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*?*****?? * THE WEATHER * * Cloudy and colder to- * * night ami Thursday. * * Fresh to strong N . 11 . * * winds. Probably gales. * m m m * CIRCULATION T nesday 2. .'HI .? ( it/iies VOL. XIV. FIN'AL EDITION*. EIGHT PAGES. NO. 41. New Tax Bill Will Be Written In The Senate Constitution Provides Measure* of Revenue Must Originate in House hut Finance Committee of Senate Will Heally l?e Arbiter of Fate of Tax Reduction This Time nv DAVID I.AWREXCE ( Copyr i|ht. 1924. By Th? Ad*?ntr) Washington, Feb. 19. ? Republican leaders have about come to the conclusion that while the Constitution says revenue legis-i lation shall originate in the House of Representatives, the bi'l revising taxes will have to be finally written in the Senate. When the House gets through! with the tax bill it will not be the kind of a measure which either the administration wants | or the Democrats would them-| -selves write if they were in power. Under the circumstances the Sen ate, according to the present out look, will be chiefly engaged in iron ing out the wrinkles put in the tax bill by the conflicting factions in the House. The administration is not a party; to the efforts of House leaders to get a compromise on the surtax rates at 35 per cent or 37 per cent. The President and Secretary of the Treasury still hope for favorable ac tion at 25 per cent, or near that fig ure, and will not yield until after it is apparent that they must. And they have faith that the Senate will ?not approve an unscientific-tax bill but that, responsive to public opin- j ? ion, changes will be made Jn the I House bill which will make the measure workable. The place where the tax bill real-' ly will be written will be in the fin ance committee of the Senate ami while there will be a battle on the Senate floor on amendments the 1 chances of a break in the ranks of! the Democrats are greater than in j the House where Representative Gar- 1 ner and Representative Garrett have been able to hold their forces vir tually intact. j : The biggest fight against the tax I measure in the Senate will not be made by those who wj*nt high rates retained, but by those who will in sist upon making provision in the I bill for a payment of the soldier bonus. Renewed interest has boon given bonus legislation by the extraordi nary debate between Colonel Thom as W. Miller, alien property custo dian and the -Secretary of the Treas ury. Colonel Miller is prominent in the affairs of the American Legion and shares the view of the Legion leaders that Mr. Mel Ion's estimates about the cost of the bonus are mis leading. Mr. Mellon, on the other band, thinks the Legion's estimates are misleading. The difference be tween the two viewpoint.* is really, difficult to settle because both are j estimating the cost on what they think the ex-service men will select out of the various forms of aid pro posed in the soldiers' bonus bill. The beneficiar!"S may take cash or lanr? | or vocational training. Mr. M.?!1tii| thinks 90 per cent will take cash or will borrow money on the proposed insurance certificates. The Legion j officials thirk otherwise. Nobryly has $xact Infor dtion. as there Is no' way of telling .at the choice of the I ex-service men will be till they are confronted with the opportunity it-! self. Another thing is that the Le'-j gion estimates based upon a low I cost in the n< ^ few years but a higher cost late ? on. Mr. Mellon b'taes his figures on a higher cost in tbs first few years. Each plan means a difference in the total amount of interest that would have to be paid It; the. imniedlata future. So the contrbversy on estimated 1 cost probably never will be settled ( but it will -have a bearing on the1 fate of the tax bill for In the Senate the bonus advocates will play the bonus a<rainst the tax bill pml en deavor to keep the rates hitch until , they can command support for their i measure. The real fighting on botli ! ? tax bill and the bonus will come ?.? ^he Senate. TENDERS JLD<;?S||||> TO OAKLAND MIDYETTE IUIoIkI). Fob. 20.