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NO. 181
VOL. XII. FINAL EDITION
ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA, TUESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 1, 1922
To Tackle Coal Problem
After Railway Strike
President Is Optimistic About Settlement Be
tween Railroad Executives And Employes
This Week Believes American People Will
Compel Concessions
By DAVID LAWRENCE
(Copyright 1922 by The Advance)
Washington, July 31. The rail strike settlement first and
then the coal problem that's President Harding's course this
week. And he has a feeling that when the fairness of the rail
strike settlement is disclosed as the details are revealed, the
striking miners and operators will find themselves compelled
by a powerful public opinion to make concessions to each other's
viewpoint and bring peace.
Neither the railroad execu-j
lives nor the railway employes
will be able to say that the set
tlement is what they would:
have made it if left to them-1
selves in a prolonged fight.;
But the intervention of the j
President has been on the the-
Forty Pilgrims
Killed In Crash
Paris, Aug. 1 (By The
Associated Press) Forty
persons were killed, and
fifty others injured in a
collision between two
trains of pilgrims to the
Grotto of Lourdes, one of
the world's most famous
shrines, early today. The
collision occurred near
Ville Comtal.
Preparing
To Reply
AMERICAN PIGS
SENT TO BRAZIL
Pigs May Be Pigs, Butj
These Are Ambassa-j
dors To Get Two1
Countries Acquainted
i
I Chicago, August 1. Uiy The As-i
j sociated Press) Forty-two porcine;
.aristocrats, veritable super-pigs with
j the perkiest of little screw tails and
S double chins in endless undulations.1
will be shipped from New York Au-
igust 8, to the Centennial Exposition j
at Hlo de Janeiro, Hrazil. I
! This prize herd which is valued at j
j $45,000 was selected from among
i twenty-six of the most carefully bred
poland-('hina herds in Illinois.' At
Ithe exposition they will come in com
petition with prize swine from all over
Ithe world. Including the lirazilian
, . , descendants of the prize-winning
National Commission- Herkshires Imported by the Brazilian
ers Ooen 32nd An-lgovei'nm,,,lt years ag0' '
. . r" . a . C i Brazil I destined to rank second to
nuai meeting l Oail tne United States in swine-producing,
in the opinion of Guy H. Hall, direct
or of the National Institute of Pro-
SUGGEST UNIFORM
LAWS FOR STATE'S
Two Girls Died
From Eating Pie
New York, Aug. 1 (By
The Associated Press)
Two girl stenographers
died today and nearly a
hundred persons employed
in the garment house sec
tion of Broadway are ill of
poison believed to have
been taken in pie eaten in
a restaurant at Broadway
and Twenty-sixth street
yesterday. Investigation
of the restaurant is being
made.
Lgubo
Ml
n
10
Go
it
Operators And Miners
To Meet In Cleveland
Next Monday To Set
tle Coal Strike
Philadelphia. Aug.
Francisco Tuesday
Car StriliG
In Chicago
Chicago, Aug.
sociated Press)-
1 (By
The Associated Press) A joint
wage conference of operators
land miners of the central com
petitive bituminous fields will
be held in Cleveland next Mon
day for the purpose of negoti
ating an agreement designed to
terminate the coal strike. The
conference was called today by
i John L. Lewi8, head of the mine
workers. Lewis also announced
jthat the general policy com
mittee of the United Mine
Workers will meet in Cleve-
1 (By The As-iUnd at the samp time for t.ht
Twenty thou- purpose of acting promptly on
to have a fight to a finish:
And the same is true of the coal
controversy. Operators are adamant
5n their viewpoint; miners are stub
bornly refusing to concede an inch,
but they will both have to change j Assodated press)
lacuuB ueiure uie enu ui una ccb
when they are brought face to face
with the chief executive in the White
House and'are asked in the name of
the American people to accept a com
promise. Neither miners nor operators will
voluntarily make concessions. They
will not even give in by processes of
ExeCUtlVeS At W0rk!!.d8 . t nere tamor-1 lines," .aid Mr. Hall, "for the fact employes on the surface , developments as they occur in
San Francisco, Cal., Aug. 1 (By'gresslve Farming.
