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VOL. XII. FINAL EDITION
ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 2, 1922
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President Seeks Way To
Stabilize Sugar Prices
Trying To Work Out A Plan To Protect Con
sumer Against Return Of Such Sugar Panic
As That Which Followed In Wake Of World
War Says David Lawrence
By DAVID LAWRENCE
(Copyright 1S22 by The Advance)
Washington, Feb. 1. President Harding is trying to work
out a compromise between the various sugar producing inter
ests of the United States and Cuba whereby the price of sugar
to the consumer shall never again go to the heights that were
reached during the war.
The President is constantly
discussing the problem with
Secretary Hoover, Senator
Smoot and agricultural senators
on the one hand and the rep
resentatives of Cuban pro
ducers on the other.
The big question underlying the
whole thing is whether the slight in
crease in the cost of sugar to the con
sumer which the producers say is
Inevitable if their industry is to be
preserved will cause such dissatis
faction as to be politically dangerous
this year.
Back of the sugar problem is the
vivid recollection of inordinate prices
after the war when the government
let go and "ceased regulation. The
administration knows that few things
come closer home than the price of
cugar and it is therefore anxious to
-work out a compromise that will sat
isfy the sugar producers and the
farmers and will not rouse the ire of
the public as a whole.
All the various Interests concern
ed both producers and refiners
are of the opinion that whatever so
lution is worked out the price of
sugar must go up slightly possibly
four-tenths of a cent a pound as it
now is being sold at less than their
cost of production. During the war
when the government controlled the
beet sugar industry through Its abil
ity to fix the price, the American
people bought sugar at a lower rate
than did the peoples of other coun
tries. It was only after the war
-when the Cuban producers thought
there was a world wide shortage and
when the government at Washington
declined to purchase the Cuban crop
"but did control the American domes
tic output that prices went up. It is
realised that as long as Cuba fur
nishes fifty per cent of the sugar
consumed by the American public,
some balance must be preserved be
tween Cuban and American produc
tion. American beet sugar producers
claim that the Cubans extended
themselves and really Imagined that
the high prices of sugar would con
tinue indefinitely. While they were
holding for higher prices, something j ports today,
like 800.000 tons came into the;. ,
United Sta es from .forty-feu nA tne Amer,can people without
f crtrle8 and eV6n Th, m Change in the existing tariff of $1.60
full duty a pound was paid the m j
ported sugar found a ready market. , P p
This, however caused the cmula.j )8 claimed, would be
tlon in Cuba of a surplus of about, ..... ,,, . ,
1 200 000 tons. If. this 8urplu8 restored and there wll be no need
carried into the present grinding ln"ase f he " l ''
season in Cuba which is the monkey !Jer1hud"f ff' If the ,Cub"n'
wrench in the whole situation, if decline to limit their own production
somebody tomorrow could wipe out; ntet upon carrying over each
tTt surplus and leave the Cuban i" the present surplus the Amerl
producer without any loss everybody i n producers say they will not be
would be happy and the question of to compete with Cuba unless a
. ... J .'.. m fh ft,,r0 duty of $2.00 Is Imposed against
a amy iu u ....,.
wouldn't be complicated
But so long as the surplus re
mains, the American producers claim
they are menaced and that unless
some other solution is found a higher
duty than that now existing is ne-
cessary to enable the American pro-
ducer to grow fifty per cent of the
amount normally consumed. Of this
fifty per cent, twenty-five comes
..from the beet and twenty-five from
tlw.cane in Louisiana aim
Port Kico ana tne rmuppiuw.
Secretary Hoover who had a good
deal to do with the sugar situation Cuba faij t0 respond, the President is
during the war and who insists that determined to take the side of the
If the Cuban crop had been purchas-;Amercan BUgar producers. The in
ed after the war there would never fluence 0( the agricultural bloc would
have been high prices Is Insisting be exerted In that direction any way
upon a plan whereby the Cuban crop ag tne beet gUgar business Is essential
wo.uld be limited for oncyear so as a ricultural and the farmers are
to absorb the existing surplus, and guaranteed a fixed price for beets
restore the balance between America an(j even beneflt by ascending prices
and Cuba. after they have delivered their crop.
The situation touches the heart of The Western stats dominate the
Cuba and General Crowder who has present Congress so It Is a foregone
Just returned from there has re-jconcluston that Cuba must restrict
ported that there is a direct helatlon-her crop or have a permanent tariff
ship between Btable political condl- Imposed against her higher than ever
tlons and the settlement of the eco-'before. As for the American public,
nomic factors Involved in the sugar the administration seems to recog
tariff. The entire administration Is'nlze as Inevitable a slight Increase In
agreed that if Cuba will pass a law the cost of sugar but the producers
restricting her production to 2,-here insist that it will be as much
600,000 tons during the year 1922, to their Interest as anybody else's to
this together with the surplus of see to It that sugar doesn't ever get
1,200,000 can be absorbed by Europebeyond six cents a pound.
