North Carolina Newspapers

VOL. XVI. FINAL EDITION. ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA, SATl ltDAY KVHN1XC, SKPTKMUKU I, 192G. SIX PAIIKS. NO. 209 COASTAL ROUTE j PROPONENTS TO GATHER IN CITY President and Secretary of South Atlantic Coastal llipliw ay Association Are Coming September 22 PLANNING PUBLICITY ' Backers of Houlc .'JO Will j Tell World ?if Beauties and Opportunities Of ^ fered Along Seaboard As a m?*uiis of working out a plan of effective cu-uiierailou with, States to the North and South iu , properly advertising the South At-; lantlc Coastal Highway, partlcu- i larly with reference to it* attrac- ' t lous for motor tourists, coinnier- , clal secretaries auU others active In the association fostering devel opment of (lie part of the highway running through North Carolina will meet at the Chamber of Com merce here Wednesday, September . 22. I Frank Miller, of Jacksonville,' Florida, president of the South At-' lantlc CoaMtal Highway Associa tion, and Fred Ward, of Bruus-. wick. Georgia, secretary, will be honor guests at the meeting, and are expected to take a leuding part] In working out a systematic- cam-, paign to let the people of the I ' ri it- ' ed States learn the advantages of j tho coaxial route, and to Impress, upon <hu people of the section , through which It pusses. Us vital ' Importance to them. Assurance that a large delega-j tlon from Wilmington, New Bern ' and Washington, this Slate, will attend the meeting September 22 has been received from II. M. Ja cobs of New Bern, chuirmuu of the North Carolina Route 3U sector of the highway. Word also has been received from Norfolk that Tide water Virginia will be represented adequately. Ilardsurfuclng of the entire South Atlantic Coastal Highway; through North Carolina rapidly Is j nearlng completion. There only, remain short links on the alter-! native routes from Norfolk to Ellz- j jfchelh City, via South Mills and . ' Mcyock, respectively, aud a stretch ' of a few miles In the vicinity of I New Bern. Construction Is in I progress on ail three of these < links, as well as ou the Chowan Bridge, at Edenton, and it 1s j thought entirely probable that by j the latter part of next year a hard- j surfaced highway from Norfolk j along the coast will have been; completed all the way to the South Carolina line, and possibly beyond. ! Offering the shortest motor route from Washington. L>. C.. and points North to Floridu points, j and traversing a sectlou rich in ! scenic beauty and hallowed by a wealth of historic associations, the South Atlantic Coastal Highway Is; expected rapidly to become the , most populur route for tourists go- ? ing to and from the Far South. Elizabeth City. Edenton and. other cities alopg the road In this' State already have undertaken ex tensive publicity for the highway through the American motorist and other publications of thi Am- i or lean Automobile Association as a means of acquainting this win ter's influx of tourists with the section. PROVIDE FOB THREE TEMPORARY SEATS Geneva, Sept. 4.? The League! of Nations Council today adopted i the report of the commission on' re-organization of the Council < providing for creation of three non-permanent council *?'ats andj designating Germany ax n pernm lA t seal holder as soon as she is ?I" I' d to League membership, ^j^enova. Sept. 4. - ? The first meeting tday of the committee of 14 which will carry oil 11* work of the World Court conference,] convoked to examine the five res ervations to Arperican adjerence to the Court, was devoted in tliel Judicial study of the Court's regit ! tat Ions. The object of the study ; was to determine how f?.' the reg illations hs at present framed make It possible to accept the Am rrican reservations. ESCAPED CONVICT AGAIN IS CUSTODY Orlando, Fla., Sept. 4. ? Joe! Tracy who recently escaped from I guards at Saint ( lend after return- | ing from a trip to the everglades j was taken Into custody here today and lodged In Orang<? county Jail, i the sheriff announced. HOI.ilHY MONDAY tr postoffice to observance of l,abor D?y. tho Blifiihctli City pout off In Will Ql?