North Carolina Newspapers

THE WEATHER I'rtthuhly rail i tonight mill Sunday. Slightly ii urmvr in interior /<> nixlit. Mmlerntf ninris. ******* VOL. XIV. FINAL EDITION'. ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA,' S ATI 'It DAY EVENINC. JANl ARY l'l. MIC I IT I'ACES. NO. 17. WIl I JAMS IS IN RECEPTIVE MOOD Would Not I { II 11 \j4ai11-l Doiltflltoli lull il' Doii^IiIiiii \\ itlidruvt* \\ o 11 I <1 Not I Sliirk ("all to St-rvioc. T' ouuh emphasizing the fact that, lie *!oes nut s?-**k the office and that , lie K?\>i?u? Commissioner R. 1 A. Douuhton will be kWoii tin- unan imous nomination of his party and sta d for re-eltrtlon. Stat*4 Senator! (V H. Williams admits that Ik* iiitglil become a candidate, for St a to Reve- 1 nn- Commission^r sliould he becom" per&oaded that the office sought j him. provided that Mr. Doughton j should decide to retire from official lir.- ut Raleigh. I'. a letter to the editor under date of January 19, Mr. Williams says? Mr. Herbert Peele. Editor. The Advance. Ellzbeth City. N. C. Dear Mr. Peele: ? I read your editorial of yesterday with mingled surprise and pleasure; surprise that my name should be mt-ntloivpd In connection with that mdlt important State office. Revenue Commissioner, although several of my friends have from time to time urged me to . he a candidate, pleas ure in that you and others of my friends should think me worthy, competent and fitted for that posi tion which gives the life blood to thi* great and progressive common wealth. x A man would be most callous and' indifferent who could not and did not appreciate and give utterance to his appreciation of the abiding con fidence of those with whom he has mine led in the daily walks. J. In deed. appreciate and respond to the confidence and the implication of fitness that your editorial expresses. Xo citizen of this America, the ?leader and light of tJie nations, nor of this State, the Star State, should refuse to meet a public duty when calfed Upon to servi\ This attitude of unselfish service, this kind of patriotism, has placed this nation and tkls Stvite In a few decades at the forefront of civilization. I have , never been an aspirant for public office nor have I ever declined a call to public duty. However. I have rather exercised the injunction "in honor preferring one another." I could not think of being a can didate for the office of Revenue Com misfioner as long us the incum bent. my good friend. Governor R. A. Doughton. will consent to fill the olflce or be a candidate there for. He is a man pre-eminently fitted for the office by long years of experience in matters of State Rev enue. a man of splendid ability, rare efficiency, pleasing impartiality, at tractive approach, and solid integri ty that makes him the ideal !han for this important post. The man and the office have met. North Carolina wvints men of his type, hi? character, his learning, and his fitness for its offices, and would make an irrepar able mistake in letting -.him set away from the management of the affairs of the -Suite's Department of R. v line. I sincerely hope that he will fill the office for many yet. rs. that no Democrat will oppose him. and that the party will hand him the unanimous nomination as a token ol our esteem and our confi dence hi his ability and fitness. Thanking you for the editorial and congratulating you on your abiding Interest in the development of our section. I remain with the kindest personal regards. Yours very truly, ^ P. If. WILLIAMS. All. Wllllami', haye*po Inclination to bring him out agaTnst .Mr. Doughton. Hut the editorial In this newspaper setting forth Mr. Wil liams' fitness for the office/ of Stat*' Revenue Commissioner and the faet that It Is about time the Lost Prov- J luces of the East were given some j recognition In way of political nref erment seems to have struck "a r/- j spon slve chord. - As to Mr. Williams* qualiflc itiyns for the office, his friend? pelht ottt that from a standpoint of mental ap tltude, training. or