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Leased Wire Associated Press Service mw ELIZABETH CITY The Weather (K-rmlnnal ?h<>w*T? tonight aid Sunday. modcrat* winds. VOL XVIL FINAL EDITION. ELIZABETH CITY. NORTH CAROLINA, SATl'ItDAY KVENINC, JI LY 9, 1927. SIX PACKS. NO. 162 Senator Williams Leads Assault On Fund Distribution (Uunden County Given A ?arance of Relief, Allor-; my W. I. lluUteud Rf ports oil Arrival Here MANY AT HEARING Northeastern (loiin-| tin Represented in Meet-! ing Before Tux Kqualizu-r tton Body in Kaleigli 'fave Northeastern Carolina eonfttles were represented at a hearing before the Slate School T?x Equalization Commission In Raleigh Friday in a meeting de voted to tlie hearing of protests against alleged gross Inequalities in the proponed distribution of the. 93,260,000 equalization fund autb orlxed by the last General Assem bly. The delegation from this section vai beaded by State Senator 1*. II. William*, of Elizabeth City. Senator Williams had made an In tensive study of the situation, und. according to other members of the party from here, literally towered above the commission in the pre jfoiiatlnn of arguments uKulnst the plan of distribution adopted. Camden County was the center of the fight on the part of North eastern North Carolina; and Cam den's contention was based upon an arbitrary increase of 61 per cvAt in property valuation, made by the commission, which had the ?ffeit of cutting that county's pro rata share of the fund almost ex actly In half. 1 <5amdcn*s case was presented Jointly by Senator Williams* and WjT Halstead. of South Mills. Mr. lMplead is county attorney from CfrtMen. rpon his arrival here Haturday, he stated that he had received definite assurance from the commission that relief fori Camden would be forthcoming.1 though the extent of that relief was still undetermined. Pasquotank was represented of-1 flclally by Senator Williams, Rep-. reocntatlve J. Kenyon Wilson. Su perintendent M. P. Jennings of the| County schools, and Attorney J - , C. B. Ehrlnghaus, and unofficially by Attor:?~7 C. It. Puph. In dis cussing the ineetlug. Mr. I'ugh paid unqualified tribute to the manner In which Senator Williams presented the case, not only for Camden and Pasquotank, but also .for other counties In his senato rial district. *: Other counties from this soc ifion represented at the hearing ?were Dare. Perquimans and Ber ?f|e. Present In behalf of Dare 'Were S. A. Griffin, chairman of the ifounty board education, and Su 'perintendent E. W. Pearson of the Uare school systMn. Besides Messrs. Williams and Halstead, Camden was represented by Su perintendent of Schools L. L. Stev ens: M. N. Toxejr, tax supervisor; und T. B. Godfrey, county auditor. Tlie Perquimans delegation comprised Representative W. F. Morgan, Superintendent ??f Schools Edgar Bundy, T. S. White and t^fles Whedbee. Judge Francis D. Winston, former lieutenant governor of the State, was on hand in behalf of Bertie, and took a highly active part In the dlrcus slon. The commission, presided over by Lieutenant-Governor J. Elmer l^ong. ex officio chairman, gave as (suranre that careful consideration would be given the protests, and that such adjustments would be rufttie as appeared to be warranted. Fisherman Denies ? He Killed Lebouef . Franklin. La., July 9.? (AP) ?A rigorous examination by Sheriff fharle* Pecot today failed to allcH more than a denial from Jam*" Beadle, trapper and fisher-j man. accused by Mrs. Ida Lebouef and Dr. Thomas R. Dreher of kill Ing JameR L. Lebouef. prominent Morgan city business man. "I don't know anything about killing and I'll say that until I die." he declared. IH MADK CAPTAIN Raleigh. July API?