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THE WEATHER Fair tonight and Satur- day, not much change in temperature, fresh north winds. Net Circulation Thursday 1,084 Copies VOL. XI. ELIZABETH CITY; NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY EVENING, JANUARY 28, 1921 ic : NO. 24. ""W 'JAMES B. DUKE TALKS GOOD ROADS Enforcing Prohibition Worse Than Soldiering Doesn't Know Much If Any thing About Politics, But Looks a Matter From Prac tical Viewpoint 27 (Special to Private citizen Washington, Jan. 28. The mor tality rate Among those who enforce the prohibition act is higher than among soldiers in the world war, de clared Wayne Wheeler, of the Anti Saloon Ijeaguc Council, before the Senate appropriations committee to day, urging better pay for prohibi tion field agents. Wheeler declared that the work WOULD PROVIDE EMERGENCY JUDGE Eill Introduced by Senator Winborne Has Passed Sen ate and Awaits Decision 'of the House Alleged Hold-Up Was Pure Fake Raleigh, Jan. The Advance )- 27 (Special to Should the House Tast Duke interests in North and circulation to encourage law-break. South Carolina, threw kis private car ecs open to the newspaper boys here last mgnt ana for thirty minutes talked good roads and the development of North Carolina. Being one of the biggest taxpay ers in the State Mr. Duke's views on the iuance of millions of dollars In bonds for the construction of a syss tem of rrard surfaced highways is in teresting. While Mr. Duke doesnjt pretend to know what a State sys tem of highways will cost he does believe that'if North Carolina Is go ing to build road3 it should make Native Hawaiians Are On Increase And Japanese Population In Hawaii Has Increased Per Cent Washington, Jan. 28. The negro population of St. Louis is 69,603, an Increase of 58 per cent; in Kansas City 4,297, an increase of 5 per cent. The Japanese population of lla- them of the best material obtainable. waii is 109, 274 out of a total popu- me oiaie, ne oeneves, is nnanciany , latioll of 25 5,912, and represents an in a position to float a bond issue of almost any size the General Assem bly undertakes. Fifty millions is not more than Tarheelia can back. Mr. Duke thinks, and if he were al lowed to "boss the job he would connect every county seat with a hard surfaced highway, from the mountains to the sea, and watch the S;ate jump forward with rapid strides." "North Caro'.'ne, said Mr. Duke, can do nothing that will improve the State so much and in so short a period as the construction of hard surfaced highways. Good roads that are passab'.e twelve months in the year, if properly constructed, will- net the St?te more 011 invest ment than anything that money will J buy." 'can Chamber of Comni'v of the , And Mr. Duke would hive the ! Philippine Islands has adop t d a re loads built so that they would not solution which is to be forwarded to wear out for the next one hundred j the United Stat .-3 Congre.-s. pro:ost- years. Since the automobiles areiing against the application of the increase of about 33 per cent since 1910. The native Hawaiians have de creased from 26.000 to 23.000. WOULD AMEND REVENUE . To Exempt From Taxation In come Derived From Sources Without the United States cf Non-Residents . Manilla, V. I. Deo. 4 (Corres pondence of the Associated Press) The board of directors of tin; Ameri going to be the beneficiaries it ap pears, to him that the owners of the motor cars would gladly pay the additional tax to maintain them. Contrary to the general opinion Capitalist Duke is the most likable sort of fellow. Little does he know of the political situation in North Carolina and he probably cares less than he knows but he made it plain that the principle of revalua tion is just and should be maintain ed. As to the 'matters that will come up before the present General Assembly he Is willing to express hl3 opinion but he admits his inability to fathom the political psychology of a number of things. lie sees most things from a financial point of view. Politics, apparently Is not in his vocabulary. In brief his views on a system of good roads Is expressed as follows: Raleigh, Jan The Advance) James B. Duke of the powerful they are doing is made more danger-1 pass the emergency Judge bill which Southern Power Company and the ous tlm "net nmniuraiifbL now In 'has already been nassed bv Hip Se nate it will put two former members of the judiciary of North Carolina on the list and would make it possible for other men nearing the age of seventy years who have served on the bench of either the supreme court or the superior court to retire on three-fourths pay. The bill was 33 j introduced in the Senate by Stanley Winborne of Hertford, and provides that when a member of either the supreme court or the superior court bench has reached the age of seventy years and