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Only Two More Days In Which To List Your Taxes ********* ? THE WEATHER * * and Friday. Cooler Fri. ****"***** M ? * I mettled weather tcith ^?fnlllIlIl/VwA. ' 311 ^,"1 . * CIRCULATION * # * ?. ********* VOL. XIV. FINAL EDITION. ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY EVENING, MAY 29, 1924. EIGHT PAGES. NO. 128. Republicans' Bugbear The Chief Hope Of Democrats He*eiitmint Vole Giving Party in Power Grave Concern a There's IS'o Way for Voter to Express Disapproval of Congress Save l?y Voting Democratic Ticket l?y DAVin IiAWREXCK (Co?*rioht. 1931. By The AJvanct* Washington, May 28.?President Coolidge's several defeats at the hands of his own party in Congress have stirred up bitter feeling inside the Republican organization. . The difficulty arises out of thai fact that many of the Presi dent's friends are keenly disap-j pointed that the Republican1 ' leaders in Congress have not i been able to put through the ad-; ministration program any many, of them have individually de-| serted him, thus giving the im pression that Mr. Coolidge's leadership of his party is inef fective. In his first address to Congress, the President set forth the platform on which his pre-conyentlon canir, paign has been based and he regards \ the overwhelming vote for him in1 the primaries as an endorsement of liis ideas. Yet Congress and parti-1 cuiarly a large number of his own party is diametrically opposed to! those planks. The President out-; lined his position topically in his j first message and here is what has happened since. Foreign affairs: Hecommendation by the President that the Japanese exclusion provi-l slon be modifled or its operation postponed until a treaty could be ne- 1 gotiated with Japan. Refused by both houses of Congress and exclu sion provision inserted in bill. World Court: Hecommendation in favor of pres- j ent World Court created by League j of Nations. Report by Senate for eign relations committee and en-' dorscd by Senator Lodge, Republl- j can leader and other prominent members of party, jgJiorlng original, recommendation and proposing new plan which Mr. Coolldge has said' was not practical. Taxation: The President endorsed the plan of the Secretary of the Treasury, An-j drew W. Mellon, which now has been rejected by both houses of] Congress and a substitute bill adopt ed. On this proposal the majority of the Republicans voted against the President. Soldier bonus: The President announced that he did not favor the granting of a bonus' and stated the Government could not ( afford It. The majority of Repub licans in Congress ignored his plea and voted for the passage of thej bonus over the veto. Other important questions on which the will of the President has been thwarted are not finally dls-i posed of, but the Congressional con-: trarluess to the Executive's desires! has been apparent In the handling of j the Muscle Shoals problem, on which the Senate committee favors Govern ment operation Instead of a sale to private interests as Mr. Coolldge rec ommended. Also the President rec ommended the Norbeck-Durtness bill for agricultural relief, but Congress defeated It. The logical result of such a sltua-j tion Is an appeal by the Executive to the country for a Congress of Re-: publicans who are supporters of the President. The talk has been that the President was stronger than his party and that as a consequence Re publicans up for re-election to Con gress would be swept Into power by. virtue of their position on the same; ticket with him. Hut that part of; the electorate which wants to express j Its dissatisfaction with Congress can-! not vote for opponents of the pres-; ? nt Republican membership bMftUW In many cases primaries have been) held and the nominations have been , made. Also in the Senate noma of tli.se who voted against'the Pratt* I dent like Senator Lodge of Massa chusetts are not up for re-election, i How can the Republican voter tell' Congress that he prefers Mr. Cool ldge to Mr. Lodge as leader of the! Republican party, for instance? The j Democrats predict that the..Independ ent voters will answer the question ! by electing a Democratic President! who hat with him a Democratic | Congress. Rut that doesn't help the Republican voter who has no use for! anything Democratic. Whoever can solve that puzzle for the friends of Mr. Coolldge will wlri their eternal gratitude for the "resentment rote" Is now the big bugbear'of the cam-; pa I nn for the Republicans and the objective of the Democrats. rt'UVDKAfc MR8. niVRRfl The funeral of Mrs. 