North Carolina Newspapers

******* * THE WEATHER * Rain tonight and prol> * ably Friday morning. * ( older Friday. Fresh * easterly tcinds. * :je * * * * * * ? * * * * * * VOL. XIV. FINAL EDITION. Democrats To Make Issue i Of Filipino Independence ! i Coolidge Kefusal to Approve Request of Philippine Senate and House Will l>e Made Occasion for llenewal of Pledge l?y Democrats to Grant Independence in Time tty DAVID LAWItKXCK (Copyright. 1924. By The Advanc> Washington, March 5. ? The Democrats will make an issue of President Coolidjre's refusal to approve the request of the Sen ate and House of Representatives of the Philippine Islands for; the establishment of independence. For 26 years the Filipinos have been promised that when the proper time came they would be accorded independ ence. President Coolidge has definitely gone on record as stating that the proper time has not arrived and that there re main to be achieved "greater advances on the road of educa tion, culture, economic and poli tical capacity." Just when the Filipinos will meas ure up to these standards is not dif ficult to guess? probably never in the life time of any of the, present Filipino leaders. For, if the truth be known, the United States does not consider that many of the small^ er Latin-American countries have reached the American standard. The 1 Filipinos, on the other hand, think they are further advanced than Hai ti or the Dominican Republic or Honduras and yet these nations have their independence. Cuba with the protecting arm of the Fnited States has a status which the Filipinos would like to attain and they are reailv to sign treaties enabling -the United States to intervene in case of disorder or interference with Amer ican property interests. me basic factor In the question of Philippine independence is mate rialistic. The business interests in the Philippines are united in their opposition to independence. Certain shipping interests believe they can accomplish more by keeping the Philippines a part of the United States so that some day the trade between the United States and the islands shall be Included under the coastwise shipping laws, thus enabl ing the United States to discrimin ate auainst foreign vessels, particu larly the Japanese. Governor Wood is known to be in sympathy with the business interests which fear their properties would be Jeopardized or at least rendered less valuable without the strong military arm of the American Government. There are men in the United States Senate who have said in de bate that the Filipinos will never be ready for independence. .Mr. Cqol idge's statement reflects the argu ment made most often by those who do not wish to see the United States relinquish, its hold on the Philippines at any time, ? certainly not in the present generation. The Filipinos, however, will not cease their agitation. They will clamor for independence as long as they can make themselves heard. Preparations are under way for an extensive campaign in the United States to win the sympathy of pub lic opinion. The Democrats during their control of Congress went on record In favor of Independence and m arly gbt a bill through the Senate after it had passed the House. Also the Democrats under the Wilson ad ministration by means of the Jones bill extended to the Filipinos a greater measure of governmental autonomy than they had previously enjoyed. The friction between I Leon ard Wood and the Filipinos has de veloped largely over the application of the Jones law with many of the provisions of which General Wood Is not in sympathy. He has publicly advocated their amendment. The Republican national plat form will In . all probability follow the lines of President Coolldge's lat est pronouncement while the Demo crats Will pledge themselves If elect ed to grant Independence to the Philippines within a specified period. MACK JKNMNiJH ('ASM TO IIK HKAKD SATURDAY Mack Jennings, former resident of this city brought here from Rich mond last Sunday to answer a charge of non-support and abandonment, will be given a hearing before Trial Justice Spence In the recorder's court Saturday. Meantime Mr. Jen nings, who was locked up In Jail Sunday. Iff" fiut under bond. Trial Justice Spence wat still ab sent from the city Thursday and there was no session of the record er's court. Assistant Trial Justice Mrtrkhani Is counsel for the prosecu tion in this cane "And Is therefore dis qualified to hear it. beside* the fact, mentioned In