hrlght er for her. Pugh Delights Highway Delegates With Speech Hlixabrtli City Hfin'' Addretx nt Wilminitton (.nnvvtt turn Ln?t Wrek to bf KrIirinlnl anil Protui ra?t Oner Stair; Warmly I'raitvd High acclaim wan accorded C. ? K Pugh. of Kllxabeth City, by \ thoao attending tho annual con- i ventlon of the Atlantic Coastal Highway Association In Wllming ton last week, over an addresa j which he delivered at the conven tion. in which ho outlined the; many advantage!* accruing to North Carolina from the great coaatal highway which the asso ciation U sponsoring. An a token of the appreciation wtth which lila address was re erlved, Mr. Pugh Is the recipient J of a letter from l<ouls T. Moorc.j executive aecretary of the WI1-* mlngton Chamber of Commerce, asking that a atpy of the apeech he forwarded hTm to he reprlntod fn pamphlet form, and circulated throughout the fltate. The following comment on the| address appeared In the Wllmlng-1 ton Morning Star of last Krlday ! "The program for tb* morning waa completed with aa eloquent j and. striking addreaa by C. R Pugh. of Kliiahpth City. He spoke extemporaneously, anrt mr"n*lv detailed the social, economic and { commercial advantage of the, Coastal Highway. The construe- . Hon of fine hifhwayrand bridges' an? having a tremendous offccl on communities anil unctions In many particulars, but ho particularly emphasized the commercial, edu cational and religious phases of highway facilities. "Kot one thing. hr said. Elisa beth City. although almost In the shadow of Nf>rfolk. In "akin* stcp< to bit I M a nett hot?l at a coat of |4&r?,ono hot-ads' of her opportun ity a n * community on the Coastal Highway. Mr. Pligh dcllvored a powerful nddrcss, mid among his strong points was that the Coastal Highway would link the North and South, and make them neigh bOTs. It will not onlv bring n-r Hon* together, but will bring the people of rities and rnral commun ities Into Intimate and closer rela tions socially. religiously and com mercially. "Before sdjournment for fun rheon. tftr convention, on motion of J. K. Wilson, of Elisabeth < Hv. extended Its most cordial greet ings to tho North Carolina Con federate veterans, now holding their annusl reunion In Wilming ton.0 ? Mr. Pngh said he drove all night In a Ford car In order to reach Wilmington In time to deliver the a<Mr**s before the convention. Rivals, but Close Friends James If. McPherson (left) nnd Charles M. Carlton (light) ore partner* In retail tire store at Wichita. Kas. ltut Mcl'heraon In a candidate for count commissioner on the Republican ticket, and Carlton *ccks the aame ofllc as a Democrat. No mutter who wins, however, th "11 continue as-ptu nera ? and friend* * FIRST CONCERT PLEASES CROWD Boy*' Buml Shows BciH'fih i of Training in Program on (!otirlliotis<? I.hmii Although the wcalher wasn't all I that might have Iwen desired. a ? good-sized crowd was on hand on 1 the courthouse lawn Sunday after I noon for the opi ning summer Jroncert of (he Kllzabcth Cily Boys' I Hand ? and t h o so who attended expressed themselves delighted I and astonished by the excellence | of the program. ' The boy.H were replendent In freshly laundered uniforms, and "did their stifff" in a way which . would have shed luster upon *ea- 1 son c d musicians. In particular did they please with several ?l if f i- i cult operatic numbers. Director l^eslie D. Waldorf was In charge. thu^uAUiWMXi i s d< nintiHtraU'ii (the value of the tireless effort h h??j had put Into the job of training j them during the mouths which i have elapsed since last summer. ; when they wero the center of'al-j 'traction at4 many public events. I The Hoys' Band and the Ma sonic Rand will give a Joint pro ! gram on the courthouse lawn next , Monday, July fifth, in connection | with the Potato l?ay celebration' land the other diversions slated in observance of ludcpctulance Day. AUK SKK.kl V; I* \t{l)ON KOK AI.VIN I\1 AN SKI. Baltimore, June 2*. Hint j squads were called out today when I a crazed negro shot three polln 'men and probably two other per sons before being killed by u ! wounded patrolman in Northwest' | Baltimore. COTTON MAItKVT i New