experience It Would he hard to find a man better flitted for the duties that the fteve nu? Commissioner Is called upon to meet than he. P. H, Williams Is a man of broad j esperlence, liberal education and rlp en'ed judgment, an A. 11. graduate ofj Randolph-Macon College, a graduate of tin- school of law at thr"state Pni-f Verslty. and was for a short time a praetleing attorney. He gave up the, practice of btw to re-organize the' Kllzaheth City Hosiery Company of] this city and as president of that' corporation displayed so marked a! degree of business acumen and achb-M'd for It such marked stfccesa* as to win immediate place as one of| Elizabeth City's foremost business1 executives. H?? Is today president of the Savings flank <r Trtist Company, a former member of the City Coun-| cil and of the Board of School Trus tees. a past grand master of the North Carolina fJrand Lodge of Odd Fellows, and Is teacher of one sMIie lari?st lllble classes In this section, of the State. But that |s not all Since 191ft j Mr^Willlams has been studying In come tfcx laws and hip time has, been largely engaged in Income tax work for patrons of Ms bank. On May 1. 1 91 Si. he was appointed dis trict tax supervisor under the Re Duff Is President Of New Hood Bank Elected at Meeting Directors Friday Night Cashier Elected Monday \\\ P. Dull". of th?* Duff Piano Com* |>?nv. was elected li? iho presidency, or the newly orsanlZ'd Hood System ' Industrial Hank at the first meeting ? of directors Friday night at tliej Chamber of Commerce rooms. <?urnev P. Hood, vice president of the Carolina Hankins & Trust Com- j pany, oriulnator of the Hood System. ] and leader in the organization in i Elizabeth City, was elected first vice I president. Ren L. Hanks of Ranks| & Huuhfs was elected second vice j president. The. cashier will be elect- 1 led at the nextf meeting, which will] be held on Monday, January 21. at 7:30 p. m. The following executive committee was elected: W. P. Duff. Ournev P. Hood.^en L. Ranks, Robert R. Taylor, and the cashier w-Jien elected. The Carolina Ranking & Trust Company, the First & Citizen Na tional Rank and-4he Savings Rank & Trust Company were designated a* J depositories. A call for the payment of 50 per ?cent of all stock subscription was or idered to be paid on February 1. I Committees were appointed to locate a site for the banking house, and to [ purchase fixtures and stationery. } Aydletl Says Buzzard Deserve* a New Name I "Buzzard" Eason. colored, up for ! cruelty to animals, lightened Satur day's morning's session of police (court with a recital of good deeds to i dumb animals that In the opinion of j E. F. Aydlett. his attorney, should I earn the negro a ney sobriquet. 1 Eason, Mr. Aydlett, declared. Instead I of having been nicknamed ".Buz jzard" because he seeined always to ! he hovering around dead horses, 1 should be recliristened fhe Good Sa maritan of the unfortunate equine." A police officer this week found a dying horse on Eason's premises and from an inspection of his sta bles and crib reached the conclusion , that the animal must? have starved ; to death. The court held, however, that there was insufficient evidence | to convict on this charge and Eason was discharged after the promise, made every time he gets in court, that lie .will discontinue his practice ' of accommodating people who want him to take horses, who have out lived their usefulness ofT their hands. Th.'se owners, Kanon declares, thrust such horses upon liini; and frequent ly. lie says, he is able to put the 'animals back on their feet. If they die on him there is the hide, Eason ; figures, pretty nearly clear profit. ? j Eason. has served on the roads in time past for mistreatment of a hors and Trfral Justice Spence tells the ' story that shortly after the sentence had expired he was accosted* by Su perintendent Provo who said: I "You got me In one peach of a fix when you sent me Huzzard Eas on. His time has been out for a week and I fvin't get rid of him. He i says lie's