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COM? 21 jy L 2i VOL. XIII. NO. 682. Entered aa Second CI aj Matter at the Poat-offlc-at Elizabeth City. N. O., June 9. 1908 ELIZABETH CITY, N. C FRIDAY, AFUL 22 1921. P?Sah Ter7 Friday by W. O., Saunders at 505 E. Fearing St.. Elizabeth City.N. C. $1.50 A YEAR THIS CITY WILL SPEND Handsomest Church in Southern Sijethodism NO REDUCTION IN YOUR TAXES hp1!! ITtr ' f Li s STATE WILL BUILD SIXTEEN FOOT ROAD TO NEWLAND Commissioner Hart Satisfied That State Should Take Over Newland Road, Work To Proceed Without Delay. A MILLION IN 2 YEARS Tax Payers Must Watch Elizabeth City is on the eve of the most important municipal election it has ever held and the candidates for Aldermen and Mayor to date, taken all togeth er, are anything- but an inspiring lot, considering the fact that Elizabeth City probably will spend more money in the next two years than it has spent in any previous ten year's. Elizabeth City will, in the next two years, spend upwards of $403,000 on its public schools and $250,000 or more in acquiring its own electric light, water and sewerage properties. With the installation of sewerage and the extension of its water supply system every street in the city will be torn up, which will neces sitate the intelligent expenditure of many thousands of dollars in street repairs and improvements. To whom is Elizabeth City going to entrust this big business? It is time the voters and tax pay ers of this city began to give se rious thought to this question, with the election only a few weeks off. With so much money to be handled under the next administration, the old lino politicians are bestirring themselves as never before. For the first time in years old man Mack Sawyer has brought' liis old time ally into the open and we find P. H. "Williams himself running for the Board of Aldermen. One finds Mr. Williams, friends and the Mack Sawyer fraternity generally most active in condemning the adminis tration which has held office in Eliza beth City for the past two years. The present Mayor and Board of Aldermen are bitterly condemned and accused of every incompetency, wherever a group of Sawyer-Williams supporters are found. All this is part of the game to persuade the thoughtless and indifferent voters to call for an entirely new set of Aldermen. The old line politicians have filled the field with new material for the voters to pick from. And when the voters have picked a lot of this new material they will wake up some fine morning to find the town back in the hands of the Mack Sawyer gang, just where" it was two years ago. The People Forget. People forget how things were run when old man Mack Sawyer and his henchmen held the reins. They forget that the very streets of the town were littered with rubbish and the collection of garbage neglected for weeks at a time. They forget that Mack Sawyer administrations wrestled with the water and sewerage problems in Elizabeth! Cjty for years without ever accomplish ing a single improvement in either. They forget that for four years the Mack Sawyer gang let the city markethouse go to rack and ruin, an investment of $40,000 eating at the revenues of the town and yielding not a penny in rent als. Uder the Mack Sawyer regime the principal street in one ward in the city where Mack Sawyer and Louis Ander son carried a majority of votes in their pockets, never had a dollar spent on it am was impassable for weeks at a time in winter months. Such was the condi tion of th town when the present Board of Aldermen took hold of it two years ago. When the present administration ?ari)! into power the old Mack Sawyer rc'Siin: had left the city heavily in debt and had let every item of city property rim down. There had been no street xt'nsions or improvements under the Hack Sawyer regime; bridges and cul verts had gone to pieces; the sanitation -of the town had been neglected; the ity's water supply was a stench in the nostrils: the city market had gone to pieces ; the city's street cleaning and i?nrbage collecting system had gone to pot. The city didn't even own a re spectable shovel, a broom or a bridle. The public is prone to forget such facts. A Board That Did Things. A sorry mess awaited the new ad ministration. The town was filthy from months of neglect. The streets were in many instances dangerous to travel, no repairs having been made on many Greets in eight or ten years. Against "II Jliese handicaps and with the added hiiri licapped of no increase in revenues, '1": new administration set to work and f' s accomplished more than any other administration Elizabeth City ever had. IIo.-c are some of the things accom plished: 3. Purification of tbe city's water Sl,rrly, accomplished by applying expert ''iij-'inecring advice to the problem and 'o-'pcrating with the Elizabeth City Wiiter Co. If the present administra te Lad done nothing else, it should merit the everlasting gratitude of the Pnhiic for its successful handling of the v'ar problem. - Opening of the city market and ''tablishing it on a self sustaining ba-a's- The market house had been al Their Step In Electing lowed to stand idle for several vears It is now paying for itself and with improvements yet to be made it prom S - 1 ie.es iu De tne most attractive city marset m the south. 