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CI ltd" LATI O X MONDAY 2,525 Copies THE WEATHER Fair and not quite ao cold to* night. Wednesday fair and wiro^ er. Moderate to fresh north wisdr. . M VOL. XIV. FINAL EDITION ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA, TUESDAY EVENING. DECEMREU J, l!)2t. SIX PAGES. NO. 271 John Harvey Robinson Is Speaker This Year Twrnty-fourth Annual Session of .North Carolina Liter ary and Historical Association W ill lie Hcl<l in Kaleifih Thursday and Friday Raleigh, Dcc. 2. ? The twenty- 1 fourth annual seasioti of the North Carolina Literary and His torical Association will be held in this city <luring December 4 and 5. It was announced here today by R. B. House, secretary. Educa tors and leaders in social work and men of letters from other parts of the country as well us North Carolina will be on the program. James Harvey Robinson, of the New School of Social Research of New York, will deliver an address on Friday evening at the Meredith College auditorium. His subject will probably be "What Ought to be Written as History." According to the custom of in viting each year some North Car olinian who has won distinction outside of the state, the Associa tion has as one of its speakers George Gordon Rattle, who was born in K.lgecombe County in 1868 and is now a practicinp lawyer in New York. lie will be entertained by Josephus Daniels and will speak Thursday evening at the Woman's Club. W. C. Jackson, vice-president of. North Carolina College for Wo men. and a well known author in Southern Literary circles, will apeak Thursday night qn "Culture and the New Era." "The Problem of Historical In terpretation," will be the subject of Benjamin B. Kendrlck, profes sor of history in North Carolina College for Women, who will Fpeak Friday morning at the Wo man'a Club. At the same lime Gerald W. Johnson and Nell Bat tle Lewis will discuss "Culture and the Art of Living." During the meeting plans will bo laid for the completion of the Valley Forge Memorial Fund; tbo| memorial to Andrew Johnson. , The North Carolina Fine Arts As-, iioclatlnn will also be organized. ' Officers will be elected for the vear 1926. TRAINING SCHOOL MAKES FINE START The Sunday School Training School at Blnckwell Memorial Church got off to a fine start Monday night with a good at tendance considering the cold weather. The pastor urges all officers and teachers of the 8unday School and all others who are interested in Sunday School work to attend tonight. The session begins at 8:30 promptly. After a class pe riod of about three qunrters of an ' hour r light supper Is served and class work is resumed for anoth er period. LAWYER HAS NARROW ESCAPE FROM FIRE Winston-Salem, Dec. 2. ? An early morning fire In the heart of the retail section this morninu gutted the Ideal Theater. J. W. Holllngsworth, lawyer, in the building was saved by the flre men'a ladder. There was no esti mate of the damage available early today. ELKS MEMORIAL SERVICE SUNDAY Col. George C. Cabell of Nor folk will deliver the address next Sunday afternoon at three o'clock at the annual Rika Memorial Ser vice at the Alkrama. The program has been arranged as follows: Invocation ? Rev. Daniel Lane. Te Deum In F (Ashfordj ? First Methodist Choir. Solo, He Dried the Tear* (Han dera Largo ?. Oren Mra. J. W. Foreman; violin obligato, Bobbv Fearfng. Lodge ceremonies. Calling roll deceased brothers. Vacant Chair ? Elks Quartet. Address ? Col. Geo. C. Cabell, Norfolk, Virginia. Daybreak ( I'ensule -Parks > ? First Methodist Choir. Cloning ceremonies. Benediction. IMPORTANT MWIlirO OF WOMAN'S f'LVtl THI IW1>AY. A very Important meeting nf ' the Woman's Club will bp held' Thursday afternoon at 3 o'clock In the Chamber of Commerce' rooms. One of the matters to re colre attention In whether or not the Linden will be continued. It la urged that all members attend. <OTTON RIPORT ?New York. Dec. 2.? Spot cot ton closed quiet. Middling 2S.40. an advance of 2f? points. Futures Dec. 22.90, Jan 23. On. March 11.44. May 11.71, July 23 .83. SiYVU K Begin to prepare now for your 1825 Christmas Our Christmas Havings Club for 1025 will open tomorrow, December 3rd. A class j to ault all. Join now CmoIIm (tanking A Trnet <V>. j MORE BONDS FOR COUNTY'S ROADS J. Krnyon Wilson Would Have County I'avp Morr Itnailti hill Wouiil Provide What lioads in Ac!. An additional road bond issue 1 of $250,000 with stipulations In th?- bill providing for I ho bond is sue as to how the money shall b> speut is part of the 'legislative program of J. Kenyon Wilson, Representative for Pasquotank County in the next session of the General Assembly. Mr. Wilson will go before the Pasquotank Highway Commission at its regular session Tuesday of this week with a tentative pro-' gram fot road paving with the J funds that will be made available by tlie propos* d bond issue. The ! County now has $175,00(1 left of tin* $750,000 in road bonds al ready issm d. Added to tin* $2".0. 000 that will b?- made available/ by the proposed bond Issue, this will mak<* $ 125,000. -which, on the basis of figures obtained from the chairman of Stat'- Highway Com mission. Mr. Wilson believes; should pave 20 miles of nine-foot road, with a reasonably margin for safety. Mr. Wilson Is convinced that this money should be spent for the most part in those sections of the County which hav be? n taxed . for the roads already paved in the ; County but which have received no direct practicable benefit from 1 them. His tentative program, subject to such modifications as the County Highway Commission can agree upon, is as follows: Pear Tree . Road miles ' Body Road ... I miles Fork Road ...J5 miles Newland (extension) . 2 miles Salem (extension I 2 miles It is hoped that citizens of tho County Inters sted in lhi? forego ing program or in some modlflca tion of it will h< present iu large numbers al Tuesday's session of the County Highway Commission and that a definite program may be agreed upon, so that citizens j in the County may advocate the bond issue without a f'-ellng that the money will all. be spent In some township other than I h?