York. June 2H. Cotton I futures opened today at the fid lowing levels: July 1X.25, Octo ber 16.71, December 10.01, Janu ary 10,35. March 10.52. New York. June 28. Spot cot ton clotted steady, points tin changed, middling Ik. 70. Futures, closing bid: July l x . i k , October 10.62, December 10.54. January 1 0.20. March 10.43. May 10.02. AUTO LICENSES GOING SLOWLY Many Will Im* in Lurch Uuli-m l>< ?ma ml S|mmmIs l'|i in Ncxl I'Vh l)iivK Halrigh. Jum- 28. A lot of North Carolina automobili* owner* arc lining i o not caught In the final grand rush to get their an* toinoUilc license p la t oh and romo I up on July lu with nothing but (lu* old null and vofil plates In their possession, Ulllt'hH 1 ll?*y slit ? W ('(III ! gidcrably more speed than ban | Imtu I'vl'lcii^ d tin.' paHt three I weeks, according to officials of tho Automobile kicentu* Division of tho ( Department of Hevciitie. They re i ported that to date only 76,000 li cense i > I a t? n havi* been issued. i laving approximately 325.000 that m list be obtuinrd in the re mainlpg days until July 10, the ; final date upon which license i platen may be obtained without , penalty. . ntmnrm nrihe local oHiKW ttt I the License Division wan picking up somewhat todny. wiih long 1 1 in h nf car owner.i standing out sldo the windows where applica tions are made and license plates issued. The mails, too. were bring ing In some additional applica tions, indicative of n derided In rft use as t lio next week wanes. "Hut tro mali y have already de layed too long" said one of the heads of t ha department. "Al though we have additional facili ties for taking care of an enlarged number of applications, it is now almost certain that there will Ii'j i Home who will delay sending in their applications until too late to get tliclr licenses to them by July I lo. However, if everyone will at tend to sending in their applica tion in the next day or two. it will 'do much toward relieving the con I k ck t Ion the last few days." It was pointed out that licenses ican only be obtained for the same cur whirl) belonged to an owner last year, or for n new car, and that where cat's have been sold or exchanged, the proper transfer of titles must have hem made through the Idrenso Division, he I fofo new licenses can be obtained. Medicine Vendor Boasts Too Soon Palling to make good on a boast lie is reported to have made earlier In the week, when he learned thMt the city police and County author lit les w?-r? on his trail. Hoy Plexl !co. ruprcccuttttlve of u Charlotte patent medicine firm, tumbled In to the tolls of the law In Hertford Saturday, and Is nWnltlng n hear tng In recorder's court here on a charge of peddling medicine with out the proper licenses. "If they don't net me now. they won't get me." Plexico Is said to have remsrked tho other day. as he departed from the offices of the police department In the First A Cltlx'fts National Hank Hulldlng. Sheriff Carmiue and fBOttbtfl of the police force lat< r chas'd him vigorously but In vain until Sat urday. when tho sheriff received a Hp that Plexico was In Hertford "Crab him and hold him. I'll be there with a warrant later." Sheriff Carmine told Sheriff Whit Wright, of Perquimans, over |on< distance telephone, n few minutes after receiving the tip Sheriff Wright spotted (Mexico's csr and soon bad Plexico in custody. In lieu ef bend. Hie police here nrc holding Plexico'* automobili while he Is arranging to comply with the license regulations. Among Plexico* wares Is said lo be s snpply of a preparation designed fo "restore lost man hood " Whether he has found much demand for It in this psrt of the State could not he ascer tained Monday morning Plexico apparently Is about 24 years old. An attorney for the company he represents arrived here Sunday.! and gave assurance that lmmed-| late steps would b? taken to com ply with 'he law. CONTRACTS LET FOR ERECTION NEW THEATER Will Ih* t laminome- 1 ?f Kind in Till" i'nrt <if South; Mmlrlrd Cloudy After LornV Newest One COST ABOVE* I.' >0.000 <'<>ii?triirlion to Begin ill Next Few Davus l.oetd l inn 1* Awarded llniilrai'l for I'liiiiiliin1; Contracts have n let and