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" VEATIIIIl ' Local hower tonight or Saturday. Moderate easterly winds. i CIRCULATION Thursday 1,792 Copies VOL. XII. FINAL EDITION ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY EVENING, AUGUST 18, 1922 FOUR PAGES NO. 19G ? . . . . .. President Strives In Vain PAD TO GATES To Do One Thing At Timet OPEN NEXT YEAR i Contract To Be Let In ! Appointments To Federal Reserve Board, Sol-' September And Pro-! dier Bonus, Tariff, And Rail And Coal Strikes Compete With Each Other For Presidential Consideration Dy DAVID LAWRENCE (Copyright 1922 by The Advance) Washington, Aug. 17. President Harding is in a mael strom of problems each crowding upon his attention soMensely. that he is striving in vain to do Appointments to the all im portant Federal Reserve Board, the ever threatening question of the soldier bonus bill, the last minute changes in the tariff bill which will make the Fordney-McCumber act even harder for the Executive sig nature, the regulation of coal prices and a half dozen other problems which will come as an aftermath to the settlement of the rail and coal strikes are competing with each other for Presidential consideration. Mr. Harding wants his appoint ments to the Federal Reserve Board -to please the farmers. He wants at the head of the board also a man closely. in sympathy with his own ideas of what should be done by the Government in the banking world. Those ideas are largely the Inspira tion of his life-long friend and bank ing adviser, D. R. Crisslnger of Mar jon, Ohio, who at present is comp troller of the currency. It President Harding had intend ed to reappoint W. P. G. Harding the chief executive would not have allowed the term of the Federal Re serve Board's Governor to expire The general Impression Is that the President intends to have Gov ernor Harding stay, on until a suc cessor is appointed. Besides Mr. CrisBinger ithere Is "Eugene Mayer, Jr.who as head of the -war finance corporation hag perform ed a service which President Harding considers to have been remarkably useful to the nation as a whole and the farmers and cattle growers and livestock men in partlculer. Many Western and Southwestern business men favor the appointment of Mr. Mayer to the Federal Reserve I Board on the ground that If the per sonnel of the board had been alive to its opponents it would have made ;the revival of the war finances cor poration after the war unnecessary. Should Mr. Mayer be moved up to the Federal Reserve Board or be made comptroller of the currency which officer is by law member of the same board by reason of the of fice he holds there Is a chance that Senator McCumber of North Dakota, chairman of the Senate finance com l,f nA mlvht ha fftvAn tha nlflCA. .Mr. McCumber was defeated for renomination in the Republican pri maries in North Dakota recently and Ills term expires next March; The President Is said to be anxious to take care of Mr. McCumber and the 'job of managing director of the war finance corporation pays 110,000 a year which Is more than a Sena tor gets. Vacancies like this do not occur i every day and It Mr. McCumber were to become managing director of the war finance corporation in order to make the shift complete, he would have to resign from the Senate at once This In turn would make! Senator Smootof Utah chairman j of the finance committee of the Sen - ate a few months sooner than other-1 wise would have been the case and ' would give Mr. Harding the benefit of Mr. Smoofs extraordinary fam- illarity with Republican fiscal and tariff policies in the short session of Congress In December If not in ! the all important closing days of the present special session which may last until mid-September. Politically speaking there would be no particular significance In the appointment of Comptroller Crls- singer to take the place of Governor, Harding, a Democrat from Alabama Mr. Crisslnger Is also a Democrat but the appointment Is more of a personal one than political as the Intimacy of the two men dates back to Marlon, 'Ohio, the President's home. It Is being recalled today that President Wilson's first choice for have been handled in better fashion governor of the Federal Reserve Is a subject on which many speeches Board was also a personal friend, have been made In Congress. The Thomas D. Jones, of Chicago, whose , President dislikes controversy and nomination was sent to the Senate ! Mkes a new deal. The selection of but defeated because of the latter'sr. Crisslnger would be In line with connection with the International the latter ppllcy. Regulation Coal Prices, one thing at aaime Again On UaySpDtb Lieut. Hinton Left Man teo Friday Morning, Hoping To Make Miami Or Nassau By Night Manteo, Aug. 18 (Special) Lieutenant Hinton left here at 9:59 this morning in the flying boat, Sampaio Correia, for r , Charleston, expecting to make Miami or Nassau tonight. Last night was given over chiefly i . i . , . ... ,, , to sleeping and resting tired nerves which had been somewhat upset by the powerful motors of the machine, j The town of Manteo turned out to j do the crew honor, and it was with Jim i. .i. . . u ,n, difficulty that they could retire. 