- ffvf the (iHiiai holiday Monday. The Manic and d' llvf ry windows will h<^Ppeh from 10 to 11 o'clock In morning, but will br y clo*M ih?' r?'inalnd??r of thr H day. Thon? will b?* the uaual ^Lllapatch of the malls on the ^oua train, [HOPE SPRINGS ETERNAL WITH McADOO FANS 1 Just As DciiKirrnU Were Hoping Convention His tory Would Mot California SjM-aks THE BEST EVIDENCE < California Primary SIhi,ks YS'liich Way Vi iml niiiHn mill Causes Ifr juicing in Kcpillilirull Camp llj DAVID I.AWItKM l: (C*?yri?ltt. IW?. By The Atf.ancc) Washington, Sept. 4.^? Hope springs eternal In the breasts of I the politically ambitious hut tln-re j has hardly been anything to equal I the tenacity with which the fol lowers of William Gibbs McAdoo have clung to Ills standard. Just' as Democrats were beginning to j feel that the l!?l'H convention j 'Would not be a repetition of tlic | Madison Square Garden fiasco, the 1 primaries in California arose to indicate otherwise. For tin* California primary is ; the best evidence that could be ofTeri-d that tin- breach Inside th Democratic party had nut bct-u ' healed and this, by the way, | causes no small amount of rejolc- ! ins in the bottoms of the Repub lican leaders who feel even more ! confident ou that account of a; continuance of Republican con trol of the executive branch of the Government. | Whether the responsibility for the revival of the McAdoo-Smlth ! rivalry rest? with the Dockwcllerl wing of the Democracy in Callfor-j iila or whether it is the result of! local political ambitions on the I pail of those who fought for Mc 1 Adoo" to control the state machin ery, the fact remains that in Mr. McAdoo 's own statu a battle has been fought on issues not far dif ferent from those which kept the , Madtfeon Square Garden conven tion hnllotlng for days and dsys. Throughout the roiiulry until ? uow there has been unions the Democrats a semblance of har I mony. The effort to abolish the 1 two-thirds rule was advanced by McAdoo men and concurrod In by! {Smith supporters in the hope that! the next convention could nomin- 1 !ate by majority ballot. i lint the California episode ro- ! j veals that the sores of 1924 have! i not been healed and that the fight lis on with the same intensity as, before. The only advantage of the early outcropping of this rival ry Is that It may awaken other : Democrats to the folly nf further | strife so early In the game as to cause the elimination of the two I main contenders and an agree-; intent on a compromise candidate i long before the convention time is; at hand. The situation Is very much dif ferent, however, from the one in I the months preceding the Madison [Square Garden convention. Then the McAdoo managers, confident land agprenslve, were talking ol the probable majority they would get. iNow It is the Smith faction which is confident and on the of fensive. The fact that the fight was carried into Mr. McAdoo'* own state Is a sign of how th" | McAdoo forccH have been placed i on the defensive. i Whether the former Secretary ; of tin- Treasury really cart s about another fight for the Presidential nomination In doubtful. His] I friends are as eager for hir.i to 'make the race as they were Hx>- 1 [fore brcause they think he can unite the West and South and per ihaps raid ure a Middle Western .state or two because of Ills strong, hold on union labor a comblna-! Ition of electoral vot?s something' like that which won In If'lfi. It I Is a familiar argument and it failed in 1924 to be convincing. Hut Presidential politics can be n matter of group slrategy as w? II as Individual ambition* The Mc lAdoo follower* may feel able to name their own leaders but then Is every sign that they ft III