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HURRICANE TACES HEAVY TOLL )|E ^ alA (^a j|; tlj !{? 'i' ^ First Definite Word Irom Storm Stricken City Leaving Miami Wrecked Tropical Storm Is Now (^Striking At Pensacola More Than a Thousand People Are Dead and Casualty AreExpected to Mount Higher and Higher as a Complete Check-Up Becomes Possible (By Tht Aiiocialrd Pr?n> MOBILE CUT OFF BY STORM IllnnlnKtiHni, S:'pl. 20. /?A railki tnrcwjuce fi <1111 the \\ ? r - Hnr Itlver wnlfi* hi 11 1 , 12 ml les north of Mobile today uhl that *11 IIihn of eoniulil 11 it at Inn with Mobil** liail funi lost anil that the sloi-111 mb* tuple] I) gaining in InMfiall > . All bonis on tb? river hatl scurried to coier. Sll|icriltteiidetlt .lajlles Mor rison of Ihf lyiti ls\ I III' and Nashville ItallriNld said In- hail word Just hffore noon Uutt Hid wind at Mobile wan iialnlnil iWMiN'iitiiin aiMl man then dixit! I UNI inlli-s an hour. T^i Is n'|Knt Raid the wind waft from the N (III Ill-list , I ni l 11 nalel > for M nil ill', as imi water wan being fturetl into the city. Man) irslikuls of Mobile are wi'lilnu places of saft'l ) In dtmntown niflres and hotela, the last wireless iiwusmje said. Since Hint ntessaipp ail efforts to (jet In touch with the Alabama city 1 nt 1 1 failed. The first news dispatch received direct from the storm-shattered city of .M iam i since tin* disaster est i mtilfil the tlead at lietweeii fi(H) mid 1,500. Ihese figures did not inelude easunlties at Fort Lauderdale where 100 were reported dead, or at AJooreliaveii, 75 miles northwest of Miami, where huge Jfave s from Ijike Okeechobee look heavy human toll. (Jntold thousands were homeleaa and the injured were eirtimaled at 25,000 to SO,UUD. The hurricane today had roared across the Ever glades and out into the Gulf of Mexico anil wan striking TO Pensacola just I ke fore thiit city was isoluted from ciNninuuication. Efforts were made to communicate with Pensacolu from Mobile by radio lint the antenna at the Mobile station was put out of commission temporarily. Fort l-aiiderdale is said to have been tine of the heaviest sufferers, but a wall of silence is guarding the extent of the toll in that city. Washington, Sept. 20.- ? The Weather Bureau report-: the Florida hurricane moving inland to I'cnsacola and >?*! bile. At 8 o'clock this morning the barometer at Pens7-'?'ai was 29.10 inches and the wind was blowing 100 mi1"" nn hour, northeast. Mobile, Sept. 20. ? The tropical hurricane that pf- death and disaster in its wake in and about Miami is today ad vancing upon Pensacola, with the wind blowing '0 miles an hour, according to reports received here by tobphone from j the weather observer at Pensacola. West Palm Beach, Sept. 20. ? ? Southeast Florida, lashed J by a hurricane Friday night ? and Saturday, today had esti-' f muted its death list at over, 1,000 and property damage ? at more than $125,000,000. With every indication that the toll of death and disaster would mount higher as a com plete check-up became pos sible. Two thousand peimtisj reported injured. The water Is knee deep In the street* cr. Miami, and at Miami *1le?ch the uubllc ut II It Iom are closed. Drink uc water In scarce. Urgent appeal., for water, food and clothing have brought relief train*. Death* In Miami aii4 vicinity are placed at 804. Including 600 In Miami. 250 in Hollywood, and 1M In Hlaleah. Other estlmu'e* are 100 dead at Fort Lauderdau- and a similar number, at Moorehaven <*teer<' the waters of I*ke Okse ch'obee whipped over the dyk- > flood In:: I he cltjr, Forty womei and children were drowned. Clew laton I* believed to have beer waahed away. J Troop* hn vp been aent to the utrlelcn area*. Thr hurricane to day In at I'enaacola. Telno*|?h Wire* Down Aflanta. S?pt. 20. -The hurri cane that racd aeroaa Uwor i'lor Ida over the week-end today re ported I* deneendlnR upon l?en*n cola In th?? extreme Northwemern part of the atate. Wire commanl eat Ion with I'enaaeola wan Inter rupted early today when the A* tociafd I'reea circuit and Went ? I'nlon line* went out. Weal Unlon reported all Wire* Into __0A(?oia