DAUGHERTY CASE
MUCH TALKED OF
BY POLITICIANS
Democrats Sec Good Cam
paign Stuff in the Affair
But Republicans Insist
Have Gleaned House
OLD STORIES RETOLD ;
Scandals of First Year of
t||e Harding Kcgimc
Brought to Light With
JL Renewed Interest
P By RODKKT T. SMALL
' ? IW. By Tne Atftancc)
New York. Sept. IS. ? The pollt-'
leal aspect* (if tho Harry Duugh
Jirty trial are beginning to attract
attention. Republican urn afraid
the Democrat* will attempt to
make campaign capital out of it.
aniens there should he an acquit-,
tal or a Scotch verdict before the
?ot?a fly in November. The Item
ocrats, however, tried once before'
to use Republican scandals In a
campaign and found the people as
a mass were not intrested in the
subject at all. This was in the
campaign of 1924 when stress wan
lkld upon the Teapot Dome dis
closures aud tho Wheeler inves
tigation of charges against Attor
ney General Daugherty.
It has heen emphasized in con-,
paction with the present case that
Mr. Daugherty is the first former
cabinet officer ever to face a Jury.
Qf his peers, charged with a crim-t
ipal act.
That the former attorney gen
eral has the unenviable distinc
tion, however, in due Holely to the
law's delay. A former colleague
of his in the Harding cabinet, Al
bert B. Fall, one time Secretary of
the Interior, has been under in-'
dlctmcnt for aeveral years, but no
one appears to know when. If ever,
his case and those of his alleged
fallow conspirators will actually
be called for trial.
The Daugherty trial, and the |
efforts to bring Fall before a jury, j
coupled with the primary scan-j
dais In Pennsylvania and Illinois, j
seem to some Democrats to offer)
fuel for campaign fire* with whi<J*~
to burn and destroy the hatod op
t position ? the G. O. P. Leaders of;
the latter, remembering the futil
ity of the scandal issues two years'
ago are hopeful that efforts to lug
K them In this fall will meet with
f similar failure. Democratic big
wigs appear a bit divided on the
Issue.
In 1924 the Republicans
claimed to havo cleaned house In
?very direction. It was claimed
that Mr. Coolidge, who by an act
of God had succeeded the late ?
"Warren U. Harding in the White;
House, was without knowledge >
without responsibility for any-'
thing unworthy which happened
during the Harding regime. Mr.
Coolidge attended the Cabinet
meetings as Vice President, but
wa* not present when any of the
untoward things were discussed.
It was pointed out that both
Fall and Daugherty had been driv
en from the cabinet. Even Secre
tary Denby. who innocutly had
acted on some of tho oil leases,
Intimate friend of President Har
ding. of Harry Daugherty. of John
T. King, Secretary Fall pnd the
others, had bectt ousted from the
direction of tho veterans bureau
and had been Indicted for alleged
graft In connection with his con
duct of affairs and the selection
of hospital sites during the first ,
years of the Harding administra
tion, their house had been placed
In order under President Coolidge
and all was well with the world,
and Ihe flag was still there, and
avery thing.
Now the stories of the old days
In Washington are being told
anew. All of the old flgureH which
Jta ne to the capital In the wake
the llardftig landslide are being
^Beraded anew on Ihe stage of the
iMfederal criminal court presided >
W?r by Judge Muck. Tho days
and nights In the 1< Street House
where Mr. D.iughnrty and Jess
Smith first lived In Washington
are being pictured again by the
butler who served the distin
guished occupants and their dis
tinguished guests. Thus far noth
ing has been placed In the record
of the Daugherty trial concern
ing the little green house on K
street, hut the leading spirit there
was Howard Mannlngton of Ohio,
and he has heen mentioned as one
frequenter of the H street abode
It has been evident that Mr.
Harding waa embarrassed enough
by those whom he elevated to pub
lie office, hut apparently there
was more emharassment from the
brigade of ramp followers who
came to Washington without ap
pointment and without Invitation.
The later John T. King. Repub
r. lira n National committeeman
from Connecticut, described in the
Daunherty trial as the "master
?tlnd In Ihe transactions with
Oermsn alien property claimants.
Was dot originally a Harding man
He Was rngaged during most of
and for a year prior there
U .. ?> prompting the candidacy of
<4/ ral |.<>nnard Wood for Pr*s
IdPnt. When former Portmaater
OV^ul Frank Hitchcock took up
ty*Jlght for the general. King be
much peeved and withdrew.
