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VOL. XIII. FINAL EDITION*. ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA. MONDAY EVENING. DECEMBER 3, 102:5. EIGHT PAGES. NO. 280
Swat The Devil With Cradle
Not Crutch Says Daniel Lane
New Minister at (lily Knad Mclluxli-i <".!inr<-li \l*o Ouott -
Vi'ondmw \\ ilxin on Futility of I'i^litin^ Apiinst I'rov
ami Lane W as Himself a lighter at Wrdun
"To hill the devil hit him with a.
cradle and not a crutch." said Rev.!
Daniel Lane, now minister of thej
City Road' Methodist Church Sunday j
night. before an audience that com-1
pletely filled the church and annex
-aitditui lum for his fiist sermon. Tin- f
First Methodist Church was closed
Sunday night and the congregation
of both churches united to welcome I
the new minister.
His firm belief in the value of
Sunday school work was illustrated
bv the quotation given above. Mr.
Lane said the greatest work of todav
is in the church today and tiiat per
haps greater than any other branch
of church work is the Sunday school.
"I have great appreciation for the
work of the choir," he continued. "I
believe more souls are brought luto
the kingdom through the influence
of music than through almost any
other mean?."
The minister also referral to the
special tasks of the Epworth League,
the Woman's Missionary Society and
other organization within " the
church.
Emphasizing the value of team
work he said it is only through the j
organization of Individuals that
great good may be accomplish? d.
"All roads lead to God." he de
clared. "When I was at Verdun and
saw before me so much destruction
of life that I could have thrown a j
rock over a thousand skeletons, nev-j
er buried or thrown up from their '
graves by shells, I was impressed
with that fact. All roads lead to
God. Woodrow Wilson recently said
that he has seen men fight against
Providence and perish in the strug
gle. He never said a truer thing."
Mr. Lane succeeds Rev. H. E /My
ers at the City Road Church. / Mr.
My. rs has been transferred to Mem-i
orial Church, Durham.
Rev. Daniel Lane, the new pastor'
of City Road Methodist Church, was I
born in Craven County, of pious par-j
ents. May IK. 1889. Mr. Lanes'
father was vary active in-Ws church,!
being the superintendent of the Sun-,
day school for 48 years. Growing!
up in such an atmosphere, learning
the lessons which the farm teaches;
a wide-awake boy and the lessons
which he learned from such parents,;
he early took his stand with the peo
ple of God.
He graduated from Trinity Col-1
lege in June. 1013. There occurring!
a vacancy in Jarvis Memorial church !
on account of the breakdown of the j
pastor, Mr. Lane served that church '
as supply until the conference ses-1
slon in December, when he was as-1
signed to the Ayden Circuit. He re-1
mained at Ayden for four years, j
having a most successful pastorate, j
Three hundred were added to the!
church while he was there and the
town church was so strengthened
that at the end of his pastorate it;
was made a station.
The great war at that time called
for the sons of the country. The
young preacher entered it with the'
zeal which marks all his work. He
became the chaplain of the 139th
Infantry, reaching the rank or first
lieutenant. He served a year and
a half, of which a year was spent
overseas. He was with his regiment
in three major engagements, St. Mi
hiel and the two great Argonne en
gagements.
At the close of active warfare lie
was detailed to study in the Sor
bonne i nlversity at I'arls, a univers
ity for renturles noted for Its school
of theology. Returning to the work'
of the church upon his return to the I
T'nlted States, he served a year at '
South Mills, so developing that clr- I
cult that at the close of the year It!
was made into two circuits. He then'
went to the Stantonsburg Circuit.
Stantonshur.-. a growing town. Is the;
center of that circuit, receiving three!
full Sundays of the pastor's time
Three successful years in that Im
portant charge was excellent prepar-!
at ion for his new work and oppor
tunity. City Road.
While serving in Ayden he met
Miss Juanfta Dixon and they were
married Just before he went over
seas. To them have been born two
little girls. Mrs. Lane Is herself the
product of a Christian home, early a
Christian and trained for service. I
She has been a true help-mate fori
her husband in his work. That City
Uoad Church is to be conuratulit? d
if securing the services of two such
h lers. seems to bo the opinion of
ix.ry one who knows thlH young
poacher and his young wife.
TAX COLLECTIONS
LESS THIS YEAIl|
Washington, Dec. 3.?Tax collec
tions of the Internal Revenue Bu
reau during the year ending last
June r.n. wpt* $2.*21.74f?.227. or 111
per cent less than those of tho pre-|
Vlous year, according to an an->
nmir.e?'inent made today by Commls-j
, slonet David H. Rlalr.
