CANTON LANGUID
AS NEWS MURDER
SHOCKS COUNTRY
of the Town's Life
td Slowed by Heal,
and Civic Organi
Are Bewildered
UNDERWORLD
7""! r.'ed Murders No New
? in Thi* DiBtricI of
' iAon, But Former Vic
Not So Prominent
VL
/ fey KOBRRT T. HM ALL
/' " Nwnnii in ?? im ???*??
Ohio, July 23. ? The
of Canton Ilea languid today.
.ImUo the torrid blanket of July
Vlft' Ifhlcb baa gripped the coun
Itt tills week from coast to coaat.
^^^mpo of civic life seems
5tra4 by tbe withering weather.
YM 11m affairs of tbe city move
forward with seeming aerenlty.
'""Wojben with babes In their
and other women without
are ahopplng In and out of
ktfe Stores or waiting at conven
(tll Hations for the aurburban
buaM. School children rollick
through the atreet in a playground
jpfrAfh. Large banners tell or a
Cpac4rt tonight by a band of 12&
p|? a the musical treat of the
fjgfe Picnic posters are proml
lUotVr displayed.
: > Polke headquarters In a ram
two atory red brick build
' reached by a rickety pair of
seems aomnolemnt, too.
ifrria no ataga atlr of activity,
"rafrld opening and clqglng of
1oora? no air of myatery. no
tttwwds. no nothing. A tired eyed
cMrksits pounding at a typewrit
er. writing something in single
spaced lines. He tblpka tbe chief is
?*t. Me thlnka U?a b*ad of the de
tectlrer department la lb. He Is. He
Hl'Mo interviewing some "den
l?*ne" oi Iks "under world." But
fer the life of him he can't think
of thfibr names. v
A m*m la as a reared, a vary
pfonajnent matt, a leader in civic
plthtepvaaeaa. hot tb# lift of the
moves on. It muat. Many
?lt die upon the tmttlefleld be
a Juat cause triumphs. It
a immutable that no great re
can be won without the splll
ffcg of human blood.
v'Attd yet despite the outward
ttlat which baa come to the city
%Jter aeveral hectic days and
Mjfcg there la a fixed resolve that
tie Ken who lnatlfatfcd and exe
I the aaaiaalnatlon of Don R.
Iff, publlaher of Former Gov
Cox'a Canton News, shall
mwallowad up, lost and for
i In the "Jtittgle" from which
are supposed to have fared
/lor the fatal evettlhg's work,
a tee of tbe civic organisations
M/Mn city appear to he hung up
|h lorn* of a dilemma. They do
like to admit that Canton Is
worse then any baay. Indus
*clty of her alaa and envlron
^t. Yet they are ahocked at
haa happened and know that
Don Mellett was struck
;*Jhe blow emanated from
v here out of the elty'a dark
a*d waa aimed at the heart
feftttcy and cleanllttoas.
? 1*1 chamber of commerce, be
f >4 -with Inqquirlet as to "con*
l*t*r ln Canjon. frankly say*
I unable to give any data one
-or the other. It haa con
|ffl the killing, baa added II.
10 the public reward* and baa
ma0?>.pablic totna Intereatlnjr ata
ffaf-o 4 the clty'a growth and the
dlfMroy of Ita industrial.
Uiitan labor, however, la more
*lu?t. It does not mince worda.
tral labor unlog bellevea
fa g to have bean "the re
olltlcal corruption on the
public ofriclala who give
n to bootleggara. gam
oat Itutaa and other ma
jor violators whoae nefarloua
practkwa were expoaed and at
tkckfcU by a courageous and fear
less Jkftpllaher." Union labor de
?? ia.4bat "Immediate atepa be
taken to drive dlaboneat and cor
tffflclala from office and the
powerful and vicious underworld
elmsfctters from tha city."
Canton In Ita bualoeea, Indus
trial and better raeldentlal eec
tioaa la a city of auch peaceful and
?*4#t mien aa to make It rather
dlfflfftlt for the caaual vlaltor to
rjtaUfe that a vlcloue underworld
really movea and haa Ita being in
Ikla community of lit, #00 souls.
