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********* ^ : J ; "jit;1?" ********* VOL. XIII FINAL EDITION. ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA. Tl'KSDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 20, l<)2:i. FOl'R PAGES. NO. Country Behind Proposal For Reduction Of Taxes Cnnliilur Formulualing Mrs<age to Congress Aloim Line American l'p?|i!c Want Belief from Vi'ar Tax Burden lint Soldier Bonus U a Bun<|iio*s (>liu?l Ity l)AVII> UWRKXO! (Copyright. 192). By Th? Advance) Washington, Nov-. 19.?The country has got behind the pro posal to reduce taxes. There is noJAnger any doubt about that at the White House and President Coolidge is formulating his message to be delivered to Congress with tfet* idea that the Amer. iean people want their taxes reduced. By letters, telegrams, news-' paper editorials, personal calls' from members of Congress, the administration has learned that' the demand for tax revision is almost unanimous. Public opin-l ion has crystallized rapidly. President Coolidge feels he can! go ahead with recommendations to Congress that will have be hind them the momentum of national opinion at the outset. The President is anxious to pet the views of House and Senate lead ers before sending his message to the printers. Hut the members are slow in drifting back to Washington so Mr. Coolidge is unable to get their reaction to public affairs as quickly as he would like to have it. He would like to know, for instance. Just how he should treat the soldLui^ bonus proposal. The politicians say he cannot avoid offering a program for soldier aid because it is inevit able that the Democratic candidates for tlio Presidency will urge it. Wil 1 ia 111 Gihbs McAdoo has been quoted as saying the Government could re vise taxes and pay a bonus too. Since Mr. McAdoo was at one time Secre tary of the Treasury himself, his ob servations are taken seriously, espe cially by the bonus men who say. he 01m lit to know. The difficulty about the bonus, however, is not the question of whether it ought to be paid. Senti ment for the payment of the bonus if the Government could afford it would be almost unanimous as there1 have been relatively few attacks against the bonus in principle. The greatest factor is really the uncer tainty as to the amount of annual outlay that would be> needed. The advocates and opponents of the mea sure disagree as to the total cost. In JLhe face of such a situation It is hardly probable that the President would simply come out In favor of a bonus without discovering ?ome way of meeting the payments howev er large they may be. The prospects at the moment are that the Presi dent will not recommend a bonus for the able-bodied but will deal with the re-ori;anl7.ation of the veterans bureau which is charged with the duty of making payments to the dis abled service men. This would leave it to Congress again to take the In itiative. It will be recalled that Mr. Harding did not start the bonus agi tation but expressed his views after Congress had put the matter up to him. President Coolldee feels that lie gave his pledge to the country to follow out the Hardlnu policies. Mr. Harding vetoed the bonus bill. Hut he did suggest that there be a tax revision before the end of the pres ent administration. In his annual message of December 6, 1921, Mr. Hardlnir said: "It would suggest Insincerity if I expressed complete accord with ev ery expression recorded In your roll calls., hut we are all agreed about the difficulties and the inevitable di vergence of opinion in seeking the reduction amelioration and readjust ment of the burdens of taxation. La tor on. when other problems are solved I shall make some recommen-1 dations about renewed consideration of our tax program." Mr. Harding could not have post poned the execution of that promise' until tlx* presidential campaign or a1 second term. Close friends say he favored making It a part of his pro gram tills year though he realised the political dangers of putting a tax revision measure Into Concress villi! the Republican party divided by rad icalism. Mr. Coolidge hopes, however, that enough Republicans will stand by t ie tax program together with the conservative Democrats