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VOL. XIV. FINAL EDITION. ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA. SATURDAY EVENING, MAY 3, 1924. EIGHT PAGES.
NO. 106
House Rentals In Cities
At Last Past Their Peak
Reports from A11 Sections of Country Since Semi-annual
Moving Day Thursday Seem Indicate Practically No
Advances and Some Cases of Recession
By J. C. ROYXE
(CanrrtlM. I?M. ?? TM A#mmc>
New York. May 3. ? Sufficient
reports have come from various sec-1
tions of the country since the semi-1
annual moving day Thursday to in-{
dicate definitely that the rentals for .
the moderate and higher priced !
dwellings have not gone up. On the I
contrary, in some sections they "have |
shown slight decreases.
This fact has not slowed down
building construction throughout the j
land to any appreciable degree. |
However, it has focused that con-1
struction on certain types of dwel-j
lings. Prospective investors are
thinking twice about putting up1
dwellings with labor and material at
present prices when the placing of |
rentals above a certain level en
counters Immediate -resistsnee from
tenants. Money Is easy, but even I
the reduction in the re-discount rate
by the New York Federal Reserve
Bank is not expected to stimulate,
some classes of building.
Scores of apartments in New York.
Chicago and other large cities are j
vacant, not because people do not:
want the quarters but because they
will not pay the rents demanded for
those quarters. Then, too, the surge
of Inhabitants to the cities, so ap
parent during and after the war. is
gradually correcting itself.
The advance in the value of land;
and real property in the larger cl-j
ties has been so great that city prop
erty is becoming too valuable to use'
for factory and Industrial uses. In-1
dustrlal plants therefore are moving i
into the suburbs and the locations i
adjacent to the cities and are taking j
the majority of the workers engaged i
with them.
The extent of the appreciation of |
city property may be estimated from
the fact taht the value of real prop
erty and improvement In the United
States Increased $67,177,918,000 be
tween 1921 and 1922 to a total of
$176,414,444,000 and that the rate
of increase in the last year has been
even higher.
The metal trades formerly em
ployed the largest number of work-i
ers of any Industry in New York Ci-,
ty. There are 250.000 people en
gaged In the metal trades in this vi
cinity today and it Is estimated that|
750,000 are dependent on the Indus
try. Yet great numbers of the plants
formerly located on Manhattan have
migrated to New Jersey, Long Island ,
and Connecticut. There are now on-j
ly five iron foundries in Manhattan,'
where formerly there were 65. Large
heavy steel metal plants in Lower
Manhattan have decreased in num
ber from 35 to 12 in 20-years and
the number of men employed south
of 59th street Is only half the num
ber employed In 1900.
Plants have moved to larger tracts
of cheaper land which still are acces-j
sible to rail lines. Shipping faclli-l
ties and dumping spaces. This
movement has been materially aided
by the use of automobile trucks in i
handling both light and heavy pro-1
ducts for short hauls. I
Similar conditions exist on the
other side of the continent. Land
In Hollywood has grown In value
that moving picture producers are
contemplating the abandonment of
studio sites which cover large
acreages there and are preparing for
a migration to localities where land
Ns cheaper.
In some sections of the country,j
owners of flats and apartment hom
es complain bitterly of what they
call "double cross" from the realty
dealers. About a year and half aeo.
landlords In many sections began
boosting rents. This, they say. was;
done on the advice of realestate
dealers, who In many Instances ad
vised owners to allow their apart
ments to remain rather than Cut b^
low the high rental level. The land-j
lords n??sert now that while they
were thus broadcasting advice, the
realty men dashed for the outlying
districts and erected thousands of
Ave and six room houses which they
sold on small payments down and
monthly Installments on about the
same level as the apartment house
rents.
In the vicinity of San Francisco,
alone, about 15,000 such houses have1
been built and ther are 5.000 or,
inor?* empty si?artmenta In that cltv. I
Similar conditions exist In other ci
ties. When the apartment owners
reduce rents the realty men. it Is
claimed. Immediately cut down th??
size of the monthly payments cor
respondingly.
