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VOL. XIV. FINAL EDITION. ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA. \VKI>\KSI?AY KYKN1NG, .TAN I AKY :!??. 1:?l> :. EH HIT PACK*. NO. -k\
Republicans Have Agreed
On Maximum Surtax Rates
?*? Approval of Srrrrlary !\lt*!!o<i nn ( oinjiroiiihr
V, !?ir!i !t I- Will Win l.noiinit Drmnrralic Voir*
To i.arry h I liroimli
Rv D.WII) I.AWHKM K
Co?><i7lll. I'd. b? Tn* Aiii-r
\ ': shii'nton. Jan. 2!'. ? Republican meinbi-i\* <?!' the Mouse
\v: y;? and means committee have agreed amonir themselves to
phtce t!io maximum surtax rates at .'55 per cent. They are solicit
itijf th'.' approval of Secretary Mellon and President C'oolidjte and
some Qf the house members think the approval will be forthcom
ing as it is the best compromise they think they can net in the
I h 'Use.
Mr. Mellon proposed 25 per
cent as the maximum while the
Democratic plan introduced by!
Representative John Garner of,
Texas provides for a maximum
of 4 1 per cent.
Tl?o Republican leaders have been
trying to win converts among the
Democrats, particularly those wlio
represent districts with law elites
in them, the supposition being that
the his business Interests will be able
to persuade their Democratic Con
? reesinen to no alonK with the Re
puhilcans at :15 per cent rather than'
Jeopardize the chances of the whole (
tax question beinu ground between
the upper and nether millstone of
partisan rivalry.
Thirty-five per cent is better than
nothing, ami ".5 per cent is better
than ? that's the argument bcln^
used among the conservative Demo
crats enough of whom are said to he
interested in the Republican propos
al to encourage the Republican lead
ers lo go to Secretary Mellon In or
der to win his approval.
Those Democrats who are leaning
toward the 35 per cent proposal do
not represent a majority of their
partv bv anv means, but enough are,
said' to be lined up to enable the Re
publican* with their aid to get the
:;S per rent rale through the Hons"
hut these Democrais will not pledge
themselves to vote for it unless they
ha v. assurance thai Secretary Mel
lon will accept It and that they will :
he voting for something that Willi
reallv Ik- adopted. If the President,
and Secretary of the Treasury stand
pat on the 25 nut rate, the Demo
crats do not want to put themselves
in the position of abandoning the It
1 per cent rate In the C.arner plan.
I The ways and means committee Is
alreadv changlim the Mellon propo- ,
aals considerably. The amendment
accepted by the committee on Mon
day. which limits the 25 per cent re
duction on earned incomes to those ?
with incomes of 120.000. is not what
Secretary Mellon suggested. He
wanted the 25 per cent reduction to
applv to all earned Incomes of what
ever size. The House Itself, or the,
Senate, may change It later, but the
chances are the maximum will not
be increased. Another amendment
which was not vital so far as 'funda
mentals are concerned but which af
fects widows, orphans and others
who are dependent on the work or j
others for their incomes provides
that all incomes up to 15.000 shall
I... reitarded as earned income ami
sub led to a 25 per cent reduction of
ti\.- This amendment was inserted,
because of the widespread demand |
that OnnKress should treat
and orphans and Invalids who ar
supported by Invested funds on the
same basis as the class who earn
tlveUJtuionu^- TJ?^4lwtt-of-?rftO", ?
It was felt, would take care of all
II,1' cases of this kind and yet ?ould
not carry the 25,i'er ^ctfrl exemption
. ^romVaVrtuwrance policy of appro'*
Imatelv ?Kt.OOO are set aside and n
vested at K per cent the annual In
come would be approximately ?s.