Veil treated, gets plenty to eat. has 'a good bed to sleep In I every night and when the spirit moves him to preach evenings he's i got a congregation of sinners that can't get away from him." The three white boys of Norfolk who were arrested early Friday I morning for stealing two automo biles, a Nash belonging to J. (?. (Sreicory and an Essex, the property oi i,ouis mormon. were nejo ror probable cause by Trial Justice Spepce as a seault of the prellnjjn a^'- hearimt ? reeorder's eour4 Saturdav morning. Roth earn wero taken from their garages* after 2 o'clock in tin* morning and t he |w? iice Mid caught the offenders and re covered both cars before sunrise. The boys are: Arthur Halstesd who gives as his home addrvas the name of !i Im slater, Mm. Helen Mc iKrmid. 3:'.5 Liberty street, Rerkley ward. Norfolk; Raymond Sawyer,' son of A. C. Sawyer. 2 3 Elm Place,] Berkley ward. Norfolk: and Millie. Spirt, son of M. Spirt. 2:\4 Arling ton Place. Norfolk. Chief of Police Gregory l? communicating with the people of Hhe defendant*, but the boy * express little hope that any ar-' range men tn can be made for them to' give bond of $ 1,00ft each, under which Judge S pence Is holding them for Superior Court. L. 11. Armstrong, submitting to a charge of failure io procure city au-1 tomohlle license, wan let off on pay- j ment of costs nnd license t:i\ valuation Art. and served at that post until October 1. 1920, his work) taking him ^ot only into every county of the district, but into a , number of outside counties as Well. Finally, as S*- n.Ht from this distrlet . durlnif the Irfst session of the North Carolina General Assembly," he] served on the finance committee of J the Senate, gaining thereby a knpwi- j edge of th? inside machinery of \ tax ation In North Carolina and brlnl-j ing himself thoroughly abreast of present day tnxatlon needs and prob lems. Mis friends say that theje ar<*: qualifications, that 'if would be by noj means easy to match and should. In the event that Mr. Doughton should , decide not to offer himself for re- . eleeflon. make the office of Revenue ( Commissioner seek P. H. Williams, i LEE MEMORIAL UNVEILED TODAY; . al Shun* Moiin-j tain Mark I lie I lTlli Anni-I vrraary ot lln1 IJirlli tti , iwvml (ftMieral and Ktlucat??r| Stone Mountain. Ga.. January 111 ? The sculptured head ol Lee. his: kindly features glistening in the granite side of Stone Mouniajn. \vas| unveiled here today, the llTtli anni-l versa ry of his birth. Standing ut the foot of the moun tain amid hundreds of worshipper*! at the initial figure of the shrtnj. Mr*. Helen Plane, of Atlanta. a| sweet and s charming figure of thej Old South. pressed with fingers] atremhle. a button th?it sent an [electric signal to the men on thei scaffold 300 feet up the side of the ] mountain *teep. Then the. rugged hands that tolled for months In the carving, drew aside the silken folds oLithe two Confederate Hags and re vealed the face of General Lee. There could be seen around It the outlines | of the panorama that in years to j come will portray Jackson, and; Iiavis and the men who tollowed them. To come later, too. ?are the! full figure of Lee and his faithful ! charger. Traveler. The Chieftain | will be on the saddle looking out ' ov??r the almost infinite expanse of green that is the vista from this potn^. But today's ceremony car ried the full solemnity wnd brought quick pulse heats to thoss^vho par ticipated and looked on. for It was the first definite attainment for the sponsors of the shrine. Tl?*re were present the governors of six Southerp states, come here tor ; the occasion, and countless numbers 'of Daughters of the Confederacy. whose heritage Is to ke?