lost and communication F??tlred virtually at all points b* Mobile and Montgomery. Alabama The atorm apparently (headed toward Burwood, Loulal ana. Mobile, So pi. 20. ? Tho Weather Unreal J barometers am dropping. The wind her? l? 60 miles an hour. Wind is reported to have reached 100 miles an hour at Pensacols. ? l/OOtlllg III Cflks Out West Palm Beach, Sept. 20. ? : Looting broke out In tho negro , sections of Miami last night, sev- \ en suspects being arrested. Three hundred special policemen art* ( sworn and martial law has been! declared. Two hundred special officer* are at Hollywood. The w? at coast Ih not seriously damaged. Fort .Myers and Sara '">ta were laolaNd for several | h^irs. St. Petersburg lost several ilhot?,Bmj trees. Outlying sections 'of Tk?j||,a nre flooded. The storin jhurled nionnoux waves st Moore | haven o. Okeechobee whore Dr. J. W Mitchell. Sebrlng doc jtor, cstln?ted at leant 100 i drowned. H? Ha Id residents W?Te, forced to the 0p ()f buildings and 23 were drowne* when a two story frame structure -ollapsed. Troopn to Mlsvnl i 1 C.ovornor Martin ?*nt troops t? Miami. Virtually ev?r> Miami , building Is dtmaged.' Shipping , wn? hsrd hit. 160 small craft .being blown ou of the water. , Mr. and Mrs. John Neylan and Mr and Mrs. fenrv C.n iw-r of .Cambridge, Mawaebuaett*. were nw.pt from t l?o| r homea. The Ney land* aurvlred. tie Cotter* dl*ap pen red. Only broad andwater are avail able at Holly wool, Bread lino* h*v?? formed in Maml. Homentead, N.ranja. 'OouldH. Kendall, Perrlne and Itlack Point arc hard bit with property damage. The eltru* crop 1 la drowned out. I JackMnrllle. Fl Bept. 20. ? P.MImati* of the l?n of life from ? he hitrrtcane whl<fl *wept ot#t ' Lower Horlda nutnted to o?er >l,ooo Ine Uat nigh In rerlaed ea 1 1 linaton rom the itorm-atrlcken .area. The caaualtyMat In the Ml >| ^ (Continued oa ?age 4) A n x ious Relatives Here Seek Word From Florida ! Anxious relatives have k< pt 1 busy the telephones of The Daily 'Advance last night and today. , Booking information from relatives in the area on the Florida Kast Coast stricken In the storiu^whlch broke late Saturday. Everywhere ' on the streets, the terrible hurri Jcane has been the chlt-f topic of ; conversation today. 1 So far as can be learned, only a | fi-w Elizabeth City families have (kin in the devastated area. Or. ! James H. Thayer, pastor of Black I well Memorial Baptist Church, re ported that he had a brother and sister living In Miami. Norman H. Thayer and Mrs. Ernest L. Synuns. and Mrs. C. P. Brown stated she | had two sisters there, Mrs. A. W. I Wood and Mrs. M. L. Beard. Up to mid-afternoon, press dispatches j had brought no word from any of | them, or their families. ' Many other Elizabeth City resi dents are concerned over the ter rific havoc reported to have been wreaked by the storm In the mag nificently planned resort of Holly wood, through having invested In1 real estate there. Dozens went to 'Hollywood last spring on trips ar- 1 I ranged by the promoters of th?l | development there, and a substa^L 1 tial sprinkling of them hour'* < lots. it ! 1 '?** K?'II?TUI (III JTt'HMIOn wa? that property value* o **??? least (.oast, at leant, would * de I pressed heavily an a result?' the (Htorm. though onje of t*' more J optimistic ex preggerf a fe??ng thjv ;tklB depresal^ thev ad mitted to a feeU*Vf h ? easiness. _ . , ? | ? A lattflr-df Sodom and r.ora- j orrali " la tl- impr^nnlon of tin dlsast'er on m!nl,? ,of , who Inolln ? J'pw ?'?