North Carolina Newspapers

* THE WEATHER * * Probably shatters and * * cooler tonight. Thura- * * day generally fair and * * cooler. * CIRCULATION ? Tuesday * 2,390 Copies ?* VOL. XIV. FINAL EDITION. ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY EVENING. APRIL 30, 1924. FOUR PAGES. NO. 103. Hertford Is Ready For One Thousand Visitors Buildings Draped in Bunting, Parking Space for Hundreds of Automobiles Provided and 500 Pounds of Pork ?for Barbecue to Feed Multitude Spoken For Preparations are being made fori! at least 1,000 visitors in Hertford Thursday for the May Day Get-To-' gether program. Buildings are draped in bunting; parking space for a thousand automobiles has been provided on streets and vacant lots; j| committees are. ready to welcome visitors and provide for their needs; 1 500 .pounds of meat for the barbe cue, 150 pounds of t ham, bread, pickles, and slaw is on hand; and everything else is in readiness for one of the biggest gatherings of Eastern North Carolina folk ever held. The purpose of the meeting, ac cording to Charles Whedbee, chair-! man of the executive committee, is i to promote the common good of the" section. The scope of the meeting has been widened and no special lo cal interests will be. favored except the Coastal Highway. All addresses will be confined to the common good of the section and no hint of argu menr m favor or aspecTrrcTo?morr UlLor ineni. iu iun'1 vt ? for the proposed Chowan River j bridge or other project sponsored byj a single community or section Is do-, sired. A large number of Elizabeth City people will attend, including repre sentatives of the Chamber of Com merce, Rotary Club, Kiwanls Club, City Council, and other organiza tions. The Elizabeth City Klwanis <2lub quartet has been urged to be! I present and sing several selections and It is probable that they will re-, spond to the Invitation. Hertford also expects an especial-1 ly large delegation from Martin County and it Is understood that two I special Pullman cars have been char tered for those who will attend from Washington. N. C. Every visitor will be registered, i Books for the purpose have been ; provided and will be in charge of a ! committee of ladles. The formation of a permanent or-i ionization to be known as the Albe-| marie Association and the election of, officers for the association is includ- > ed in the program. Following the Invocation by Rev. i G. V. Tllley, pastor of the Hertford j Baptist Church, and the singing of "Carolina." J. S. McNlder of Hert-j ford will deliver the address of wel- j come. The response from the north i side of the sound will be delivered by W. I. Halstead of South Mills and [ from the south side of the sound by: I Harry Jacobs of New Bern. j The chairman of the meeting. P., H. Williams of Elizabeth City. will, then be Introduced and will deliver) an address on the object of the meet ing. He will then take the chair, j A short talk on "Natural Resourc es and How a Trunk Highway For-! wards Their Development" will be given by Brent Drane, director of I the State Geographic and Economic Survey. Frank Page, chairman of the State Highway Commission, will j next deliver an address. The barbecue dinner will follow Mr. Page's address. In the afternoon there will be an address by Clayton Moore, chairman , of the roads committee of the house, and short thlks by representatives, from New Hanover, Onslow, Cartai -; et. Craven. Beaufort, Martin. Bertie, I Chowan, Perquimans. Pasquotank, Camden, Gates and Currituck coun ties. W. A. Hart, State Highway Com missioner for the First District, and | Judge Francis D. Winston of Wind-' sor are expected to be present and may make talks. The executive committee in charge of preparations Is composed of: Charles Whedbee, chairman. T. S. j White, R. L. Knowles, C. B. Willi-! ford, and T. Brlnn. ' The Elizabeth City Chamber of . Commerce, th^ Merchants Assocla l tlon, and the Kiwanls and Rotary Clubs will all send delegates to the Hertford meeting and those taking the trip are requested to he at the Community Building Thursday morning by 10 o'clock. GOVERNOR McCRAY GIVEN TEN YEARS (By Tfu Pr?M> Indianapolis, April 30 ? Warren McCray who retired today as Gov ernor of Indiana was sentenced In Federal Court today to serve ten years 1n Atlanta prison and fined * $10,000 on the charge of using the malls In furtherance of a scheme to defreaud. COTTON MAKKKT New York, April 30 ? Spot cot ton closed quiet this afternoon. Middling 29.80. Future* closed at i the following levels: May 29.47; July 27.85; October 24.80; Decem ber 23.70; January 23.35. At two o'clock this afternoon futures closed at the following levels: May 29.25; July 27.72; October 24 23; December 23.67; January 23.26. New York, April 30.?Cotton fu tures opened today at the following levels: May 29.75, July 28.07. Oct. 24.40, Dec. 18.80, Jan. 28.58. MAY BE DECREASE IN TOBACCO CROP So Many Virginia Planter* are Reducing Acreage in I Weed to Try Cotton Seriou* ? Shortage May Result. By jTcT ItOYI.E rtnrittit iKtl. kv Till NewApril 30,-The army of tobacco users Is being steadily re crulted in America, and tries. I)ut there Is a l>o8?lbllUy that the ammunition which will load their pipes, cigar and c parette hold era will not be so plentiful in 1924. The reason for this is that some f the Virginia planters have not been entirely faithful to their first love and are flirting with cotton. Tobacco extorts?estimate Virginia farmers are setting aside ( ten per cent leRs acreage to be cul tivated to tobacco this year than in , 1923, in spite of the fact that fac-1 tory demand is strong, prices good and fertilizer cheaper than la"'y^? I Last year many farmers planted cot- , ton on their tobacco lands and since the plants were not infested with, boll weevil, they made money. Many have come to the conclusion thoy ean do the same this year with additional I old tobacco land and Increase their PI*Jolm J. Owens, assistant commis sioner of agriculture of Virginia, who has just completed a survey of the tobacco growing states declares that the Virginia acreage might drop from 190,000 the amount last year, to 170.000 acres. In North Carolina. South Carolina and Geor gia. however, the acreage is I ed to be slightly larger. aMordlng to Henry M. Taylor. Federal statistician stationed with the Virginia depart ment of agriculture. This tendency is especially noticeable In the two latter states. North Carolina '? ftp Ing to have one final fling at cotton , in spite of the boll weevil and hence will not go In so strenuously for to bacco cultivation. Fertilizers are costing the farmer about 15 a ton less than last year but this has been an influence for planting cotton as well as totaceo Planting has been somewhat delayed by wet weather, but tobacco men now will begin shortly to put in their '"There Is no reason to foresee anv decrease In the manufacture of to bacco according to T. M. Harrington, president of the Tobacco Association of the fnlted States. He estimates that 11.600.000.000 worth of tobae co products wns manufactured and, sold at retail last year. He expects no general reduction In t,rlc''"' ? ; though the American Tobacco Com pany has recently cut the prices of some brands slightly. I "Even if there were to be a se rlous depression in business, he ad-^ ded. "tobacco would not suffeT ma tivlally. for people buy It *h''Ul" they are rich or poor, working or ,dlThe tobacco grown by Virginia farmers last year returned them about $30,000,000 although prices were not quite so high as In 1922. as the quality was not sft good, "right tobacco brought an average of 1^0 n hundred pounds a* compared with 127 the previous vear. while nar.. tobacco averaged ?16, or *3 a hun-, dred less than the previous year) Practically all the 1923 crop now? has left the farms. The Pennsylvania crop, much or which went Into cigars manufactured In that state, brought growers abo'i 110 000.000 Indications ire H" Pe nnsylvania acreage will be about I the same as last year, as a jhortaB of seed Is operntlng against an In creaseIn Planting. The 40.800 sens cultivated last year. vlelded B3.0H4 490 pounds The vaUie of the crop can be cstlmnted from the fact that the averau" vMd froin tobacco land* (n T^ncaater County last year was ^The Government benefitted to the 1 extent of I3S 0.000.000 laat ye.r from the taxes on tobacco. Cigar consumption has fallen off lv since 1913 and amounted In 19J3 to IB 722.354.000. Another In crease In Cigarette production Is pre dicted for this year In view of the sal-* cf the first quarter, atthouffh this Is not expected to be so marked as in 1923. MELON'S PROPOSAL ACCEPTED RY SENATfc 1 Washington. April 10? Secretary Mellon'* proposal for a IB per <rent I reduction In a tax on earned In comes was agreed upon by the 8e nale today with modification?. The maxlmnm amount of Income on which the reduction could be applied was cut to 110,000 from the 125,000 allowed by the House. All 'incomes of l&.OOO or less wonM be considered earned for purposes of re duction. i 1 Travels From Europe in Suit Case lr? | WMn you're taking the "prince oi u iiIh' on a long continental \oyage , there'll nothing Ilk** uonvi nipnrc. Ili-n<-r the "nuitiaMf crib." utillz* U by Lh\ ami Mj\s. Charles II Lewis. who tlius ltrought their tour-months-ohl l?l?y boy Iioin Vienna. Custom* oflk iuI* at New York were amuz?