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Only Five More Days Itr Which To List You?' Taxes ?*?*****? * THE WEATHER * * Increasing cloudiness * ^ c3^i * CIRCULATION : Lprty^xrjz: : ,s,t5... ? *?*?*??? ******* VOL. XIV. FINAL, EDITION. ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA. MONDAY EVENING, MAY 26, 1924. EIGHT PAGES. NO. 125 Ohio Republicans Seek To Overthrow Primary System Primary Being Blamed for Lack of Party Solidarity at Washington and G. O. P. Leaders See No Hope of Party Government Save in Old Convention System By ROBERT T. KMAIX (Copyright, 1924. By Til* Ad?ance) Washington, May 26.?The fir9t , formal blow has been struck at the political primary system in this coun try. The full significance of a poli tical convention held in Columbus, Ohio, held this week has just pene trated to Washington. The conven tion received little or no notice in the public prints of the country at large, but it was the genesis of a movement which has been taking form under cover for several y.ars past. The late President Harding was one of the most outspoken of the Republican leaders utterly and thor oughly opposed to the primary sys tem of nominating city, state and na tional tickets. Mr. Harding believed in the old convention system where delegates could get together and de cide upon the "right man for the right place." The late President held views which were shared by many other Republicans. He was simply more outspoken about It. In Washington recently there has been a disposition in political circles to blame the present mess in Con gress on the primary system. Under that system, it is claimed, the nom inee of the party does not feel him self especially obligated to other party leaders and when he reaches Congress, for instance, he does pret ty much as he pleases and^not as the party leaders would dictate. For ef fective party government and effec tive control of legislation, it is held there must be party discipline. Con gress literally has run wild without it. Conditions have reached the stage where many persons have won dered if the old idea of America be ing ruled by a two-party system would have to be completely revised or cast aside. Primary battles have developed se rious factions within the old parties from time to time and there has been a general casting about for means for circumventing the direct primary system in which any old aspirant for office, able to get a specified number of names on his certificate, could ask for the suffrage of the people. Republican leaders? Ohio thought last week they had solved the problem. They summoned what they called a "pre-prlmary" conven tion at Columbus to consider the ad visability of indorsing one candidate /tor governor. It was intended that this system should apply eventually,! if not now, to all the rest of the state ticket. The entire scheme was engineered by the party leaders of the big counties. The smaller lead-( ers got suspiicous of the big leaders J and declared they would not 7Pl*y! ball" until they knew more about how the new system would work out. Some of the prospective aspirants for the governorship then announced that as the convention had no legal standing, they would refuse to abide by its decision and would enter the primary whether indorsed or not. j So it became necessary to work out a compromise. The scheme to indorse one candidate for governor and tell the peope Just whom they could vote for at the coming pri mary, was not openly presented to the convention. The city leaders could not count enough noses. The compromise provides that pri maries shall be retained In the state,! but that there shall be a legal pre prlmary convention before every gen eral primary and at this convention a slate of officers will be made up which the people can ratify at the' primary polls If they care to take the trouble to go through that formal ity. It was agreed that the legisla ture should be asked to legalize the pre-prlmary convention but If the legislature falls to act a pre-prlmary convention will bo held in 1926 Just the same. In some states the primary laws when enacted carried with them pro vision for a state convention to con sider candidates. Rut the conven tion this week In Ohio is the firm step taken to offset the absolutely di rect primary system. Leaders In oth er states have been watching the Ohio experiment with the Idea of ex tending the movement. ELDEK COI1B WILL CHASE THE TROUBLES Elder