has served fifteen years he may retire on the emergency judge list on three quarters pay. The bill also provides that a man, younger than seventy who has served fifteen years and is incapacitated for furth er active, and continuous duties on the bench, may also retire on three fourths pay. The opposition 10 the bill In the Senate was not so much on account of the money involved though that was some consideration, but because no provision w;h mad when a judge had plenty of .income aside from .the three quarters pay. The objectors also thought it poor "pulley to make emergency judges out of men who were already inoapar!t'-,l for duty on the bench. The supporters' of the bill deelare that it will save the State a great deal of money, for there Is a aonsi itti! ional amendment wir'ch require-! the legislature to provlrTe. emerpeiK.v judge--, and if they are provided in any other way they will cost much more money than will he involved in I lie present bill. An Ashe County Scrap turbulent p iIHts of Ashe county during the past election has n:!!ied the floors of the General Assembly through a bill introduced by Tain Ifouic, repn -entative from that county, which proposes to a'tol- of c Tity treasurer now held liy a Republican the only republican who won rut in the recent election. Senator Robinson, minori'y re prescntative from t lie Ashe county district, has offered an amendment .Million, Jan. L'H. ft-casm-cr Harry Fony, oJ Vuiiou oumj, who reported VVdiii'(l.i,v ;Iiat lie bad been rolioed of loiiiteeu thousand dollars of county hinds by two bandits who knocked him unconscious in his ollice in the court house hero, was nr. icsled today, and confessed dim. self guilty of theft, the police have announced. Visitors to the ollice Wednes- day found I'orry on the floor - apparently unconscious. An. - --tr parently recovering conscious- V first aid minis! ru- ness undc tions he said that bandits had filtered his oillce and hit him over the head with a revolver. In a signed confession I'orry admits that he framed the rob- bery story, scratched his face and hit himself over the head with a hammer. Forty is Jhii (y-five years edd and was arrested a few hours after the arrival of a new baby in his home. Morrison Delivers His First Message Exhorts General Assembly To Progressive Action And Liberal Spending Wants Responsible Office Holders "First, the man who whispers, 'Go slow, we haven't got the money is asleep and cloo3 not realize that we should use the credit of our State to take care of our institutions," de clared Governor Cameron Morrison in a message to the Gen eral Assembly to-day which voices the optimism he feels for the future of the State, which he believes is amply able to handsomely take care of its educational and hu mane institutions and to build a system of hard-surfaced roads through every county in North Carolina. SULTAN TO SEND TURKS TO LONDON Constantinople, Jan. lis. Accept anew of the Invitation from the Su preine Allied Council to s-ud Turk ish representatives to London to the conference' next month. at which revision 'of the Sovrest treaty will I e. considered, was announced by the Saltan's government tod ty. I Governor Morrison had inti ! mated that he did not intend to (discuss anything but taxation DRIVE NOW ON FOR NEW MEMBERS'L'onT;:-;: the Legislature the benefit of Almoin federal Income tax law to Americans residing abroad and paying taxes in the Philippines or foreign countries. The resolution recommends to Con gress that the revenue act of 1 9 IS be so amended as. to exempt from n;,. taxation the income derived from which is n sources without the United States of non-resident citizens. The resolution says: 'Tnder the former acts of Congress income taxes were uniformly imposed upon all residents of the Philippine Is-( t0 tho bill which would allow the Damaged Making Landing London. Jan. 2.X. The airship n-:S4, v, hieh flow across the Atlantic, w3 d imaged iir mak.nj; its landilif! on tiie coast after midnight last night. It was blown out to sea, destroy ers set 11:; in pursuit, but the crew managed ,) fain control and return to land. Chamber of Commerce Will 1 his impressions and conclusions Take Over Moose Club on several other important mat Rooms If Can Get Bigger Iters. Membership lands, Americans, Philippines and aliens; and in accordance with American principles and traditions, such taxes accrued, not to the Uni ted States, but to the insular govern ment. "Under the revenue act of 1918 income taxes for the revenues of the United States are Imposed upon American citizens residing in the Build good roads no matter what , Phillipplnes but not on Filipinos and they cost; of hard surface material; tax the folks who use them; regu late the traffic over the roads so that the highways will not be injure and' collect the money for