want 4o retain their power of veto If not dictation. There are ph nty of Democrats of the Wilson wing further Kast who inlvbt absorb tli- McAdoo strenath If It in kept Intact. Newton D. (taker or for mer Senator Pome rene of Ohio may be the heirs of this nucleus 'depending tin how the Ohio elec tion for Senator turns out this fall. It is early to forecast the I lines of cleavage In the Democra tic party, but the outbreak of Smlth-MrAdoo rivalry Is consid ered none too salutary a circum stance ultimate Democratic har-| mony. MUM. I.KH'IH VISIT* IIKHK Mri. Anna Lewis, formerly wel fare officer for Pasquotank (boun ty. and now a member of the ntaff of the Wake County Welfare Department. arrfved Friday night for a few day*' elslt here. Bhe was accompanied by II l> FfiJTfiJl. pro bat Ion offleer far b??.?K*ln Raleigh. ?_ Mts* Klale Oneal and her nleee. little Mlaa (leraldlne Oneal. both of Raleigh. are npendlu* a few days with the former* fathar. W B. Oneal. fata home on Hontar ?tr?ft. She Wants to Be a Ph. D. Rulh L.u Tel Yap. Chlnea* g>?"? will ent?-r Columbia l'nlvcr?H> thta tall to atudv for a doctor of philosophy dejcree. 8h?- la one* of II l>rothrra and a!ater? who fcr* getting thHr etlurunon* In Ammioon ml !*?*?? Revision Of Dawes Plan Is Important I Berlin. Sept. 4 ? Revision of the ' Dawes plan by agreement between " ? the Herman Government, the. 'Agent Central of Reparations and j I the Reparations Commission, ; | which was announced Thursday night, is far mora important than I is suggested by the sums involved. ' Practically, the German govern infill by accepting an agreement i to pay 300,000,000 marks more * the coming year, saves a quarter of a million the fourth year and! a similar sum the fifth year, and I prevents the Increase from the j third to the fourth year from be , ing too abrupt. This advance! 'would have been made according: ! to the Improvement index given by the returns of Germau c.on-1 | trolled revenues for the past two | years, which far exceeded the cal-j culatlons of the experts and ren- ; tiered (iermany llablo for In-; creased payments. The Democratic newspapers blame the former nationalist fl-j : nauce minister, Schlleben who i fixed taxes in such u way that I more money was raised and the experts were convinced that their estimate was too low. The Nationalist papers find lit- 1 tie to say. They only lament the 1 , fact that an agreement has been : reached, since In the third year1 ; controlled revenues "might have .been less." The nationalist Lokuli : Anxelger prefers to avoid ci ntro versy by noting that "the experts have admitted fulfillment is an Impossibility." ! The truth Is that the present \ agreement should quiet many voi ces clamoring for revision by | showing that revision In possible within the plan whenever an! agreement to that effect Is1 reached. CONTIVI K EFFORTS riiing out ROD1KS | Tahona, Okla.. Hept. 4.? Untrue [workers today continued their at tempts to remove the nine or ten remaining bodies from the debris filled Superior Smokeless Coal Company's mine which wa y wrecked by an explosion here yes terday. Seven bodies have been removed ' from the mine and others have , been located but not brought t?? the surface. LICENSES SUSPENDED FOR NINE MONTHS Ronton, Sept. 4.- Licenses of Captain* John l)i<-hl and Third Mate Timothy L. Dreyer of the steamer City of Rome today were, suspended for nine months as h , result of the collision last year in ; which the submarine S-6 1 sank i with the loss of 34 lives. Iloth the 8-61 and the City of Nome were j found at fault In the flndlng"an-: nounced today by the Rostnn ? board of Inspectors of the V ' n it? d * States steamboat Inspection eer- j vice. HE REFUSES TO ENTER PROFESSIONAL RACES I?os Angeb-s. Hept. I. Charles I'addock. holder of many world's records In sprints, has announeed I his refusal of the contract to turn 1 professional offered by C. C. Pjrle,; sports