*<l upon I opening the suit ca*e and ItiulinR its contents. Dr. Lewis is an obttctri ? i;?n oi Lo? Angeks. _J -? EXAMINATION MAY OTO1V gi U K WAY TO i?okitio\ "I wish," Raid Postmaster Hoop er to a reporter for this newspaper the other day, "that you would call the attention of-the youni? men of the city to the opportunity ofTered them in the clerk-carrier examina tion to be held at. the postofTice here on May 10. "There Js never any knowing when a vacancy may develop at th-? Elizabeth City postofTice. When I became postmaster I was not sure that there would be a single addition to the force or even any change In the personnel. And yet we have add ed both a clerk and a city carrier to the fbrce within recent monthu, to say nothing of changes due to resignations or other causes. "By taking these examinations young men may put themselves in line for the next opening that may occur." CONFEREES AGREE ON SOLDIER BONUS BILL Washington, April 30?An agree ment was reached today by the by the House and Senate conferences on differences over the soldier bonus bill. Most of the provisions in the dispute were of a minor nature and early ratification of the conference report by the Senate and House was predicted by the conferences. NEW VIRGINIA TKHAHI KKH Richmond. May 1?Charles John son, Virginia State treasurer, resign ed today and Governor Trlnkle ap pointed John Purcell as his succes sor. Returned Missionary Will Speak al Salem iMri. M.. L. Brown, returned mis sionary of Kalfeng College, Honan. f'hina, is expected to arrive on th? morning train Thursday from Chapel Hill an be present to address the Pasquotank County Missionary Union meeting that will be held at Salem Baptist Church Thursday be ginning at 10 a. m. Mrs. Brown will be the guest of Miss Inez Held | while in the city. LOVE LOT FOUND TO BE NOT AN EXACT SQUARE Work on the new building of the Auto Supply Vulcanizing Com pany. corner of Matthews ancf Poin dexter streets and opposite the Cul pepper Hardware Company, has been temporarily held up this week by delay in the arrival of material, but the firm is still confident that it jrfll be in its new quarters by July 1. The now building will have a diagonal front and driveway on the northeast corner similar to that of the Rulck's quarters in the ivew Orandy building at the State river bridge, and will thus be equipped for instantaneous service of various sorts to the passing motorist. An interesting development in the construction of the new building was the discovery of tho fact that | the Love lot on which It stands is not exactly square. Laying off his lines j at right angles when he began con struction of the walls. Mr. Perry, ! contractor, was Informed, when he I had pillars on Matthews street built I up to a height of about five feet, by | City Manager Bray that he had en I roached on the sidewalk line at the. : Poindexter street corner by about six tenths of a foot, although at the northwest corner of the buildlnK the | wall was one tenth of a foot back ; from the sidewalk line. The pillars and wall accordingly were torn down all the way hack to ! the rear entrance on Matthews I street, the foundation extended back j the necessary distance, and the pll . lars and wall then were re-erected ; on the proper location. As a result j the Matthews street wall of the new building lacks a fraction of being exactly parallel with the wall next to Mitchells. MIIH. IIAKKit DKAI) ! * Winfall, April 30. ? Mrs. Jim Maker of Hertford. Route Three, died Sunday morning after a long ; Illness. 8h?' leaves a husband and lone daughter and several grandchll Idren. Tige Is President's Pal And A Court Favorite By WILLIAM C. LYON (C??y right. 1924. By Th? Advanr*) Washington. April &0. When the White House recently broadcast . radio appeal for aid In finding "Tlge," one of the executive man sion rata, the nation smiled, little realizing how Important was tho j plea. "Tlge," It develops, in the President's real pal. An Intimate of Mr. Coolldge today, Kave the writer a vivid word pic- \ ture that emphasized the hold of, thla plain gray-striped torn eat on the affection* of the President. He! pictured the executive sitting at his desk. reading or looking over stat ? papers?with "Tlge" climbing to hi* lap and crnwllng. unmolested up the! Presidential arm and around the Presidential neck In real "old home style." Further. It was disclosed, "Tlg<?" has even partaken of White Hon*" meals In the great state dining room. They were not the formal affairs that publicity-seeking society ma trons arrange periodically for their pets. They were "old home style" meals, collected morsel