Body Of Rosenthal
Lies In State In j
Mexico City
<C??yrl|M. I9JV Br Tbe Adtanrt)
Mexico City. Sept. 18. ? The
hotly of Jacob Rosenthal, wealthy
New York merchant, who was
brutally murdered by Mexican
bandits, in lying in state here to
day pending tho arrival of instruc
tions from the Rosenthal family
in New York. The bandits per
formed the murder in the most vi
cious and coldblooded manner.'
There were several knife wounds
and one bullet had been fired
through the body. There wr? also
evidences (hat the robbers had
beaten their victim severely.
When the police encounterod
the agents of the robbers in the
little village of El Mogotu where
it had been arranged to pay over
the ransom money of $10,000,
there was an immediate exchange
of shots. Another group of ban
dits waiting nearby made a break
for safety and were hotly pursued
by the police. Thee bandits were
killed and three were captured.
An Investigation proved that
the leader of the kidnappers was
the mayor of the village of Hull-;
zllao and the second in command
was a village official, lloth were
shot and killed.
General Cruz, chief of the Mex
ican police, has mobilizezd a large
body of men and has Issued orders
that the bandits who escaped be
brought to immediate justice. The
entire countryside in the vicinity
of Megota being searched.
The outrage la expected to bring
rtirth drastic action from Wash
ington. It is known that James K.
Sheffield, United Stales miuister,
has been attempting to convice the ;
the administration in Washing-1
ton that a firmer policy toward ;
Mexico Is necessary for the pro- J
tectiou of American Lives and
property. He is believed to have'
convinced his government that
something must b-- done and as a
result the foreign colony here is
awaiting a diplomatic communica-i
tion of extraordinary vigor.
CHAUTAUQUA COMBS
TO CLOSE TONIGHT
Crowds wore larger at.Friday's
CuaisLauquj entertainments and
r%Aed to be even better than
those of Thursday.
The three day Chautauqua
comes to a close toniKht with cn
tertainmnt by the Oakley Concert
Compauy and a lecture by ('lark
M. Elchelberger on "The Dream
er." Mr. Elchelberger and the
Oakleys are also on the program
for the afternoon.
PLAN IIOMK COMINCi DAY
FOK DLV KWKLL MKMORIAL
The first Sunday in October,
which 1b known as Rally Day In
the Sunday Schools throughout
the State, will be a special Home
Coming Day in the Sunday School
of Blackwell Memorial Sunday
School and church. Cars will be
sent for all shut-ins, and those not
otherwise able to get to the church
and Sunday School. A special
program has been planned for the
Sunday School hour, and the pas
tor will preach a special sermon
at the 11 o'clock service.
ARE NOW SEEKING
KENNETH OKMISTON
Lot An&eles, Sept. 18. ? With
Mrs. Annie Mae Kennedy, mother
of Aimee Si mple McPherson. un
der arrest on charKcs of criminal
conspiracy and preparing false ev- !
idence, and the evangelist's ap- 1
pearance in answer to similar!
charges assured. District Attorney 1
Asa Keyes today movt d to bring i
about apprehension of Kenneth \
Ormlston, former Angelas Temple
radio operator, and nam* d as co- ,
defendant In complaints issued
here.
The arrest of Mrs. Mcpherson
has been deferred because of in
fection of her nose.
STORM AT MIAMI
AND IN BAHAMAS
Miami, Sept. 18. ? Shipping
scurried to cover early today be- j
fore the first force of tropical hur
ricane which centered at Nassau,!
capital city of the Bahama Islands.
A slow dropping barometer and
a steadily rising wind and sea
forecast the approach of the
storm. At Miami beach a heavy ,
surf was pounding 20 feet or more]
above the usual waterllnes and ,
hinh waves in Rlscayne bay en
dangered the causeway connecting
Miami Beach with the mainland.
In Miami, street car and power
lines were down.
taking all books and records with (
him. l#ater Mr. King was found
supporting Mr. Harding.
Democrats say there "ought" to
be excellent material for them In
the new telling of the Washington'
scandals on top of the primary
revelations In Pennsylvania and
Illinois, but they admit they do
not know exactly how to sue the
"stuff." The Republicans feel i
they have a very One "out " in the
fact that Federal Republican of- i
Daughcrty case by pointing to the)
f trials unearthed the present cas* ;
where Democratic Senators failed1
to touch It.
