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? ?*?***?? ? TIIE WEATHER * fiierally fair tonight "?*" mid h ridax. Somewhat colder tonight. Mtxlvr ntr northwest winds. ? ****?**? m VOL. XIV. FINAL EDITION. ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA. 1 uteri, trios M cdllcsfltiv 2..'i2't ( it />ifs Tlll'lISDAY "EVENING, JAN 1' All Y IT. 192 I. KOI" II PACES. NO. 15. BAILEY STATES HIS PLATFORM Oivr? Kh-veii l'lunk* in His (.ulurnalorial Stand, \\ illi 1 our OiitMuiulin^ Issur* for ('uni[iuipi. Raleigh. January 17 ? Josiali Wiliiwm llailey of Italeigli. who. on la*; Satur'Nv. announced his inten tion of being candidate ot the June primary for the Democratic' im... ination for Governor of North' Carolina to succeed Cameron Morri so:: last night issued the platform on; vr?i:ch he will stand for election.! Together with his plattorm. Mr. Hail-; *y Issued a Statement summarizing th+ issues which he will carry to the people in his campaign. "The statement 1 am giving to the! pr? *s speaks for itself." declared Mr.' H.i'iey. "I shall undertake to c?n va*n the state between now and the! primary. I expect to develops four outstanding issues as follows; "1. Taxation with a view to show-i i?K the unjust measure's of taxes' imposed ui>on land, especially farms aud small homes, and developing a Ju?: tax policy and showing that taxes may be reduced without im pairing the State's progress. "2. I propose to disclose to our people the terrible handicaps under which they have labored and are laboring in the matter of unjust freight rates and 1 shall show them a ktale of affairs that will- astonish the State. 1 intend to show the re cm. 1 of railroad Imposition upon this state stretching over 30 years an^l costing us tens of millions of dollars. We are now approaching a crisis in this matter. 1 have the evlrlence to show that every effort^ of the Suite for Just freight rates has been defeated by the railroads ar.d I think I can show that the Atlantic Coast Line has taken a leading part in blocking every pkin to bring about a fair freight rate re duction and now that the crisis is approaching it Is proceeding with a view to blocking us again. I shall develop practical plans for agricultural relief. "4. 1 realize that certain admin istration leaders and their hench men. who designate themselves the 'machine* are. and have for months been, in battle array not Just to bring about my defeat but to perpe tuate themselves in a political dy nasty." .Mr. Bailey's platform, which set out eleven main arguments as the ba^is of his campaign, is as fol lows: T<; the Democratic Voters of North Carolina: ? "I shall be a candidate in the Primary on June 7. 11*24. for the nomination of the Democratic party for Governor of North Carolina. "Tne office of Governor is a post of service, not a personal prize. It would be better not to aspire to it than to obtain it by mcvins other than the voluntary motives of the people in the Interest erf the common good. I ask them earnestly to con sldf r and conscientiously to vote, and I shall have no complaint of anyone's decision. "A candidate in a primary must rel\ upon the improssh/n he has made and the cause he represents. Me cannot recommend himself . I have been active In politics for thirty years, have all my life been inter ested in public questions , have al ways been a Democrat, and sln^e 190s have had the honor to be one of the Party's speakers in every campaign. This fact imposes no obligation. 