? TIIE WEATHER *
* ( loiiily tonight. Tliurs - *
day unsettled. probably
rain or snow. Sot much
change in lent perat lire. *
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CIRCULATION
Tuesday
.?./ /" Co/ties
VOL. XIV.
FIXAL EDITION.
ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 13, I.
EIGHT PAGES.
NOs3S
COOLIDGE TALKS
ON LINCOLN DAY
Devote* Much Time To Tax
ation And Agriculture Ami
Speaks Strongly On Oil
Lease Situation.
Now York. Feb. 13 (By The Asso
ciated Press) ? President Cool
idge. speaking here last night
before the National Republican
Club, promised immediate and un
shrinking prosecution of the oil land
lease cases, appealed for national
and bi-partisan support for the Mel
lon tax bill, called for assistance for
agriculture from all resources of the
country, and defended the sale of
arms to Mexico.
The Chief Executive also reiter
ated his opposition to soldier bonus
legislation. declared there was some
promise of a European settlement
and asserted the United States stood
reail.i tti Join w?n otnet1 hations In 1
further limiting armament when
there appears to be reasonable pros-!
?pert of agree m enT:
Th-? address. v%hich was made at'
the Lincoln birthday dinner of the!
club, was the first Mr. Coolidge haa|
made outside of Washington since;
he became President. In many re-,
spects it was an elaboration of nis
message to Co-ngress.
The President devoted much at- :
tention to taxation and agriculture,'
but in concluding turned to the sen
sation of.the present time ? the
oil land lease investigation.
Lately there have been most <
startling revelations concerning the
leasing of Government ail lands. :
he said. "At the revelation of
greed making its subtle approach- [
?s to public officers, of the ;
prostitution of high places to pri
vate profit, we are filled with scorn
and indignation. We have a deep
sen re of humiliatic/n at such gross
!> trayal of trust, we lament the mi
ning of public confidence tn1
official integrity. Put we can not
rest with righteous wrath; still
less can we permit ourselves to
Siv?' way to cynicism.
"We propose to follow the clear.!
open path of justice. There will be
immediate, adequate, unshrinking
prosecution, criminal and civil, to
punish the guilty and to protect
every national interest. In this ef
fort there will be no politics, no par
tisanship, It will be speedy; it will
be Just. I am n Republican- bill.
I can not on that account shield any
one because lie is .a Republican.
I am a Republican, but I can not on
that account prosecute anyone he
cause he Is a Democrat.
"I want no hue and cry. no min
gling of innocent and guilty in un
thinking condemnation, no confus
ion ol mere questions of law with
questions of fraud and corruption.
Jt is at such a time that the quail
ities of our citizenry Is tested ? un
relenting toward evil, fair-minded
and intent upon the requirements
of due process, the shield of the in
nocent and the safeguard of society
itself. I ask the support of our
people as a Chief Magistrate intent
upon the enforcement of our laws
without fear or favor, no matter
who is hurt or# what the conse
quences."
Starting with the declaration
that the "National unity fcrr which
Lincoln laid the foundation requires
perpetual adjustment for its. main
tenance'" Mr. Coolidge asserted
the observance of this priricipal
makes necessary that much atten
tion now should be given to Agticu!
ture.
It is obvious, the President said,
that there is "something radically
wrong when agriculture is found in
its present state of depression when
manufacturing transportation, and
commerce are on the whole In a re
markable -stale erf prosperity." He
analyzed the difficulty as due to a
greater Increase In production than
in the power of distribution and
consumption and added that be
cause of this the great food staples
were not selling on a parity with
tfhe products of Industry. The far
' in' r he asserted, "is not receiving
Jife share."
Acknowledging that it might
seem strange that fnrming should be
discussed here in the country's me
tropolis, Mr. Coolidge told his h ear
ears that they had a direct econo
mic, financial and political Interest.
He outlined the steps already taken
by the administration through en
cournsrment of cooperative market
ing, investigation of tariff rates nnd
direct governmental relief, the steps
contemplated through legislation
and then added.