Beauty of Arbored Vista Here
Stirs New Yorker to Ecstasy
"I see nothing but wanton de
struction In sacrificing the only
beauty the town possesses for a
few Inches of asphalt." writes
Howard Beecher Converse, of the
Arm of Vanderbllt, Bowcn it Con- j
verse, of New York CUy, In a
letter to Mayor McCabe in con
nection with ablation to cut some J
of tlu* venerable elms on West
Main street, to permit the street ,
to be widened.
While stopping at Virginia -
Beach. Mr. Converse? who, by the
way. Is a total stranger to Mayor1
McCabe ? saw newspaper mention,
of agitation here on the tree'
question, tils letter to the Mayor .
is particularly interesting, as ;
showing the reaction of a casual
visitor to the arched canopy of
green over this city's principal
residential street.
Efforts to learn more about Mr.
Converse and the Arm with which
he Is connccted were without suc
cess today, reference to the usual
sources of such information hav
ing proven unavailing. His letter'
follows:
Virginia Beach, Va.
Sept. 16, 1926.
Mayor McCabe,
Elizabeth City, N. C.
Dear Sir:
Having seen by the papers that
you are In favor of retaining those :
wonderful old elms with which
your city Is so abundantly deco
rated, 1 am taking the liberty of {
expressing my pleasure on lh;it !
score. .
In my visits to the South, (and
they havo been frequent and va
ried) I have never seen such mag
nificent specimens of the Creator's
handwork as ttoe elms in Elizabeth j
City. "Man can hew a tree but j
it takes God and a century to j
make one." There is. I think, no:
truer saying.
Passing through your city about |
a month ago. accompanied by [
some Northern friends, on our w*iy :
to do u little fishing, we parked
our ear, for a few minute*, on]
Main street, for no reason other i
than to enjoy the beauty of the!
rast canopy of Kreen siretchinRj
above and beyond ua. For a res-;
Identlul street, Main street Is quite;
wide enouKh. and I see nothing;
but wanton destruction iu sacri-i
flcing the only beauty the town;
posscsscD for a few Inches of as- 1
phalt. I know of many cities'
where the shade God haa Riven
your home sites would be bought!
at any cost ? where much money I
has already been wasted on littl#*
whips that will never, during the'
next generation, at least, earn the
right to be called trees.
I'roRrcsx Ik to be commended ? '
but it fiT not progress to ruthless
ly destroy Mich l?od-glven beauty
as your town at present owns. .
Uther towns are planting trees ,
. ' . towns that would give
much to own the beauty and the
shade that is owned by your city.
I am indeed rejoiced that you and
at least half of your Hoard ap
preciate the beauty and tho com
fort agaimit the sun's broiling rayti
that has been given you.
I have, perhaps, ventured a
trifle too fur In expressing my
views, but I hope I may lie for
given this liberty and that at some
future date 1 may have the pleas
ure of knowing you and the Hoard
personally. You may read this
letter to thein or use It In any
way you care to. I would like
your townsfolk to know how
wholeheartedly we Northern vis
itors admire their little Kent of a
city, and to implore them not to
let Destruction under the guise
of Progress despoil the beauty of
God's gift ? the trees.
I beg to remain,
Very truly yours.
Howard Beechcr Converse.
After Sept. 18 ?
Vanderbilt. Ho wen & Converse,
!Socurlty Rldg., .
New York.
KIWANIANS HOLD
PATRIOTIC EVENT j
"iJnrlc Sain" and "Johnny1
Bull" Disport at Coiihti- j
tulion Week Session
Patriotism was the theme of the |
Constitution Week meeting of thei
Klwanls Club, at supper at the.
Southern Hotel last night, with a
preliminary program that ran a
little louger than had been expect
ed. and put the speaker of the oc
casion In a predicament which ho
described by relating an anecdote
about Mose.
The speaker was Prof. Kersey'
Spefice, of the chair of religious
education of Duke University, who,
is delivering lectures here this|
week at a training school for Hun-'
day school workers at the First
Methodist Church. Called upon
seven minutes before his sched
uled lecture at the church, he told
of the time Mose was called be
for the Judge after a battle with'
his spouse. . j
"Mose, I hear you and your wife'
had some words last night," thej
judge told him.
"Yassuh," Mose replied, "Ah'
had some, but ah didn't get no
chance to use 'em."