so that tax reduction can be accomplished.' '"'he outlook at the moment for such a coalition is bright. <;ic Ml AM OF IU JNOIS OPPOSES LONGWORTH Washington. Nov. 20.? Represen tative Orahnm of Illinois yesterday announced his candidacy for the Re publican leadership of (ho Houxe In opposition to Representative Long worth of Ohio. COTTON SPINNING SHOWS INCKEASE Ml Wa^hlnston. Nov. 20.?IncreA?rd r actlvlt) in the cotton spinning In dustr* I* shown In the October re port of the Census Bureau, which showed almoat a billion more apln dle hours than In September and the ^largest number of aptndle houra ?Mace June. NEW YOHk POLICE AKE ON WARPATH New York. Npv. JO .?-The police today put Into effect the order that ail known crim inals and persons without hon est means of support or pood reason for remaining here must leave the city. War Will Depend on Munitions Reserves Chief of Army Ordnance Emphasize* Importance of Kmcrgency Itcscrves Washington. Nov. 20.?The next major war "will he won or lost on ! the sufficiency of munitions re fwrvj s," Major General Clarence C. | Williams. chief of Army ordinance, predicted in his annual report made public today at the War Department ?wish to emphasize the'prepon derarh*^ importance?of?adequate emergency reserves." General Wil liams said A adding that in view of the isolated position, highly devel oped specialized industries and im-> tnense resources of the United States Jt teemed "fairly certain that no power or combination of powers now !n. existence," could successfully in vade the country after American man power and industry had been fully mobilised. "The possible rate of mobilization will always be determined by the state of our reserves," the report said ?"since man power can he mobilized | much more rapidly than industry. From this point of view, taking into iaccount the present economic devel opment of the world, it may be said that the next major war will be won ! i or lost on the sufficiency of munl i tlons reserve." The war left the country with a large stock of reserves on hand. General Williams continued, but' with the passage o ftlme the value of these is decreasing "due to devel- , opment of Improved and more power ful types." There is also, he added, a deterioration In stocks of ammuni-1 tion which "is very much more press-! ing" that the question of obsolesence ' of material. The report said that lack of funds during the last two years has pre-1 vented completion of the artillery development program worked out at the close of the war and that It has been possible "to cover reasonably j well" in a contracted program only th" gun material for infantry. *11-} visional batteries and small caliber j anti-aircraft weapons together with one type of tank. Even the con tracted program cannot proceed "to I an effective degree" during the com-| Ing year under budget limitations, the report added. "The Department has now been' working on the program for four years and can see no htop^s of devel oping for the servlee and getting cer tain designs under the limited pro* l gram ready for production without | substantial Increase In the funds | available," said General Williams. iH" added that work which could be done In one year by his department i now required three years time to i complete." U ASKS TEN MILLIONS FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT Washington. Sov. 2ft.?An appro-! priation of $10.00ft.ftftft for the on f or cam on t of I ho prohibition ami nar cotic laws during the next fiscal years wag said today by prohibition officials to htfvs been included In Treasury estimates submitted to the director of the hldgct. HCOt'T COI N't'll. MKCTIXO A meeting of the I'llrabcth City Hoy Scouts Council will be held to right at the offices of the Sj-r-io Hollowell Company, South Wat'-r stroot. Scoutmaster Scutter .ood l?j pending out an appeal to all who have made pledge* for Hoy Scout i work In the cltv to pay the??