1 mention It as evidence of my interest in the Party and In our Commonwealth. If the service wa? rendered in expectation of office. a candidate because I believe there is a service to be rendered ? a cause to represent. I h h ve not been thru At forward si s I he candidate of any group or fac tion. I hope that one consequence of my candidacy will he to put an end to factional sway In the Democratic party, and to reveal the power </f the voters themsetvex In the Primary. "The primary, rather than the election, determines the State's poli cy. So far I am concerned, we shall have a content not for a personal honor or reward, hut a contest f<rr public causes. It Is my Intention that my candidacy shall represent the following policies and principles: "1. The demand of justice and the common welfare that land shall he relieved of the unjust ahare of the burden of taxation now Imposed up on it. This may In- done and must he done. Imd ought to hear Its fair share of taxation, and no more. The burden now upon oOr farms and small homes Is greater than can be borne. "2. To foster all that makes for real progress? roads, both fttrtte and county, free schools, educational and charitable appraising the value of our Industrial and material develop ment. also to lav a necessary em phasis upon those moral and spiri tual factors without which there can he no real progress or prosperity. The prlmarv offers t<Whe Common wealth Its best opportunity to draw Upon the moral and spiritual twee resident In the people and therefore, not only presents the people with a ? It-al opporunlty. but Imposes upon SHENANDOAH HAS REMARKABLE TRIP Giant Airship Breaks front Moorings and Fares Forth Into Terrific Storm, but Weathers the Gale. Washington Jan. 17 ? Naval olfi-j cent who have- h-ad doubts about i using the Shenandoah for their pro-. Jected polar fight appeared today to! i be completely converted by the per-. ! formance of tue big ship In riding out last night's gale after being torn from her mooring mast at Lakeluirst. Secretary Denhy tele graphed congratultions to the crow. Lakehurst. X. J.. Jan. 17. ? The naval airship Shenandoah, largest In the world, broke from her moorings in a 6T? mile gale last night with 21 ! men aboard and after being driven before the wind for nearly 100 miles was gradually gotten under control and headed back to Lakehurst. arriv ing over the field early this morning. The Shenandoah poked her nose in her hangar at the naval air station iat 4 20 this morning after complet ing the most remarkable flight a ship ; of lier type ever made. It was a flight against a wind that blew it 72 miles an hour at times. ! This wind twisted the giant craft from her towering mooring mast at !6:.r?2 la?t night and swept her on a j mad chase up the Atlantic Coast to Staten Island where her nose was turned into the teeth of the storm and the craft was maneuvered b-ick to the home station. Not one man In the crew of 22 was injured. Hasty inspection | showed that the front gas hags had ' collapsed when the Shenandoah was torn away by the wind, her nose w?ib ' battered, and she was somewhat scratched. The covering of her lipner fin had been stripped off and , wrapped around the rudder, making the craft exceedingly diffhuilt to steer. SKVKUK (.H \KE OFF AI.ASk \ t It. T e .\.v , .-..j ...? Steamship l.a Touche via St. Paul Island. Alaska. Jan. 17. ? The inhabitants or lUlofsky and vicinity report a m ix* earthquake orc4iiriiiu Tuesday morninu. The southern ed?e of PavlofT volcano blew ??iT. lb'lofsky. is on the Alaskan peninsula. The shock lasted seven minutes. The volcano, since the ed^e lib w off. has been eiuittinu dense steam anil smoke: The people who live in Belofskv left their homes for safety. MERCHANTS MEET ON FEBRUARY 20 Statesville. Junuary 17 ? Woilnes day, February 2 0 . it has. been an nounced here by J. Paul Leonard, executive secretary, has been agreed 1 upon as the date for the mid-winter j session of the North Carolina M'*r ; chants' Association. The imeting will tie held at Raleigh. A special effort. It is ?ald. will be made to have present at the meeting hundreds of the newly obtained members of the Association secured I during the recent campaign. All officers of local associations also are urged to be present. SERVICE ON SUNDAY FOR YOUNG PEOPLE The night given to the young peo ple during the revival services at the |Cann Memorial Presbyterian Church will bo postponed from Friday nl;;ht on 'ir count of the parties and basket ball game. Dr. I). K. Walthall who Is conduct ing the services Is very anxious that as many of the young peopk* be pre i sent is possible as he has something interesting to