********* ?+ THE WEATHER * * Cloudy tonight. Sunday '* * showers. Continued cool * * with fresh I\ortheast and * * East winds. * ********* *00***0 CIRCULATION Friday 2,425 Copies VOL. XIV. FINAL EDITION. ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA SATURDAY EVENING. APRIL 26, 1924. EIGHT PAGES. NO. 100. Soldier Bonus No Longer Can Be Paramount Issue Has Votes Enough to Pass Over President's Veto and Only Fact That Measure Provides No Cash in Most In stances Can be Capitalized by Democrats Wj DAVID LAWRENCE (Copyright. I>24. By T?| Advance) Washington, April 25.?The soldier bonus has been shelved as a "paramount issue." Irrespective of the action of President Coolidge, the controversy will not be a vital part of the coming Presidential campaign. . t f The bill passed by the House and Senate has enough votes to become a law over a Presiden tial veto. It is being discount ed already as a law. The Re publican national platform will "point with pride" to its accom plishment. The fact that a Dem ocratic nominee might say he would have signed the bill that Mr. Coolidge might veto is not likely to be of any considerable value on the stumps ?~ The main thing la that members of the Senate and House will not have the bonus to contend with In the elections and there will be little organized opposition to the few op ponents of the measurp. Indeed, of the few Senators who did vote against the soldiers Insurance bill, do not all come up for re-election this year anyhow. The Democrat* have as much right to claim credit for the passage of the bill as the Republi cans for they supported It over whelmingly. Had there been vigor ous opposition from the Democrats, the Issue might have proved trouble some. The vote on the cash feature may here and there arise to plague a few members but on the whole one of the most vexing Issues In Ameri can politics has been removed. President Coolidge Is strong enough politically to be nominated even though he vetoes the bill a a seems likely judging from his public utterances since the Insurance plan was first broached. But there Is no likelihood of much resentment being expressed next November against the President on this one point. The election will turn on other Issues What will they be? With the sol Jler bonu? of the way and both ** parties likely to support the tax bill which Is finally' brought out of con ferences of the two houses of Con gress, the so-called "paramount" Is sues are vanishing. The Democrats, of course, will Insist that Teapot Dome proves what happens when Republicans are In power and will ask the country to point to a single case of corruption of cabinet offlcera under their rule, to which the Re publicans will answer as usual with charges of waste and mismanage ment In war time. And thus the debate will be devel opefl with the Democrats seeking to win by undermining the confidence In the Republican party as an Insti tution in Washington. Mr. Coolidge s acceptance of the resignations of some of those concerned in the oil controversy has helped him from th - viewpoint of disclaiming responsibil ity for their acts. He has not been effectively tied up with the misrule of the few who have been exposed In the oil scandals. . If Mr. Coolidge'* own character Is sufficiently Im pressed on the electorate to over come any lack of confidence In th? Republican ofrice-holdera, it will take away much from the force of the oil cases as an Issue. The Dem ocrats will hammer away 011 that Just the same, arguing for "clean government.'- In the West, the Democrat* will probably take advan tage of the discontent Inside the Re publican party on proposals for ag ricultural relief. It begins to look ss If the Issues will not be principles of action so much as men and their character, their sincerity, their Integ rity and their Individual capacity for efficient administration. kjllJRTON CHAIRMAN REPUBLICAN MEFT Washington. April 26.?Th? selec tion of Representative Theodore Burton of Ohio an temporary chair man of the Republican National Con vention waa indicated today after a political conference at the White House. Chairman Adams of the Re v publican "National Committee and David Mulvan. Republican National Committeeman from Kansas and chairman of convention arrange ment*, presented Burton's name to President Cool Idkp who approved the selection. Ifc ? ecember 24.23; January 23 87. Mr. snd Mrs. Harry Dewey til Mrs. flldnsy Davla motorejj to N# folk Friday for the day. 1 NEW AGREEMENT ABOUT HOSPITAL Arrangement Made With Dr. | Saliha Whereby He As sumes Business hut Not Professional Management. j The directors of the Chamber of Commerce, who for a number of ?years now have^been the directors of ! the Elizabeth City Community Hos jpital, have reached an understanding , with Dr. John Saliba, owner of the [ hospital property, whereby the direc tors surrender the business manage ment of the hospital to Dr. Saliba. L This agreement has been reached on the basis of an understanding that Dr. Saliba, while assuming re , sponsibllity