Wednesday's Issue, that the defendant has been before Judge Spence In a* previous action of similar Import. UOMIXJ THIS WAY? Phlladelhla. March 6 ? (By The Consolidated Press.) ? The Pennsyl vania railroad has placed orders for 11.000 new freight cars and Is ne gotiating for 10,000 more, 3,000 of which will be all steel auto cars, 8 000 all steel box cars and 1.000 steel underfraine stock cars. CORNELL FAVORS CAROLINA PLAN Tracking Agriculture in Dis trict High Schools of This State Is Endorsed hy Big University. ? Raleigh. March 6. ? The plan of| teaching agriculture in the district' schools that is now in use in North Carolina is in great favor at the Ag ricultural College at Cornell Unlver-j sity. accoring to a letter rpcelved hy T. E. Browne, Director of Vocation al Education for the State of North Carolina, from Roy H. Thomas. Dis^ trit Supervisor of Agricultural Edu cation. who is now at Cornell Uni-t versity completing his work for his', M. A. degree. Mr. Thomas writes that the Agri cultural School at Cornell has en- 1 dorsed the plan now in use in North | Carolina for teaching agriculture in I the district high schools and that representatives from all parts of the! United States have expressed their: approval of the plan and that many I of the representatives h^ve stated , He stated further that many other states were planning to inaugurate the same system as that which is now used in North Carolina. The undergraduates as well as those In the graduate school of the Agricultural School at Cornell t*nl versity have expressed almost unan imous belief that the teaching of ag riculture and home economics in the high schools throughout the State has a distinct advantage over the old system of separate agricultural schools of the secondary system, de clared Mr. Thomas in his letter to Mr. Browne. In expressing his opinion of the present system of teaching agricul ture in secondary schools instead of maintaining the old system of sepa rate agricultural departments In the various district schools over the state is far superior to- the old sys i teni of separate shools for teaching agriculture and home economics, 'i he old system was the boarding school system and many boys and girls could not afford to leave home and therefore were deprived of the education along those lines to which they were entitled, t'nder the pres ent system where these courses are taught in the different high schools many more hoys and girls attend the schools or a feast many more take the agriculture and home economic There are now approximately 2.500 boys in the State of North Carolina who are taking the agricultural courses In these high schools. "Another distinct advantage of the present system over the. old is that It allows the students to remain at heme where they can continue to be of help to their parents and to make use of his experience at school as he acquires It Instead of waiting until the school term la over. He also has the privilege of the assis tance of his Instructors In solving questions that arise on his parents' farm from time tc/ time. In other words both he and his parents profit , immediately by his attendance at the agricultural department of the high school whereas they all must wait until he has completed his training should he be in attendance at tY> old boarding agricultural school." i Due credit Is glve% to the good that the old system of district agri cultural boarding se'.iool had done i for this state, by Mr. Browne, lie stated that the district agricultural school was the foundation on which | the present system was laid. According to the Director the1 former district agricultural school, was called the "Farm 1A Schools": and the re were originally 21 of them. They have now gradually been de creased until there remain of this old system only six In he State of1 North Carolina. Th- present system i I of teaching apiculture In a separate department of the various high schools of the state has been In op eration since 1917. A state appro prlatlon was made by the General, Assembly in 19199 for the financing of the system. For the two yearjs prior to that time the various coturj it: unit leu financed t he project, it i was explained. It was also pointed out that under, .the present system, the farmer him-! *elf sad even his wife has a h tter! 1 opportunity to study the scientific | opera tlc/a of farm and farm house, as the teachers In the department, Original Document The original Declaration of Independence