Z" This would take a 25 l-r cent
reaction tn la MB Just II"
the man or woman
?rv of $5,000 a year Hut If a !?? r
son has a trust of JlOOnnn the an
nual Income Don. which at ? l-er
t?..nt would he Ifi.noo the first *5 000
M subject to the 25 per cent reduc
JF.rn but the remaining *1.000 takes
usual tax rato*.
Tho way a and m*ana rommltt^ l?
pmUinu rapid projrna* In consldoi
,nc the hill and the all-important
question of surtax rales has finally
been reached The next few da s
should see significant development in
the fixing of the maximum surtax
rates. ;
RESUMES RELATIONS
WITH THK GREEKS
Washington. January SO ? The
fnited Slates yesierday aitnouncen
resumption of dlplomalic relations
with Oreece.
FHIItMK.lt MAVOli IMKH
China Ortwe. January JO? Adol
pltns W. Wlnecoff. former Mayor of
Chin* Orore. who died at his home
Sunday afternoon following a long
Illness, was burled here Monday
afternoon He was one </f the best
know men In Itowan County.
Il.tVlllMiN I'ASMW MAIIK
Charlotte. January JO U*T"
J?.on College campaign for $?00.0f?0
iniiir?ment and Improvement f"""',
aided yesterday with $?7 5.000 aub
Ward Introduces
Dismal Swamp Billj
Measure For Purchase By Gov
ernment of Canal Presented |
To Congress
Congressman Hallft S. Ward lias J
already Introduced into Congress a
bill for the purchase of 1 1* ?* Dismal
Swamp Canal hv the Government
For the information of readers
this newspaper the bill in full fol
lows:
"He it enacted by the Senate and ?
House of Representatives of the,
rnited States of America in Con
gress assembled. That the sum of
$500,000 is hereby authorized to bo
appropriated, out of any money in '
the Treasury not otherwise appro
priated, for the purpose of purchas
ing and acquiring by the Govern
ment of the I'nited States all rights,
titles, and interests in aud to the
I?ake Drirmmond (Dismal Swamp)
Canal, running from Elizabeth River,
ill the State of Virginia, to Pasquo
tank River, in the State of North
Carolina, in accordance with the re
port and recommendation of the
Hoard of Engineers for Rivers and
Harbors made to the Chief of En
gineers of the 1'nited States Arrav.
December 6. 1921, and by him ap
proved and submitted to the Com
mittee on Rivers and Harbors of the
House of Representatives, February
25, 1022, same being House Docu
ment Numbered 5, Sixty-seventh
Congress: Provided, The owner.*
shall certify to the Secretary of War
in writing their willingness to con
vey the same for the price above
named and in accordance with said
recommendations.
"Sec. 2. That the Secretary of
War Is authorized and directed to
commence negotiations without de
lay to the end that title to said canal
be acquired free and clear of all en
cumbrances and liabilities, and
whenever the title shall be tipproved
by the Attorney General it shall be
the duty of the Secretary of the
Treasury to pay the said amount
from the funds herein appropriated."
TEXAS IS THE MECCA
OF CATTLE BUYERS
II) .I.VMFS It. KKCOIII)
(Copyright 1021 by The Advance)
Fort Worth. Jan. HO. Texas to
day is the mecca of the California!!
and Mexican cattle buyers. For sev
eral weeks they have been combing
the ranges Inr -sie^s for -immediate
and future delivery. Texas owners
are holding on to their stock, how
ever. Ruyers are said to be offering
?* liju'i as S'i.llii aalimul rfil in ill'
Til Honth Texas for choice f?t bul
locks weighed there, without produc
ing results. Population and meat
consumption In California are said
to have jutii|>ed by leaps and bounds
and. reports from MaeWle -Const and -
Intermonntaln states show a short
age in producing areas In Oregon,
Washington. Montana and Idaho.
Canadian cattle are reported here to
be pouring Into California through
Oregon ports of entry at the rate of
ten to 15 cars a day and paying $2
a hundred pounds duty as well as
freight. Canadian cattle are averag
ing about 1.000 at Sacramento and
are commanding about slv dollars a
hundred with some sal'?s as high as
$7.50 or about one dollar a hundred
less than good native stock.