Cobb, the Origin*! PamAn (rnm Tennfmt, will gl?e a delight ful erenlng'* entertainment tonight at the Flral MethndUt Hunday School auditorium at eight o'clock. Elder Cobb la aecreurr of the Norfolk Nary T. M. C. A., and la al waya In demand aa an entertainer. During the war he made thouaanda of toldler boya forget their trouble* with hla original joke*, gong*, and ?torlea, and both young people and old people enjoy him thoroughly. He cornea to Elizabeth City under the auaplce* of the Woman'a We*ley Bi ble claaa, * body of women th*t con stantly spend* Ita Income for the or phana and the needy, and the pro ceed* of the entertainment will be need for such purpose* NATIONAL BANK HAS NATAL DAY Was Organized oil May 26, 1891, and fur Generation Has Grown by Service to City and Section. Monday, May 26. was a red letter day In the history of the First & Citizens National Bank of Elizabeth City. For it was on May 26 that the First National Dank of Elizabeth City was organized, and so on Mon day of this week, the same bank, now the First & Citizens National, eelebrated its thirty-third anniver sary. There were two outstanding facts to make this celebration a notable one. The first was that from a begin ning 33 years ago with a capitaliza tion of $50,000, this bank has grown to a position of pre-eminence thru out all Northeastern North Carolina with total resources of nearly four million dollars. The second was that the man who was elected president when the bank was organized is still its president today, his mind as keen and his judgment as sound as when George M. Scott. J. G. Wood, J. II. Flora, G. H. Toadvlne, and E. F. Lamb, who with Mr. Robinson formed the first board of directors of the First Nat ional Dank, elected him president on May 26, 1801. Another man who was active in the bank's organization was M. H. White. The first officers of the hank were: C. H. Robinson, president; John G. Wood, vice president; and Samuel A. Graham, cashier. W. T. Old was bookkeeper and George B. Pendleton, collection clerk. in 1893 Dr. Graham was succeed ed as cashlor by W. T. 014, who Uum served until May 1912, when he re signed to accept the presidency of the Seaboard National Bank of Nor folk, and was succeeded by W. G. Galther, who had come t<f the bank from Hertford in 1909 as assistant cashier. Nine years later Mr. Galth er resigned for service In the Army during the World War, to lie suc ceeded by John R. Kllby of Norfolk. However, upon Mr Galther'n dis charge from the Army, Mr. Kllby promptly resigned and returned to Norfolk, and Mr. Galther resumed his connection with the bank as cashier. Meantime. In 1918. the Citizens Bank had merged with the First 'National, at which time the present namo was adopted. The year 1918, was an eventful one In the history of the First & Citizens 'National, for it was in that year al so that Marshall H. Jones, now ca shier, came to this bank in the ca pacity of assistant cashier. He was promoted to the position of cashier in January 1921 when Mr. Galther was promoted from cashier to vice, president. Since its organization the First & Citizens National Bank has paid out more than $400,000 In dividends and In the last ten years deposits, have Increased 1,000 per cent, now totalling approximately three million dollars. RECONSIDER VOTE ON FOKD-NORRIS HILLS Washington. Mny 26.?The Senate agriculture commute? today recon Hlderi-d its vote of last Wednesday on the Ford nnd Norrls bills on the grounds that It did not represent th? true sentiment of the committee. It WHH explained that some Senators were confused in the meaning of the ?ote and artother was ordered for tomorrow. WATER IN BUTTER NOT ADULTERATION Washington, May 26. ? nutter holding 16 per cent or more of mois ture not "adulterated" under the act of May 8, 1902, the Supreme Court held today and la not subject j to the tax of ten cents a pound un less an abnormal quantity of water >ls added. HUNT FOR SLAYEK OF BANK CASHIEIi Spartanburg, May 2?.?A man hunt conducted bjr 1,000 cltlien* | continued all through Sunday foi I George Hunter, negro, alleged alay er of B M. High, caahler of the | Bank of Paeolet, 8. C? late Satur day. t Freak of Cumberland Flood O It's all there but the walls. The rooms are undisturbed. This most unusual picture of a most unusual scene was taken at night near Cum berland, Md., when the flood waters of the Cumberland River caused the rear walls of a three-story building to collapse. WITH GREAT ACTORS Francis Joyner, noted New York character artist, offer* something! unique and original in the art of lin-j perse-native entertainment at Chau tauqua, June 12-18. "Moments With Great Actors" ie Mr. Joyner's program, showing im personations of the greatest actors in some of their fatuous roles. Each character is properly costumed and the different facial makeup* re quired are assumed with astonishing rapidity. XKW FRKIGHT ICATKtt FOU SHIPMENTS FIIOM STKAMBIiH Philadelphia. May 2?