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VOUIHg VIVE; NUMBER 111
PRESIDENT OF frt£ BANK OF WHITAKERS TO PRMN
Defeated Candidate For—
State Senate Claim* He
Found Illegal Vote Here
W«yi* County Board Os
:a Election By Vote of
v Tiro to On* Return*
to Threw Out Vote In
First ~ and Second
* Wards, This City, Fol
„ lowin* Charon By H.
M. Humphrey That
257 Vote* Were Ille
gally Cast In First
Primary
r nelmim* IlMi Mr. Clm
ka Red Mm&r£Tim make
aa iavasUgaiiaa into tko
matter, had fongHlstkat
there wore SS7 vwterewho
had cant ballot* in the finU
and weceal ward la thin
city at the Snt Democratic
primary, held on Jane kth,
Mr. Httfh M. Humphrey,
throngh kb attorney*, ex
4adct Manaias, of lhhi|h.
Md J. F HatcMif thlodNy,
‘ Sran’twowerde he thrown
eat. The honrd weat into
• exocatiTo aeeeien and con
£* srs*
S. Ayeerk, Democratic
in—jure, voted against ’
rack being done while Mr.
J. R. Joneo. Repnbiican
■ember, of Momt OMve.
woo in (over of granting the
reqnoot. The majority woo
and the roqnwt inode by
Mr. Hnmpbray woo denied.
Mr. Hnmphrey and Mr. °
» Kenneth C. Royacfl wore aa
piraata for the office of
otgte oonator from Wayne
connty. Mr. Royail receiv
ed the hurgoot nnmber of
vetea. Mr. Hnnaphrey pro
tested at that time and Mr.
Royal, agreed to a re coeat
-of the vstffin the two ward*
in o neat ion.
Thar ended the ■niter ler Uw
Haw Mag hot poaMdhg Ur.
■aaphav hot asnhi with
bkh puna. Me had empleyad Ir.
Jshnaea to pukr aa uttt es the
WhtnU»a Ihli and the Ust d
the tetan' la thee# tee ward*.
Mr. Jehaeea elated la Me report
that he faead that Ml person*
had rated la thaee tea Ward*
Meaning aad Retch argned that
the heard eheeld threw theee twe
wards end hos the heard did net
thlah te.
One at the sautaai footer** abeat
the areieedtao woe that while
Mr. Hampton had a Unt e( the
refer* who ha alleges rated 0- -
the Beard ef* ClecUeo. the mem
kgatfy. |%le wee net Med with
Last aMPIh Humphrey. when
rrgneeted by Tbs Hew*, te for-
Btsh this pa|gf vhh a eepy es tbl* ■
Met es aeaii. 'leellaed te de »*.
etatlar that he had tarwed thl*
erer te hie altera eye. A request
es Rr. Ueeewe Tsaa/ciaAnaaa es
the heard, that that hedjr farwl.h .
Idle paper with the list es aaawa,
was dealad eW aeeawat es the fart
that the heard has wa saeh Itat
The peamMy far rlalattaa es the
etasdtea law lea severe see. If
peeper pres sere It pat hehlad the
the neat atwad Jary Je te he ash
ed te thersaohly tareetlpate the
rhoraae Mb hy Mr. ■—rs-r
aMMMo.iRe.4n
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LOC ATED at NO. no SOUTH IAMBS STREET—«N THE HEART OF THE BUSINESS SECTION
In ■ i ■ i* mu
Ohio Swept By A .
t. Starm That
\ Damage To Crops
( «!■■>■■, ft, My c llgh
mmww
dlsteya. tnwtd apm Okie u-
My lea Mom* »«ilw|M.
- Meat dsmafa ws* denial tay
tee when Mm rainfall unml
Ire adnata. Mi tochas of min
fell, flooding the entire town aad
MM a» weedes paving U heebie
■p aa dpattif act of ewaaadsatea
til the long IMpr phene Mae*
mtaffsg the «My. hnwpte h «U
--waded et tmm
Mas** nnapuM the wind
■ad mta. la not aectlene R m
■eeewmnr hr antemehtlm te tarn
am their headßahta aad eßle* whak
ere te peetena their tanka ky elee.
trie light.
Bhm« ear Waffle wae held ap
far at MM half aa hear whtte
kr*. (tarts 4 hy Hgttsln# aad fed
ky aa npMtaa es IMM caDeai
es aieebol destroyed the dosaMrisg
phmt es the Pedeeal Pradaati Cam
hay, at Carthpra. h«r Cteri*-
■ait The damage aamaated te
mm
Other eeetleß* es the state re
ported aaesthaated damage te
erepa bjr heary prarlpllatlea aad
hlßh win da.