""What I am mosi anxious to im
press upon i he prosperous part of
our country is th? utmost necessity
that they should bo willing to make
sacrifice for the assistance of the
unsuccessful part, t do not mean
by that any unsound device like
price fixing, which I oppose, because
it would not make prices higher but
would in the end make them lower.
It would not successful and
would not pi;ove a remedy, but 1 do
mean that the re* ororces of the coun
try ought to come to the support of
<Conltn?ert <>n Page Five)
THI ItSUAY IS DAY
. The sensational prlc< reductions
?offered frr the last ten days at the
C. BrlftU Company will not be
effect after Thursday. January
advlt
CAKTEK CLOSES
KING TITS TOMB
CI!r T>- Pth??
Luxor. Egypt. Feb. 13 ? Ow
ing to what lie characterized
as the ?"discourtesy" <?f tin*
Kgyptian public works depart
ment. Howard Carter today
closed Tutankhamen'!* tomo
and abandoned operations
tftere.
It is understood that the
crisis was precipitated by the
refusal of the Kgyptian gov
ernment to permit the wive# of
excavators to visit the tomb.
MORE SENSATION
IS ON THE WAY
Denver Attorney Telegraph**;
Senator Walsh That He Has'
Corre*pon<lenef> nf jnlpre?t
to Oil Committee.
? Washington , Tub. 13 . Therm weie
further indications today of impend- ;
ing developments of first importance
in connection with the designation |
of Government counsel to prosecute
oil lease cases.
The question was talked over with :
Coolidge by Chairman Lenroot of the
Oil committee and Senator Curtis. 1
Republican whip, and afterward
there was increasing evidence that
the committee would refuse to give
its approval to one or both of the
men nominated as counsel by the]
President.
Karl Schuylefr, Denver attorney, j
today telegraphed Senator Walsh.'
Democrat, of Montana, that he %as
in his possession correspondence
which he thought the Senate oil
committee should have.
Walsh said that he would be sum- (
moned.
At the same time Walsh received
a telegram from D. F. St;Lcl,et back
of the Denver Post saying he had
goad reason to believe that the cor
respondence in Schuyler's possession
was "sensational."
.May Withdraw Names
Coolidge apparently Is pre
paring' to withdraw the nomina
tion of Silas Straw n as a special
government counsel in the oil cases
and it is possible that the name of
Pomerene will also be withdrawn.
Will Have To Do It
Prediction that public opinion
will f??rce<'ooUdgeio remove every
official connected with the oil
leases was made by Senator
Robinson today In reply to the Pres-';
ident's refusal to accept the Senate's!
advice and immediately ask for the j
resignation of Secretary Donby.
Oil Man Teat men
Leo Stark. Denver oil man. today \
testified before the Senate oil com-,
inittee that Pioneer Oil Company of-!
ficlals had told him confidentially ;
the week before the Teapot Dome
was leased that Sinclair was to get
the lease.
MINSTREL REVUE
ON FOR TONIGHT
Curtain Hi^s a! 8:13 in New
High School Auditorium
Formal Opening of Build
ing Friday Night.
The ourtnin will riso tonight at
8:15 o'clock on the Minstrel lt#*vuo,
which Is given in the now high
solvool auditorium for tht benefit '
of the Linden. -Woman's Club teal
room.
Laughter ancl fun from the rise
'of the curtain, until the grand ,
finale by the ontlr- company is
promised by the Minute] Revile to
be given by the Woman's Club at
i the high school auditorium Wednes
day and Thursday nights.
Good voices, good songs and good
music, the requisite of a successful
minstrel, are on the bill and a
! snappy performance by the entire
' cast In order.
Hard work has been done by tin
cast and producers and all the suc
cess they attain will be richly do
served.
This in the first time the new au-j
' dilorlum has been used and th<! for
mal opening does not take place un
j til Friday night when A. W. McLean
of Lumberton, candidate for CJov
?ernor of North Carolina, will deliver
;;n address.