- pledv:'* at once to Treasurer H. O. Kramer, i a* Kllzaheth City Scouting l? in need of funds to carry on Its work. KIDNAPPED CHILD FOUND MUKDEHKD | New York, Nov. 20.?The body of Irving Hckelny. four and a half years old. who was kidnapped from | In front of hla Grant street home on October 26. was found today alaahed with a knife In the cellar of a Suf folk street tenement house. TRYING TO GIVE GERMANY CREDIT Negotiation* Uiuler Way Be tween Berlin Bank aiul Group of American, British and Dnte'i l'inaneiei>. (l?r Tlit rr^n.1 Berlin.., Nov. 2o. Tin1 l>oers?n Courrier today said that negotiations 'are in procress between a well j known Berlin bank and a croup of American. British and Dutch flnan \ ciers for credit to Germany of 1 400.000.000 i:ol(l marks. The granting of such credit, says I the newspaper, is dependent upon ! conditions that there be no change in the internal political situation in | Germany and that the offer be made I only to the Streseinann government. [.BRITISH POLOISTS ARE TAUGHT SPEED London. Nov. 20. ? The speed I Americans put into their polo play ing made a strong impression on Lord Cholmondoley. one of the Brlt i Ish horsemen who has Just returned j home after participating in a series of matches in the New York arena. ! . He says, however, .that the Ameri cans do not have really first-grade I ponies .and he thinks the Brltlsh | American championship match next ' summer ought to he an even money ; bet, provided the British make up I two teams not later fhan the end of ! May and land their ponies in New ! York six weeks before the battle, and the players a month 'before. j "The Americans appear to go twice our speed." Lord Cholmonde ley said. "They take their man at : once instend of waiting for him to hit the ball, and they take the ball. I should it be going on to tin in. and so speed up the game. "When we first arrived all three , teams were painfully slow. My own ponies appeared to be third class, as they had acquired the bad lnPth ods of their masters. who wore checking on all their shots. The longer we played the more we got Into the American style, nnd my own ponies appeared more tl\an to hold their own against the best American ponies." Lord Cholmondoley said Colonel Melvill was the only player who wont over to America with the throe teams who hit the proper pace?all out ? from start to finish. The rest had to learn how to gallop. REICH BANK HEAD DIES AT BERLIN IB' Th# A?wUI?l rrfti.l Berlin. Nov. 20. ? Doctor^ Rudolph Havepstein. president of tlio Reich-, bank, died hero today. W ELCOMES NEGROES WHO LIKE TO WORK New York. Nov. 20.?Governor! Smith last nlglit addressing a i-.iass meeting of negroes here told them that negroes from the South who were hard workers would be wel comed in the North. M Y R!KTHIM.\CK <>r J VMES MONUOK "??I I iiutnri. Ni l. 2 .. Th l>irtti tOuci' of James Moiihh1. .-Miiated in \\V t!urr I.iih! Virtlnli. now owned l?% *i n?-_?o el* r-> i:: lo !)?? ?*??*?? ??? <] ;??< a 111* ni??ri >l t:? tin1 ? \|n".tnU? l' of tlic Moiilue l>ec lri?:?. I'iafi.* I;r.vf Imm'ii druw.i up l?y tin S'tch-iy of |)i>sri'nil:ml? ? Monroe in Imy the hoii.?e a?td mailt- it a repository for articles of historic Interest as?-or5:'|?d with tin- former !'re*id? in. Hens ISrouk Record For Laying Eggs Tni|>lK'slillK Tr?ts I'kimI to Koop Count of Production i?t Ex periment SlMlion II leigh. Nov. 20.?Two hundred and fifty-eight egg* in (en moiitIik from Jan. 10 N'uvftiibcr 1. this year, is 1 lit* record of a Rhode Island Red hen at the Mountain Branch near Swaimanoa station of the North Carolina (Experiment station, accord iny hi reports received here and an [ nouneed today. Another Rhode Is land Red hen it was reported, laid ??pus In tiie same period and both of the chicken^are still laying. Kgg j counts were kept by means of trap nehts. Speaking of the trap -nesting tests AtSwananoa. l)r. B. F. Kaupp. head of the .poultry investigation, work of The North Carolina State College and 1 he Depirtment of Agriculture, said. "We started the work with 100 single comb Rhode Island Red pul Jets In?r winter. Sixteen of these pullets have laid ovpr 200 aggs each during the year; nine have laid be twen 21:' and 2."