After expressing pleasure at
having attended the supper. I'ro- j
feasor 8pence smilingly promised
carbon copies of his undelivered j
address to all who wanted them,!
and departed for the church.
Opening with a benediction by |
Dr. J. W. Ilarrell, paator of City I
Road Methodist Church, the pro
gram included the singing of "Am
erica" by the club, and a selection.
"Just a Cottage Hmall," by Mm.
J. Wesley Foreman, accompanied
on the piano by Miss Eva Walston. ,
This was applauded warmly. Mrs.
Foreman then sang the first
stanza of " America, the Roauti-i
ful." and led the club In singing,
tho second stanza.
The real novelty of the evening
was afforded by Dr. 8. W. Greg
ory, and A. B. Walston. who were
on hand as "Uncle Sam" and |
"Johnnie Hull." respectively. They ?
played several violin and guitar
selections, and then Dr. Gregory
rendered "Dixie." playing a duet
all by himself, strumming his gui
tar while he carried the refrain on
a harmonica. Both entertainers
were cheered lustily.
In response to a suggestion
from E. F. Aydlett. 8r., the club
passed a resolution urging the :
City Council -to take early steps to
complete scheduled Improvements!
on Polndexter and Water streets,'
and authorizing a Klwanls com-]
mittee to appear before the city,
fathers to tjiat end.
Trustee J. Henry LeRoy. Jr.. de
livered to the club an Invitation to'
all members to attend a Klwanls
district meeting to be held in
Rocky Mount at a luncheon ses
sion Friday. October i, and Pre*-'
Ident J. Kenyon Wilson, who pre-',
aided at the session, named Mr.j
LeRoy, A. R. Nicholson and C.,
W. Oalther as members of a com-}
mittee to arrange for the attend
ance of a large local delegation.
MOB CRIES FOR
j FERGUSON BLOOD
J hhI Twenty Month* Ago
Same Crowd Acclaimcd
"Ma" Governor
By RICHARD K. FOKTBK
(Co?ri?ht- R? Th* AinrMl
Austin, Tel.. sept. lS.-Twenty
months ago Ihe streets ot Austin
rang with the shouts of the peo
ple ot the provinces come to ac
claim "Ma" Ferguson at her Inau
guration as governor, kiiowlng
(ull well what "Old Jim. ?>< r
husMrnd would do the Sl""'rn'"fn
Today the name crowd ia cryinh
[or blood and the loglxlalun' U.^
met Its demand to ? do something
drastic" to the outgoing adminis
tration by voting lor an ,"v0"t'**"
lion ot the Ferguson regime. homo
of tho crowd Is even demanding
the Impeachment of "Ma' herself,
knowing lull well that by h'tllti*
her they are striking at her hus
b?(!overnor Miriam A. Ferguson
(lung the gauntlet at the feet of
the legislature In her call '"'""'J'
In* the special session when she
Stipulated that any department of
the state could be subjected to In
vestigation. The legislature has
answered her by Jho vote of the
lower House ordering an Inquiry
Into the highway commission, the
tent bouk board, the governor s
pardon record, and ?U "n(1
phur companies accused of lax
""Ferguson, a solitary figure sit
ting in the gallery of the lower
house, listens to Its mem JJ"
cuss Impeachment of his wife
Downstairs In the department ot
the attorney general sits tho man
who defeated Mrs. Ferguson for
tho Democratic gubernatorial
nomination l>an Moody. Moody
I, besieged for conf.raocM. Ther.
Is much to contr on and the per
son 10 be seen. It s?ms Is Dan.
not Jim; nor yet the governor ot
flee, Miriam A. Ferguson.
I *ess than two years ago a
stream ot callers paaaad
ihe spacious door with the ?
blown sign. "Governor s Offke.
In the pane. It turns now
down the long west hall and en
tera where a dilapidated tin s)gn
reads "attorney general.
But -Jim" Ferguson has not
blM.? deserted by all his tr end?
nor has he given up ;
??Jim" Is Willi *ery much ln po
tic. and from all tho slgnt he will
soon he very much In th? >
nomination to the t-nl^d
Kenate. That seems to b. his nexi
goal In a tu-w pie. to th. '"r
vlodlc.llon ot his wll. snd hln
M|( . He h.s brought up the M,
Klui Klan Issuf by charging the
Klan is behind every move to dis
credit -lite Ferguson .dmlnlstrs
(Ion. He h.s also stepped Into >a
tlon.l Issues by r.lllng th. I-eague
of Nation, and the world court a
tool's dream calculated to get th ,ls.
country into more trouble than
anything that has ewr happen, d
before." ...a
The Fergusons. Ma and
"Jim." have not ..l? ihalr >""1
s.y In T.i.. politic*.
