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VOL. XVI. ONE O'CLOCK EDITION ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA, I-'RIDAY EVENING, KKBRI ARY 5, 192B. LIBRARY FIND IS STARTED AT CI.UBMEETING Women Hope That .Men Will ('.ome to Their Aid in Thi? 1 1 11 j m >rt a ? 1 1 Under lakiiM! Without Delay "GIVE A DOIAAR" Will A?k Everyl>ody for a Dollar and Those Who . Are Iteallv Interested ' M ay Give Much More I An article in The Advance by PMvs. Macule Ulount n few days rtj as" about a public library, a ser if nion by Dr. 1*. S. Love at the First 1 .Vcthodiat Church Sunday beforo j^last, the reading of Federation of Women's Clubs bulletin at the meeting of the Elizabeth City Wo man's Cluli Thursday afternoon ? and tinti a suggestion made by Mrs. M. I'. Hit." that the woni-n no out and ask the men to "Come ov er and h*lp us." ? and the mnve ment for a Public Library Fund atari od moving. The article in The Advance by Mrs. Hlount asked why wait long er for a public library in Eliza beth Ciry. Dr. Love spoke In the kuiic vein. The club bulletin told how the clubs in other cities in North Carolina hud not atrug??led so slowly and painfully as has Elizabeth City's club but had dis covered that Interesting fact which nearly ei'ery woman discov er* for herself individually soon er or later; namely, that they can't get alomi without the men. It's a hold confession, but It's made, and now. it's up to the men to show their appreciation and come across with some real help the club women think. Ilut the men won't have to dt. it all. No sooner had Mrs. llite said. "If everybody Tif "Elisabeth City would give Just a dollar, we could have a library, and I move that we go out and ask everybody we see to give a dollar," then Mrs. E. It. Outlaw. Jr.. spoke up with ?Til be the first man to give a dollar." Then faster than the secretary and reporter could take l the names something like 25 wo uneD said "I'll give a dollar." k- Later Mrs. Outlaw said, "Make mine $5." The club women have talked so much aboutt heir struggle to pay for their Club Home that the men have forgotten perhaps that the Chief end and aim of the Wo man's Club from its beginning has been to secure a public library for Elizabeth City. The Club Home will be the home of the li brary. and the women have paid in less than a year considerably more than half the cost of this home besides the work they have done in making the place attrac tive. If. instead of waiting for the women to finish the struggle of completing the payments the men will help finish this task, the library will be here soon. % This explains why the fund is called the Public Library Fund. The club has been deemed trivial and Inconsequential long enough, whereas it was merely modest. From this time on, it will talk public library and not allow the public to forget the aim to which It dedicated itself when first or ganized. The Invitation, therefore, to give a dollar doesn't mean Just a dollar. It Is believed that many persons will be willing to give much more and no sum will be re ! fused. Mrn C. H. Robinson. Mrs. W. J. Woodley, Mrs. E. It. Outlaw, ami Mrs. J. T. Stalling* were bailed on the library committee, ?"iich al?o includes the club pres ent, Mrs. J. O. Fearing. Nam<*? of contributors will be [published in The Advance from flay to day. and nobody who Is in terested neeil wait to be asked to contribute. Any member of the I committee will he glad to take the pledge or the rash. ] Following Ik a list of those j pledging Thursday afternoon, and | a number of these pledges were paid on the spot . Mrs. E. R. Outlaw. Jr.. $5.00 Mrs. C. H. Robinson* 5.00 | Mrs. J. O. Fearlnu 5.00 Mrs. Carl Hladea 5.00 Mr?. J. Norman Whltehurst 5.00 I Mrs. J. R. Ilowden ..... 