'Nancy Divers was conducted at her home on Par sonage street Thursday afternoon at 4:30 o'clock by Dr. J. H. Thayer and Interment made at Hollywood Cemetery. Mrs. Divert died at 4:30 o'clock Wednesday afternoon after several months Illness. 8he was 19 years old and la sarvlved by five child ren; Mrs. J. A. Price, Mrs Ells Self and Miss Addle Divers of this city, Mrs. Polly An sell of Norfolk and Will Divers of Hertford. CLARKE JAILED ON SERIOUS CHARGE Typewriter Repairman, For mer Y. M. C. A. Secretarj. and Scoutmaster, Arrested Here Wednesday Afternoon E. E. Clarke, 55 year old type writer repair man, was Jailed in de fault of $2,000 bond Wednesday afternoon following his arrest on a charge of abuse of a girl under 14 years of age. Clarke came to Elizabeth City about five years ago, clalmlhg to be a former Y. "M. C. A. secretary and a boy scout master, aud opened a typewriter repair shop. Previous to coming to Kliz&beth City, he had spent some time in Plymouth and Hdenton, but the only ttyng against him in those towns seemed to be a matter of some unpaid bills and a bad check or two. Two years ago he came into prominence when he materially aided the State in secur ing a conviction in the Winder case. Ho has himself been under more or less suspicion since that time but local authorities were never able to get evidence egalnst him until this week. The arrest was made on a warrant sworn out by County Welfare Offii cer Mrs. Anna Lewis. Mrs. Lewis aud the police have been developing evidence against the defendant all UiiB week and Vhe policy. sax th^y are confident that they have a clear case against him. The preliminary hearing is set for Saturday. Clarke's alleged victim is only ten years old. Clarke is a native of Pittsburgh and has a sis ter in that section. Murder Suspe,ct In Louisville Hospital Louisville, May 29.?C. P. Heath. Chicago druggist, was today found in an unconscious condition at a room ing house here and was taken to a hospital where he Is in a critical con dition. Chicago, May 29.?Heath Is being watched In a Louisville hospital as a suspect In connection with the kid napping and murder of Robert Franks. He disappeared from a hos pital here last Monday after he hnd apparently attempted to end his life. Detectives were seeking him when he vanished. McLEAN AND BAILEY FILE THEIR EXPENSES Ralslfth. May 29?AnKH? W. Mc Lean yesterday filed the expenses of U's rnmpnlgn as $3,616.13, while Josiah William ttailey filed his as $3,880.54. WILL PRESS WARTIME CASES TO COMPLETION Washington, May 29?The many pending prosecutions growing out of wartime transactions are to he i pressed to as quick a conclusion as possible under the revised Depart ment of justice policy. It was an nounced today by Attorney General Stone. SHIPMENT MAY PEAS AT PEAK THIS WEEK Tuc?lay night shipments of May l>?as which went out on the early j morning train for New York Wed nesday morning swelled the total of cars from F.lliabeth City to all mar Vets to 202. These peas brought something like $200,000 at Now York Including freight and other costs. They probably mean I In actual cash In the hands of farm iers of this section $150,000. I On Wednesday between 20 and 25 cars were ready to go north Thnrs day morning. The biggest part of the morement will be orer this week and It Is not expected that many cars will he shipped next week. The price was quoted Wedn?sday at 1)2 to $2.25 tor trashy quality and I $3 to $3.26 for fancy. DARK (WRT ADJOl'RKS Judge A. M. Stack of Monroe, Solicitor Walter li. Small, Attor neys J. C. B. Khrlnghaus, W. A Worth, and P. W. McMullan hare returned from Manteo where they attended the superior court session which closed Wednesday atter the trial of *7 criminal cases. PAGE PROMISES AID ON CAMDEN KOAD 'ihe committee appointed by the Chamber of Commerce and Mer chants Association. L. H. Foreman, j chairman. M. G. Morrisette, anil It. i C. Job. returned from Raleigh Thurs day a:tor