Tho Aasnrlated Press) The national! Ut is important to the world's food,
, ii a l.! fMninitfnn T) n ? 1 urn t I . .miiginnci nn nnl- aunnlv tliHt Brazil's agrarian exDan-i
v-Mnr T v a m n -1 ' ,1 n iiuim i u . n 11 in i. . i . . i iti 11 .j v iiiiififiii:r til w 1 1 1 .''" ' - -
will not permit the disputants
T.aW T.onrlprci' Arp'row to consider and act on proposed jthat purebred cattle, hogs and sheepiand elevated lines went on a;the ioint wage conference. All
01 m A 1.1 statutes for submission to the state produce more meat and more Profit .trfe at four o'clock this morn. ' the men will remain on strike
SlOW TO ASSemble legislature meeting during the next to the grower no longer requires ar- f e j Vk ' t k ! , ?
year Tne commissioners will con- gument. Itrazil is alive to the fact infif nd the greater part or the until an agreement or definite
working portion of the city s! understanding is reached
The stand
New York Aue 1 (Bv The tlnue their sessions throughout the;and her livestock exhibit will be one
tmnnir th siihiects which tenta-1 lan farmers are more progressive than ,
ing committee of the American tlve drafts 0f uniform state laws generally understood In this country.!
Aoanpiafinn of Rnilwav F.xppu- have been drawn are aviation. Joint They are large buyers of American
. . .... nnrontai pnard In rmh in of children farm implements and in
tives went into Session today to P" nr2S,t.P of Uee, in at! fields make much use of
prepare to reply to Harding's childreni declaratory Judgments, ex-! tractors."
nrnnnsl for settlement of the 1 tradition of persons charged with I "I'igs is piKs," added Mr. Hall, but
r - i -- I
rrv .., a- u crime buu com mere ihi acis
.acn one
their vast
American
population was forced to seek,
improvised transportation. No
statement was made as to when i
efforts would be made to re
sume traffic.
Indianapolis, Aug. 1 (By The As
sociated Press) Indiana operators
will not attend the conference called
at Cleveland by International Presi
dent Iwls, declared Morton Gould,
president of the Indiana Bituminous
Operators' Association.
I strike.
COTTON GROWERS
these Illinois Poland-Chinas are of!
nf thpp mihleru has a"1 nassanoriai signincance. rney i
persuasion in conference with the i SUDmiuea laier in me uay tu , been considered by a special commit-' Dn"K lne "'eaers oi me iwo coun-1 sAHp nn
peaceful elements in their ownthe hundred and fortv-eight ' tee of the conference, and model sta-, fles into anmalntance, and this Is Allt jIUlllIIU Ul
ranks ana Dotn laDor ana operators i MQ..0.0
11VIV
t
KKAR I.KiHTS STILL iKT
At'TO DUIVKKM IX TIMH'HLH
OUCvlli vlJ t J wtiiM .w...
meeting
i n i ' l. '
within to make a settlement. But lor raiincaiion or rejcuon
-when the President of the United
States takes the initiative again he
is expected this time to get compli
ance from both operators and miners.
There were many unfortunate phases
to the last effort at peace which em
anated from the White House. For
one thing the operators wanted more
time to fight; they believed that if
the Government would furnish troops
to protect strikebreakers the non
union production would soon reach a
point where it would scare the union
men into submission. As for the
union leaders they were confident
that later on they would get better
terms of settlement.
The war of exhaustion has gone on
two weeks since Mr. Harding pro
posed arbitration. iFlgures Just is
sued by the United States geological
survey show that non-union produc
tion since the operators were invited
to resume operations has not been
.sufficient to warrant the nation in
feeling comfortable about fuel supply ( (Crf QlX SOUthCM Ttt
next winter. The figures are by no
means satisfactory to the adminls-; ft"ftVft FfllliPHPflt
tration here no matter how indica-' Ii.IUYC CqUip..igHL
tlve they might be to the operators;
of a gradual increase in production., Washington. Aug. 1 (By The As-
The operators blame the rail strike , sociated Press) The
POSTMASTER HOOPER
HAS IMS TROUBLES
tntes Drenared. Commissioners fromllIle 810W- Bun- course oi irane expan
every state of the nation and fromslon-'
Alaska, Hawaii, Porto Rico and the
Chicago, Aug. 1 (By The Associ- Philippine Islands are to be repre
ated Press) Labor leaders schedul-! sented at the meetings when action
ed to attend the two meetings here 'on the proposals will be taken.