con struction Is to begin lu the next few days oil Kllxahetli City's new $150.000 Carolina Theater. It was announced today by officers of the Carolina Investment & Insurance Co.. Inc., which Is hacking the project. The theater will he ready for occupancy hy the first of the year. barring unforeseen exlgen 1 cles. The new theater will he operat ed hv the Carolina Theaters Cor poration. .?f Ashcvllle. Which runs a chain nf similar enterprise* In vnr-oiiK North and South Carolina cities comparable In slxe with Kllsubeth Cltv. It will ho one of the finest In this part of the south, according lo Its sponsors, the de sign parallel closely that of the new Locw Theater. In Norfolk. Which has excited the wonder and udmlratlen of thousands who have viewed Its handsome and lux urious appointments. Contract for the main construc tion of the Carolina Theater was awarded to the II. \. Hlalm-k Con st ruction Company, of Klnston. The wiring went to the Thompson Electrical Company, of Italelgn. and the plumbing t? Ibe Ideal Plumbing & Heating Company, of i this city. Contract for the new scientific ventilation system was 'let to the American Heating ana i Ventilation Company. The total of tho contracts la about 185.000. and the lot repre sents an Investment of about $??. 000. making the sggregato coat aP proximately ?14p"0. ?cl?? V" of furnlafclnra, which will h? In mailed liy the operatln* ?ompany. These are to Include a handsome pipe organ. and Heating arrange ment* of I lie moBl modern de?l?n. H l? Mated. and will bring the aK (Senate co8l of the theater to $176.000. at least. The Carolina Investment *? In 'surance Company la a of the Carolina Banking & Trust Company, of thin city, which owns the Carolina Hank llulldlng. occu pying the half square fronting on Main street of which the rear half will he occupied by tho theater. An arende entrance to the theater Is to be rut through the center oi j he bank building, affording ready Iicccss to It from Main alruet. It Is diagonally acrons the street from the Virginia I>are Hotel, modern 1 00-room hostelry on which con struction la to begin at an early After carcful consideration, the directors of the theater company decided not to undertake to ak mp on any detail of the construction, but to erect a building of a tho - oughly attractive a#d permanent t ype With no detail of beauty or utility overlooked. One decora tive item alone, a handsome orna mentai celling, will coat close to $16,000. The building Itself will he of brick with a steel frame sup porting a Sheet steel roof. The Structure will be fireproof, and of a type approved by the underwrit er of the country. Flanking the theater will be ai* at tractive atorea. three on Mc Morlne street and three on Martin street, with a posalblllty that one of the latter win be fronted on Co lonial avenue, eratwhllo Matthews The builders face an additional Item of 98.000 lo $7.000 In Install ing atrtai tlvn chairs In the thea ter. which will have a seating ca pacity of 1.200 parsons. They have received assurance from the Carolina Theaters Corporation that that company will spend at least $25.000 In Installing a largo pipe organ, hangings and other , Interior decorations, and other equipment before the theater M opened to the public. WIL0 NWiHO KIIJ.KO BY WOIINDKO OI I IM.lt tialelRh. June 2? " Alvln Man sel. negro youth, today was placed tu the hands of Governor Mclean The negro la under sentence to die July 9 for an attack on a White woman In Buncombe County. H" has been convicted and an appeal to ftupretne Court fallud to secure a new trial. A Hall Johnson appeared be fore the . Ooveruor and pardon commissioner with a la rue number of affidavits and a petition signed hy s large number of Buncombe County cltlxcna which h?* charac terised as proof that the negro haa a perfect alibi. This la evi dence not presented to the Jury, he said. A pedestrian la safe only when ha Is riding. The trouble with being a follower Is you get dust In STATE'S COTTON GROWERS NOT IN. DANGER OF FLEA ? ? <??*/ INo Trace Found in Carolina of Pr?t WkkA I Ian Kavagrcl Many Fi?(4? in Far South V *5*lJ FEW WEEVILS SEEN ? Lair Summer I)flay? - Ap pniranrr of First Onct; Dimiagr l)?