TOBACCO GKOWEItS TO
INVESTIGATE BOYCOTT
Now York. May I?The Tobacco
Grower* Commission of Southerner*
representing the three to
bill CO co-operative marketing aaao
clatlons In the United States (ailed
tmtsv for Kurope In the effort to
lift the boycott Mid to have been
Imposed upon American tobacco and
to study general marketing condi
tions abroad with a view In ascer
taining the probable demand for the
1>24 crop and arranging the undla
posed atocka of la?t year.
SANER ADDRESSES
CAROLINA LAWYERS!
Prwlilent American liar Asaoclatlonl
trjcw Lifting America Above
Mercenary 1'olitlcn
Plnehurat, May 3.?A plea to lift|
America "aboYe" the alough of mer
cenary polltlca and carry it ateadlly!
forward aa a government of liberty!
under the law, waa urged upon law
yera attending the convention of the
North Carolina Bar Aaaoclatlon in
ian address Friday night by Robert
\ E. L. Saner, of Dallaa, president of
'the American Bar Association.
I The call for active. Intelligent and
unaelfl8h public aervice was never
more insistent than today, Mr. Saner
aaaerted, who Bald the tradition8 of
the flag and the men who launched
the Government Joined in admoniBli
Ing "us to obey this call."
"The only forcea that can preaerve
our republic are men with convic
tions and the courage of their con
Ivlctlons." he continued. "My plea is
that a modicum of the same aort of
courage thlt actuated our fathers
shall be manifested not only by pub-1
lie officials but by the ?reat mass of <
privates and the ranks of our citi
zenship. What we must have iB an!
active exerclae of the dutiea of citi- j
zenahip by men who stand outaide |
[of party or claaa, whose sole motive?
and objective is the public weal, and!
who have the courage to tear a|
question open and let the light
through it. We must have men v.ho
stand for the right, for Justice, for
[liberty under the law, for govera
| ment under the Constitution, and!
who will carry our republic forward!
toward the fulfillment of its high!
mission as a leader and exemplar for
the emulation and inspiration of all I
the nations of the earth."
The association last night adopt-j
led a resolution calling on Congress,
j not to present to the states for rat
ification the propoaed child labor]
amendment.
KIWANIAN BANQUET
DELIGHTFUL AFFAIR,1
The Kiwanian luncheon at the |
Linden Friday evening was a delight
ful affair, and the Kiwanians are ex
tending appreciation to the manage
ment of the Linden and to the mem
bers of the Woman's Club who as
sisted in serving, Mrs. C. P. Brown,
Mrs. R. B. Cotter. Mrs. J. C. B. Eh
ringhaus, Mrs. Bessie Stewart and |
Mra. Duckworth Glover. These la-1
dies and others also arranged the
tables and did the decorating for the I
banquet. Lilacs and fleur dfc lis with j
other spring flowers were used and ;
the Linden was particularly pretty.
SEARCH GOES ON
FOR MAJOR MARTINI
False Pass, Alaska, May 3. ? As
a result of information from natives I
scattered along the barren Alaskan I
peninsula that they saw Major Fred
erick Martin, who has been missing
since Wednesday, headed northwest
ward In the Chignik Lakes and Beh
rlng Sea, wlrele?s calls were broad
cast today to all vessels In the north-1
ern body of water and additional i
parties were organized to search the'
rocky shore. Meantime Martin's [
three companions were prepared to I
continue their Journey if conditions!
permit. ? - M
VKTKRAN8 MKRT
A called meeting of Confederate
Veterans of Camp \VT. F. Martin. No. |
1B90*. wns held here Saturday to
name a delegate to the Confederate j
Reunion at Memphis June 3-6. The
thin gray line Is now so thin that'
only veterans B. Frank Spence. J. K.j
Matthews. N. C. Burgess and N. O. 1
Davis were able to attend. Mr.1
Spence hoped to be able to attend;
the reunion and so was named as a
delegate. The others felt that they!
would he unable to take the trip.
KXTKXD PftlVILKttKM TO
CllllIJi OF OTIIKII CltKKDH
New York. May 3.? Delegntes to
the national convention of the!
Young Women's Christian Aftsocla- j
tl<m today voted to change the basis I
of membership In the association and j
to extend the voting privileges to;
girls of creeds not previously ellg-1
ible to vote.