say to them. iMM'kH HIIINKh WHILK FfRKMKX PICJHf FI.AMKS J Ashland. Wis.. Jan. 17. ? Damages estimated at a million 'dollars result ed last night when fire destroyed the. dock of the Chicago and Clre/it North western Hallway Company. The fireman were helpless in the z# ro weather and two docks caught fire and burned. COTTON MA1IKKT New York. January 17 Spot cot ton closed quiet this afternoon, de clining 70 points. Middling 33:10. futures closed at the following levels: January '\2 :60; March 32;??; May 33:0*; July 31:07; October 27:90 New York. Jan. 17. Cotton futu res opened today at the following levels: Jan 31.40, March none. May 33.S7, July 32??. Oct. 28. 00. them a great duty. "3. To preach and practice -:i sound economy- ? to spend where spending Is required, to navi- where saving is practicable, and to strive to get a dol lar's worth of public service for ev ery dollar of taxes paid; to the, end that the burden of taxation may he made as lfght as possible without Im pairing the State's magnlfisient pro gress. There onght to be a reducthm of taxes. In one aspect the State l? a business Institution, and Its btisl Contlnued on Page 3 It's a Tough Life! ? Ho. hum! Jack the Giant Killer Dempsey is at Miami Beach. Fla.. doing his best to forget thfe northern blasts of winter. The picture might lead one to believe he Is succeeding. The youngster with him Is ".Tackle" Ott, a prize baby, called by many "a perfect child." NEW ROAD MAKES, 1 BIG DIFFERENCE Bun Mailt- Trip in Wi'tlnt'^ day's Storm Willi Only Minutes' Delay and That Due to Auto Troultli-. A storm that turned the steamer Trenton, carrying; mall lor all Dare County, back at the mouth of the Pasquotank river Wednesday did not prevent operation of the afternoon bus to Norfolk, leaving at the same1 hour, to the dot." as the Trenton. Edgar Williams, operator of the bus. says that his driver reached Norfolk 10 minutes late, but that the J delay was due to a defective spark plug Instead of to the storm. Only the recent opening of the new rosd from South Mills to th* Newland brick road has made the trip on a day like Wednesday prae- 1 t lea hie. This road crosftes the Pas quotank river at IhifTklns Landinu. just back of the home of Alex Jones where It joins the brick. Stretching then for a distance of a little more than two miles across what was vir gin swamp- this road has shortened, by three miles the distance between Kllzaheth City and Norfolk*, bringing that city within 42 miles of Kllzaheth Cltv and bringing Portsmouth two miles nearer. Ilut automobile travel is not al ways measured by distance. The savini: of three miles between Kllz aheth City and Norfolk amounts to a saving of 2ft minutes in actual drivlnu time, on account of I he ex ceedingly bad swamp road that has heretofore been South Mills' depend ??nee for communication with Pas quotank. Indeed, so rough was this road that experienced motorists will tell you that a million dollars' worth of automobiles have been shaken to pieces on it in the last ten years.*" The trip from Kllzaheth City to Norfolk can now be made with all ease in two hours. Only 2.4 miles in length, the new road has required two years in the building. In Its short length there are three concrete bridges, the long est * ? f which crosses 1 1 1 ? Pasquotank iTve^ and Is I.VwTeH lt>nu~f he -road bed now lies high and drv through the swamp, flanked on either hand by dense swamp growth and cypress knees protruding above the water. When the right of way was cut through the swamp the logs were piled up crosswise as the foundation for the road bed. and then hundreds of thousands of cubic feet of dirt, sand and clay was hauled in and duni|x>d on this foundation. Finally the whole was graded, and there if j not today a better un paved road any where in the Albemarle. The o|>enlng of this road was ex pected last fall, but trouble experi enced In the buildlnu of the bridge across the Pasquotank river delayed the date until January 1ft of this year. The bridges ojn this road are of about the same type as that across Kilobits creek. Villi' (ionfiilriii'i- in French Government Paris. January 17 ? - The chamber of deputies today expressed confi dence In the French government by thi> vote of 294 to IHft. ASQUITH IN FAVOR I. AHOIt AMENDMENT ? ?? Thf 4?nrl?i?d rw.l London, Jan 17,-- Former Pr#* ml* r Asqulth. leader of the liberal.',' today announced In the Hou?e of Con]mons that he would vote In fa vor of the labor amendment, express ing no confidence in the llsldwln government, and would advise all his friends to do the same. I Il.