now la safely put away In a specially built vault in the Congressional Library. Washington. (2) Mrs. Coolidge. (3) Speaker of House Gillett. DAUGHERTY TO STEP DOWN SOON C.onlidfie Considering Three Names as Possibilities to Succeed Attorney General, It Is Said. Washington. March 6. ? Develop merits yesterday in the oil land cases and Veteran's Bureau scandals caused President Coolidge last nlghi^ to take under advisement the names of three men to appoint to succeed Attorney General Daughe-ty and al so for the intimation to be given by officials that the resignation of Daugherty will be demanded In a short spare of time. Daugherty Returns Tampa. Fla., March 6. ? Attorney General Daugherty boarded the train last night and left for Washington unexpectedly. Harrison Makes < 'barges Washington. March 6 ? A de liberate campaign by the Republi can party to undermine punllc con fidence' In the committee which will investigate the Department of Jus tice was charged in the Senate today by Harrison. Democrat, of Mississ ippi. EX-DiimrroR iokbes PLEADS NOT GUILT*' Washington, March . f,. ? Charles II. Forbes, former director of the Veterans' Bureau, todav pleaded not guilty before the I'nlted States Com missioner to the ehaiK?*8 of fraud, conspiracy and bribery handed down by the: Chicago grand jury. Ills bond was fixed at $10,000 for bis appear ance in Federal Court on March 17. y\i:\ iMiicics iowi.i: Philadelphia. Murch f. (By The Consolidated Press. > Trade in cot ton yarns Is full with manufactur ers buying for current needs only. About 75 per cent of "the orders on dealers' books are for delivery with in the next sixty days. Prices are lower than last month. of agriculture at the high schools are also par time field agents, so to M>eak. many trips out to bho dlifer ent farms of the community to as sist the farmer and his wife in their problem of every day life on thfl farm. It is the plan, it was said, to eventually abandon the dlatrict agri cultural srhool entirely by following out the uradual system of elimina tion by which the 16 ofcfter such schools have beeti closed. Hood System Bank Open For Business Will Make Loans On Charac ter Basis And Serve Firms Doing Installment Business The new Hood System Industrial Hunk opened its doors for business Thursday morning In spic and span quarters on Main street next to Se lig's. ? The . hank--1 win-make- loans to borJ rowers 011 a basis of character to be paid in weekly or monthly install ments. For instance, if a young man working on a salary but with good credit standing . in the community, through sickness or other good cause, finds himself in debt an J wishes to borrow a sum equal to about a month's salary to tide him over and save him embarrassment until he can catch up with his af fairs. the Hood System Industrial Hank will make him the loan on the endorsement of one (i^two friends of equally good standing, whether bor rower or endorsers own any tangible property or not, and the borrower pays the money, hack on a weeklv or a monthly installment basis, ac cording to whether he ?ets his pay check by the week or the month. These loans will he made to bor rowers in sums of from $15 up. pay able at HO cents or more a week, ac cording to the amount borrowed. Th*' new bank will also specialize in selling local securities on a week ly or monthly Installment basis, thus encouraging thrift on the part of the city's wage earners. Among the se curities will be Southern Trust Com pany farm mortgages and bonds of the Virginia-Carolina Joint Stock Land Bank. Another activity of the bank will be the discounting of paper for bus iness houses selling their products on the installment plan, as, for In stance. firms selling furniture, pia nos. Vlctrolas. bicycles, gas ranges. l??welryf automobiles and radio out fits. An interesting feature of the bank's equipment is the fact that the fixtures were made In Elizabeth City by the Kramer Bros. Company. Officers of the new Hood System Industrial Dank are: . W. 1*. Durf, president: (I. 1?. Hood, vice presi dent; B. L. Hanks, second vice pr? s Ident, and Graham Hell, cashier. Radio Is heomiUK <e'jr popular in South America and almost any flight the fans can hear a revolution in tl>e nlr. Mrs. Kate Burr Johnson Honor Guest Woman 's Club ? \orlli Carolina Commimioner of Public If vl fare lo /??? Willi {.tub ilfi'M Imt* for liel-Tofiether Lunrhvon Friday Evening al Firnl Mclhndist Ham/url llall Mrs. Kate Htirr Johnson. North Carolina