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NO. 21.
OPEN CRITICISM
COUNTY OFFICIALS
Currituckians ('.ensure Couii
l\ Officers for Failure to
<url? Scofflaw Spirit Open-!
I\ Abroad.
iViwHiK Point. Jan. 2 4. ? 0|H>n
arid pointed criticism of the county
authorities for their failure to curb
the scofflnw spirit that is abroad and
openly abroad in Currituck County |
is beinu heard on every hand in tlilsi
Cjor.junuiity.
For instance, there is the escape I
of the negro criminals. Mosc and
Labile Gallop from Constable'
Cart wrlght, a jew weeks aco, after
they bad shot and seriously
wounded in the hands, arm and
body. Philistine Owens. colored,
throuch the window of the home in
which he sought shelter. Not only
did the officer of the law permit t lie |
escape of these prisoners by what
seemed inexcusable carelessness, I
knowing, as he did. the unsavory
reputation of both of them, but also J
since their escape no noticeable ef-,
fort has been made to capture these
desperadoes, each of whom lias al-'
ready served time at the Stale's prl- J
son. Constable Cartwriglit. it is1
said, not only failed to handcuff or
otherwise secure his prisoners, but'
had actually gone outside the store {
where they were being held when'
they esca|>ed through a back door.
Since that time both negroes have
be?- n coming and going apparently at
will, with the utmost Impunity and
effrontery.
DIL KAUPP SPEAKS ?
AT POULTRY SHOW
Raleigh. January 24 ? Dr. H. F.
Kaupp. Poultry Investigator, and
Pathologist of North Carolina State!
College of Agriculture, will address
the Educational Section of the
.Madison Square Garden Poultry
Slunw In New York City on Friday
evening. Dr Kaupp's subject will
he "Poultry Lo-ses From Preventa
ble Diseases. "
T.'iis will particularly Interest the
poultry raisers of this State <ind
many will have the opportunity of
hearing Dr. Kaupp speak over the
radio at eight o'clock on Friday
evening.
ATHLETICS HEADY
TO MEET HERTFORD
T ? Athletic Association lias boon
practicing nightly and the- players,
are in fine shape to meet the Hert
ford -quint Friday night on the gym
floor of the Y. M. C. A. and battle j
for basket honors.
"\Ye. ure working hard to- have a
successful association here, where we
can give the home people sports tin
year around, the captain of the'
team said Thursday morning. "We
want to bring good teams, but we
will have to have the support of the1
people to put it across."
It is hoped by the team that tliMr
efforts will be rewarded by a packed
house on Friday night.
The line-up of the game Is as fol
lows :
K. ('. I'os. tlertlonl.
W. Mallard forward T. Mc.Mullan
R. Holmes . forward L. Skinner
F. Moruart center H. Stokes
F. Dwlglit .?...._guard F. Sutton
F. Alford ... ...guard...... K. McMullan ;
The game will be called at *
o'clock.
THE THIRD GRADEItS
SCORE BIG SUCCESS
Filling the graded school auditor
him almost to capacity, an Interested
and appreciative audience viewed the
presentation of t he playlet. "I'rlnc
enjoyed the concert by the Shamrock
Hand. finth entertainments were!
presented bv the third grade pupils,
under the supervision of Mrs. T. It. j
Cooke and Mrs. Wllbert Whltehurst.
The first number on the program,
was the "Washington I'ost March."
by the Shamrock Hand. The musi
cians were dressed most attractively
In m eon and white suits. This was
followed by a dance. "Jolly Is th?
Miller." accompanied by the orches
tra. Next came the health play.
?'Princess Rosy Cheeks." a cleverly |
conceived and well-acted play, brlnu
Itiu in all phases c?f health necessi
ties in a most Intriguing manner. A
folk dance by a class of girls, accom
panied by the OfChestra. was the next
number, which was followed by the
concluding piece "Needle's Eye,"
pla>' d by the capable Shamrock
band.
From the Infest reports It Is est!
mat? d that the returns from the en-,
tertainment amount to $7ft.