\l> WKATHKIl RKIH CKS <KO\M?S .\T IlKVIVAIi! The bail weather Wednesday re-' duced somewhat i h?* congregation atl the Cann Memorial Presbyterian Church hut I)r. D. K. Walthall jd- j dressed two interested congregations. Hi.s subject -it the afternoon was "The Wisdom of Soul Winning. " This wisdom was shown in that soul win ning is an abiding worn, a work of value to the individual undertaking It. in extablshing the qualities of perseverance, love and hatred of sin. and of supreme and eternal value to the soul won. At night the subject was. "The Sweep and Kternlty of Sin." It was shown from the scripture that sin had fastened itself on every individ ual and that every sorrow and trou ble could be traced to sin; moreover, that every department of soul life, intellect, feelings ?nd will was thor oughly vitiated by sin. Various hu man remedies were shown to be of no value and the only hut all suf ficient hope of salvation was shown to be in confession of sin and faith In Christ. FOltD WILL STATE HIS POSITION SOON Washington. Jinuary 17 ? The prediction that Henry Ford wlthl'i a few days will make a definite state ment as to whether he would be will in?? to take over the government's nitrate project at Muscle Shoals was today made by (*h ilrnian Kahn of House military committee at a hear ing on the question He gave n ode tails. HHiH \V I XI I DKI.AYKI) S\IM\<; OF VKHHKIX High winds prevented several ves sels from leaving Klizaheth City Wed nesday. A hard rain storm began at about n.ion and with increasing wind velocity stopped all work In the riv er. Boats were made snug at the what ves. The steamer Trenton was forced to put back after proceeding down the river for Alanteo. This steamer carries mail jtid was loaded with c ir go. ? fFhe-ipi* boat ttvtt nwd th* gn* bimt Jon* 4- of the North HI vet* Line were wind bound Wednesday but were able to leave Thursday on schedule. The steamer Annie L. Vansclver was in Norfolk Wednesday ind ?r rived In Elisabeth City Thursday morning on achedult time loiid?d heavily. I'ltKSIlVTKIUW MIA IN KNTHI SIAHTlr MKRTI\(i An enthusiastic meeting of the men of the Cann Memorlx! Presby terian Church was held Tuesday night in the offices of the Hpcnce llolloweM Company. Plana were worked out for the coming year and several talks made, beide* the two special add r esse by Dr. Walthall and A. J. Crane. After the business meet ing a supper was served. VJ oinan Scnteiircil to Life Im prisonmrnl l'aducah. Kentucky. January 17 .Mrs. Bnm.i Skillian was today sen tenced to life Imprisonment on the charge of being <in accessory to the murder growing out of the killing of Mrs. Ito 1 1 a Warren and her inborn child here last April the state hav ing charged that she conspired with Mrs. Henrietta Wagner to plant ten Micks of dyn'imlte under Mrs. Wir* ren'a bed. MKVKIIfC MTOItM IMIfM O.VM.itiK AM)\(i COAST New York. Jaa 17." ? A severe ?torm long the Atlutitlc seaboard last night crippled shipping. Sev--r?l vessels are reported In danger while much damage was dope her and at other point along the coast. Florida May Turn Down Bryan's Bid For Favor < ommonrr% Hope Of <>oin<: To National < onvt-ntion \? Drli'S^lr \t hir^r I'roili Florida Not 1 1 ?-! Itv Sort Of Politic* Bryan lla? l'la\o(l In That State . lit lioitKliT T. SM M.I. (Copyright. I92J. B> Th? Ad?*nc?) Miami. Florida, January IB ? William Jenninirs I5ryau faces one of the most crucial tests of his lonjr and tempestous political life in his effort to li? named a delegate at larjce from Florida to the Democratic National Convention. RURAI DELIVERY TO SOUTH MILLS Now Mail Kouli- Will he !