-Dr Charlen K Pratt. Madliion. ban be?n commissioned a captain In the North Carolina National Guard. Adjutant Oeneril J. Van H. MHts announced today. The Madison doctor, who la den | flat, waa assigned to duty with tho 115th Hospital Company, located j at Madison. This unit I* a part of th?' 106th Medical Regiment. * FAC K flAMMCAA WKFK.KNI) ? Chf<**o. July 9.?(AP) -Half a Million motor car users In that fae Chicago metropolitan district a Rsties# ireek-end today a? ail company and union official* conference* looking to the reopen-i ln? of filling statlona, closed by eJMfwrsy orer wages to be paid attftodaats and tank track drivers Y anks Swatsmen Off-diamond poses of Habc It 111 It and Tony I.azzerl, beau bats- ! men of the Nuw York Yankees, taken before they helped win two i straight In a double-header at Boh- | ion. Willi the Pabe above is the i young son of mil Carrigan, the Red Sox manager; In the view be-1 low. Ahdrew A. Hihhlu Ik pre went-j III. Luanrl with a diamond as A testimonial from Italian hall fans in Ronton. Equalization Board Postpones Action Till July 21 Ralelghy July 9.?The State Board of Equalization met today to go over the complaints regis tered hy 21 counties yesterday of the 90 receiving funds for school purposes this year out of the $3, 126,000 equalization fund au thorized l?y the 1027 legislature. At conclusion of the hearing. Die hoard derided to reserve any possible readjustment or revision of schedule* of property valua tions on which the fund distribu tion is based until its meeting at Morehead City July 21. Contrasted to the serlee of ver bal complaints of alleged too 1 high property valuations In Ber tie, Camden. Chatham, Caswell, Carteret, Craven. Dare. Granville, ; D re one. Halifax. Hertford, John son, Mitchell, McDowell, Moore, Orange, Pitt, Rockingham, Stan ly, Vance and Wayne Couny, was jthe statement of Senator Rivers Johnson of Dupltu to the effect | Hint his county was well satis fied, that the State Board had had ;a hard, trying task. Lieutenant Governor lying, | chairman of the board, presiding, I said only the dissatisfied counties i were desired to be heard from and that was the last of the bouquets. Many were the detailed pleas for lower property valuation In i Individual counties and hence for an accompanying greater ??|uallza l Hon fund but finally the pleas took a turn for slices of th?* $100. 000 emergency fund provldrd by , the law in excess of the $3,125, ooo equalisation fund. The board, A. Mrk. Oraham of Sampson, and R. B. Williams, Warren, dissenting, adopted a brief resolution of protest against' a Moore Country board of educa tion resolution which had con demned the allocations made by th* State board "a* Inequitable,1 unfair and unjust." F. I*. Sprulll of Rocky Mount offered the hoard's renolutlon of resentment, defended the equalization work of L. M. Scotland, whose district In cludes Moore. M tJOK IMRGt'K STOPS OVKH AT RALK.IGII TODAY Raleigh, July l.-(AP) ^Ma jor Herbert A. Dargue, Pun Am erican goodwill flier, arrived her? at 10:06 o'clock this morn ing in his giant Amphibian plane "New York" to deliver a message of good will to Governor McLean and State officials before hopping off again for Washington, whleh he aspects to reach at the eloee of hit tour at ahout 6 30pm Acree Found Guilty Flogging Woman In Georgia Toccoa. Ga., July 9.?(AP) ? W. O. Acree, principal of the Ste phens County High School, wkh found guilty by a Stephens Coun ty Jury today of assault and bat jtery In connection with the flog-. King on June 12 of Mrs. Ausley [Bowers. Five men were Indicted for the ] I (logging, four of whom remain to, | bt< tried. I The Jury had been out since late yesterday. I The schoolmaster was tried on ia charge of assault with intent to. ; murder. | Sentence was not passed. Judge' [I. H. Sutton said that "because j ; there are other cases pending jagainst this defendant I think It I proper that the record should not be closed foda>." Mrs. Bowers and her son. Lloyd, I ! were taken from their heme here | | by a