WOOIWHKD AXD HON ICY Hot s?:
AltK lll RNKD IN ( A.MDKN
While T C. Whltehurst of Oam-j
den was In Elizabeth City Friday,
on business, his woodshed and hon-|
ey house caught on fire from sparks'
from the wood pile chips he had set,
on Are before leaving. Some neigh-1
bors saw the fire and came to the
rescue, but did not succeed In put
ting It out until the house caught.
No serious damage was done to the
house before they finally put the Are
out, but the woodshed and honey
house were burned and also wood
and meat which waa stored In them.
President Chamber Commerce
Endorses National Edition
The plans of The Advance to l?
sue a National Publicity Edition
have met with gratifying response In
Elizabeth City and endorsements of
the edition have been received In
which this newspaper takes genuine
pride.
Herewith is presented? the en
dorsement of M. Leigh Sheep, presi
dent of the Chamber of Commerce.
Mr. Sheep takes the view that the
proposal to issue this edition Is par
ticularly timely Just now. when,
with the era of development certain
to come to Elizabeth City and Its
section as a result of good roads al
ready built, now in process of con
struction or soon to be built. Eliza
beth City will be sure to become
more really than ever before the
metropolis of the entire Albemarle
region.
Thousands of extra copies of this
edition will be printed and conscien
tiously distributed so that the mes
sage of a greater Albemarle and a
greater Elizabeth City may be car
ried not only Into territory Imme
diately contlnguous to but also Into
regions remote from ours, and each
copy so sent out will be a herald to
proclaim to its every reader that
Elizabeth City extends a welcome
both to home seekers and to those
who want locations for new indus
tries and business enterprises.
The Advance has looked forward
for some time to issuing such an edi
tion. but the task of gathering and
compiling the data needed has been
too great a task to impose upon its
already severely taxed staff. A spe
cial writer and worker has there
fore been engaged to undertake this
proposition and he Is already gath
ering material for the edition. The
MOTHERS IN ROW
OVER MOTHERS DAY
Washington. May 3?The officers
of the American War Mothers have i
Issued a spirited protest against the'
published attack by the Mothers Day!
International Association on their:
plan to sell publicity carnation bou
tonnleres on Saturday, May 10. in a
nationwide observance of 'Mothers
Day whloh falls on the Sunday fol
lowing.
The International Association de
nounced the plan as a "tag day
game" in which It charged that the
War Mothers were being used for
the profit of others.
The War Mothers denounced the
attack as "Insulting and malicious."
BODY GENERAL CARR
ESCORTED TO HOME
Durham, May 3. ? The body of
the late General Julian 8. Carr was
escorted last night from the train
to his home here by hundreds of
sorrowing citizens.
Today long lines passed silently
into the home for a last look at
the face of Durham's leading citi
zen. Sunday afternoon at 3:30 the
burial will take place In Oakland
Cemetery.
I1AJVK OIUMCItKI) CliOHKD
St. Paul, Minn., May 3?The Cap
ital Trust and Savings Bank of St.
Paul with deposits of $5,000,000
was today ordered close by the state
superintendent of banks. "Frozen
assets" was the oause he said.
FOR LAW AXD OHIHCIl
Springfield, Mass., May 3.?An ap
peal to all higher Institutions of
learning to lead In the support of
law and order was passed todsy by
unanimous vote by the Methodist
Episcopal general conference here.
The Dally Advance,
Elizabeth City, N. C.
Gentlemen
Regarding the National Pub
licity Edition of your paper
which you propose issuing In
the near future, will say that I
believe this to be worth-while
publicity; and especially to be
desired by our city and com
munity at this time.
The development of our sec
tion and the marketing of our
immense natural resources de
pends to a great extent on our
letting the world know what
we have to ofTer as Induce
ments to capital and people to
come and Join us in building a
greater and more prosperous
Elizabeth City and Albemarle
section.
The Special Edition which
you propose to issue, should be
an Ideal medium for "broad
casting" such information and
for that reason deserves the
support of the entire commun
ity.
Respectfully yours,
(Signed) M. Leigh Sheep,
President Chamber of Com
merce.
Elizabeth City, N. C.,
May 3. 1924.
Advance bespeaks for him in this
task the courtesy, consideration and
co-operation that representatives of
this newspaper have ever recefved
from the business interests of the
town and from the public generally.