FILM DIRECTOR IS
SHOT III THE NECK
Los Angeles, Feb. 2 (By The As
sociated Press) William D. Laylor,
director of a large film company, was
found dead today. He was shot in
the neck and is believed to have been
murdered.
FRANCE REPRESENTED
AT GENOA CONFERENCE
Paris, Feb. 2 (By The Associated
Press) France will be officially
represented at the international eco
nomic and financial conference in
Genoa.
Five Miners Killed
In Mine Explosion
Gates, Pa., Feb. 2 (By The Asso
ciated Press) Five miners were
killed and twenty-two Injured today
as the result of an explosion in the
Gates mine of the H. C. Frick Coke
Company.
Nine miners' bodies have been
brought out. Twenty are still en
tombed.
MAY TRANSFORM SITE
INTO MEMORIAL PARK
Washington, Feb. 2 (By The Asso
ciated Press) The House Commit
tee is considering a proposal to trans
form the Knickerbocker Theater
site into a park as a memorial to the
dead.
Bonomi Government
Decides To Resign
Rome, Feb. 2 (By The Associated
Press) The Italian government of
Premier Bonomi has decided to re
sign, according to semi-official re-
ru
Cuban sugar.
It seems certain that If Cuba
doesn't restrict her production for
the year 1922 only for there would
be no deslr.1 to restrict it afterwards
the duty of $2.00 per hundred will
poss both houses of Congress. Presi-
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. ,gher d,jty and beCV(,8 ,t an bft
done ,f th(j Cubanfl wjn do thejr part
Jn ther(j ,g & gQod chance of Ui(?
prwnt duty belng reduced to-$1 50
per hundred pounds and this duty
retained permanently if Cuba will
meet ,tne 1922 emergency. Should
A PROCLAMATION
Whereas, distress and destitution, beyond measure and be
yond description, prevail among the Jews who survived the
World War In the countries of Eastern Europe; and
Whereas, the numbers who suffer and the numbers who
must die for the lack of food, unless America hears and heeds
the call for aid, challenge belief and appall the imagination; and
Whereas, an appeal is made to the citizens of Elizabeth
City to give of their substance that the Jews in the war-devastated
regions may have a chance to live; now, therefore,
As Mayor of the City of Elizabeth City, I call upon all citi
iens to give expression to their Bense of human kindness by re
sponding to the cry of distress from the starving millions of
Jews the rich, by giving of their abundance as a favoring
Providence has blessed them; the poor, by giving their mites
that all may know the Joy of contributing to the welfare of the
many whom war's horrors have left desolate. In the week be
ginning Monday, February 6, and ending Sunday, February 12,
let all good people give liberally and spontaneously, that they
may realize from experience that it Is more blessed to give than
to receive.
February 1, 1922.
World's Largest
si
'-X.V-,
The ambition of C. H. Stall, Cin
cinnati, is to have the largest ball
of twine In the world. He now has
one that's two and a half feetin
diameter and weighing 88 pounds.
He is adding to it every day.
Denies Reports About
Soldier Being Shot
Washington, Feb. 2 (By The Asso
ciated Press) Ivy Henderson, of
Chester, South Carolina, told the
Senate committee today that he had
not said as reported that Colonel
Langdon reported Colonel Laulma
lone at Camp Benning, Georgia, for
shooting a soldier.
WILL ELECT NEW POPE
WITHIN NEXT TWO DAYS
Rome, Feb. 2 (By The Associated
Press) The Sacred College -conclave-today
began its sittings to elect the
new Pppe. Fifty-two cardinals are
cut off from the outside world until
the task Is finished. The Pope is ex
pected to be elected within two days
from the moderate section of the
Sacred College.
WEEKS & SAWYER SURELY
KNOW HOW TO FETCH 'EM.
An advertisement bound to at- j
tract attention arid buyers Is that of
Weeks & Sawyer in this Issue. This .
wide-awake firm Is offering a pair of
specials for Saturday and Monday,
two days only, that will appeal to;
every well-dressed man In the city, j
To mention 'em here would be ad
vertising, and Weeks & Sawyer are;
not 'paying for this space, but If;
you'll find this firm's advertisement ;
It's a ten to one bet that you'll be'
Interested. I
IX HANDS OK JURY
San Francisco, Feb. 2 (By The As
sociated Press) The case of Roscoe
Arbuckle, accused of causing the
death of Miss Virginia Rappe, Is in
the hands of the Jury today.
