FALL FASHION
NUMBER
TIIE WEATHKK
Fair tonlsht. Slight iy cooler
alone t lie* cuust. W? din siluy fair J
with nioil**rul'' North wlnda.
VOL. XIV.
FINAL EDITION
ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA TUESDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 23. 1924:
SIX I'AGES.
NO. 2 a?
Fight On Walsh Feature .
Of Campaign In Montana
And Thin Fact *^"npl"d I yilmrm in
National C-ampaigii and LaFollrttr Appeal to
Itadical Vote Likelv Help Coolidge
Bt DAVID LA\VKE\CS
<C?nH]kt IW l? Th? AlitnMi
Butte, Mont., Sept. 22. ? Several surprises are in store for
the investigator of things political in Montana.
Ftm, SetiatdT Thomas K.
Walsh, Democrat of Teapot
Dome fame, has a hard fi^ht
for re-election.
Second, Senator Burton K
^Wh-.-l..r. vice Pro.ldential nom
inee with LaFollette. hasn't cre
ated much of a atlr In hla home
?tale. Hla selection on the third
Party ticket haa caused resent
ment among the Democrats be
cause he deserted the party.
Third. President Coolldge has
better than an even chance to car
ry this state by about five to tin
thousand plurality.
Just why should a man like
8enator Walsh have a hurd time
winning re-election? This quea
one ?"<1 "en
Montana "veterans In politics can
not explain It. The Ku Klux Klan.
- !=_? x?- -?f-'!v.'! Is uf eourae fight
Ing Mr. Walsh. Among "his own '
followers are some who think lie
?hould have assailed the Klan at
the Madison Square Garden con
vention but the thing thai made
Senator Walsh famoua this year'
-?the XeaPot Dome disclosure ?
doesn't seem to be talked about..!
Senator Wheeler's connection ,
with the Investigation of Attor-'
ney General Daugherty really ex
cited more attention at the time.
Montana finds herself with an
Improved agricultural situation
which means votes for Coolldge.
After a drought of several yearn
Montana will produce this year,
GO, 000,000 bushels of wheat "and f
the farmers will have for sale ac-j
tual farm products, exclusive of
their own feeding and seeding op
erations, which may uet them
about 9100,000,000.
The yield In the Billings sugar i
beet districts for Instance is ex- ,
ceptlonal. The bean crop Is phe- !
nomenal, while in moBt sections!
iOf the state the yield of hay, oats,'
*7 and barley Is very good.
t So, after years of depression.
Montana has been lifted to an at-:
mosphere of hope and confidence
once more. The state political
situation of course is different.
The opposition to the re-election
of Governor Joseph Dixon, Repub- ,
lican, is so intense that his de
feat would cause no surprise. The
Democrats are active in their
state fight but the national ticket '
k seems somewhat neglected here.
?This was McAdoo country. The
Democratic national organization
appears hardly to be functioning
-wtth-reepeci to Montana. nor do?
It appear that the Deniocmtv~
national organization ha? ever
got started as far as the entire
Northwest is concerned. This year
of all years It was essential for
the national managers to pay at
tention to Western Democracy for
most of the delegations from
these states came home disap
pointed that McAdoo wasn't nom
inated.
The McAdoo men are not sulk
ing but they cannot understand
why the national organization
persists in Ignoring tn?rm and
doesn't even ask their aid.
Theqe may l>e a change when
William Glbbs McAdoo returns
from Europe for the West haa a
sood'deal of faith In Mm, and if
he fires the signal to his follow
ers they will rlae to help the na
tional ticket. It would seem to be I
poor Democratic strategy to Ig
nore a faction so strong as the
Msdlson Square Garden conven- >
tion. But this Is only one of a
nutnlyr of things which Indicate
that the Democrats not only are
poorly organised this year but
that they do not seem to have the !
money to wage an effective cam
paign.
The Republicans have been
bu"* for weeks Their
candidate for United 8tates Sen
ator aff*l?st Mr Walsh; namely.