*p <illve the ' reverence for the men who fell dur ing the fiery years of '61 to '6f>. I Scattered among them^ and In con trast that now gripped 'the soul and ! again brought a feeling of pride. ! were the hundreds of age-burdened ' vetcr-ins of the great .struggle wind ith" bright faced little girls just starting on the pathway of life. These little girls were tile Children of ihe Confederacy. who had left their play to come any pay homage to their illustrious gnmdslres. They are the Daughters of the Confeder acy of tomorrow and. already are well familiar with the story they are to pass on to help perpetuate. The exercises began <?t 2:30 with a steady pilgrimage of Hundreds of people that began well before noon, an asphalt road that winds a pleas ant course Into Atlanta from the mountain, bore heavy traffic. The visiting governors came Trom the j city in cars furnished by their hosts. There were Governor Cameron Morrison, of North Carolina; Gov ernor K. Lee Trlnkle, of Virginia; Governor Cary A. Hardee, of Flor ida* Governor Austin Key. of Tenn essee; Governor Thomas .Mcl*eod of South Carolina; and Governor Wil liam W. Brandon, of Alabama, who with Governor Clifford Walker, of Georgia occupied a specially con structed platform for that purpose. Governor Walker was attended by his military staff whose full dress uniforms contrasted with the ever fading color of gta> of the veterans now .it the ebb of Life. Military, in its organization, too. figured in the occasion by the presence of the "Old Guard" of Atlanta. PrHslilinK on the rontrum was llol liiiH X. Randolph, nt Atlanta, prei-l dent of the Stone Mountain Oonfed i crate Monument Association. He in a^KU rated llty service* and intr^ , ilnr.eri Dr. ?JMato Durlimn. "hi . ifnuyy 1 University and North' Carolina. as orator of the day. Dr. DuiTOm ex-' tolled the life and spirit of Lee, paid tribute to the sacrificing souls who wore the gray and spoke of the his tory that was made a little more than have a century ago, that will J never die. Then came the moment of greatest happiness to Mrs. Plane. In silence that seemed to he inspired hy the towering stone a few hundred feet away, its sleek sides shining in the glow of the setting sun, she tiros** un-j steadily from her chair on the plat form and strode clowly to the elec- ! trie button that w hh to be as magic! to her tAuch. Her eyes shone a happvl gitalin and her whole face though wrouKht with the rare of h.?r 9f? years, it still bespoke that spirit that Is dominant in women of her kind. Mrs. Plane best Stated but a mo ment. then her eager fingers touched the button, the guards on the high scaffolding pulled a cord and the /olds of the banners of the Lost Cause dropped from the f?.?ce of the beloved" general. ' Every feature of kindness and character of his face so well known to the Southerner, was distinct and then he looked down up on the multitude below as if to say "Forget not the men of the line." . Por this lndy of the Confederacy. I -it wms the realization of a dream. The shrlnr'that is vei in the making' is an elaboration of her plan to carve on 'y the head of Lee upon the moun tain. It was the w^rk of (iutzon 1lor glub, n< ted sculptor, done in the massive snioot lines* of the monntaln side. For the pust several months tolled Incessantly, assisted hy scores of drillers expert stone cutters, while >1. IS. I I f.l'IH'I'KH DEAD M . ]\ i 1 1 so years old. *1 i* <1 :t I ? 1 k Saturday yfternoou' w !? i - : ?? (i l *. Pennsylvania A\> nue. Il?' li;is been in .foi-hie luMlt'i sin.-.- Mroke 1. 1 paralysi* UV4i r> ;?w- ?>. Inii luM'iiiiK' critically) iii only very n I Jy . Mr. r?:lj ? |i;.* r u :i.n i wice -"Married and is survived l?y . i widow and I hree i i-li Mi en. one soli. John Culpepper. | .in ! Iiy two daughters. Mrs. I'.. II. 1 Foreman and Mrs. \V. II. Jennette.