3. A large number of streets here tofore impassable during winter months and which could not be paved because of the excessive cost have been covered with Lillington gravel and have been in fine condition all winter. The streets so improved include such arteries of traffic as Parsonage and Ehringhaus streets, say nothing of many lesser traf fic streets. More than $7,000 has been expended in such street improvements 4. Sidewalks and bridges have been built. $13,854 has been spent on side walks, mostly in sections of the city that never got a dollar in improvements under a Mack Sawyer administration In the repair and construction of per manent bridges,' the present city admin istration has spent 3,500, replacing a number of dangerous bridges with per manent concrete structures. 5. In health and sanitaition the pres ent city administration has been far and away ahead of any of its predecessors, One of its first acts was to inaugurate daily garbage collections, something Elizabeth City never had before. Enough men have been employed at all times to keep up this work and to keep the streets clean. Every visitor to Eliza beth City these past two years has re marked upon the tidiness of the city's streets. And here's another thing this administration did; it abated the mos quito nuisance in the city last summer by doing something that no Mack Saw yer administration had ever thought of doing. Oil drip cans were placed on canals and other likely breeding places of mosquitoes, preventing the breeding of the pests where they had previously bred most prolifically. The public is prone to overlook little things like this that mean so much to the health and happiness of a community. , A Million Dollar Business. Take the record of the present ad ministration all the way thru and it makes a most creditable showing. - Of course,, it- hasn-'t been perfect. " Ton can't have a perfect administration un der our American system of municipal government. Here we elect a number of men of divergent opinions and dif ferent abilities to give a part of their spare time to the important business of running the affairs of an expensive cor poration. You can elect any set of men under the sun, by such a system as we have, to run the affairs of a town by such a system as we have, and you can pick flaws in their work every time they make a move. The present administra tion is no exception; it has done a lot of things that are open to criticism. But the average inta(llig'ent voter is going to hand it to them: They have done things and done them well consid ering their handicaps. Elizabeth City could hardly do better than to continue the same Mayor and the same Board of Aldermen in office another two years, if Mayor Gaither and all of the present members of the Board could be per suaded to run again. But since this is not likely Elizabeth City will do well to watch its step and take an accurate measure of the men who will succeed them. The affairs of this town must not be entrusted to less able manage ment another two years. A good test to apply to the candidate for the Board of Aldermen from your Ward is: Is he a man to whom you would entrust the administration of a million dollar business? That's what the business of this town probably will amount to these next two years schools, lights, water, sewerage, street improvements and gen eral expenses. If this town fails to elect a Mayor and Board of Aldermen that can measure up to the work ahead, then this town deserves everything that will happen to it if Mack Sawyer and his gang get control. . , ROANOKE ISLAND PROFITS BY AEROPLANE TOURISTS Croatan Sound Is Being Dredged to a Depth of 12 Feet. "Roanoke Island gets its share of visi tors now that many aeroplane pleasure hunters find it a convenient place to rest en route to and from Florida and New York. The island lies directly in the air course and makes a practicable oiling station for the planes. The Texas Company sensing the early need of larger storage capacity, has erected an 18,000 gallon tank at Manteo, giving that town more storage for oU than any point south of Elizabeth City. Along with the gas and supply deal ers, the hotel does its share of busi ness. Aeroplane visitors stop over for several days at the time, to visit his toric spots on the island. The 15-mile stretch of water lying between Roanoke Island and the main land is now being dredged to a depth of 12 feet so as to' open traffic to all vessels designed to ply thru the inland waterway. The sound is about five miles wide and unites the waters of Albemarle and Pamlico Sounds, The work is be ing dpne by the H. S. Taber, one of the largest dredges employed by the De partment of Engineers of the TJ. S. Army, and will require several months to complete. '--r;v;f Car y ;1 I - 4 J - n I.J...K ! : THE new home of the congregation of the First M. E. Church Soath of Eliza beth City, now ,nearing completion. This magnificent edifice w"'.f Sbe the finest church in all Southern Methodism. It will cost more than $l25jCQrand the aim of the congregation has been to have every cent of the cost paid V hea the building is finally dedicated. It is hoped to complete the building this siframer, but right