Frank Llnderman, has never been
much of ? factor In politics but
If the Coolldge tide should run
strong he may be swap* in as Sen
ator Walah Is swept out. It |a a
cloae race for Senator and a
inlxad situation too. Senator
Wheeler of Montana, who has
hem one of Senator Walsh's poll.
tlc.1 supporters for many rear,
J." J*ud^ 10 ">? skle. by
Walsh. The latter has not
yet hamyered away at the UPol
lettc snd Wheeler ticket, which
some of his friends think h? mux!
t-J", ' "> recover many Dem
. 4u? be caat for
J lj toilette. Senator Wheelers'
'?? '? Montana may he
wilf ta . never will
Trf ?!,? party antn
V?, Impression |.
that he haa parmaiiratlr cast hla
fortune, with the radical. and
third party In America.
fn Montana the radical vote
Sta'JJS! ,h* D*">ocra
kr Tl" ''??'ollatlc ticket
*w?ld haw gotten tha .amu big
wneeler had been nam^d Th?*
IMrdpart, will tak. mora from
tW? Democrat, than the Republi
can* la thla a tate which la .,ae of
DAIJGHEKTY MAY
BK HKA1U) ACAIN
Camp Perry. <).. Sept 23. ? Sen
ator Itrnokhart. chairman of the
Senate IhiUKherty Investigating
committee. said today that ho hail
wired Senator Anhurst, only mem
| her of the committee in Washlng
ton, that he might if he (lenlrcil
I call the committee together to
hear additional testimony.
TAKE NO ACTION
UPON UTILITIES
On account of ihe ab*? nee of
Counciliii.'in flordon who was out
of the city, the City Council In
executive session Tuesday morn
1 tt k took no uellou on Um t?;i?jrt
ol tht! .Council Committee r?lalivu
to the utilities plants.
Another meet I at: will In* called
by tlK? Mnyor as noon a* i4?e rlutk
can assure him of a full at t enh
ance of Ihe Council.
the ri'&Mons wh> the viclojy of
resident Ccolid^e by a plurality
seems at Ihm writing ali-'osr u
ccr'alnty.
COTTON MARKET 1
VERY BULLISH
(fovcrniiinii Report T?>
day (iausi's Jump of $10
a I tali' tin- Timliup Limit
for One Day.
Washington, Sept. 23. ? Tito i
cotton crop wan today forecast I?y j
tin- Department of Agilculture as
1 1 .000 hales xmallci' tlinn ludl- 1
cated two w?*ek? a so with a tutu! J
t production of lJS?&9firO00 eqnlya- '
}? nt ?-f r.no pmtnd bttUlr '-W- ,TT~aa
It was indicated that of this
crop 2,tiC2,^6 bairn counting .
, round us half bales had been !
ginned prior to September 16, the'
Census Uureau reported. ?
New York. Sept. 23. ? The Gov
ernment cotton report proved so I
sensationally bullish today that a !
big buying movement set in on the
market here uulckly advancing
prices $9.50 a bale.
New Orkaus. Sept. 23. ? Cotton ;
jumped $10 a bale here, th??
trading limit for one day, upon ,
rcipt of the Government report
today.
EXAMINATION KHOWKD
THAT DOCi WAS MAD
Dr. C. R. Williams, city health
officer, received a telegram from
ILiU'lKh Tuesday morning that the
h :n! of the dog *?'nt th?*re Sunday
night haH been inspected and that !
tUi? examination disclosed the fact .
that the dog was mad.
This is the dog that bit five j
year old James Davenport. 501
Hunter street on the right wrist
Sunday at noon.
The little boy will be given the
I'asteur serum treatment for the
next three weeks.
Getting Out The Vote Is
Regular Mania This Y ear
Soldier in Hospital and Travelling Salomon 011 Itoad
llolli Find Thenn>elve? Reminded That If Away
from lionir dun Still Vote on November I
Uy F.DXA MARSHAIX
C?nrliM. 1*7*. k? Tki
Washington, Sept. 23. ? Getting'
out the veto has como to bo more ,
than a mov<anent. It la a mania.
Every day sees the" g*;t out the'
vote club handed by Bimon Mtch
elet, the League of Women Vo
ters and other organizations and
individuals backing the attempt
to increase if not to double the
19 20 vote this fall, cogitated some
scheme whereby a now voter may
be gained.
<*an a poor soldier lie peaceably
in IiIk bed in a Disabled Veterans
Hospital to meditate on his woes
of to try to recover hU health? i
tie cannot. Ho rnuxt vote ? and
TjeTWSBTr now? and - ?>?'ovi>ml>?E? 1m.
must withstand a barrage of ques
tions on whether he has arranged
to register in his home state so
that he may vote by mail.