Commissioner of Public Welfare, will be the lienor guest at the (1 -t-Tog ther Uinchoon rit tfie Elizabeth City Woman's Club Fri day evrnlng at 6:30. Mr*. .1 0. Fearing, district presi dent Woman's CJub?, him jmt re ceived a message from Mrs. Johnson ? hat she <an come at this time, and Mrs. Foarlng hopes that all mem ber* of the club will avail them selves of the opportunity to hear Mrs. Johnson In the Infofmal talk which she will make after the lun cheon. H?r fine personality tp so well known.nl! ov<r the State that] sho needs no Introduction and the WonMi'l Club of fCliznhf'th City Is fortunate to have hef a Its guest. Cluh members who have guest* hare the privilege of taking th*'ni to the luncheon. Reservations shc/uld h" made at once through Mrs. (J. \V. Ward or Mrs. C. P. Hrown. The' committee on arrangements must] know by noon Friday at the latent how many to prepare for. The tic ket* will be only fifty rents and It is hoped that a large number will attend. The luncheon will be held in the banquet hall of the First Metfcodlnt church. . Hope With Hesitation Is The French Attitude Willi Keener Appreciation of Itealilv of Divergence of French and Hriti?li Interest* and View point-, I'ari* U Necessurily J.e?s Optimistic Than l.ondon it> ri:.\\K II. SIMONDS Copyright. 1J>*2I l?y >id nirt* Nr?i>|m|?rr Symlicnlo Paris, March (>. ? Hope with hesitation ? that is the French uiu1 in ilium ui me moment. There is frankly less of op timism in the French capital than in the British, a larger ap preciation of the reality of di vergences between French and; British views upon essentials, and less belief that settlement is assured by mere removal of ob stacles growing out of mutual distrust incident to past cabi nets and still-recent foreign of fice disputes. Franco lias been too oft on disap pointed In the past Ave years to bv lieve easily that any miracle. an substitution of one British Prim*- : Minister for another., can remove the . I real barriers to the final liquidation of war. In England you have a sehsi of hope based upon the arrival of i ; new men, a new spirit, in France you have an enduring consciousness i of the presence of old problems, old ! iii( n. I Paris, official and unofficial, does full justice to the frankness and di rectness of the new Labor Prime | Minister in Britain. There is a dis ! position here to believe that on the | whole MacDonald will prove a nvbre honest, direct negotiator than tiny of his British predecessors. From the larger outlook this is not only to the good*, but it is a ^reat deal , to the good. Ou the other" hand there is here l?*8s profound reliance upon the ele ment of atmosphere than in I oi?don. I There the feeling which I m??t Is that a large part of the A1..I0 French differences grew -jut of mis understandings which could be* re moved; here the feeling is that, im portant though misunderstandings , may be useful as the removal of these obstacles would be, in the end one is brought face to face with the essential facts, the complete diverg ence of national interests and points of view, not upon minor but upon vital issues. France is waiting' upon the report of the commissions which have Am erican members, the more important of which is headed by General Dawns. Much oMhe general import of the report has already becop.e public property, but there remain details which are too important to permit any real crysta ligation of opinion until these details a. ? cleared up. So far. on the testimony of ev erybody, the French government has given a free hand to French mem bers of the com missions; the same is true of the Belgian, British and Ital ian governments. The reports, when they are at last issued two or. three weeks hence, will in all prob ability be uhanimouH. But then will couie the great question of whether (Continued on Page Four. ? VIRGIN! \ CONTINUES 11 KK FIGHT ON KATES Norfolk, March 6 ? Virginia ship pers will file complaint in a few weeks with the Interstate Commerce Commission asking for equalization of interstate rates between Virginia and North Carolina and intrastate rates in the latter state. The new complaint will be en larged In its scope, it is said here, Virginians also object to the report sent out from Raleigh yesterday that Virginia lias abandoned the fight. The firvt complaint was merely withdrawn because It did not In cliide rill the item* which the Vir ginia shippers Wished to have In cluded. SKKK IMMEDIATE REDUCTION TAXES Washington, Marcli f?. Tim St n at?