At the completion of the entertain-,
ment Prof. S. L, Sheep Invited those'
present to visit the new high school
building.
fOTTON MARK FT
New -York, January 24 Bpot
cotton closed quiet this afternoon,
declining 20 points. Middling .13: HO.
Futures closed at the following
levels: J nuary 3.1;. 10; March 3.1:63;
May :? .1 ; 7 f? ; July .12: ?0; October
28:0 5 .
New York. Jnn. 21. Cotton fu-,
tures opened today at the follow-'
ing levels: January 33:56; March
33.84. Mm 34.02. July 32 .!??. Octo- ?
ber 28.20.
ENGINEERS STRIKE
STILL CONTINUES
(By Tfcr AiMCi*tr4 Frew)
London. Jan. 2 4. ? The proposed
conference between railway manag
ers ami enulnemen for discussion ??f
issues involved in lite present strike
lias fallen through and the secretary
of the Associated Society of Locomo
tive KnuinetTs and Firemen" an
nounced today that the strike must
continue.
SNOW SENTINEL
ON THE ALERT
Vi itli Snowies* Winter New
York Keep* Intact' Army of
6,(M)0 to Figlil City's W??rsl
Enemy.
By HOWI.AXH
Cotyrifht. I'iJI, by Tilt Advance
New York. January 24 ? The snow
sentinel who sits high up in the
municipal building 24 hours a day
all winter, rocked an appraising eye
at the leaden clouds which overhung
the city yesterday and wondered If
New York's most economical winter)
in a decade was about to be broken
into with its first snowstorm.
So far. it Is estimated up in the
sentinel's office. the failure of
the elements to shower down a
white blanket on the city has saved
the harried tax payer some two mil
lion dollars. Should this winter
drag mildly to a clone without ?
snowstorm, as happened In 1918 and
1919. the saving would be approxi
mately $5,000,000.
A lot of money to spend Just to
keep the city's streets clear of snow?
Yes ? but back In 1920. it cost the
merchants and crther business men
of New York Just $100,000,000 be
cause the streets were not kept
clean. That year, which New York
long will remember as the year of
the great blizzard, provided a snow
sleet storm and a subsequent freeze
which practically paralyzed the city
for three weeks. The streets were
solid sheets of Ice. a foot to two feet
thick over which traffic could not
move.
New York has had a snow removal
bureau for years but it was that
blizzard which caused reorganiza
tion of th< bureau on a military
basis, its complete motorization, and
its keying up to a plan** of efficiency
tin equaled- anywhere lir the world.
Supposing it should start snowing
now. Marry Hart, head of the bu
reau of snow removal, would issue
the simple order, "call them out."
Clerks would execute just 28 tele
phone calls. <1 iiri within 20 minutes
an army of 6.000 men. backed by
more th;ui 400 motor driven snow
plows, would be mustered to repel
the adv-ince of the city's greatest
enemy.
The city Is divided into 28 dis
tricts. each commanded by a super
intendent. Every man of the
fi.ooo snow fighters ? who in summer
are street cleaners and ash removers
? has been drilled iu mobilizing tor
snow removal until he knows to the
last detail just what he is to do.
The necessity for speed is the
gfeatest lesson the force learned
from the blizzard of 19 20. Once
they let that blinding blizzard get
away from them and it was ull off.
So now. at the first flying of the
hirmless looking little white flake*,
the army mobilizes and goes to work.
Huge water tanks, with plows at
tached. go through the broader
streets.
II IK trucks, also equipped with
plows, go through the narrower ones.
And baby caterpillar "tanks" attack
the still narrower thoroughfares.
Shovel squadx dispose of half of fhe
snow In sewer manhole. The crther
half is carted off in trucks and
dumped Ifflo the river. Swmet lines,
if the icmjc rat urr. rise-4 abov?- ,if
snowstorm, most of the snow can be
flashed away with fire hose. Rut
if the temperature begins to drop,
the commander of the snow fighters
has to change his plans as quickly
?:is a general whose troops came un
der sudden shell fire.