FIXKD FOII POSSESSION*
W. R. Smith, Riverside Drive, was
fined $25 and costs in the recorder'#
court Wednesday morning for illegal
possession of liquor. He took an ap
peal and gave the appeal bond of $50
required by the court.
Police Tuesday night went to a
new residence on Raleigh street be- ,
Ing erected by Mr. Smith on com- ,
plaint that drinking and cursing was
going on there. When they began
to flush their lights on the building.1
Mr. Smith came toward them with
two whiskey bottles In his hand?.
When he saw the officers he dropped
the full bottle but the officers found
a trace in the other bottle in his
hand and also in another bottle on
his person. They also testified that
the defendant had been drinking.
Mr. Smith's version was that he,
had heard cursfhu at the n*?w resl
donee he was putting up and, going
over to Investigate, found the liquor,
and was just bringing It out of the;
building when the officers came up. [
With Pomp and Ceremony
i J The kins and queen of England, with all the pomp of ancient times.
Tide In their golden coach to Parliament. Never before in England's
hlatory has a monarch gone to speak before a Parliament the dominant
figure In which Is a Laborlte. This Is a splendid close-up of Queen Mary
la her queenly robes, and crown.
ANOTHER ARREST IN
BIG MAIL RORRKKY
Boston. January 30 ? Henry Man
iff of Revere today surrendered at
the Federal building here and was
arrested on charges of conspiracy to
roh in connection with the million
dollar mail truck robbery in Los
Angeles in March. 1921. ,
Mert Chapman was arrested on a
similar charge yesterday.
GOVERNOR McCRA*
ADJUDGED BANKRUPT
Frankfort, lnd.. January 30 ? Gov
ernor Warren McCray was today ad
judged bankrupt in the report of
Harry Sheridan. Federal master In
chancery, who recently conducted a
hearing on the petition of three Fort
Wayne banks.
Sheridan held that McCray Is not
a farmer or laborer and is therefore
exempt from Federal laws governing
Involuntary bankruptcy proceedings.
IIKTHI KI. IIAI.LA.XCK DKAI)
liethuel Mallance, 97 year old
resident of Maple, Currituck Count
ty, died at his home on Monday
night, and was burled in the family
burying ground at three o'clock
Wednesday afternoon. lie 1* sur
vived by one sister, Mrs. Lotitia
Marco of Waterlilly; and one
brother. Sam Mallance of Durham,
also by a nelce. Mrs. W. O. Saun
ders. and a nephew. Captain If. M.
Mallance, both of this city; and by
a number of great nelces and ne
i phews throughout North Carolina.
Some time ago, Mr. Mallance. who
was reputed to be t b ?? oldest man in
Currituck County, suffered a stroke
of paralysis and has been In delicate'
health ever since, so his death, while
coming suddenjy. Was not a shock
to'hU family.
WILL SHOW RELICS
OF LONG LOST WAGE
Most of l)r. C. I). Williamson's b*c
'l.*!?.- :
been set aside to preserve natural
.wonders, but In describing and Illus
trating M?-sa Verde National Park
the pubic will learn something of
that marvelous museum of 77 square
UlTTliT area, containing the most no
table and best preserved prehistoric
cliff dwellings in the Cnited States,
If not in the world.
Most people are accustomed to re
gard the Indians of the United States
as a race of wanderers, living In
temporary habitations of skin or
bark. >
Here are seen the dwellings of a
superior race who built homes and
lived #ln communities, houses crowd
ed together wall to wall and fre
quently th ree stories high. Rome of
these dwellings have as many as 20<?
room**. While no definite age l?
given for these ruins, it Is estimated
they are ai least 1.000 years old.
Dr. Williamson will show views of
these ruins during his lecture on
"Our National Parks."