Negro li Killed
Near Town Warsaw
Wade Wllllaats, colored., la dead
aad Roy Emm, also colored. Is e
fugitive from Jastlce "as the rasuk of
a cutting affray Bear Warsaw, which
occurred on Sunday.
Aocordlag /to reports reaching
Ooldabcro.. Williams waa drlrtag a
truck along the main highway loading
from Warsaw to Wilmington, aad
whea at a point about two Wiles south
of Warsaw, he encountered Exum. A
few words- earned, aad Exum. It la
charged, mounted the truck and be
gan slashing William* with a rasor.
William* succumbed very Shortly,
and Exum took refuge In the nearby
woods, and has since been at large.
Work On Highway I*
Soon To Be Started
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Raleigh. July 6 - Although no for
mal action was taken, the stale high
way commission today Indicated that
work an the Newton-Btateevllle high
way would begin aa boob as lagal
matter* atilt pending could be cleared.
This decision, follow* the airing out
la the supwiy* court a few weeks ago
of a controversy over the proposed
highway In which the court ruled the
road should be constructed through
NewUoa, the peunty seat of Catawba.
MAINE'S RPRIHfI WEATHER
• COI.DEMT KOR U WARM
Portland. July 6. -The coldest
fpriui 'in Sta (Ui. Hi h i tas no.-*
closed by weathe/ reports made pub
lic for the first tlx mouthy of lß2f.
The maximum temperature was 77
degree* and this low figure baa been
equaled only once. In 1h1f... All other
years have reached SO degrees or bet
ter for maximum.
JfIHJE HORTEN MAKES
.. MORE IMPROVEMENTS
Rale*ih. July t. -Although still se
riously 111, Judge J. I.loyd Horton was
reported last night as bring very
mAch Improved end hi* physicians be
lieved that he would recover; His !*•
■ponae to Ike treatment for meningi
tis Is declared to have been r*mark
pSibHal/aiaia, had Ms eaMßiam
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OOLDMOHO. N. Cn WEDNIWDAIr MOMMIMOx JULY T, IMC
£IRL HOSTESSES
ACT SCANDALOUS
Anthorltioa Open Fight Op Im
moral Places Thai Crowd
x Gay Whit* Way
New York, July C.—The bead kaepa
playing In «7S licensed dance hatla
here deeplte repeated char#** (ram re
former* that theee ”Jaas<fealacee" are
very nicked placet.
, lauaorallty. liquor traffic aad oh
e*eae dancing run riot to many of
theee dance hail*. It la alleged. The
employment of young girl*, aa hoe
leone* who dance with all-comer*, thr
holding of,. “romper night* - daring
which the eqnade of boeteeeee are cos
tumed accordingly, the practice of
night club* hiring the hoeteesee ad
’etesrar*," form the bast* Sf com
plaint* to the police.'
The authorities are making every
effort to clean up objectionable dance
hall* but 4 Is difficult to aecure suf
ficient to revoke e licenee. Bine* Jan
aary 1, there bar* been 17 arrest*
made In "jam palaces*. Os theee only
rlvt received sentence*. the remainder
bring discharged or drawing suspend
ed sentences.
-rarer Tan Raja*
. New York’s Groat Whit* Way to
gether with : the main cross-street*
are dotted with these pay-se-you-go
establishment*. Some nr* ran on a
gigantic ecale, occupying an entire
square block with elaborate decora
tions within aad a staff of 1M hos
tesses at times.
Many of the establishment* catpr
to the **atag" male patron and the
uneacorted girl. One place prints the
following, on Its m«nu card:
"Her* the unescorted gfrl Is assur
ed courteous treatment and a reffoed
lance pleasure"
The hostesses are paid from two te
Bve centn a dams receiving their f
rages from the number of dance tick
ets they cen prodace at the and of the
'tvsnlng. Patrons receive a block ot
tight tickets for ,1. "
There are special numbers known
u “spprta" dancss in which the male
qptron surrenders two tickets. By
skillful coquetry n hostess may e»-
tract a number of tickets for one
dunce from her partner.
Yoon# sad Pretty • i
Th# hostess Is kndhrn In certatii i
dance halls as ‘ Instructoresa.’’ They
are generally of the ehaMlirl type, al
- Invariably pretty and young.