masked and robed baud of | men who carried them into the country and flogged them. They [told her they were whipplug her. because of "immorality and be-| i cuuse you do uot go to church." | Both the mother and son teatl I fled at the trial that they had re cognized Acree among their as- j jiAilants. Acree however claimed an alibi, saying he was at the furm ] of a neighbor doctoring a sick cow when the flogging took place. ! Five men testified In support of his alibi. Conviction on a charge of as sault and battery carries a max imum penalty of fine of $1,000. six months In }atl or one year on the chalngang. or auy two or all three of these. Press Criticizes Drouhin and Levine I Paris, July 9. ? <AP> ? The. newspaper* generally criticise' both Drouhin and Levine. L'Auto. which characterizes the pilot's de cision to pilot Levine as "regret table," prints a communication from Henry Farman. veteran air. man, who condemns both men.1 He says he thinks Levlue might have chosen a pilot from the large number of efficient men only too willing to go. Without taking the man who has been training for, Ills own transatlantic night. There are still, however, a cer tain number of voices In support of Dronhln's decision to Heist* the opportunity which presented It-' self to get ahead of the Herman pilot Koennecke, who Is reported to be straining every nerve to: make a westward transatlantic' ; flight. I There Is some division of opin- j Ion among French filers and sir-; plane experts as to whether , Drouhin will ttucceed In Hying the plune to New York and the newspaper. Intranslgeant, quotes J Chamberlln as doubling whether t , on a westward flight the machine) j could get farther than Newfound land. because of contrary winds which are certain to be encoun ! tered. The Columbia was regtlng again Jim French soli today arter a flight I across the English Channel to 'Croydon, England, and back.1 Chares A. Levine hope* to start his flight to New York within a j fortnight. I Clarence D. Chamberlln. pilot In the journey from New York to Germany, flew the Columbia to England with Drouhin at his sld?*. | Levine was a passenger. At the Croydon airdrome Chamberlln and Levine parted company, and j Drouhin piloted the plant' back ! to Le Bourget. BAN JOHNSON PUTS THINGS IN OKDKK KOK IIIS SUCCESSOR New York. July j_<AP) ? After 34 years of service t*o the American l<eague, Ran Johnson In putting thlnga In order for a suc cessor. Forestalling efforta to retire him In the way of a $40,000 a year pension through a contract which had eight years to run. the founder and only president of the American league yesterday ten dered resignation, effective November 1, with his salary to ceaae at once. The resignation wss submitted at a apeclal meeting of American Lea Kin- Clttfc owners. While the rBigHfttP! ware In conference and after a committee had vlalted him once concerning his withdrawal. Johnson told newspaper men he had no Intention of reslanliiK Later, however, after a second visit from the committee. Johnson signed a terse statement of S3 words conveying his resignation and was handed a formal state ment of acceptance and regrel from the ownera. Johnson was responsible for a great share of the early auccess of the American league and he ataadfaatly refused to relinquish \ any of hfa power. He opposed some of tha atepa taken by Kena-1 - - ~ ' ? M " Earl Carroll Starts Work With Figtuys But Not The Variety of Bfith Tub Fame Atlanta, (ia., Julv 9.? (AP>? Just a month and a day after he begun hla sent nee of a year and a day. Earl Carroll, dapper pro ducer of many of Broadway's must scintillating musical revue*, watt buck ut work. This time, how ever, Carroll deal! with figure* In "the clerical offic ii of (lieTMml Penitentiary here. Virtually recovered from hta re cent collapsed condition at Green ville, South Carolina, which oc curred while he wai en ro?te to Atlanta to begin nerving a Ken-1 tence for perjury. Carroll yester dav was assigned office work in ( the penitentiary and began his of-1 ' flclal duties as Federal prisoner 24909. "He was ready t,? go^ work." Said Warden John W. Snook, add ing "in a f**w weeks we will have lilm In good alia|ie and play In* handball In the prisoner -year." 