(OMHIHHIONKRH IN HKHHIOV
Th- Hurt of County CommlMlon-1
er. nf I'a.quolnnk County were In j
regular srsilon Monday.
Up to the time thla papnr goea to
pre,, only routine bvalneaa had been
traatarieil AM membera of the
board were praaant.
KOTAIO
I'l.W >1 \KEKS HEItK
Tlw Carolina IMavmakers
have been Iwoki il for Elizabeth
City and will app<ar ht>rc un
der the auspices of the Eliza
beth City Rotary Club on Feb
ruary 11.
The foregoing announcement
was authorized by Kotarian
Secretary Gregory Monday af- I
ternoon shortly before this
newspaper went to press for its
final edition.
It will be the initial appear
ance of the Carolina I'layuiak
rrs In Eli^h^.th City, the me
tropolis of the Albemarle hav- 1
Ins been omitted from all pre
vious Itineraries of the l.'ni
verslty troupe. For some
weeks, however, the Elizabeth
Cltv Ilotary Club has been
planning to see that another
season should not pass without
an opportunity for Elizabeth
City folks to see the Carolina
IMaymakers on an Elizabeth
City stage, and the announce
ment made Monday means
that success has crowned the
club's efforts.
Further details of the first
coming of the Carolina IMay
makers to Elizabeth City may
be looked for in later an
nouncements.
Shipping Board
Makes Its Report
Preferential Tariffs or Subsidy
Only Hope For Merchant
Marine
Washington. December 3?Pre
ferential tarifis or a subsidy remain
the only methods of insuring main
tenance of ..in American merchant
marine, the Shipping Hoard declared
today in its annual report to Con
gress. Elimination of discrimina
tory legislation as a means of indi
rect aid. the Board held, "would
seem to leave as the sole way out
the assumption by the Government
of the excess cost of operation."
" This in turn can be accomplished
by either of two methods," contin
ued the .report. "First by subven
tions to American vessels while en
gaged In carrying cargoes to and
from the I'nited States sufficient to
enable them to compete with fore
ign ships, or second, by the complete
asRumptiqn by the taxpayers of tho
entire cost of operation, the resulting
loss being the country's contribution
toward a national merchant marine.
From the standpoint of efficiency
and economy there can be no choice.
Private operation, personal respon
al responsibility and individual ini
tiative would require a relatively
Blight assistance to be placed upon a
competitive basis with foreign ship
owners. On the other hand, opera
tion by the government with Its sys
em of checks and balances' has ob
vious and serious disadvantages."
The report listed those four fac
factors as operating to the disad
vantage of American shipowners.
^ The high standard of living in the
United States, with consequent ef
fect on labor costs, which would
make "an American built ship re
present an investment 25 per cent
greater than u similar vessel con
structed on the Clyde."
FOHD CONFERS WITH
PRESIDENT OOOIJDGE
Washington. Dec. 3.?Henry Ford
today had a brief conference with
Coolldsee, discussing, it Is understood,
tho status and disposition of the ad
mlKistratlon toward his offer for
Muscle Shoals.
< 'ON Vl< T PHEVIIEI* IIFfIR
sp? aking in stripes and claiming
to have spent 2?? years in prion tin'
tin offense he did not commit, J. L.
Cummings attracted considerable at
tention here Monday by his street
preaching, especially when he ad
dressed the lunch hour crowds at the
Bee Hive corner.
JlMOIt SI MVW SCHOOL
VISITS COI XTY HOME
The Junior Department of Black
well Memorial Sunday school onld
a Thanksgiving visit to the County
Home Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock,
taking with them offerings of aut
umn fruit, and presenting a program
of souks, recitations and Bible vers
es. When the visit was over. It was
Impossible to say who had had the
happiest time, the little folks in their
effort to express their gratitude bv
sharing their gifts and their talents,
or the older people, who were
cheered by the bright young faces
and glad voices.
Buxton White left Monday for
Richmond.
MISS FliOltA DAVIS
one of the instructors and speakers
at the Sunday School Convention
which begins Wednesday at Christ
Church and in which all the Sunday
schools of the County will take jwirt.
DR. S. H. TEMPLEMAN
SPEAKS TO JUNIORS
?J Worth Raglcy Council No. Oft, Jr.