FIRST OF GRAVEL
SURFACING LAID
DOWN ON BROAD
SlriTl Improvement IVih
gram Prngrrssiiift; (ion*
crelr Bum* on Houd Slrori
Usable INoxl Thursday
BKICkS <;<> FAKTHKK
Original K*tiiuatt?t> Too
(-onurrvalivf, City Manag
er Fiml>; llritrr Total
K\jM?iisr I* |{(mIimt<1
The work of putting cravil on
12 Klizaheth City streets, as ti
unit in Hi*1 Improvi im-nt ini^ram
recently launched by tin* City
Council 011 (hi- basis tjf a bond is
sue of $!)o5.000, I.-* uiui? r way
now. Two barge loads o( grav? I
have been put down on ilroad
street, and if Is cKlimatrd that
four more will complete the Job
on that stre?*t.
For the prevent. the gravel in
only being dumped iuto place and
rolled llat. The rolling takes
much time, since all uneven place*
must b<- "Ironed out," and when
it has been linlshed, the Mnt't
will be given an oil p. ni tration
t r?>H t in* - ii t to Improve its surface
and b ud it durability.
The other eleven at reels to In
travelled an- Firm. Second, Cy
press, Parsonage, Cedar, Colonial
avenue, l?ucutit, Kuclid avenue.
Southern avenue, Morgan and Ra
leigh. First street will be tho
next to l?e treated, after Uroad.
In all, about 30,000 tons of gravel
will be iixi'd, instead of the 40,
OoO which at first appeared neces
sary, according to City Manager
Kerebee, who states that the
bricks salvaged by i ?placing them
the flat way will uo farther than
h" had anticipated.
Meanwlille, th<- work of laying
a concrete foundation for asphalt
surfacing oil Itoad street is lioinc
? head apace. The work has been
completed from the cemetery to
Main street, and from She pa id to
the cemetery, Itoad street has
been reopened to traffic. Tho dry
<mI i ^ocfwH -rvquli ea-aboulmlua
days, and Mr. Fere bee gives as
surance that the remainder of
South Itoad will be opened Thurs
day
A three-Inch coating of asphalt
is to he used on tho concrete. This
hardens and is ready for traffic
within about the hours after it I"
laid; but It lliur: be put down
when the foundation Is absolute
ly dry. In view of the uncertainty
of the weather. Mr. Fere bo was
unable tf> nay when the asphalt
top coating would In- poured.
The last of the asphalt on West
Church Is being poured now.
where the bricks have been taken
up and re-laid on a concrete base.
The street will he opened to traf
flc for Its entire length west of
Itoad in tho immediate future ?
possibly this aft- noon.
stiuk;u.k to savk
CORN FKOM FLOODS
ChicaKo, Sept. 1H. The Middle
West mounted guard today over
its grain field treasury, further
menaced by floods swollen wit It
new rain. Along. the surging
course of Skunk river throughout
Southeastern Iowa bundles of
green corn stalks were p reared In
to service at placi s on the levees
and sacrificed to save high fields
of the bumper crop as yet un
touched by the waters.
LITERARY SPIDER
l\l) It IIHO BUG AT
RAIIM AY STATION
Elizabeth City boastM h 1 It -
?rary Rpider.
Ensconced in the shrubbery
on tbo green of the Norfolk
Southern railroad paHscnacr
station ground* hi- s It h golctiin
|y arrayed In regal wold and
black In the renter of hla web
and Invite* tbo curlou* pan*?i
by lo aolve t li?> rlddli of the 'el
tor ladder he ha# built to travel
over In reaching his IcKltlmalu
l?r. |
On on* nido of the renter
th? ladder Im abort, with only
three letter* th.it read like a
broaden*! Ing atatlon. They are
\VA\V
On the other aide of the ren
ter, the ladder Ik more than
twice a? long with aeven let
tern. These are NNWYVMWW
Three passcng'TR for the
Norfolk Southern northbound
:rain early t bin morning had
lust deciphered thl* goRRamer
lettering when an insect flew
Into the outer elrclea of th"
web. Instantly galvanised In
to action, the majestic black
?Bd gold ruler of the realm
lanced lightly and swiftly over
the longer ladder and Rclzed
bin prey. Juat then the train
whistle Rounded, and the apl
Jer wan left to breakfaRt alone.