seeing-Frank Page, chair man of the State Highway Commis sion, in reference to quick relief be ing given the public on the Camden V-"rry Road. Mr. Page gave the Com-1 mittee a very courteous hearing. Various methods were discussed wherein the committee offered sug-! gc:-lions of repair that could be ac complished without interruption of, traffic and avoiding the necessity of J detour via ferry boat. Before the| committee left Mr. Page assured | them that material would bo sent to Elizabeth City Immediately and on arrival his road crew wonld start construction. The plau for relief, as It is under stood here, is to build a bridge over half the width of the sunken sec tion of the road to take care of traffic while the other side of the road is being piled and raised above the water level. When half the width of the road has been thu^ raised, the raised half will take the place, of the bridge and the other side will be raised in like manner. D.G.BRUMMITT SPEAKS TONIGHT Delivers Address at High School Commencement When T8 Graduates Will Receive Their Diploma*. With the address of D. G. Drum mitt of Oxford and the awarding of diplomas to the 48 members of the graduating class at the high school tonight at eight o'clock the com mencement exercises of the Eliza beth City High School will come to a close. Elizabeth City people are urged to attend tonight and hear Mr. Brum mitt, who is a candidate for the office of Attorney General of North! Carolina. Mr. Brummitt has been engaged in the j>racj.i<je otjaw ainc^^is gra duation from Wake Forest College in 1908. He has been vitally inter ested in education and is a member of the Oxford school board. Ho served four years as mayor of Ox ford and three terms in the North Carolina General Assembly where he was speaker of the House of Repre sentatives. Tonight the High School Orches tra will furnish the music, the invo cation and benediction will be pro nounced by I)r. S. H. Tern pieman, and Supt. S. L. Sheep will have some remarks and announcements to make. Diplomas will be awarded as fol lows: College Preparatory Course, Bessie Abbott. Emma Darnett, Ruth Bright. Dorothy Burgess, Dorothy Chappell, Mary Dozier, Margaret Hollowcil, Carrie Hooper, Nell Jones, Elizabeth LeRoy, Glennle Morse, Leona Munden, Margaret Nash, Mildred Perry, Mary Pritch ard, Rachel Williams, Annie Wins low, Mercer H. Bailey, James G. Hill, Thomas Johnson. Willis Kra mer, Lister Markham. Charles W. Overman, Walter Pearson, Thomas Riddick, Marion Seyffert, Marvin Trueblood; Scientific Course. Nellie Baum, Emily Commander, Margaret Cooper, GiiHsle Lee llarrell, Llllle Mae Ludford, Floyd Perry, Irene Riddick. Elizabeth West. Frank Hen ton, 8elby Cartwrlght, Willis Dozier, Ervln Midgett, Bradford Sanders, Johnnie Williams; Commercial Course, Evelyn Bright, Rebecca Mil ler, Nannie Mae Stokes, Dennis Mor gan. SEEKS RELEASE OF CAPTIVE AMERICANS (By The Afnt)>l?< r?iii Peking. May 29.?Culver Cham berlain, American consul n! Canton, ha? gone to Wuchow to urge action >f the local authorities to obtain the release of If. O. Miller, member of the Christian Missionary Alliance, met Ilex Hoy of the Southern Baptist MI??lon and their 22 companions taken captive recently by pirates who captured the motor boat Roa noke ownerl by the American South ern Baptist Missin at Wuchow, near the opening of the Ho river. GOES TO PRISON FOR MURDER OF WOMAN New Yorjc, May 29.?Harry Hoff man. charged with slaying Mr*. Maude Baiter on a lonely Staten Is land road, was today found guilty of murder In the second degree. County Judge Tlerman Imposed a sentence of from 20 yearn to life Im prisonment In Sing Sing. I'OTTON MARKKT (New York. May 29.?Spot cotton, rlo*ed steady, Middling 212 65. Fu tures, closing bid, July 29.65, Oct. 26.4ft, I>ec 25.73, Jan 25.56. March 25 66. ; New York, May 29 ? Cotton fu tures were quoted this morning at the following levels: July 29.50; , October 26.Si; December IS.TO; January St.IS; March 25.59. LAST SHOVEL OF DiRT IS LIFTED Srvt'n IVIile Drainage Ditch Becomes Kealily at iNoon liitiixlay and V^ater Flow Through Like Mill ISaoc. The 2f?th day of May, 1!?24, will b?