O. L\ A. M., met in their hall Sun
day night, at 7 o'clock, with several
visitors from WVeksville and New
land councils, and from there went
in a body to the First Daptist Church
for a memorial And thanksgiving
? service, at which Dr. S. H. Tomple
i man preached a very Instructive and
! much appreciated sermon on the ob
jects of the order, virtue, liberty and
i patriotism,. reading for the scripture
lesson the 14th chapter of Saint
John.
Following are the deceased mem
i bers of Worth Uauley Council in
102C:
W. W. Woods rd. died January
jl8. 'Membership 20 years.
F. M. Cook, died March 1. Mem-:
[bershlp 17 years.
J. C. Chappell. died October 7.
' Membership 23 years,
j T. A. Commander, died November
1 0. Membership 14 years.
C. F. Wright, died November 14.
Membership 14 years.
FORTY Ml.I .EI) IN
ACCIDENT AT MINE
Sheffield. Eng. Dec. 3?Forty men
I are reported to have been killed and
many injured in an accident at Nun
nery Mine today when several cages
used in transporting men from the
surface to the workings were pre*
cipiMted to the bottom thrcngh the
breaking of a rope. It is reported
that 176 miners were in the cages
when they fell.
WARRANTS SERVED O.N
INDIANA GOVERNOR
Indianapolis. Dec. 3.?Governor'
W irren McCray was today served
with warrants for his appearance to
uiiswrr charges contained In eight In
dictinents against him by the Marlon
county gr?ind Jury last Friday. Bond
of $25,000 was provided.
HOLDS INVALID LAW
RESTRICTING GAS
Washington. Dec. ?The Supreme
Court today reaffirmed its previous
decision in the Pennsylvania, Ohio,
and West Vlrgini-j gas case, holding
invalid the West Virginia law re
stricting gas supplies to adjoining
states.
ATTENDING SEABOARD
MEDICAL ASSOCIATION
Among the physicians nttendlnv
the twenty-eighth nnntril meeting ot
.the Seaboard Medical Association of
! Virginia and North Carolina v Inch
| will convene at Newport News. I?
cember 4. 5 and 6 are Dr. R. L. K? n
drlck, Dr. H. D. Walker and Dr. M.
S. nulla, of F.llzabeth City. \ttend
ing from this territory are: _I)r. Da
vid T. Tayloe, Jr.. of Waslilm ton,
who will speak on "Inguinal Her-.
nla"; Dr. H. W. Carter of Washing-!
l ton. whose subject Is "Spongy Iritis"
and Dr. (leorao K. Newby r?f Hert
ford. who will give a brief resume of
the chief medical events In America
for the past three centuries.
< IRIttTH IMD ItKltKA M \hl
OOOI> Til A N liSf ?! V IX (? OFlKltlN't;
The Thanksgiving offcrlitu at Tte
rea and Corinth Raptlst Churci.e:
i waii taken Sunday at the regular
(church services.
The offering at Rerca amounted
to a little more than $143.00. The
young men's Rlble class, of which C.
A. Cooke is teacher raided $100.00,
"The ofTerlng at Corinth wn ? per*
, haps the best In the history of the.
?church," says the pastor. Rev. I: F.
Hall. The amount raised for the
Thomnsvlllo orphanage alone was
$387.91. The undesignated gifts to
the 7f> million campaign at 11 ."re*
and Corinth have not been learned.
? ? l
leltOV-COAHD
Mis* Dlxaheth Coard of Acco |
mac Court House, Virginlp. and
Mr. Fred Eunine I.eRoy of l'ort [
Hustle. Vs.. were married Saturday i
afternoon at 2 o'clock by Rev. F. H. |
. Rcattergood st his home on Elliott
1 street. I
CONGRESS FACES
FLOOD OF B!U.S
Mcmlrn Of Si\ly-I!iu'illi
S?'??itin Wniililc Tothiy
| lor Sc?>inn K\|X<I<<1 To
\\ rilf llir-lui'y
Wellington. l>> iA-inh<T 3 ? Mi ni
bers of 111*' ti>th Ct)|ii;ri>>s a*>?*m
o.f.l 'oday lor a Mssioti which, in iht?
of |.-.wiit* wiil write uiiK'h
polii:?.al is well as legislative his-,
lory. Tin*re appeared to In- m .relj
-than thf usual hustle afi??r the nlnr*
iuon>!u' lull. Hundreds of bills and
lOROtiitfoits were ready for introduc
tion in hoth houses.
