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Cummins Defeat Is Protest i Against Esch-Cummins Act il U Al-o Signal That Insurgent* ^ ill Not I,el Freight Kale Issue Similiter Nor Permit Burial of l/i'jiis lution Vi'Iiicli They Advocate II) IIAt lD UWIiKM'F. I 1923. By Th? Afytncil Washington, Jan. 1?>. ? Defeat of Senator Albert Cummins 01 j Iowa for- the position of chairman of the Senate Committee on Interstate Commerce is nothing more nor less than a manifesta tion of revolt against the Transportation Act known as the Esoh-Cummins law because of the part the Iowa Senator played in its making. The overthrow of the Vetera v Republican Senator, who by all customs and rules. of seniority prevailing in Congress should have held the chairmanship so' long as his party had a major ity. is not due to any dissatis-! faction on personal grounds. I:' it were, t h?* combination of in - j gurgents with the Democrats which bto.ight about Mr. Cummins' defeat] for the i-halrmanship of his commit tee could Just as well have been np-. plied in preventing the election of the Iowa Senator to the much cov-| ??ted position, the presidency protern of the Senate itself. Some of Mr. Cemmins' best friends' in the West voted against him, con-| .tending that their fight was one of j principle rather than personality. ; Til* insurgent bloc is composed j largely of Senators from the agricul-j tural states where the feeling pre-j veils in many quarters that the pres-j ent transportation act ties the hands of the interstate commerce coiumis-j slon and prevents the latter from or- 1 deting reductions in freight rates on farm products. The socalled earning clause of the act is held responsible! for the maintenance of high freight ; rates and many a member of Con-j gre?s was compelled in the 19 22'~elec-j ? ions to defend his vote on that act. Men who were elected on such a plat form could not consistently support Mr. Cummins they said for the chair- 1 inanshlp of the very committee wherein new railroad legislation i either repealing or amending the present law must be framed. The election of Senator Smith of South Carolina, Democrat, to the Chairmanship of the committee ? the: only Democrat to hold an important' committee chairmanship ? doesn't' bestow 011 the Democratic party any responsibility nor does it assure a re- 1 vision of the transportation act bsr < the radical forces in the Senate. It is simply a truce and a form of pro-i .?est against the Ksch-Cummlns act.: It is even doubtful whether a coali tion of insurgent Republicans and1 the full strength of the Democratic party in the Senate will oecur_&gainT present Session. On most all 1 other Issues the Democrats are them-} selves divided. The party strategy of the moment was for the Demo crats to hold their lines taut and vote for their own candidate for committee chairman, The acquisi tion of insurgent votes making the election of Senator Smith possible was one of the accidents of peculiar situation. It is an odd turn of fate that Mr. Cummins who in 1912 was one of; the insurgent group whose activi ties led to the development of senti ment for a third party is today the victim of an insnrgencv springing from his own section of. the coun-( try. As a matter of fact Senator Smith Is not a radical. He will preside over the committe in judiclul manner flnce he owes his (flection ? to the votes of two parties. A committee chairman can sometimes sidetrack legislation hut with important bills his powers are of doubtful value. In deed. Mr. Cummins still remains a member of the Interstate Commerce Committee and can wield by his vote as much influence now as he could have with the chairmanship in his posseflitlon. The only significance the whole Incident has is to serve warning on those who have been try ins:. to hnry legislation this session that the insurgents will not permit the issue to slumber. Gelfand's Relish pnd Mayonnaise at all good grocers. V. ?. AXD GOODYEAR TVRR9 For S??r\lce And Hat i*fiut ion At* TO Sl'PPl.Y * Vt M'VMZIXO Company / PMOXK 497 Stockholders Meeting / Olir rtgUTIr annual Mock holdrrs meeting will be held in our hanking room* on Monday, thr 14th day of Jfcuttary, 1924, at 3 p. in. Carolina Banking & Trust Co. jan 4-j-tO MANY WAYS OF TELLING TIME ?Vntl Times Have Certainly'; ('.hanged from the Cave Mail Period to the Present Busy Days. Washington. January 11 ? A 24- | hour