*?.?(Special.) | ?Ilallroads entering tliis port have ; established new rates for handling shipments to be loaded on nnd un loaded from steamers. Those have placed Philadelphia on a parity with Baltimore where loading and un loading charges at wharfs have been absorbed by the carriers. Ml'IUHCT TONIGHT "KXCl'HEH" Evangelist Griffin will have for his subject tonight at the First Chris tian church. "Excuses." Flovlval services continue to draw large crowds at this church. WINNERS ANNOUNCED IN SAFETY CONTEST In the Safety Contest put on by the State Insurance Department, Di vision of Safety Education, th?? fol lowing young ladies were the win ners. Miss Rachel Copeland. Wind sor. Hertle County; Miss Aileen Klt trell. Bona Vista High .School, Vance County; Mim Ruby Basnight, Cres well, Washington County. Lost year's winners were: Frank Hoggard. Wilmington, 'New HanoveT County; H. K. Moore, Now Hern. Craven County: Miss Pearl Skiles, Elisabeth City, Pasquotank County. The Judges this year wore; Miss Els!" "Rid dick. President State Fed-I eratiuu of Professional and Business women. Raleigh; Miss Lucy Petty, member of State Library Commis sion; Ex-Mayor Elridge of Raleigh. Commissioner Stacey Wade says that the residence flres in the State navo t?een reduced irfire~per~ernt this year by the teaching of Are and ac cident prevention In the schools. BROOKS DELIVERS INAUGURAL ADDRESS Raleigh, May 26.i?Civilization is again, today, at the cross roads. President E. C. Brooks, of the North Carolina State College of Agriculture and Engineering, declared, in bis inaugural address today before the student body and faculty of that In-! fttltutlon. "At this tllne," he said, ''when friends of education nn- as sembled to give expression of their enthusiasm for truth, I am bold enough to imitate the teacher of Wit trnburg and to post for consideration of college and university faculties and students four theses." One purpose of Instruction is to teach fV- r* intent to think but how and about what are very pertinent questions, the speaker said. The col leges and universities must face squarely a number of questions If they are to create more enthusiasm for truth as applied to social well being and contribute more vitally to human welfare. he added. Dr. Brooks stated that his four theslses were: The Purpose of tne College and 1'nlversity of *oday; Trade or Professions In the schoois; Relation of Legislation to Social and Industrial Progress; and ,1 Fair Standard by which to Measure the Value of Loc-il Government. Motor Car Prices May Be On Upward Swing By June Chevrolet Huh Already Announced Sliplit Advnnep mid Itiek 4-nlmeker to Follow Suit, liut Whether Ford and Ov erland Follow Suit Seem* Not Yel to he Clear ny c. noTtJt (Coirrlfht. IW4, By Th# A4v?ne?) New York. May 2<?The fact that the Chevrolet Motor Company ha* In creased the price* on Its open mo del* from IB to (20 apiece and that the price* for Rlckenbacker car* will l>e advanced June 1 la taken In mo tor circle* a* the first Indication of a reversal In the movement of automo bile price* which have been decress Ing *teadlly alnce lam summer. The amount of the Rlckenbacker advance ha* not yet been made public. The chance*, manufacturers as aert. are due mainly to higher pro duction coats. These have followed lower rate of output In the last two months. Many of the bankers closely associated with the automo tive Industry, as well as dealers, ex pect aeveral other makera at popular priced cars to follow salt. The Ov erland modeli are the only earn equipped with sliding gears netting ! In this country at prenent under $500 but officials of the company have an yet Riven no Indication an to wheth er they will follow the nwlng of the price pendulum upward. There Is considerable trade gossip of a further decrease In Ford price* i but factory officials say that any cut I Is entirely unlikely. On the other ? hand, they annert, prospects are bet-1 |ti?r for an Increase. The reports , reaching Detroit hesdquarters from |Ford plant* and dealers all over the country show that sales for the sec ond ten days of May exceeded- those of the first ten days. Officials ex pect that the distribution of the third Continued on Page 4 WILL ABIOK in BISHOP'S IUL1NG New York. May 2*i. ? The rngai.fnMnt of Mrn. Itita Dta costa Lydig anil Itcv. Dr. IVrcy Styckney Grant, roclor of the . Church of the Ascension, has been terminated because of the refusal of Hlsliop William ; Manning to 'plve .his consent to the marriage In the Protestant Episcopal Church, Mrs. Lydlg announced last night. The withholding of consent is in accordance with the strict canon of the Episcopal Church forbidding the marriage of a divorced person except upon specific conditions. COOLIDGE SIGNS IMMIGRATION BILL Although President l)i-;tp proves Japanese Provision lie Keels That Veto Would l>e Impracticable Now Washington. May 26.?The Immi gration bill was today signed by President Coolldge despite-lhe pro vision making Japanese exclusion effective next July first put into the measure over his vigorous opposi tion. The President decided because of other considerations to give the exe cutive approval necessary to spread it on the statute books. It was pointed out that inasmuch as the present immigration law ex pires June 30 the veto might have made it necessary to rush through an emergency measure In the clos ing hours of the session. Such steps the President felt would not be practicable in view of the tangled legislative situation and the certainty that any emergency provision would be seen by many as attempts at amendment and possibly blocked altogether. MAN IN HOSPITAL AFTEK ACCIDENT Jim Davis of Camden is in the Community Hospital with a bad cut on the back of his head and Ililliard Moore, colored, is under $200 bond for appearance in police court next Monday on a charge of reek less driv ing, as the result of an automobile accident on the Newland road near the city Sunday afternoon between 5 and <i o'clock. _ Moore, with several other negroes, was in a Ford touring car and Davis with John IJerry of Camden was ir. a roadster. Th? cars collided as one tried to pass the other and a Virginia car coming on behind smashed into the wreck. The touring car was -not badly damaged but the roadster was wrecked. The police found liquor in the ne groes' car and Moore was arrested.. Cases tried in the recorder's court | Monday were mostly the result of ar rests made by the County traffic of ficer as a result of minor infractions of traffic laws. I McKinley Midgett and M. R. Fletcher, Jr., were taxed with the costs for exceeding the speed limit at intersecting highways. W. L. Sutton for operating a mo tor car with defective lights was let off with the costs, as was also Hen ry Cove on a charge of operating with open cutout. Nixon Carter, drew a fine of $1 and costs for riding a bicycle, on the sidewalk on a paved street and James Standi, likewise colored, was let off with the costs for parking hls| car on Matthews street at an angle Instead of parallel with the curb. YOUTHS MEET DEATH AT HANDS OF MOBS I Fort Myers, Fla., May 20.?nub-1 hers Wilson and Wilton Williams, negro youths, met death today at the | hards of mobs here after being Iden tified as negroes who late yesterday attacked two young white girls near | here. KEOI'EIN PKOBE OF VETERANS MlREAl'j <Oy Th? AiMcl.l*, Pftii Chicago, May 26.?Federal offi- j cials today prepared to reopen th?? Federal grand Jury investigation in to the administration of the Veterans ftureau under Col. Charles Forbes, former director. Subpoenas were prepared, it. was understood, for many of the witness es In the original grand jury pro ceedings last February. A special grand Jury was impanelled to re view the evidence of the Veterans Bureau gathered In nine hours of Senate Inquiry. COTTON Af ARKKT New York, May 29.?Cotton fu tures opened today at the following levels: May none. July 29.78, Oct. 26.60, Dec. 25.86, Jan. 25.80, Mar. 25.91. New York, May 26.?At two p. m. today cotton futures stood at the following levels: July 29.90. Oct. 27.00, Dee. 26.20, Jan. 26.07, March 26 35. ?New York, May 26.?Spot cotton, closed steady, Middling 32.85 and advance of IB polnta. Future*, closing bid, July 29.80, Oct. 2C.95, Dm. 26.15, Jan. It.Op, March It.12. GAINING GROUND AYDLETT THINKS Believes Attempts Discredit Mini Keaeting in His Favor and W ill