> " ??? I a manlfe^1 n of t),vl?p punish- ( men* r? 4,10 Immense outlay In I vested "Pr? in devices for the J sj^ful,ileipwres of the flesh. One ! man l>reP'cted that the storm1 WQ^d K(1 down In history along I ? li the\JJsbon earthquake ami i^lier terrlffTt* disasters. Everywhere, further word from the storm-stricken area Is awaited , with consuming Interest. PECAN GROWERS HERE TOMORROW I'uHquolunk Farincru Urged lo Meet With Vinitor* at 10 O'clock All Panquotank County farmer*1 have been urged by G. W. Falls, j county agent, to attend a session I of the North Carolina and Vlr- 1 glnla Pecan (Growers' Societies, to I be held at the Southern Hotel here I tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock.! preliminary to a visit by the com bined delegation to the pecan farms of ('. O. Koblnsoti and F. V. Scott, both near the city. The pecan growers will stop ov er here In the course of a week's trip through the pecan growing districts of the two States. The i first session, largely devoted to business routlpe, was held at the Montlcello Hotel, In Norfolk, to j day. I Visiting Kllzabeth City tomor i row, the pecan growers will Jour !ney to Farmvllle and Rocky Mount Wednesday, stopping that night at the Sir Walter Hotel, In Raleigh, for an executive meet ing of the North Carolina Society. Another senslon will be held at the Sir Walter next morning, and that afternoon, the delegation will vlult several growes near Raleigh. The tour will clone Friday afternoon i with a visit to a number of groves I In the vicinity of l<ak? Waccamaw. lone of which Is nald to have pro duced eight tons of pecans in I ltZ4. Innnl meeting* were arranged to prcumt plaoim and other* Inter ealed with firm hand Information on peran culture. It la announced, and through vlalta to leading grove* to gt *e Im? aucceaafnl grower* new courage to "carry on." THREE AMERICANS WOUNDED IN CHINA Peking. flept. 20. Three Amer lean aatlom were wounded, none aerloudlf, when the gunboat PI* eon wa* fired on Hundiy morning at Vang Yang on the Yangt*a riv er, according to telagramt from Hankow. PLANS TO SEL ! ! COASTAL ROC | ! TAKEN UP HE Many KxptTled to M Coaxial Highway A??:? lion Mrriiiifj at (lilry ( lull Vcdiu'?ilay OFFICIALS (X>Mlt Prfnidfiil and Seorolaof ! Association Send Air anre They Will And District Sfsnimi I Plana lo "sell* the SoutAt-' lantic Coastal highway, nutnly lo tourlnts lnl-TP?led iulo lb? cause it is th? shortest route om , ' the ! forth i?to Florida, BIhIm". ( cause of lt? scenic, historic nd I ' recreation* I features, im t ino] to "uell" It to the commumea'i along it will he discussed a a |ineetin*of representatives f?m ' North('ar?lln? and Virginia tons and itius ut the Country Ckb I j,pr. Wednesday morning at VI o'cOck. i Recently logged hy a n pres<? ?.llve of the American Autoim ille Association. the South Atlas' lie Coastal Highway 1m declared U have been found in excellent com J ii Ion for travel virtually through* )ut itH length;, and plniiH for fur inil bread l)i of the Uuitwl sum ?111 l>e taken mi at u,? meeting. , Amiirure has been receive atl hit li"? i,Lr hnrej hat Norfolk ami op. or ... ,y a ?arfc<c delegation headed byj itato Senator John A. Leaner, li (resident of the Tidewater Auto-J nohile Association, and Frank C. j! filler. Norfolk attorney. Mr. ?filler will be epokesmau for the ;roup. Word has been received from ?'rank O. Miller, of Jacksonville, Florida, president of the South At antic Coastal Highway Assoc la-' Ion. that he will be on hand for he session. Mr. Miller will come lere from Cbiougo, where he ban seen attending a meeting of the soard of directors of the American : Automobile Association. Fred Ward, of Brunswick. Georgia, sec retary of the association, has ad- ' vised that he will be here also, and substantial delegations from j Hertford, Edoutou. Washington,' New Hern. Wilmington and inter-: mediate communities along the I route are expected. It Is hoped that general plan*! may be formulated for a publicity campaign to tie up with that tot appear in the October number of I the American Motorist, which will! carry u special section of 16 to 20 paged, uevoiea to ine mmui luntlc Coastal Highway. reaching! 