today' to consider Harding's proposal j During the 31 years ot the exist
for settlement of the rail strike were ence of the conference 311 uniform
slow in assembling, only two or three 'acts have been adopted in the varl
men being in the room 45 minutes ous states and Jurisdictions. Twenty
after the hour set for the meeting. six uniform acts have been drafted
Harding's Proposal and approved by the conference as
Washington, Aug. 1 (By The As- covering the subjects which the
commissioners believe should be
handled by the state legislatures and
in such a manner as to gIVe general
Ualelgh, Aug. 1. With its or
eanization for handling this year's
V.ntt.in prrm nf its niprnhprn rnm-
plete, the North Carolina Cotton
Growers' Co-operative Association is
conducting an intensive drive this
month to bring its total sign-up to
Sometimes Ho Brinies Ttttm Around six hundred thousand bales, which
To The Daily Advance For
Solution
sociated Press) The - President's
proposal for ending the rail strike
provides that "all employes now on
strike be returned to work to former
positions with seniority and other
rights unimpaired"; that both sides
agree to recognize the validity of all
"Postmaster, won't you tack this
notice up? Some one lost an auto
mobile tire 32x4 Arrow Brand In
Phnwan fnnntv 'nnp-half nvllo frnm
uniformity between the various com- chare Barker. gtorei tnree meg
monwealtbs.
The bIx day session to be taken np
largely with consideration and action
It in the
decisions of the Labor Board; that on committee reports and drafts of
will be 75 per cent of the estimated
yield In North Carolina.
U. B. Blalock, ot Wadeaboro, gen
eral manager of the association, was
kept busy most of the week looking
after his duties as president ot the
North Carolina Farmers' convention,
which was in session at West Ra
leigh. He la moving his family to
Owner call at I Raleigh and will devote his entire
time to looking after the affairs at
Failure to display the proper rear
light, Illuminating the license num
ber suspended at the rear of the car,
Continues to get drivers in trouble
In Elizabeth City police court.
James Simons and Marvin Wil
liams were taxed with the costs for
this offense Tuesday.
Johnny Overton, colored truck
driver, was taxed with the costs for
failure to display the license tag at
the front and rear of the truck he
was driving. Overton's truck was
travelling without any license num
ber whatever when he was stopped
by Police Officer Twiddy.
all suits growing out of Labor Board's
decisions be withdrawn; and dis
putes growing out of the walkout be
left with the Labor Board for settle-meut.
(bills. Increasing use of airplanes
! for commercial purposes has caused
particular interest to be paid to a
proposed uniform law for adoption
by states governing the flight and re
sponsibilities of aeronauts. This
jwill be submitted to the commission
ers, along with proposed laws govern
ing the obligations of the parents of
illegitimate children, and Joint guar
dianship of children, two social sub
jects of importance.
frotr. Edenton. I found
ditch on the ?5th
once."
The foregoing is Just a sample of the headquarters of the association,
the correspondence which Postmaster Arrangements for establishing
Hooper has thrust upon him from foreign connections to handle the
day to day. Of course, the place for four hundred thousand bales that
this was in The Daily Advance want have been signed up by the assocla
columns, so 'Postmaster Hooper tion, were made last week at a con
brought it around. ference of directors of several South-
But the story was too entertain- ern cotton growers
Ing and here it goes as news. If soclatlons, which was
PLAY KORFOLK TEAM
FRIDAY AFTEni:00'l
. 1 vwjvv jl me VU11 lt?l trill If. US; . , a.
TenneuRpp . . j .t . . Advance omce.
lennessee, stated In the const tut on. s tn nro-
ana say iacK oi cars is uiiiueniis yiu- j aimouh ueuijia luau hbrcu me mote uniformity of state laws on all
duction for coal isn't mined when Interstate Commerce Commission to- lgUbjectr, where uniformity Is deemed
cars are not available on which to i day for permission to issue two and desirable and advisable ." It seeks to
load. But Government Information a half million .first mortgage bonds. ! aIrord a means for states to hold their
contradicts that assertion; Enough ;The funds are to be used for better legislative nowers which havp tpnrfe.i
oal hasn't been mined and not roadbed, to strengthen bridges and in gome respects to be absorbed by
.ygh men -axa aL work.io.lnsure, to. reconstruct sections of the line. .. the natio. -congress-during, the past . ClnelnnaU,- Aug
an anequaie Hupy'- I mc unuiiv duuuicm iuu wanu-:fpW years. elated
In the race oi tnose
j The Norfolk Southern road was au
facts, the thorlzed to sell $375,000 in equip-
Government will try again to mediate ment notes.
in the dispute. Further conferences; . .