{ all of tiiis rily. Tli?' funeral will ho conducted at llw First Methodist Church Sunday! afternoon at half past three o'clock by Dr. X. II. I). Wilson. F1IC MAIlKKTa PNKT IIY II.IJFIT STHF.KT TltADIXUj LeFpzlg. Jan. 19. ? Fur deifling ill t reliable shops has been sucreeded a l-^ most entirely hy trading In the. streets, the latter involving a large amount of stolen furs. Street trad ers' are wild to have enlisted the aid of employes of tuanv of the shops to steal furs and pass them along to the traders. Fur pieces are wild to change hands as many as 20 times a day I and ther local market, one of the: greatest fur markets In the avorld. Is j in state of confusion. Street de*il- 1 ers <are not particular where or fronrj whom they get their furs and tsome are reported to be making as high1 as $1000 a day in commissions. FHTION HOIH'IjAK IX KXUI?AXI? | London. January 19 ? Th? writing of books in England shows no signs of lessening according to the stati cal tables compiled by the "Book-! seller." During the past year 6,981 new | books were produced and in addition '3,259 sefond and subsequent editions! I Tpere Tqpued. Fiction hakes the I first place. Novelists provided { 1.219 new hooks. Religion and ? theology *%ere the si^jects of 5 7 f> new hook*. while only 17 new works of humor were Issued. Sit Kit WOOD OF OHIO FLOURISHES FLASK Washington. Jan. 19 ^Flourishing an empty flask and assailing the ac tivitles of the Anti-Saloon League and Representative U pshaw of ? ; ?-<>r gia. Representative FWierwood. Demo crats. of Ohio. XH-year-old veteran of the House, today told his colleagues that "up to 1 924 it is generally con ceded that prohibition officers have | failed , to enforce the law." and also I charged that the use of narcotics had increased enormously since the enactment of the dry laws. WANTS TO ANNEX POLAR REGIONS I Thin Is Why America Will Send ihe Shenandoah In Survey the Va?l Territory. Savs Denliv. : t ? | Washington. Jan. 19. ? The prime purpose of the Shenandoah's pro ; posed polar flight. Secretary Denbv said today to the House Nuval Com mittee. is for exploration of the arc tic regions with a view to annexing land in that area to the I'nlted Stales. i "The mere fact that there Is an unexplored area of a million square, | miles adjacent to the Fnlled States constitutes a constant challenge to the ("nited States. We can't permit that vast territory to fall Into the hands of another power. If we don'\ ' make this flight this summer the en JirtT.axctifc w4lr- ? pholo ' graphed and mapped by another power within a year," he said. TEXAS GOVEKNOH CHANCES HIS MINI) Austin, Tpx., Jan. 19? Acting fSov ernor Davidson today acquiesced In the request of President ObreKon of Mexico for permission to tranapor' troops across the Texas Roll, revers ing his decision of yesterday at the urgent request of Secretary of State Hughes. Davidson said. however. I that the American Government muat assume r<? poll nihility for any dam ages resulting. euro i r jkwei.hY FACTORY'S SAFE Newark, N. J.. Jan. 1ft. -Safe rob ber* today obtained $2f?.n0fT WOftTi of jewelry when they blew op?n the jewelry factory Wife at Irvinuloiig a suburb of thin city. suspended lialf down the preclpl^ <n ' the other side the tremendous stone tapers off gradually and affords an aftcent in Km winding; trail to' the to i of the mountain above, hut the ste^p nlde Is almost perpendicular and only a few patches 'of jgoss . break its smoot tineas. Upon the completion of the unveil ing and when Mm Plane had re turned to her place, Hinhop flepja-l min J Kffllpy of the Catholic Dlo cei** of Georgia. pronounced the bene diction aa?l concluded the first I tlkra In the perpetuation of thl memory of the wearers of the gray who fought for a cause that Is dear* to the hearts of every one of the Southland Congress Is Wasting Time On Another Investigation Nfi'ii I iihllcil While Koine llnrili <1 ami I. i'<l In Jim |{eetl * ( jinarj'js Inve-lijfutr* W I ? i I < - IYi>|ile (Jamor l..i I'nijircvivi' l.e?i>hilitin H.v IKWIlt I.VWHI-.ME Cii|.?r!-:lit 1!?J4 TIm \il\;inri' Washington, Jan. 18. ? I)o the people rule or is there a Gov ernment by ail oligarchy of professional politicians? CITY HAS CHANCE ' " AT AUTO FACTORY IC?>I>?