'The warden's statement was in contrast to that of t'arroll's wife, who said that her husband was be ing "brought to the penitentiary to die" at the time he was placed : in the Institution's hospital. Carroll Is nerving a sentence' for perjury before a Federal grand Jury which wait lnvonttn.it-i In* details of bis famous "bath tub" party at which, on Washing ton's birthday. 1926. a nude cho rus girl nerved guests wlue front 'a biHi iub fn' whTch sTVe sal." Karly In April, Carroll left New York for Atlanta to begin hi* sentence, after he had exhausted every legal recourse. Near (Ircen vllle lie suffered a nervous break down and was removed from the train there. For two month* he was a patient at the city hospital but on June 8. following examina tion by (lovernment physician* who pronounced him fit to travel, he was removed to the peniten tiary hospital for treatment, j When he arrived here, he was unable to walk and wan taken from the train on a stretcher. Carroll's collapse wax genuine, raid physicians, hut hi* condition was due mainly to hi* menial state brought on by fear of the humiliation of becoming a Fed eral prisoner. Collapse Of Naval For Next Week Geneva, July 9.? lAP)?Col lapse of the Naval Reduction Con-] ference loomed today at u possl-; bllliy for next week unless Great ' Britain consents to make a lub-1 Mtantlal reduction lu the total ton* nuge of cruisers on which aho| now I* insisting?something like 600.000 tons. The tension haa been steadily Increasing, although the more op timistic havo held to the belief that a solution of th? cruiser. problem would be found When; the Americana recently an-i nounced a disposition to go as high an 400,000 tons 1 OO.OOt) nioro I than either original proposals, W. | C. Hrldgemany first lord of the; Hritlsh considered this an ultima*] turn. At yesterday's meeting of the executive committee, Mr. liridge man. who presided. insisted on the! convocation of a plenary session I Monday to have an opportunity of i publicity presenting HritUh posl-i tlon with regard to cruisers and ' of asking a few quentlons about1 the American position. II*1 is re-j ported to have referred to "lie*''] In the newspaper concerning the Hritlsh attitude but quickly; changed the word to "misrepre-1 mentations." Mr. Itridgeman's broadside*) against the Ktand of the United, states in the method (if reducing the total tonnatie of crulserx and his hint that the United Stat<*? was out after construction of an "aggresiilve" type of cruiser, failed to provoke return fire from the American delegation's headquarters. From Hugh 8. (Jib son, down, the American dele gates refuser] to be drawn into comment on the barrage. KTNKRAL MRS. Lt'TO* Funeral service* for Mm. Itenle Luton, who dl^d Thursday morn ing at her homo near Slmonds Creek, thin county, after an Illness of two weekii. were conducted Fri day afternoon at 3:30 o'clock In' the Friends' Church at Blmonda Creek. The Kev. Herman A. Parker, pastor of Plney Wo'mU Friends' Church. In Perquimans, officiated, and there was singing by a special choir made up of friends of Mrs. Luton. The selec tions sung were "Beautiful Isle of Somewhere." and "No Disappoint ments In Heaven." Rurlal was In the cemetery near the church. The pallbearers were C. M Tatem. L. A Ilalstead. II. E. White, Klfcln W. White. Luther A White and J II Mun den. An unusually larice luimber of persons attended the service*. KIHHKIIIKH FIHXIHIIKI) KMPi/>YMKirr for many NalelKh, July 9.? (AD There were Hfi.6ft4.900 pound* of ftah caught In North Carolina In 1926. according to flKuna at the Stat? Department of Conaervatiou. I The lllitHw of tlm Mat# fur nlahed employment for 9.30H per aona, of whom 6.146 were direct ly employed tn ftah In* operation* and trann|?ortlQt of ftah to landliiK point*. 