I.,ead ill All (iuun* ties Having No Candidates. That tlio campaign of what he characterizes as "malicious misrep resentation" waged against him by the Kllzabt'lh City Independent has reacted In his favor and that he will carry every county In the district ex cept those which have a candidate of their own was the opinion expressed by E. F. Aydlett, Elizabeth City can didate for Congress to represent the First North Caroliua Congressional District, shortly before leaving Mon day afternoon for Dare County where he sprak.s at Manns Harbor Monday night, and at other points in the county during the week. Mr. Aydlett was particularly indig nant at the implication in last week's Issue of the Independent that he was trying to "work" his denomination for the nomination. "I have been away from home during the cam paign only three Sundays," he said, "and have attended services In Hap tlst, Methodist, or Episcopal church es In whatever town I. happened to be, and upon Invitation have taken active part in Sunday school services in whatever church I was attending, regardless of denomination, all of which Is in accord with my regular custom and not a part of my politi cal campaign." Mr. Aydlett goes on to say that nobody familiar with the history of his libel suit against W. O. Saunders In the courts as a result of publica tion In the Independent of Editor Saunders' version of Andrew Brown's deal with the Elizabeth City Lumber Company will be Influenced by the latest rehash of this matter. "People here remember," says Mr. Aydlett, "that I had the sworn statement of the late Clay Foreman disproving ev ery charge made by the Independent and that at the trial this affidavit was ruled out on a technicality. I still have this affidavit and will be glad to show it to any one who may wish to see It. "The Independent's hostility to ward ine Ih generally well known throughout the District and what I this newspaper says about me is therefore generally discounted and probably would have little effect one way or the other. What has helped me and hurt Warren is the fact that [extra copies of the Independent con taining attacks on me were mailed throughout the district by Mr. War ifn'fl friends and to Mr. Warren's knowledge. In the Issue of the In dependent of February 29 extra cop ies mailed out carried an editorial attack on me but omitted an adver tisement endorsing iny carfdldaey prepared nnd paid for by more than 50 of the leading business firms of Elizabeth City. That Mr. Warren now realizes that this fact Is hurting his candhlacy Is, I believe the reas on for the Independent's attempt this week to absolve Warren of any roHponsihlllty for that newspaper's attacks on me. "I have not retaliated to the at tacks on me, however, by attacks on Mr. Wnrren, and do not Intend to. The charges made by the Independ-i ent In Its last and other Issues are-^ false and malicious. I am asking | for the nomination on my record of service to my party and of Integrity* nnd uprightness In private nnd pub lic life. The?e are matters in which I am ready to measure my record and reputation with any candidate In the District. If my fellow citizens of the First Congressional District can not give me the nomination by find ing me worthy of It from a stands point of nblllty, character, reputa tion nnd party service, I do not want MAJOR MARTIN IS WARMLY WELCOMED BHIinKhnm, Wash., May 28.?Ma jor Frederick I?. Martin and 8or Keant Alvn M. Harvey, aviators, who wer? lost In the Arctic regions of Alaska In their round the world flight landed here yesterday and were accorded a royal reception. WINTKIl I M I.F.I) Kllifj <iKOI{(?lA IIOIX WKKVIh Atlanta, fla.. May 26.?-(Special.)] ?The warm weather hss brought the boll we?vll out of hibernation and the cotton fields of the South east show no noticeable diminution In the pest hordes In spite of the fact that last winter was the coldest.1 since the Invasion of the weevil started. ARREST MAN WITH A BLOODY WEAPON Illrmlnrhftm. May 2t.?Frank 0*?ni. negro, *u arreatad hara yiaterriay after two men were m< tally wounded with an a?e am robbed, making a total of aueh dera In thla city In the last two ft more than a acore. The negro a bloody axe when caught. PREACHER CALLS ON KU KLUX FOR Raleigh, May M.?Her. Ch Hudaon. Baptlat preacher, In a mon here laat night declarad rampant In Raleigh and called ihs Ku Kliu Kla.i to aava tha alto tlon.
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