1 When the aerial pioneers prepared j this morning to hop off on the next leg of their venture of connecting the Northern Hemisphere with the Southern one was Impressed with their matter-ot-factness and felt as sured of their success. Earlier in the morning they had hoped to make Nassau on this jump but reports from the Cape Honry weather bureau caused them to mo dify their plans for a stop at Charles ton and to delay their start. A storm of some intensity had de veloped over the South Atlantic and the flyers were advised to await another district will have to be or further developments here. j ganized, it Is said by those familiar The urge to flight, however, would with the topography of the Tadmore not be denied nor, at length, longer section, before the whole section deferred; and at one minute to ten can be relieved of losses due to o'clock the giant motors of the big I flooded lands in wet weather, seaplane hummed their farewell to j the birthplace of Virginia Dare a8GEOROIA ASSEMBLY ENDS crowds prepared to assemble at old AFTER STORMY SESSION Fort Raleigh to celebrate her birth day and as the sun gleamed on the Atlanta, Aug. 18 (By The Assocl white sands of Kill Devil Hill, ated Press) The 1922 session of across Roanoke Sound, where the . I Wright brothers made the first suc cessful flights with a heavier-than- ma,nC Watchlng the Sampaio Correia as she faded from sight in the distance, where savages less than four cen turies and a half ago watched the approach of the ship of Amadas and Barlowe, Roanoke Islanders confi dently awaited news of the safe ar rival of Lieutenant Hinton and his i crew at Charleston. Harvester Company, Mr Crisslnger was regarded as a "11 town banker" when he first came to Washington but he has Kwn in the esteem of official Washington as he has handled the Jon of comptroller of the currency. Mr - Crisslnger is one of those who believes International exchange can stabilized by the right kind of international co-operation, Incidentally It Is not apparent that Governor Harding Is looked "Pn wlth disfavor by the President, Ther 'nr to believe that the President in the ordinary course ; of events would have nominated' Governor Harding. Although they I have the same surname, they are not : kinsmen. The President probably) has been Influenced to choose new I men for the Federal Reserve Board becaulle o( tne eontroversleg-wlth the, farming Interests which have de- L- Stack preaching, veloped under Governor Harding's' The revival at Newbegun will be rule. gin next Tuesday morning at the 11 It was inevitable that the Board's o'clock service. Rev. E L. Stack nersonnel would suffer because of w" do the preaching. Two services the painful but necessary processes WH be held a day. The public ! I of deflation undertaken two years ago. Whether the deflation could ject Completed By December, 1923 C. W. Mengell, with the bridge de j partment of the North Carolina State j Highway Commission, has been here jthis week taking measurements for bridges and culverts for the proposed highway from the end of the brick road in Newland to Acorn Hill in Gates county. Mr. Mengell stated to an Advance reporter that it was the purpose of the State Highway Commission to let the contract for the construction of this road in the September let ting. "This project has been sur veyed by our engineers," said Mr. Mengell, "and the data is now in the Raleigh office being worked up as rapidly as possible. Both Mr. Page and Mr. Hart are giving this pro ject special attention and have placed it on the preferred list to the end that it may be let for con struction as early as possible. Replying to the question as to the probable length of time that will be required in which to construct this project, Mr. Mengell said that this road should be open to traffic not later than December 1, 1923. Regarded as among the best drain age engineers in the Ur.ited States, Mr. Mengell, who was in charge of tne large dralnae PrJecU in the vicinity of Belhaven, expressed hlm- gelf freey witn re!ipect to, the ne- cessity and possibilities of drainage i" the Newland region. "This is one or the Dest farming communities i , , , have seen In my travels. If the people of thlg community could be aroused to the Importance of further drainage their prosperity would be assured." The need of drainage In the Tad- . , . more section was further emnnasized by sherilf Reid wno returnlng from a trip to Newland township said Friday morning: "Children in Tadmore do not have to go far from home to go bathing. The big drainage ditch along the Tadmore road shows just one spring board after another. How the Tad more people are to realize anything whatever from- their crops this year is more than I can see." One dtalnage district, which when the main canal is completed is expected to make adequate drain age possible for about half of Tad more, has already been formed; but the Georgia General Assembly end ed at 5 o'clock this morning, after an all night Bitting punctuated with stormy debate. Many bills of more or less Importance were crowded out. The final session appropriated $2,451,000 for Confederate pensions for the next fiscal year, and wiped out the present distinction between old and new pensioners. A good roads bond issue for $9,000,000 to match the Federal ap