100 Mrs. J. D. Hathaway 1 00 Mrs. J. H. White 1 00 k Mrs. W. J. Woodley 1.00 s >1i ? r I'arkei I 00 Klfrs. Ernest Hawyer 1 ?0 Mm J T Stalling* . - 1.00 &Mrs <' V Harris* 1 do ?jrs. cliff wood i.oo ?d. S W Cirsgory i.oo Mrs. V VV. Stevens 1.00 Mm R. H Commander 1.00 The mark Hpnt It 1s a blessing that Red Dog. I the character In Stevenson's Trea j sure Inland did not hit Palm Jleach this season. He would have j|" tipped the black spot" so often ?he would have l??en In dellr Inslde half an hour. For the popular bathlnf dresses at resort consist of black taffeta iters and a eilk slip printed In and small black dots. WOOL MARKET IS NOT AFFECTED BY DEATH OF WOOD Two Years Ago This < Ion l?l Not Have Been the Case When Hp ^ u? Out^land* inj* Figure in Industry WAS I MM IG KANT BOY His Model Village Not Ap preciated l>y Textile Workers Who Disliked His Paternalistic Plans l(> J. i\ IIOYI.K (C??yri?M. IMS. fcv TM j New York. Feb. 5. ? The word market. Hie textile markets and the stock market Were unaffected this week by the tiaglc death in Florida of William .M. Wood, for mer head of the American Woolen Company. That could not have ?been the cane two years ago when he was the outstanding ligutf in ? the woolen Industry of the world. It la a strange coincident that 'Mr. Wood's death occurred the day after the formal opening oi the 1926 fall lines of the Ameri can Woolen Company. The prices I named, according to textile men. I were auch as to insure heavy pro duction throughout the coming months and gave a stimulus to textile Industry and Improved the outlook for the wool growers es pecially those of I'tah and the in ter-mountain states, the output Irom which has been partly ab sorbed by the big company. Mr. Wood resigned from the presidency of the company In De cember, 1924. The exact cause ol his action was never made public ^Ithough 111 health undoubtedly 'was one reason. He was credited wittPHmving built up the concern into a position where it was a dominant factor in its line. The company which was Incorporated in 1899, under his direction, and which absorbed many plants in the textile trade now has a capi talization of $90,000,900 out standing and operates over 60 mills and employes roughly about 40,000 workers. During the war years beginning with 1916 operations were highly , profitable and in 1919, earnings | on the common stock rose to 44.89 per cent. There was a surplus In each year up to 1920. Then In >1924 came a severe depression In the textile industry. Dividend payments on the common stock of American Woolen were suspend ed. Earnings statements for that year showed a deficit before divi dends of $6,944,420 and after pre ferred dividends of $1 1 , 969.837. The profit and surplus of the com pany declined from $33,396,725 on January 1, 1924, to $22,127, 356 on January 1, 1925. Early In 1924 Mr. Wood as sured the workers their wages : would not be cut, although other textile mills were putting reduc ; tlons Into effect. He kept his word up to the time of his resignation December 30, 1924. In July. 1925, with the company under new management, wages were cut 10 per cent. ? Starting life as he did as a poor 'Portuguese immigrant boy, Mr. Wood, whose father changed his name from Jaclntho soon after his arrival In America, had a keen sympathy for his workmen. Tills manifested Itself In his sponsor ship of the model village which the company built at Shawseen, Massachusetts. Expert city plan ners united to make this indus trial community a model of com fort and beauty. But the action 'of Wood administration In sanc tioning the expenditure of large sums for the purpose was bitterly criticised. , Mr. Wood moved the executive offices of the American Woolen Company from Boston to Shaw sheen Village and this was re sented not only by executives but by buyers who took the Ameri can company's products and who were forced to Journey to the vil lage to do business. The employes of the company were not pleased either. It wlis freely reported that they relented the paternalis tic attitude of the Wood adminis tration and far preferred living where they were absolutely free to do as they saw flt outside of working hours. His friends say that the failure of this betterment scheme was a bitter blow to Mr. Woow and con tributed to the loss of his health. A good portion of the departments have now been mpved back to Boston. It la understood that the large part of the stock holdings of Mr. Wood and his son were disposed of In 1926. I'nder s course of strict economy the com