130,000 motoriHt subscribers throughout' the Unitod Stutes. An extra hundred thou?and copies of the special section will he dfntrlb- , uted through tlu* South Atlantic. Coastal Highway Association. Through these means, and by reason of flirt her , publicity In the Blue Hook of the American Auto mobile Association and In the an jsoclatlon's southeastern tour book, lit Is anticipated that an unusual [tide of motor tourists* will Journey (over the route In the course of the lattnil and winter hag Ira 10 | Florida and other Rout hern States. ? In this connection, the matter of procuring Federal markers for the route probably will be taken up at ! the meeting here Wednesday ; morning. A still larger influx of tourists Is expected here next autumn, af Jter completion of the $*?00.000 ? bridge now under construct Ion I across the lower C'howan Hirer. near Kdenton. This bridge is de clared to be the longest over nav igable water in the world. PORTMKVKft K \ HMKKs JOIN IN 1IVK I'riM'IMHK Forty-seven enterprising Pas , quotank County agriculturist* came togellier in the Couiffy's ; first co-operative purchase of -rye i last week, buying 480 bushel* of I the Abruzzf variety, regarded as best adapted for winter pasturage I hero. according to County Agent (i. W. Falls. The low bidder on the rye was the Huxton White Seed Company, of this city, at a price declared to give the pur chasers a saving of 4 5 cents a bu shel. Specifications demanded that the rye be In good market roudl ' Hon. and 90 per cent pure It b planted as a cover crop, to proyldi ; green food for Iiors, cattle and poultry during the winter, therebj i bridging the gap between wintei and spring pasturage. Kidnaped State authorities are to hive*- 1 lgat? the kidnapping ?f Father, 'lucent U. Warren, Catholic priest if Norfolk. Va.. who wan seised by i band of masked men. warned to itop educating negro children, and | urn fd loose III a woods. NEW YORK HAS LAW THAT WORKS Uiiltitiinl Criminals Arc (iivi'ii Lift; Term* in ~ I'rison Since July ^S'p w York, S' i>l 20. ? Out ?* - < ihe far reacnr* me rountry. the information lias been spread l hat New York City ban found n whip in the law that has struck (error in the underworld. Since July the nation ban been hearing t?f the effect I Veiiexx of the new I fannies law in putlinc the habi tual criminal behind the liars. Now the queries are beginning to Ponn' in fr<nu interested cities ax to just how it is lielug done. District Attorney Hanton say a he has had a large number of re quests for information nhout the liauumH law. Additional interest wax aroused this week when two burglars, branded as habitual criminal*, were sentenced to life Imprisonment ax the ilrxt old of fenders to receive this penalty in New York County under the Haumex law. On tin* sann- charges before enactment of the Haumex law they would have received sen tences oT from two and one half to tlv?? years. The Haumex law provides life Imprisonment foi criminals who have "served lime" four or more times. Two years of bard work in hearings and investigations Into crime conditions by the Bournes crime rommlxsion are represented in the new law. Startling facts and llgurex regarding the commu tation of -sentence and the Inde terminate sentence', as well as tie 1)1! i I i ii v of criminals, lirouUit J alioul I hi- ntatute now in effect. Dodge and duck a* liny will, [criminal* can llnd no loop holt h In the llaume* law. TlioiiManilH of crook* who have had light hcd jtences bcfori', will llnd these old 'conviction* standing them again*! Iheui If they un* convicted again. An second or third offender* they mu*t be H? rit to prison for ton year* or more.""**A fourth convlc jtlon for a felony IIIC|M I i f*- Iiii [ prison men t. - i Moreover, the law hn* very ! watchful eyes. In time* |?a*t If a orook could conceal the fart that he won a second offender and wan sentenced ?" ? offender, he got away with It. 11m- I la nine* law provide* thai If It I* learned 'later that he had lie# 11 convicted, I lie must resentenced. | The new law force* the prison er to *? rve hi* mlniniii m sentence. Formerly a prisoner sentenced to J from five to ten y? ar* could be I released on good behavior In I three and three quarter* years, or 'J even lea*. Now lie inuot serve at ,'jlva*t live yearn. Tline allowe d for Rood behavior run* only again*! ' the maximum *entence. 'I The new bail law* were drawn : | to check old. glaring evil, of fresh 'crime* committed by habitual ' criminal* out on bail. Klngej i print Identification I* required ? prior to adini**lon to hall of ev ? ery persoo charged with a feloh) or certain major mi*d<iiieanor* t'lf there if rea*on to believe tb? ?j defendant I* a second offender, In * can be admitted to imll only by i !