- u red letter day. In nil probabil I My. or. t lie calendar of NYwland jiovesWp. Pasquotank County, for g< a. ration:* yet to come, for at noon ?n that"date the last shovelful of dirt was 1 if tod from the seven mile main ditch of Pasquotank Drainage District Number One and the long canal is now open from one end to the other with the- water flowing through it like a mill race, an extra ordinary sight in this section of the country, whore most streams are so sluggish that the direction of the current can not be seen on the sur face. What the event means to New land township and particularly to tiiat portion of Newland known as Tadmore almost staggers compre hension. Some inkling of its signi cance may be grasp?*d, however, ?Alien one learns that once abandoned farms with a total expanse of 1,000 acres are today under cultivation and a large proportion of them green with growing corn. Work on the big ditch was begun 20 months ago, the first section dug being a two and a half mile stretch from the Pasquotank Itlver to the bridge on the road h ading from the Johnny Temple home place to the Ntwlaml High School building. Then the dredge was started at the begin ning of the ranal In the Dismal Swamp and from that point it dug its four and a half miles of way to the terminus of the section leading to the Pasquotank River, Thursday morning shortly before noon an automobile came to a stop in front of the Johnny Temple home stead. and five passengers walked to ward the bridge across the big can al about a hundred yards away. To their ears as they approached the bridge came what is for this section an unaccustomed sound, the sound of a great volume of water pouring ov er a dam. The torrential rains of May had flooded the upper portion 4?f the.carnal syd the v(a}ei; was pour ing over the few feet of earth that separated the upper and lower sec tions of the big ditch. The Ave men who approached the bridge were W. L. Cohoon, counsel for tho State Highway Commission: W. H. Thom as. manager for C. W. Lacey, con tractor; Oeorge It. Little, Elizabeth City banker; Miles Jennings, owner of Miles Jennings blacksmith and machine shop; and a newspaper re porter. On the bridge the party found Job. N. Williams of the Pas quotank Highway Commission. All were there to see the two segments of the canal united. As soon as the party reached the bridge the big shovel of the steam dredge took a bite out of the remain ing wall of earth between the two sections of the canal and the volume of water pouring from the higher to the lower level was immediately ln creosed. The dredge kept up its ef fective work and within a few mo ments the wall of earth between the two sections of the canal had been replaced by a wall of water, which tore along the lower section of the canal carrying uprooted stumps In the channel along with it. Within less than an hour the level of water In the upper section of the canal had dropped nearly two feet. And yet, so rapidly was the flood borne away that the level of water In the canal's lower section Juwt below" th" I bridge was raised only ;dx Inches. Members of the little party who had not been in this section of New land In months could hardly believe their eyes as they looked about them nnd saw the transformation that drainage had already wrought, j Stretching away on both sides of the bridge on which they stood was a , Hwnmp which when they had Inst j seen It wa<? IS inches under wafer ? and on which water food practically the whole year round save In time i of excessive drouth. And yet, de spite tho torrential rains of May. they now beheld that swamp high; and dry, thrco or four feet abov the level of the water in the lower Reef Ion of the big drainage canal. With such drainage of a swamp, one can Imagine what hnsllXM-n done for farm lands and can readily tin* derstand why farm after" fjirm that had been abandoned In wlnnd Is this year under cultivation with prospect of producing the finest corn crons grown in Pasquotank County. One of thege abandoned farms was bought by W. I.. Cohoon apd he has named It niackacre Farm, be cause, first the name Is appropriate to the typ? of soli on It and because, In the next place, Cohoon reiheni bers Ms* Hlaekstone. On the State' highway, at the point where the Unci leading through his farm Joins the highway, he Is having made a hit: sign, which, when completed, will tell this story: IftLACKACRK