Last year there w.'ie R5 Inches
of snow, in a series of storms which
kept the snow army busy practically
all winter. So far this winter
th'Te has been none. lint they're
pcMslmists over in the snow remittal
bureau. "We'll get plenty, sooner
or later." they say.
C I MMINCiS II AS NEW
HAILUOAI) MEASUKK
Washington. Jan. 21. A bill d<
signed to stimulate voluntary consol
idation of railroads Into a Untiled
number of systems with com i**t it Ion !
preserved as fully lis possible was
introduced today bv Senator < i tu
rnings of Iowa, one of the aulhors
of the present transportation act.
MEXIC AN OFFICERS
IN PHILADELPHIA
riilladcl pliia. Jan. 24. ~ Mexican!
naval officers* under commission from
the Obregon government have ar
rived In rhlladelphla to take south
:? vessel for use in the present Iron- 1
blc in Mexico.
The Mexican consulate adieitted
that the men arrived today and that
some of thetn were later found at a
hotel but strict secrecy was observed j
by nil of them. i
AT FRANKLIN'S CRAVE
Hartley J. Doylt* iriuhti. well known 1'hiludHphia citizens, presFfTcht
' of the Poor Richard Club (if that city, is show n here placing a wreath
(on Hen jatnln Franklin's grave at 9th and Chestnut streets. The occasion
was Franklin's 218th birthday.
SHIPMAN WRITES
IN THE BANKER
Say* North (larolina Has
^ ithin Her Borders Every
Product Needed hy It^IVIan
ufarturers.
Halcigh. January 2 4. ? North Car
olina has within Hut State practically
every prortuct which is needed hy the
manufacturers of the SUito. accord
ing to an article. "Won li Carolina
Th* Country's Logical Manufact ur
turing Center." hy M. L. Shlpinan.
Commissioner or Labor and Printinu.
I which will appear in the February
issue of Tarheel It inker. the official
publication of the North Carolina
Hankers' Association, which will be
issued ibis week. The issue is
strictly a North Carolina edition and
will contain several articles describ
ing thrr resources ami potentialities
of the SMte. Mr. Shipmau's arthle
was written for the edition by spe
cial request, the duties of bis depart
inent placing him in the position of
being thoroughly conversant with
with the manufacturing Industries
of thi? State and their needs.
Mr. Ship ma n stated that the *ar
lier development of the country had
m ule of the South an ngricultii' al
section primarily while the mere
Northern states had been the centers,
of manufacture. He declared that
tills period bad passed and that
North Carolina, because of Its varied
mine; i! and other natural resources
and its splendid water power faeil
ities. was logically a manufacturing
center and should take rank as the
leading center of Industry in the
country.
The following is Mr. Shlpman's
article:
In a discussion </f the reasons to
be offered as to why factories for
the consumption of the raw mater
ial* found in North Carolina should
be established at the base of supply,
one not familiar with the develop
ment of the production of raw ma
terials and with the growth of the
manufacturing industry might ask
why it Is that factories for the con
'sumption of these raw materials
were not built, In North Carolina In
the first instance.
If^we may go back to the begin-'
hing^of^our iTfftioiv.il aettlfcm$it mid
hroftd discrepancy In the present rea
soning may be placed. It lies in an
economic condition prevalent at that
time hut now no longer existing.
When settlement of this continent
began to be made, Immigrants loca
1 ted In different parts of the country.
Various reasons could be assigned
for settlements in various parts, but
it Is probable that all Were governed
by some attraction peculiar to the
, locality selected, ond without having
investigated a great deal of the sec
tions. After settlement had be?*n
? made, certain improvements and In
vestments made It more desirable to
nove. Thus It came about that It
was pr? fit thle to make some article
for barter for the produce of some
??ther section.
As population (nitive Increase i
may reasonably be assumed to have
be<?n somewhere near the uniform In
the various sections. It follows that
in northern sections, where seasons
ire shorter and the growth of pro
ducts. Konie of them common to the
southern section, were slower and
less prolific than in the South. It was
easier and more profitable, and. In
the case of ct.itofl particularly . to
produce something which could be
traded for the -irtlcle needed to be
acquired front the Southern section.