promoter, and which would | have netted him from $.10,000 to 970,000 for three races. Ne* York It ?uch a fast lows ? century plant there started blooming every 4ft years. Pope Is Delighted With His New Auto Homo. Sept. 4. ? The high pow* ered motor tar which win a gift of a Milanese automobile factory to I he Pope. was tried out for the firs* time Thursday uflernoou ill the Vatican gardens. Before en tering the car, the I'ope exa united it for fully ten minutes and showed keen interest in the expla nation of the tttcluiiciaua when he" heard the motor hum. The Pope blessed all lliotfe pres ent and then gently turned a han dle of the car, breaking the white ribbon which Healed the doors, lie immediately took his first ride in the new car through the shady walks of the Vatican gardens. Dl I IMiOllH CORPORATION KX L.\ IttiKS ITS mslNKSS Raleigh. Sept. 4.? ?The Duff Oore Corporation. formed for the purpose of mere-hand lain g pianos, talking machines and other musi cal Instrument* and accessories, has cstabllhcd it's principal office, in Raleigh. Hot It wholesale and retail departments are being dt - veloped the wholesale department being known as the Duff-Gore Cor poration and the retail wart-room* in the Dixie Building on Fayelte vllle street, will lie known a? the "Knabe WarcrooitiH," and "The Duff-Gore Store." The corporation has purchastd Iho assets of the Duff Piano Com pany. of ItalclKh. The offices of the corporation are as follows: I*. D. (Sore, president, treasurer and general manager; J. C. It. Khrlng ha toe. vice-president, and W. P. Duff, secretary. Mr. Gore came to Raleigh front Norfolk, where ho was manager of , Chan. M. Stipff, Inc., piano manu facturers. He wan with the Stieff company for a number of years, and has spent his lifetime in the music business. Mr. Duff has been a successful music merchant in North Carolina for the past 2"? years. Mr. (iore and Mr. Duff are the principal owner* of the corporal ion. Mr. Gort will remain here In ac ? Ive charge. He said last night following a meeting of the direc tor*. "It Is our Intent lou to give to t he people of this and adjoining states a real music bouse, carrying only the leading lines of musical instrument* and to provide a way for every person to own some kind of musical entertainment In their home. We welcome the public to our warerooms. and hope that I shall have the opportunity of ser ving the public for It's musical needs." The Duff-Gore Store plans I" hold an "open house" night In the neur future. CALIFORNIA FLIER VtlNS ON-TO-SKSyt I Philadt dphla . Sept. f Fred I) Yfoyt of Santa Monies . California, won the #,On-To-S??*<|iil" mer. it whs announced before the 0|?enin. air race ni'-ct today. He flew frot Kureka, California. MN'Ali IIWKH *|<K TO OIIMKItVK I, IftOK |?\> The undersigned bank*, coin prising the Kllxah'th City Cleat Ing House Association, will ob serve laibor Day and will I* closed on Monday, September 6. Savings Bank ? Truat Co.. Carolina Bsnkina 4 Trust Co.,} The First and Cltlfteas National DARING ROBBER PAYS VISIT TO McCABE & (JRIfE Elltrrinp l?y Si-nnul Slnr? imlow Ailjm-oiil in S-lijj liuililiiiK. Inlriiili-r laki'? Away \\ fiiralili'i STOHK It \\SA< KKI) I' i'-iidioii- Criminal 1'iVk* y li?l Hi' Wunl*, M'lt-r Careful I'Xaiiiiiiiiijiiii of Sliwk. With l.ight on UrrakiliK In through a oiol "lur>: *ln<ln?r .losely tin* roar of tin* m-w Sri!* Mturo. Jiow uiuki foiiMriictiuii. u burglar l.i?l 1 ulRhl rnblnd i|?. ,1,. par, in, in ??ln .tree,. ?r ?I|IUH. shoes, 1>Ihl.r W| In* apparel. Mayor Aubrey l| ? "'<;wber of II,.- firm. 1 1111 l < -t I t h,. |tlHS today at s:t:, ' , r"?; "" 'he basis or a hasiv iire ."mfiuiry cheek-up. ' Mayor M.< hinn.il ill..,,, ?"'.I til,- rot, bury shortly luld, light. ? hull ||.. ha.i I, II, i* j ??* r1'"''; <i b> I II,.