The Minstrel Itevun will be re
! repeated Thursday night, and the
new auditorium will be us? d three;
[ night s in succession, affording op-1
' portunlty f ot everybody to appre
cl.it? It as well n<* the attractions
which ar? offered therein.
The "innc-mint of '"'e ?Jf*.!?n
{hopes that large crowds will attend
I the Minstrel Revue both Wcdnes*1
I day and Tfiursday nights, and flupt.
3. L. Sheep Is equally anxious that a
i Inrge crowd attend the formal open
jlng of the new high school hulldini
on Friday nl v fit.
SEVER RELATIONS
WITH HONntJRAS
I R* Th? s.vwiatfd *????,
Washington. Feb. 1 3 ?Diplomat le
relations between the United States
I and Honduras have been severed by
the State Department.
THOMAS COOPER
TAKES BLAME
Testifies That Brother. Lien
triiant Governor \\ . B.
(loo per, Knew Nothing of
Fraudulent Transactions* |
Wilmington. Feb. 13. ? Thomas K. 1
Cooper, president of the defunct i
Commercial National Dank of this1
city, on trial here with his brother.
Lieutenant Governor W. H. Cooper.'
on charges of conspiracy in connec
tion with the bank's failure, today
took upon himself all responsibility'
for transactions which the Govern
ment alleges were fraudulent.
Testifying as the first witness for '
the defense, he declared that his
brother, who was chairman of the.
board of directors of the hank, had
no knowledge, of the transactions, j
Wilmington. Feb. 13 ? The Gov-:
ernment closed its rase against the;
coopers yesterday and Thomas E.
Cooper took the stand in his de
fense.
He testified that if "we had been
given time" the hank would not
have failed, and said that when he
sold the worthless stock he thought1
the condition of the bank was good.
He continued his testimony today.
thiikk THOISANO PAIR
PANTS AllRIVE IX C ITY
Three thousand pairs of pants
were received in one shipment, ?
thought to be the largest ever re
ceived by one merchant in this part
of the country ? by D. Walter
Harris Tuesday. They were ,
placed on sale Wednesday at spe
cial prices. The pants are all of
the Dutchess make. A demonstra
tion of the toughness of the trousers
can be seen in the show windows of
the store. A keg of nails guaran
teed by the A.vdleti Hardware C'om
p'lnv to weigh 107. '<-1 pounds has
been suspended from a pair of_ Lhi?_
pants. I). Walter Harris* offers
Jo cents for every button to come
off one' of the pairs of Dutchess
trousers he sells in this sale and
$1 for every rip.
MRS. .1. A. fit" K8S l)l*AI>
Mrs. J. A. Guess of Xorfolk fcrr
merly Miss Jennie Smith of this ci
ty, died Wednesday morning at
three o'clock at St. Vincent's Hospi
tal. Xorfolk. Mrs. Guess is survived
.by her husband and a little son.
_?Lai;k ^Lr.. of ? Norfolk,- mnl her
mother. Mrs. Lizzie Smith, and
thn*e brothers. George. Theodore,
and Herbert Smith, all of this city,
and by two sisters of Xorfolk. Mrs.
L. W. Bland and Mrs. Lizzie Burton.
The funeral will be conducted and
interment made Thursday at Xor
folk.
COTTON MAIIKKT
Xew York. Feb. 1" ? Spot Cotton
closed quiet this afternoon, declin
ing 2<> points Middling 3.1.20.
Futures closed at the following
levels: March 32.87; May 33.00;
July 31.65; October 27.76; Decem
ber 27.40; January 27.00
TllltHi: DIVOIU KS <iH.\\TKI>
?>\ VKAIt SKIMKATIOX
A dei-ree of absolute divorce was
pr.ui;.'.! \V? ItK-siluy in Superior
'\?art i'i the case of Henrietta
; Hanks v-. Klihu Banks, on the
grounds c,i abandonment and five
year- -(-partition. Tills is the third
clivorce under this law this week. I
Other cases disposed of up to
\V? <!in*-day at .1. o'clock were:
J. It. Walston vs Alexander Perry,
plaintiff . non suited on failure to,
appear.