- -Governor Mor rison yesterday tendered the Judfce ship of the third district to Garland E. Midyette, u-<>sent nolicltor of the district. Mr. Alidyette has accepted the appointment. CHRISTIAN REQUESTS 1IIS NAME WITHDRAWN Washington, Feb. 20. ? The nor.i- i Inatlon of George Christian. forni< r ! secretary of President Harding, as a member of the Federal Trade ComnilHslon was today withdrawn. Christian himseff had requested It : because of opposition that had devel- 1 oped. AMENDMENT ADOPTED j Waiblnllon, Feb. 20 ? Stock dl-! vldend* profit* would be made aub Ject to regular Income rate, rather than the capital aaaet tax of It 1-lc per cent under an amendment to the revenue bill adopted 1(1 to 111 by tile II ou bp today FORESTRY MEET AT WASHINGTON | Thirteenth Aiuiuul Session of North Carolina Forestry | Association Is Being Held Today. | Washington. N. C. Feb. 20. ? The I thirteenth annual convention of the | North Carolina Forestry Association lis in session here today with the following program: 10:00 A. M. in the New Theater: Invocation, Rev. Stephen Gard iner.. Rector St. Peter's Church, j Washington; j Address *)f Welcome, Ed. L. Stew art. Chamber of Commerce. Wash-j ington; ? Response and Address. Col. R. R. | Cotten, President N. C. Forestry j Ass'n., Bruce, N. C.; | Review of Forestry during 1923, I J. S. Holmes, Secretary. N. C. Forestry Ass'n.. Chapel Hill; Federal Forestry Legislation. Col. i Joseph Hyde Pratt, President Wcs I tern N. C., Inc., Ashevllle; Federal Cooperation in Forest [Fire Prevention. J. G. Peters. U. S. i Forest Service, Washington. D. C.; An Example of Intensive Forest Protection, Gen. A. J. Bowley, Com-; | mandant Fort Bragg; i State Cooperation in Forest Pro tection, E. Murray Bruner, Forest i Inspector. Ashevllle.' N. C.; j Forest Fire Prevention in North Carolina, Fred B. Merrill. District , Forester, Chapel Hill, N. C. At 1:00 p. m. all delegates are ; invited to the oyster roast as the guests of the Washington Chamber , of Commerce. j At 3:00 p. m. at the New Theater: Public Ownership of Forest i Lands, Verno Rhoades, Forest Sup ervisor. Ashevllle, N. C. National Parks. Miss Julia A. Thorns. Chairman Conservation, State Federation of Women's Clubs, ^Ashboro, N. C.; A State Nursery, A North Caro lina. Lumberman. I Forest Research, the basis for sound development of North Caro lina's Forest Industries, E. H. Frothingham, Director Appalachian , Forest Experiment Station, Ashr* i ville, N. C. ; ' The Chesnut Blight in North Ca 5 ollna, G. F. Grnvatt. U S. Bureau of! | Plant Industry, Washington. D. C.; Forestry for the Farmer, Dr. B. ! j W. Kilgore, Dean, State College, I Raleigh; Reform !n Forest Taxation. Major, William I). Harris. Geological and j Economic Survey, Chapel Hill, N. C. ; | ! Forestry In the Schools of Tenn-j cssee, K. E. Kimball, District For-i ester. Chapel Hill, N. C. I Reports of committees; I Election of officers. FALLS DEAD AT THE BREAKFAST TABLE Henry Mann fell <1 r.t the' breakfast table at his hi>r'?-? rn On tor street Wednesday morning ?it 7: no o'clock. .Mr. Mann v.:?.k abnut 70 years old and had been in falling health for some time. He was a native of Columbia and had lived In this city for the last 20 year*. )le Is survived by his wife and s ?la uu ti ter, Mrs. W. L. Simons of this city, and a son. lien Mann, of Norfolk. The funeral arrangements hav? not yet been made. JOHN FAIUNA IS THIRD CONVICTION Now York,' Feb. 20.