- , ' "'"'"'"K I 111 ,lu"r- II, al ? IlKhl III 1,1 way ?f "K thai I, had when III- ?mre was closed VI-, '?rday afternoon. hi- ImmiMllately i?Kan to invest igate. ? A brier search or thi- hulldltic ,-,'rt'T " ln,l ""' r had .11 -rM by .in |J?S u . .window" |>iuiv which cull 1.1 hi ; fro.,, the tll?)r ,. . I i ?"T- "" lu" ll. ami opened ? l.lo?. anil ha, I crawled build Hk fhroush a narrow aner t',e?. between shelves. In Mi.- various men-* depart i'.'i'i f'WH-r l.-ll In. ballon,. ?r hh. rlslt WP.,r. ? bleu scattered about. am| * otisly dlscar a, unsuli-d I I. need* On ,ho firs, floor, he of il V "hirf. two raril.. ""ally piled "111.: h- " -1 In!? his ha ?***'' '"""n nn'lfi.,1 ii nV i"1? " ,uy '?'??hIih-IIiik a inlet Invest Ikiii ion in nu. hone vl 'be lll.-nlllv of the visitor. The robbery w? \hl,.h Mifnhe k ijrlep "lore hud snff.-re.l ,|,IK v.-ar. III ?lore having I I,r?k,.|| lhlo "f'oin ?ix nionthM mo. On ,he upper floor of ,he K-ll* ? ?re. t he Inveallniiinrn la., ni"u, M i'V Indleallon, ii, the ri.lii.er had nm i??K ,i,.?..,ru.(, Ihal1 C " ' IioukIi, ??dl?- I," W,-'mld"(? k - oi': bin perMon. since ||,e Vi . ^""rl rtnwnlown reiall dln/ril Wh''h """ """"" "r dlnarlly erowdiul I, .si n iK|,, by r??. irav.'n " ", rf"r?""'.-o Klvei, |,y a fraveliiiK u-iu show. Klen IIioiikIi Iht' liurvlar had "? V"; Mayor " f-'IlK enlered, he I' -f- to the Inner V n?'l HHid. "Whoosh " hr. wou Id hnvo had ih?- whole nfore Sell J'T"',' " ?""?on*." I>r fl.iin, h is" t""d"s"y willing , liiser "r"WM" " ? ""r*'?r mm STUMPY POINT WANTS A ROAD Darr f'ounly (!oitimi?>?iofi pru to Hear for Spwial Tux for I'tirpoxr Stumpy Point folk waul a new road through the heart of their idylllc little villa ge, utretchlng two mile* a loin*, a narrow peninsula fronting I hi? broad reachea of Pamlico Sound, on the Darr County mainland From ?!?*' mIk'1 of the village to I ho Hyde County 1 1 it**. Dare Is building an Improved dirt road, eventually lo link the coaxl with the State highway system. Through the villas*', 4 however, there Ih only a narrow, and unsat isfactory road, flnuki-d on olther side hy shallow ditche*. and Stumpy Point resident* want fonmt hlng better- -and want it hadly. They hare taken up Ih' matter with the Dare hoard of county commissioners. and have been giv en assurance that a further hear ing will be granted them In the n? xt few day*, with Ih*- probabil ity that a definite antiwer will be given them. / Thr Stumpy I'olnt P? opf want to obtain authority from their C-fcunty commissioners to levy a sjKTlal tax in sufficient amount to dig ail 18-foot canal along th?* length of tlio- two-mile road through the village. The dirt from the canal would be used to huild the road. In fact. In the lowlands of Dare and Hvde coun ties, that Is shout the only way an Improved road can be built, ?!??? t fears U Ultt* high toad from! which dirt for "1Mb" c?n ba-y ob \(t I'AI'KK WOV/M) : /'/? /.S /. (/?)/{ I) I) Mui. day h Liilioi 1 >.* \ ami Tlx Advance will i .? K ? tiMial hi)li(la>. it? ftim ui? on thai day ?-?(??? .. > .iikI rivl Ihih.imii cany on tiirouch flic lull !-? hmUI ami Ul\e ila? I'.ul IS l?t |?*r m ivih tor ha\in. li i?l I i n a tn catch a I'path idler tin h ??t w alJicr ami hard wmk ?l lln ^ii in in r. The nh??|? and nil ice will l?? rlo>vil Monday. Ju>. |'|i |v?-lc is \i*itiuu hi> imi'iiiIh al I'la ik?vill?. Virginia, ami tip* editor ? v|m -els tu sp? ml llic da> at Currituck I'oiirt. T*-l?-|?ht?n? *?4. lit* refill!', will rir.u hi vain. Tuesday motiiiu:: hri- lit an*! early, ev?rylnidv will h? hack on the job availi, :iml hairing accident TmndayV |iu|Mr will tut ?miI i?roiii|itly ami w? II filled with tivWf, (dltnrial*. ad Vet'lisi-iiictlth. comics, ami e\ - cry thin u. Labor Day Autoists Warned to Obtain City Licenses Kllruheth City moUirlsia an* re ' millil. il tli?< ">?? > ,vV''n'1 ilayt i" ?' li I'll pi""'"' ,h"ir ] tlrivlliK ikthiIIh ami ?*ii > IWi'tn."* for i In- >'<?.? i' iK'KtmiliiK Si'|Hi iiil?'r 1. ami 111 ill Ih.Kiu ?l>" "I"'1''"'' ihnlr ram Momlay wHhoiu 111'" !