pany has Increased Its earnings In the last year and now Is operat ing Its plants at somewhat above 80 per cent of capacity. Thirty-Two Deaths I n Severe Storm New York. Feh S.? Norlheaat ' United State* today wa? ?tr\lK (IIdk to frea itaolf (rom the moat aerve anowatorm of the winter that laated futlr honra and cauted It daatha. JltH.E MEEK IMS IS IIO\OHED BV TUT What I* bellcvwl to be a|i unique honor for 11 North Caro liniHU eauie to Fedfwl Judic Ikjutr M. Merkinii wlim hr hiin ting] <n I nut by Chief Jusl in rnfi of the t'nlted State* Su preme Court lo-pnslilr over the ssiims of Federal C??urt In New York City ihU month. Ju?l|te Meekins left IiIn home here for New York Cltjr Hun ihiy and in expteled to remain there. unl?ss there In o|t|Mirt un ity for an ?*?? -atloiial week-end with hit family licit*, for the remainder of February. SPECIALIST 0 N POULTRY COMING C. F Parish. poultry specialist of tit*- Siate Department of Agri culture. is coming to Pasquotank County nixi week, County Agent CS. \Y. Falls announced today. Mr. Parish will l??r In t he County lour days. beginning his work at the Zenas Jennings Farm at half past !l o'clock Tuesday morning and concluding it Friday afttrnnon at 2 o'clock at tin- Newlanu High School. "Mr. Parish," nays Mr. Falls. "com-'H to us prepared to give In formation on railing. feeding, dis eases. breeding and equipment. To any one who has poultry one or more of these topics will undouht- . edly he of Interest. To any one who has no poultry hut is interest ed in the subject. Mr. Parish's visit offers an cxcelh nt opportun ity of getting expert infoi tuatlon ; on poultry management. ??Your home and County agent, with the assistance of the Super intendent of County Schools, has ! outlined a schedule for the week. This schedule follows: I Tuesday. February 9? 9:30 a. 1 m. Jennings Farm; 11a. m. Ilerea , School; 3 p. m. Sykes Poultry 'Farm; 7:30 p. m. W. I*. Cart wrlght. Wednesday, February 10 ? 9:30 a. tu. Okisko School; 11 a. in. Mt. Hertnon School; 1:30 p. m. Small /School. Thursday. February 1 1 ? 9 a. m. Corinth; 11 a. m. Fork School; 1:15 p. m. Weekaville School. Friday. February 12 ? 9:1R a. I m. Epworth School; 11 a. in. A.; B. Price; 2 p. m. Newland School. CITY'S EDUCATOKS TO CKEENVILLE MEETING Superintend*'!!! M. P. Jenninftnj chairman of the northeastern dH- , ; trlct of the North Carolina Edu-' I cation Association. Professor A. ; U. Combs, vice chairman of the high school principals' depart ment. and Miss Marie IjeRoy, chariman of the grammar grade teachers' department left Friday for Greenville to attend a meeting of the departmental chairmen of : the northeastern district to work out the program for the meeting to be held at Greenville November , 12 and 1 I 2 r, . Others expected to attend this meeting are Miss Minnie Lou Kel ly. vice chairman. Washington; Supterlntendent J. H. Workman, j I secretary, lleaufort; Miss Bertha Lee FurgUSOB. chairman or the home economic* department, tireenville; Professor F. D. Fan- : nlng. chairman of the science teachers' department, Washing ton; Superintendent II. C. Miller chairman of the city superintend ents' deparlmnet, Washington; Professor Z. L. Foy, chairman of I the high school principals' depart-) ment, itocky Mount; Superintend ent John W. Darden, chairman oi the county superintendents' de partment. Plymouth; Mrs. K. C. Worthington, chairman of the prl . ntary teachers' department. Wash- ' ington; I>r. Robert H. Wright,] president of East Carolina Teach ers' College, Greenville; Superin ' tendent R. G. Fltsgerald, superin tendent of Pitt County Schools. Greenville; Jule II. Warren, sec retary of the North Carolina Edu cation Association, Raleigh. The meeting IS to be held at the East Carolina Teachers' Col lege Saturday morning at 10:30 o'clock. MacFADDEN BILL PASSED BY HOUSE Washington. Feb 4. -The Mar Fadden bill to authorize national banks to engage In branch hank ing In cities where state banks employ this prsctice was passed today by the House. DR. CHASE is ON WAY TO THE WEST COAST Raleigh. Feb. 4. ? Doctor Harry Woodburn Chase, president of the (University of NortTTT'arollna. Is , enroute to the Pacific coast where he will consider the proposal that he become president of the Uni versity of Oregon. WILL INVESTIGATE W ARD CORPOK \TION Washington, Feb. 4. ? A special Investigation has been ordered by the Fedcrsl Trade Commission j Into the Ward Food Products Cor poration. lerently organized to) d*?l In material# used by the bak ing Industry. JUDGE SAWYER NOT CANDIDATE FOR SOLICITOR Will Kui! for Kiwleclion As 'I'riul Ju*tir<\ H?