?H egi;*. with two laying7 T5S and 2??6. respectively. This $ltows j.uiue of tlt4>t results be ing secured by our poultry workers in developing high production fowls, as we generally consider I he Red as a utility fowl used for both meat and eggs- rather than for eggs' alone as in the case of the Leghorn." MKS. MOKTIMKK IS BEFOKE COMMITTEE | Washington, Nov. 20?Mrs. Kalh 1 erine Mortimer, wife -of Ellas H. .Mortimer, principal accuser of for mer Director Charles R. Forbes, ap peared today before the Senate Com mittee Investigating the Veterans Bureau accompanied by her counsel. Mrs. Forbes tried unsuccessfully to ;e.iJ:y iM'for" the committee in the effort she said to vindicate publicly her "character and good name." Responding to the formal request of her counsel. Chairman Reed said that Mrs. Mortimer had been heard at her own request In private and that if she desired the committee would release her testimony. Her counsel then said that Mrs. Mortimer had requested him to <isk the committee that her testimony gives in secret session be made public. Mrs. Norman Simpson of Route Five. City. ent? red the Community Hospital Monday lor medical treat ment. The Red Cross Asks Help For The Least Of These The (/>;?'?/ Is for Everybody to Ansirer the Call, ami (.1 Many as ('.an Do So lo Anntrer Willi larger Amounts Than Dae Dollar Barely ono-third of the amount hoped for has been raIn tin* Hod Cross Roll Call here. With a really generous response to the Roll Call a public health nurse can he secured to relieve Ktif ferine anions the poor, to help to train? mothers In the task of hrlnt Inif up healthy little children, and to do many needed things, right her*- In, th" homo community. The Red Cross culls throughout this week, and there Is yet tlm? to answer. If the chII Is answered with fl. I?0 rents of that dollar. goes to Red Cross headriunrtrrs and will 1m- used to help in national and Internatixial work. The other BO cents stays here and helps. If the answer Is made with $"?, 110. $100 or more. 60 cents iro? .? to h"adriusirters Just the fame, nnd all the rest stays here. It Is hoped that everybody willj answer the call, because everybody should have a pert In this huni.-inl tnrlan work. It Is hoped inn that mnnv, people will answer with lar er 'amounts than $1. so that isrcpter thlnns may be accompitched her? st | home. The following ?tory Is just an ex ample of the nerd here nt home, nnd how the local Rod Cross comes to the rescue of the needy: On a cold, rainy, blustery after noon In March, one of those dsvs that keeps a fellow by his own Are side and makes him triad for the comfort and warmth of a good home, there came a ring over the phone In the office of the local welfare depart ment. Hurriedly answering, the welfare worker hoard the familiar word*, "Won't you ko to the home or rluht nwny. They nerd you." An quickly a* nhe could tin- work er w< nt and what did nhe^flnd? Four children shivering ov? r a small Maze dint Hi'- oldent. a vlrl of ten yearn. na?< trylnsr to keep yolnv with a ki t of chip*, whtTh ww all the wood ?hr had. V tot of three wai rr>lr? for the mother v/ho had bcf?n sore from the home nince early morula#.' weak from lone When*. v< t tryJm: to earn a living for her battle*; "And where N daddy," the work er a*kod. "IIp l? Kon? away "IT. nnd we can't And him. Hp don't conn to *ee ua any more," raid the ten year old "And did you have any brcakfantj thl* morning?'* "Some bread anil coffee," came the anawcr. Uonnlna to a nearby nhone, thei welfare worker yent (n an emergen-1 ev cnJI to the locaf Red drov* office. The word cn*'tn hack. "Co ahead: ,,f' everything nece??<ary to relhve the ffltnntlon. V'e will ?>av the hill* " ? In fftftt n little while there wr" n vood Pre to warm the phlverlna lit tie bodies, noiirlohlnK food cooking; for the huncry bahfeft, milk for the, mother who needed to pet her afrenitth hack for her Job of bread-! winner. It WM the Rfd Crony thnt madf I thin nulck action no#n?lble. It I* to the Red Cronn that the appeal In made In other emergencies similar to thin. and It In th? men and women who loin the Red Croaa that are ?harln* In this privilege of mlnlater I Ing "to the leaat of theae." Californian Is To Give Lecture Here Congressman Free Brought To' Elizabeth City by Cham ber of Commerce | An illustrated lecture on CaTifor! . nia showing what tli.it Mate has I achieved am! how six* has done it' will lie deliver* il at tin' I'asquotar.k ! Court liuti*!' on Thursday niuht of ? this week by Congressman A. M.i