8f.fi In the whol<*al?* nail ery trade and 2.393 In flip can ning. by-product* and other fish ery Induatrlea. Thr Invcatnw-nt In thr flailing equipment and flahery Induatrlea amounted to 934.198.894. of wlilrh 1 1.2 4 4 ? r?3 w?-re Inveated In flail ing and tranaportlng vtaarla and boata. |&23,2ft6 In Anlilng gear, and $2.430.9!?u Inveated and cnah capital used In the flah trade and Induatrlea. The movlp aalary cjult are a terrible blow, ftomp of the atara may even find tbay can't Hfwri di vorcee BOW. Flower To Reflect Blue Of Carolina Skies And Seas Carolinian blue, the deep blue of North Carolina'* skies and In land *eas. la to be reproduced ex acty in a flower, If experiments to bo conducted by ttuxton White, of this city, horticulturist who has been doing similar work with cati ll as for aeverul years, arc success ful. Mr. White announced today that he planned to carry on hi* experimental work on VirKlnla i lKtre Shores. some 50 mile* south ; ojmi of thl* clty.-where the hlue i of sky and hroad sounds and ocean may he Htudled to IwhI ad | vantage. Flowers of various kinds will he planted In specially con jstructed beds, he Maid, and will hu j studied under glass tinted i?? ex clude the actinic rays of llie nun, I and let in the violet rays. | The possibility that- entirely ! new shade* will he developed In ! the cours** of the experimentation. ! through cross-polllnatlon and se ;lection front thousands nf plant*. | wan advanced by Mr. White. Ilo atated also that as many flowers 'an possible would he obtained in ! the ('arollnlon blue shade, with the idea of developing entire ! flower gardens In that shade. I Mr. White's plans for experi mentation with Carollnlon blue are attract In* much Interest and discussion here. In the last few yearn lie has developed dlatincltivo shades of caunas which are rapid ly becoming known to flower en thusiast* In thin and other States, carrying 011 these experiments In conjunction with Dudley Hagloy, of Moyock. RUHR IMH stri m TOWN IIOI,IIS SIIAKKSI'KAIIK WKKK Berlin. July 9. ? C A I* I ? Rliake Mpiareun plays draw capacity houses even in a mining and in dustrial city llk?' r.ochuru. Ilochum Is of Westpballan town of 160, 000 In the heart of the Kuhr coil district Ambassador Jacob Hon Id Schurmuii b'armd this to his stir "prise when lie was recently Invited to attend the annual Shakespeare week. This yearly event usually takes place at Weimar, the Idyllic, al most dreamy Thurliiglan capital famous for lis memories of (Joethe, Schiller, and l.lsxt. To show that an Industrial community also has an appreciation of such thlnus the Shakespeare week was successful ly transferred to Ilochum. "It Is a great thlnu." Amha:*sa dor Hcliiirinan said, "for a com mercial and Industrial city like Ilochum to make possible a Shake speare week. Nowhere on earth' Is there anything like It Nowhere1 ?Ise did anybody think amidst the hard labors of everyday life a tythbol, as It were, of the close connection existing between the practical and the spiritual life of humanity That Shakespeare's' works should experience n modern ' recurred Ion In floclium is a sign of the high culture of tiertpany." MIX CMMfCM ARKAXOKD | Came* here next W<dne?duy I and Friday an* IMOdlM l>y ?h?' I management of the Kllr.nbeth City bafeball nine, the former with J Kdenton aid the latter with the Sfwnnw Club, of J'ortamoQIti. The Ram" ached ulc,| for Friday be tween the local team and th?? Suf J folk Collegian* wan railed off he I cauNfl of rain, an wa* alao a ached , tiled claah between Hertford and Kdenton. In Hertford. The <?rand Duhe Nlrhola* N'lrh olaevllrh haa Juat laaucd hl?i fifty Sfvcnih uroelam^(loo predicting thp fall of llolihrvlKD) right away. If llolnhovlnm should fall It prob ?My would aurprla* him M much laa any of ??. PENDER SENATOR IS OUT AGAINST 0. MAX GARDNER L. N. J oh 11*011. AvohhIIv] W?