* 0?v clarr*. Disponins "f "ll" mors to Contrary STOHM CIAR'DS \HKAD Definite announcement by Juki ire P. Sawyer thai he wm run for re-election. and positively will not try for the sollcltorahlp. Is the most Interest inn develop meat of the week in political c Ir cles here. It was known generally that Mr. Sawyer had hail aotne idea of entering the sollcitorsblp race, and hi* action in the matter is regarded as clearing the situa tion here materially. ? I have heett urged by several to make the race for Hie solicitor ship." Mr. Sawyer says, and I'm liiKhly ap|?ro?-ial ivi? ?f III' "(fern o( support which have been tendered me. especially in Currituck. Cam den and Pu?qti?mnk counties. Hut I will not In* a candidal'- at this time. ? | think Walter Small has made an excellent record. He has had Hie office for only one term, and the general rule of the Democratic party when a man's record is good is to give him a second term. I here and now pledge him my whole hearted support. I .shall be a candidate for re-eleeiion as trial Justice." Announcement in made also by Prosecuting Attorney J H. 1-eRoy. Jr.. that he will seek re-election. Among other young lawyers who may try for it. C. E- Halley ap pears most likely to come out. Thus far. lie has made no an nouncement oilier than that he Is considering It. Messrs. Sawyer and LeRoy have served only a sin gle term each. Hotli declare they are willing to let their records speak for them. State Senator P. 11. Williams will be a candidate for re-election to (he upper house of the CJeneral Assembly, according lo Democrat ic leaders here, and Representative j. Kenyon Wilson will follow a like course, his friends say. Neith er has announced himself yet. hut that both will run appears to he a foregone conclusion. Street com ment on things political Is center ing about a rumor that Waiter L. Cohoon. local attorney and former counsel for the Stale Highway Commission, will enter I he race for the State Senate. Mr. Cohoon is known to be thinking seriously of It. Representative Wilson al ready Is opposed for for re-elec lion by W. O. Saunders, editor of llie weekly Independent, published here, and a lively race Is In pros pect. Tho prospect that Messrs. t.o hoon and Saunders may wage a Joint campaign against Messrs Williams and Wilson is coming In for much discussion now. Mr. Co hoon and Mr. Saunders have fought each other bliierly In Un paid. and Indications lhat they may have "buried the hatchet are the subject of general specula lion. In the event that Mr. Co hoon does not run, political ob servers here point to the posslbil It y that he may espouse tin cause of some other candidal'* against Mr. Williams ? probably an anti-administration candidate. County Auditor C. C. Prltchard. Clerk of the Courl Krnest L. Saw yer. Register of Deeds J. C Spence und Sheriff Chsrles Cai mlne are going to run for re election, barring eventualities which cannot be foreseen now And. apparently, they have the field to themselves. Prospects Brighter For Canal Project Job Points Out News that President Cool Id gy has Included another ten million dollars In his forty million dollai recommended appropriation foi river and harbor Improvements is received with enthusiasm in Itu lelgli, according to Secretary Job. of the Chamber of Commerce, who relumed Thursday morning from a trip there In the interest of general projects affecting this sec tion. "Governor McLean is Interest ed keenly In ihe waterways pro gram." Mr, Job ststed, "and i hopeful that much of benefit may he accomplished for the Stale. With a fifty million dollar a|? propriation under the pending Rivers and Harbors bill, much can tv- accomplished, Mr. Job de clared. adding, however, that thai amount would not take care of e\ rrythin* which had been planned He pointed out that the bill was In no sense a "pork barrel" ine.i sure, explaining lhat before any proJ'-H can be put across. It mint pass through divers routine clian nels. any one of which may trip It. i Better prospects for an appro prlatlon for the purchase of the Dismal Swamp Canal, author!