Bet /6'u are not here vary long
, l*fore yea will hear a prominent
gkfteaa aay that a eolation of the
BAiu-tl murder Ilea "down the
?ES" or In "the Jungte" or In "the
Cle ' or In the "wblakey eanter.".
or ?a the "dope rim." All of
tAeae. are localities In tka "under
Svfit" You hear that tha "red
M<" forgotten In ao many cltlaa.
ajTfl hurna In Canton, that op*n
0an>l!DK flourlahea In aordld sur
aawMlngs; that dope*P?ddling
dgm on In dlacouraglttg volume.
JHJibot legging "prlvllegaa" are
l^Hftaled out to cerUIn "gang's
fl^tbat "protect Ion*' cornea to
thlnga through the
Uwkl Nvera of "klaga' 'to con
taaM^e heavy vota of tlia under
FIVE ARE HURT
AS AUTO TURNS
OVER ON CURVE
Stair and Dialrict Official*
of Junior Order and
Waller 1- Cohoon Hurt in
Highway Accident
AIX RECOVERING
Driver Loat Control of Car
in Negotiating Sharp
Curve Near Weeksville;
Waa Traveling^Slowly
Their aulo"^"obll. "'J?'*?
rrvr.roT; ?.
o^ the Vunlor Order ??
' eight miles south of here. M. W.
ot the order, II H Pate. ot l?J ?
State representative l"
tlonal Council of the order J E^
Corbett. district deputy ot the
juniors; Walter 1-. c^oon. Ior
mer attorney tor the ^""aiuuel
way Commission, and Mri.Sam
Williams, the last named three
living In this city, sustained a
"JmSer ot painful cut. and
t>rl,rhole hurt worat were Mr. Co
a3.w-^
Kr^?r?S
abov'e The TefT ear** The o, hen* es
caped with relatively unimportant
IZL'/n were ruling comfor,
home'on'the noon train *n*
Mr Uncke left also for home late
" ihe afternoon. after his car had
Tn dCiSU ?>? .".dent to
h.v Mr Llnck**. who w?h driving,
declared he was traveling no faat
,hV,^0,re^Cohoon -..
glass He lost much blood, but
was reported fast recovering to
d*After they had extricated them
?clvei from the wreckage, the oc
;rd*E"ou\VVT,u"Uf?o ^ ?
ly Daniel Cartwrlgh . of Week.
?<io ?h?? flrat motorist who nap
pened Vioug after the accident oc
CUMr Cohoon -as treated at M.
. ' ? r?r w A Petern and Dr.
lD Mra Williams Is vice councillor
of the State Council ot the l>?ugl>
.... of America, women's branch
ot the Junior Order. *ndi?,^5eth
| past councillor of the Ellaabeth
t City Council of the order.
In connection with the J^ent.
It la recalled that Mr. Cohoon led
U^FSS
he* commented today, "and this la
,h"Ar:U"e.ult of the mishap. Mr.
i-Xver0.r.VU"?"?d??77^
s^riou^oVX^v,:r*-??;
i tnrko Pate and Cohoon had d
Hvered' addreae. earlier In the da r
at the Junior newlon. at weean
tllle.
MEXICAN CATHOLIC
CHURCHES TO CLOSE
Nogales, Arizona, July 23. ? A i
semi-official dispatch to the Her
ald from Mexico City today Maid 1
the Secretary of War In the Cabl
net of President* Callea had or- !
dered all Federal troop* In the I
republic to be under arm* and j
ready for Instant action August 1,
at which time reports had prevl
oualy stated the Catholic church
es throughout the nation will be |
closed under orders from hlgn ec
, cleslstlcal officials.
home on election day. the under- 1
world marshalls Its Mrength. |
There Is no guessing about the j
underworld Tote. It Is delivered.