*l, Is First (iaiulidalc to Oppose Slirlliy Man lor Next Campaign IS A FAKMF.K I'ropofUMi to Make Farm Rr* lief a Farl and to Make, tlie* Bootlegger as Fvtiiiet Ah the Dodo Wilmington, July 1? tAI'i - Outlining a platform avtiwcilly vet, L. N. Johnston. former Stale Senator from IVndt r roimiy, lo-j day announced that lie will tun ; for tli?' Democrat nominal ion for Coventor hi the next campaign. 1 Mr. Johnston Is I In* fust caiidi date to definitely announce that lie will run against <>. Max Card- , ne?, who hat* been known an a candidate for Rome time. A farmer and superintendent of liu^h McCrae l-*aiin Devi lopmeuta in I'ehder count.v Mr. Johnston In-J Hiir-d~hit. announcement froniltur rav. ? "I will lin a rundidatn for >la?nr? nor in the forthroiiiliiK gubernato rial conflict," naid the statement. "M> plat form is -Certalnl> wet. It provides ihat the National , (iovi 111111? lit hit> all thr nuriil'iH KraitiM and fruits at a fair price to, tlie producers; thai good liquors anil excellent wllies he made hy I the said (iovernnii'iil from llie said grains and fruit.i and tliat sahl ( liquor* and wines be dlst-rlhuted , hy parcel post lo honafide house-; holders at* actual cost of produc-1 lion plu:; transportallou charges. "The outstanding beneficial direct results to fotlow the appli cation i f litis platform are: "1?Farm relief will become a fact. "2 TI10 boot Irpucrs profits will lie eliminateii and as a natural consequence, the bootlegger Will become eniiri'l> extinct. "A multitude of direct n anils which will operate to the public advantaKe can not he detailed In the short space of Mils announce ment."' TWO INJI KKI) WHKN TKAIN IS DKItAII.KD Little Hock. Ark., July 9?Two persona were slightly Injured when the ralifornlan, Itork Island California to Memphis passenger train was derailed at Goodwin. Arkansas, early today according to reports 10 the railroad offlco here. The name* of the Injured were not known. It was said their Injuries were not serious enough to require hospital treat ment. co n on ackkack i snows i.aiu;k cut KltOM THAT I ')2<> j Washington. July 9.? (AD ? Cotton In cultivation If July 1 totalled 42.6K3.OUO urron or 12.4 per rent |f*M than In rultlvatlon on Jun?- 2ft last year, the Depart ment of Agriculture announced today In If? flrnt estimate of tliIn year's acreage. Lam year's flrnt estimated acre age wax 48,7.10,000 of which 47. 087.000 acre* were picked, pro (Im lnK 17.910,158 equivalent 500 pound hales. Thin year's acreage In cultiva tion on July 1 hy states follows: Virginia 73.000. North Carolna 1.814.000. South Carolina 2.f?no,noo. . (leorgla 3.022,000. Florida 70.000. Mlaaourl 307.000. Tennente 9ri4.000. Alabama. 3,390,000. ; l.oulnlaii'i I.OfiO.OOO. Texas 17,035.000. Oklahoma 4,008,000. Arkansas 3.287.000. New Mexico 10C.000. Arizona 1 40,000. California 128.000. All other ataten 24,000. The ucreage In lower Calfornla fold Mexico) figure* not In Cull ed States total Is 1 10.000; und the acrcug ? of all other atatoa la made up of Illinois 3.000 acre*; Kansas 1,000 and Kentucky 20. oon The arrears In Artrnnri nf Pima F.irypllan Ioiik staple cotton Im m tlmatcd at 4H,ooo acro^. KMM*TIOS oc tiltt \i>ii i i I'llOIIAIII.Y MAIM-: Tl IvHIMY ' llalelKh. July 9. <AI'? Klec tIon of Attorn* > Ceneral I). (1. I tr ii in (ii It t a* chairman of th?> State I >1 lnori.it lc executive com mlttee to succeed John O. hawmin, 1 realglied. prohahly will l?e made a* the called tnerilliK of the commit tee here Tio-adav night, July 19, III the llouae of Kepn a< ntatlvta chamber. Chairman Dawaon has aent out a call for the meeting. Young Governor Governor Dan Moody of Texas j In only :t:t yvtro oltl, tint his gutter- i naiorlal "Juv? nllliy" ini|n>il?'a IiIh ' executive aplomb no more than It j did IiIh priiaecutiori of 1iIkIiw.iv' contract miiitm Hir<null which th?