l-'rct* of tlo* eighth California Con-1 . gressional district. Congressman Kroo ronx?s to Kli*-' abeth City under the auspices of tlx* |Chamber of Commerce; hut tiie lee-' tur?? is for tlx* public In general and !anybody is invited. Mr. Job became {acquainted with the California Con gressman -while both were attend ing t he meeting of the Atlantic' I Deeper Waterways Association at ? . Norfolic last?? Mr.?Krnr be"' came so murh interested in this sec-; , tlon that he consented to come toi ? Elizabeth City and deliver his lec ' ture. After consenting to lecture hero' .Congressman Free found that he had, .overlooked an important engagement at Washington and called up Secre- ] jtary Job to tell the Kliznhe.th City | Chamber of Commerce man that hej would have to cancel his engage ! luent here. After consideration.! however, he decided on an alterna-' live course and cancelled the ap-1 pointnx nt at Washington instead. It is hoped, in view of Congress-1 man Free'* courtesy to Kllzaheth I City in this matter, as well as In j view ol the highly interesting sub-; ject matter of his lecture and of his' I reputation as a speaker, that the' 'courthouse will be filled Thursday | night by those who will go out to hear the distinguished visitor. | Congressman Free Ik president of j the organisation in California?-that ? has fought alien ownership of land in that state and that has recently; won a-great vlcSory In the Supreme | Court's derision that <1 state has Jur isdiction as to the question of who I may own land within its borders. I Learns Football From the Bottom I'olnricYter n( I'nlvorslly IIjhI Never I'layed (lie (ititiir 1*11(11 He Went Tlicro Chcpel Hill, Nov. 20.?Charles ? Crawford Poindexter. I?*ft guard on j the Pnivcrslty of . North Carolina I Pleven. I* one of those students who never played football before coming | to the Pnlversity. He halls from Franklin, In the 1 mountains of the western part of the slate, and ho has the ruggedness and ) determination that bespeak high | praise for thesy qualities in moun tain-bred men. i The most interesting thing about Ills football career Is thut he has nev er had time taken out or missed playing in a varsity game during his four yearn here. Not to have been knocked out a single time is a dis-, llnct record.-?one that no other m?-nr ?er of the squad can boast.. The Fetters are looking to the mountains for more such men. Counting the season with the freshman team, of which he was a I star member, he has played five years of football. He was picked' Tor all South Atlantic guard last year, lie Is 23 years old. weighs 178 -pounds and Is five feet 11 inches In h^iaht. He was captain of Carolina's wrestling team last year and state Olympic heavyweight champion. For three years he has been a varsity truck man. Polndexter belongs to the category i of football players who knock Into a cocked hat the theory of some folk that athletes and scholarship do not mix. He h-is not only graduated In three and one half years, but made high mark? In his studies. He has tnkf*n an active Interest In practical-! ly all campu ? activities. Last year1 h" was president 'if |he Y. M. C. A. He Is a member of the CJolden Fleece; and a number of other honorary or-j annlxattons* This Is his first year in the sehool of law. "Pondy" h is won many high hon ; ors in the ('diversity, but perhaps! ? he hlftgctf honor lies in the fact that j h- has worked his way through while' winning them. TIME IS EXTENDED FOK ENTIIIE YEMt Wii?hlTHton. Nov. 20 \n ov'cn nlon of on** year durlni? vWfli World Wir off|e#>r* uro tllvlblp for Appoint ment without examination to off|r? r* of tlio r???rvn corps wnn today nu thorlaed f?v Hcrrotii'jr Week*. T'm ttni" Ptolt orplri>d Nnvr-inlxT 11, tint iinrt?T t?in nrotiTt nilinx will continual until Armistice Day, 1024, roTTO* MAflKHT New York. Nov. 20.? Spot cotton, cloned steady, Middling. 35.35 nn ad vnnec of IB point*. Future*, closing hid; Per 34*0, Jan. 34 32. March 34 r.R. May 34.73, July 34.20, Oct. 18.30. New York, Nor.