Thin Ir no fairy Rtory. If you
have got to be Rhown. ask Kay
nor Elliott. yellowcab operator,
next time you are out at the
Norfolk Southern paRsengcr
itatloB.
Work on Camden Road
Will Begin Next Week
ruinilim nt of a premise initio hist July by Prank Kuctrr.
Staff highway commission' r f?r I li?* First District. that the
"floating rn.nl" conm-ct hit: this city villi Caiudiii mid Curri
tuck cou lit les would lie put Into ?l< pci:d.ild< condition fur 1 1 af
ll c in the I in in* diate I ul 11 r?*. will Ih'kIii next wo. k.
Assurance lias been received from the maintenance dlvl
(?ton of tlif State Hiuhwav Department that work will lie he
>:uii in tin* in At lew days on the permanent briiklim ?l two ??f
tin worst sectors of ili? road, over ail aKKfCKat" distance of
about' 1.000 feet, and that the slat: surfacing already put dowu
will In continued.
It is announced that additional piling will he driven also,
as a means ofhraelnc the concrete liardsurfacint: a^xlnst ad
ditional sinking. Definite further Information Hill be available
early In the week, it in ant Irlpated. when State insurers who
will have charge of the work liaVc arrived.
With winter not far otT. with Its attendant paralysis of
tralTic over many of the dirt roads in the section, the fnrcRO
Iiik Hewn is received with lilsli enthusiasm here, as indieatuiK
that Camden and Currituck, heretofore virtually cut oil from
IHizahi Hi City Insofar as highway traffic Is concerned, no lunu*
er will hi- haired fr? in access to this city.
Spacious , Spick and Span,
Big New School Is Ready
For Opening of the Term
"Thai lllankety-ltlanketl little" Hone Delaying Matters
Voir; Inspection of Xe ir (.mitral Itnihlinft Dis
clone h Hcusttn for I'uzzlitift Phenomenon
Airy, bright and Bpacluux, the,
N< w Cftitrul High ilclio'il, spick
unci rfi?ati, Ih ready for I lie 1S26
27 lerin, scheduled to open Mon
' day week.* September 27. It is
veritably u symphony in conveiii
enoe and unostentatious beauty.
A visit to tin* New Central yes
'terday proved a revelation of the
artistry that ?woes into tin- building
of a modern school. And Inci
dentally it disclosed the reason
for a phenomenon which Ih ob
servable In tbe Fork community
and vUt'Wlicre in the disliict these
day a.
Wh?'h the new Hcbool wan un
dci laiceu. Ihf nr. lUil ? . yxaJO
1 fouftht It tooth and toenail for!
mouths and months. "It's the tin* 1
est school I've ever aeon," many of
'them are saying now. Afler a|
'visit to the building, a surprising
n u ill be r of these knockers have b? - 1
come moHt ardent boosters for it. '
Workmen were still busy on!
their seemingly endless battle '
with quleksand yesterday after*!
noon. "That hlaukety-hlanked '
hob1" Is tin; accepted title of tin*'
excavation which they are making'
? for -a large septic lank to be in
stalled as a part of the school's i
sanitation system .and whleh must i
be completed before the opening '
date. It was a scorching hot day.
and one workman pumped stead- 1
il.v while the others dug, using a
'small hand pump of the kind us ,
uully to be found on gasboats and <
other watercruft.
('Ills to <Jtik-k??o<l
' Great eracks in the earth gave
the observer a first-hand clue |i> j
{the presence of the quicksand,
which has caused the exeavallon |
to cave in time and agnin. Just I
i when it was about ready, and:
which already has delayed the op
ening of the school a week or,
more. "That blaiikely-hlanked
hole'* looked an though It was (
ready for the concrete lorm<* ?but
one never could tell. There might i
be another cave-In. necessitating |
further digging.
1 " If ii 11 1 of t a peaty brick, the New
'Central High presents a most'
'pleasing appearance front lliei
Hertford Highway. It excludes a
WORK ON WATER
PLANT 1 S BEGUN
lliifir lank in Downtown
l)i*tri?'l I'rotrclx Aftum*!