* j Klntc recovered Home Ji.oii.ooo when hi- mux attorn*y general. | Moody |h i In- youngest governor Texas ever hail am] no i<n? will |?*t him forget ll. M"ody take* the alttiludc that If IiIh youth Im a handicap ll I* a mutter hound to correct Itself In time. The red liuln d executive .and hi* hrldi- are living within tlx* gov ernor'.M JI.OOil a year salary and Moody |h working on IiIh chief |>ro 1 Ject. a state civil nervier ayslcm. ? TWO LIBEL SUITS AGAINST FORI) TO BE SETTLED Duiiitig<-H A^rrculr Sl, 2IM),(MNI; Action Not Vrt Withdrawn; Sonic l)i* ?.nil Aiming Jrw'H TIIKY WONDKK WHY Speculation Ontrrx nn Pumililr I'oliliml A*|>ira 1 lionH of lli?* World's Kirh | cut Mini New York. July !*. ? (Al?) ? ] [Settlement of two libel suit* for damaKH aggregating 11,200.000 against Henry Ford wan seen on a possibility loday following the motor manufacturer's promise* to discontinue attacks on Jew* In liIm Dearborn Independent. Aaron Saplro, Chicago attorney j and plaintiff In a SI.000,000 Mill against Ford. said negotiation) J far ?(?ttlemeni of the unit were un | der way. while I/ouls Marshall, counsel for Herman Hernsteln. Nfw York author and editor mid III u I it 11 (T In another HUit Hald rep n-aenlatlvea < f Ford has asked hliu "what could he done to put an end lo iliene condlllona." The New York Herald Tribune, however, said It had learned on Rood authority that neither Mr Hernsteln nor Samuel Untermyer, associated with Mr Marahall an counsel In the hiiIt wan ready to withdraw the action. Mr. Hern Hteln at Sheffield. MassachuscttM, nald 'Henry Ford'* statement Hp?-ak<< for Itself. I have no com ment to make at till* time." Amid the general acclaim by prominent Jew* and ntltcrs thai greeted Pord'H retraction there wan mo me dissent. centering main ly on speculation by newspaper* connecting the statement with possible l'rrnld'*nllal aspiration* by Ford or Im* In ess contingencies | The llerald-Trlhune *ayH Karl Davln of Detroit, formerly an an Mutant D. S Attorney tjen eral. wns In Washington several weeks ago necking- the advice of politicians, inchrdfog a New York j Jew who In a representative In j I'oriKreas. an lo means of saving | Mr. Ford fiom going on the wit , ness Mtaiid in tin- Saplro cane. I The rase had been declared a mistrial and Mr Davis Ik said tc | have mid ih?- New York represen tutlvc thai Kord was perturbed over the prospect of the retrial next September, and lhal the manufacturer and his family were anxious |?i end the controversies which the articles had engendered. The Herald Tribune nays Mr. Davl* was advised iu consult some prominent member of New York Jewry. An account of the negotliUlon < | lhat preceded the Issuance of ||?e| Ford statement was given in h statement lsnue4| Hl Saranac l,ak> by Mr Marnhall through the Jew iMh Telegraph Agency. WMTNM Ftm nn which The weather outlook for lhe| week beginning Monday: South .Atiantlc Slates l?arlly| cloudy weather with rather fre qucnt local thuadfrshower* In af i lernoons. Temperature near nor in a I NATIONAL BEAN BODY TO VISIT ! ELIZABETH CITY Tko 11 iindrt'il I Ji lt'jjulPs From Fourteen Stale* Ex |h*4*I? *41 to (Outlier Here for llvrnls August I I | TAKK MOTOIt TOUR Will Journey Northward I'Voill \\ UHllill^lOII, N. CM After Having lnspeeted r<?n<litfoiiH There Preparations have been begun here for :he entertainment of tome 200 delegates expected to take part iji the annual convention of the National Soy Bean Clrowera Association, to lie held in North eastern Carolina August 9 to 11, Inclusive. The convention will take the Idea of giving the visi tor* opportunity to study methods of growing ih>* bean as applied here, methods of harvesting and converting it to commercial uses. ? and the value of the crop In soil umrovement. i The delegates, who will come In I automobiles, are to meet In Wash ington on the night of the ninth. N?