for the business man agement of the institution, will con l tinue to conduct it as a community I institution open to all reputable phy i sicians and surgeons on equal terms | with himself. ! This new arrangement is to be come effective on June 1 and is to ; continue in force for a period of i three years. Dr. Saliba is allowing j the present management to operate I through May rent free, while he is I preparing to take over the manage-i ment. The hope is expressed by the di-; ? rectors of the hospital that the new | i arrangement will meet with the gen-| oral approval of the physicians ofj |the city and of the public and that' | the hospital will enter upop a period i of enlarged usefulness. i WOULD DEFER ENFORlUMEXT MERCHANT MA KINK ACT Washington, April 26? Enforce-! 1 ment of Section 28 of the Merchant | I Marine Act would be deferred from j June 20 next to May 1, 1925, under I the resolution reported by the House ' merchant marine committee today. | SENATOR \Y1 M.IAM.S TO SPEAK AT NORFOLK CHURCH SUNDAY State Senator P. H. Williams of this city will apeak to the organized , IJlble classes at McKendree Metho l dist church of Norfolk Sunday morn-! | lng at the Sunday School hour. Mr. Williams goes to Norfolk upon the ' invitation of N. W. Nye of that city ! who speaks at City Road Church at I eleven o'clock Sunday and to the or ganized classes at ten. I B. L. Rogers, president of the i men's Bible class of City Road i rhurch, has extensively advertised ! the coming of Mr. Nye to this city. Jand is making preparations for an attendance of one thousand at City, 1 Road Church Sunday. ! I>AI'<1HRRTY'H llltOTHK.lt AIIKAIGXKI) FOR CONTKMIT Washington, April 2fi.?A report, to the Senate declaring M. S. Daugli erty of Washington Courthouse,, Ohio, guilty of contempt and a reso lution ordering his arrest and ar raignment before the Senate Itself to answer to the charges was today , introduced by Chairman Urookhart of the Daugherty Investigating com-: mittee. PAID UXt'HUAIi TRIBUTE TO XKWK1. c. CLARK | That he had known N. C. Clark In i his dally walk and work since he had been with the Elizabeth City Ir on Works & Supply Company and that in all the years that he had so known hint he had never seen him any act or heard from him a single word unbecoming a Christian was the tribute paid to Mr. Clark at the "burial service Thursday by Rev. E. V. Sawyer when at the grave in Hol lywood Thursday he spoke in behalf of Mr. Clark's fellow workman at the Iron Works and in behalf of the firm. Mr. Sawyer himself has a position with the Iron Works and Mr. Clark's work and conduct were under his continual observation. i "N. C. Clark was one man whom I believe was an earnest Christian in his dally work." said Mr. Sawyer, "and more than one of his comrades in the shop have told me that he was the best man they ever worked 1 with." i Mr. Sawyer's words wei'e spoken with the force at the Ellxabeth City Iron Works attending the burial ser vice In a body, the plant closing dur ing the funeral hour to permit them I to do so and as a tribute of respect to his memory. Many eyes of strong men unaccustomed to tears were wet when the words of tribute had been spoken. Mr. Clark was the son of a Rap Itlat preacher, the late Rev. Homer J. Clark of Parkersburg, West Virginia, who died here soon after Mr. Clark ,cam# to Elisabeth City. "Well, Well. It's a Dryopithecus Dr. W. K. Givgory, after years of research and stirdy. Is exhibiting ?at the Museum of Natural History fragments of Jawbones of .the Di j u fttlttecu*. or rorcsr ape. believed by some scientists to bo the "mlssinB link." The bone fragments, found alter millions of years, havo been found to resemble those of Australian negro tribes. POTATO PROSPECT STILL LOOKS GOOD Satisfactory Stand Seen with Indications That North Car-j olina Will Beat Virginia to Market bfc Two Weeks. With a good stand of potatoes on ! all sides the crop condition on this territory la looked upon a? very sat-1 isfactory up to this time. : The most] favorable sign lies In the fact that the main crop of Virginia potatoes with which it is Impossible for North Carolina to compete will be two weeks later than last year while that! in this section will bo only one week J delayed according to Howard Smith, i manager of the Carolina Potato Ex change. On account of the nearness of Vir-1 glnla to the markets that state be comes a dangerous rival to Eastern Nprth Carolina whenever the sea son's conflict. It Is accepted among the operators that when the Vlr-i fclnia season starts ours must fall be hind. j Last year Virginia potatoes came in ten days behind those of this ter-' ritory. Accordiim to the forecasts for this season they will be from 15 i to 18 days later than North Caroll-; na. This means a great deal in mar keting early potatoes and indicates th.it the prices will be good if other' conditions remain good, says Mr. j Smith. "Tl.e stand this year is above the average. In fact It is the best in five years," said Mr. Smith. "Judg ing from the looks of