* Finance Committee today derid ??el to K?-?-k immediate enadn^ni of t ho joint resolution providing f'?r a 2 5 per rent reduction hi per.--. on a I l;i come taJ.ejf payable this visit that H may apply on Installment* due March 15. \ NHRKWKAK MAHKKT QflKT i hiladelphia. March G ? Ily The Consolidated Prein, ) ? (*n dor wear mum; fact urrrs reported today that i ho market wae quiet, merchants be ing conservative abf/ut buying bi* ranse heavyweight garments moved slowly this winter and their funds are tied up in stocks carried over from the piiHt winter. COTTON MARKET New York. March 6 ? Spot cotton closed steady this afternoc/n. advan cing 65 points. MidlinK 29.05. Mew York. March 6.?- Cotton fu tures opened today at the following level? : March 28.40, May 28.84. I July. 28.17. Oct. 26. ?6. Dec. 25.21. TELEGRAMS READ FROM COOLIDGE President Explains What Hi? MmMges to McLean Were Alioiil as Oil Committer Continues Inquiry. Washington. March fi.?Two tele grams sent by President Cool Id ge to Kdward M. McLean In Florida were read today Into the record of the oil committee. Immediately afterward the Pres ident Issued a statement saying that the matter referred to in the mes sages related to? questions of local government in the District of Co lumbia. ? Thn first message?? sent? on? Janu ary 12, said "Prescot^. Is away. Ad vise Slemp with whom 1 shall con fer." Hascomh Slemp. secretary to Cool idge.was then in Palm Beach. The President telegraphed Mc Lean again on February 12 as fol lows: "Thank you for your mes sage. ' You have always been most considerate. Mrs. Coolidge joins me in sending kindest regard to Mrs. McLean." The President Issued this state ment: "The telegram related to the dis trict comniisslonershlp. Samuel Pres cott Is Republican city chairman and the President desired to confer with him regarding district matters." An exchange of . messages was ( read to the committee showing that >nn January 10 Albert Fall at Palm Ileach wired Chairman Lenroot of the oil committee asking to know If "Walsh has authority to subpoena me to testify" and got the response saying that lie had not. Senator Walsh, chief prosecutor of the Inquiry, had gone to Florida Jo question McLean but the commit tee records show thnt he was -em powered to summon such witnesses as he might require. Says Wit liout Authorlty Washington. March 6 ? Presi dent Coclidge today declined to turn over to the oil committee the tax returns of individuals and corpora tions prominently mentioned in the oil investigation. He said that he had been advised by . the acting attorney general that he was with out authority to do It. House Wants To Kmav Washington, March 6 ? A move ment gained ground today in the White House ia establish the iden tity of the two representatives charged with being guilty of brib ery. MASHACH I NKTT* I VDI HTIIIKS AIIK STIIX K\ l'.\ \l)|.\(j Boston. Mass., March 6. (Ily the Gonsolldated Press. ? Massachusetts industries added nearly four million square feet of floor space to mills and factories in 1 f? 2 . according to a report of the Associated Industries made public today. Tills < \pansion gave employment to 8,413 additional hands and the cost of making It was $1 0.250,849. Boston, Hoi yoke and \ndover showed the greatest expan sion In value. Kxpanslon In the mill towns of Lowell, Lawrence and Fall River amounted to less than $400. 000 in each case, but New Bedford, the center of fine goods production, shows up with $5)50.000 of In creased value and 125.887 feet more of floor space. Worcester, second lam- st, city, and center of wire and machinery Industries Increased $401,000 in value and #5,000 In floor space. The shoe cities of Lyon and Brockton showed little progress, the expansion of $343,000 at Lyon helm; attributed largely to growth of the General Electric plant there. ? ( IHAIIINGH llltKAK HK(Y)RD Seattle. March 6 ? (By The C?m ' oltjlated Press. ?- ?Bank Hearings broke alt records here in February, 9)10 H in K an Increase of $28,000,000 over- F hruary. 1 923, and an ad vance of $3,750,000 over February, 192f?, the . time of the post war boom. HI.E Rll.l.S EQUITY FOR RETURN RESERVES Washington, March 6 - -Cancella tion of Government otl lease* to I>o heny and Sinclair Interests will b*> nought in hills of equity to be filed by the Government oil counsel r.? xt week. 1*he hills will ask f6r the re turn of the naval oil reserve* to the Government on the grounds that ."fraud and Illegality" were Involved.