What more nitural than, that having
found in the South a ready accep
tance nnd consumption of manufac
tured articles, the manufacturing in
dustry of the north should grow, or
what more nitural than that the. In
habitant'* of the South, finding it
much easier to flrow cotton, tobacco.
Continued On Page Four I
S8 A WEEK
William H. Vanderbtlt. scion of
one of America's wealthiest families,
heir t ?> about $20.0oo.ooo. Is work
lug In I tost oh as an office hoy for
$x a week. Hut he admits Ills sal
ary doesn't pay his expenses. II
wants to learn tin- broke lime busl
yss,
NEW DRY CRUSADE
IS ON IN CHICAGO
lli'ccnt Murder in Winily Oil)
Put Mayi?r Dever on N?'w
Trtiil of Boollc^t-i'H in
Thai City.
II) .1. I'. VOKKIt
Copyright. IV2I. br Thr Advanr*
Chicago. January 24 ? Chicigo,
supposedly dry as a result of Mayor
Dever's recent crusade against sa
loons ami beer-selling *vorfee
shops," today found Itself plunged
into another war against strong
drink. The windy city, it seems,
isn't dry after all.
Discovery Unit the closing of
some 5,000 saloons and coffee shops
hadn't ended the anli-Volstead viola
tions here resulted more err l?ss di
rectly from the shooting of Davy
Miller. West ^Slde ^ gjingst^r . andnl
1i prise fighter referee, who was
lobby of the La Salle Theatre o.in- j
day nlfht.
The first evidenc,* of a flourishing
rum ring came when police, running
down a clue in the Miller shooti.ig.
ti/und a liquor price list scrawled on
the wall.
Then Miller, told that he must die
of tic operation he was about to
ujidcrgo for the removal of i bullet,
gave the police the name of his al
leged assailant It was Hean'
O'liannion. former gunman, sup
posedly one of the many ''select
immune"? a man who Is reputed to
have made almost as much money
out of Illicit liquor dealing as the
noted Terry Druggan, who-retlred
recently after selling out some
$70o,Tioo worth of breweries acquir
ed since prohibition.
Other detectives stumbled upon a
boose cache from which was di?;rf
buted to transients, through hotel
bell boys, hundred" of gallon^ of
whiskey, giu and other liquors da'ly.
About the time that O'liannion
u is being arrested Tuesday fo?- the
alleged shooting of Miller, Mayor
Dever Instructed Police Chief
Collins to start another }iqur/r round
up. Today the moppers u p were
at work under high pressure. seeking
the elusive booze caches.
HlOim ON WW
A storm warning sent out from
the Weather llureau at Washington
Thursday morning stated that the
disturbance Is central over southeast
Louisiana. increasing in Intensity
and 1 moving northeastward, and
should reach the Carolina coast to
night and Friday, whh rain.
Til AIN (iKTS IIKKK
WITH ro\( || \l IIJI-:
Tli** Norfolk SoiiiIktii 1 ?>:??;?
passfiiuw train nrrlwd at tin*
station loT?- Wednesday ni-| t
wlili tin' passi'iiurr roarli n? ar
t's! tin- mail car aflr?* in i!i??
<???111111; and roof at tlio front *?r
tli*' car. It hail nuulii from a
spark from th?> onclm* ami did
about lino ilaniautv Tlio fliv
company was calli'd at 10:13
?by tb?* alarm ulvcn at l?o\ 41
and <|ttirklv *'\t inuuislietl the
blaze.
POLITICAL POT
BEGINS TO BOIL
I*. (>. Sawyer (ionic* Out To
il ay for Trial Justin- and
C.hurlt's C.armiiu- for Sin-r
iff Also (lonieti Out.
The local political pot is heuinnin;:
to simmer.
Indications arc that in a few
weeks more It will In* hoilinu ?i~u it
merrily.