- '10.?Cotton fu turea opened today at the following level; Dec. 34 70. Jan. 34.40. March 34MO. May 34.7*. July 34 80. INVOKES AID OF FEDER AL COURTS (?ovr'rnor Walton, Ousted from OfTiee After Little More Than Ten Month*, Makes One More Effort. Illir A??nrliM Prriu ? Oklahoma City. Nov. 20.?J. C. Walton's gubernatorial career, as spectacular as it was brief. is ended. I >?'liy tiio verdict of the sen at?' court of impeachment which late yesterday round him guilty of moral turpitude. .corruption in office. neg loct of duty, and incompetency, his term as Oklahoma's fifth governor was broken off after a little more than ten months.?sensational to the last. Hut as his successor prepared to day to take the reigns of govern ment. Wajtqn cirded lxituself for ? a~~~ Tast desperate effort to retain the office by invoking the aid of the 1'nited States courts. Oklahoma City, Nov. 20.?Gover nor J. C. Walton was yesterday Im peached by the unanimous vote of the Senate. sitting an us impeach ment committee. im wvs ri\K \vhk\ hits WIIOLKSAI.K (il{0(t:ics thick Kulus Pritchnrd was fined $50 and costs in recorder's court Monday morning for reckless driving of a motor car jyhlle under the Influence of liquor. Mr. Prltchard hit the Hanks & Himhcs truck on Pennsyl vania Avenue Saturday night, but claimed that the accident wan due to a blowout. In reply to the tostl mony of officers that lie was under the Influence of liquor when he was taken lu??)Astody at his home short ly after the accident. Mr. Pritchnrd said that lie had taken an overdose of Tnrdtctnr. Whieti rratr ?matie htm sick. Tlitpuclr his attorney. M. H. Slmp ? "Hi. the defendant noted an appeal from the judgment of the court and gave appeal bond in the sum of lion. Richard Lee. colored youth, for riding a bicycle with lights was taxed with the costs. rt'NKIt.Mi W. T. I'MPHLKTT The funeral of William P. ITmph lett was conducted the home about four miles from Hertford Tu.-sdny afternoon at half past two o'clock by Rev'. W. T. Phlppa and In terment was -made in the Hertford cemetery. Mr. rmphlett dird Monday morn ing nt 4:15 o'clock in tin1 Klizahoth City Hospital, an a result of Injuries received la*t Wednesday when his clothing was caught in the shafting of his own nin near his home and ho wan thrown violently against tho wnll of the building. Ho wan brought to the hospital here the- following Saturday afternoon with liIh body covered with bruises and abrasions and with gangrene dtveloplng In the muscles of his right leg which were crushed to a pulp. He Ih survived by a wife and by two sons. Leonard and Moulton. Sur viving him also are bis parents, Mr. and Mrs. TharnR' Umphlett of Per uuiniaiis County; one hrottier. I). C. t'mphlett of Hertford, and four sis ters. Mrs. W. K. Dall and Mrs. J. F. Niirnev of New Hope, and Mrs. J. S. Jackson and Mrs. A. C. Boyco of Ed enton. Mr. I'mphlett was widely known iind well liked In this Hectlon and his death was a shock to a wide circle of friends, < W SKK III M AN COIIK KltOM HTATR ItltlfHiE A good crowd witnessed the exhi bition of Norrls F. K'llan. the "hu man cork." at Abbott's whurf Tues dny afternoon and a still larger crowd I* expected to nee bin per formance tonight, which Ih to be held. It ban been decided, from the Elisabeth City Boat Line wharf In stead of from Abbott X wharf. A good view of the night exhibition may be obtained from the State riv er bridge. Turks Want Signs Written in Turkish Constfntlnople. 20. - Sign painters and the sellers of freezes have had a rush of busine** since the allied ev acuation that makes them the envy of those tradesmen who have suf fered from the departure of the for eigners. Mi n who never wore the notion :l headgear oftefter than does ii Shrlner in the t-nltcd State# have d? med it prudent to put away their European hats, and not Incur the sometime* rough attention of street crowds by appciring without the fez. A few day* Ago the Vail of the rity ordered thfttr every bmine** nlgn ?hou!d bo in Turkish rharaeter*. and tht- mipply of native ninn letter* hat not been up to the demand. !t I* re quired that the Turkish chararter* Khali oeeupy the upper or prlncpal position on all algn* A foreign lan guage may be used under the Tur kish. but only to one quarter of the area given the native lettering. F. O. Smlthwlck of Merry Hill, who has been visiting his sister, Mrs. F. O. Jarocks. left for his home Mon day night.