>"" M l'iUfil blur anil VI'IIHW Ian oil trull! may ixpi'it III? ??r?t. Momlay In bailor Hay. ami a 1 a lioliilay lur miulr folk* but iioi ?? ill.' poll'-.- ?'l'l<'' II"1'"" ?""* (air warniim SaturdaJ ilial llioiw ,?lin hail failed to olilai'i Hi''"' las.- ami in nulla mlKllI as well Mi. mi iiuniiuy In iireparlliK an ox Yui.." f..r mi i'Xi I'l'illuKly ;.iiu' won lil lii' iH'fil.'il . Till' lli'i'liM'" sl ?'arh. ami in ii v in- oliialui'il from ("11 y Ainil lur Jiitin Knuwili "' flim on S..U1II lluail at reel. near I Main. TIium' who liroeiiriil 1"'' tiliti lust year llav" only lu pnwlll jthem. together with tlte r . i I'ersuus takiiiK out rliy |i'-rl>IIH , for the first time- this yeur must ataud an examluuliow to demoii istrate their fiincus ti? drive. Kesidents ?f Kll/.thi th City who drive oat's must take out permit* jeaih year. regardless whether they ;uwii automobile*. The poller are 1 preparing to make a eheek-np i?v ?er the eity to determine whether 'all Whu Hh.iuld have .j utoinoblle ] or other licenxcH huve taken them i out. Those who haven't will be 'permitted to explarln mutters to Trial J list leu Sawyer. 'TIIIIM Y-l IVK l)KAI> in jai'an typhoon I T'lklo, Si'lil. I. Ilrpnrln In ver i naeular newspapers here say I approximately persons kllleu in ii typhoon in eentral eastern Ja . pan today. Tlie storm was one of ' moat severe In. reeent years. SPAIN !V1AY DECIDK NOT TO WITH I Ml \W Ceneva. U-aRiie of Nations lead j rrs plan to elert Spain In a semi, permanent seat In the League I eounell at the forthcoming assem hlv despite Spain's probable ab acme from the assembly. They I hope this will Indiiee the Madrid government to abandon any Idea 1 <*f resigning from the League Madrid. Sept. 4. Tie Spanish ! government will not take any Im mediate nelioii towu'd withdrawal from the League "f Nations but I will await the ohImihi" of .the ?League assembly opening next ;w?-ek. I There have been reports that Spain intended to reslge from the 'l^auiie, owing to rejection of le r demand for a permanent neat on lli?' Lea mi e Cohnell. IMNi TAX rAHKH IIMUD Charged with having failed to pay ilielr dog taxes. Jim Knight and tJeorge J. Heotl. both colored and hotli living In the Weeksvllle seel ion. were required lo pay the l axes and eosls at the elose of a hearlug In reeorder's eourt Satur day morning. roftMt.ll HIJ/.AIIK.TH MTV IMlY WKIM (1WMMIII lilHIi Although the wedding oeeiirrod on June 27. more than two month ? ago. It Is Just becoming known in ICllxalietfi my I hat <'? Adolphu Demi. Jr.. son of Mrs. Cntherlne Dean, of t h Iff city, add a highly popular Kll*abeth City bov. h?.? taken tlfilo himself a wife, in Hi" person of Ml** Helen l?orenxo Hnyn. of Smi'hfleld. Ororgbt. Mr. and Mrs. I>enn are ||v??~ In Albany. Cleorgla. where Mr. Dean Is employed as n registered drug glut. Before his removal in (Jeor gla. he held a position In the Al bemada Pharmaey here, anil M . generally known and liked Vlrtor K. Overman formerly of thlft elty and now of Omaha. Ne- , hraska. left Saturday afternoon for the Middle Western city after la vacation atay of ton day* with hl? mother. Mr. J P. Overman, on WETS MISTAKEN SAY OFFICIALS OFTHEW.C. T.U. iVitiprratlt'i* I Jr^aiii/.atinii Ha- Oh ii W ay of Know ing l*n Mir Sentiment in Kvrrv Sim- t ion of Nation KIMTOKS \|?K mcv An'oriling to \Y. C. T. V . 1 licrr Arr Trti Dry K?li toriul* to One Wet anil Main Slrrrt I- Dry n> ci\vi-;\ I.. si o n < C<:p>i ??M. I "i.h, H> T'lr Ai|??iirr> I riilrt;(iii, .Si'pJ 4. If aiitl-pro liiMtiitniftls fluywin-rc in thin rniin Itry i lilt. k thai they ar*> getilnt: away Willi Honirtliliiu without r.-ntitiiti. dry* kiiiiwinu ji. I hey ure most likely mistak-ii. I Tin- women prohibit toni?i?. to | hark ii|> tills assertion. In?a-<t that -they havi just completed an in - I iHlluonrt- system that makes the 'ohl At my orua ntzat ion hi k quit' l*ick. Willi tlii-ir win nn' working. I tin* In adquai i?