Can a hurried traveling sales
man go about hi* work, expound
ing the value of liis wares to pro
spective customer? No, indeed,
he must first discuss at costly
length the possibilities of Con
gress being called on to choose a
President. And if ho Inadvert
ently Implies he will not be home
to vote, his doom in as good as
sealed.
"Oct out the vote by mail" Is
the slogan which has supplement
ed the old "g^t out the vote."
Toting i? the on^rtiing from which ,
disability need not bar one. ac
cording* to the Disabled American
Veterans Bureau, which Is mak
ing every effort to have all dls-'
ubled soldiers take part in tRe
fall election. There are about 23,
K31 veterans in the country's
hospitals and 54,000 scattered
through the country working at
trades that havo been taught
them.
Each of these whose homes Is
in n ntate where the vote by mall
in permitted Ik being urged to
rcglsLer and vote. Of the 75,000
to 100,000 disabled veterans In
the country, hospitalized or out Id
the world, four fifths are expect
ed to cast ballots.
Millions of citizens will vote
throughout the country without
going to the polls. Absentee vot
ing by mall now la provided for
In the election laws of the vast
majority of states. Twenty-six
"fates grant absentee voting In all
jjh;rtlonM to qualified voters tenv
pornrlly n Intent on election day.
They are. Alabama, California,
Idaho, Illinois, i Indiana. Iowa.
Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, Mlss
i.ifllHflippi, Montana, Nebraska, Ne
vada, North Carolina, North Da
kota. Ohio. Oregon, Pennsylvania,
uiont. Virginia, Washington, West
Virginia, Wisconsin and Wyom
ing.
These eight additional state*
authorize absentee voting by mail
at the fall general elections: Ari
zona, Delaware, Kentucky, Masna
rhusetts, New Jersey, Texas and
Utah. In Colorado. Florida, Kan
Has, Louisiana, Missouri, New Mex
ico. and Oklahoma, absentee vot
ing Is allowed voters absent from
their home precincts but within
the state on election day. Arkan
sas. Maryland, New Hampshire
and Rhode Island restrict the ah
lee vote to those In the military
or naval service. Oeorgia allows
:iny voter In the civil military ser
vice of the United States to vote
without going to the poll*. Connec
ticut and South Carolina are the
only two states which have made
no provision for the shut-In vote.
He Was Too Inquisitive!
"Pirate Pete" hnd thin** pretty morh hi# own w?v fot -it? yvMra
er? along Prten lit wuOiwcMtrti l/'ui!>uinH w??W htm arxiti
up and kin ofl Ihrlt pip* flul the hty 62S |<>uiw1 ulllgut&t iiIwhv* *u<
c?-e<lod Iri eluding thotn on the way Inn* to M? ihii Th?. other ?la>
though. he grew rorloue t?hor. he h?-arri m lot of immk* iiruuiid Aim! (ok
waa hm undoing When he ahot hi? head up through th** ?ml a I&mim
| tightened around hia i*m Norn -peter making all th? fairs down auuth
GERMANY TO TRY
TO ENTEK LEAGUE
<1lj Tta iiwiidrf l'm? I
flerlln, Sept. 23 ? Germany will
In the near future make au effort ?
to enter the Iseague of Nations an ;
an equal footinK with the great .
powers, It wan officially an
nounced today in a communique'
Issued at the close of a cabinet
meeting.
TELEPHONE COMPANY
TO ADI) PHOPERTIES
Washington. Sept. 23. ? The
Chesapeake and Potomac Tele
phone Company of Virginia today
was authorized by the Commerce |
Commission to acquire certain
properties of the Cumberland Val
ley Telephone Company of IJalti-'
mare. j
GASTON MEANS NOT
TALKING ANY MORE
Concord, N. C., Sept. 23 ? Ou
ton Means, who repudiated the i
Ken national testimony given dur
ing the Dougherty Investigation,
today refused to discuss the caae.
Mean* arrived here last night
Joining his wife and child at the
home of hla mother.
LEAGUE INSTITUTE
IS NEW MOVEMNT,
fH? Tin A*mr|?t?4 rr??>
Geneva, Sept. 23. ? The sssom- j
bly of the League of (Nations to
day authorised the foundation in ,
Paris of i n international Institute
for Intellectual co-operation to be
conducted under tho auspices of
the League of Nations. ,
Autumn Is The Time For
Gayest Of Dressing Up
Benteity Merchant* Follow Kxample Sri hy Mother Na
ture of Trying to Make the World a Brand New,
Brighter and More Beautiful Place
KAI.I. FASHION ADVERTISERS
PI ISM.