> I Justice of the Supreme Court 01 I ! by a Judge of the K> neral session* r There Ih no im about th? r underworld'* dislike of Ne* i York's new Baumcs law. DEFENSE WILL BE VERY SILENT IN DAUGHERTY CASE Bui I );iii^li<'ily \\ oiilil l.iki* | to Talk anil I ell Many Thine* That lla|i|M'ii<'il in ! Ilariliiif: lii'ijiii f COriNSEL TO I'l.KAl) Lawyers Not Willing fur Their ( li. nl In Talk anil Ainu Art- An vinus i< i Spare 1 1 i in the Strain k ' 11% IIIHIKIIT T. sm \|.|. W iComnhl. Ii.'i., By The Ad?n>r?l r j Now York, Sept. 20. Fron ?'Vi>ntH thai liavf trniiR|i!r?'d tlitij ? far In iho trial of Ilarry M jDaugtierty. former Attorney On i*r.il or IIm* I li 1 1 en Mans, uuu ?. tu nnel Thomas \V. M I ll<-r. former! alien property cuslodtun. there t?tj every reason to !>??! !??%??? that when . tile prosecution tin* elided its cas?-, 1 tile defense will offer no evidence. There will Im> a move for a direct- . <-(l acquittal of the two defeudaulM. and If that, fails, the defense will dp lie lid upon l hi* argu ments of counsel. The defense has been arpilKvd jof ma king the chief Government witness its own witness in an at ; tempt to prove through the Ger ? man rlalniant, I'ichard Morton, that his claim wan n legitimate one and was ji resented to the At torney General and the Alien I'ropArty . Custodian in proper | form, li Merton became a wit ness for the defense ho Is likely i* i?*lj.k,. ntiiiiAi 1 i* bUlldiOK "I' c round* *?.. *uam 1 V..?-ui* as pls trict Attorney Iluckuer present* , his case. It Is plain to he seen that there havelim-n several vary . I11K Interpretations of importunt clauses in the law authorizing t he return of seized German property ' fi nd the defense will claim that Messrs. Dauglierty and Miller ? were entirely honest In their view of tin- statute. j The prosecution asserts the law 1 was interpreted differently, how ? ever. ill the Morton case than It Jlind been theretofore and that this ? Is another link in tin- cirrn in:d un it lal eh.'iin which the Government ? Is attempting to forue. j It may not lie such an easy ma iter, however, lo keep Mr. Dougherty off the witness viand, He has been aching for a chance to tell his story of the last few years. As 11 witness, however. In would he held to relevant mat tern affecting the present trial. Thai would not be entirely to his Ilk inn. The former Attorney ft oil j eral would like to pay his roip'eclr jto some of his accusers and wouhl 'like to give his views of recenl I oven I a In the life of the nation | His attorneys do not want him t? 'take the stund. They think It 1111 'necessary. They know further ? more the strain under which Mr Daughterly has labored and the) lire not anxious that lie face a new , ordeal. It Is recalled today that Mr Dauuhcrty issued a rather euir, malic statement aome mmim* uk > a statement wltirli In- has nelth J ?? r amplified nor explained. In it ihe hiiIiI: ! "TIk* people of thin country have hicn up on Ilea. The reason for (IiIh has not yet been ) public. Things going on in {Washington arc (or a puipose not yet given. II Ih loo early even | now to li-ll the whole Inside story. "II look me a year. with all tin* [ facilities 1 had n* Attorney tjen Jeral of the United st.iies. t ? ? br ? lleve such a program, a pmpfigan Ida. ami |>lot could he conceived, jit will all come out in time. The liars and listeners will all wake UP when the press of Ihe country is willing to publish the real ntory. "The (iovrrnment in Bound, and. ' Ilk** the truth, will Btirvive and prevail. At the proper time tin re will he much Bald and proved on Ihe subject of Ihe tragedy that shortened the life of one Presi dent and hnd much to do with the taking away of other innocent perBotiB. A continuation of what w.ib started to a certain extent in the Harding administration I* neither helpful Dor healthful to our present President. nor Ib It ra Intended. This Ih all I have to aay at ptlMient." SEND Mil I THK1M CM AMKICICAN KKII CMOS* Washington, A pt 20 Presl dent Cooltdgc todav appealed tn lithe American people to come t< ? the assistance of r.uffercrs In the Khirlda disaster. In the PreRlden * tial proclamation tie asked thai ' contributions to ihe relief fund be [sent to the American Red Cross. Flock Of Youthful Offenders Tried In Court Here Material in abundance for :i moralht who miuht com pone an jejway an the waywaidiu'xu of mod l?