TO PUNT >IOIlK COTTON
S?. liouis, January 30 ? It is estl-j
mated that the cotton districts of
Southeastern Missouri have gained
ten thousand in population In the1
last year and cold weather freetlftjt
Insect pests has given new Impetus
to plains for 1924 production.
Ten gins are under construction
and eleven more are planned.
TAIJiM TO M KItCHA NTH
Durham. January >0 J-olim.
Sprunt Hilt, prnnrliient Durham cit I- J
Jlen, addressed the Merchants As-;
sosociatbm of Atlanta at the Georgia
capital on Monday evening. "North
Carolina? -a story of Triumphant De
mocracy," was Mr. Hill's subject.
ZKY
J. \C. Zeveiy, Intimate friend and
personal attorney for Harry F. Sin
clair. oil kins, testified before Senate
committee that Sinclair loaned for
?luiiT- -Sop -Fall ? "Til or (J
Krapli snapped on Washington street
b?fOre hoarinu on the Teapot Dome
oil lease. t-Hev, famous rare lit>r*e,
wa3 rtaiiirfr " yiiVi.ii- - -V
<TT IIV THHiri
Durham. January 3ft ? Henery
Johnson axed negro. In In a Durham
ili>il?Jlai.JUli'IuEl?M 4whii-? -severr?-riTt
in his neck Inflicted by thugs as he
I ?<<?snd through the railway yards
here the other night. Johnson Is
said to have come from Wilmington,
DelcwarcF. No trace of his assail
afits has heen found. Kobbery is
helleved to have heen the motive of
the attack on Johnson.
FINDS DKMKItTKD NTII.Ii
Durham, January 3ft ? Deputy
Will Hill, West Durham-, found a 26
g.iilon liquor still in a thicket m-ar
tin- old Oxford read several days ago.
The still had apparently been aban
doned for some time.
ItOSBEK SUKKENDKItS
AM) BONDS HKCOVEKEO
Boston January 30 ? fieri H.
(liapman, wanted In connection with
the million dollar mail truck rob
bery In l^os Angeles III March.
yesterday surrendered to the police
and $300,000 worth of- bonds stolen
at the time were recovered.
< OTTON MARKKT
New York, January 30? -Spit cot
ton closed quiet this afternoon, de
clining 15 points. Middling 33:40.
Pa (0 ret closed at the following
levels March 33 07: May 33:28;
J??lv fl'J.ttf; Oclbber 27:9ft; Decem
ber 27 43
New York. January 30 ? ? Cotton
futures </pened this morning at the
following 'levels: March 33:05;
May 33:32; July 32:00; October
27:88; December 27:38.
il&tthv 4Ti<w*ae i aiva
a*
(. >41 '
,1 ti? '^t* \?lvo< .i!i' l?rnrr;?l i?l Ni?\ \ I t - j ! -?? l!4ii*>?<' \.:\:tl
millrr ! od t\ I 1 1 .tl in !>????? r.i!?rrt I1)!?!. 1 1 * ? Src
!? I.?:\ 1?1 I i i i ? \<Kin' in Krpui] < > i I I.
ANDERSON WILL
APPEAL HIS CASE
Was IoiiiiiI On ill \ ?f Forg
ery I. in S<>nl?' ?!<??> \<>t to Im
PasM>d Until Friday of N,.\t
W ?'ek.
? Vorl<- Jan. lir\ leaders'
intimated tndav that William H \n
' ?r ,|... '
Jtir> before Supreme Court Justice
7' "'''1V ,a"' ?!'??'! ?f t liinl .l..UI ...
ruict before February S. the date
"nrp"r "ronounc"'?-?t ?f hl? H.II
The hall of IS.OOO. In wlilrli Im
l'"-r,.v Mnc ||, r indict -
ziirz:;. r"turn,a *?