by morsel, as "Tlge" atalked from member to member of the Coolldge household not omitting s visit to the head of the table. Of cours* "Tlge" dlnea thus only when the Coolldeea ar?? enfamllle. Hut he Isn't hidden from sight at any time. On all occaalons. atatc or otherwise, he rosms freely among the guests. Tigs Is s studious and InqiiiHMv*' cat. On more than one. formal occasion h<> ban been ob-4 wrved to stop and givem atald dlplo-I mat or an officer with much nold lac??. the "up and down" a* the dig' nltarle* moved about the norial line*. Frequently, bored by tin* parade and pomp, he hops Into a *oft chair and curl* up for a nap, oblivion* of the ?doing* the average American would 'give an eyo to attend. While he In the favored one. "Tlge" In by no mean* the only Oool Wk?- pet. There I* another eat?al ao Juat a plain rat. whleh hasn't ev > n a regular name, though bin aloe I; coat I* gradually (inquiring for him thj> aoubrlquet of ??fllaekle." And there I* Rob Roy. Mr*. Cool fldge'a boantlful white eollle, who re-: cently took hi* place In the plctor lal hlatorv of the White Hou*e bv poalng with lil* mlatfeaa for a por trait presented to the flr*t Indy by her aororlty *l*t? r*. Alao, ther* I* "Paul Pry." a handsome Airedale, who romp* on th?? *ontb lawn and take* a great delight In the Pre*| id^nt'a appmranee on the White Hon** ground*. All of theni. at one time or anoth er. have had their "band out a" from the White Hou*^ table. But "Tlge" I eaally rank* a* ''court favorite." Th? fabled rat who !n*l*ted on bin right to look at a king would be surprfred If he eould *ee what Democracy hat done for "Tlge." Dawes Won't Be Lionized By Old Home Town Friends Planned Trip to Europe as Vacation and Accepted Work on Inquiry Into German (Capacity to Pay as Inciden tal to That Vacation hut Now itcady for Work ?,i Burns on Stand Copyright; Harris ft Swing William J. Bur.is, head of the U. S. Bureau of Investigation, a* ho ~apjR?ared on the witness stand before the Senate committee. He made sensational dcclaratlonr re* carding Interference with his de partment in drug and liquor cases. MUCH DAMAGE IN WAKE OF TORNADO Storm Sweep* South Caro lina, Georgia, and Alabama Early Today, Killing Sever al and Injuring Many. Atlanta, April 30 ? As the news trickled in today over the damaged wires and by messenger the death list was gradually increased until at one o'clock it stood at thirty. I-ater reports also increased the area of the tornado to include Louis iana and other states. Atlanta, April 30 ? Ten persons are known to have been killed and two score injured by the tornado which swept South Carolina, Geor gia, and Alabama early today caus ing property damage estimated at upwards of a million dollars. Sev eral are reported missing. Only meager reports over crippled tele phone and telegraph wires are; available, Anderson. S. C., April 30.?River- | side, a mill village was virtually i wiped out by a tornado which struck | it at eight o'clock this morning. Re lief workers and all physicians of! Anderson have gone to the scene. | Anderson. S. C., April 30?Hiree persons are known to have beertj killed and five wore injured by the tornado on the outskirts of the town today. Twelve houses were de molished. ? Later reports placed the death toll at nine in and around Ander son. Autaugaville, Alabama. April 30? Twenty houses and barns were de stroyed and several head of live stock were killed by the tornado here today. No one was Injured. Opelika, Ala., April 30?Four ne groes were killed and five wore In jured by the tornado on the out skirts of the town today. Twelve houses were demolished. La wreWovllle. Oa.\ April 30?Six persons were injured, a number of residences blown down and part of a ,inill village demolished by the tor- . nado here today. The damage Is estimated at $200,000. The Bap tist church was wrecked. Oreonvlllo, Alabama, April 30? Four members of one family wen' injured fry tho tornado today which ' did properly damage estimated at $160,000. Two negroes ar?* report ed missing and are believed to have boen kilted. Macon. On.. April 30?"fhree wore killed and more than a dozen In jured. several seriously, by the tor nado which swept this section today. KIJ/illlRTVI firv TO I'LAY W. r. I. HKItK Tlll HSnAY; Elizabeth City High School and Washington Collegia!*- Institute will cross bats on th?