*rn youth wus forthcoming in larK<> measure in reeonlcr'H court today, an an after ninth of the week-end. In fact, at. one sia^i- of proci'i'iliuKS, it looked as ? though Trial Justice 1\ (J. Sawyer J inie.ht lit* presiding over a session ??t Juvenile Court. He delivered * himself in rhurncteriftticnlty vlnor : ohm fusliioii. declaring: tin- worst trouble with hoys today was that I tllelr parents failed to look aftei I them properly. t "When I wo* a hoy." he com lliented. "if ! .failed to Met ill hj s , 'i o'clock at niMht. I had to mak< I. an explanation.. I had to fclve j report of exactly where I ha< been. If parents miwatiays wturiu nee that their buys wore in by l> o'clock, it it<l would ttivc^UuuiL. an iild fahliuui. tl lammliiK unce Aiwa while. they'd net along a lot bet ter." Four youiicKliTH were up. on charges of having small quantities of liquor In their possession. One of the four was under lf?. and was .s* iit on to Juvenile Court, and Hip other three were lined II u and costs each. A ilfth boy. charged j with carrying concealed weapons, 'was lined $25 and costs nud pray er for further JudKmeni In the I case was continued for two years. Four colored defendants, three masculine and one feminine, faced the court on charges "J being I drunk. They were Klljah Slvills, Willie Smith and l^eonia Sawyer, jnuisculine, and l.ltzle Price. All ftmilh paid an additional $ip and (coats on a charge of assault. t It f evidence being that lie blacked both the Trice woman's eyes In I In (course of a little argument. Il> submitted to the charge, declaring , that hi' slapped her u little too hard, while playing. PLANS FOR FAIR FAST PERFECTED IIihimiuI All met ions I'rom 1 iwil for This Ypup'k Big District Festival 1 j Willi more trophies for e\hibi tors tluin ever before, and an ex ceplional array of amusement fea 1 lures. 1 1 1 i h year's (Irealir Albc ' marie District Fair promises ti eclipse all other* held in Ibis sec ' tloii. according to officials of Mil fair asHociation. The fair will op 1 ? close the following Saturday night ! In addition to a dally progran j'of horse racing, an unusual frei ads and midway attractions, i . j 100-mile automobile race will b staged on the closing clay of th ? fair for a purse of $100, with nth . er spoclal prises for users of spe < ial brands of gasoline and oil . j.Tbis race will be open to all per sons living in the ten Northeast 1 er Albemarle Pair Dlslrlct, hut In' I limited to earn not oxceediuR 21 horsepower. Head* of I ho various depart mcni* of the fair and Ihelr com ; mil tee* an* lniwy working out 'plan* for Ihe event, no ih u the IiIk fi-Hilval may move Mmoothly : through th<* five gala day* (hiring ; which II 1* lo he held. hi all. fifteen hmidaome allver , cup* will be awarded prize win . ii cm In variou* depart ment*, ax follows. Willi Ihe donor*: Winner In anto race. Mile* I*. Clark. County winning firm place. W. I* l?off. < 'ominunlty wining flr*f place. N. Howard Smith. Farm winning firm place, flux ion White Meed Company. Beat len oar* of corn T W. Wood A Hon*. Champion beef hull. Marlon C. l*ove. Champion dairy hull. Saving* ' Hank *? Tru*f Company.. Cow. under four year*, with h lKh<*nt butler fat production for one day. Firm tt Citizen* National i Hank. Bent hoar. Carolina Banking *? Tru*t Company. He*t team of hor*e*. The Dally ; Advance. Hen! pen of poultry. Bright ' Jewelry Company. Bent loaf of bred baked wllh l?ohnnon Helle flour. H. A Hyrum ? I Company. >i Be* I pan of whole wheat hi* ' ; cult*. Ihe Independent. j Hoy* or girl*' club scoring most > (point* on'entrlen, Lou I* Bellg. ' School scoring mo*t points, Cul I pepper Hardware Company. PROSPERITY IS COOLIDGE ISSUE TWOUI J) APPEAR Taller* at Summer (iapitil I and liilervicwM (iivi'n Out Tend lo ('.nrrolxirate Thin j Theory FIRST CAME FORD HiiniiKSK and Farm leaders Invited to l{t>|Hirl t'cindi tioim and Much Publicity I Is 4 pi veil L . ll> DAVII) I.UVRRNCI I?rt, U* Tit* AtfVIMM) *j Washington. 