day, beginning at midnight. Ik; so universally accepted by landsmen ? that the recent announcement that* the system would be extended to ? ships, which now begin their day at! noon, was surprising. "However, land time and ship time are only two of a number of ways! which men have marked the fleeting moments, and various other ways survive even now." says a bulletin j from the Washington. D. C.t head quarters or the National Geographic! Society. "Alfred the Great had wax can-) dies, 12 inches high, marked in notches to tell off the four hours they burned. He later covered them : with thin white horn, lantern-fash-1 Ion, to protect them from drafts, j but he was far from his times in comparison with other portions of the world, and his timepiece was crude In the extreme compared with other inventions before 900 A. D. ! Ancient Sun (Hals "Primitive peoples., before the dawn of history. fixed a pole or' slick in the ground and -drew a line; ?about it representing the course of | the shadow it cast from sunrise to sunset. We may suppose that when Mr. Cave-man started out in tlitfl morning on a foraging expedition, he led Mrs. Cave-man out and notched the shadow line to show her when she could expect him home. Some of his fellow-mortals in other parts1 of the world in the same stage of development made a kind of hemp or grass rope which they dampened : and knotted in regular spaces. When this was lighted, the slowly and reg -triartv creeping- upHTK told oif- Ihe flight of time. It is sold that these primitive time-markers are used In parts of Chosen (Korea) today. "Though some students believe that the early Japanese had no method of reckoning time, others claim that primitive Japanese and Chinese used almost the same thing as the rope, though their device more nearly resembled a wick which had been so treated 'that It smoul dered out the hours. One of these ancient wicks is now In a museum in Paris. "Bven before 3800 It. C. the sparkling stars over Eastern deserts had made astronomers of men who had begun to recon by the cycles of the planets. So one knows when they first divided the time from the sun into 24 parts nor - when the hours were fist divided Into minutes. | but Ptolemy adopted the method in! the second century and gave it to his world. A Time "Sinker" "Some of the Malays even today use a Irude apparatus for measuring time which has probably been In vogue in the Far East for almost R.000 years. It Is called the water clock and is simply a small dish or! round howl with a small hole In the bottom. When this Is placed in ft tub of water It gradually becomes: full and sinks, which always hap pens In the same period of time. On WE HAVE IT CAN <;et IT Olt IT ISN'T MADE Al liKM \ICLK PIIAKMACY "TliK I'liKsruirpiox sioiik" Southern Hold Ituihlhm BUSINESS MAN SINGS PR AISES ."tsu ffercd for year* with st r> in - , ach trouble and Kan continually. Doctors thought had stomach Ulcers *>r cancer. After last attack they | advftkfd going to Rochester, Minn., for pi) operation. A friend advised trying Mayr's Wonderful Remedy J which I did. and t cannot sing Mm praise* too highly, as I can now eat anything and everything." It is a simple, harmless preparation that re-! TBaytt ttie caflSrrhal ntticus from th? intestinal tract and allays the infiam (nation which causes practically all stomach, liver and Intestinal ail ments. Including appendicitis. One! dose wPI convince or money refund-! ed at all druggUts. Fortune Smiles Late! *" Ironv ? ; f it.' Hom y ?1?* la Motto. TO. rf Chicago. Horn a foitun?* :?hi luin in Chaniilti. franco. TI?o :?c?l man j? reputed a linoal iciaiu "i I v. nn I when l-y hi* daughter alter a ?a yeai search wa> piUUlinc; i?;ncll* in ihe Windy City. the Malay junks il is the customary i thing to see a coconut shell floating in a howl of * iter to tell of the; time away from the home port. It' is simply a small dish or round howl with a small hole In thej bottom. When this is placed in a: tuh of water it gradually becomes | full and sinks, which always happens i in the same period of time. On the! Malay junks it is the customary rhing to see a cocoanut shell floating in a! bowl of water to tell' off the thne( away from the home port. "The ancfent Egyptians knew the^ water-clock too, and the British Museum possesses one inscribed with | the name of Alexander the Great. "The Greeks claimed that the sun j