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.il?< 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 on" may n