20. ? Pre?l '.litoiil CoolUlfce roiuriis to the Na a jtlonal Capital after one Of the I ' most unusual oxi>erlcnci>R In the . l.n ,?f iiiililli'H bv imtillrat Ion. ? Mr. Coolldge took no active or I explicit part lu the Congressional* j| luinpiiiKiii nor t here Is any indlea 1 1 ion that ho will between now I and November. But he brought ?mt mul emphasised what he con ' shier* the paramount Issue ? tha prosperous condition of the cotta 1 Some callers were Invited, oth er* dropped in to pay their ??- i | specie and their views were glvajl to the assembled newspaper men, bnt the Hum total of the Inter views given out at the execution offices at Paul Smith's was de signed to corrobi>rate Mr. Cool IdKe'n estimate of the economic condition of the eouutry. First there came Kdsel F6fd [ who knew from all his ma ay ' I "A'slUhfiOffntSa' ' , a seeming root rudlction of tha I farm cry of distress. Then thaYa wan Harvey Firestone, Jr., intar edested in tires which business re flects the growth In purchasing ? power or the nation. Julius Roar ciiwald. head of Sears Roebuck 'and (Company, known the mail or der business and what It showf | with reference to the buying ten dency of the people. If the m*U I order houses, are doing a ltf|j } volume of business it Is assume^ '< 'that the country Is ?:et t Iti r. along 1 very well Indeed. . 1 Men Ifkc A. J. Mrossesu, head | of. Mack Trucks. Inc., K. P. Charl; | ton. vice president of the F. W| Wool worth Confpany know th4 , trend of business because of theiC - . numerous contacts. All these ana . j other callers ramlllar with the -business situation Issued generally ? optimistic statements. They did i not, uf course, say what they did for political reasons. They be Ileve In the evolution of American i. business and the remarkable era . of summer prosperity which has n ' been witnessed In most lines of r huslnes. Mr. Coolldge' msll la full of teslimonlals of the same kbee. The invitation to a few leaders p in business and Industry to coma to visit President and thus give the newspapermen on the doorstep I their views was a bit of political ?- advice aud strategy. Tho President however, wel onmo.l llin nn.w.flimll? f..r?ka>. ?n . .r..l^,, III. l>|>|nfi<uilll/ I""!"" W Hi i hi ii hit** ImimIiichm by demonatrat in K the degree of confidence In th# ful urn poaHenaed by certain lead urn with whom ho conferred. Men like l.oiil* Liggett of the i United Drug Company and H??r herl J. Tilly, managing director of the national retail dry goota association have mean* of k?'QM report* on the upward or down ward curve In htifllncHa and they unhcHltat Ingly gave Ihelr Infor mation including detalln of tbot* Hpota where bUHlncHii conditions are not ho favorable. S VarloiiH farm leaders rnrne to | the I'reNldent'n niimmer ramp aa well an labor leadera. The Idea In thin wan not to confine the railing 1 lixt to any one cltM. On the whole. Mr. Coolldge 416 not neclude himself In the Adiron dack* ho far an the newspapers are concerned, for the t?*|.?*rap|> office* report that more than 4 million and half word* were filed by them exclusive of the material went over lea ard wlrea. oppotl t Ion lenders may be envloua of tfca opportunity for publicity which I'realdent Colidre ban but it la rih called by correspondent that otm-, ?? r President* have taken advna- ? fag** of It too. ? .mw'jfA COTTON MtllKKT ' j Now York, 20. - CotUMr; fulnrea openrd today at tfc# lowing level* Oct. 16 08, Dec.' 18.2*. Jan. 16 38. March 18.67, May 18 78. j New York, He pt em bet 20 ? HfK>( cotton cloned quiet, with a decline of 20 polntN, middling 16 65 Ku tun < losing bid October 1* 87, December 16.06, January 11.11, ] March 16.48, May 18.61. ^
The Daily Advance (Elizabeth City, N.C.)
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Sept. 20, 1926, edition 1
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