II. B. Cartwrleht. of Jacksonville.
' Fla., Is visiting his sister, Mrs. R. II.
Commander, on West Main street.
W. BEN GOODWIN', Mayor.
reB- ,a$ Jf6M
j On Boundry Question
Dublin, Feb. 2 (By The Associated
Press) A serious situation has
arisen over the boundary question
between Ulster and South Ireland, it
is officially stated.
Policemen Are Placed
On Portsmouth Cars
Portsmouth, Va., Feb. 2 (By TheJ
Associated Press) After attacks on j
street cars last night, policemen
were placed aboard all cars operated ;
in the city by men imported to oper-;
ate the cars tied up fourteen days by!
the strike of platform employes. !
Would Make Map Of
Elizabeth City Soon
Civil Engineer Of Newport News
Talks With Loral BiiHlncs Men
On His Plan
S. M. Cochran, civil engineer of
Newport News, was in the city Wed
nesday and Thursday to talk over
with business and professional men a
plan to make an accurate map of
Elizabeth City, giving street widths,
the dimensions of lots and business
properties, the location of public
buildings, offices and stores, eleva
tions in all parts of the city, and all
information necessary for staking out
lots, for routing water and sewer
mains, and for general construction
purposes. Every part of the city
wuu.u 00 nnowii ou rar. tocnrans
proposed map, which would be on a;ated press)-Arrangements for Prin
aealeof 200 feet to the Inch, and , cegg Mary8 weddlng to viscount
care would be takeji to assure the ac LaflCelles -at Westminster Abbey the
curacy of every figure given. There , ,agt week , February are beginning
is no such map of Elizabeth City In j t0 uke form
existence at present, tnougn every
city of consequence on the Atlantic
Seaboard has one, according to Mr.
Cochran, and Its value is readily ap
parent, j
To make a thoroughly accurate
map of the type described will cost,
.'" Cch"ns oplnion' around.
$750 and will require about three
months work. His Idea to finance
t..c ,,, , lu ae "e cny, ine;ere(, gufflcent for guch occasions.
County local business men and oth-,Tne Kin(f and Queen a8 a rule nvlte
ers obligate themselves to take the
maps In quantities sufficient to bring
the cost of each may down to a rea
sonable figure. After the completion
of the original map, copies would
cost very little, he says, and could of
course be made in any quantities de
sired. Mr. Cochran returned to Newport
News Thursday, expecting to come
back to Elizabeth City in the near
future perhaps in time to bring the;the proc(8gion
plan before the City Council at Its
regular meeting next Monday night.
A , "eu wiu. ,e , h,g abgenc by tne Archbishop
Old Dominion Land Company, of Vlr- !f yor
ginla, but expects to terminate his a wedding reception will proba
connection with the company by the be neld , the ballroom at
first o March when he would be In i nu(;knKham palac6i at wnlch the
a position to start work on his pro-i f , ,d , gervce
posed map of Elizabeth City. Local .. . .
business men with whom he has!
talked have expressed themselves as!
heartily in favor of the making of
the map.
CITY OFFICERS ARE MOVING
The officials of the city govern
ment are now moving from the city
hall, recently turned over to the fire
company, to the suite of three offices
over the First & Citizens National
Bank that will become admlnlstra-;
tion headquarters in the next few
days. Police headquarters were
moved Wednesday, along with the
city manager's office, and the city
auditor and tax collector expect to
complete the ordeal of moving by j
Monday morning. The telephone
numbers of the various offices will be
the same as heretofore.
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ProaMpnt Hardlnar is setting an
texample In economy by having his
shoes , re-soled. He sends them to
K3.'A. Spady, Emporia, Kan., who
has such an enviable reputation as
a cobbler that his fame has spread
all the way to Washington.. ,
Declares Railroads
Could Reduce Costs
Washington, Feb. 2 (By The Asso
ciated Press) The cost of opera
tion of the nation's railroads could
be enormously reduced and efficiency
greatly Increased by a well directed
and unified system of operation un
der private control, William G. Mc
Adoo, war-time railroad director gen
eral, told the Interstate Commerce
Committee today.
ESTABLISHES WORLD RECORD
New York, Feb. 2 (By The Associ
ated Press) Jole Ray today estab
lished the world's record for a mile
and a half In the special Rodman
Wanamaker mile and a half run, his
time being six minutes, forty-two and
two-fifths seconds.