Alex iua Lane vs. I. aura M. Davis. I
verdict for the plaintiff.
Norfolk Southern Railroad Coni-j
pan.v vs. Albemarle Fertilizer Com-!
pariy. verdict for defendant.
M<\ver. Danylnger Company vs. M.
G. Morrlsette & Company, plaintiff
takes noil suit.
Building and Loan
Elects Officers
= i
At a meeting of the new board of j
directors of the Albemarle Building |
? Loan Association, neld in tbe of- 1
flee <?f the secretary-treasurer on
Tuesday evening, following that of
the shareholders, the new officers!
for the ensuing year were elected, j
J. C. Sawyer was elected presi- 1
dent; W. H. Zoeller, first vice- presi- 1
dent: M. G. Morrlsette, second vice
president; W. Ren Goodwin, secre
tary-treasurer; J. It. Leiuli. attorney. 1
The new board of directors in
cludes the foregoing officers and J.]
1\ Kramer. S. O. Ktheridge. Noah
Burfoot. Jr.. W. H. Weatherly, Jr..'
A. G. James, A. R. Nicholson and
R. T. Venters.
The loan territory of the associa
tion was enlarged so as to take in i
the whole of Pasquotank County. In
the opening of the eighteenth series,
which takes place March 1. it was
decided to offer a prize of $.r?0 in
gold to the shareholder who should;
secure the largest number of new
.shares- in-the series; ? Report of the
association for the year 102:'. ap
pears elsewhere in this newspaper
ami 'hows a marvelous growth dur
ing this period. The association is
prepared to take care of immediate
loans and anyone contemplating
building would do well to investigate
tbe opportunities offered by. this
promoter of home ownership.
DAUGHERTY DENIES
MADE SETTLEMENT
Washington, Feb. 1.1. ? Attorney
General Danghertv today denied, in
a communication to the Senate, that
tbe Department of Justice has made
any settlement in war contract cases
by which immunity from criminal
prosecution was promised provided
civil liability was met.
INQUIRY INTO TEXAS
LAND TRANSACTIONS
Washington, Feb. 13. Inquiry in
to the charges of fraudulent land op
erations in Texas was ordered today
by the Senate in adopting the reso
lution by Helfln of Alabama.
RENO SLIPPING BUT
TRYING A COMEBACK
M uylx- Lark nl' l?atlitul>* Is Ucumiii (lily Out Willi tin
Elite tui() Maybe Not, l?nt at Any Hair iMutiiliri's
arr Hn?y and Hutlitubs Itolling to IJeno
Ity I., r. OWK.N
( Copyright, 1921. By The Atfvantt)
Hono, Feb. 1 History Informs
us Hint progressive civilization Is ev
er on the move. Also, it relates,
bathtubs have followed diwcly In it *
wake. By strange anomaly, civiliza
tion's trek through tin- centuries al
so lin? always been Westward. First
'it was ancient Kg.vpt, where the
?.lory of the I'haroahs was reflected
In their marble lined baths. Next
I came Athens. Home. too. had Its
public and private baths. Eventually j
both civilization and bath tubs took j
a hop, skip and jump across the At
lantic and presumably landed snmn
wherc near Boston. After that,
j heeding Greeley's famous Injunction,
it i < pt "going Wi it."
Hut even Westward bound civil I- 1
zntlon Hometlines chnnaes Its course;
.Hid hath tul ?s do not always trot
along.