"between the heads of operators and xoitTH CAROLINA PEACHES
unions are Inevitable the end of this AHEAD Of CALIFORNIA'S
week. There is a feeling of the ut-j
most confidence that this time new
The AU-Star Elizabeth City base
ball team will play the Poplar Branch
team here this afternoon at five
o'clock. Poplar Branch, it is said,
wilt be a bit stronger on this visit by
co-operative as-'the addition of two of their best play-
attended by ers, who were unable to come the last
some mlsKuided Elizabeth Cky per- President W. H. Austin, Directors B. : time. Poyner is slated to pitch for
son lost such a tire while straylng'w- Kilgore and L. D. Robinson and j the visitors, while Evans and Jones
about Edenton, he may obtain the General Manager Blalock, of the, are expected to do the battery work
i name and address of the finder at The North Carolina Association. Chesleyjfor the home team.
;B. Howard, a prominent Atlanta cot-1 On Friday afternoon at 4:30 the
ton merchant, has been employed by i All-Stars will play the Riverside
the North Carolina, Georgia and Ala-! Athletic Association of Norfolk on
bam a associations as sales manager I the Main street diamond. The Nor
to handle their cotton. jfolk team Is said to be a strong one,
Arrangements for. financing " the j and a good game is assured fans.
I handling of the cotton of the co-oper-
iatlve associations has proven to be! " "
the easiest task ot all. The War Fl4
FIFTEEN KILLED IN
HEAD-ON COLLISION
COTTON JUMPS If?
New Orleans, Aug. 1 (By The As-
SDlrit of American institutions and day. Most of the
"North Carolina peaches are better
jtn rrfn-k lap nan np Iminphpn ann rnflf a i ,1. .1 n "
-,,,,,.. .....j.- ......... iiavinfii man inose grown in Lan-
,t wttl a nnnpntori Tf urmilH hflvp , , 1- t . r
Jt ..... w .v-.v-. v. iiiinia, nays j, a. narris oi winter ment t,, tmlnt u,iru i,,
lHti. mHiHni,iAn e.n menl 10 a i)01,u where centi alizat ion
fundamentals to have brought a set-
Of the liowers nf thp irpneral envprn
says j . a
Florida, who just back from breaka .,,,. hprnil9 (lf h.irp.lllrrn.
i.aiirornia is vtstttne his rormer tiome iii u... .... .1 u
.1Mt the Hmp hp .,! Aim.', . .. . . . ... , . i liicillLlt m, j , Mill lalllcl tlllUUKU
uru.c.ii. ... ...iv v....v -.-.nPre H 1 ore returning to nis adopted
. v- rr 1 . njlann 1 1UI
puiaius were iiere. umi jiiuuiin;a-
tion did not come as the pressure of
public opinion through the President
4 By The Aaso-
rressj rnieen are reported r,,rnoraHnn h .ifreeH tn lm.
omcei's ot the conference say that Killed and a score injured in a head- the Norttl Carolina association to the
it tends to provide a way that "the collision between a negro excur-num f ten mnion dollars, but 1t i
rniiT-m-j iuui" - - . .... ,g not exiected that It win be neces- sociated Press) Cotton Jumped
be accomplished In legislation as in the Cincinnati. Lebanon & Northern ; 8ary t0 se muf h of ,,, promised I eight dollars and a half a bale imme
business without doing violence to the n.ad at Lester Station, a suburb. to-;loan as ,iracUcal,y aM the North ; diately after the reading of the Gov-
idiaiuies v.( re;Carolina ,an),s have promised to ernment condition reDort tnrlav
make advances on the same basis as! -
the War Finance Corporation.
CONTINUES VERY ILL
Mrs. J. E. Hourke, 504 Second
-was not sumcieniiy acute.
Industrial peace may be said to be
in sight now. The situation In
coal industry is such that a settle
ment cannot be rejected by either
nlde. President Harding has made
the railroad executives see the Im
portance of the public welfare over
Abstract Issues In unionism and the
same may be predicted for the coal
operators and miners spokesmen.
m Rtate action I nlfni'in atute
8ta.!mu ,,. ..... 'laws should be secured not alone to
The California fruit is large and ;BupplpniPIlt ann t0 renf(,rCe ,)Ut also
beautiful to look at," says Mr. Harris. to foreataI1 federa, leglslatl()n...
by far more delicious. I could not
the 1 fall tn nntp thp rilffprpnpp when 4iiKt
I back from California, I tasted again
the peaches of my native State. The
future of the peach Industry In the
North Carolina sandhills looks pecu
liarly promising, as I see It."