* Motor liar Corporation Would Like to Come Here! If It Can Get Proper Co-op eration and Support. Does Kllzabeth City wish to add an automobile factory to ltd lint of In- j dustrles? The Robe Motor Corporation, man ufacturers of the Kobe automobile, now located at Nanaemond. Virginia.! will probably move their plant t?l Kllzabeth City If a committee from the Chamber of Commerce puts its' stamp Af approval on and pledge of i co-operation with the enterprise. "Though your railroad facilities | art' not all that we could ask for. i Kllzabeth City has several other ad vantages that more x than offset thaj disadvantage In transportation facil ities, " Laurence Case, publicity dl- 1 rector of the Kobe Motor Company,' I told-4*-rr porter for The Advance Sat-| urday in response to the hitter's in quiry as to what other towns were being considered as desirable for the I location of the automobile enter- 1 | prise. "Chief among the advantages lit your city," Mr. Case said. "Is your low rents and your cheap commodity prices. House rent here Is one-third cheaper, for instance, than it i* in Norfolk and commodity prices are easily 20 per cent lower. "To be frank with you. I camp to Elizabeth City first on other business <4<nd not with any idea of locating our plant here. Hut I was so Aiuch Ini pressed by the general appearance of your city and the evidence of pros perity on every hand that I spent two days her*/ investigating condi tions and came to the<concluslon that your city was well able to take rare of our enterprise. It was not until after this investigation that I made my business kuown to your commer cial secretary or anybody else." A committee from the Chamber of Commerce vlsltwd Nanaemond Thurs-, ! day of thin week where they nesday of this week when* they found the plant In operation an<J several cars in various stages of con struction. This committee, at a meeting in the Chamber of Commerce rooms Friday afternoon, passvd resolu tions favoring the appointment of another committee which Is now* making a complete Investigation of status of the Kobe Motor Corpora tion and will report to the Chamber of Commerce within a few days. Those* on this committee are Marsh-, all Jones. Frank Kramer. J. K. Wl I - < son. Itrad Sanders. W. I*. Duff and It. C. Job. THREE SERVICES TO BE II ELD SUNDAY l>r. I). K. Wnlthall In the two ser-! vices held at. the ('ami Memorial ' ITjesTiv t ei l?Tr"( TiurcH - tfiV' Friday held tne congregation spellbound by the appeal of his sermons. Dr. Walthall who has a quiet manner of speaking, grows upon his congregation and the earnestness and sincerity of his talks has a deep and lasting effect. -* The three services on Sunday will probably close the revival services as Dr. Walthall has to return to Vir ginia. There will be <m 1 1 o'clock service, i he service at 3*: 30 In the af ternoon for the young people, and the evening service at 7:30 P. M. M liM. J. K. NAHM l>K.%l> Mrs. J. K. Nash died at her home | In the lltirnt Mills section of Cam den county Friday afternoon at three o'clock. She wis 69 years old anil leaves her husband and several chil dren. Th" ?fnneCflUwIll be conducted Sun day at Kbeneznr church by (he pas tor, Jlev. (J. P. Ilarrill. COTTON SEED IIEPOIIT I Washington. Jan. 1 f? -Cotton seed) crushed during the five months' pe riod from August the first to Decern-, beir 3 1 amounted t" 1,9(4,604 tons as compared with 2,03fi,740 tons In the same period In 1022. and cotton seed on hand al the mills December I! 1 totalled 728,7.61 tons as compared with 7Xf?.?Mfl tons a year ago. the Census llureau said today. IV ts Fit INI 'IS 4KNNINIM In School News today the name of Francis Jenninv* was bv error set "Francis Jam***' and the error wan not seen in time to correct It on that1 page. Tlfe Advance hastens to cor-, reel It on the front page because this newspaper had rather yet a man's name wrong than a boy 'a- especially i a smart boy. I Such a question would never be asked were it not for the sud den turn toward intolerance which certain groups iu Con gress are exhibiting toward the efforts of American citizens to persuade their fei'ow-vr.leis to agree with then; in matters of legislative policy The Senate has adopted a resolu tion to Investigate "the control of public opinion." Home