Consider the case of Reno, largest
, metropolis of j, state that boasts
I more deserts, more rocks, more pros- ,
peel holes and less population than
any commonwealth of our union.
ll?'no was one- the acknowledged
divorce cent' r of the universe. Th??
ultra and uppermost strata of civili
zation's human products rilstln
'vulshcd pe?>onai:?-R Ilk # the \Vtlliam
Kills Coreys. Martran t Mnyo-Selwyn,
Margaret llllmton, Nat Goodwin
and hundreds of others all (uined
th( Ir fnees Westward toward It ho:?
pitabl' precincts. All the,v had to
do was bring l)alh tub ; rid tow 1 ?
along and find comfortable domicile
. f"ra ; Ix Months.' legal residence Af
t'-r the six months were tip they
[ r'f 673" n*"To the Judge" and all was
over, marltslly speaking.
rive years ar.o judges were reel
I lng off divorces at. tie rate of 2.r?0<7
a year. And most of them were to
persons whose names were either In
r.otham's social register or Who's
JWho. The court house here In all
seriousness was dubbed "the great
divide*/'
Not ho today. Like' Home and
Athens, Reno has "slipped."
The total number of divorces
granted In Iteno last year was 7Hf?
a considerable drop from the former
prolific output. Kach year since
1!?1K Its crop of divorces has been
steadily dwindling.
That isn't all, or the most previous
part of it. Most every one of the
Tftft liberated from hymen's bonds
i.i ? year mere qyit* pieblan i?? mom
? mechanics, barbers, truck drlv? rs
and other hard working individuals
persons who aren't supposed to
have much demand for bath tubs
They are still coming In. They i.f
themselves Jobs, stick around until
, they are qualified as legal resld* nts
(and then are put out of their mar
ried misery. The rich and . iuiuous.
for some unexplained reason, pre
[sumably the lack of bathtubs, are go
ing to Paris.
| It was the late Nat flood win h?
of the many wives who first ad
\i?>?d a divorce-seeking frlefid to
brtiv: a bath tub i?lon- . It was rath
r dusty, he observed, and bath tub*
w.>re f. w and far b'#< "tiC Ms.ybe It
was a libel htlt there I prima facia
evidence that a dally tub Is vet no
common thing In fieno. For in
stance, a room without a hath Can
h?? obtained In Reno's I a i ? ? ? t and
leading hotel for ll .'o; if one
H'ou'd have bath included, the char ."
I $2 additional f Or the priv
ilege of ah luting cue's rtlf.
Sfaybe It isn't the lack of bath
bubs that Is responsible for fleno's
; lost glories, and then again maybe
lit Is. Hut anyhow, the most over
I worked individuals In town rtftht
| now nr" the plumber and his helper,
land the largest shipments from out
| side points are bath tubs.
Denby Resolution Puts
Coolidge On Defensive
Ami to Enter 192 1 Campaign With it Secretary of t!i<> Navy
in Whom the Senate Hail Expressed l.aek of Conli
ili'tirr Would he a Severe Handicap
tiy l>.\Vlt? I.AWttKXCK
(Copynoht, IS24. By The Adv*nrr? ,
Washington, Fob. 12. ? Lincoln's birthday finds the party
founded by the great emancipator split in twain.
I resident t'oolidjre cannot i
command a majority of the
I nited States Senate on an is- 1
sue as close to his administra-1
tion as the retention or dismix-j
sal of a member of his cabinet.
I Tin. cnnlitiuii i.f insm-eiii lleTTTTtr
<-aii? and Democrats was sufficient
I lp pan* the resolution reQuestim
the ...KlminiliM, V.r kiiwln tVnbv.l
' Hn/r(^!n,r) . ' N"vy- n,,<l " will b"
sufficient In pans other III. -astires i n,.
ill"' " Mr Coolld?--? l?ad "r- j,
| AUIioubIi tho President lias stead
"la I ''[allied that l?. had noth
I1K to do with til- Teapot eon.
troversy and could nut h- h-ld n- 1
thn.lr.h h f"r W,la'
though hi- was ail unofficial m-nih-r
of the IlarditiK and heard
as presiding o(Hc-i of the Senate i
the d-hat.a on th- oil i-ases. |?. |? |
?n "rr:,ir rn,|?