*' ?) at the last sesalon of Coftgre*". arc foreseen through the Pre- ? dent "s addition of ten millions to his livers and harbors recommen dation. v _ ABA.MMK HOPE Ml \EKS ALIVE ? A\l) SEAL E\TKV illKskmnth, l-'eh. 4. ? Ahan dNtfiiK ho|M* that an \ of the Hi mbirr* iinHicmiiitrd ftrr after tbf e\pli?don in ih<? lloi-iiliut mine late )?*slrr?tny ww all\e. rvM'iie wdrkri-* nul) IinU.i smirtl off tin* miry whirr lhe> were entombed in outer to ?another the tin* that tins mxltiK f"i h(Mi?^iiii<l niiikr |x^ sihlr the iiv?vei\ of the InmI ie*. Twrniy*uf?e mrn wn* at wink Ui that scrtlon two inlle? haek in the pit nlieii tin* blast wmitinI. Two ?'Mapt*d *Ji\e and three linte bom h'? AmumnceiMent that the entry had I?;tii walled off win made ht ('. K. Tttttle, preiiiliiit i.r tin* rilt*bnivti Terminal foul t emimii) . The ftrtimi whi taken on tin* older rf Jiriui I. I'ratt. Mate mltu' lit* pert or. ehringhaus is SUCCESSFDI. IN NEW YORK CASE Former Solicitor of?* INolriel Ki(iur.-?1 ?i. Lxlru ditiou Hearing Befort Gov. A1 Smith Recently DEFENSE SURIMUSED An EM?hf.h(n,y *????. o.h<r than J- ? , m?r|rl. wlJ which in tlo?ernor Kn>iih'? ;:;rrr."!.r"v" ??d" 7T??^tur;.rlAff?h?^ V'Vo r^V;?nW.' o? \l C..U.PUM <?<<?? lad cttUen* of ?"d *u"!. Xollua ... .ink S7.0..0.00U In .he T,YlnBl.a?? ""d , ' George Gordon Halt ???. siw- York won on. before .!?? ? utniiii who ordered both of '5arar*r-"s ,'q flv* from Ju.llre "VT.hati which .hoy were ?rr' a'^ "h'l ,.S writ of habeas corpu* will bf ?" out. Mr Ehrlnijhaua hns )M.'n *Q dofendantB ar? ? prniiably ,, i? finally determined. .1 North cirolin. "nc" and. ^''ril?U.n SSL ,rom ]n?. cc In <hl? ^ o, h.S ...v '?r?l y?" h ,,vent that (in the conspiracy chnrR the "JUS hi- ac.ua. , T^"'o conviction ,n, 'hSraSnS. Governor sm''h. * '!' 'J*a" " the do "I am confident tna " - c.uotod a? naylns WILL OF CAKDINAL MADE PUBLIC TODAY f)ruaaell*. Kcb. 4 ? Tin w III of Cardinal Mercler executed In 1908 and made public today way* that he wa? without personal fortune having eonaeerat' d to good works It in Income from publications and other aourcea. SURTAX COMPROMISE ( COMES UNDEIt HHE Washington. Keh 4 Tlie row promise on the twenty per centj maximum surtnx rale In re Venn* bill again came under fire In the Senate today. although already ap proved by rote* of the coalition I of Republican and Democratic - "regular*." Senator Simmons of N'orih Car-i ollna. ranking democrat on the f|- 1 nance committee, explained that minority member* hnd. agreed to' the 20 p*r cent maximum rate on-, ly after part of their propoaal to j increaae reductions on Incomes betweea $10,000 and $100,000 was accepted by the l<< publlca**. PRESIDENT IS TARGET OF THE WHOLE ATTACK Ah Political Pol Boil* al \\ 'a*hiilgloii and tin* Kra of Congressional Investi gation ronliniiPH STRONGEST K\(-nm Mr. Coolitlge (-onsidnetl Greater Than His Party 11 nil So Must Take- Maine For tin* l^er Light* n> nwin i,\\v it t:\ci-: I Copyi i?M. 1*34. ki Tht Washington. Feb. 4. .-The poll Ural pot is boiling. The era- of In vestlgatlons is continuing. And t tie President is the turgei of the whole attack. For tin* opposition tealizes thai ho ih the' HlrtiiiKCjl lactor in tile Republican party lo day. Am he Is weakened so is his party. And there's a Congre*sloie al election coming this autumn. This explains to some extent the pro and con of tin* battle going on now In the National Capital. The effort to Implicate Secretary Mellon of the Treasury Depart ment and Attorney General Sar gent In an allied attempt to gloss over violations of the Sherman anti-trust law supposed lo have been committed by the Aluminum Company In which Mr. Mellon is ti stock bidder, Is the most conspi cuous maneuver of all. For If it can be proved