Ohpm 8lior> <'<?ni|Miny
I). Waller lf?rrln
Auto A linn KiiKine Work* .
IfotllfH M C m*
M. I.< it li s)i. ? |>
(?nllop t To\py
Marker 41 Sltcrljr
Kowlfr M t'(Hii|M?nv
T. T. Turner it <'n
ftp mm WtBnr <???.. inc.
(Jninn Pumlture Go.
W~k* M Mawyrr
simwr. !????
"''?'iHnir 9
Men's Hulta II
%ut? Accnmorlcii .... 31
Mm'* Hull* 8
Woman'* Wear 4
Hhnea A
Cnnli mnl |>rc?Ne? (I
Draprrlm 5
Two I'nntM Kiilf* ?
Mult* ami OrerroatA 0
Huk* . II
M?i'? Hull* - ?
Once upon a time In the good
old days the Oardeu of Eden
birthday suits were the very latest
fashion.
But "them days Is gone forev
er" and with them have gone the |
accompanying styles.
The only proper nnd clvlll*ed
think to do now Is to read the !
Autntnn Fashion Advertisements
In The Pallr Advance and ko out
and Ret dolled up accordingly.
Those who don't will be Hated
with the foolish, and Inatead of
"being all dressed up and no
-where t*r grr," wttt TttTfl fTrrmMlVMl '
with lots of things to go to and
no proper raiment for the occa
sion. |
Why even the trees keep up,
with the changing seasons and
adorn themselves In harmony
therewith. Nobody catches them
WPtrlnK their old summer or !
snrlng clothes In the autumn
time.
Km th" caterpillar* and grars
hoppers crawling and hopnlng
around Ip the autumn sunahlne
uowadavs are brown and dark red
and olive green an If they, too, by'
some magic process had fitted
themaolve* Into the color acheme, J
determined not to b? out of atyle. 1
A* for placea to go, there ire |
plenty of them. There'a school ,
for the hoy* and glrla. partlee, and
mlnalonary societies, and prayer j
meetings, and church soclala, Par
ent-Teacher and all aort* of club .
meeting*. for the grown-up*
nonlde*. the District Fair la
coming, with a big crowd from all j
oror the diatrict, and nobody 1
wanta to be out ?f the swim on
thl* autumn holiday.
Of courae, nobody would advo
cate the wearing of clothe* ' to :
ChOrfth J lilt be aeen
but the fact remalna that on* ha*
to wear 'em to ehufch. One Isn't
allowed to go without 'em. and
even hat* are required, not to
mention all the other regular
cloth** and acce*aorles.
Well, the point to thla effualon
la something like thla:
Clothe* are a neceaaary and ar
tistic Inatltutlon and the place to
buy 'em la right here In Deatclty.
the Old Horn# Town.
In today * Advance the Beat
city merchant* are calling atten
tion to their Autumn style dls
playa. -
GAINED NOTHING
IN TKIAl. BY JURY
Asking for u trial by jury,
when cited before the recorder'J J
court for operating a pool loom
after having been deni ?! license1
to do so bv the city, av*ill? ?! John j
C. Dawson. proprietor nf the:
?swun?*?rn""Koret" pool mom iwrr
Ins at all Tuesday morning whf ii .
up^r Hie *vldence th? court di
rected the 'ury to brln^ in u ver-j
diet ?*f t ulltv.
Mr. UVkon adinltt"*! ?? Mlnu
Ini* t operation of It 4 ? pool!
room though hta application for :
llrt nae ha<l been turned down, but
his couurel hoped to k?*?. the jurr
to pa?* < n tltw-fact "Tir whether
tte lict-n-e !iad been defied arbl-,
trarily on tuarsay.
Application for licence to op'?t-'
Ate a pool room must under the !
clly charter be slgnr 1 by the ,
C< nifty Welfare Officer, the May- 1
or and the City Manner. Tliece
official* denied licence on the.
ground of alleged compi-ili.t-4 of
gueets at the hotel as to the nni?e j
In the pool room nnd on the fur
ther Krouud of failure to observe
the ordinance agaln*t the atliui*- ;
t'.on of niiuors and ott?u?* rentrlc- !
tlons aa to the operation.* of pool |
looms.