malntaln- ance from the counties State supervision." ' Having built such a system of good roads Mr. Due believes that 'Western North Carolina, 4 i$fjth the greatest mountain scenery In the world, would soon become the play ground of the South, West and North." others there remaining, although all alike share the protection of the! treasurer to fill out the term of of flee for which lie was elected and then abolish the office. He does not think It right to abolish the office when there was no such issue In the campaign. While democrats and republicans alike have signed the petition he does not believe that the majority of the people of the county want the office abolished. The Senate has turned down the amendment temporarily until the re port that the republicans have slip- United States and the Filipinos oweped through a bill abolishing a tax ROADS pONVENTION MEETS IN SHANGHAI Shanghai, Dec. 25 (Correspond ence of The Associated Prss) Plans were set In nfbtlon In Decem ber by Dr. C. T. Wang, head of the good roads committee of the recent ly organized Tan Pac'flc Union, to hold a good roads convention in Shanghai In the spring of 1921. The Immediate purpose of the conven tion will be to discuss the projects of building roads fron Shanghai to Hangchow and from Shanghai to Nanking. Doctor Wrang, who was one of China's delegates to the Peace Conference at Pari. Is enlist ing the aid of heads of .Chambers of Commerce and other commercial bodies arranging the convention. the Bame allegiance and ejoy the same rights as American citizens. with rigid ; Other nations, as, for example, Great Eritalh, do not tax the local income of their citizens or subjects residing abroad. "Americans In the" Philippines pay the same taxes to the local govern ment as their neighbors and are then required to pay o the United States additional taxes from which their neighbors, are exempt. To the ex tent of such additional taxes Amer - 1 leans are at a disadvantage In com petition with others for business. "Tlllf handicap operates not only upon the Interests of American cit izens In the Philippines, but also to the detriment of American shipping and commerce, whose .maintenance and development dep'end In great partupon the outlet and representa tion afforded by Americans e'tai) collectors officers in Yadkin county can be Investigated. If this report Is true, and the bill was slipped through with an improper title, the Senate will probably vote with the House in abolishing ths of.ce now. If the report is not true the Senate will, out of senatorial courtesy, stand by t!e senator from that district. IN CANTON, CHINA, THEY SHOOT EDITORS llshed Oyerseas. In the keen com petition for the world's trade our merchants and carriers cannot af ford to rely upon alien representa tives or to enjoy representation by our own citizens only at a cost high er than that borne by 'competitor?, But the natural tendency of th?' preoent policy of taxation Is to elim inate Americans established In bus ness abroad or to Induce their expatriation." London, Jan. 10. Journalism is a dangerous occupation In. Canton, China, according to the correspon dent there of the Central News. Quoting the Canton Times, he says "every mllita'ry governor has had at least one editor shot during his term of office. Since the establishment of the republic, numerous Canton Journntlsts have been executed by official order and several others as sassinated with officials as accomplices." MAKE PROGRESS I DT7DAD ATTfVM Committee of Experts Appoint ed by Supreme Council Hope to Make Complete Report This Afternoon The success df a new member ship drive started by the Kliza beth City Chamber of Com merce yesterday morning will live the Chamber of Commerce one of the handsomest suites of c lub room in tin state ; and upon this diive the very life of (be Chamber of Commerce itself CONFERENCE MAY BREAK UP PLAY AT KDEXTON The Boys' Basketball team of the Rllzaboth City High School left Fri day for Edenton, where they play 'he Edenton boys tonight. Paris, Jan. 28. Divergent views of members of the Allied Supreme Council regarding (icr. man repai nt ions caused inter ruptions in the conference to day and in some quarters it is regarded UH ju danger of break ing up. The crisis came over the question" of fixing the total amount of lepai ations and over the methods of payineut. The session of the council which was to have begun this after noon, was abandoned. Paris, Jan. 28. Progress toward reaching the .solution of tiie German reparations problem was reported by Hie expert committee on the subject which was appointed yesterday by the Supreme Council. The basis of the discussion was he Belgian proposal that Germany bo compelled to make -an annual re paration payment of six billion gold marks us the maximtim and three billion 83 the minimum. The plan would not fix the num ber of annual payments, but would leave this to be determined later. A Supreme Council session was called for late today, when It Is hop ed that the expert committee will bu aide tn present a complete report. .1 . im.nU STKU IX KEXATK Washington, Jan. 28. Direct charge that a filibuster was in pro gress In the Senate to defeat the Fordney emergency tariff bill was made by Senator Ashurst, Democrat, of Arizona, today when -the Senate resumed consideration of the mea- eure. may depend.'