While Congress must devote itself;
primarily to the pissage of the an-1
nual appropriation bills. leaders;
| foresaw a multiplicity of subjects to,
I be dealt with. Among these are
taxation. the soldiers' bonus, veter-j
ans*. legislation, immigration, prohi
bition. the railroad and agricultural1
? situ nmns. the world court proposal, j
governmental reorganization and the
j.Muscle Shoals project.
I Some elements in both the House
;and Senate still contend it would be
j unwise to_iamper with tax statutes.,
1 while others art- determined t'? make
J a bold fight for revision. In the
I latter class are thaee who ugree with
Secretary Mellon'a plan and those
who do not accept his views, out be
lieve there should be changes to
J lift and shift the tax burden. Any
1 legislation dealing with the revenue
law will first bo handled 'by the
| House Way and Means Committee.
I which also will have original juris
? diction over a soldiers' bonus bill.
Secretary Mellou's warning that
passage of a bonus measure not only
would prevent a reduction in taxes,
but likely would result In heavier
taxation during the ensuing years,
has served to develop <1 sharp dif
ference of opinion in both Senate
and House as to the wisdom of en
ucting such legislation. Supporters
of .the bonus program, however, are
firm in their insistence that it must
be disposed of at this session.
The inquiry of tlie special Senate
'..committee into the Veterans' ltureau
! affairs Is expected to result in legis
lative action designed to make that
j agency more efficient and to better
! the lot of the disabled former service
man.
As regards the railroad situation.
I one element in Congress is expected
to oppose any effort to amend Hie
j transportation act, which in the
opinion of most railway executives,
should stand as it is. Other groups,
however, have served notice that
tliey will support moves to compel
consolidation of carriers, repeal sec
tion ISA of the act which provides
for a "fair" return to the roads,
abolish the Railroad Labor Hoard,
restore to state commissions juris
diction over state rates or to make
additional changes In the law.
The farm bloc is cx pec ted to mike
a determined effort to provide relief
for the farmer, and a wide range of
solutions for the country's ngricul
tural ills undoubtedly will be put
'forward. Coupled with this pro
gram It Is expected that a demand
" II be made for action on Muecle
Shoals. Southern members of the
Sonnte and House Intend to press for
acceptance of Henry Ford'< offer for
the project. Chairman Madden of
the House Appropriations Committee
ha1* prennred a bill to provide for
the construction of n steam power
p' ml to replace the one sold to the
Ab'Mamn Power Company.
Kxplrntion of the present immi
gration law will make action on that
question Imperative. The House
Immigration Committee has begun '
work on a proposed new law.
it Is expected that during the
se -don the International situation
v Ml come to the fore on more than
one occasion, especially In the Se
II ate. which was asked by the late
r I dent Harding to sanction partl
cii'ition in the World Court.
l?ome?tlc Issues which are expect
ed to engage much attention Include
?prohibition, proposals to limit the
pow-'rs.of the Supreme Court, fore
station and the question of embrac
ing more hanks In the Federal lie
serve System.
An element of uncertainty Is In
Jrct'd bec^i'se of the scant majori
ties of the Renuhlicans *n the Senate
and House. Party leaders admit the
darker that Republicans who ar<j
i ni'-mbers of the I'rogren ive bloc
will swerve from the administration
on various proposition", thus. per
bnp-?. Jeopardizing the majority's
program.
I'nder no rtitutorv requirement to
adjourn March 4. the session Sena
tor* and Representative^ generally
predict, will continue well Info next
summer. A determined effort will
he made to obtain adjournment be
fore the Presidential conventions in
June, but some leaders think It more
likely that the end will not come un
til Just before the November elec
tion. (|
DEATHS INCREASE
FKOM AUTO CAUSES
1 " *
Washington, Dec. 3.? Death of
Automobile accidents in the census
j registration area of the t'nlted
States numbered represent
ing an Increase of 1.488 over the
| year previous, according to Census
I Bureau estimates.
Vikssa<;k is uk\1)
!*?U)M I. \1>^ \STOIS
l' !* ?.'BS ??r t? .? I?.i-1. I.kit i..
u '*>- I I?> t " | --1 it. the
i?r |.|-? ar.d f tt I ti i ??
n? I.:?d> After mi id ?oda>
in her mown up. rctil ;il Hit !?
tfriialloniil Centennial r?-!?J?ra
lioM of (In1 Mnnr<>?- lN?rirll ?.