Quite a number of Mr. Daw-j
win'u patrons testified that hi* j
place was among the most ordei-j
ly and well <*>m'ueted of any pool
room In town, so far a3 their ob-t
serration wtnt.
BOYS' BAND SEES
PROBLEMS SOLVED
~~A "capacity" house -^rented ? ttrp-t
Williams Stock Company In th"
big tent on West Main street on*
the opening night of a week's en- j
gagement In this city under the j
auspices of the Kllzabeth City I
Hoys' Iland, and the management I
believes that If the atteudgn'-e,
keeps up the boyn* s'laro of th*? <
receipts will solve th? llnanclal
question of money to finance the!
band for lta first year.
The big tent la guaranteed ,
waterproof by the management
and If the weather continues wet I
for the week th? public in assured I
that those who att>>i.'< may do no
wlt'p the asaurance thnt the ah??l- i
tci afforded by the bit; t *nt will
be adequate And they ma/ so* ]
the show In comfort.
A JOHN liiNK COUNTY
No lean than three John Lanea
will have to attend the next sea- j
alon of Superior Court In thlsi
County aa witnesses against Ar
chie Laydea, also of Perquimans,:
who is held for probable cauae
0l\ two charges of forgery.
The second charge agalnat Lay
den. who la about 40 year* old ap
parently, was heard by Trial Jus
tice H pence Tuesday morning. Lay
den Is alleged to hare cashed a '
check purporting to have been I
?igned by Bragg Perry and bear
ing the endorsement of "Johnnie
T. Lane" whom the bearer of the
check represented himself to be.
John Moore, colored, for viola
tion of the city ordinance as to
cutting down trees on the atreet,
was let off wjth the coats In police
court Tuesday.
NO HriTCKIOK 4XMrRT
IN GAMDBff Til IH WKKK
Camden, Sept. 23. ? Superior
court this week will not convene
in Camden County, according to |
Information . received hero from
Solicitor Walter L. Small. Mr. '
Small In explanation said that I
Judge Sinclair was sick and that 1
the Governor was unable to aup- 1
ply an emergency Judge for the ;
fall term of court here. Judge!
Lyon, here for Judge Sinclair last
week, la In Pender county thla
week.
Though Sheriff Forbes gave out
the information as far mn possible
In the Coanty quite a number
who had not heard that eonrt!
would not convene gathered at
the court house Monday morning.
Dr. P. L. Gordon of Fairmont, Vir
ginia rams all the way from that'
state to attend court. Upon learn
ing that court would not convene
I)r. Gordon took the next north
bound train for his home.
L. G. Wright and hla son Wood
row Wright are visiting Mr.
Wright's brother. Dr. T. O. Wright
of flumtor. South Carolina.
RHVIVAL AT NIU1AM
Shlloh, Sept. S3. ? Revival ser
vices began at Nash Chapel at
Mlldsm near here Monday night.
Rev. A. B. Crumpler of the South
Mills circuit Is assisting the pas
tor Rev. fl. Salyer of Old Trap.
The church was nearly fall on
Monday night and It Is believed
that the crowds will Increase
throughout the week. Services
sr# held each morning at 11a. m ,
and each evening at 7:00 p. m.
LULL CONTINUES
IN CHINESE WAR
Shanghai. Sept S3. ? The loll
In China's civil war was continued
today with only the taking of
further defense precautions and
threatened labor troubles to break
the monotony of the dragging hos
tllltles.
I'OTTON MARKKT
Ntw York, Sept. 13. ? Spot cot
ton closed steady. Middling 84.11
an advance of 17S points. Fu
ture*, closing bid. Oct. 13.87. Dec.
33.88. Jan. 83.87, Mfcrch 33.68.
May 83.78.
She's Had Thrills Enough
Gloria Fuure. a granddaughter of a former president of France, has
changed her mind about entering tho rnoviea. She left her home In
Mexico City for Hollywood, but got as far aa Vera Crua. There' aha
bcrame mixed up In the de la Huerta revolution, serving aa secretary
to one of the rebel load* a. Wi an the tnnurrectlon was broken up ahs wu
forced to flee to the United Statea. But now she'a going home under
un amnesty proclamation Issued by President Obr^gon.
Says Advocates Port Bill "
Attempting Blind People
!? if n?'