II NCm,i t'.'rk' Jan""r>' Sft? William
of .h? a ""Kerlntendent
T - . Anil-Saloon League. was yea
f"",n<l K?'?'y "f forgery and
will lie sentenced ou Friday.
INDICTMENTS TODW
..... fN < <H)i?ki{ casks
, " "'?"iigton, January P,o The
w",t* Printed lo the
f* '? v ? *?"t??tay anil ih?.
""?'i't ments art. expected to, lav after
which trial will im mediately pro
MOVIKs ItKDl'C 'K I'ltllKH
< loveland. January .!,i |>rU-<. r,..
duel ions Of about thlriv per cent
two local mnvlnM
pictuii. ih.atres i? attract additional
week day patrons.
I'AHENT-TEACUKKS
TALK PLAYGItOtflNDS
1 ??Shan the achool children stand
in the mud back of t|?. |,ig|,
warn! r " ,he> ?h'l"
w ailing for money enough t? provide
"'?""I- w?? '>n- of III,- -
lions taken up at the I'arept-Tench
cra meeting. Tuesday afternoon.
| rhrough all the had weather the pu
I ittendlng high school have been
to sit up all day will, feel
I el. hernune of (ho condition of (lie
I path Where they line up" It was said
,at the meeting Supl. s. I,. Sheep
, teplled that plans were being made
rio provide a cinder path.
A coin ml t tee connoting of .Mm.
A It Hour, Mrs. K. K. Ktherldge
anil il, e president. Mrs. <?. \v. Mellck
ex-offlrlo ehalrman. was appoint
ed roIlf,.r w|,h th|> ?
K It"d Men. Junior Order,
and other organizations for
I the establishment or a supervised
I'lay ground in th.; city to lie worked
out this coming summer ami taken
over by the schools next session
Weeksvllle, Forks and Newland
have organised Parcht-Teacher Asso
"in lions an.l It was voted |,r wHnTfo
lh?m and welcome the#.. CftDwas
| also planned f,,rm a JLojinty/V
I "" .<onnty
As February 17,. the anniversary
of the founding of the I'arentTeach
wa? decided |., ask the different ml,,.
"TCVTflr C * 'j'-Jjggalt. on Chlhl
wrrrare oil that day. No other
celebration will be planned.
through Mr?. Anna l.ewis, the
Mother. Club expressed the desire
U> affiliate wilh the Parent-Teachers
!h?Teni W'" Uk-n ??
it was found that thmigh primary
* ar" "'"""I by the
: III Ik fund Committee. the other
schools Were neglected, so y|,|t|?K
co in m lite*'- ?f Mr? M ,, Mnrr|?e| ;
"nd Mrs. J it. wiiklna were ap.
j iHilnied t<: Visit the grammar school
>}" A " und Mrs.
[Ichool. M""rK 10 V""
II n account of examinations no
| program was presented but at the
? next I meeting on the last Tneadav
in r ebriiarjr, a program will lie pre
sented by the program committee.
HO.ins IMI-ltOVKI)
pr. W. W. Sawyer, who wax In
Maple on Tuesday, reports that the
roads are being Improved wonder
fully end that from Currituck court
house to p., we||, p?,n| lhp roi(, u |n
splendid et/ndltion. The road con
struction camp Is now stationed at
Maple a .id nr., Ik Is rapidly being car
j riefl on.
ncn\Kt? TtiiifiVi) it.? it v
Wllso-n, January an _ Herbert
"n ^u"' h,1<'n bound over to
li a?? r"""": tourt under
I1.00# bond charged with burning a
tobacco barn owned by Annie Mercer
an fUd Fleld'a township cllliea.
i:, r . ? a ? j <i J f
\V*??iliinu < Ji. .I.nni.-r v ::>? U*ir
Admha! I ... y liner, .ladm- Advocatn
1 ? I ? ? 5 I It ?* Navy, today told l!lt?
llioise luiv.'t commit !???' that In De
??????? t . 1 !? 'J I . informed Sec ret a ry
Den by that it w o ii I ? I legal lo enter
into a c(iiit rat- 1 with the Doheny In
terests fur the const met ion of tank*
age ill IN'iiri Harbor. Hawaii, as a.
part (?f their louse of tin* California
oil reserves.