"Our furi I.?tlit r.? b;td vreat
ami hold ideal-* for Hi South
and it in in Im-Iiiu faithful to
ilio spirit of tli?ir love for tlx*
South that we run moxt worth
?ily commemorate them."
TIIK LAST lint It llltl\<;s
In "Tho Last Hour" tho picture
playing toiln.v at tho Alkrama tliea-l
tor. there Is a scone whrro tin* gov
ernor of a state upon I^Iiik ques-i
Honed denies tho privilege of a chief
'executive to pnrdon-a man one** ho
Iliad boon convicted of manslaughter
I by a JikIk*1 nnd Jury. Later wlion a
?concrete case Is put before him the
| coventor refuses to meddle with Jus
tice even though?the convicted man
I one** sav?>d his son's life In France.
I There have been cases like this In
|actual life when chief executives of
'our statos refused pardons to men
who may have done thent very noble
1 service in the past. Itut thej^ ro
Ifused to alter their hollofs In the
(Inviolability of the rendered legal de
cision.
j In this connection It Is interesting
to remember that Lincoln often aj
jtered the decisions of his general* In
;death penalties Imposed on 1'nion
i soldiers. He felt that there was a
'higher law than that of man.
Milton Sills nnd Carmol Myers
Itako tho .leading roles.
Cotton Market Breaks
, New York, Dec. 3.?The cotton
market broke 74 points shortly af
ter the opening today. March con
tracts were down to 3G cents or
$5.f?0 a bale.
I Increased crop estimates by prl
jvate authorities caused a general
unloading movement following
weakness In the Liverpool market.
ARE NOW rehearsing
FOR EI.KS MINSTREL
The first rehearsal for the Elk's
Minstrels, 192.1 edition, will he held
.Monday night "In the Elk's club at
7:30. With only two weeks time off
before the show, the entire cast will
work hard to fulfil the promise of
making this year's show the best
j ever staged by local talent.
All the newest song hits are used
in the shows this year and are hand-,
led in such a manner that one would
little suspect that this is an .amateur i
production. The opening act of this'
year's shows will he different from I
the usual opening act of a minstrel.'
This act will consist of a scene of
nothing but girls, twenty of the
town's prettiest and most capablef
girls being on the stage at one time!
in a show all their own. Needless
to say this novelty will not only be
phvislng to the eye hut will have sev
eral humorous situations us well,'
with several musical selections for
those who like music.
'I he first tickets will go on sale
within the next few days and these
'tickets will he exrhaiiKahle for re
served Heats ot a later date. The
'?est insurance for a good seat in to
buy tickets early for the Elks' Min
strels are always popular here and
rood s? its are at a premium before
the first curtain.
LOCOMOTIVE UNION
WILL I'AY PENSIONS
Cleveland, December 3 The
board of governors of tho Pension
Association of the lirotherhood of
Locomotive Engineers has arranged
Id put the Widows' pension Into ef
fect |)eremlier f?. On that date 281
widows will be placed on the pen
sion 11*1 and commence to draw a
a fixed amount each month. In
addition there will lie paid to them
an ?ijvgregoto sum of $80,6riU in back
pay for pensions from the dato of j
tie ir !at*i><ind.H' death.
Warren 3. Stone, president of the
I'.rotherhood. referring to the wi
dow?' pension, said:
"Perlulps one of the most hlstor-l
ical events that ever happened in tho
annals of organized laiiof occurred
when th" hoard of governors of the
Pension Association decided upon
putt11;i< into effect the Widows' Pen
sion
"We believe we are the first of the
railroad 1-ibor organ'xatlons, if not
of any of the labor organizations, to
pension the widows of the pension
members for life, and we think It
marks a dl-tlnct step forward in the
history of orgmnixrd labor, and one
that will p'-rhaps have a more far
I reaching effect than any oilier sin
gle action of the mony activities of
; the brotherhood.
"Eventually we hope that *oine
1 plan will be worked out whereby
not only the widows of the pension
members, but also the widows of all
member* of the brotherhood will be
pensioned from the date of their
i husbands' death."
I Mr. and Mtrs. Lewis Mays returned
Sunday from Washington where
1 thejr spent Thankagfving.
