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ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA, SATURDAY EVENING, OCT J IE?. I .920
NO. 236
Maxwell Makes
Instructive Talk
Gives Most Time To Refuting
Objections To Revaluation And
State Issues But
State Tax Commissioner" Maxwell
delivered an interesting and in
structive address to a good crowd at
the county court house Friday
night.
Commissioner Maxwell discassed
the issues of the campaign, begin
ning with the national Issues and
stressing the League of Nations, and
ending with state issues, and devot
ing most of his time to revocation.
The League of Nations had been
endorsed by leading Republicans be
fore it became a political issue, the
speaker said. It is now the out
standing issue of the campaign and
a vote for Cox and Roosevelt is a
vote for the League, while a vote for
Harding and Coolidge is a vote
against the League.
He called attention to. the four
amendments to the North Carolina
constitution that are to be voted on
at the general election:
1. To give authority to the
state to tax net incomes from all
sources above exemption of not less
than $2,000 for a married man or
widow or widower having dependent
minor child or children. He pointed
out that earned incomes are already
taxed and said , that so far as he
knew North Carolina is the only
state in the Union so discriminating
against the man who worked for his
Income and in favor of the man who
receives his income from invest
ments. The amendment is designed,
first, to remove this discrimination
and to make it unnecessary ever
again for- the state to levy a prop
erty tax for state government ex
penses. 2. To limit the poll tax to not
exceeding $2.00 for the state and to
not exceeding $1.00 for municipali
ties. 3. To reduce the tax on property
for general expenses of the slate
from 66 2-3 cents to a limit of 15
cents on each $100 worth of prop
erty. 4 To substitute a rule of one
instead of two years residence in the
state and four months in the pre
cinct, as a qualification for voting.
The speaker pointed out that as gen
eral elections are held every four
years the effect of the present two
year limit in many instances is to
make it necessary for a mail to live
In the state nearly four years before
he can vote.
6. To abolish the payment of
poU tax as a qualification for vot
ing. Speaking on revaluation the
speaker took up the arguments
against the measure,, and refuted
them each in turn.
Revaluation, he said, is nothing
new. We have had revaluation of
property heretofore regularly every
four years The difference is that in
this case wo have an honest revalu
ation. ' He pointed out that under this
honest revaluation North Carolina
has the lowest lax rate in the Union
a (act of immense advertising
value to the State.
Replying to the Charge that val
uations were made at Raleigh by
men with no knowledge of local con
ditions he pointed out that the val
uations in each county were made by
local boards and that the work of
district supervisors and the State
Tax Commission was merely advis
ory and supervisory, except In the
case of corporate property.
Answering the objection that much
property had in time of Inflation
been listed above its market value
he replied that the owner of the
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Boosts League
URGES WOMEN
FRAME PROGRAM
Co Explains Need of Work
ing Unitedly For Social Leg-
. islation and Turning Na
tional Resources In That Di
Cleveland, Oct. 16. Cox, address
ing an audience of women hereto
day, advocated a national women's
congress to frame a program of so
cial legislation for presentation to
the President and Congress.
In the last Congress, he said, the
baby bill providing for maternity
and infant care waited in vain while
reactionary leaders spent their time
scrapping the League.
He said that women should favor
the League not only because it would
save their children from war, but
also because it would turn natjmal
resources from battleships ami
armaments into school houses and
health work.
COOLIDGE COMES SOUTH
Philadelphia, Oct. 16. Governor
Coolidge left today on his Southern
tour including points in Virginia,
North Carolina and West Virginia.
CHAMPION WAFFLE EATEH
New York, Oct, 16. Marine Paul
Francis Jones today qualified as the
champion waffle eater of the world,
eating 26 and a half in a contest
with a soldier.
property in question had redress if
this were true in that he had the
right between the months of January
and June of each year to present
his case to the County Commission
ers and have his valuation, if it were
found too high, reduced.
Answering the argument that
farmers had been discriminated
against he pointed out that actual
ligures show that personal property
under revaluation was increased by
103 per cent in cities as against
33 1-3 per cent In rural townships. j
As to the contention t hat farmers
have been discriminated against in
that real property has been increas
ed in higher proportion than per
sonal property, he pointed out that
real property values are compared
with those of four years ago while
personal property values are com
pared with those of ono year ago.
He cited the low tax rate in Pas
quotank and gave it as his opinion
that in many instances tax payers
would find that their taxes had de
creased instead of increased . He
also pointed flut that all the taxes
collected in the county except the
State school fund will be expended
for County expenses. In the case of
the State school fund even, most
of that will come back to the county
for running the schools for the three
month that they are run by the State.
The tax levy in Pasquotank Coun
ty for all purposes, including the
State school fund, is 63 cents on the
$100 worth of property and $1.89 on
tho poll.