The admiral saiil he based his
opinion on the authority granted the
department l?y Congress in June,
.1.920. ^to exchange oil and provldtt "
sijri' facilities.
Moth Republican and Democratic
leaders in the Senate today pressed
fur a vote on the Walsh oil lease
annulment resolution. Debate wai
resinned immediately after the Se
nate convened.
Itcen Watching Fall
Washington. January 30 ? A state
no nt in Congress yesterday by Sena
tor Willis revealed the fact that
former Secretary of the Interior Fall
J has been under the watch of the De
partment of Justice since revelation*
were made in the Senate by Archie
Roosevelt and that agents watching
Fall while lie was in N?-w Orleans
had Instructions not to permit him
| to leave the country.
Attorney* Selected N
' Washington. January 30 ? Presi
dent Coolidge yesterday announced
his selection of former Attorney Gen
eral Thomas W. Gregory and Silas
It. Strauglian of Chicago as attorneys
t?: prosecute tho oil fraud cases for
t he Government.
l ieu in Prosecution
Washington. Jan. 30. ? Steps to
, word tin- prosecution of oil cases
? were begun today by Silas Strawn of
l ! Chicago, one of the special counsel
: selected by President Coolidge.
M Strawn conferred with the Presl
| dent today and announced that he
would proofed Immediately with Irla
work of organization.
, Matters await the arrival Frldav
?, of Thomas Gregory, attorney general
j in the Wilson cabinet, who will con
duct the prosecution jointly with
Strawn.
The only instructions received
from t lie President. Strawn said.
I were to proceed in accordance with
I the Kxecutive's statement of last
; Saturday night.
Physicians attending Fall todav
told the Senate oil committee that
'the former Secretary of the Interior
?is in no condition to appear belore
'It and testify. The hearing was be.
, hind closed doors and the details
, were not divulged.
COKMSS (ailH IS IS
j ItEl .EASED BV GEKMANV
] Washington. Jan. 30. Corliss
G riff Is. American, who attempted to
kidnap G rover llergdoll in Germany,
j has been released fr(?m prison by
Germany, the State Department was
advised today.
i. ,,
OISCOVKH SllOKT\<,K
IN M.KEESI'OIIT BANK
Harrlsburg, Pa., Jan. 30. Dlsffty
*ei 44-. Inn'tau1 nf f T 4 .fllll "
; the funds of the People's Hank of
McKeeaporl was announced today by
i the state banking department.
Peter Cameron, state secretary ? f
ban h in aid fl warrant had foecn ls
! sued for t lielmest o7 James Baker*
an employe.
DEMI 'KltEIIS SUSTAINED
BV StU'ltKME C.OUBT
Washington, Jan. 30. The DIs
t lift of Columbia Supreme Court to
day sustained the demurrer* of !ten
edlct Crowell. former assists. r Sec
retary of War. and six others indict
??d with him in cases g rowing out of
the building of wartime can
no-tits.
STVIK < II MIJMAN AND
ins: otiieiis indicied
Washington. Jan. 30 John !#.
Phillips. Republican Mate chairman
of Georgia, and nine others indicted
in connection with the sale of snr
plus lumber from Army cantonments
must stand trial, the Supreme Court
of the District of Columbia held to
day In overruling the demurrers to
their Indict mi nt
tfNMASKKI) BANDITS
04l?TtJKED BY POSSE
Chattanooga. Tenn.. Jan. AO. ? I
Two unmnsked bandits today held
up the Farmers Itank at Jasper and
stole $10,000 in currency. A |>crw"'
o\ ertook and captured the nun at
Whltewell.