Senator P. H. W illiams Again I'riwntir 1 1 i* Arguments
Aguiint IVleaHiire to l>r \ Hied t'Ooll h\ Nin th ? *?;
( Carolinian* in NovciiiIht Klrction
lly IV II. WILLIAMS
The advocator of state-o wned |
?hipi anil terminals, without con
vincing and aubatanllve evidence
and without Illustrations, cxam
pT?*# " Aiuf parallel* fronV olltwr '
States, except certain gateway ci
ties of Virginia, are attempting
to blind the people and to blink
-Lhe lnqulaltlvo .economic minds ;
by mere assertions that the State
has marvelously prospered, that
the State and its prosperity is th^
victim of "the deadly Incubus of
freight rate discrimination," that
the rail lines are hostile to oar
progress, thut we are living in a
fool's paradise which lt?? in ? Im
mediate danger of being dismem
bered, and that our Increasing in
dustries will In the near future
languish and decay unless eman
cipated by the running of state
owned ships and the building of
state-owned terminals costing mil-,
lions.
The statement that the railroads
are hostile to our progress and
development 1m too elementary of 1
truth and too abortive of faets to
foo! any Intelligent citizen. For'
were It true, the 8tate committed
aPilaggerlng "blunder when It de-1
elded to appropriate $10,000,000
for Tam Bowie's Lost Provlncea* ,
railroad, the proponents and un
wise scheme In agitating the pur
chase of the C. F. & Y. U. and ex
tending It to the coal fields and
Middle West, and the General As
sembly should see to It thati
further rail development is pre-!
vented. Every person knows,
however, that the success of rail
Hues is tied up with and depend-,
ant upon the continual develop- i
ment, growth and prosperity of tho^
Slate, and that It would he Just 1
as tenable to contend that a de
partment store In a city Is hostile
to Its prosperity as to contend
that a railroad Is hostile to a j
state's prosperity.
The induatrlea about which1
the proponents are no much exer
cised, are located for the most
part In the Piedmont, one or two
hundred mllec from the navigable
waters of the State; tbelr custo
mers are not alone the 2,600,000
people In "North Carolina, but the
110,000,000 in the United Slates
and the multitudes of foreign na
tions; they must think of trans
portation, not with a provincial
mind, but from a national and In
ternational viewpoint; they have
prospered and growu great with
out shipa and termluals lu 'he
Cape Fear basin or on the shallow
streams; many northern Indus
trial planta are moving to the
State undeterred by the lack of
state-owned ships and terminals.
These lnduatriea are in the main
the creators of our Increasing pop
ulation, growing 46lhiberce;' ttiirt
monntlng wealth. In a large
measure pay directly and Indirect
ly tho 8tato taxea through In
comes and make It possible for
the State not to levy an ndvalo
rem tax upon farm property, oth
er real estate and personal prop
erty. They are Tlt'illv concerned
with the financial policies of t.hr
State, mast furnish the bulk of
the tonnage for wate.* transporta
tion, and are the one to be most
benefitted. If any benefit accrue.
Many of these Industrie* employ
Industrial traffic men, learned
land experienced by year*' ot study
In transportation. who should
have been consulted In a matter
Jan- iUiil iu:rin;iii? n- o of the
rproipcrity^of tli?' State and thPfr
names and opinions disclosed. On
the contrary tlioy scent to be
neither plaintiffs or proponents
in thin project, because they can
disnrn no economy In exploiting
tax money to run mime ships and
tiu iiil Homo terminals. /'
Aguin the people. of the State
have elected three men of ability
and experie nce to preside over the
-tfosttny ? of the State in matters
id transportation. have entrusted
this highly expert subject to their
special custody and guardianship,
have re-elected th< m trom time
to time expressive of their eonft^
dence in the ability and Intogrtty
of the Commission to conduct the
transportation affairs of the
State, and these men have spent
years in the study and In the ln
vest (Ration of the State's traffic
problems. The 'people should
before them, before favorable ac
tlon, a studied and candid ?P*? .
ion of the Corporation Commto
Plon. and the proponents are win
dering Jar afield in au?K-ifctlng to
the citizens that they tak<> this vi
tal measure out of the hands Ot
the State's constituted and ei
perlonced authority without an
opinion from them as to what re^
I lief may be reasonably expected
from state-owned ships and termi
nals.
It is significant that these In
dustrial traffic men, vitally con
cerned, and the Corporation Com
mission, the people's constituted
forum of authority, are not in
tensively ndvocating the adoption
of tills proposition. We Inust at
tempt to discover a reason why.