--John Farlnn j was today convicted by a Jury for . participating in the robbery and1 murder of two Hrooklyn bank mes sengers for which two of his confed erates. Joseph and Morris Diamond. | have been convicted and an- await-, Ing formal sentence to death. Tony Pantanor fourth man charged with participation in the crime which occurred on th/? elevat ed station In Brooklyn last Novem ber, is next to go on trial. WINSTON-SALEM IS CUT OFF BY SLEET Winston-Salem, Feb. 20- -As a re sult of sleet since Monday night this cjty Is entirely cut off from wire communication with the outer world and Tuesday the Associated Pros* win- was the only one operating In to that city and that went down for several hours. QUESTION'S LEGALITY i IIINTON bum;. COIKT Is the former nsscmbiy room. <:f tin1 Chamber of Commerce on the fourth tloor of the Ilii ton Building, now used for the sittings of the County recorder's court, the city hall? Is it the County cou it house? Tlu*? iilT qiu-M Ions hroiu.lr. i ?r wurd in tin' cos".' ?f Austin Mullen when tli*' court, having issued a commitment for *iu? d un der a suspended judgment, his coun sel said that lie would institute hab eas corpus proceedings to secu?v Mullen's release on the ground that no legal session of the recorder's court can be held in the Hinton Building, since the act creating the court provided that it should be held in the city hall or County court-' house. Mullen was up on a charge of as sault upon Joe Ferebee. In a case, continued from Tuesday, and was j fined $10 and costs. But to this judument of the court counsel for j the defendant interposed to objec- ( tion. It was when Austin's wife ap-i peaerd to complain that her hus-1 band, who was under a suspended t road sentence for non support, hail never done anything toward keeping! his promise made to the couri at the time sentence was suspended, that 1 Austin's trouble grew serious. And it was when the court intimated j that a commitment would be issued for Austin's road sentence to go In to effect that his counsel questioned the legality of Hinton building sit tings of the court. Defendant and his witnesses In the case of Ethel Morris vs. Hoscoe Smith, heard in Superior Court last week, were defendants before Trial Justice Spence Wednesday on a charge of prostitution and were fined $10 each. The defendants did j not appear In person but entered a plea of guilty and paid their fines prior to the regular session of court. The defendants were: Eddie Albert son. Matthew White, and Hoscoe Smith. Warrants in these cases were sworn out by the County Wel fare Officer. SON ARRESTED FOR DEATH OF PARENTS St. Peters burs,. Florida. Feb. 20 | Frank Mc.Dowt'll, a Red 18. was ar rested today following the finding of his father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. J. M. McDowell shot through the | heads as they lay in bed at their J home here. McDowell said he had been struck on the head and rendered uncon scious and when he regained himself he found his parents dead and call ed the police. PURCHASED STOCK IN SINCLAIR COMPANY Washington. Feb. 20. ? Senator' Elkins of West Virginia said today , lie had purchased stock of the Sin clair Oil Company and was willing to j go before tlio Senate and tell all , about it. His statement revealed that he is the Senator whose name ] appears on the records of RanUatd Ilrokerage Firm presented to the ; Senate yesterday. He visited the committee room to day during the examination of Har ry Payne Whitney but was not heard. Members said if he wen called it would be in open session. SPEAKS TONIGHT AT FiRST BAPTIST Dr. (1. S. >nif| of National lorni A^oriation In Di*-j fiver Ariiliv** on Pillar- and IVriU of* Dntiorrarv. loni'ght at 7.30 al the First _Rap-, tiaH church l)r. C. F. Swift, repre-' seating the National Reform Asso-' elation, will speak to the people of this community. The other churches are merg-j inn their Wednesday evening prayer 1 servers into this service at the First1 Baptist church so that all who wish1 to do so may hear l)r. Swift, who is I declared to be an oratar of unusual ability. Dr. Swift's subject will be "P11-, j lars and Perils of Democracy." He was for a number of years a| successful pastor, working constant ly to ccmbat social and civic evils.) 