FARM HOG A SI* HOMINY (With Variation) This farm wm abandoned. Drained In 1W4. Watch what drainage will do for Kamtern North Caroiins. A special edition of The Advance would be required to do Justice to FOI.I.IES BEAUTY IS INJUKED IN COMEDIAN New York. May 29?Arrested on ] a warrant sworn out by Imogen* | Wilson, beauty of the Zlegfield Fol lies. Frank Tlriney comedian. wasj today brought to New York from J.ii 1 at Mlneola. Loug Island, hi-j home town. Miss Wilson appeared before the' magistrate with her head and body bruised and said she entered her npurtment here yesterdayaccompa nfed by newspapermen to whom she. was relating her life story and found Tinney there. "1 kissed him" she related. "lie salcl. 'come here honey,* I did ami he knocked me cold." Miss Wil son's negro maid also appeared In court with, bandages. Gaston Means Talks About Sec'y Mellon Washington. May 29. ? Gaston Means today told tho Senate Daugh erty committor* that he received from Je s Smith in 1922 certain docu ments purporting to show that Se cretory Mellon agreed to Issue n batch of whiskey withdrawal per mits in return for money which was to go toward payment of the deficit of ihe Republican National Commit tee. The alleged arrangement, the wit ss said, was with a man named lit x Sheldon who was to receive the penults and pay over the money. He added that according to the story Senator Hursum of New Mex ico and Fred Uphani. treasurer of the Republican Natinal Committee nt to Motion's office In regard to the matter. FAMOUS DIPLOMAT OF FRANCE IS DEAD (By Th? Anoeiatrd PrtH) Paris. May 29.?Pierre Paul Cam ?bon died at his home here lust night TTiis eminent French statesman and diplomat, won international fame in tho early days of the present century for his efforts in behalf of the Anglo-French agreement of April 8. 1904. when the powerful and far reaching I?n ,-CoutLUlc born. Paul Camhon was one of the three brothers, all of whom were conspic uous in French diplomatic affairs at tho same time. Jules Cambon. later the best known of tho three, was am bassador to Washington. Paul was accredited to London, and the third brother was in a similar post at Con stantinople. Japanese Protest Reaches Capital Washington, May 29.?The Japa nese protest against tho new Immi gration law reached the Japanese Embassy here today by cable. Because of its great length some time will bf? required to decide and tudy \( before it Is formally pre sented to the State Department. Dlt. JOY NEK TO SI?EAK AT THE STATE NOKMAI. The commencement exercises nt the State Normal School will close Friday night with an addross by I)r. .!. Y. Joyner. former State Superin tendent of Education. The public very cordially invited to hear Dr Joyner. Thirteen graduates will recelv* their diplomas Friday night and there will be good music on the pro gra m. Commencement haa been In pro gp'? all this week With Interesting exhibits and demonstrations of fhe various phases of work done at the school. On Wednesday morning Dr. N. fl I). Wilson made an excellent address to the Y. M. C. A. and the Y W C. A. on "Life when one sees God.'* KIM ED IN TOKNADO Watunka, Okla., May 2I? ? Six were killed nnd aovcral Injured and much property da mag" wud done here yesterday by a tornado. the trpnaformatlon that han beeti wi;ouuht In the farming land* of Tadmore and In I ho facea of thrlr ownorp by the digging of thin bU drainage ditch. In another Iphup of thla new*pap**r tho *tory will be de veloped In more detail. Hut. In addi tion to j)fov!<llni! ili'RlnnKA f- r what 1m perhapa tjic richest land In Pu* <iii"tnn1< County, thla hi* ditch makea poHnlfdc- a State lllghwav acroa* the Dlamal Swamp that will afford I'aaquotank County a direct outlet to C,at*"? County and tho reat of North Carolina and put It within wlx hour* of th?? State capital. From the point to which thla road from thn Pasquotank aide la now paaaahl<> on" may n<?r four mllea straight ahead acroaa the Dlamal Swamp Acorn Hill In Gate* Connty gleaming In the aunllght. Thin four mllea of road. Htill uncompleted. Ih nil that aeparatea Pasquotank from the State road from Acorn Hill to Sunbury. With a little more Alllna and a great deal of grading ahd dragging, thla four mile atretch will be opened to traffic. Mr. Thomaa