* Main Street dia mond Thursday afternoon, the game to bo on I I'd at 4 o'clock. Kllzaboth City High defeated Hertford's high school team at Hert-' ford Tuesday bv the score of 20 to 6. Ballard, pitching for Elizabeth City, struck out 10 men and allowed 10 hits. Elizabeth City got 22 hltu. H. Delmah Raper. son of Mrs. It.. H. Raper of Burgess street, has ac cepted ia position on the S. S. Re "?iblicfcnd l*ft Tuesday for England, France and Oermany. i Il> (>. L. SCOTT ! (Co??H|M. 1*24. By Th? AdvancO | Chicago. Aptll 30.?After success fully tackling Germany's reparations tangle, Brigadier General Charles G. Dawes, chairman of the expert com mittee on repurationH will be back home from his "European vacation" this week to unravel his own busi ness affairs accumulated during the months of his absence. He landed in New York late Monday. The old home town would like to turn out its brass bands, stage some bung-up meetings and show its ap preciation of the accomplishments of its most distinguished son?and in turn hear what he has to say about the rest of the world. But that's not to be?according to the general's plans. "General Dawes is a business man, returning from a business man's Job. He's coming back to his bank and wade directly into^H^^buslness with out any side ostentation. Tfle gen eral planned a European vacation this year. He has had that and Is now ready for the work ahead." So * his bunk associates explain the Btt- . ~ ~ nation. And Chairman Dawes, of the board of tho Central Trust Company of Chicago, bears out their state ments. He already has turned down invitations to a number of meetings in his honor. "My associates and I have agreed that we should not speak or write 1 regarding the reparations committeo (report," he advised one group, "since statements from us might invite con troversy or be consdiered as inter pretation. This it 1b desirable to avoid. I must therefore be excused." Political bids are meeting the same reception. They're not wel ; come now. the general's friends say. Suggestion that he is being men tioned frequently as a Vice Presiden tial running mate for President Cool lidffe bring a smile and a response in humor. "Charlie Dawes as Vice Presi dent!" said one of his bank asso ciates. "They don't know him. y* Whatever political ambitions he may / have hnd do not run along that line. / He couldn't be Imagined or lmaglue / himself sitting around for four year** Interpreting Senate rules." ? f I "Once he had a desire to be a Sen ator. It was after serving three (years under President McKlnley as Comptroller of the Currency. But he i was defeated, due to double cross ing, and has not sought political of fice since. Of course, he served President Harding as the first direc tor of the budget and served the I Government during the war as pur chasing agent for the American Ex peditionary Forces, but those were i not political jobs." So it looks an though the n4an who I led the way to a possible solution of Europe's economic problems that is receiving the favorable considera tion of ?uf>st allied governments and of Germany, would come back to Chicago and quietly dive again Into his private business, leaving public questions to tak<f care, of themselves so far as he is concerned?at least for the present. His office at the Central Trust Company is waiting for him. He or ganized the institution In 1902, af ter his defeat for the United States Senute. Now It is one of the city's leading financial Institutions. Gener al Dawes is known in own bank for the same qualities that has marked his forceful activities In whatever public service he has engaged In? including the attachment for vivid langunge that brought him wide at tention during a Congressional hear ing shortly after th# war. Mr. Dawes now Is Sf) years of age. He has had political ambitions some tTist haven't been nsserted pub licly. While out of politics At pres ent. there are many influential per sons in Chicago who expect that in another four years his name may bob up again at that time In some connection other than as a Vice Pres idential candidate. Whether Mr. Dnwes himself shares that expectation Isn't known. Just now he has his own business to tend to. JORDAN WITHDRAWS WARRANT WIIMN IIK IS KKlMlll'ltHED Johnny Wood, in police Court Wednesday, was let off with the costs on a charge of operating a mo tor cor with defective lights Jordan Warren, prosecuting wit ness. well known Elizabeth ('Ity ne gro, paid the costs and withdrew the warrant sworn out by himself ngalnst "General" Jacobs, colored, charging the defendant with damage to personal property. lordsn ?aid thn? Central had reimbursed hlsi and that he did not care to prosecute the case. EXPIXJSIVE8 WHELK TWO TOLL RKFDLES Staunton. April 30?Two toll gates on the Mlddlebrook road near here were blown up with dynamite ?*H>nt midnight. Authorities believe persons opposed to collection of tolls over which a controversy has waged for tj*o months set the ei ploBlvefl.