'While thus serving he -^von such admiration from the friends of j 1 righteousness that they elected him to the Pennsylvania state legislature I where he became a floor leader. In 1 his address tonight he will deal with | law enforcement and other matters fundamental to the country's prcrs ' perity and righteousness. The public is very cordially in-i vitod tc- hear him. BUTCHEIt KILLS TIIKEE AND THEN KILLS SELF Phllo, 111.. Feb 20 ? Following a | famHy quarrel Louis Kuntz. butcher j of Homi-r, Illinois, shot and kill*' 1 his son in law. Joe Whittle. ? Mrs. Whittle, and Whittle's 18 year old; I daughter, and then shot and killed' J himself. HAD HKAIIT ATTACK J. M. Bright, 202 South Road j street, who suffered a heart attack 1 from which he was unconscious for soni" time Wednesday morning, ral lied from the attack shortly after j the arrival of his physician. Dr. Claude Wllllan**, and was iniurovinu I Wednesday afternoon. DEMOCKAT SUBSTITUTE ! ADOPTED IN HOUSE Washington, Feb. 20. ? The Mel 1 ion tax plan Insofar as income tax lea are concerned met defeat yester day afternoon in the House when I the Democratic substitute was adopt ed. STUDEBAKEK JUMPS Pit ICE ON KOADSTEK Detroit, Feb 20 (By the Consol idated Press) ? There has been an immediate response from the public I to the increases in automobile! ' prices. Five companies have jumped quotations in the last ten; ! days, of which Studehaker is the j J latest. That company has raised j the price of light six roadsters and ^touring cars $50 each and the spe-J clal six roadst-r $75. hut has not1 I changed prices on the big six or clcv*t-d car models. Sales of new and second hand cars have taken a jump In consequence of the action of these companies Rumors con tinue to indicate that other com panies will follow with price! advances. Postmaster Hooper Is Chamber Commerce Fan Writrw to Suy That Hp Has Alway* Found Secretary Jo!? Anxious to Cooppralr in Every Way to Hriiiii Bet ter Service to People of Thin Community Another booster i>f the Chamber of Commerce is I'Astma.ster J. A. I Hooper of Elizabeth City who, wrlt | lug to Dr. Sainuel H. Templenian lunder date of February 1U, has this j to say: "My dear Doctor: "In confirmation of our conv? rsa i tion relative to the activities of the j Chamber of Commerce in connection i with the aftairs of tin* post ofTlce, I ! wish to say that I have always found Mr. Job ready and anxious to co operate in everything that would 1 brlrm better service to the p-Wpl" of Elizabeth City and the surrounding community. "For example, recently the question of establishing a Star Route '.mwmii Elizabeth City and South Mill* was brought up. An Investigation Aaj mad' as to its feasibility by Mr. I Job and myself. We visited both Camden and South Mills and the re- j port of this Investigation is ;iow br-j fore the Post Office Department for adjustment with the prospect of fa vorable consideration. The advant-j ago Elizabeth City would derive I from the proposed Star Route would be that mall leavln* Elizabeth City I at noon would reach South Mills | about 12*45 and would be served t-.j the rural route t fie same afternoon.! whereas, under the present schedule, mall from Elizabeth City does not I reach South Mills until the after- 1 noon of the next day after It leaves' Elizabeth City If mailed after a.1 m. and Is not delivered on rural routes until the second day after It j leave* Elizabeth City. It will also i mean that the people of South Mills j and beyond will receive our local i papers* the same day as Issued in stead of receiving them one day In t ? ? : at South Mills and two da'n'l'i4.