at this time the finance committee is wrestling with a deficit mabout $10,000 which threatens to slow down the work of construction.' It is, jio secret that many who pledged contributions to the enterprise are backward in redeeming their pledges, a characteristic of the times. A special committeeli now soliciting the backward brethren and it is hoped the deficit will be considerably reduced within the next few days. Photo by J. Sterling Moran. ' ?';,'.''' ELIZABETH CITY SHIPS FIRST CAR LOAD PEAS Three Weeks Ahead of Last Season Peas Selling Good on New York Market. Elizabeth City shipped her first car load of early garden peas Wednesday, April 20. They were shipped in a re frigerator car. The shipper was R. C. Abbott and the peas were consigned to Bernard Abel Co., wholesale pro duce commission merchants, New York City. . There were 347 baskets in the car and they will go on sale on the New York market Saturday morning. Grow ers will anxiously await the result of the sale. South Carolina peas sold on the New York market this, week for $4.00 to $4.50 a basket. If local grow ers get as good a return everybody will be; happy. This first car of peas of the season is just three weeks ahead of the first car shipped last year. The loading of another . refrigerator car is not -.expect ed tots teii uui a ilea y uvrancui, u expected next week,; beginning Mon day. The growers of the peas in Wednes day's shipment were E. Coppersmith, A. W. Stanton, Eugene Scott, J. H. Aydlett, Geo. F. Horner, Richard Banks, Constance Cherry, J. W. Story and Rowan Wilson. The four last named are Negro farmers and every one successful trucker. E. Coppersmith had the largest lot in Wednesday's car, 93 baskets. R. C. Abbott is the largest shipper of early peas in this city and originated refrigerator car service for local truck ers. . OXFORD ORPHAN CLASS HERE NEXT WEDNESDAY The Singing Class of Oxford Orphan age will give a concert in the High School Auditorium on Wednesday, April 27th, at 8:30 p. m. This Class has made an enviable reputation for giving con certs of a high order concerts that en tertain and edify. From some, com ments already published regarding this year's concert it appears to be up to the usual high standard, and all who attend can be assured of an evening of eal pleasure and , profit. Another year of high prices in our State has served to make the needs of the orphanages greater, and the de mands upon these institutions for ad mission of needy children is increasing. The Oxford Orphanage receives chil dren without regard to denomination ot fraternal relationship of parents, the need of the child being the first and chief consideration, and is striving to do its part in meeting the increasing de mands. Your presence at the concert will aid in this work and will help to encourage the children, and friends who are working in their behalf. THE INDEPENDENT FROM NOW UNTIL $1.00 JAN. 1, 1922 Send a dollar bill at my risk if not convenient to send check or P. O. money order. W. O. SAUNDERS, Publisher, Elizabeth City, N. C. Hathawav Savs If you wear glasses, have your eyes and glasses both examined from time to time, and go to the place where you can afford to pay a reasonr able price for real professio nal work. Remember your eyes are your bread-winners. Take care of them. You have yo'.r teeth ex amined twice a year. Why not you eyes? They are more important. Dr. J, D. Hathaway Optometrist t Phone 999 Bradford Bldg. 4 i. JUJ i nniinrr i ,i FAST COASTOFFICES Proposed Airplane ' Mail Carriers To Work Between Norfolk and Beaufort. If Congress will ee it his way, Hallet 5- 'Ward, . Congressman from this district will have an air mail service along the North "Carolina' Coast, ai coastal sta tions between Norfolk, Va. and Beaufort, N. C. 'being served daily by aerial mail carriers. He would also give-Vashington, Edenton and Elizabeth City ser- vice by the It is n'mr-l!i&Bleri that Mr. Ward proposes. Roanoke Is land and many post offices in Currituck, Dare and Cateret Counties on the North Carolina coast are solely dependent up on slow-going and, often unseaworthy, small gasoline boats for mail carriers. Mails are often delayed for days at a time. Copies of THE INDEPENDENT mailed for Hatteras on a Friday have been known to reach Hatteras a week later. From Elizabeth City to .Hatter as by airplane is but an hour's flight. The Hydroplane type of aircraft would find easy landing at almost any point along the coast. No landing fields would have to be provided and the goverameot would be put only to the expense of maintaining one or two planes to serve the entire coast line from Cape Henry to Cape Lookout. Ward's bill was introduced in Con gress last week and referred to the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads. Here it is: Whereas the United States Mail Service to and along the coastal reef on the eastern shores of Virginia and North Carolina between Idorfolk, Virginia, and Beaufort. North Carolina, is great ly expensive and inadequate as now operated and maintained, and . Whereas the Lighthouse, Coast Guard and Life Saving Service and also the citizen patronage along said coast require a facilitated system of mail service over that now in operation or which may be operated