SIX HUNDRED
ARE DROWNED
Hundred smd I liirl\-M%vcii
liutlir* Utouviml from
Mud and Walrr?Tliuutt
amis aiV Mudc I !?nin4Ir>s,
llty Ti- A?u?*latiil I'filt
It. r-;ihio. Haly. !*?<*. 3.?One hun
dred ami -m v? i? bodies have
1m < n recovered fmm tin* Bergamo
Valley country, cn.i of whom nro be
lirvi ?i to listv? ? been drowned when
tin- neat il?Kr Impounding tlif wl
? is ol t'.U no hake collapsed Satur
day.
Troop* and civilians worked
throughout tin- nluht In the mud and
water seeking the victims of the de
! luge over an area of 50 square m'les
and endeavoring to give aid and
comfort to thousands who have been
innile homeless h.v the disaster.
Three villages were destroyed and
r,0 square' miles were made desolate.
Thousands are mourning for rela
tives whose bodies lie In llernamo
Vfalley, where until the breaking of
the dvke they lived, but where now
they lie in a veritable lake of mud
land water.
REFUSESINCREASE
IN EXPRESS RATES
Washington. Dec. n.?New bases
for application of interstate express
nries were today laid down by the
Interstate Commerce Commission in
the decision which refused the Am
erican Hallway Express Company
? the right to make the general In
creases which It asked.
The express companies were or
dered to establish new schedules on
'or before February 21 next, lncor
I poratlng the chances.
The Interstate Commerce Com mis -
? slon also refused the demand that it
1 reconsider all of Its work In the
|ihv?ical valuation of the country's
railroads. The petitions making such
! demands were dismissed.
Cl.AI) WEI.COME FOR
THE IMlll'PS FAMILY
Upv. W. T. 1'hlpps, Mrs. Phlppa
i anil Miss Eleanor Phlppa Jiaw ar
rived and are making their home at
tin* parsonage on Ehrlnghuua street.
Mr. Phlppa, II"' new pastor of the
Pasquotank Circuit, conies to Ell?
aheth City from Winfail. where for
two years lie lias served most ac
ceptably the Perquimans Circuit.
Elizabeth City is glad to welcome
such to its midst. Mr. Phlppa will
serve the live churches which con
stitute tlie Pasquotank Circuit: Halla
Creek, Mt. Hernion, I'lilon. Newbe
K?n and Epwortli.
NO l.WVVKHS1 SI'KKI'HKS AND
roller session was huiki
Little more than an hour waa re
quired for Monday's session of the
recorder's court. There were a num
ber of cases, but as tit? defendants
were not represented by counsel, lit
tle time was required to dispose of
them. All the defendants, except It.
ti. C.illlam. laved with costs for op
erating a motor car without proper
license, and .1 It Venters, taxed
with costs for violation of the city
parking regulations, were negroes.
I.onnie Alexander and n. Smith
were lined $10 and costs on a drunk
and disorderly charge. Smith was
held pendlnt: word frotn Norfolk,
where be admits an attack on his
wife with deadly weapon, some time
ago. wlili Intent to kill.
Will Nixon was lined $f? and coats
for operating a motor vehicle with a
defective mufTlcr.
r. A. Crank, Indicted for carrying
concealed weapons, for assault with
a deadlv weapon, for Illegal poi.ses
slou and operating a motor car un
der I lie Influence of liquor, for llle
;. a I transportation of and receiving
liquor, asks for a Jury trial In each
case, and four Juries have been
drawn to try the cases against Crank
on Wednesday of this week. The
outlook Is that the trials will occupy
several hours of Wednesday's session
of the recorder's court.
The charges against Crank crow
out nt a w ild night ride up the Ni w- -
land lioad on Thanksgiving.
MONROE DOCTRINE
SAVES FROM W ARS
Richmond, Dec. 3.? Declaring
that by the operation of the~Monroe
Doctrine American republics have
throuxli a hundred years been com
paratively free from the wars which
have drenched European countries
with blood. William Jennings llryan
speaking here at a maw meeting In
celebration of the centennial of the
Monroe Doctrine urged that this na
tion extend further help to l.atln
Alnerlcan countries by ennbllng
thotn to obtain financial credit"
without payment of "exorbitant"
rales of Interest.
COTTON MAIIKET
New Yor*. December 3?Cotton
futures opened this morning at the
following levels: December 37.15!
January 36.fif>; March 36.60: May
36 60; July 36 so: October 29.30.
New York, Dec 3 ?Spot cotton
closed quiet with 90 points decline.
Middling 36.7$,_ Futures closed at
the following levels: December
36.16, January 36.67, March 35.69.
Mar 36.01. July 11.11, October
11.(0. J