who \^otcd for It believed the inquiry could do no harm and prob ably no good either. Others voted for It In the hope of discrediting and poking fun at the Bok peace plan. Others saw the. usual opportunity under the cloak of Congressional Im munity to Intimidate American citi zens who believe they have a right J In a Democracy to urge their views upon their fellow citizens. , What certain I'nlted States Sena-, j tors seem unable to understand Is | why any man like Kdward W. Bok should be no Ill-advised as to try to j And a plan that might possibly pre jvent another eight million human be | Ings from being slaughtered, several 'millions more from being maimed [and the survivors oppressed by a I tax burden of staggering proportions. And other Senators cannot under stand why groups of American citi zens should dare by advertising, pub licity or other legitimate forms of | persuasion lo exert aa influence with 'theft* cliosen representatives In Con ; gress to revise the taxes. So overwhelming has been public I sentiment in favor of tax revision jthat the Senators who want an in I vesf Igation think something must .jo wrong. It Is true that there are ru mors that the Ku Klux Klan will be investigated as well jis the campaign against the soldier bonus but primar ily the . Investigation was started by those who think they will be able to hammer away at tiie League of Na tions since the plan which won the ; $50,000 offered by Mr. Bok advocat ed American entry Into that body. Irrespective of the merits of the I League controversy the fact remains that Mr. Boh offered a prize for a plan to assure world pence. Other 'citizens have Interested themselves in peace efforts, notably the late An drew Carnegie. The Nobel peace prize has beep awarded to Ameri cans. There are numerous peace so cieties In the I'nlted States. Will all of them now come under the ban? I'nless Congress simply believes in j investigating for the sake of inves tigating the resolution adopted must j have had some 'purpose. The theory' ! back of It Is that some Illegitimate means of influencing public opinion has been practiced. So long as ru mors of that kind are afloat, prob ably men II k ?? Mr. Bok will welcome the opportunity to disclose what they really have done. Indeed, some ad vocates of the Bok plan thfnk It will be stronger than ever after the Sen ate has failed to find In It the sin ister things being hinted at now. Those Mho think Mr. Bok's basic purpose was to get , publicity believe he will get even more of that and lyiLliout paving any more money out in the form of prizes."* ^ *" ? SenatorylFleed of Missouri Is the author of the Senate resolution. H-^ Is one of the best prosecuting attor neys in Congress. He likes to be against things and never is happier than when he Is on the attack. H?s antipathy toward the League of Na tions make* him a convenient Instru mentality for the Republican* who oppose the League but who will not now share the responsibility' for the Investigating done by a con mltte led by a Democrat. And so Is time wasted and i*KO the tax payers' money, as dozens of problems 6f much more Importance which press for a solution lie un touched. \SKS MELLON \ ERY I'EKSONAL QUESTIONS Washington. Jan 10. Secretary Mellon was today challenged by Sen ator Couzens, Republican, of Michi gan. to inform the country how much he would benefit personally from the reduction of income ifUrtaxes which he has proposed In his tax revision plan ^ "So long as you have entered Into the record of my securities, will you tell us what your securities are, how much voo own of ?ach,:and how you will benefit by reduction of surtaxes as proposed by you." Couzens wrote. COTTON MA It K FT New York. Jan. It. Cotton fu tures opened today at the following levels: Jan. J?2.#R. March 33 IK. May ? S3. 48. July 31.30. Oct. 28. 1?. New York. Jan 18,? 8pot cotton, closed atesdy. Middling 33.20 an ad vance of to points. Futures, closing bid. Jan 32.70. Ma-ch 33.20. May 33 20, July 32.15. Oct. 28.00.