*|x*ntls on the ^i'Mtlirr Enlircly Now Sir Walter Hotel. Itaielgh. Jene 28. ? North Carolina cotton grow* or* have nothing to fear fry I "hoppers" or the "cotton- Hsn** which In the last few days bns been reported as doing very ex tensive damage to the Texaa cr?f, I hut they must continue to 'be-eti the hx.W^bt for their old sustoy. t ho boll weevil, according te Il? W. l/oiby. cntomoolglst for the State Department of Agriculture. The "hopper" or "flea" ts SO calkd because of Its means of I? Icomotlon, In that It Jumpsmbaot. II Ih a sucking Insect, and attacks the cotton principally In the bud. ami Injure* the young 'either causing them to fall' befOTa coming to a blobm, or else making' tin-in Incapahlo of hearing a boll nf cotton. It does not develop la I the squares, however, as dOMttbe holt weevil. The hopper Ih'fc pe riodical peat and develops mogtly In connection with certain dp or plants. Entomologists uf "tfie 'Stato Department of Agrte|jttM9 have been searching for the.rMjb* IM?r" In North Carolina, bat so ??? have not found a nlngle tracejof I It In th?? State, although U.fcM 1 been common in South CarOitayy and especially Texaa. ft?r time. Hut when It comes to boll wee vlls. the situation Is far d,ffereal& according to Mr. lAjlby, for WMN few have been reported to date, thin Is to be expected brcaUSP ?? the lateness of the seaaon. Ann whether the cotton crop in taw 'State will suffer from the depag* datlons ut-Lh' wee?U.niiW^?H>Ii inlmoHt entirely upon dirndl* eo? Idltlons through July and Angus*. The first weevil found this ?eaa on was on a farm near the deen IhiI I weevil laboratory, ?a Juno 17. Till" *?? )??? ? Inter than the flrst wocvll w*a found a year ago. And beesV* of tho lateness of the "e**?1)' in dications are that there will n?? bo hk many weevils as last Hut tho final outcome In up to I the weather man. Mr. l^elhy says. If the weather remain* ho*' nnd dry t n rough July and August, tns I chances are that tho boll wee Vila, will do very little damage, an# that the crop loss from the wee* v l Ih will not amount to more tw :i per cent. However. If.lgew* 'mouths are damp and warm. d II Ions will be most f**orab*J?*. the development of the wmtiw nnd the damage may mount ?? h Uh as 10 or 15 po? cent. Contrary to general heller, uw neason thus fsr has been favoraate to the weevils, because the cot ton has not yot advanced far enough to permit them to em busy, because the buds must m*** appear before the weevils f* jay their eggs In the square ot WW I Hut If tho w Sether la dry and.no*. I this h oat will cook the grabj n? rore they can do any damage: Jf It In rainy and damp, the?gittRF will develop 'and do much bate#. ' So now It all depends upon weather. Thousands Dead ? , I n Earthquakes .... London, June 2S. ? Meajl's talis were available today in k casualties In a M>vere- sert? q/ia|(e or series of qusksswnhni shook tho Mediterranean coublfies Sunday evening. *?: In view of reports of the coj lapse of thousands of buildings it would seem probable that tne eaa ualtles were namefou" Advleo* from tomo a raj I ant more than 2,000 homes of tW isl and of Ithodea In the A" gen* Bee were rased and that the vlllsgse of Arkhangalo, Arhlna. Apolsaaw and Mortolltho suffered severely. Tho center of the dIMtirbeneet was In or near Cyclades or Crete. Shocks are thought to have been due to sodden activities of S vol cano on i ho 'Ireok Island of San torini. At Athens communications woro apparently broken by tne shocks. ? -A This State Second In Traffic Deaths A I In 111" Juno 21.- -Antn??blW. rnilroaif, atramboat, alrplaa* a*w horw drawn Y?-?l<-ul?r 'I'fii k lll-<t J. HI p<-raonn an* IMVnK k f. 7 6 In 11 *oulh?rn SUM - In*, ih* (row Jinaary 1. mi. up to ?"<i iiKio<ti?? day, a aurvoy *onduetod by fba mm.. mi<-lal~l Praaa r?T?ala* IMay. Florida lad *HI< ll>? ???** * Vlllfrt ??4 ln)ur?l wit* Nortk Car olina Mvnnd. Nortfc Ca rollaa Ml. too klllad aa4 411 l*)nr?4. f
The Daily Advance (Elizabeth City, N.C.)
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June 28, 1926, edition 1
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