I .'{-Hour Drought
Work was tieaun this week on
excavations for the new water i
plant, to be erected north of 1
llroad street and west of Itoad, on
the shores of Knobba Creek, ac* 1
cording to J. C. Parker, superln- ]
tendent of the utilities here, and j
the driving of piles for its founda
Hons probably will , begin next
week. The plant will cost a lit- ?
lie more than a quarter of a mil- 1
lion dollar*.
The hujc water tank at the
rear of fire headquarters proved
Its worth In an effective way a
few days ago. Mr. I'arker say*,
when a main auction pljn broke
The pipe ran from Knobbs Creek
under the Norfolk Southern Kail
road. and (hcuce to the old watet
pipe, and furnished lh? main in
take for the city water.
In repalrlna the pipe. workmen
found It neecssary to tunnel under
the railroad and ri placf- a de fec
tive section. "If It hadn't been
for the .water t?nh . Mr. i'arker
commented, in diMcusnlng the]
break, "the peopU hero would 1
have gone without city water for
thirteen hours. As It wa*. the
pressure weakened somewhat, but i
tbe aupply held out."
quiet dignity appropriately in
keeping With tin; purpose fur
which it i was bull!, ami bears well
{the distinction of being tie- (.'(uni
ty's largest and most imposing
rural temple of learning:.
Tin- NVw Central Is of tin* one
, story type which is favored above
'all others by tin* school architects
|of today. 1 aside, viewed from the
'perspective of years of obtM-tvution
of school buildings, tin* tiling that
I lmpre??cd this ifbserver above all
else was the excellence of the
lighting. There will be no undue
'strain on the eyes of the boys and
girls who go to school at the New
[.Central: un abundance of large
?rn<!tv*;->itT m^firrr^r n(ui
Any schooluia'am will tell you
that -that is a far moro important
matter than educators of other
years realized.
If statistics were available,
doubtless they would reveal a
staggering total ol men and wo
men wearing glasses today, whose
eyes were impaired for life by the
Inadequate and unscientllic light
ing arrangements in the schools
they attended.
An ImpreKMlve Item
i The most impressive single Item
In the accommodations licide the
N<w Central is the big auditori
um. Horde red on two sides by
an open court, it. too. Is lighted
excellently; wherein It gain* heav
ily by comparison with audito
riums In some other recently
erected school buildings in this
vicinity.
The ground plan of the- New
Central Is an Inverted "K," with
the auditorium as the central bar
in the letter, and two wings and
the main body housing classrooms.
: That type of construction Is the
[secret of the excellent lighting.
lieshb'M the classroom*, there
are a library, principal's office,
commodious science department,
reading room, dining room and
lady teachers' rest room. In the
science department, speelal con
veniences have been installed for
the girls taking lessons In cook
ing and sewing. For Instance,
each member of the class will
(Continued on page 2>
I'KKSIOKNT KKTUKNS
FROM HIS VACATION
! Gabriels. New York, Hept. IK.
President and Mrs. Coolldae bft
here by special train at 7:40 Fast
ern Standard Time today on their
return to Washington from their
vacation in the Adirondack*.
SI'AINS OIVKS UP
CI.AIM ON TANGIKK
London. Sept. IK. -The Spanish
governmcnL-Ao-it-TTote presented ?i
multancously In I*ondon and Par
Is today relinquished Its demand
for Inclusion of Tangier In the
Spanish jcone of Morocco.
MIIM, .IKNKI^M l>F\l>
Mrs. Victor Jenkins, aged 42.
died yesterday afternoon at :i;30
o'clock at her home, I IK South
Itoad street, after an Illness of
three weeks. She wan a native of
New Hope. Perquimans County,
and had lived her'- since her mar
riage, 21 years ago.
Mrs. Jenkins is survived by her
husband; her mother. Mrs. It. S.
Hanks, Sr. of New Hope; three
brothers, Kliner. S. II., and II. S.
Hanks, Jr., all of New Hope; two
half brothers. I,. It., and J. D.
Webb, of DurantH Neck. Perqui
mans County; and a half ?istcr,
Mrs. H, S. Hasjtlns, of Hertford.
Kun era I aervics will be con?
ducted st the home this afternoon
at 4 O'elMk by |>r S. 11. T inple
man. paw tor of the First Haptlst
Church. Hurlal will be in Holly
wood Om?t?ry.