^ On the II. F. I>. from flout h Mills, "Another example of co-operation i between the Chamber of Commerce and the post office In tin- answering of InqulrieM received by the postmas ter relative to huslneKS condltionK of Elizabeth City and vicinity lists oi manufactured products and commo dities, names of dealers in various lines, etc. These , inquiries have all been taken care of by tin- Chamber of Commerce and were if not for tills organization, many of tbe?e In quiries would have to !>'? returned as postal laws and regulations do not permit the pott blaster to give much of the d<>R|red information, although this information is of general Inter est to the community. "The Chamber of Commerce has also co-operated In uet ting better service for the people of this city 'n the prompt delivery of mnil at New York: also In having additional ? registered mall service for Elizabeth ! City. "The extra service secured through the co-operation of the Chamber of Commerce means a great deal for the business interest* of j our community. A good feellrt* ex ists between this office and the Chamber of Commerce as I realize that by-~eo-operjrt Ion we can -nMnln many things which we could nit get as Individuals. "Very truly yours "J. A HOOf E.lt, "Postmaster." Theodore Roosevelt Must W ait For The Governorship H;iil ( imliilai- Mlnm il Him li? Sli p I p 1 ? > l)<'nli>*- I'lm'i'. It Would II uv?* Hccn Different, lint Haosorlt's Frinuls Bclievo, Anyway, It's Only Matin* of a Few Vrurs lly ROItKHT T. SM \I.L CoDtriqhl. 1924, by Th? Advance Now York, Feb. "0. ? It was taken for granted here today that Colonel. Theodore Roosevelt, Assistant Secretary of the Navy, will at least "defer" his ambition to become governor of the state of New York. MERCHANTS HEAR IRVING S. PAULL Chief of Donimlir (ioimnercc Division Addresses North Carolina Merchants* Asso ciation at Kuleigh. Raleigh. Feb. 20 ? Irving S. Paull. | chief of the Domestic Commerce Di vision of the United States Depart ment of Commerce spoke at the mid-year meeting of *he North Caro lina Association of Hetail- Merchants here today. He tot/k for his sub ject 'Domestic Commerce With Par ticular Reference To Distribution. '* Explaining the functions of the Domestic Commerce Division. Mr. Paull said, that the Government is ; not attempting to impose anything ; on business, but merely to provide a service "taiiou through which facts may be gathered, correlated and dis seminated to the public. As a peo ple. he said, that we were sadly lacking in fundamental knowledge of commerce. The thing that the government hopes to accomplish he explained, is to develop a more com plete fabric of fundamental com mercial farts available to the busi ' mas man as a basis on which he may j perhaps predicate a more sound Judgment in the management of his i business. "Commerce, the speaker said, is as complex as society; for sovietj i expresses Itself in commercial acti vities. Th? Domestic Commerce Di vision is approaching the whole problem of commerce through the (Continued On Page Right) LICENSE CANCELLED I OK TOMB EXCAVATIONS Cairo, Rgypt, Feb. 20. ? The Egyptian government today cancell ed the Countess Carnavon's license fc.r excavations in the tomb of Tut ankha men. Impudent Protest llad From HiiNHiun Legation Washington. Feb. 20 ? Chairman Johnnon of the Immigration com mittee told the House today that h j had received an "impudent" protest from the Russian legation' against the previsions of the new immigra tion hill. GOVERNMENT COUNSEL TO WASTE NO TIME Washington, Feb. 20.