the crop there will he an unusually good vleld. i The Canadian seed are showing their- value in better seed and more thrifty plants already. North Car olina mountain grown seed have produced good plants too. They are ?every bit as good ai those pro duced from Maine seed." Mr. Smith says that he has been advised that the Florida crop has suffered from blight and rain. One operator wno had bought heavily of barrels is offering a half million for sale on account of the partial failure of the crop at Palatka. In South Carolina there Is a much heavior acreage and a fair stand, he says. This does not conflict With us however as South Carolina fears us Just as we fear Virginia. WANTKD WHKKI.KH TO FIT IT IN WASHINGTON Washington, April 24.?H. K. CJlosser. formerly employed In the of fice of Gordon Campbell, Montana oil operator. Indicted with Senator Wheelrr, today testified before the Senate committee investigating th ? Indictment that in Jitiuary, IS23, h< heard a conversation between Camp bell and Wheeler 1n which there was talk of getting the former's oil per mits "fixed up In Washington." "Campbell said that Wheeler could get this fixed up In Washington." dosser added, "or something like that." PAM,OON MIC If K I,IN TIMES AUK VICKY POITLAIl IIFitF Tlie sale of ballcon tires ha* kept the firm of K'. J. Cohoon At Com pany busy this week. "We have calla for more tfres than we can get hold of" Mr. Cohooi\ told a reporter for The Advance Saturday. This firm started an advertising cam paign on Mlchelln tires last Satur day snnounclnr a demonstration on Monday, and sales this week nave gone,above the lefel expected. TRAFTON IS WINNER OF WILLIAMS MEDAL Claude Trafton was awarded the D. E. Willias medal in the declama tion contest Friday evening in the South Mills High School, carrying off first honors with the other con testants doing so well that the judges were disturbed that there weren't enough medals to go around. Leon Halstead, XUlburn James, William Perry and Ira Pearce were the other four en trants in the contest and each showed such ability and so much serious preparation that the ail j dlence, like the judges, was puzzled i to know just who would be the winner. However, general senti , ment in the end favored Trafton, it was declared, and the young orator, speaking fearlessly, easily and ear neHly, with no show of nervousness, with distinct and careful enuncia tion and with delivery free from superficial attempts at the oratorical, made an excellent impression. A medal for spelling was awarded to Welden Burnham. Prior to the declamation contest there was a pleasing program of songs by the grades. Piano numbers were interspersed throughout the program and the high schools pu pils rendered a chorus while the judges were out making their de cision. The judges were Dr. John Hell. Ralph Holmes and Herbert Peele. The medal was presented by Her bert Peel. A numbf*r of other Eliz abeth City people attended the ex ercises. enjoying the enthusiasm of the students, the progressive spirit of the South Mills school, and the pleasant automobile ride over the good roads. Sunday morning - at 11 o'clock Rov. F. H. Scattergood will preach the baccalaureate sermon ut Trinity church. Monday evening the senior play will be given at eight o'clock In the auditorium, and Tuesday even ing Dr. J. H. Oorrell of Wake Forest College will deliver the commence ment address. The graduates are Tacie Burnham, Irene Etherldge. Ethel Hastings. Ralph Harrell. George Ira Pearce, Lucy Sanderlin. and Lula Whltehurst. LOOKING FOR OUTLAW FIND ANOTHKK STILL Clifton Forge, Va.f April 26. ? National Ouardsmeu searching for des?e Scott, an outlaw charged with killing a prohibition agent, last night wounded McKlnley Smith when they found the latter operating a still and refusing to surrender. FOUR STEAMERS AKE ABLAZE AT DOCKS New York, April 26.- -Five wornl en excursion steamboats and several smaller craft burnrd at thMV t\l?l-:nv TO H.WR HANyt K.T MOttlMf OrlK|f< Commander? Knight Tem plars will serve a banquet on Mon day evening at six o'clock All Sir Knights will appear In full uniform' after supper and the Templir degree will be conferred on several compan ions are getting ready to "cross the sands I By rtOBKKT T. 8MAIX CwrtfM. 1*4. b, The >f tin for n roof. "At Yokohama there I. little or (Continued on Page 4,| BADLY BURNED IN WILMINGTON FIRE Wilmington, April 2ft.?Mr*. Lnu n Ilyerly la today Huhtln? for her llf'* an the n-Hult of the flr?* here Inst nlaht which dmitroyed $60,000 In property, the Prlnr?>?ii RuDdlng being completely burned. NEW YORK MOURNS DEATH OF MURPHY N??w York. April 2ft.?The body of Charles Prencl* Murphy, for 22 yeam prnnd chieftain "f Tammanv Hall and moat conspicuous shaper of political dentlnles of hi* time, lien In state today In the mod eat parlor of hi* home here. ' Over all the city bulldlnga flag* are at half mast while many hotela nnd atoren and numerous Individual householder* displayed evidence of their gtrlcf. The funeral nervlces will be held Monday.