.lSL
MURDER MAY BE
TURNING POINT.
MEXICAN POLICY
killing ?f V* ??altliy Ameri
*'iui l*v Mexican Bh ndits
Briiif!* Climax at Mo?t
Critical Time
IS A.N ACII) TEST
Tin- < '.alle* Government'#
Attitude Toward America
I* 4 allril Sharply Into
(Juration Ni>?
. %
||y It.Wllt I.AWHKNCti ""
(CoflHtM, WM. ASmpwI
Washington. Sept. 18. ? The
murder ??f Jacob Rosenthal by
Mexican bandits may be the turn
ing point In American policy to
ward Mexico.
lmpatltnt over the failure oi
?the Mexican Government to rf
him- ft the legul rights of American
property owners, the Washington
Government ha a never been able
to make thut a paramount Issue.
Now that the broader principle of
I international law ? protection of
human life has been violated In
, a region supposenTy under the
control of the Mexican adminis
tration there Is much more of en
insistence that satisfactions be
given.
For years when conditions In
Mexico were unsettled the Wilson
administration was bitterly at
tacked in the press and in the two
houses of Congress for falling to
secure protection for the Uvea of
Americans. Since the Republican
administration lias come into pow
er there have been u number of
murders and kidnappings, but the
,Kuropeun war took a good deal of
ardor out of the members of Con
gress who used to favor physical
intervention. 'j
No such flagrant caso aa the
murder of Jacob Rosenthal haa
arisen, however, at a time when
the relations were strained for
other reasons. The Incident It
unquestionably going to furnish
an acid test of the Calles govern
ment. The United States haa on
more than one occasion counselled--!
with the Mexican authorities In
kidnapping cases. In overy ln
! stances It was agreed that the ran
dom would be paid and punltWn .1
meaaurea taken afterwards. Just
i why the Mexican officiate went
ahead In their efforts to punish
the criminal^ Without obtaining j
'' the rescue of the American Is not
J clear to the authorities here. Ex
: perlonce in past cases has taught S
that the sure way to save the life
I of a kidnapped American is to pey
'the ransom and pursue the ban
dits to recover their money.
| The Mexican situation has beei( ,
jaggravatd by the death of Jacob ;
Rosenthal. The Mexican Govern- J
meat probaoly will present regrftM ,n
as in the past but the inability of
the Federal authorities to guar
antee protection to tourists la die*
concerting to the American Oot
' eminent which had come to b* J
lleve that the Mexican Govert
! menr liad reached a (legreo of 8tn- j
billty which would make Incident#
of this character few and far be
tween. The record shows that I
banditry has been thriving In Mex
ico and that while not many Am
ericans have been killed, a large
number have been molested.
i The region In which the mur
der of Jacob Rosenthal occurred
is one that has in recent ywj J
been slowly coming under the con
trol of the Mexico City authorities. |
II wan here that the forces of K?
11 In no Zapata held sway so lOgg 1
that banditry began to bo the 6c
cupatlou or many of his formar
followers. In ibis section of Mex
ico. train loads of people hate j
j been burned to death and many
foreigners have been captured. It
'in one of the most beautiful parte
or i be American continent and. In
the days If IMui was the Mecca of. j
slghtsern. The Rosenthal episode
proven that southern Mexico Is far
from normalcy and that warm !
to American citizens to keep ont
of that section are likely to be It
sued through the consuls.
IVH N< TION IHMHOIjVKD
IIY Jt'lHiK M. HTAC*
Charlotte. Sept. 18. ? Judge C.
M. Stack today declared the tem
porary Injunction restraining po
lice Interference with the services
of "bishop C M. Grace, "faith
healer" dissolved.
This action came at the hearing
in Mecklenburg superior court at
which city commissioners berg
were called to show cause why the
Injunction should not be m|l< *|
permanent. The commission last
Saturday had placed a ban on
further meetings by Grace. The
ban wan ordered by the city when
charges declared "unethical for
the minister were heard from pas
tors of the city. It was alleged at
the tlm*' that Grace was planning
lo baptise six hundred negroes latt
Sunday at three dollars each. The
baptizing was held but the fee wee !
denied.
MiTT<?X MARKMT
New York. Sept. 1R Spot cot- j
Ion closed quiet, middling ti.le. |
a decline of 20 points. Futnree, j
closing bid October !?.?*, De
cember 1* 2fi January It.M.
March lf.67. May lf.lt. .