J One wonders how a city the size
of Canton can support what must
f be a thickly settled and expensive!
underworld. "Down the Hill." j
' whiskey selling and dope peddling
; have become ao profltabe that 1
the underworld wallows In Its rlch
j es. The red lights and the nam-1
Ing tables are accompaniments of |
| the unrighteous prosperity. The .
| explanation seems simple. Most
I discouraging of all, however. Is !
the word which comes to you that
| unsolved murders are no new '
'thing In the Canton underworld. J
Yon are told there have been per- j
j haps ten of them this year. Us
ually the victim Is some poor un
fortunate "rat" who haa quarreled !
with aaother bit of human vermin i
w&mm1
AROUND WORLD IN 28 DAYS TO
SET NEW RECORD
Linton Wells and Edward Kvans are shown on arrival at the
Cleveland (O. > airport, on the last leg of their record -break lug
dash around the world In 28 days. They arrived In Cleveland in
' na pa rate planes from Chanute Field, III., and immediately look oft |
; for New York, the end of their journey. W<-U*. a newspapt-r man, j
la shown In the plane nhaklng hands with Kvann, millionaire De- 1
trotter, just after his plane landed.
Posse Runs Down
False Clue As To
George Waterfield
Another Day of Fruitless
j Search for Man Charged
With Murder of Bertha An
| tell.
Shawboro, July 13. ? Running
down a clue that turned out to be!
| a false one took a posse headed
by Sheriff R. E. Flora to Wash
; woods Coast Uuard fetation Thurs
! day and to an all-day search of
i Ha In bow Marsh in that vicinity I
j for some trace of tieorge Water
? field, wanted In connection with |
the Bhooting to death of Miss Ber
thul A ii sell and the wnundinK of
! her sweetheart, Willie Tatem, In
j front of Watarfield's home on !
1 Knot Is Island In the late after- {
| noon of Tuesday, July 13.
j The posse left here Thursday ,
I mornlug at G o'clock and returned I
[Thursday night about 9 o'clock.
| The report on the strength of
j which the posse was organised
, wa? to the effect that a boy In a I
'tree searching for his ponies had!
jseen a boat make a landing on
Rainbow Marsh and a moment |
I later he observed on the land
j three men Instead of two. When'
I the boat left the landing only two |
?men were seen to be In it.
I The supposition, of course, was I
that the third man was George I
) Waterfield, that he was in hiding!
in the marsh, and that friends'
[were taking him provisions. In- J
Jvestlgatlon disclosed, however, ac I
[cording to reporta of members of I
I the posse, that the third man was j
' being landed to talk to souie ber
I ry pickers on the marsh, and no
[trace of Waterflel<| was found.
Reports that Waterfield, when
| last seen, was headed from Knotts
i Island for the beach In an open
j boat lent credence to the conjec
ture that . he was In hiding In
i Rainbow Marsh.
I Members of the posse, besiden
Sheriff Flora, included Irl Flora,
i W III Flora and Jule Hell or Bhaw
i boro, Wilton Walker of Moyock.
and Monford Forbes of Elisabeth
Oil?. ? .
DENIES IJQUOK SOU)
ON IHE LEVIATHAN
Ronton, July 23? Cftfttin Hart
ley of the I'nited States liner I le
viathan today flatly denied that
any liquor haft been Hold on board
tho Bteamshlp.
Washington, July S3. ? Charge* j
of liquor aelling aboard Shipping
Hoard veeaela Including the l*vla
than are under Investigation by |
Federal authorities In New York.
Taking cognizance of public chain
en by W. H. Stayton, head of (lit
aaaoelatlon agalnat tho prohibition
amendment. official* Mid that cur
toma authorities and Department
of Juatlce agent* already had been :
directed to eatabllah the facta. The
Inveitlgatlon la entirely In the
haada of field administrator* at
New York and no reporta have ,
been received hare.
In Itaelf.
Rut In the Mellett cane It atrack
a blow at aoclety. at law and order
I Powerful and releotlea* forcea are j
[at work. The local police booka,
which brief y record the death of
Jlfff-nravs
Auto Fatalities
Show An Increase
Half (git, July 23. ? Automobile
fatalities for 1925 show a decided
Increase. according to figurea Juafj
made public by Stucey W. Wade,
Commissioner of Insurance. TIimic
'figures were compiled by the Na
tional Bureau of Casualty and
jSurety Underwriters, and show
that the automobile fatulities in
11925 numbered 22.500. an Iii
: crease of approximately 2.200 ov
er the record for 1924.