propriation was killed by the House. A bill providing for biennial sessions of the Legislature was killed by the Senate. KILLED DY DA'IDIT Baltimore, Aug. 18 (By The Asso ciated Press) William B. Morris, secretary treasurer of Hicks, Tase & Morris Inc., builders, was shot to death on Madison Avenue today by unidentified bandits, who robbed the company's payroll of approximately seven thousand dollars. Frederick Kuethe, bookkeeper, accompanying Morris, was beaten Into insensibility. REVIVALS AT MT. HERMON A XI) NEWBEGUN CHURCHES The Mt. Hermon revival will con- tlnue through Sunday with Rev. E. cordially invited to attend. NORFOLK BUS STARTS AGAIN Owing to Improvements made to the roads, my bus will make It? schedule, starting today and every ; other dav. adV.it EDGAR WILLIAMS. REFUGEES FLEEIIIG FROM FOREST FIRES Dulutli, Minn., Aug. IS (liy The Associated Press) Fears that the death toll from forest llres raging in Northern Minnesota will go beyond the reported twelve when additional advices were received from the Ha me swept areas were expressed today by scores of retttgees who are arriving here hourly. A fifteen mile northwesterly gale, fanned the forest llres in Kelsey. Cotton and Whiteface districts, plac ing the three towns In a more pre carious position than yesterday. All available men of the Duluth tank corps were ordered to Kelsey for re lief work. 1 Miles Brite's Com Beats Whole State "In my recent trip to Western North Carolina," says W. L. Co hoon, "my speedometer showed I had travelled about thirteen hun-j dred miles. I traversed about one-j half of the counties in North Caro lina and was interested in the crops in all parts of the State. The crops in ihe mountains are unusually good j ihis year but the prettiest corn I which I ohserved was in Pasquotank County. I refer to the field ofi Miles Brite, on the Desert road. This ! corn Meld was an Inspiration. "I remember," continues Mr. Co noon, "when this particular farm was regarded as among the poorest land in the County. Scientific meth ods of farming have made it really a show place In this County. Jt Is! well for other farmers to Inquire of Mr. Brite as to his methods." j Those who make inquiry, accord- ' ing to Mr. Cohoon, will find that the , key to Mr. llrite's success has been drainage, the proper use of lime and the growing of legumes. What Mr. Brite has done, In Mr. Colioon's opinion, almost any. farmer in Pas quotank can do by study of modern farming methods and by application of the principles learned to his own land. MAKIHG IIET.DV;AY III SECURING UO.llIEnS - Washington, Aug. 18 (By The Associated Press) President Har rison of the Southern Railway has announced that his road is making headway in recruiting skilled me chanical help for its shops from points outside Its own territory. Excr.ino Veniremen For Contempt Cases Lynchburg, Va., Aug. 18 (By The Associated Press) Judge McDowell examined twenty-two veniremen to day preparatory to the trial of pro spective contempt cases arising from injunctions against striking em ployes of the Chesapeake and Ohio and Virginia railroads. ! INJUNCTION RECXHtDS TO . THE SUPREME COURT Complete records of the special proceedings growing out of the tem porary Injunction restraining the Pasquotank Highway Commission from further work on the Mt. Her mon road until September 15 were sent up to the Supreme Court Fri day. The case will probably be ar gued before the Supreme Court next week. IN NEW BUILDING W. H. Weatherly & Company, who have been moving from their old quarters next the Spence-Hollowell Company to their new building op posite the Camden Ferry bridge on South Water street, are now doing business at the new stand. The new building marks a departure In build ings of its class In Ellzabeeh City and in regarded as a distinct asset to the town. SPENCER REOPENS STORE AND IS SLASHING PRICES Ed Spencer has reopened The Quality Shop In the Hinton Building block and is slashing prices In a wholesale manner that will appeal to men who like the best in clothes and furnishings. Highest grade goods are going without regard to price, says Mr. 8oencer, who Is wel coming customers with a smile to-1 day. , i In a large display advertisement; within the next few days Mr. Spen-! cer will tell more of his sale, but In 1 the meantime the bargains are to be; .'ound there. ' mx goal man Also Recommends To Joint Session Congress That Railroad Labor Board Be Given Ample Power To Enforce Its Decisions Against Either Workers Or Executives Washington, Aug. 18 (By The Associated Press) Presi dent Harding today told Congress and the nation that he was resolved to use all the power of the Government toi maintain transportation and to sustain the right of men to work, in ad dressing a joint session of the House and Senate on the indus trial situation. i He declared that the right .ail StTilio CM Settled But Stone Believes Set tlement Will Come As Result Of New York Conference New York, Aug. 18 (By The As sociated Press) The strike of rail-' way craftsmen will be settled here, I Warren S. Stone, chief of the Broth erhood of Hallway Engineers, de clared today as the committee of five rail brotherhoods finished sev eral informal conferences before the meeting of rail executives to con