PREPARE FOR WEDDING
OF THE PRINCESS MARY
t-nnHnn Veh 8 IHv The Assocl-
The Lord Chamberlain, the Duke
of Atholl, has been commissioned by
the King to draw up a sketch of the
proposed ceremonial and the State
Chamberlain, Sir Douglas Dawson,
will prepare the program.
The sending out of 2,000 Invlta
tlons Is the task of the Ceremonial
Department at St. James' Palace. A
fortnight.g notlce g ugualiy C0D8id.
personally their own relatives from
abroad.
Not all the guests at Westminster
Abbey will be able to see the cere
mony. The choir and the transepts
will be set apart for the rolay family,
the diplomatic corps, personal
friends of the Viscount and Princess
and the members of the royal house
holds and suites. The other will
have to be content with a view of
The wedding
will be solemnized
by th(? Archbil(hoD of canterbury
The confectionary for all the
state functions Is made by the con
fectioners at the Palace and It Is
presumed they will make the wed
ding cake.
POPULATION OF SOVIET
RUSSIA HAS DECREASED
Washington, February 2 The
population of Soviet Russia has de
crenned by eighteen million since the
war according to a Commerce De
partment statement today.
L. G. Perry returned to Washing
ton, I). C, Thursday after spending
his vacation In Currituck on a hunt
ing trip. Mr. Perry Is with the gov
ernment Department of Foreign Affairs.
ARMS DELEGATES
SIGNTREATIES
And Italian Delegates Say
Their Government Has Not
Notified Them To Withdraw
From Conference
Washington, Feb. 2 (By The Asso
ciated Press) The four American
delegates to the arms conference set
a new example of democracy today
when they described themselves as
citizens of the United States In af
fixing their signatures to the treaties.
The Italian delegates said today
that they had not been advised of
their government's reported deci
sion to resign. This report was
probably due to some opposition here
to half masting flags when the Pope
died.
Shaughnessy Dies
Of Injuries Today
Washington, Feb. 2 (By The Asso
ciated Press) Second Assistant
Postmaster General Shaughnessy
died today of injuries received in the
Knickerbocker Theater disaster.
This brings the total number of
deaths officially recorded by the po
lice to ninety-eight. '
DEPARTMENT JUSTICE WILL
PKEPAKK FOK COAL HTKIKE
Washington, Feb. 2 (By The Asso
ciated Press) The Department of
Justice is working over plans to
cope with the situation In the event
j of a coal miners' strike.
I Indianapolis, Feb. 2 (By The As
i sociated Press) The scale commit
! tee of the United Mine Workers will
j meet here next Wednesday to formu
1 late the demands of the miners to
j replace wage agreements expiring
! April first.
BRUNSWICK BANK
PRESIDENT IS GUILTY
Brunswick, Ga., Feb. 2 (By The
Associated Press) L. Carter, presi
dent of the Jesup Banking Company,
charged with fraudulent Insolvency,
was today found guilty and sentenc
ed to not less than six nor more than
eight years In the penitentiary.
NEGRO IS LYNCHED.
Jackson, Miss., Feb. 2 (By The
Associated Press) Will Thrasher,
negro, alleged to have attempted to
attack a white school teacher, was
lynched here today.
SWEDISH PHYSICIANS ARE
NOT COMPELLED TESTIFY
Stockholm, Jan. 11 Physicians In
SwedenA like those of America, can
not be compelled hereafter to give
evidence in court against their
will In medical cases with which
they have been professionally con
nected, under a decision Just given
by the Lower Court of Appeals of
Stockholm. This court has Just re
versed a decision given by a magis
trate court which would have com
pelled a physician to testify. In
fact this has been the practice in
Sweden.
The case which envoked this rul
ing placing the Swedish physician on
a par with the American doctor at
tracted wide attention in Scandinavia
and on the continent, while It was
being fought in the two courts and
was closely watched by lawyers as
well as physicians.
Although the case may yet be ap
pealed to the Supreme. Court, no
notice of such action has been given.
Should Pay Bonus
With Special Taxes
Washington, Feb. 2 (By The Asso
ciated Press) The soldiers' bonus
should he paid out of special taxes
such as Increased first and second
class postage and tobacco levies,
Secretary Mellon declared before the
House Ways and Means Committee
today.
Slioo Are Moving
Shoes are moving at Owens Shoe
Company, really and truly. That's
why this store's window display with
Its merry-go-round of stylish shoes
is so appropriate. "It's the prices
that move them." says Cliff Sawyer.
"We have featured such valuable and
seasonable bargains. And we still
are offering very attractive money
saving values. It will pay everybody
to buy."
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