I' , . viewpoint. The Democrats
and Insurgent Uepub Means have put
"?? the th I n i; and henceforth
defensive. As M
Kdwln 'Jell by remains in the cabinet.
Mr. roolldc- must ho t|.(. center of
bombardment. The sc. no shift,'
from the capital to the White Hons, , j
i ? ,r* f;00,Wn?* i? keenly aware Hint!
his attitude In misp-iHlitm Jiidgtti.-nl
'Hi he has compl-t-d a thornuiih in.
Ill" lVi?ni III'IV efr.'et on!
his political f.irtun-s for In his stat"-!
"i"1' on Ih. s, nate res
olution the President says:
, (l" . *'? to sacrifice any
innocent man for my own welfare
nor do I propose to retain in office
a,1i,i"n "':,n r"r mv own welfare."
The rlKht of the Senate tn com
a I resident in call fur th- resig
nation of a cabinet officer Is of no
controversy .
ohTiion seriously heM^f"! i,-yV S
that rlKht. 1 hoy hoped, how-ver to
advis- ih- President of th- Senate's
opinio" so lie could net f.,,- himself.
Mr < oolldce points out that the
. ? ''hate can Impeach a cabinet oiTieer
If it Wishes.
Nowhere in tho Senate debate was
| there the slightest Intimation that
Secretary Denliv was tullty or com
I'llcltv In tin. financial transactions
which are have Influenced
lie action of former Secreiarv Al
Mr' n |Ka".' Th" R'ni"" believes
f , n!! . innocent hut Incompe
tent. That s what th- majority vote
meant. That Mr. I), ?hy should have
permitted Ills naAie to he signed to
the transf-r of th r. ;, rves
the Department of Interior is the
premise on which the 'iu.stl.in of
competency to hold ofric- Is based
The President lias taken Secretary
Den by unto his bosom. Months,
possibly a whole year, will elapse
before special counsel appointed
to investigate the ease can possibly
form their conclusloiiH. Meanwhile,
the political opposition to Mr. Cool
d?o will point out that he retains
In his cabinet men who, in I lie opin
ion of a majority of the fnlted
j Slates Senate. failed to do their diltv
by the flovernnient.
No longer is it a legal issue or a
personal affair aualnat Mr. Drnb.v '
for he Is personally well liked an I
popular. it has become instead a
political issue and in this the Dem
ocrats with the help of the Insur
gent llepublieans have outmaneuv
'?red Mr. Coolldxe. The President Is
oil th' defensive now and must find
soma, way to prove that what Secre
tary Defi by did Wan justified nr else
call for the res-lunation of that offi
cial.
luimor has It Hint when the Tea
no. Il'.nie excitement has quieted'
down and the InvestlKatlon Is coin
a on: qul-tly. Mr. ii. nl.v will hand
in bis resignation and will at tho
y- mo tfmo receive a weneral white
washing so far as Integrity and com
p. t'-nce in concerned, hut that Mr
oolldire will not enter the ivm
rnafi'H ii ".f,'r hl;'1 nom
ination in j?n<. with |llindiw||| (tf
n c.iidni i officer in whom the Senate.
of the lolled Stf?teM has eXpr<HM.d
?? lack of confidence.
Such a vote in anv otn-r parlia
mentary body would liifin III- ini
iiiediafe r. >? ivnntlnn '.r tfi- cabinet
Officer, hilt In the fnlted Slat. - Hie
cabinet places are I,?t con' lltlltloi.nl
l"rlr"<- th. -. I ? no , M.rws
prov talon In Hi- federal r..|.sfltutl-n
f'.r a firesl'lenllnl enhin't. Conure.-s'
b:ei created by law the . ? "eutlvf. de-j
i>at 'iijenti: and r..:r_ eniil.l at anv
time In passlno in i.iipttipriiil Ion ld!l;
i. rose to permit th funds 10 )??
" ? '??unlit of/!.-, i- is i? chfti-L-e
rr a ..ariie.ilar d-pnrfnient. font-re...