Incongruous Couple
Have You up Daughter
Hempstead. New York, May 3?A
certificate filed today with the town
clerk showed that a daughter had
been bom recently In Haldwln to
Mrs. Susan Sampson Tucker, whose
marriage has been the object of an
Inquiry In the Jersey courts.
1?ATE OK HA!,K HHOl'M)
HAVE IIEKN 4INK SECOND
In the notice of the sheriff's
sale of property for nonpayment of
taxes which appeared In the Advance
on May 1 the date of sale was given
as .Monday May fi. This date
should have been Monday June 2,
whloh gives those Intereated In the
matter time to make their arrange
ments. The sheriff urges, however,
that they do not delay the matter.
MAKK HONOR ROLL
Among the 181 students at the
University of tNorth Carolina who
made the honor roll In I heir studies
last quarter were G F. Seyffert, Jr.,
of Elizabeth City, F. W. Davis, Eliz
abeth City. A. V. Hoyle, Manteo, Q.
E. Newby, Hertford. Seyffert was
one of (he 21 students making the
grade "A," the highest mark obtain
able.
BVYING FARM Htl'I'I.IKH
W. H. Forbes. Riddle; T. L. Oar
rlngton. Jarvisburg; J. W. Griggs.
Point Harbor; W. 11. Scott. Weeks
ville; K. A. White. City Route Five;
H. T. Crawley, Helcross and Mrs.
M. R. Megahan, Weeksvllle. were
In the city this week purchasing
farm supplies,
Mlsa Ellen Mellck returned to St.
Mary's College at Raleigh Friday
night after spending some time with
her parents. Mr and Mrs. C. W.
Mellck, 102 Kast Matthews street.
Times Are Hard For The
Country s 7 ie Pounders
fly OWBJf I,. HOOTT
(Cavyrl9ht. 1924. By Tht A4v>am)
rnicago. May 3 ? Hobodom had
stIous buslnesR on hand when Its
n it final May Day conference opened
here Thursday. Tho tie pounding
delegates hrmiKht talea of hard times
for the 'hoe*- of a dearth of employ,
nient that's trouhleaoni'- for tho mul
titude of migrants, now that sprlni;
has brought them out Into Hie open
after th?- winter's hibernation.
Hobo college rpprctentatlvei,
white collared hoho helpers, and Junt
plain 'horn are here In numb< rs to
se?> what they can do ahout the sit
uation. They're here to learn, to net
tho drift of the employment "wind,
and then hump their wuy hark,
via hllnd haKKar.e, to tell their wait
ing brethren In wlileh direction to
head.
For the spring drive Is on. Dr.
.fame* Ends flow of St. Louis, "mil
lionaire 'boe" here to lead and In
spire hi* boy*. advised that there are
40,000 out (ft work on the Weal
coast, with other thousand* In the
South, ready to move on employln;
centers. "The younger men are hit
ting the road not many In town
now," he declared
There will be plans made to help
the migrants who are out of work
and with no Jobs In sight. The hobo
college will give Ita course of Instrue
the rudiments of the problem of how,
to live on DOthlnc, and In effective
means to ji??t hround botheraome
laws. Then there Is to be a demon
stration by the unemployed 'lec
tion of national officers and t*? Ikn by
Dr. How who In glvln?: a fortune for
hobo aln, And by others Interested*
In labor plan*.
For a hobo- -contrary to popular
opinion -Isn't a Weary Willie. He'i
no tramp nor he?gnr, but just a
floater, who usually work* when he
can, and goes hungry when he can't
work. Thousands of hnhors come
from farm homes, driftIng to cltlcn
where they face unemployment, anJ
another move toward possible cen
ters of work.
Dr. How In expected 4o tell of n
new arrangement by which he will
share bin fortune with the hoboes.
He |?n't worried about his big hobo
following turning "red" or commun
istic. Imperially not In the aprlnit.
when the call of the road la strong-,
I eat.
But what to do when the lines'
are again drawing In, when th?
present migration has spent Itself,
and lack of work again In ahead, I*
a matter of concern for the national
hobo convention.
o
Democrats Must Repudiate
Ku Klux Klan In Platform
This Believed to lie Price That Supporter* of AI Smith Will
Demand Before They Throw Their Support to Any
Other Candidate in the Democratic Convention
DAVID LAWRENCE
(Ccpyrivtit. I?2?. By Tin A?vanc?)