The apulllng apathy of the in
dustrial traffic men, the railroads
and the Corporation Commission
is dlscernahle in their knowing
that a mere difference in some
: freight rates does not prove a gen
eral discrimination as alleged bj
ot bo grave Importance to the wel
I the proponents, and that the sin
gle fact relied upon by the advo
cutes to establish their conten
tions. to-wlt. that certain cities of
Virginia, formed gateway cities,
enjoy more favorable rates for
loss distance than North Carolfha
cities. Is neither positive, nor pri
ma facie proof of discrimination,
because the icope of investigation !
is not sufficiently extensive. Dla,
crlmlnation Is a general com*
plaint, common to every school
child, individual and to every.
State in the Mutton, and the pro?
llflc potirce of the rontlnuel pro*
ceedlngs before the Interstate
"Commerce Commission. Per ei?
amples, tho Stato of Virginia Is
1 now contending In a proceeding
that North Carolina intra-stat*
rates are discriminatory against
Virginia territory. North Carolina
contending that Virginia inter
state discriminatory against North
Carolina territory, and Northeast
ern North Carolina located wltbln
r>0 in 1km of Norfolk, contending
that the rate pf $1.14 Mi from New
York Is discriminatory In the light
of only 91.26 to Greensboro, a
difference of only 11 for a dlf- !
Continued on page 4 , ]
Brave Coast Guard Crew
! Be Honored At The Fair
Awarding of MrdiU to < jipluin Joliu Allrn Miil^rll owl
IIU Gallrnt Of* of Miiliii'tln itl CiiuhI (>uord
Station 179 Feature l)i?trirl Kxponilion
At the Inatanco of Secretary j
Job of the Elisabeth City Cham
ber of Cptnmorco the overnight of
th#? Unlrod Stat** Government In
falling to algnally honor membera ,
of tho crew of tho Coaat Guard |
atatlon at Chlcomlcomlco for their
daring feat In reaculng the crew
of tho Ilrltlnh tanker Mlrlo, when ,
that veaaol had been encircled by
a aoa of flamlnK oil after having
been torpodood off tho American i
coaat by a German aubmarlne In
the World War, la to b?* atoned
for.
Captain John Allen Mldgett, In
command at Chlcomlcomlco. tho
official dealgnatlon of which in
Coaat Guard Station No. 170. and
hla crew conalatlng of Surfmen
V.\ on * MMHl. SL Mid*-,
ett, Arthur V. Mldgott. Clarence!
E Mldiiett. and P. L O'Neal will
bo proaented with gold modala In
i recognition of their bravery nt 1
Kllcabeth City on October ?. and
' tho occaalon will bo made one of
(he hi a evonta of the Albemarle
Dlatrlct Pair.
Tho reacuo waa effected on
Auguat IS. 1921. and the Rrltlah
ro^ornment honored Captain,
Midgut t and hla crew with medala
and the ownera of the tankera
presented them n trophy: but
Ithoup.h the exploit of cantntn and,
crew Waa (Ires wMc publicity In,
the press II wan not directed to
the ntt'Titlon of (ho proper offl
clula of the IT. H. Treasury D*.
imrtiuent until Heerctary Job, wha
hat* moved to Kllzabeth City since
1020. hearing the story of the res
cue. and of the recognition of tne
daring of the Americana by the
llrltlsh government, directed the
attention of Con^roMman Hal let
H. Ward to the fact that the An
crlcan Government had never
taken anv cognizance of It. Th?M
It wns that Mr. Ward, with tain
'usual dlapatch In matters of tftli
Inort, got In touch with the profraft
official* of the Traaaury Depart
! njent with ihe result that gdtd
medal* arc now to be awarded mi
th? date act.
l'ti hups iii hh niiiifii urn
tain Mlrigatt la to bo found th?
explanation of tho tnrdy recogni
tion < xtended him and hia or Mi
by their Oorernmnftt fur* the
thrilling rearuo. The eaptaln'a
lo* reporting the afTalr la a a Id to
have been almost aa brlof and la
conlc aa the famous "On agalo?
off again, gono again, Fina*
gan."
ATTKVIMNO VWKUAh
Mrs. M ?M. tinrrla Is at fta|at^|
to attend the hineral of her tiotfc
er, Mrs. J. O. Guthrie. who died at
her homo tharo flu ml ay moral?g.