The tirst bubble was the announce
ment of t he candidacy of l\ (i. Saw
yer for trial Justice. Mr. Sawyer Is
now County prosecutor.
Next came the announcement oi
Charles Carmine, who will run for
sheriff. Mr. Carmine was Count v
Auditor for a number of years and
probably mi^ht have been yet had
lie not resigned the office on account
of his wife's health.
Political gossip has had It for a
number of weeks that there would be
a strlnp of candidates for Sherln
Field's office, but Mr". Carmine Is
I tirst to formally announce his candl
I dacy.
Roth Mr. Carmine and Mr. Saw
i yer have formal cards announcing
I their candidacy in this issue of The
I Advance.
EXPECT ACTION
ON SOVIET RUSSI \
I Kvi-i-yImmIv ill on tli<>
<^ni Viv?" Vt'illi New l.ulmr
Lrudrr. !Mh<-I)oiiiiI<1, al I li?
Head of Affair*.
llt> Tlif Aiftnrla'.rd Jrrr*.'
Loudon. January 24 Prime Min
ister MacDonald's recent dejiuncki
tion of the " po m pons folly" -of with
holding full recognition of Soviet
j Russia has prepared everybody here
I to expect early action by the n??w
| govern meiit in that direction.
' It Is stated unofficially that James
, O'Grady. member of parliament, is
-.?! ready being considered for the po
sition of British ambassador to Mos
| row.
;iu!<;iiks DEFENDS
COOMDOE I'OLICV
j Now York. Jan. 2 4. In n speech
I last n Ik lit Secretary of Stale Hughes
] defended the Coolldge policy in deal
ing with the Obregon regime in Mox
I ico and declared it was doing lh??
right thing.
IIFI'OKT OUTPUT OF
MOTOK VEHICLES
Washington, Jan. 24. The out
put of motor vehicle I n the I' tilted
Stat? s during 1 f? 2 r? was placed in the
1 1 >o pertinent of Commerce announce
1 ment today at a total of :: . ?? rs . r? ?? fi
passenger automoblleH, and 2)7 #? .2 f> 7 i
t rucks.
| 4 ~ mcx- 1
.. VIK.W.I TO lii AIIVKItTIMlVQ ,
Vientia. Jan. 24. ? Ne wspa iht
advertising is I tt bear a heavy share i
of tho new' municipal tax sceme. !
Ton per cent of advertising Income
will go to the city on all forms of
?id v<TtisltiK and where tin4 Income
from that source exceeds one mil
lion crown* a month the city will1
cxxict 25 per cent.
SOI III DAKOTA MAN
on shipping noAHD
Washington, Jan. 2 4. W, S, Hill,
batiker and farim r, of Mitchell.
South Dakota, has b<*en *etrrt"ed h>
President' Coolldge as representative
of the Interior stales on the Ship
plpg Hoard.
INSUKGKNTS KKNKW
ATTACKS ON I.KWIS
(Sy th? AiMKitlrd Ptrill
Indianapolis, Jan'. 24. Itifcurgents
within the ranks .of the rnlted Mine
Workers of America today renewed
their attacks on President J#ewl??
when the biennial convention wns
Teconv^'iied and the credentials com
initteos reported in favor of unseat
In Joseph Chiccftllni of Pennsylva
nla.
The charge was made before tb?
committer by thf secretary treasurer
of Phe district that Chlccollnl Is an
officer In th> duaj oruani7.ii tlon, tlo
Progressive Mine Workers.
Amid considerable confusion three
standing votes were taken and after
the third 1^-wls declared the report
adopted.
BELIEVES ROBE
IS COMING HERE
Secretary of IIIiuiiiIiit of
< '.omniervr Optimistic Over
Outlook (.illin^ Auto Fac
tory and !Mi-tal Foundry.
Representatives of the Robe Auto
tn ? ?l?i to Corpornt ion who were in tho
city this week in response to an In
vitation "from the Chamber of Com
iih'iti' rpturiiHl to Nansemond. Vir
ginia. Thursday uiorninu to lay the
matter of a move to Elizabeth City
before I he directors, of their corpora
tion. according to It. C. Job. secre
tary of the Elizabeth City Chamber
of Commerce.