dial was invented by a pupil of ( Thules of Miletus, but the great sun- J dial of Ahaz was mentioned in the( Bible when God promised (he sick Hezekiah to deliver his cit^ out of the hands of the king of Assyria. Historians have fixed this date as being 713 H. C "From Greece the 'sun-dial made its way to Rome, the first one being set up in the temple of Quirinus. Roman citizens evidently suffered from that universal falling of ora tors. for in 61 B. Pompey the! Great set up in the Forum a valua ble water-clock which he publicly' announced was -to limit the long- 1 windedness of speakers. Sand Glass Still I'scd "So one knows how old the sand- ! glass is. It may have been suggest-: ed by the water-clock and probably originated in one of the desert coun tries ? Egypt or Babylonia ? where water was at a premium. We can-| i | Some Specials t !|! Best Tuh Butler 5 Ic X Morgan's Coffer 28c | Mothers Oats 10c !j! Post Toast ies 8c ? Cocoa Pudding, !jl ;}; Small 10c X Large 10c ;!; I 'hones 256 and 396 v I | Morgan & Parker I 1 f Fresh Fruits . i ? X AND VRGKTAIILK8. Wc are receiving- daily the *i* beat the markets afford. I*! Main Street I \ Grocery ;|: $ I'HOXK 0.1.1 ????S?H?H??H? NOTICE On the l.^th day of January. 1921, I shall offer for sale lor cash that certain saw mill locat ed at Symonds Creole; a splen--] did opportunity to one who' wants n (food mill. S. S. OVERMAN. pd.l 2t;doc.l7-Jan.2,cod. ????@???????B Louis Selig Your Jeweler Since. IHSZ r H EST COLDS ^ A Redden the akin by the use of hot application#. Then massage briskly with Vicks, spread Vicks on thickly and cover with hot flannel cloths. VafoRus On ? 17 MilUmn Jmn tW Y?1+ not tell exactly of what substances they were made, but they were shown on Greek sculpture before the Chris- J tian era. The sand-glass or water-' glass hi'.s two uses all its own at the present time? for boiling eggs, and; in the Knglish House of Commons to time the bells that" notify the mem- j bers that a division is at hand. "Water-clocks and sun-dials, reached high perfection and elabor ateness during the ninth century, century, the masterpieces exchanged, by Harounal Ranch id and Charle magne being two of the most fa tuous of history. The first portable j astrolabe arrived from Arabia about | 700 A.D. and front that time clocks j of various kinds and classes made i their appearance until Peter Light foot In 1335 made the earliest real cloik worthy of our modem defini-. tion. Thin old liand-niuidfii of Fath-I ? r Time still U 'KoiiiK* in the Science! Museum at Smith Ixi'itsiiiKtou. "The wris: watch is usually con-' -id *red a modern development | tile wat< h Mini dock industry, hut Queen Klizaheth wore the first on?* j about t lie same time she introduced! ' silk stockings." HOSIERY i in tin* new sliudes uihI at !; liurgaip^pricrs- ? [ Otuens Shoe Co. \ Iimc<)\ K1II D|\(. yiAA n n n n The Apothecary Shop I PHONE 400 A Good Drug Store ?JISJ LUlU IH W IU IEJ IU LUlU LMJIMJ 11 lUlU LlJlU lU IS SJ SJES0BGI m\ r= | For Friday and Saturday I 3 SALADS ? Chicken Salad, ll?. 7.?c <<>ml>inatinii Salad, II) 33c Pimento limn, lit 50c Potato Salad 13?: PUKE LEAF LAUD, lit 16c 2, .? and 10 lit. buckets. 30 II). can, ll> 15c Fancy Vi estcrn Beef, Fancy Native Beef, -Excellent (ills in Veal and Pork. - Turkey*, fieese and (Mrkpnii? fVpslilyDrfiiird aP Best Market Prices MARION C LOVE PHONE 381 IlilliHill I???? 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BRIGHT CO. ? jFor Rent Or Sale I On? 11 room House, Electric j Hot ami Cold Water, Hot Water Heat, llarilator* in each J room. I'owtwwIiMi at once. No. 50ft renn. Ave. Apply to W. 8. White at W. S. White & Co ISO PO I \ DKXTF.lt ST, Elizabeth City, N. C. ,.| ? WASEO FLOUR (ifHHl & (ifKHl All Way*" ? \Vhc?lew?lf I>Kt rilnitor* - ? D. R. Morgan & Company PLEMTY OF FRUIT Florida Oranuc* Xlce <ira|N*mait TmiRcrliifi .Malaga (irapt'H Apple*. Try a ran of FAMOl'ft (jlXfiKIi WAFKIIS or FAMOI/.H NK.AIC COOKIES M. V. PERRY I'HOXK 4HA Try A Pound Of ? Shannonhouse SPECIAL COFFEE 2H<- Pound J. W. Shahnonhouse & Son Plionr IH7 jj ? Lambertville :] Rubber Boots I | will weak lon<;ki? | TIipv uro thr Only OiiiiiiK- 'SNAG PROOF' N'o othpr boot iR'ars this stamp ? I S'SIST on having the BKST. They arc mad"? for Men, Hoys nnd Ladies. ? MITCHELL'S Exclusive Dealer* for Elizabeth City , !\. amaismaBiemmmammmmmm
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