{??<?? nimnriidrd to Postuffice !>?? |>ai?tmenl al Vl'a*liiii^t<>n in Near Future. A Rural Free Delivery Route from ' Klizabeth City to South Mills will be recommended to the Postoffic Department al Washington in the near future. Thin new delivery roufe would put Klizalx-th City mail in Camden Coun ity on the name day that it Is mailed | from the post office here, the mall man leaving this city after the mail | from train on** Is put up just as do I the Pasquotank rural free carriers. ( I'nder the present system mail put in the i?ovtofTici> today does not reach , South Mills until tomorrow afternoon and the peoole of Camden County who do not live on the railroad get i their ntnrnlnc and afternoon North | Carolina dallv xuui' i s a day late. . The new schedule as proposed hv 1 Postmaster J. \. Hoo???.r and which | I* heinir iirced hv Mtornev w. I. Halstead of South Mills ??nd ^ecrff tarv ,l?h of the Kli*aheth C?tv Cham ber of Commerce t? as fn'lows: "Leave South Mills 0:45 a. in. Ar rive Kllxaheti, Cltv 10 a m. "|.i-mva KHvqli?>th Cltv 12 m. Ar rive South Mliu -? r? minutes. "leave South MIIU o?? arrival of mril nr?'t not Inter than 5 o, m. Ar rive in Kllsaheth Cltv ?n 4 " minutes, i "Leave Cltv ?>t ? p. ni \rr'v? pt South ^HU (n 4 f> nitntPes " "Mr Job and I h"vo hood t? Cam den anH Sontli MI1I? ?? M?- Mooner wrote C'lii' ^isnnn War#! Tl?nr?dav "and all with whom we ta'lred at ihoth iibices are of the onfnlon that the mail from South Mills ou?'ht to j he r? rr'ed from Elizabeth CHy in stead of Cf Tnd?n. "You w"t observe tin* fbl? ?cl?e (|u will deliver to S"ii?h Mill- the flallv naner** from V'?rfol'' nn?i |-vi*?i. >?e#h C'tv net Inter than 1 ? ? i f, rf the ?'*?v "f publication nnd ot'w?r North CiroP'wt 'la"|M which re?r?? tills of "ce about :: ?n t. m. will reach *o?*h Mills at r. ? i r?. "T??e ri'r-i| carrier who now leaver South Mills the (In v following tie* "rr'vni mn" from Camden shouM leave ctouth Mills on the arrival of , mail from Elisabeth Cltv ??t 12:lr? ; ??. m.. and would deliver the dallv naners from Elizabeth Cltv to the persons on his route the same dav "f publication. This route serves all the neonte in that section between i South Mil Is and tlie Virginia line "The is'orde of South Mills have worked hard and bonded themselves to the extent of 150.000 for n new road which shortens the distance to Elizabeth Cltv and puts them within two miles of the hard surface road and In my opinion, these people are entitled to the very bent mail sched ule that It is possible for them to JWfjtf;'* - ,,?** ? -?? ? -* - -i "If tTTe maTr from South Mills' j ?honld be changed from Camden to thl? office. it would necessitate the estahllshfltent of a rural route to serve the H 8 boxes that are now served h?- the Star Route which car ries malt from Camden to South' MPIs. The establishment of this route will also be recommended to the Po" toff Ice Department. Congressman Ward will recom mend the new free delivery routes to the Post off ire Department at Wash ington when he receives Mr. Hoop er's letter. A petition started bv rep. resentatlve c|tl/en? of tfamden Cou.i tv Is also being forwarded to Con-. ? ressman Ward bv Mtornev W I. Halstead of Vouth Mills. It Is under stood. A Star. Route from Portsmouth to South Mills has been urged hv the business Interests of Portsmouth on several occasions.- The establish ment of the proposed route from this cltv would be of area t advantage to business interests of Elizabeth City as well as of considerable service an.l satisfaction to the people of Camden County. "Don't understand me to say that the post office here Is anxious for the, extra work." Mr. Hooper told a re porter for The Advance Thursdav "tint I do feel that the people of Cannier Count* deserve to eel their mall promptly from Rllxabeth City." STRIKE TO BEGIN SUNDAY MIDNIGHT London., January 17 ? The 4trlke of the Itrltlsh locomotive men who have refused to accept the reduction In wakes authorized by the Railway' Wage hoard will begin Sunday at midnight. At the preseut.. moment