The automobile death rate per
1 100,000 population has increased
I from 14.9 lu 1923 to IS. 7 in 1924
'and 17.2 In 1925. Registration of
I automobiles increased from 17.
| 59 1 .98 1 in 1924 to 19.954.347 in
I 1925. Fatality rates on the basis
of registrations have been decreas
ing for several years, but the rate
for 1925 was virtually the same as
for 1924.
1 An encouraging feature of the
| situation Ih that/certain cities car
rying oil Intensive safety work
have aecured marked decreases in
auotmoblle accideuts and fatali
ties. showing that the sltuatloh Is
capable of control. Mr. Wade says.
| Non-fatal automobile accidents
In the United States are difficult
to estimate because ?>f the lark of
complete statistics. However, sev
eral Investigations Indicate that i
there are about 30 non-fatal accl
dents to each fatal accident. That '
means that In 1925 there 'were I
approximately 675.000 people lu- |
jured In automobile accidents in
addition to the 22,500 who were
killed.
"The best safety device so far
known is a careful driver," said
Mr. Wade, who recommended
more careful drivers as hln only
solution of the problem.
Scores Of letters
Commend Governor
Halelgh. July 23. ? Scores of
letters and teegrains commending
him for his poult ioti In calling off
the recently deceased survey of
women In induHlry have been re
ceived by Governor McLean with
in th pant few day*. And with the
exception of the publicly broad
casted messages from the original
aurvey agitators*, there baa been no'
note of protect.
Governor Mcl?ean ia still averse
to discussing his survey mail for
he absolutely refuse to put him
elf in the position of debating the
matter or any of Its tangents since
Dr. I>ella Dixon Carroll, one of tin
members of the committee which
first broached the subject to him.
publcly announced that the aarvej
had been gained by political black
mall after the governor had insult
ed the three women preaent. those
In close touch with the executive
state that he Intends to Ignore th<>
Carroll attack entirely and that j
as far a<< he Is concerned there In i
no survey problem now. Any
further petition or plea had hot
ter be addressed to the next Gen
eral Assembly, they say.
Despite the fact that those who
have sent protests concerning hi* 1
action have promptly forwarded a
copy to the press. Governor Mi
Lean said that he did aot think It,
best that he endeavor to ftbllc the :
messages of < ommendatloa.
"Ju*t so the people in the
SWffi &.X? B
THOUSANDS HOLD
FORTH AT MERRY
COLERAIN PICNIC
Many Ktizalx-lli (lily Peo
ple Attend Modern Wood
men's Event ul Pleasant
Chowan Kiver tleueli
' BOYS' BAND ON HAND
Kvents of Day Included Ad
dresses by Fraternal Offi
cers, Concerts and Unus
ual Ball Game
A crowd eatimated at close to
3.090 attended the annual picnic,
of the Modern Woodmen of Anier- 1
lea at Coleraln Reach Thurj:da>.'
the events of the day including ad
drVBeea by M. L. Tremalu. State
de|nity of the order, and J. C. Ev
ans. district deputy; conceit* by
the Elizabeth City BoytT Hand; a
UfTM'-lo-be-forBolien b a h e b a I J
lanie between Coleraln and Eliza
beth City; water sporta dm inc. the!
day. and a da net* In the beach pa
vilion at (light.
Many Elizabeth Cltj peoplu at
tended the picnic, besidea the
band and the ball team. and for
lunat of them, the trip was a reve
lation of the attractlveneaa of the
little resort on the far aide of the
(')iowan River. It has an excellent,
Hiwlving beach. la pleusautl) wood
ed. slightly hilly country, and lias
an unuaual number of attraction*
f??r one bent on a holiday jaunt.
The Coleraln ferrlea were kept
fenny all day and until far Into the
Hlght, transporting hundreds
acioita the broad river. An a mat
ter of fact, the ferry facilitieH
were taxed noiuewhat beyond
their capacity, and many of the
visitors had a long, long wait be
fore getting acrofla.
i The Coleraln Elizabeth Clly
paaeball game wau the principal
attraction for the bulk of the
crowd. Although It wax extreiue
h' hot on the hill where Colerain'fl
diamond Hi 'ait ua ted. aeveral "hun
dred people braved the Mizzling
ray* of the aun to watrh the two
nines flglit It out. Elizabeth City
eventually winuing. 15 tol2.