by other means than that hereinafter set out: Therefore, Be . it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, .that the Post Office De partment of the Government of the United States, together with such other departments as having charge and direction of the Air Service under existing law may be required to co-operate therewith, be, and is hereby authorized, empow ered and directed to establish, operate and main tain a system of air mail service out of Norfolk, Virginia, to and including Beaufort, North Car olina. . . j Sec. 2. That it shall be the main and con trolling purpose of such system or line of service to serve as effectively as may be practicable aU post offices and patrons thereof on the coast reef east of Currituck, Albemarle and Pamlico Sounds, down Carolina, once each day, and on the outgoing voyage to serve offices at Elizabeth City, Edenton, Washington and New Bern, and all intermediate points that may be found prac ticable and most conducive to the public interest and' on the return voyage to serve any and all points and places where United States mail is now delivered for distribution along the afore said reef and coast, including Manteo, North Carolina. Sec. 3. That such line or system of1 air mail service shall be established and put into effective operation at as early date as may be practical and on or before January 1, 1922. SAYS SAUNDERS BOOK IS A JOY AND INSPIRATION Here is one of scores x letters of appreciation of Saunders' book, "A Con cept of Life and Other Editorials." This is from a distinguished North Carolin ian, name furnished on request: "I have finished reading your book, "A Concept of Life" and it has been a source of real joy and inspiration to me. Not that I can or do agree with everything you say, but because of. the originality and boldness with which you tackle current topics' and problems. With many of your articles and editor ials I find myself in complete agreement and I wish that your tribe might in crease that the mask may be torn from more , shams." , If you haren't read Saunders' book you will want to read it and have a copy to pull on your friends whenever there is a lively argument. The price is 60 cents a copy and there is a gen erous sixty cents worth of it. 'Postage prepaid. Order of the publisher. MAIIIFOR If Appraisals Are Reduced 10 Per Cent, Tax Rate Will Be Increased Proportionately. A blanket reduction of 10 per cent in the assessed value of all real property in Pasquotank County which was recommended to the State Tax Commission by the joint meeting of the board of county commissioners and the county board of appraisers will not make any difference in one's taxes. If the blanket cut is ap proved by the Tax Commission, the county commissioners will raise the tax rate, because the county must raise the same rev enue this year that it raised last year. So 'declares N. Burfoot chairman of the board of County Commissioners. Mr. Burfoot has written to the State Tax Commission urging that body not to reduce valuations. Any blanket reduction in the valua tion of property in this county is flatly opposed by Mr. Burfoot and by J. P, Thompson, who supervised the revalua tion of property in this county. These gentlemen presented some interesting figures at the joint meeting of the com missioners and board of appraisers to show that property had not been valued too high in this city and county. Out of about 50 transfers of real estate made in this city and county within the past few months they found only two instances in which land was sold for less than its appraised value; but in all other instances property had sold at a much higher figure than the appraised value. The two exceptional instances were 1. S. W. Scott, sold to J. G. Brown. ten acres appraised at $3,500, sold for $3,220. 2. T. P. Nash sold to Joe El lis, a lot on - Poindexter St., 'valued at within recent months the appraised val ue was much lower than the price com manded, and this spite of the fact that the property- was appraised in peak times and sold during the period of de pression. There was the residence of the late W. P. Knowles, on Martin St., appraised ' at $2,500 and sold a few weeks ago for $2,950. W. D Saunders' home on Euclid Heights road, appraised at $3,600 was sold to W. D. Dozier for $6,000. Mullin Weeks sold to Harry Sedgwick for $1,500, a town lot ap praised at $800; sale made last Decem ber. Mrs. Rufus Parson sold a resi dence on Center St. in this city in De cember, for $1,800. It was appraised at $1,000. . More than two score simi lar eases could be cited. And here's a case where land sold for more than double its appraised value On Jan. 14, 1921, J. T. Garrett sold to Coppersmith Bros., a farm in the Simonds Creek section of this county for $10,000, appraised at only $4,500. The transfers cited here were all made during a period of depression fol lowing the peak price period of a year ago. .Going back to last summer one finds the J. A. Byrum farms on the out skirts of town, valued at $49,000, sold to the Newbern Produce Co. for $100, 000. And the Lumsden Farm owned bv Mrs. Sarah K. Lumsden, valued at $52,000, sold for $'115,000 to S. W. Scott, C. T. Scott and S. G: Scott. The fact that these sales fell thru doesn't