that two members of the Cabinet subordinated the public interest to private consider ations of parly comradeship, then the belief of the 'Democrats is that Mr. Coolldge will suffer thereby. Although there Is not a scintilla of evidence to prove as yet that the Teapot Dome inquiry is a par allel to the aluminum case, never theless the Democrats realize t hut even with the best evidence In the Teapot Dome case they could not hurt Mr. Coolldge politically for ! he was not in office when the transactions occurred. " Ah for the 'aluminum case. Mr. Coolldge will be held responsible for whatever 1m disclosed to have been done by either hi* Secretary of the Treas ury of Attorney General. The administration Is not going to lake" the attacks lying down. The Provident has struck back through various channels. He has endeavored to prove to the press, for instance, (hat much of the gunfire Ih political "propaganda." .Senator Harrison of Mississippi. Democrat resented the remarks lattributeil to the White House by newspaper reporters. It may be that before many days have passed the President will come out in the open against his critics. For it Is unquestionably a drive on him. Take, for instance, the agricultural situation. Some West ern Republicans are beginning to talk openly about harking former Governor Lowden of Illinois for the Republican nomination in 1928. This Is on the theory that Mr. Coolldge will want the nom ination and that he will listen to the advocates of the Dickinson bill rather than lose political strength for the future. Mr. Lowden has never Bald that ! he was after the 1928 nomination, j Some of the agrlculturiHta, how-, ever, have not hesitated to say . they are for him because they know his name commands atten tion in the agricultural regions and In the Republican party gen- j orally. Mr. Coolldge, on the other j hand. Is standing his ground. He is paying not him about 1928 and he Isn't likely to do so for some lime to come, If at all. As for , the Dickinson bill or any oilier, measure that requires a Govern ment guarantee to handle the sur plus exports the administration will not support such a proposal no matter bow Intense the revolt becomes in the Weal. Some con cessions will be made but on the principle of any Government 1 agency fixing the price of export wheat, the opinion of the admin istration now is that this can only be done by private business. So with an agricultural dlscor. tent In the West likely to be trans ( formed Into a political war Inside the Republican party and with 1 the Democrats pressing hard to prove that big business does as It pleases with thlrgs in Washington under the Coolldge ndmlnlstra tlon. the fighting Is taking In a little wider scope nearly every dav The Democrats realise they need an Issue If they can prove special privilege exists they will i hark hack to the arguments of a generation ago In an effort to do what they did In 1910 when they, got control of the House snd 1912 when they won both Housep. of CongreHs MUM. I.KWIH PROMOTED Mrs. Anna H. I#ewls. formerly Welfare Officer here, and now employed In the Wake County Welfare Department, with head quarters In Raleigh, has been pro moted to the position of supervis or of the woman's division of the department, accordion lo news Jnat received here During her tenure In office here. Mrs l?ewl* was conspicuous \y active In the founding of the children's home at Nlxonton which heart her name. Will Fix Floating Road Soon, Page Promises Now The Finn tin* Road between thl? , <*ii y unit the hi*!