tinue the work of mediation. Mr. Stone later qualified his statement, however, by expressing the belief that no definite agreement I for settlement of the shopcrafts , strike would be reached today, as j whatever plan might be evolved in conference would have to be re- j ferred by both sides to their con- j stltuents. Both Hide Hopeful Washington, Aug. 18 (By The As sociated Press) President Hard ing was told today- by Senator Wat son, Republican of Indiana, one of his rail strike advisors, that long distance telephone conversations with brotherhood chiefs and repre sentatives of rail executives in New York disclosed that both sides were hopefu ' settling the strike today. STUCK THREE TIMES Dr. and Mrs. W. W. 8awyer and children, Miss Margaret Sawyer and Walter, Jr., returned home Thursday after an automobile trip through Western North Carolina. At Ra leigh they were joined by Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Williams, who accom panied them on the trip, They found splendid roads and had no car trouble until the return trip from Gatesvllle to Elisabeth City. Then they got stuck three times. Personals Mr. and Mrs. Sam Overman left Thursday to spend several days at Nags Head. Bob Mason of Lambert's Pofnt passed through the city Thursday on hiB way to Stumpy Point. J. Lionel Armstrong left Friday for Columbia. Mrs. J. P. Adams and daughters, 'Misses Gladys and Marie, have re turned home after visiting relatives at Portsmouth. Mrs. J. P. Hughes and daughter, Miss Evelyn Hugbes, have, returned home after spending two weeks at Virginia Beach. W. H. Keaton of Washington,! D. C, is spending some time with! Raleigh, Aug. 18 (Special) his nephew, W. R. Pritchard, on " It Is hard to say Just what the ultl North Hoad street. ! mate rBult wl be in the cohort Miss Minnie Jennings of Norfolk ' dusting campaign," says FrankllnJ has returned home after visiting Sherman, State Entomologist, "buJ Mrs. Ilrantly McCoy on East Cypress we have found many dead weevils inj Bireei. 1 - . i Mr. and Mrs. R. T. Venters left Wednesday to visit Mr. and Mrs. R. 1 E. Qulnn at Wilson. Mr. and Mrs. B. A. McCoy liave returned home after spending some time as the guests of Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Matthews at Roanoke Rapids. Mrs. J. W. Martin and daughter, Mrs, J. W. Newby and son, Raymond Martin, of Chicago, left Wednesday after being the guests of Mr. and Mrs. M. G. Morrlsette on North Road Btreet. Miss Thelma Price of Norfolk Is visiting her aunt, Mrs. Fred Davis, on East Burgess street. Miss Lillian Hooper has returned home after spending some time at i the Albemarle Cottage at Nags London, Aug, 18 (By The Asso ;iead. ; elated Press) Geneva Ward, fa- J. C. Wlnslow and Robert Fletcher j mous American tragldienne, died of lundy left Friday for Rutherford heart failure today at her home In College, Burke county. ,Hampstead. mi of employes and employers alike to conduct their business must be recognized and de plored what he termed war fare on labor unions. The President declared a national investigation for con structive recommendations as to conduct of the coal industry to be imperative, and recom mended a Government com mission on fair wages and con ditions for labor. He urged immediate legisla tion establishing a national coal agency with capital to purchase, sell and distribute I coal. Other recommendations were an amendment to the transportation act so as to make the Railroad Labor Board's decisions enforcable against carriers and employes alike. Plan Speedy Action Republican leaders plan speedy passage of the mea sures recommended by Presi dent Harding today. Repre sentative Mondell, House lead er, has telegraphed to absent members of the House Inter state Commerce Committee, advising them to return imme diately and begin framing bills. NO LICENSE TO OPERATE REQUIRED Raleigh, Aug. 18 (Special) "Many inquiries from glnners throughout the State are coming In regarding the license to operate this years, and it is high time," says J. M. Workman, warehouse engineer of the North Carolina Division of Mar kets, "that the glnners should know that a license Is not required." "This law has been repealed," states Mr. Workman, "and at the same time the law requiring glnners to collect a tax of 25 cents a bale on all cotton ginned was repealed, which the farmer as well as the gln ner should1 know." Twenty-five cents doesn't seem much to the Individual but when tho whole crop is considered1 It means a saving of approximately $200,000 to the North Carolina cotton farmers. SOME DEFINITE RESULTS IN SIGHTj iiciub ni cu ii ii n 1 1 1 v Mian iiwhh ii i , n u i. - v,..u wnen ousting nas not been done ywe fln(1 live ones and plenty of them." ; j Considering the abundance of the weevils and the rapid progress of the crop, according to Mr. Shermair, two ' more dustings should be given in the week of August 21-26 if possible., This refers to the average early 1 field's but by all means the last dust ing should be given before September 8 or 9. Reports from the U. S. De partment laboratory at Tallulah. La., state that results this year are more favorable to the dusting method than In any previous year. AMERICAN ACTRESS DIES
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