Washington, May 2.?The certainty that President Coolidge
will be nominated on the Republican ticket has turned political
discussion here almost entirely to the Democratic race, interest
in which in the last few days has become intensified through the
[activities of those favoring Governor Al Smith of New York.
GOVERNOR ISSUES
APPEAL FOR AID
Atlanta. May 3.?The magnitude
of the tornado disaster In South
Carolina has Impelled the Red Cross
to send an extra number of work
ers Into the stricken areas while
cots, food and medical aid are also
being dispatched.
The governor of South Carolina
yesterday Issued an appeal for aid.
KVHKKTT IMPROVING
Charlotte. May 3.?Secretary of I
State W. N. Everett Is progressing!
favorably after three major opera
tions.
REVIVAL AT CALVARY -\
'Revival service* will begin at:
Calvary Baptist Church on Riverside
Drive Sunday night and continue
throughout the week. Rev. W. Q.
Hughes, evangelist of the Baptist,
State Mission Board will assist the'
pastor. Rev. R. F. Hall, In this'
meeting . Mr. Hughes preached in I
a revival at Calvary last spring and'
large crowds attended the meeting
and greatly enjoyed his messages.
Calvary Church has been enlarged,
during the past year by the build
ing of an annex which will make!
It possible for still larger crowds!
to hear Mr. Hughes this year. A
cordial Invitation Is extended to the
public to attend this meeting.
FORK SCHOOL CliOHKH
A SUCX'HHHFUIi YEAR
Fork school closed Friday evening
with a successful year of work,
nearly every pupil being promoted
to a higher grade.
The school presented an Interest
ing fairy play "Mid-Summer Eve"
with Miss Ludena Jennings as queen
of the fairies. The drills were very
pretty in each scene of the play by
the tiny green elves and fairies. A
large number from Elizabeth City
as well as that community attend
ed the nlay and spent a very pleas
ant evening.
ZAYES LEAVES FOir
SCENE OF REVOLT,
Havana. May 3?President Znyes
today left Havana (or Santa Clara,!
Providence, where armed men are
in revolt against bis government.
He was accompanied by Secretary of
the Interior and General Herrero.i
chief of the staff.
Washington, May ,1? The Cuban
government facing "conditions of
violence" in Santa Clara Providence
caused by revolutionists hat appeal-!
ed to the Washington Government
for the purchase of considerable
amount of arms and ammunition for
use by Zayas forces.
HACK KKOM WASHINGTON
Pfof. S. L. Sheep, Misses Sallle
Heasley anil Kthel Jones of the i
school faculty and the 1? pupils who
accompanied them returned Satur
day morning from Washington,
after an educatlonul tour of more i
than four days. ,
Leaving here Tuesday morning '
they Hpent the day at Norfolk sight '
seeing. A bus ride through the res- i
IdentMl section started them off and i
then they visited tile Navy Ba?e and I
were shown through the different
departments and at the Navy Yard 1
went on the battle ship New York
and saw the largo dry docks and 1
other places of Interest.
Sailing from Norfolk Tuesday 1
evening on the Southland they ,ir- '
rived at Wellington Wednesday 1
morning. While there they visited '
I.ee's home at Arlington and spent 1
the day In going through public and '.
Government buUdlngs, Thursday
they visited the White House and '
h'-d the honor of shaking hands !
with President Coolldge and went
through the Natural History Mii
seutn and visited the grave of the '
unknown soldier. Frldfy they vis- '
Hjil Mount V.-rnon and Alexandria. !
This tour was one of the many car- i
rled out this -.prlng by schools In all
states of the t.'nlon.
The student going from here were ,
Misses Ruth Williams. K*therlne ,
Duff. \l "y Owens. Martha Pat Arch- ,
bull. Lillian Twlford, Edna Morrl
se'te. niennle Morse, Jessie Wll-t
Hams. Francis Jacecks. Lillian Wll
klns. Ann.' Mellck. tola llathawyv;
Messrs Robert Williams. Francis Ja
ceck". Hlieknall Cook., l.lnwood
Hughes, John Sawyer, Marvin Cart
wright.