*xt day, they will visit Pantego and Swan Quarter, in 11yd* County- the county, by the way. (In which the first soy beans in the United States are said to hare been grown, shortly after the Civil War. At Swun Quarter, a monster barbecue will he given In honor of the visitors. They will return to Washington for a second business session that night, and will leave at 8 o'cock on the morning of the tenth, boiln I for Klizabeih City, with the expectation of arriving here in tlm-? for lunch. ? During the afternoon of the tenth, the delegate** *111 visit farms in this vicinity for further observation of the crop In Its va rious phases, and that night will attend a meeting here, at which moving picture* of the crop will be shown, and addresses by au thority's on the subject will be heard. That session will conclude the convention. Representatives from all the soy bean growing states are ex pected to attend. These include Maryland. Virginia, West Vir ginia, North and South Carolina, (?eorglu, Alabama, l^iuistaita, Tennessee, Arkansas. Missouri, mdlana. Illinois and Ohio. The visitors are expected lo take particular Interest in the apy bean harvesters manufactured here, from the fact that three firms in this city are said to buil?| more than 75 per cent of the harvester in use In the United States. Members of the committee In charge of the entertainment Of tile convention here ar#: J. Wes ley Foreman. W. I,. Cohoon and lluxton White, from the Chamber ?if Commerce; W. C. Morse. Klisha Coppersmith and Milton B. Sam '>l<\ from the Pu^iuotuuk County farmers' organization; M. O. Morrisette; S. f?. Scott and J. Henry l*eItoy. Sr.. from the Kl wanls Club; and Mr. II. |>. Walk er. Miles Jennings and E. C. Con ner, from the Notary Club. Bux ton White Is general chairman, and 8. CI. Scott secretary treasur er. The general committee will meet in the Chamber of Commerce Monday night at 7:10 o'clock to work out furlh* r plans. County Agent c; W Falls is arranging to have placards on the principal soy bean farms in tills section, setting fourth production, methods of cultivation and harvesting, and ither items of Interest in connec tion with the crop. si w HTATV HMJMWAY M\l? MMTKIVHI) IIF.ItIC A large new State Highway 'ommisHioii map. of the vintage ?f June, lf*27. Iiss arrived and has ieen set up ill the offices Of the 'hamber i f Commerce. Besides ;lvlng the status of road construc tion to date and a fraction be ond It bears much added In formation of service to motorists ind others. For instance, tin- new map gives mileage from point to point, and leslgnat* s many towns and other iHilnts of Interest that had been left off earlier maps. It Is some what larger than lis predecessor, also. HKlci.l\ m 'ii<mii.iai|{ix AI>l>l<Tt:i> to? ommi;tnn Herlln. July !i I A l? I TweWa ?ui of :i2 achool kirln 15 and It vear* ??!?! w< r?- r?n nlly found to uaera of II|? atlcka. and IB car ried powder puff*. In a typical ll? i hit aecondarv nrhool claaa. Thl* fnct phiii.' out when a leather. In order to control Ihw (IdlnfRt of the ulrln* school Para, ordered a ?ll<*|il:tv of the cont??nta. Th?' Herlln prer.a la Inclined to fak<> thla l?olnt?'d cn*e a* ttpical ?f Berlin achool jclrl* kiiiTally. "f'or-meilc pr?'p?ratlona aa thl? Incident rhoww." olm-rve* one ed itor. "have become the uniform for 'he fac?-. which la put. hy all who want to he In style. They no 'onfter have the function merely of making a lady look mora youth* ???? ^
The Daily Advance (Elizabeth City, N.C.)
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July 9, 1927, edition 1
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