* land near Cam den Court houtie positively will In* repaired this ounimer. Secretary Job, of the Chamber of ('onimerce, I quotes Chuinftan Frank Page. <? f "the Stall* Highway Commission. as having assured him in the course of a conference Wednesday in Ita lelgh. "Mr. Page says the Job can In done. and he's going to do It." Mr. Job declared, "lie told me he had had information that the re pairs already made are holding up well, ereept In one place where the concrete roadway has broken in two." The Floating lload was con structed by the State Highway Commission a few years ago on the theory that reinforced con crete. .spread over a sufficient area, would float in the event that the foundation was not sufficient ly strong to support It. The r?ad crosses one of the deepost swamps in this part of the country. In plucen. piles were driven more than 100 feet before solid earth was en countered. according to engineers I who had a part In the job. A few months after the road was fin ished. It began to sink? and the sinking has been going dn ever since. Just what steps the State Iligh wuy Commission will take iu re pairing the road have not been an nounced. Tho announcement, however, that something definite ?will be undertaken this summer I* hailed with enthunlasm here. Con necting Hllzabeth City with the counties to the east, and ultimate ly with Norfolk aud other Tide water Virginia cities, the road is regarded as one of the most 1m- . portunt In this section of thei State. FI'N K.KA 1/ 4. M. MFHt'lM. Funeral services for John M Sprulll. traveling ulraman for the Standard l>rug Company here, who loHt hl? life late Sunday in an automobile accident u? ar Beau fort, were conducted at the resi dence on Went Cherry street Wed nesday afternoon at 3:30 o'clock by Dr. S. H. Templeman. pastor of the FMrat Baptist Church, the Iter. II. W. Prevost, paNtot of Corinth and Ilerea Baptist Churches, nnd the Rev. P. S. Love, pastor of the First Metho dist Church. Mrs. G. II. Barrow nnd Mrs Hob Fearing sang a duet, "Gently Lead ITa," and a quartet number. "Cod ne With You Till We Meet Again," was sung by Mrs. I). Wal ter Harris, Mrs. J. L. Frit eh n id, J. S. See ley. Sr., and S. (J. Scott. There were many beautiful floral offerings. Iltirial services were conducted at the grave In Holly wood Cemetery by a delegation of Elisabeth City Odd Fellows. Mr. Sprulll was a member of the or der. No definite Information han reached here yet an to the man ner In which Mr. Sprulll met his death. Dr. A. L. T'endleton, pres ident of the Standard Drug Com pany. stated Thursday that all In had been able to learn thus far was that the young salesman's car overturned, somehow, at a bridge over a shallow creek about 12 inll??a from Beaufort on Un load to Atlantic. A resident of the neighborhood discovered the car. upside down In the creek, and, unable to drag out Mr. Sprulll. had to go two mllfa to obtain help. Mr. Sprulll was alone at the time of the accident, and as far ns has been learned here, nobody saw It. Fallbearers at the funeral were Dr. A. L. Pendleton, W. M. Ferry. It. A. Garrett. T. O. Shannon house, K. I?. Sllverthorn, !?. I'. Ilagley. F. F. Garrett and C. D. Gallop. CAHK IH CONTINIKD Trial of Frank Kason. colored, known here by the appellation of "Buzzard" Kason, on u charge of leaving the aklnned carcass of a horse out In the open. Instead of according It proper Interment or otherwise disposing of it. was con tinued to Krlday morning in re corder'a court today. I1RVIH2H MAP RK4F.IVKD Blue prints of the f'howiu Bridge, to cross lower Chowan River near Kdenton. have been re ceived at the Chamber of Com merce and are on display in the window of the Apothecary Shop, at Main and McMorlne streets. The bridge la to be 7.9 20 (Ml Inches long, or Just three inches ( over a mile an<V a hslf The map Itself to about 1 S feet long, and give* one a good Idea of the bridge The contractors are al lowed ir?0 working days to finish the Job They are at work now driving teat piles with a view to obtaining data for the Inatallatlon of concrete piling later. Our ION MA NIC NT New York. Feb. ft. ? Cotton fit lures today at the following levels? Marrh 20 f,0. May 19.90. July 19. 17. Oct. IS. 32, Dee 19 00. New York. Feb. 4. ? Hpot cot ton closed steady, 0 points ad vance. middling 21.00, Futures, closing hid: Msrch 20 4 5, May 19. 89, July 19 I ft, Oct IS. 29, Dec 1 7.9ft. RATE OF SURTAX AT 20 PER CENT SURE A S I F LAW Hou?e and Smalt* in nielli So Nolliinp to lw Ironed (hit in (.(inference on This Feature Tax Rill KM) 3 YEAH FIGHT \ii<1 Kiul I* Victory for Proponent** of Theory That l iiKor Surtax Rate Will > iclcl Lurxcr ltd urn lit I.AWIIKSN'K it?(rn?ni |?2? My Th* Alfim) | Washington. Fel). 