The levy is apportioned to the
various funds as follows:
Rate Poll
State school fund 13 3!)
General county fund .... 8 24
County floating debt 4 2
Road bonds 3 39
Pnnniv rnnd flllld 7 21
County road debt
County school fund . .
2
16
Total 63 189
The tax on property and polls will
yield the county a total annual rev
enue ot $120,124.79. I
Thn in..ciiil school tax rate In the
various townships in tho county fol
lows: ,
Rate Poll
Nixonton . . 12
Weeksvilio 10 30
Oklsko .... 13 89
Providence . . , . ... ...... 7 24
Newland " 2
Elizabeth City 1
Colby Appeals For
Real Patriotism
The musical comedy, "Hilly u ja.
pan," will be presented at the high
school auditorium on Wednesday,
October 27th.
The opera is under the direction
of Dorothy Fraleigh, who has pro
duced it in many cities in North Car
olina, such as Rocky Mount, Golds
boro, Kinston, New Bern, Washing
ton, Fayetteville and many other
places.
"Billy in Japan'' is a musical com
edy with dainty songs, pretty dances
and a merry plot. There will be a
cast of a hundred and fifty o Eliza
beth City's best local talent.
The play will he given to start a
fund for the Elizabeth City public
library, ,
THEATRES TO ECONOMIZE
New York, Oct. 16. An economy
wave has struck the theatres, said
President Harris, of the Producing
Managers' Association today, They
are cutting prices and many fea
tures.
HONOR ROLL
The following carrier boys are on
The Advance honor roll this week:
Allen Bell, Krauss Walker, Graham
Hedrick, Paul Simpson, Harvy Good
win and Edwin Barkley.
IN POLICE COURT
C. C. Baum was fined $10 and
costs for speeding in police court
Friday.
Oscar Jones, colored, was fined
$10 and costs for cruelty to animals.
Louisa Sprulll,' colored, was sen
tenced to 60 days in jail and a fine of
ten dollars for three cases of assault,
two of them with deadly weapons.
PARDONED HY GOVERNOR;
HACK IN JAIL AGAIN
James Baker is in jail on a charge
of larceny. Baker was sentenced to
18 months In the penitentiary last
March, but was pardoned by the gov
ernor. Now he is in trouble again.
Baker was given a hearing in Re
corder's court Saturday morning, but
pleaded guilty and was bound over
to Superior Court.
TEXTILE EXPOSITION
AT GREENVILLE, S. C.
Greenville, S. C, Oct. 16. Two
hundred cotton manufacturing cor
porations today installed machinery
exhibits for the Southern Textile
Exposition which opens here Mon
day. COTTON GOODS MARKET
MAKES BIGGEST DROP
New York, Oct. 16. Following
the general price reductions, the
cotton goods market for last week
made declines greater than any In
the history of trade. Fruit of the
loom bleached muslins showed a
twenty cent per yard drop from the
peak of the year.
England Will
Resist Strike
London, Oct. 16. Lloyd George,
addressing the nation today on the
impending coal strike, said that the
government settlement proposal was
rejected and the nation would resist
the strike with all Its strength.
WITHOUT PASSPORT
EMIGRANTS CAN'T LAND
Washington, Oct. 16. The emi
grants on a Turkish steamer from
Constantinople headed to an Ameri
can port without passports will not
be permitted to land, the Labor De
partment announced today. A thou
sand Greek and Armenian Jews are
on board.
NEW LOW COTTON RECORD
New York, Oct. 16. A further
severe break In the price of cotton
on the exchange today with all ac
tive deliveries makes a new low rec
ord for the season.
AIR PILOT KILLED
Chicago, Oct. 16. Bryan M ("Mul
len, of Dallas, air mail pilot, wis to
day killed whe nhls plane fell near
Batava, Illinois.
PETTIS VANSEN
Judson Pettis, of Norfolk, and
Mrs. Astrid Holm Yansen, ot Nor
folk, originally from Norway, were
married here Friday by Dr. G. W.
Clarke.
THE WEATHER
Fair" tonight and Sunday. Little
change In temperature, gentle varl-
auto winus.
RECEIVE REPORT
SCHOOL SURVEY
Interpretive Inquiries Will En
able American Towns To
Learn Truth About Their
Towns And Compare Them
New York, Oct. 16 Chambers of
Commerce in 359 cities of the United
States with a population of 8,000 or
more will receive today from their
National Committee for Corporation
with the Public Schools the results
of a nationwide survey relating to
salaries, training and experience of
teachers in which it is declared that
in point of salary the average school
teacher "is '"worse off than before
tho war.''. The report, the lirst of
lour "interpretive inquiries," will
enable these cities, it is said, to learn
for the first time the truth about
their own schools and to compare
them with the schools of other citnes
throughout the country.
