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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.