The following placard graces one of
th* most popular dance halle:
"If you roan* her* as a stranger or
without I **, partner ask for Miss So
snd-so. our director, and she will ■*•
that you meet thr right people to In
sure a pleasant evening with pro
fessional dancers. If you do not dance
rod wish to learn ah* wIH secure aa
Instructor for you In fact It is her
Pleasure to make you feel at home
In every way.’’
At one Broadway-d«nce pelace *|lm
Ina Mo-v '•Pv’goic. rtVV/rvrf’r Tk»,
queen of briTuty are held twice week
ly •
All contestants hp th* night of their
appearance must bring one or two
piece bathing suits,” the manngr
ment announces.
In one gilded danrq hall ths bal
conies are reserved exrluslvrly for
sailors In uniform. This balcony was
recently raided and four sailors turn
ed ovar to Federal authorities charg
'd with poasrsalng llquoiWwhlle all
other* recelrsd *iiHpeiidk}W t^n t ror ,
on the rbarg# of disorderly conduct.
A six-foot Ut* Indian for nearly
I wo-scofe years has worn the garb
of a kguaw and hqs been enllr»ly
Igeerad hr th* fellow man of hi*
Mika basses* In IM7 b* refused to
Judge Grady Sends GaskiU To
Prison tor Wrecking Os Bank
First Udy 01 the Land And Her tel
AwWi la SkaHnf Their Vacation
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a mm HMRf mniifVi oefore toe aaai pccooct tfiteose, Nfi.
Calrio ftiilp and hff worn Jekm mmj be Men walking Ikrongb the
CapiUl'c gnvkt f enjoying tbenweleoe linplj end utterly without j
ROCKEFELLERS
‘ 'THE ANTI-SALOON BOOT
O * t ry 4
Wahlngton, July t.—John D. Roche-I
feller and hla sen, John Do Jr., have |
(been the heaviest contributors to the I
Anti-Saloon league, while two wo
men. Mrs. Rarend Van Derbrtg. of Bu
chanan. Conn., and Mrs. Mlrtna Pe-
Rrahant. of New York City, have given
the largest auma to the Association
against the prohibition amendment.
; This wee disclosed today by a'par
tial Hat of the dry organisation con
tributors made public by the Renats
campaign committee over the protest
of Wayne H. Wheeler and a full Hat
of donors to the wet organise!l re
which William H. Mtayton. the nation
al chairman. Insisted should be arE**d
upon the committee record.
HOOKS DECL’REDj
TO*E NOMINEE
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board of Election* Met Yester
day and Certified Ret urn* i
of Primary • *
ft »- **.. r 'Tf T %% ■* it ,■«“ ml
Th<- Why founty Hoard, of KHm -
i’on* met Ip thl* city yesterday at'
• non for the purpose of laavwsMlng
the vote cast In the socoud primary,
held last for the purpose
of nominating a candidate for the
clerk of superior court, and’ declared
J. H. Hooks the nominee over J. H.
(Jack* lilll, be >avtnK iMimJorlty of
112 votes.
All reiurn* In the prlWry were re- ;
celvsd Hat unlay night with the *x
nptlon of the votes at lnd>an Spring*.
This wpa brought In Monday. The
demoornOe vqUm there mat thirty
one wetee tar iir. MtH phi tbtrteea
| tor Mr. Meeßk
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The nJneteilera hart given 120,000
to the Anti-Saloon League alnce Jan
uary 1. 1026, thn data lUad by tha
commit to* behind which It would not
a > Into tanking donation* to politi
cal or *rml polltlcal organ liatlon*. It
la known, however, that tkla roaett
tutea only a email part erf m« total
they have given.
* The flgurna for the aaaoclaUoa
againat tTie prohibition aniwndmgnt go
back to January 1, 1021, and ahow that
alnce that time Mr*. Van Defbrtg ha«
d nated and' Mn. De Brabant I
1 13,004, The third lament contributor
waa larei Anderaon. irf Washington,
former amhaaeador to Japan who
gave >1,604. ,
:CU)R[()IIS4TH
WELL CEL’BRATD
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Inttmtinif and Pkaaini Pro
gram Wa M Carried Out At
Herman Park Aoftday f
l*r
Quito a large number of (, ldab<
cltlaena aNaemblrd at Herman Park
Monday aftern<«>n to attend tha Inde
pendence iHkj telebiatlon which bad
been arranged to be held at that Umr
and tlili wa» thoroughly eujoyed by
all.