This survey, which was undertak
en by the American Bureau after a
conference of superintendents of
schools with Chamber of Commerce
Secretaries at Cleveland, Ohio, last
February 24, has been in progress
more than six months. The ques
tions to wheih answers were sought
and obtained in the 359 cities were:
"How much training do your teach
ers have ?" and "How well do you
pay your school employes?"
One halt of the men elementary
teachers in all cities reporting, It
was shown, have had less than the
median of 8.10 years' of experience.
One fourth have had less than 3.71
years' experience. Of 68,291 teach
ers, 3,493 have had only one year's
and of this numher 758vare men and
women high school teachers and
2,735 are men and women elemen
tary grade teachers. More than
10,800 women and 300 men In the
cities surveyed, however, have been
teaching 20 years and over.
Emergency teachers lacking pro
per training for theor work are said
to compose "an alarmingly large pro
portion" of those now in the class
rooms. It is a commonly accept
ed standard among city Boards of
Education, the report points out,
that the teachers in the elementary
schools should be at least graduates
of standard normal schools, which
mean a two year professional course
above graduates from a four year
high school. "It Is very signdcant
to noTc in this connection," the re
prot says, "that more than one-third
of the teachers of American cities
have less training than this low stan
dard and that there are thousands
of teachers in the elementary schools
of our American cities who have
even less noportion tt
even less preparation than gradua
tion from a four year high school
course.
Declaring that "national pro
blems of illiteracy, Americanization,
racial controversies, equalization of
educational opportunity, health, In
dustrial organization, require that
the product of our schools be think
ing Americans, provided with the
knowledge and habits which will
make them contributing members of
a democratic society," the report
says that "adequate salaries are an
absolute essential for the realiza
tion of this ideal."
The returns disclose what are
described as "many surprising facts
concerning teachers' salaries." The
average increase the country over
since 1913-14 has been 60 per cent.
The increase In the cost of living,
meanwhile, it is shown, has been
more than one hundred per cent.
In view of the decreased purshas-
li g power oi me aoiiar inn nvcr.iK'
school teacher In the United States
s, therefore, worse off than she was
before the war," the report says.
The method of calculation used in
the report is based on a median, or
mid-point, in scale of salaries which
divides it exactly In half, one hall'
the cases falling below the median
and the other halt above It.
The following cities, 'respectively,
paid the highest and lowest median
salaries during the school year 1819-
1920, according to survey charts;
Holyoke, Mass., $1,847;
Owego, N. Y $590;
Chicago, $1994;
Coshocton and Belle Center, Ohio.
$663;
Idaho, $850; St. Paul, Minn., $l,50"i
Oakland, Cal $1,814;
Sandpolnt, Idaho, $850;
St. Paul, Minn., l,50D;
Independence, Mo., $555;
Greenville, Miss., $1,275; Jacl -son,
Tenn., $471.
Dr. George D. Strayer, Chalrma i
of the National Committee, in spoal -InJ
of the situation Said: "Whut
need throughout the nation Is be -
TO DOLLAR DAY ADVER- '
TIMERS
Advertisements for Monday's
paper, the Dollar Day edition of
The Advance, must be in The
Advance office prior to Monday
morning, October lSth.
This is a general rule in The
Advance shotf, but uncertainty
as to electric current during
the day makes its observance on
tli is occasion of extraordinary
importance.
Send your advertisement in
to The Advance this afternoon
or drop it in the mail Saturday
night. Otherwise do not blame
us if you miss the opportunity
of tying on to tho free publicity
that has been given this bargain
event.
.
To Demonstrate
. Majestic Range
J. Y. Aydlett Hardware Com
pany Celebrates Fair Week
In Striking Way
The J. II. Aydlett Hardware Store
will celebrate Fair Week in a strik
ing way.
Beginning Monday this firm will
demonstrate the Magestic Range,
displaying this standard cooking
stove in a most interesting way to
housekeepers.
This demonstration two years ago
was very successful and housekeep
ers were most pleased with the valu
able Information gained.
During next week there Is a spe
cial offer to those who wish to pur
chase a Majestic, which includes a
full set of splendid cooking utensils.
But everybody is Invited whether
they expect to buy a range or not.
The demonstrations will be of in
terest to all housekeepers.
Aerial Company
To Produce Rain
Port ArHiur, Ont., OcT. 16. An
aerial irrigation company is being
formed here to produce rain by
sending airplanes Into the air to
condense tho atmosphere Into mois
ture by spraying the clouds with
liquid air.
LIVELY FOOTBALL GAME
Tho Swift Arrows defeated the
Road Street Stars at football Thurs
day 30 to 0. The Swift Arrows
are El wood Barkley, Oscar Gas
kins Blackwell Barkley, William
Harris, Marshall llarkley, William
Ilarrell, Gilbert Doby, Horace Wise,
Davis Spence, William Mattrey,
Davis Strong. It was an all-star
game.