There was plenty to eat at the
picnic, barbecue and roast chicken
dinnera apparently holding find
place In the favor of the hungry
thousands, although (he humble
"hot dog," monarch undiaputed
among picnic vlund*, managed to
hold his own. The eatablea were
served at distinctly moderate
prices, those In charge of them
manifesting no dlspoaltlon to hold
up the crowd.
All In all, that Coleraln picnic
waa a thoroughly enjoyable event,
even though the aun was hot on
the baaeball hill, and those who
Journeyed there from Elizabeth
City brought back a moat favor
able Impression of the place and
the people.
Heavy Cotton Crop
Is Prospect For
Fall Of 1926
Kaleigh. July 23. ? Despli* the
c oldest .spring In years and I he
drought of early summer. another
heavy cotton crop seems In pros
pect for North Carolina, according
to the estimate of Frank I'arker, i
crop statistician of the Department
of Agriculture. II In opinion Ik
backed by the Governmeut'a mid
July condition report, n-b-as?*d |
from Washington today, which fig- ;
urea the nation'* crop at 70.7 per|
cent of normal or full growth.
Mr. Parker and bin assistants
have Just completed a condition
survey over all cotton growing sec
tlonii <?f (lit State. They find
stands almost up to what they,
were a year ago. crops well cult i
rated as a whole, and regardless
of the loud cries of "hopper.*
hopper." that have recently rang!
through the State, there has been,
very little damage from pestn and
the weather Is most unfavorable
for the developing and breeding
of the flea as well ns the weevil I
The possible fact of an annual- 1
ly heavy cotton crop Is not con
sidered by Mr. Parker to be neces
sarily good new*. The two million
bale aurplus of last year made a
short crop rather to be desired i
this season However, If the en
tire belt Is going to show a heavy
trop. It Is hoped that North Caro-j
line will not find herself short of
cotton In the face of a low mar
ket. i
Millioiutirr HihIIoiijc
Ik (irnntrd Oivorro
Providence Hhode Island. July
23. ? Milton J Hudtong. million
aire New York and Newport resi
dent and former head of the I'ack-,
ard Motor Tar Company, was;
granted a divorce from Jessie Mar-'
garet Iludlong In the reacrlpt filed ,
In Newport Superior Court by |
Judge Kdward W. Hlodgett today.
For nearly three years the Hud-j
longa end their marital difficul
ty K|v? beee h*C*re Ike public
?ye through % aeries of court ac
t yom.
BigMusica I Extra vaga nza,
Pandora In Lilac Time, At
High School Here Tonight
('out of 1(H) , Headed by Vi'i? ViirA- Slam, to Cive Pre
liminary Program of Dances anil Other Spe
cialty \ljfll hers at Baseball (lame Totlay
What promisee to be the MOM |
elaborate theatrical etitet uibmmiI j
Klveu?here lu aeveral years *'?
p.ese d ?' II" high "ch""1
tonight III the '"""'??"'.""""Tunt
,a. "Pandura In Ul?* ,
which will be H ? v ?*ii l? * "JJ
nearly iwo. headed by two N
York Haw. with unusual
and beautiful lighting and acellic
effects. and much dancing.
Heading the company ale < II
told Cunard. lyric leuoi. who H
an understudy "I the Metropolitan
Opera Company . In New Vulk
lilna Kov widely known prima
d.iiinu. who tornierly wai with the
Cincinnati Opera Company lu Hi
cant also are many nolo dnucera
and alngera. according to I. U.
Pelot, secretary of the lutllaii
Cllih ot Norfolk. which Is v*?'\\.
I?K the ahow. The curtalu will
i tae at 8 11 o'clock
Arrlvlut. this afternoon, the cast
of "Pandora In l.llac Time will
parade through th. clly. accoin
panled t>) the Boys lland. con
eluding their lourncy al lh^ haae
ball diamond, where the) will gt?
I several spectacular dancing lea
I ores at the cloae nt tile K"'"'
They will preaent these on a la g
I ground Cloth lu front of th.