The celebration, which waa under
(he direction .of the Uaughtera of the
American Itrvdutlon. the American
I-cg.on un, l the Girl Hcouta, ye car
ried out Ju<»t aa planned and a"m at
Inlet rat fug program waa rendered.
Towna and rltlea all nve r the atate
Ban fry! gjutter attention to cop>
mmacawttrw'of laOma-ndenva Itafy the D
bean #gf %«gg uy yeara.
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CONTRIBUTION *[
MADE BENNETT
MEMORIAL FUNDS
Mor« Tkaa IMoVo Vary
7 Worthy Ohm
Ths address Baad«y nigh' hy DAM
Oktay t)Mla, Mi Iwntary Mir Hi
n>tl« BeitnsU Memorial- was kurd
ky • large gad —epoaelve oadlegn
at ft. Paata Methodist church. Aar.
4. n. Diktat tatrodnoed kar —a
df the atgatandtag ChrtoUaa toadera'
of oar i—oariMAOK'T'l''
In telling of the work of tka aw—-
orlsl, hftad Pw— —li ta —rti
(‘Privilege and opport natty spells
t—possibility. Oa tkla —y which
we celebrate tke Mrtk of aar nation.
I wtak —fry heart —atol raatta* tka
• responsibility that rota n
form tka marvel la*s privileges we
American* have. It ta not saw*. To
tie that AMertca ta tka outstanding aa
* i**n of tka woirti, kit oar ft*— to
ri(racily due to tka talMOff'af 4esu*
nkrtat. I rani ad i ooatilMf k»-
twaaa two ilal—H**.l— g fp lkf*
America, tha <>tkor f—at AtOtkAai'
nt—»
know what a— North Amort— take
W. „ jm < tl - #h» vroal ■mfldl— ft!
"* * prwcT nwim« H• —* —ao»
ike world, white floatk hanrtna ta
backward. Tbr dlffersncs la tke dif
ference between God and cold. Tk«
people who aattl«d goatk Amort—
jwm* *eeklnc gold. Yoar o—atry waa
Rattled by man e—kt— a plica to
worship God. Ood waa tka eoatre it
•be beginning, we n»ust keep Mm
Our raapoialblUty la to make Jaaas
Hirlst pre-amlneit la, twofry ait (an of
the world. * -»•"
“Navsr before has tke opportlUity
ta#a aa great aa It to tgday. No—r
before bar# many people aid an*
Pom been ready for J—as Chrlot
now. This la-4—r la a—ry ml—lon
elation of Barape. E vary where (a
Europe the people cog— flocking to
tba Christina services. .o— t 10,004
people hare be»n converted ta Cm
t ho-Slovakia ta the tow years sta
lk# war. Today we are to— to ta—
with tke world ta remaking. Tot*
a rising rlew of tka natto— of today.
The people are shaken from (Mr eld
F—ltlona. Tbslr saw edaratl— will
to most dangerous If It ta not Chris
's" I wlab yon —aid regttte what
Ilk m—aaga of Jesse Christ would
mean in the remaking of tka— Ba
llons today.’ I be Here It would cause
fh'aaaJ hnlld Ugelfl upon these
tlpsrt America baa.
"A recent survey slows t£at la
Japan most of tha / students fnvor
Christianity, while ovur 800.000 of
them are avowedly Christians
An oatstandtag Christian Chinees
said that bis greatest wlab la that
China shall become a Christian na
tion. He aald, “We ar* not rsafly
for Christians to lat ua alone yet. AYe
need the bent the Christian nations
have to send us chtaa la the moat In
viting Held In'the world. Tka y—tk
Os 'China are ready to accept Ike
teachings of Jraus Christ ''
“The worst fear Is that tha Chris
tian nations will fear to measure up
{T2KaW 13*
rshOr from the old belief Into no be
lief. O. shall fra fall? The ay— of
IH the world ar* turned lo America.
Strife Is no good advertisement for
J eeus Christ. There la no time to
guarral over things knows
anything about. Each one of) us should
live-so that Christ shall —a living
vital personality. Personally, life would
be barren without Christ I love him.
and I told him twenty years ago I
would do anything or go ggywkcrr
for Him. and I want every human
heart to know and love Him. f want
to try to get Christianity, Into the ut
termost parts of the earth. I wish I
ware 1.000 folks for Ih# rery |oy
es working, t wonld Ilka to be la 1.000
Hussion stations. One way to multl
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