These representatives carried with
tliem a cordial and unanimous invi
tation from th?> Elizabeth City Cham
ber of Commerce to establish their
automobile factory and Kobe metal
foundry in Elizabeth City. There
was every indication that the step
niluht be taken with reasonable ex
pectation of strong local financial
support for the enterprise.
Secretary Job is most optimistic
as to the outlook for this corpora
tion to come to Elizabeth City.
The Robe Motor Car Company of
Xansemond. Virginia, has physical
assets in the way of the machinery
and equipment of its plant at Nanse
mond, bnt it has what are believed
to be much greater potential assets
in the forinula for Robe metal, used
In ih?? manufacture of Robe cars,
and the patents for certain other ex
elusive features used In the Robe
automobile.
These latter features are the Robe
motor, represented as the work of a
lifetime by Mr. Robe, which, it Is
claimed, will drive ;in automobile 40
miles on a gallon of ua?; extraordl*
1 nary lightness, due to the use of
; Robe metal, which is represented as
1 beinx as stronu as steel but only :?
i third as heavy; and patent sprlnus
which carry the car. according to
[those who have seen It demonstrated,
smoothly over the very roughest of
I roads.
I OKI) EXPECTS TO
DO EVEN BETTER
Detroit. .Tan. 2 1 The l-'ord Motor
Company made 2,200,fiX2 autfMiio
hilt's, trucks, and tractors in 1 f? 2 .
i which was 77fj.0."i9 more than any
j previous year. it wan announced to
da> , and expects to exceed this In
1 !? 2 4 . planning to start early this
spring on its program of 10,000
dally.
DEMOCRATS AWAIT
COMPROMISE TERMS
Washington, Jan. 24. The House
Ways and Means Committee pro
ceeded to tin* consideration today of
I miscellaneous lav rates, leaving the
j fate of the Mellon proposals for re
vision of Income taxes undetermined,
I while the Democratic members
awaited definite terms for compro
' mine which they su^uestcd yesterday
| when Chairman Green proposed that
i the committee work out a non-par
t Isan Id 1 1.
REQUESTS BOOKS
^STRICKEN EltOM LIST
j ,I( a lei u h . Jan. 2 1. Itccausc, h??
J said, two hooks recommended for
the study of wcience in ti?e tftato
schools favored the theory of evoltl
jtlon of man. fJovernor Morrison yes
terday requested that they he strick
en from the school list, which was
done by the text hook commission.
CAN NOT SELL SHIPS
TO MEXJCU 'TIS SAID*'
Washington, Jan. 24 - The agger- __
?4 Ion made h.v a Whif e "ifbuse" spokes
mau that It Is considered a viola
tion of the naval treaty to sell ships
to Mexico and that Americans will
not be allowed to do so.
SECRETARY STATE OF
SOUTH CAROLINA DIES
Columbia. S. C.. Jan. 21. V
Hanks Dove, secretary i?r state of
South Carolina, tiled here last niuht
After a Ioiil' Illness.
TIIHKK Kli.l.KI) IN
CLASH OFF COAST
IB* Tli? A?inrlnr<1
Manila. .1 miliary 24 One consta
bulary soldier and (wo fanatics wore
killed today in <i clash off the const
of Mindatiao wher<> members of a
religious society have been causing
trouble, according tor advices receiv
ed from Siiriafrao.
FRIDAY TIIK KIMITII
M DITOKH M OI'KNS
l-'rltlay. February k. is fbe day set
for the address of \ nuns Wilton
.McLean. on the occasif/n of the for
mal opening of Kllxabeth City's new
high school auditorium.
I! I' Aydleii. chairman of the
sciiool hoard, and several otlo-rv. will
mak<- short talks, and a musical pro
it ram will he presented liy the Chor
al Club.
All of the stage furnishings have
not vet arrived, but th?* date |ias
h?Tn definitely set. and according to
all reports, everything will gcj off a*
scheduled. J