obliterate the fact of their high value. The Newberns forfeited $10,000 option money on the Byrum farms and the Scotts forfeited $10,000 on the Lumsden Farm; but not so much because they doubted their o'udgment, but because the bottom dropped out of everything else about the time their options expired. As a general proposition, property in Pasquotank was fairly valued. In spe cial instances where values are too high corrections undoubtedly will be made on individual petitions to the county com missioners. ' Chowan and Tyrrell counties here in northeastern North Carolina do not think their values too high and have asked for no cut. . Gates county fias asked for a ten per cent cut. Thirty four counties in the state have asked for cuts in valuation ranging from 10 per cent to 60 per cent ,Thirty-three and a third per cent is a popular figure with the counties asking for a reduc tion. SOME CENSUS FIGURES. The census bureau has just made pub lic the complete census of North Caro lina for 1920. Of particular interest to these northeastern North Carolina coun ties is the population of these counties. If you haven't the figures otherwise available, here they are for your scrap book: . i Camden Chowan Currituck , 5,382 : 10,649 7,268 Qates 1(V35,7 : Dare Pasquotank -Perquimans Tyrrell Washington Beaufort 5,115 js 17,670 11,137 , 4,849 11,429 "3 1,024 $144,000 SCHOOL BONDS ARE OFFERED FOR SALE More Bonds Will Be Offered As Build ing Plans Are Developed. The Board of Graded School Trustees will offer for sale at once $144,000 of the 35 year six per cent, bonds of the $400,000 bond issue voted in the recent election. ' Only $144,000 of the $400,000- issue is being offered at this time because plans for the expenditure of a greater sum have not been perfected. There is a floating indebtedness on the schools to be paid off; a site is to be purchased for the , new High School building and there is a teachers' dormitory to be built. It is hopedj that the teachers' dormitory can be completed this year for the inducement it will offer many new teachers needed for the next school term. , It is estimated that $144,000 will be even more than can be spent in the next few months and more bonds will be issued as other plans are developed. The money from the sale of these bonds will be banked in all three Eliza beth City banks, each sharing alike in the handling of the funds. This tactful plan does away with any possibility of a row between the friends of the local banks. The plan is satisfactory to all the banks. MASONS LOCK DOORS OF THEIR BALL ROOM Scandalous Conduct at Late Easter Dance Said To Be The Reason. The assembly room or dance hall of the Masonic Lodge in Elizabeth City will not be leased for dances any more. When the hall is used for dances in future the Masons or Shriners will use it, but the hall is closed to cotillion clubs and other organizations. The Ma sonic hall has always been considered the ..only r desirable dance hall in town igdthp rjiupgecetwill. Jne-fjpi-fiome. other place quite so desirable. The Masons were persuaded to shut out the dancers following the recent Easter Ball in this city. The ministers and church people generally have been raising a hullabaloo against the. dance evil in Elizabeth City for months and charges that dances given in the young er set were accompanied by drinking, spooning and immoral practices gener ally have been repeatedly made and re peatedly denied. But on top of all the preaching and disapproval the last dance gave the town something else to talk about. One prominent society woman from another town, visiting a prominent family in town, vomited from the third story window of the Robinson building in which the Masonic hall is located. That vomiting episode did its own ad vertising, night. Many ugly stories grew out of that Easter Dance. It is told of a married woman that she was so intoxicated that she insisted on dancing after the music had stopped. Told that the music had stopped, gossip says she exclaimed to her boy partner, "What the hell do you care if the music has stopped so long as you have me in your arms!" The Masons heard just so much of that sort of thing and decided that renting their hall for dances wasn't good for Free masonry. TO TEACH GIRLS HOW TO MAKE THEIR HATS Expert Advice in Millinery and Dress Designing For Pasquotank County Girls. An unusual opportunity will be of fered the ladies and girls of this city and county next week to obtain expert advice and instruction in millinery and dress design. Miss Mamie Sue Jones, tidewater home demonstration supervis or, will conduct one-day scho'ols in dress and hat making at various points as follows: At Fork High School on Monday, April 25, for Fork, Berea, Corinth and Providence sections. At Salem Church on Tuesday, April 26,- for Salem, Weeks- ville, Sound Neck, Lister's and Dry Ridge School districts. At Riverside School . on Wednesday, the 27th, for Bayside and Riverside neighborhoods. At Nixonton School on Thursday, .the 28th, for Nixonton, Small's and Bank's School districts. At Newland High School on Friday, the 29th, for New- land township. At the Elizabeth City M. C. A. building on Saturday, the 30th, for Okisko, M. Hermon, Simond's Creek, and any and all interested