^ gram! aland. .
1 Among the specialties will ?> *
number by Utile Miss Mettle /. I
be, aged live, and nationally ,
known as a solo dancer. The Pi
ano for tht. ipeclal
been loaned by the Uuff llano
I Company* f,tJ- r ?
After an examination of In?
high achool auditorium yeaterday
In mill-afternoon probably _the
hottest period In one of the liottoat
C-of.h' year-Mr.
aaau ranee that It will be en*l???>
comfortablu tonight. "\ou M*d
n t worry about the beat- ?t
he assured a member of The Ifally
Advance ?taff. .
Mr. I'elot explained that tn? \
Puritan Club la of many aluil
lai nrgaliliallons In the large! r
cities ol the country, engaged ml
developing atage talent III Indlvd^
uala unable to bear the expelia. t
I of dramatic training away ??? .
home In coining to MltabUh |
Cltv he stated, the club hopes to.
pave the way for frequent future
productions, and alao to oil, r ?
opportunity t" locul talent to avail ,
1 1. einselv .-a of the aanie tralnlut,. |
i The large theatrical producers >
I have their scouts. Just as the ma
lor league baaeball clubs do. lie
'declared, and thcae are scouring ,
the country for potential ?J*?;
[Clubs of the type of \
are lanlly under belt obaii I
vat !"?/: he aald. and therefore
jtlioyM taking part In auch l-i^jduc;
. ions as "Pandora In IJIjc rimo
have an unuaual opportunity ?'<
breaking Into toll! company. Th
Puritan Is arranging to *lv? fu
ture producllona In Hulfolk. New
unrt News, Hampton and otli.r
smaller cltlea In the vlclnlly "f
N<" Pandora In IJlac Tiin.-^was a
remarkable aucceaa. '
Mr Pelot. attracting large crowds
nightly for a week at the Colonial
Theater, and receiving widespread
favorable newspaper and ??""''J
ual comment. It waa !
give a Saturday matinee which
had not been advertised In ad- .
Vance he added, In order that all
who wished might aee the ?''?*
The extravaganta l? hu'lt
around the ancient Greek
of Pandora and the hope cheat
whlch la familiar to all r?der. "f
mythology. The atory l? i that a
fatnoua (Ireek acillptor. hplmethr
, a carved out a statute of a bean
?ul woman, and the god Prom
etheua, breathed life Into It rhua
Pandora waa created.
Prometheua preaented to I an
dora a myalerlnua cheat, warning!
her never to open It. Her curl... t
Ity Itnally got the better of her. j
and alie dlaobeyed the command,
releasing a multitude ot i
ntlng all the Ilia to which
womanhood haa been heir alnc i
Pandora a time. Only one ??r" .
w? caught Iniprlaoued U I the
cheat when H waa closed
that one being Hope, The Idea
the "hope cheat," which nearly ev
ery girl chertahea. evolved from
tho leKond.
COTTON CHOI' ALMOST
I.AKCK AS LAST YKAK'S
Waahlnfcton. July 28.-- A cotton)
crop of 16,268,000 equivalent j
f?00 pound pa|?H thin your I* Indi
cated by the condition of the crop;
on July 16 which wan 70.7 p*?r rent
normal the Department of Agrl !
culture announced today.
A crop of IG.tSS.OOO halt** wan j
fo recant from the July firm condl- '
Hon. l^iRt year's crop wan 16,013,- 1
? 77.
FRANKLIN S. TERRY
DIKS AT fttlMMKK H OMR
Aahevllle, July 13 Franklin S
Terry, rice president of the Oen
eral Klertrlp Company, died at two
o'clock t hi* morn I ii* at hit bowe
In Black Mountain nsar here fpl
low lag * heart attach A
*. J..M
ALBERT CUMMINS
AND C. B. SLEMP
MAKE A MISTAKE
Coolidge Ian* Did Not
Want All I'Iiih Talk About
1928 to Start, But These
Fellow* Did ll
SLEMP THE WO It ST
<CM?oa*i. H J?. k? Id*
Washington. July 23.- If Presl- I
d?-nt Coolidge. up In the Adiron
dack!!, is as thoroughly pwved
with Senator Albert B. Cumin inn
and C. Hascom Slemp as his
friends here In Washington are. !
then he must be a very fretful!