FORECAST COTTON CROP
Washington, Aug. 1 (By The As
sociated Press) This year's cotton
V crop is placed at 11,449,000 bales in
i '. the second forecast of the season an
9 nounced today by the Department of
Agriculture, "basing the estimate on
the condition ot the crop July 25,
which was 70.8 per cent normal.
BAYSIDE-RIVERSIDE TO
PLAY BALL WEP NESDAY
Besides acting on proposed uniform
state laws submitted by the confer
ence committees, suggestions for ad
ditional laws will be received and
considered by the meeting. Its re
commendations for legislation are be
ing received with Increased favor bv
state legislatures
say.
When the cotton grower markets
his cotton thronirh this association
unl. street, who has been confined to bed)hp will ,P gvpn an ;i,vancP on nR
s still in a:(,otton w)llcn w1 ai,out go per
cent of the market value, of his cot-
,, , 'ton at the time he delivers It to the
Highway ( ommisKion Adjourn (association. He secures this ad-
fill IT 1 HKSIIIIt .lOlll 11 1 V IHIW : - V l,,,.n.. 1,1. ..... ,.U.,..
TWO-WAV
HHII CANAL
COILI) ujh:
IH'ILT
for the past seven weeks,
critical condition.
Chicago, Aug. 1 (By The Associ
ated Press) A two-way Bhip canal
between Lakes Superior and Michi
gan, deep enough for ocean steamers,
could be built at a reasonable cost
LITTLE CHILD DEAD
jiih i-asuiiuianK iiiKnuy uiiiuuis- (lraft OI, thp assocla'ion
slon met in regular session Tuesday artva ,.,, wn, be ma,p 8
morning and adjourned after passing ijh marketed,
the monthly bills. With F. F. Co- ...
hoon out of the city and with A. E.
the commissioners Jonfi "ot present, O. i . Gilbert, a
member of the commission who has
resigned as a result of the course of
the majority with reference to the
Mt. Hermon road, had to be called In
In order to effect a quorum. Mr. Oll-
recelpt or bill of lading to a sight and woul(1 (ilvert to thl rout ! to
The later
the cotton
Miles Howard Jones, four-months- ,,Prt u w heldi )g , member of the
'u son or ir. ana Mrs. iiowara
The Bayslde team will play the
nivoralrla taam nn tha Main atrodt
diamond at five o'clock Wednesday : Jones, died Tuesday morning at nine ,nte(1 and Ilflp for the offlcp
afternoon'. These two aggregations 1 o'clock at the home on Southern
crossed bats last Friday but were 'avenue. "
compelled by the storm to stop In the j Tne funeral win be conducted at Curtis Albertson. who recently en-
thlrt Innlnff a t bVIoV lima h A SLPC.T t I Prx . r t..i I. X'. .1 x 1 w . 1 1 t .1 1. 4 k IT a 4mv mw A .hA In
win u in in 11 , pi wiiHii vuwn 1 fin 1 ri 111 41 c w itiiia Or ivev iihihu in inc u. n. uu w imj m ,
tood 2 to 1 In favor of Bayslde. R. p tnn the nrocenHlon ipavlnrnow tatlonpd at Norfolk, la viiltlnz' W. L. Hill with Mrs. Hill and
Both teams have bepn practicing and .the home at two o'clock Wednesday ! his parpnta, Mr. and Mrs. Frank At--children left Monday for Kas Head (day enroute to Kags Head, where they
I I ' I . .. . I 111 A m I I .
Chicago at least seventy-five per cent
of the tonnage which now goes
through Sault Ste. Marie, according
to D. Chase Denlson, a Chicago en
gineer. After surveying the territory
through which it was proposed to
build such a canal. Mr. Denlson said
that the best place for the cut-off
route would be from a point near Au
1 ( By The Associ- Train, Mich., on Lake Superior to the
mob of three hun-, headwaters of the bay north of Es
negro Identified as canaba, Mich., on Lake Michigan.
with killing:
Lynch Ncro Charged
With Killing Dpputy
Maoon, Aug.
ated Press) A
dred lynched a
John Glover, charged
Deputy Sheriff Ilyrd. of Hlbb County
near Holton, this afternoon.
3. W. Scott and family. Calvin
Halstead and Mrs. Halstead, Rev. E.
L. Cole and Mrs. Coles all of Weeks
vllle, passed through ths city Tues-
promlse a fast game.
afternoon.
bertson, on Second street.
to spend the week.
I will spend the remainder ot the week.
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