6. ? Adoption : by the Senate of the maxitnuiu of 20 per ci in surtax on incomes of .more than $ too. 000 means that for nil practical purposes this Item may bi> con..id> red uh law. The House and Semite helng in agree ment on i his point there will be nothing to iron out in conference on this proxisiun of the bill and with tin cert tin pannage of the bill before tin- end of this month luxpa yets can figure on the Ben :ate scli t'd ii I ? ? as the one they will lind on their Income tax blanks. The importance of the .Senate action cannot In- overestimated. , It means that a three year battle for a lower surtax has finally I been won hy those who have In Misted thut.a productive rate was more important than :i large rate. It has taken members of Congress of both parlies a little while to ! get th<- full significance of this j argument but it was due to their ' disinclination to accept the argu ment until fact could be adduced to prove it. Treasury tig urea show conclusively that as the Covernmcnt has reduced surtaxes more revenue has been taken In than under the high rates. Indeed, the fact that the Sen | ate accepted the principle of a productive tax may be the fore runner of further changes In the Bui tax rate three or four years hence. It is not believed Inci dentally that Congress would be .disposed to go much lower than i 20 per cent in the next revision which Is scheduled to occur Just before the lf?2H IMcsldent election hut the significant thing Is that a cut has been made from 3 7 to 20 per cent. \ . Treasury experts have figured it out that tho (Government could really collect Its necessary reve nues on n 15 per cent surtax and .Secretary Mellon while making no pnhlic statement to that effect has felt for three years that a IB per cent rate would be equitable. Some experts insist thut It should lie ten per cent. They point to the extraordinarily large receipts from surtaxes In the years Imme diately following the enactment of the law in 191.1 when the sur tax rates were low and were not regarded as a burden by business as a whole. \ The chief valu?> of Iho surtax - reduction, apart from the effect on Individual Incomes, In the re* latlonshlp which il Iiuh to tax ex empt securities. Every investment hitherto on a taxable security has heen compared with a tax ex empt lo se?? whether the high rate I of Interest or dividends paid on the taxable InveMtment would when tho Income tax was deduct ed be greater or lens than the yield on a tax exempt municipal or Htate bond. States nnd muni cipalities have been able to bor row money at four per cent, for Instance, and hav?- attracted many Investors who felt that four per cent on a tax exempt was better than a six or seven per cent bond on which there might be threa or , four per cent to pay In Federal ; tax es. It was all because of the surtax which in some cases took | r.O cents out of ev<*r> dollar of additional income. Now the comparison will be more favorable to the taxable In vestment and the Covernment ex pects that large holdings of tax exempt probably will be distribut ed and reach the hands of Invest ors who always have bought that type of security in the paat. It may nlso have ;? deterrent effect on the borrowing propensity of states and cities, a circumstance which may keep down the bur den of local taxation which haa risen In recent years to unprcce dented heights. All In all the adoption of a 26 per cent surtax i- a victory for Secretory of the Treasury Mellon who from the atari hss expound* ed the very ta\ doctrine which will shortly be enacted Into law. AKMS CONFERENCE I'KOBABI.Y MAY 6TH Washington. Feb 4.-- The Stats Department was advised today by Minister Othniin at Heme that tha l.eagti" of Nations preparatory conference on disarmament "prob ably" would meet on May f. FIVK ABK KII.I.ED IN AN EXPLOSION New Britain. Conn., Feb. 4.? Five men were reported dead and between 25 and 40 Injured today m.h the result of an explosion In the foundry of the North and J add Manufacturing Company at noon. The entire foundry, a one story brick structure, was a mass of ?
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