President.
Coolidge-iteti distinctly did not
waul Presidential lulK t??
wi art al present.
With the corn belt In such a fer
ment of dlscout eiit an it is today.1
a great deal of ant l-admlnistrat Ion
conversation is bound to be mixed
Into any discussion of candidacies.
The Coolidge game obvlousl) Is to
lie low for awhile and hope fur
better times for the fanners
Another thin?., no long as ev
erybody coin iuued to assume i hat
President Coolidge expected a re
nominatlou, 11 was impossible for
any rival aspirant In his uwu party
to announce himself.
Now Cummlus and Slemp have
set the Presidential pol a-boillug.
notwithstandlUK all Ihe While
?House "spokesman's" capacity for
keeping hie mouth shut.
Cummins, to lie sure, has repud
iated his prediction that Presi
dent Coolidge will not rare to be
renominated two years hence, but
nobody pays any attention to his
repudiation. The opposition party {
management goes riKht ahead with
its commeut on what the Iowa 1
senator Is supposed lo have said.
Just as If he reully had said ll. He- |
sides, there Is a suspicion in Cool
idge circles in Wushlnglou that lie I
did say it.
The suggestion by Slemp ? Ihe
President's own former private
secretary ? of the availability of
Speaker Nicholas Longworth was (
even worse.
The Coolidge folk are almost
admittedly very much afraid of
Longworth, not so much of his
oWii as on his wife's account. Like
othel* candidacies, the- Oh loan's
had lo remain under a bushel, so
far as any expression from either
of the two I^ongworths was con
cerned, untll'the President de
clared himself out of the picture. |
Poincare Cabinet Is
Nearly Completed
Carta. July 23. ? M. Poincare
early thin afternoon hail filled ev
ery pout In bin new cabinet with
the exception of the ministry of
labor. M. Polticare U premier and
mlnlHter of finance.
SAYS SAW NO BKDISKS
ON CONVICTS' ROOIKS
Albemarle, July 2.1.-? The bo-,
die* of Jamex Terry and Jame*
llowell, negro convict*, who are
alleged to have died from mal
treatment had no brui*e* or other
Indication* of abune on them. P.
J llunneycutt, mortician who wan
In charge of funeral arrangements
testified today.
Mr. Hunneycult, former pre*l
d*nt of the North nrollna funeral
director* and embalmerw a**ociu
tlon, eald he "Haw the bodies of
Terry and Howell In Augunt, I 9 IS.
H?* testified that the record** In hi*
e*tabll*hment showed no hIriih of
maltreatment. The trial will he
receaaed this afternoon until Mon
day.
RUTHERFOHDTON SUN
is awakdkd rin; c.ri'
Hickory, July 23. ? Editor* and
publlnher* of the North Carolina
Pre** A**oclatlon left her* thin
morning for a trip to Blowing
Hock where they are to be enter
tained It wan announced prior
to the departure that the Kuther
fordton Sun had been awarded tin
cup an being the bent weekly pa
lter In the Htate.
MMIUDMI MKKT
Kllzabeth City and Pa*?|iiotank
County Republican* attenplrd a
g?t together ae**lon at th?? court
hou*e here Thur*day night, at
which J (' IfMkltta* Pt KAlelCtl,
secretary of the State executive
commltte Of tha party, pre*cnt<>d |
a plan of organlxatlon with a view I
to opening the fall campaign In
(kl early fnttfra.
PLAN TO REPAIR
NOT TO ABANDON
FLOATING RO&p
J WW
I -et ter lo Senator P. H. Wit
liuniH From District "WW
way Commissioner Kuglct
Kxplainx Situation ' "?
PROMISES ACTION?
Mr. kugler Asks That Elis
abeth City People Be No
tified in Order That
Minds May be Relieved"
To repair and not lo abandon
the so-called floating paved rpgd
across Machelhe Island and the ad
jacent Camden mainland la the
i program of the .State Highway
Commission and the work of 91 it.
i ting the road into good condftfdp
Is to be undertaken in the imaae
Idiatu future.