per sons of the city and county. In order that the programs arranged for the above days may be successfully carried c(ut, Miss Marcie Albertson, county demonstration agent, states that each meeting will be begun promptly at 10:30 o'clock in the. morning, and con tinue through the day. Those attend ing are requested to bring their lunches and have a picnic , dinner. It is to be hoped that everyone interested in hat or dress designing will be present at these meetings. Dress designing will be taken up in the morning sessions, and millinery in the afternoons. Nevvs. of stupendous import- ance to Elizabeth City broke in the parlors of the Southern Ho tel in this city yesterday when Wm. A. Hart of Tarboro told a group of Elizabeth City men representing the Chamber of Commerce that he would recom mend state construction of a six teen foot road from Elizabeth City to the upper end of Pasquo tank county and the continuation of that road thru Gates County to Winton, where connection would be made with the state highway system. Wm. A. Hart is the State Highway Commissioner of the First North Car olina Highway District in which Pas quotank and all' other northeastern North Carolina counties are located. Mr. Hart is a practical, hard-headed business man of few words. He is slow to commit himself to a project and he admits that he is hard to move after he has committed himself. He is com mitted to the project which will put Elizabeth City on the state highway sys tem with a road from Elizabeth City to the upper part of Pasquotank coun ty, thru the three miles of Dismal Swamp between Tadmore in Pasquo tank and Acorn HU1 in Gates, and on to the Chowan river at Winton. Mr. Hart came to Elizabeth City yes terday to investigate the N project for himself. For weeks engineers of the State Highway Commission have been over the ground and have all the geo- . graphical and topographical data neces sary for the prdject. Yesterday Mr. Hart went over the ground himself. He is convinced that the state owes it to Elizabeth City and its territory north of Albemarle Sound to build the ' road in question and give this territory an outlet to the capital and to the moun tains of the state. J- The State Highway Commission meets Tuesday, AprTT 26, and Commissioner Hart's recommendation will be made at that meeting. Immediate action is ex pected. This is the road familiarly known here as the Newland Road. The Pas quotank Highway Commission began the construction of this road a few months ago, building a nine foot brick road. Three miles of this road have been completed. Commissioner Hart says . the part of the road that has already been built must be widened when the state takes it over. This will be done and Pasquotank will get a 16-foot road all the way.. The fact that none of the $50,000, 000.00 bonds authorized by the last General Assembly have been sold will not delay the construction of the Pas--quotank road when the State Highway Commission takes it over. The Pas quotank Highway Commission is pre- . pared to finance he project until the state's bonds have been sold, at which time the state jwould reimburse the county for the money advanced. The taking over of the Newland Road by the State will release Pasquotank's own road building funds for the con struction of other roads in the county. Mr. Hart was met upon his arrival here by R. C. Job, secretary of the Chamber of Commerce; Walter L. Cb hoon, attorney for the State Highway Commission; A. B. Houtz, O. F. Gilbert, and F. F. Cohoon of the Pasquotank Highway Commission; N. Burfoot, chairman of the Board of County Com missioners; W. G. Gaither, W. P. Duff, Taylor Grandy, J. T. McCabe and oth ers representing the Chamber of Com merce. After going over the proposed road Commissioner Hart was given an informal reception in the Chamber of Commerce rooms, and uncheon at the Southern Hotel. He was well pleased with Elizabeth City and such of the country as he saw in his brief stay. LEAGUE OF NA- Raymond Recouly TIONS SALARIES reviews, in Le Fig aro, M. Noblemaire's report on the League of Nation's budget. First, there is the secretary general with a salary of 600,000 francs, or $120,000 at nor mal exchange' per annum, exempt from all income and other taxes. The under secretaries each receive 200,000 francs, or $40,000 per annum. There is a third under secretary who gets nearly 300,000 francs. Below these gentlemen in the financial hierarchy, six directors receive salaries which . range from 100,000 to 150,000 francs, ;or from $20,000 to $30,- 000 per annum. Below these are eight commissioners whose salaries range from 60,000 to 90,000 francs,' or from $12,000 to $18,000 per annum. Last of all, there is a humbler host of earnest workers -all serving the good cause' at salaries ranging from $6,000 to $12,' 000. One of the most striking facts in this report is that the head 6ft the In ternational Labor Bureau, a British' So cialist, receives a salary of 360,000 francs. A British review observes: 'It is all the more galling to the penurious countries thus fleeced that rich and prosperous America, after patenting this project, should resolutely refuse to con tribute a single cent to its upkeep.'
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