- Owen J. Roberts and Atlee I'omorene, special Government oil counsel, announced late yesterday that no time, would bo lost in "diligently and urgently pre senting the claims of the Oovern ment or In the prosecution of any individual criminally guilty." McAiloo Declare* ItV Worne Than llol?lievi*in (By Th? Aiwiatpd Trtu) Kansas City. Feb. 20.- lletrayal of trtiHt by hitch Government official* presents a greater menace to democ racy than i JOlshevlstn or any other alleged evil Influence, William Glbbs McAdoo declared in a train platform address here today. SENATOR GKKKNK'S CONDITION CHITICAL Washington, Feb. 20. Shortly before noon attending physicians announced "Senator Greene's condi tion is critical. He baa had a ris" In temperature which Is a most Tin favorable symptom." Mrs. Greene was summoned to his bedside and It was believed that the end Is near. DAUGHERTY AGAIN SAYS WON'T QUIT Washington. Feb, 20. ? Attorney General Dau?fherty has reaffirmed I to president OoolldKe his determln-) Inatlon not to resign under Are. He visited the White Hons*' today, talked over the situation with the Chi6f ExecutlV? and returned to the! Department of Justice to dictate n statement affirming his decision to star in- the cabinet. It was insisted by those close to the Attorney Gen eral that he and the President had found themselves In complete accord but White, House officials were sil ent. | The f,iends of the younK col onel believe he will bo in much better position two or even four years from now to start once [ajram in the footsteps of his i' lustrious father. d,'v<'l"pni<ntii in th.> Mm. of n "k1 ,h*" r?'Knu !;!"rn.nVd bV follower ll'iU v??rUrTlmhv"h n"r nomination ii i,?,. . ' Tlioj b(>ll<>vod lit* wouM Have a belter chance to carry thi. t h a n D*'l! r* ' " 7'" " I ' 'l"roved??trong?r led Hi.- c??,",a|?n"al '"8n"H domln?t Roohi'v.'.i ,Wr? m,8p'v,nK8 among the p? f , nupportein when I'realdont ""c"!'? ?" ???* it." "SS! there u'l 0,1 not that li..os.veii llL'i <;v <lpnr" ,hat Colonel In II... I taken an active part j |,c " w|1|rl!",,'hel"1'.!o1T 'alwuyj !:il , a","ci,,t-d With the Itoo^vTt KrE'tS iSSft?ssr.aa?& n * tho r''sl?natli.n of Secretary iH-an^ I ,e,nB!,|lU(a"?n ""W t.:'-?^Cr,.,.TaVvVO?r,1,UTPV:''t? ? political finu., m|"| ( '1'v, rVy ??re.i forthwith V, ?'?*? 'been a.> 1-Of.e of the ?:vl,i",t IM.r Ihead T'r A?l?<?n't "Crrtl'rj', nvallabi|/!y"of Ct'lon" k""n,R X.^,7h?e ?oC^"";oro'l,0XVt^,^,dto,0d|;' j Vears mate convention. t . ?"?I hack j:1?,!: r,,y "ooitevelt J that our,, the nuhMe '"'"''"'?iiy and ?otBplclon arialiiK mil of /i"" ~ Iw"' S'v.r;!sr ?"?? = SswawtitHi noo",!?eu :'r ?*? c?i?,?, the vice i. ' , lnK dlBciwaed for !mo|. I., that* t.illc"^iy " preference for tho ? "M'f<f?lnt: his empire ",P of t^ fit duo courKc of H Of Harry SI, clalK. ^" "H ? wiM mr? s"? "? ? -"'f and one of Slnclair-M ?<.n.. ? . Arr',',i '? ?""Ked to hLVi JSSu 23- ?ho cancelled checkn ^t "u, "?eD foreman "f ranch" "?< Hooiev, .. '"?? come of the 'omr:,v, ... r^r; *uT <?* sr ?5r n --? Si - Which would ha^^USa-SnS "carrnr,:,,Zna?^r;ov:^rnp^o WILSON MKMOKI \l, AT DAVIDSON COLLEGE IlalelKh, Feb. 20.- Initial pIlIM wer?? made here yenteiday for (hn erection of a state memorial to Woodrow Wilflon at Dnvidnon C?o( lnK*' with th?- eatebliRhment of the North Carolina Woodrow Wilnon Foundation. rOTTON MAIIKKT New York. Feb. 19 ? 8pot cotton closed quiet thin afternoon, advan cing 40 point*. Middling 30. $0. Future* cloned n* fallows: March 30.52; May 30.90; July 30.10; October 26. 6G; December 26.17. New York. Feb. 20 ? Cotton fu ture* opened this morning at thte ? fallowing level*: March 30. $0; May 30. 8R; July 30.10; October | 26.60; Deceii.ber 26.14.
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