. Two things iif immense community 'titcrest iii'c about tn happen. The Moose Club, which was organized in this city lit 101 expense of more than S'-'!.IKMI is about to disband mid close its "lidi rooms for hick of a passing mem bership. At the same time, about Hi U iuciiibci.lhips in the Chamber of Com merce me about to expire. Mini Honie thing lilts got to be done to mouse eu thus;iism to retain these memberships. The ( 'handier of Comment? must not only hold its present membership, hut must add ,'O.to 1(1(1 new members in order to take care of its work. With loo now incmbi'rs, the Chamber of Commerce will have a sufficient in come to enable it to curry the iiddi tionul obligation of buying the .Moose property and maintaining the sum ele gant piurtcrn now occupied by the Moose. Hut instead of iiwiiiitiiiiiing these 'luxurious rooms for the bc'iclil of a restricted organization, they will be kept open for the community ut large unil for the entertainment of visitors and guests. Hatlier than dispose of their club rooms to 11 limited 01 uni.ization or to private individuals, tin. Moose, it is umlcrstod, will sell their property to the Chamber of Commerce nt a gnat loss mid many, members of the Moose will take memberships in the Chamber of Commerce for the privilege of enioviiin I In; use of the club rooms. A mcmber- siop 111 1 iii 1 iiMmlicr or Commerce cost SL'.t a .'ear or nho-it ,"0 1 t n e l:. o nere else inn 11 man ,ei great c; club privileges for mi little money, if I lie Chiimber takes over the Moon- rooms ; mid the equipment in (lie Ilinton building. Tin- (pieslioii of Inking over the Moose property wus Mibmiili'd to the members of the Cluuiiber of Commerce this week. The response to the referendum was overwhelmingly in favor of the project. The Central Coimnitee in charge of the new iiirmbcr-hijp drive is composed of Talvor (!rnnil. chairman : W. I' fmrf. .1. M. Onnoiid, Cumdeii Iilndcs mid A. It. Nicholson. DKWKY'S Gl XM KXI'I.ODK IX.H UK SMALL HOYS Manila, P. I., Nov. 30. (Corres pondence of The Associated Press) Dewey's guns after lying In a vacant lot In Manila for more than 22 years, exploded toda injuring three Filipino boys. One of the lads picked up the shell and after examining It, hurled It against a rock, The shell proved to be effec tive and knocked the three boys to the ground, all sustaining painful Injuries. The Governor's ideas on tax ation for state purposes may be summed up in thm way: No ad valorem taxes for rev nues for the State. State reunite, to be raised from income taxes, license U:e3 and other such sources. Property taxes to be left to cities counties and lowis. Rely upon the credit of the State for bonding purposes to take tare of the demand for progressive legislation The Governor; while prais ing the work of the budget commission, docs not believe that the Legislature should be bound by its recommendations. What the representatives of this new day in North Carolina would do could not be calculat ed by a budget commission, the Governor said. He sug gested that the finance and ap propriation committees of the Legislature get together and fi gure on a piogram and an in come that will meet the de mands of the progressive peo ple of the State. He urged that in do;ng this the credit of the State je U3ed liberally. The message also suggests the creation of two new State departments, one to have charge of the banking and cur rency and the other to super vise taxation and revenue. Con-i-ding, Governor Mor r'. on said, "I think it would be most wi.e to enact a general State law allowing the Gover nor to call for the resignation and if not forthcoming to re move any executive officer ap pointed by the Governor and in the future no terms should be fixed for appointive execu tive officers. The man who holds responsible government positions should be responsible either to the'pcople or to the official head of the executive branch of the government." HVItDIVti FOK MIAMI Palm Ileach, Jan. 28. President elect Harding left here today on the lant lap of a trip to Miami, where a short stop will be made before pro ceeding to the keys south of that city, where there la good fishing. After several days fishing he will return to Miami and thence will go to St. AugU3tlne.
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