PINT (tMT HIM *:m
Norman Harvey, colored, for II-1
legal possession under the Turling
ton Art, waa fined $30 and costs
Saturday morning, this one submis
sion making up the total grlat of the
police court mill.
The speech of Senator Willis,
Republican, of Ohio, challenging
the Democrats to nominate Mc
Adoo and warning them that
the campaign would turn on the
fact that McAdoo was Doheny's
lawyer has furnished a surprise.
I Hitherto the Republicans have '
seemed to want McAdoo nominated
because they thought he was easiest
to defeat. They did not interrogate
him extensively when he was before
a Senate Investigating committee as
they hoped to do some more interro
gating if he were the nominee.
The growing strength of McAdoo
in several states has been puzzling
to the professional politicians of
both parties who hare assumed that
.J**" was already eliminated because
he served as a corporation lawyer
and received large fee*.
But nobody here la aaaumlng that
the Democratic nomination Is as
sured to any candidate and the talk
from New York state about Gov
ernor Al Smith haa really stirred up
more comment here In the last few
days than anything else. The Smith
boom Is frankly regarded aa a
serious one and no two people en
gaged actively In politics here aeein
to be agreed about the direction tho
boom will take.
Several Republicans are secretly
hoping the Democrats will not name
AI Smith because they appreciate
what a eompllrated campaign would
ensue. Party lines might be broken
by religious ties. A bitter struggle
would be bound to ensue with re
spect to the wet and dry issue. The
friends of President Coolldge hope
neither the religious nor the prohi
bition Issue will be raised. Both are
hard to meet. For example. In fight
ing a candidate like Governor Smith,
his opponents would have to lean
backward in proclaiming their lack
of rellgioua prejudice. Even Insldt
the Democratic party that phaac .?&
the contest Is causing embarraa?
nient today. Democrats who favor*
Al Smith are saying they think tha
only roal opposition is coming from
those who object to the fact that Al
Smith Is a Catholic. They do not
regard the argument that he la a
wet as being the sole reason for
opposition. Influenced as they aro
by an admiration for the New York
governor and his vote-getting
strengtli In the Kast, they will not
accept arguments about religion or
prohibition with much grace. What
ever the outcome, there Is bound to
be a certain amount of dlsafTectlng.
all of which Is not displeasing to th?
Republicans.
Until recently the possibility of
nominating Al Smith was dismissed
as absurd. In the Inst few days the
readiness of prominent Protestants
and anil-Tammany men like Frank
lin D. Roosevelt to take up the cud
gels for the New York governor has
made politicians realize they will
have on their hands at the Donm
tratlc convention two big Issues?re
ligion and prohibition. In any other
'ear. a fight on religious prejudice*
would be frankly regarded by men or
ill faith as unfortunate, but the per
rons who have been the subject >1
-rltlclsm hy such organizations as
Klux Klan, are aching for
in opportunity to strike bark at
heir opponents and they would llk?
lathing than an open fli'ht
Some Of the antl-Siullh men whn
ire sympathetic with the efforta of
Democrats to put through a plat
orm plank denouncing the Ku Klux
Klan think the most effective way to
Ight that organization Is not with a
athollc hut with a Protestant. The
ight that Senator I'nderwood of Al
tbamn 1s making against the Klan Is
minted to as much more convincing
ind effective strategy and one more
Ikely to win wide support than a
itralght flght between men of the
?articular creeds denounced by the
<u Klux Klan.
The nomination of Al Smith may
ioI com* to pass for various real
ms apart from his religion but his
? upporters will probably not he con
em until they have committed th*>
Xmocratlc National Convention and
fx candidate to an absolute repudla
Ion of the Ku Klux Klan At the
noment the Republicans with few
xeeptlons are Inclined to omit ref.
?renrc to It In th* party platform.
t'OTTON MtlfKKT
New York. May 3-Spot cotton
r-losed quirt at noon today, declin
ing 10 points. Middling 30.05.
futures closed as follows: May
89.70; July 27.98: October 24.JO;
December 2S.H0; January 2.1.26.
VKTOKN I'KVHIOV Itil.l,
Washington. Msv 2. - Coolldge to
day vetoed the Ilursum Omnibus
l'""?|en ti||| on the ground of econ
omy, hodlng thtt the measure would
entail an unwarranted drain on the
Treasury,