(Wild also pa?s the ndlna plan for
'h- r-;n'?i?ntoWim -f the fjovern
"i-nf departm-nt* which calls f?r n
conaolidatlon of i|,e war and navv
department* iirtd-r the h-ad of th?
.department of national defense.
j The power of Con';resa to embar
| la not (popular is mcll eatabllshed
AGAIN CANDIDATE
FOR STATE SENATE
1*. II. William* Will? Offer
Himsflf for UiM-lfcliun und
It is Believed Will Have No
Opposition. ,
State Senator 1\ H. William*; men
tioned prominently recently when
it was thought that State Revenue
Commissioner II. A. Houghton might
not he a candidate for re-election as
a possible successor to Mr. Dough
tou. will he a candidate for re-elec
tion as senator from this district in
the June primary.
The foregoing statement may be
accepted without reservation, for
though Mr Williams Is not willing
to announce his candidacy Just yet,
word that he will do so at the
proper time reaches this newspaper .
from an authoritative source.
Mr. Williams has never until
recently taken an active part in pol
itics, hut he Is regarded as one of
the ablest men ever sent to the
Cpper House of the tieueral Assem
bly from this district. His friends
art* gratified to learn that he is
billing to serve again in the Senate
and T- el sure that there will he no
| question o: his re-election.
In fact, in view of the generally
accepted Democratic doctrine that
any office holder who serves his
first term acceptably Is, generally
; speaking, entitled to a second term.
it would seem to be very doubtful
1 whether there will he any opposi
tion to Senators Williams and Cos
f ten in -rittr June primary:
The fact that Senator T. W. Cos
ten of Gates County would be u can
t didate for re-election In the Juno
primary was set forth in a news
litem in this newspaper several
w? eks ago.
SMALL rillK WKD.NKSDAY
At 1 1 o'clock Wednesday morning
the fire company answered an alarm
'from llox 41 and found the fire at
the home of It. L. (Jarrett on West
Main street caused by a defective
| oil stove in the cook room. There
was about; $15 damage.
Gives All Credit To
Chamber Commerce
That t ho securing of a lower
freight rati- on Hoy bean harvesters
shipped from KlizaheOi City Iuih en
abled his co-mpany to tin a national
business, H>ii|i',iinu his harvesters to
th? North and tin* Central We.*t, ix
the statement. of F. V. Scott of the
Scott Hales Company, manufacturers
of the Scot i Hoy bean harvester.
.Mr. Scott Rives nil the credit for
the lower rate t </ the Klzaheth City
Chum her of Commerce. In a fetter
to Secretary Job under date of Feb
ruary D, he Kays:
"We take great pleasure In
l h. inking yon. and the Chamber of
Commerce, for securing a reduced
rate on soy bean harvesters.
"We had been trying for several
years to secure' (his rate but had
been uiiKiiccoHSfol owing to the fact
Out i an an individual manufacturer
we were unable to make the proper
impre.-iflrt upon the taiilroad. This
wo* only made possible by the co
operation of the Chamber of Com
merce. *
"To ?how you what this means to
u>, it i > only necessary I c/ take one
ox. i tuple. on one shipment of har
v fer- to Orange County, Va. the
purchaser was saved When
yo.i take in ronsfderation that thte
w.i - only one shipment, it will give
you some Idea of what this must
mean to us. It has made It pos
sible for uh to dor a National busl
II- shipping our harvesters to the
North and Central West.
"We feel that this mentis more to
n than to any other noy bean har
vester manufacturer. inasmuch. as
the nmxt of our busire: i? now conies
front ? li ^ Central West with the
pro pert of henvy buying from the
"lower South." *
but In prnet'ce there Is no precedent
for th? compulsory reifiovnl of a cab
inet officer by order of either tho
>Hou#e or thn Sennte or both.
The political opponents of the
! President are just as well satisfied
! for it gives them something to ta!k
about from now till election? Den by
) and the cabinet of whleh Albert Fall
was a member Is Issue enough for
| the party on the outside that wants
to get on the Inside.