OlALITY SEED STORE
DECORATED FOR FAIR
The "Quality Sued" Store on
Water street Is all dressed up for
the Fair with an exceptionally attrac
tive display of potted plants.
Buxtjjn White, the "Quality Seed"
man, explains, however, , that .those
plants are on sale and not merely
to make his store beautiful. He
recently bought Mrs. D. M. Pugh's
entire stock of potted plants and is
ready to dispose of them as rapidly
as possible to flower lovers.
Included in Mrs. Pugh's collection
was a lemon tree bearing eight im
mense lemons. This is the same
tree that bore three largo lemons
last year and one the year before. It
is of the American Wonder variety
and Mrs. Pugh has tended it with
greatest care.
It fills one of the windows in the
"Quality Seed" Store and everybody
stops to look at It, of course.
1SOVS MACKINAW'S
Just received, sizes 10 to 18, all
wool, $16. HO values. Special,
$0.75. ' T. T. Turner and Company.
ter understanding of the school sit
uation based upon careful assem
bling of the facts. These inquiries
are intended to serve Just this pur
pose. The American people believe
In the public Bchool system. That
they have not always supported it
as generously ns they should is not
due to any lack of full h. but. rather.
i .. 9 9 I F.i ,., 1 1 Win If
superhil'iidents of schools make
available the facts with regard to
the nresent situation, and If chain
hers of commerce undertake the ob
ligation to carry these facts to the
public, we shall have nn Informed
nubile, Tho American people, when
they como to a full realization of the
nrcHont emergency, can certainly be
counted upon to provide the support
necessary tor the maintenance and
development ot our public school
system."
DOLLAR DAY IS
HERE ON TUESDAY
Today's Advertisements In
This Paper Show Who The
Live Dollar Day Merchants
Really Are
Dollar Day is Tuesday. It's
almost here, and today'a ad
vertising columns in this news
paper show who some of the
live Dollar Day Merchants are.
A larger list is expected Mon
day. Today's advertisements make in
teresting reading and they are
quite worth while, whether you are'
Interested in stocking your pantry,
buying fall and winter clothes for
yourself and the family, beautifying
the home, or whatever it Is you are
after. ,
Dollar Day merchants will ad
vertise on Monday, too. They will
display their Dollar Day Bargains,
mako their stores especially attrac
tive for Dollar Day , and you can
Just bet they'll deliver the goods.
Shoppers who want to save will
do well not to overlook Dollar Day,
It Isn't a matter of Just buying
something for a dollar. It's a mat
ter of getting much more than a
dollar's worth for that dollar. It's
a real live business stunt, calculated
to make folks sit up and take no
tice just as they will at the big free
attractions to bo featured at he
Fair.
Dollar Day Is In way of celebrat
ing the Fair and extending the glad
hand to visitors. It promises to be
so enlivening that there won't be
any need of seeking liquid refresh
ments in the swamps of Camden and
Currituck. Getting more than a
dollar's worth for a dolldr Just na
turally makes everybody happy.
Then there'll be lots of other bar
gains at these progressive stores
that will be of interest and make a
fellow glad that Bestclty is his
home town.
SPANISH CONSUL
MAKES PROTEST
Against Raid on the Spanish
Steamer, Salvadora, by Fed
eral Prohibition Officers
Tuesday Night
Norfolk, Oct. 16. The Spanish
vice consul today forwarded to the
Spanish Embassy at Washington a
copy of his letter to tho custom col
lector protesting against the rai l on
the Spanish steamer, Salvadora, by
federal prohibition agents Tuesday
night.
The consul expects a protest from
the Spanish ambassador to the tSate
Department'.
Awaiting Vote
Of California
Washington, Oct. 10. Conversa
tions between the State Department
and tho Japanese Embassy regarding
tho proposed anti-Japanese land leg
islation In California have been dis-
contlnued until Californians can vote
on the subject.
Make Search For
Former Marines
Washington. Oct. 16. The board
of Inquiry appointed to investigate
charges of Illegal execution of
Haitians by American marines will
meet here next week before gotng
to Haiti to investigate. Secretary
aniels said today that search is be
ing made for the former marines
Implicated.
Billy In Japan
Coming This Month
Chicago. Oct. 16. -Secretary Colby
loday charged that Republicans
"with a methodical effort to play up
on the susceptibilities of every racial
group in America" and accused Re
publicans of Injecting Into purely
domestic Issues the factional strifes
of Europe.
MLLE. DEMSE WINS
Camp Devens, Oct. 16. Mile.
Denlse, army remount thoroughbred
mare, ridden by Major Stanley Koch,
won the 300 mile endurance test today.