aaya that It will be In use by the (all. THOS. J. MARKHAM FAILED QUALIFY Wliich Gives I*. (J. Sawyer Office of Trial Justice With ; out Opposition?Carmine in l,eu<l for Sheriff. P. G. Sawyer will receive the Dem ocratic nomination for trial Justice., of Pasquotank County without oppo sition ajjd Henry JLeRoy will In like manner receive the nomination for the office of prosecuting attorney. Mr. Leltoy lias had no opposition from the beginning, but Thomas J. Markham was considered an active opponent to Mr. Sawyer until the closing of the ticket showed that he had failed to qualify. The race for sheriff continues to be the center of public interest with all live candidates fighting for a place in the second primary, which, it Is conceded, will be required to settle this fight. The general con census of opinion seems to be that Charles Caroline will lead the field In the first ballot, but that with so many candidates against him it, will not be possible for him to win the nomination. Whether the runner up will be able to hold enough of the votes of all the opposition to win out over Carmine is a question that only the primary Itself can answer. A sharp race is expected in the contest for the office of register of dffds. with George W. Brothers, in cumbent, opposed by J. C. Spence. Scattering reports from the rural precincts Indicate that Spence Is the favorite in the country by a narrow margin with the vote In the city to 1 decide the isHUe. Four candidates offer themselves as members of the board of educa tion, with three to be elected. These candidates are D. W. Morgan, O. L. Bundy, L. M. LeRoy, and W. G. Cox. Incumbents are: J. M. Leltoy, D. jW. Morgan and W. G. Cox. Newland township has two candi dates for County commissioner, W. A. White and it. B. Edney. The in cumbent Is W. J. P. Spence, who is not a candidate for re-election. Providence township also has two candidates, P. G. Prltcliard, incum bent, and J. C. Combs. Candidates for County commis sioner in the other townships have no opposition and ere the incum bents as follows: Elizabeth City?Noah Burfoot, Hilary Cartwright. Mt. Hermon?C. A. Ownley. Salem?C. B. Munden. Another County official. nominat ed without opposition Is J. ICen yon Wilson for Representative. AYDLETTS FRIENDS SAY HE WILL WIN With the June primary little more than one week off friends of E. F. Aydlett are confident that their can didate will be the high man in the first primary and the winner of the nomination In either the first- or the second. Pasquotank and Camden are put In the Aydlett column with the ex pectation that the Elizabeth City man will get 80 or 90 per "cent of tho votes In these two counties. Cur rituck is expected to go for Aydlett hut not by so wide a margin, and Gates also. In Hertford and Martin counties partisans of Aydlett are putting their expectation* at 60 per cent of the vote ajid In Pitt the expectation Is that the Elizabeth City candidate will get as many votes as all others. Tho only county conceded to Warren by Aydlett supporters Is Beaufort and there, they say, Aydlett will get two votes for every one Warren gets in Pasquotank. Reports from Darp County, whero a representative of Tho Advance at tended eourt. this week. Indicate that Aydlett and Warren are tho favor Itleg In that county, with a shade of advantage in Aydlott's favor. Sentiment In Tyrrell Is reported as having swung strongly toward Aydlett and Aydlett's friends are claiming that Aydlett will carry that county ',u "verwhelmlngly as ho does Pasquotank. BIG EXPLOSION IN ammunition dumps HuchafeM. Rumania, May 29? Untold destruction and probable d?athn were wrought yeatrrday hy the explosion of ammunition dumps outsldo the city. Tho Urn damago wan great. THREE KILLED IN WRECK ON FREIGHT Chattanooga, Tenn., May 20? Charles Dudley, engineer, Oscar Hol land. fireman, and Herman Potter, nil of Chaltanogn. were killed today when a Southern Railway freight train was derailed noar Hockwood. MIDSHIPMAN DROWNS Annapolis, Md., May 29?Mid* shlpman Lelceater R. Smith of Ksnt, Ohio, was drowned In tho Annapolla Commencement frolic of the Naval Academy yesterday. NAVY BILL PASSES Washington. Majr 2*-?The Houaa yraterdajr pMMd the bill appropria ting till,000.000 to brlag the Nary to ? t-l-t ratio.