, The foregoing program ia tn?u A*
| clear in a letter to Senator P. M.
Williams from District Hlghwky
Commissioner Frank C. Kugler. In
which Mr. Kugler sayn that be
has gone over the matter with
Frank I'age. chairman of the
State Highway Commission, end
that Mr. Page is convinced that
the road can be repaired at a frac
' Ion of the cost of a new road ei?
has definitely promised immediate
action looking toward putting the
mad in satisfactory condition.
This is good news to Elizabeth
t'ity and to all Currituck and Low
er Camden as well, for this rdad
offers the sole gateway Into KlJt
uheth City for all Currituck add
[for the Lower half of Camdfcl
i omit) as well . with imro^Sfc?
| prospect of a paved road all- the
I way from Currituck Courthout* to
Kllzabeth City, (he condltlO?,.,*C
the "floating" road has been a
matter of growing concern to Oir
rltuck and Camden as veil as 10
Kllzabeth City.
The floating road has been- im
I Payable on only a few occaalp'ai
?since It was paved, but so haMV
| Is the traffic that Its Interruption
these occasion caused i roar of
I protest that was rolled back and
et hoed from the hills of the ajZh
mont. Thougfc rarely eitoaatlS
impassible, however, there was a
period when all low swung C4jra
had difficulty In negotiating thle
road when the wind tid*H that pre
vail on this part of the Paeand
luuk Klver were higher then nor
1,1 a I - This condition was overcogM
? by three f|||g wherd the watet od
the road was deepest and only once
since then has the road been im
passable, and that waa at a time
when the tide wan so exceptional
as to be hardly likely to OTW*
more thau once or twice In a Ik
[cade. 4
What causes uneasiness ?a (A
this road, however. Is not the
ger of Immediate Interruption''*#
traffic but the fear that the roaA
will be neglected until the w*t?l
becomes so deep oil portions BOO
| continuously Inunduted except at
periods of abnormally low tfdt
that traffic once more will bp ,ee
rlously Impeded if not Interrupted.
Another reason for dlsaatlsfaetfe*
Is that when certain sunkeiL por
tions were raised by fills ?v>*e
time ago these fllln were not pared
and the going over them, as a
rule, in extremely rough. Tpda
again the depth of tho water.' will
| drown the motor. Rough going
over unpaved segements and |l&f
pulling through water sometftnse
more than a foot deep combine
sometimes to add 25 per cent to
the time that would be reqiM|
to drive from Kllzabeth Cltyr>te
Camden over a 1? feet paved high*
way that was high and dry.
These are the facts that make
the letter of Commissioner KugJar
to Senator Williams of extraordft*
nary Interest The text of the Ni
ter addressed to Senator Wllllame
and signed by Mr Kugler follotife
"As promised. 1 am writing yon
relative lo the so called floatldC
road.
"I had this matter up with Mt.
i'age while In Kalelgh and he
stated lo me thet work would con*
mence on this road at once. I
take this to mean just as sodar?|
materials can be obtained to tfdt
It In good shape On account of
his physical condition I refrained
from going Into details but. ha
s 11 red me thst work would ha
started to repair.
"I am quite sure that he *****
that the whole road should not b 4
abandoned and wasted and wlflfc
the information that he haa It eai
be put In a good state of repair*. '?*
"Will you kindly Inform yod*
folks In Elizabeth City about thle
that they may be relieved abdtf
the situation."
iXtrtOP MAIIKKT ?**%
Nrw York. Jul? 23 - Cotton t|i
?i r#?? opened today at the foil***
In K lov. h Ort. 17.81, Dec. 17 Wf
w
Jan 17 36. March 17. S3.
i7.7i
New York, July 23 8frot cot
ton cloged today steady, mlddlhrr
IK Kf,. an advancn of 10 potat*.
futnr?a, chiNtnK >?ld: October
17 49. Dfrcmb^r 1 7 40, January
17. 4C. March 17 ? : May I'M
Mm Xaymond Moore, areola-*
panted by h?r broker, F Roiaad
Dell, motored to Reaufort a hd
Morehead (JHy Friday
f?? day*