the chances seem to l>e all against, the >;real commoner, but as the primaries are not held until th-i first of next June there may bi> a change of sentiment in his favor, 'i'hree times the national standard bearer of his party, Mr. Bryan may be turned down in his adopted state for the com paratively lowly office of Na tional Convention delegate. ?Mr. Bryan's latent move in an nouiiclng that lie Is for Dr. A. A. Murphree.. head of the Florida Statu I'nlversity, for president of the Unit ed S.atcs, has reacted aK?lnst him. rather than in hi* favor. Ii baa giv en his polltieal enemies the chance to say Mr. Bryan Is "dragging iu" I the eminent educator as stalking . horse and that the commoner stili has am hit ions which lie In the direc tion of the White House. When Mr. llryan first announced some time ago that he had a dark horse tip his sleeve, a dry Southern Progressive, some persons IhoiiKht lie was going to name Josephtfs Daniels of North I Carolina. Mr. Bryan hlusled that 1 idea, however, hv saving lie had nar rowed his choice to a Kloridan. Then the political wiseacrea anil the para graphers of the country all Jumped III the conclusion l hat Mr. llryan was , about to nominate himself. ' Mr. Murphree is greatly admired down here In Florida but Is realized Miy his closest friends that nationally lid is unknown unly among the high er educational c\des Political aui hition has ttot been attributed to him 1 1n any degree. So Mr. Bryan's an ii ou n <*?* t it < * ii i for hl:n seems to have , been but another of a number of move* which have iiiikIc ihe former Nebraskjn a hit unpoular with tjte Florida Democrats. First of all. there Is a belief that Mr. llryan Ik grooming himself to ? contest the seat of Senator Duncan Fletcher two yearn from now. This has naturally caused resentment ?:imong the Fletcher supporter and Mr. llryan lias not appeased them i by Including the Senator umoug the Florida Democrats lie would be gl id to support in the event of his iionil i nation. The Democrats down here know full well that no Florid in lias a chance to be named for the pn-*i i.?leiicy at this time and they regard Mr. Hryan's enthusiasm lor a t ?on dan as a piece of political buffoonery which they do not relish. Mr Hi y in further has nnn mncwl that if lie is elected a delegate to the National Convention he will oppose with all hi* heart and Jloul ay at tempt to nominate Senator O'car t'n derwood of Alabama. The commoner regards the Alabaman as a "wet" and a reactionary, two things that an* anathema to him. It so happens, however that Mr. t'nderwood has M^Jte 1 levying Jn Hit* *?&??? a?H may get ilie delegation. 17 the fn-! derwood sentiment grows and the llryan opposition to him *ontlnuea? as everyone expects It to, this f..ct w||l furt her tnllUat* agilnst Mr. Hryan's chances of ever getting lo the convention. The Florida Democrat" nave not yet assimilated Hie distinguished N> hraslftin. Mony of tlifein still look upon him as an outsider -and are re* luctaril to i urn down their own ki.id to heap political honors on the "new comer." despite his notable past. In standing for delegate* at I'.irge. Mr. llryan will nave lo he voted for all ever the state. It will be the test of his political future. If elected he undoubtedly will g<> forward with his senatorial plans. If defeated. It may mean his politic*! end. Personally Mr. llryan I" extremely popular here In his new environment but politically f he Dem ocrats of the stnte say they do not believe he will piny hall with them, but will be beholden only unto him self ;?* a delegate It mav be there fore that Mr. Ilrvan will have (o sit In the New York convention on a proxy or not at all. SIXTEEN PERSONS INJURED IN CltASH Louisville, Kentucky. Jan. 17? Sixteen persons were today Injured, on? fatally. whVn an iaterurban car crashed Into the Illinois t'entfal freight train at a grade crossing twef mile* from here. C. H. Saner, in* terurban motorman. was crushed be tween the Move and seat and died tOon after the wreck.
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