-rs oil Ida Is uf the ? Women Y Christian Ti'ttiiu'ritiici' I'nloii. in MiiiiM.ton, kimw almost ovinia lit what the wi>t.< hi< {thinking, talking, writing; and do ling, ami thai knowledge gives the I dry* a chance for a quirk counter | attack. I Ah explained .today hy an e,\rc |uliv*> of tit* W. C. T. I*., their ih-w llU)'|||jl?n?' Hl'Ctloil COIIMstn of Uoo.ooo women located in ivt.v r hamlet of th?> country. All are I number* of i ???? dry organization I n ltd all mi' specifically instruct! d to gather every scrap of informa 'lion concerning antl-prohiluiioo I activities. The opinion is thai I there iii-vcr ha* been anything jMUilc I i k?' it for (?(Tvctlvi'iiviH In 'gathering in formation. Tin- Intelligence division rcpn, JhimiIh one of thi' flrnt move* for i ?* I Juvt'iiation of the lighting force* available to the W. C. T. I . Tlieae women politicians who .started the trend toward the Vol stead Act hy praying outside a saloon at HillslHiro, Ohio, hark in 1H74. art- waking up to tin- fart that they have another fluht on I their hand*. That explain* their I recent activity. I "The fact* unearthed hy the I first working of the Intelligence ?service would bring tear* to the Jeyea of wet city politician}*," Mrs. I'lla A. Iloole, national president | of the W. C. T. I'.. declare*. I "These show that there are uhotil lien dry editorial* to one wet ex ]pre**lnn of sentiment; and the .?wet edltora all aeem to live In the I big cities. "Information coming In mIiowh that Main Street is dry and Is go ling to Htay dry. It also shows that the farmer will vote Just as ?dry a* hi' has In the pant and [want* the Volstead Art made stronger If anything. ! "The intelligence , division j bring* in reports thai kIuiw the re j action against tin- wet policy of j condemning the youth of today. ?To the cry of the politician In Or egon who dedans there In more ? drinking among hoys mid glrjs, commlttecH in reply quote an edi torial flatly cont radictlng the statement and reminding the pub ? lie of the old saloon days when |hnndredH of kid* lined to buy tdrink* freely acronn the bnr. I "Another, an lllirml* man. ; break* out with the atatcmeiit that colleges are hotbed* of drunk jen vice, and from nil over the [country come letter* lo the editor i In protest." ( An an Indication of the way the i wet and dry fight I* developing it he \V. C. T. I' declare* that the whole dry ?lde I* turning Into a I religion* cru*ade. : "Politicians may Inane ntate tnenta declaring their party I* go ing to Ignore the wet and dry In fiiie," Mr*. Iloole *ay*. "but just a* nil rely as I hey make nuch n statement the churchen are going to litnore those iiolltlclann. "Heading the church paper* and the rural prenn. one In amazed to find out that the politician* have utterly minunderntood the attitude of the people and the strength of jlhe dry vote. The village church, not the political chairman, i* go ing to rule the election." M II IT'S HH.IIT H llll I I I/, i MTU CITY Y Wlwl'* rl?hl with KllttibpUi < lt>? Till* I* h ??ibje?t mi whhh 'Hie \?l\ niht wmilo ll* irmlrr* i?> <*ti|irfNN IhriiM'lvfm Kiir t fir Ik**! nn-Hcf The Ad* \ miee mIII kIvp f'lV VI rite till* IH-t>?|M|H-t- A I ? ' ? ? 1 I- 111".' "Wlwl'i llluht Willi Kll/.abetl? l'lt>" in in* If** limn .Vwi Hor<K mi<l n?i( more tlimi I. KM). TliU offer ii?wr?. MfjUrmtin IH. (ii| bn*) nn?l write >?*n Mlrr. \ii>IxnI\ ? ???? tell > mi whul'i wrmttf with t'.llubiHh rttjr. li i-niMjiw t? He "wn Inmi nmmj MmMi < ii* peo ple will knim him I tell \<l\ mi< e ittdrr* "Wtat's Mlfttit WHh KlbealwHh City." h I ROAD HISTORY INTERESTING IN NORTH CAROLINA Study ul' Itoad I. relation From Vrur 17<Mt Show* Overwhelming l)e?ire for (fooiI Highway* IWSyljOTANk. WORST Thai Wax Yerilict in Year I TO'> A* l{<'|Mirti'tl to Karl of Fairfax hy the Kev. .Mr. <>orilon Sir Waller Hot. I. Ualel*h. Sept. I J ,\h mi.- a p. eda over the almost .ndlesa t Ihbous Of highway th?t today tumid In every section '?i <i.. siat.-. it i? ,o vl,u*1: l?. the roads ..f more than 100 vrun wi" descriptions of which I have been preserved In the his torical archleves of the State. ll.it even SOU years ago the peo |il.. of North Carolina wi re Inter ist.d In providing roada. and * ?tudy of th. road legislation dating from I TOO to the present Indicates an ever-Increasing de sire on th. pan of th? people of tilt State for uetur arteries of transportation ulid comuiuolea t,on. The history of this uiove in. m It. related most luteresllngtjr in a sketch printed on the bickl ut tin ii. * highway main. Ju?t Is sued b> the Slate Highway Com IlliHttioll. , , Today it ia ?W tlittt It I* harder lo loae your way In North Caro lina than l" find It in other states, hill I Ilia <vas nol the ease In 1704. When III. Hcv. John Ulalr of tha Kslabllslie.l Church. In his report m tin Carl of Halifax, secretary for ili?' Colonies in North America Kl,m- "Thrre i* no poaidblllty for a stranger lo lind a road again once h. has gone astray from It. It i* a ureat hazard. In my Jour ney* 1 make :!0 milcH a day on horne hark aud often nlcep in tM woods. ' In other words. traral WHH possible over the roadg ot 17U4 only in tho day llmo;t wan hazardous even then, with 40 in I I?*h In a day betaR about tM niaxliiiiini speed pontic. What would the shade of John Hla,r think If he could come back today and nee the thousand* or motor learn speeding along the highways 'ut a speed of ? usually minimum -Of ;i0 mil." an hour? The only provision In those duys for high way maintenance and eunatruc i (Ion. *as that they should b? worked l.y tlie landowners who lived contiguous to them. In 1700. another niinintcr, tne I H?>v Mr. Gordon reported to tha Kari or Halirax that "the roadi are generally very had. .specially 'in Pamiuotunk and I'erqulnians. which ma kes It Iimlrult for a niln l?l,.r to attend l" those two pro cincts. The I'aaquotank roads ara lh? worst in th.- country." In 1717 "the people or Chowan precinct, with groat labor and at larue ? xpense. cleared the main ruml an. I k. Pt It clear as the law requires. so the records tell the llovernors message reported tn the (ienoral Assembly. And to 17:5:; tin General Asio'inbly tha then governor* George Harring ton. to order the inaKlstrates to take i-rreetual care of the roads and nee that th. bridgas wcra re paired and ferries dun kept. d?* clarlng thai it ??? .-JUremely hard for the public to attend thc Oan ,.,al Assembly or the '"n.ral Court Governor llurrinKton, in rep " ''a id that during tha w ? I'rof 1 J32-:il he had tiavelled ??|? ???t lo lh. counties, and had found much labor bestowed on . th.' making "r "'W "'??? 'repairing ???' 1 ?*. .*"2, I.rldacs had been newly built. ?' lhat dutlna the "^'u,n^ t ration or bin predecessor, ??r lll.-har.l Kveiard. the |.u?>llc r.inalned "unguarded and OM ?;?? he had -prevailed on the peoplo living along this route to do tM work , and lhat they had r spond r.l cheerful* and effectually and had not only built the road and bridges, and had ''J,.0"; ? causeways over the marshes. Me .aid lui Hi. I that he hail surveyed this road himself before kverard look offlc. and Dial It I way one travelled from Vlr?lnl? trt Mouth Csrolina and that it saved 200 mllw distance "J. IWO colonies. And of but miles a day. that was nillte a saving Still another step fo'w,rJ **, i ?l en In 1 7 5T. when the Oenerai Assembly dlrccled the Of a road frnni lli. Orsnge County roillt house . HtllHtmr?u?t. ? ? landing on Hie northwest side ot the Cape F? sr river near Wllmlnf '""it must he remembered that In II, e . arly .lavs of the colonies, th* mslorlty "f ">e roads led t? an4 from Virginia, eonveralnn In TO; clnla al the point where Hilffnlll if, now located . (lolnx south from that point, the main route went hv way of Kdenton across Alhe tiTarie Sonnd to Maekeywerry. Ihenre lo Ihs town ot Bath. ??