-ir own. DANCE HALLS NOW MEETING HOUSES Missionary TolN of ('hnnem WnuiKliI by ((OsfH'l In < 'zerho-Slovnkin Nashville, T e n n . , Hoc. 2. ? As flu* result *?f work performed in Europe, sniootis and danre halls are fast being transformed Into Methodist meeting houses and chapels, according to Rfv. J. L. NeKl, missionary of the Metho dist Episcopal Church, -South, who has Just returned to the United Statea after throe years spent abroad. Reverend Mr. iNeill was one of the firs! missionaries sent to! Czechoslovakia after centenary money opened a field in that country, it was stated. He is president of the Hible Seminary and treasurer of the mission. The Central Church at Prague, formerly know as "Marble Hull" was considered one of the most up-to-date dunce ball* In Europe, a'cording to Mr. Nelll. and th?? church at Vrsevice was an old dance hall, which the Methodists purchased and turned into a chapel. The minister further points out that most of the work up to the present time has been accomplished in saloon* and dance halls, and ho asserts that as soon ns the Cxechs become converted they are willing to transform such places Into houses of worship. OPEN SK. M.K.I) HIDM l>E( EMItElt H?TEE\TH Monday tnornttiK. December 16, at half past II o'clock Is the time p?-t by the City Council in regular session Monday niuht for the op ening of hi aled bids on the $?00. 000 public Improvement bonds. They are now belna offered for sale by the city to provide for funds for municipally owned and operated electric llirht, water and sewerage systems The council took a recess until that date at the close of Its Mon day night session. SEEK REPEAL THE CHILD LABOR LAW Washington. Her. 2. ? An effort will be made by Senator Dall of South Carolina to repeal the Child I^hor Law amendment to the con stitution adopted at the iMt tea-, ?Ion of Conirfst. STUDENTS SHOUT FOK REVOLUTION (By IV iMittfd IVmii Cairo. I)rc. 2. ? On hearing of the Kgyptian government'* ace? itiancc of the remaining terms of the British ultimatum. 800 studt-nta today rushed into the <|uadrungle shouting "up" and "revolution." Souo of the .students harangued their com* rad?-H for two hours after which the crowd dispersed Into group* which heatedly dis cussed the situation. FIGHT FOK COWS DII) NOT HAPPEN The promised flght for the re peal of the ordinance putting the family cow out of Elizabeth City did not develop at Monday night'* session of the City Council. Cow owners who still are un reconciled to the ordinance and have not disposed of their cows or' made provision to keep them out-j side of the corporate limits of the city, were present In considerable I numbers, and some of them made strong pleas for permission to con tinue to produce their own milk for their families; but no action was taken. After leading out his1 forces and engaging In a few skir mishes. Councilman Louis Ander son. leader In the fight for the re peal of the ordinance, called in his forces and withdrew behind his fortifications, announcing that > he would storm the position of the enemy at the next meeting of the! Council on December 15. His part lug shot was the statement that he believed he could muster six votes for an ordinance to perm't the keeping or one cow to h fam ily. Mr. Anderson's claim to six votes followed the flat statement from Mayor Goolwin that If an ordinance to permit the keeping of cows In the city limits should be voted on favorably by the Council he would veto it and that it would require a two-thirds ma jority to override that veto.! Though many occasions are re- 1 numbered when the Mayor has1 exercised his prerogative and brok en a tie, no one present could re call an Instance of any Iiess City Mayor's exercising a veto power, and there was some question as to his rights in the matter. It was presumed, however, that! Mayor Goodwin would not have made this statement without con-' suiting the city charter as to his powers. The ordinance banning the cow from the corporate limits of Eliz abeth City with the b< ginning of l'J25, was passed last summer In oider to give cow owners In the city ample time to dispose of or make provision outside the city for keeping their cows. Ily this time, many have already made1 these provisions, others have, on the basis of the expectations that the ordinance would go into efTect. made plans to open dairies outside of the city, and still others have , acquired lots beyond the corporate limits of the town where they may keep their cows without violating the new ordinance. In view of these facts and the possibility of r, ults axainst the city In some In stances where plans to establish a dairy have already gone forward. Councilman Foreman slated that though he had not been among thOMf who voted to ban the cows in the flrit instance he would not vote to repeal the ordinance now. Councilman Gordon declared that he was rather Inclined to vote , the family Cow back into the city by reason of the fact that two lo cal dairies have Increased the price of milk from 12c to 15c a quart coincident with the date that the cow banning ordinance goes Into effect. This Kave rise to the question of possibility of regulstlng the price at which milk can be sold In the city. City Attorney Leigh was of the opinion that the city would have such power; and he was sur?- j that the organization of nny pool to control the price of tnllk In the city would be contrary to law. NONE SATISFIED WITH ENFORCEMENT Washington, Dee. 2 ? 'Renewing the recommendations for trans ferring prohibition enforcement Jo the Department of Justice or creating a new department for It directly under President, Clarence True Wilson, General Secretary of the Methodist Episcopal Hoard of lemperance. Prohibition, and Public Morals, told the board at Its annual meeting here today thai he had yet to meet "th- first temperance man In the ministry or the laity who wss satisfied with the way the prohobltion iaw was being enforced." NATION' ,11 j HANK MAIIX $10,000.00 IN CHECK* Inil'Mtlvi of the growing pop ularity of th? Christman Savings Clubs In Elizabeth City Is the fact that the First National Rnrfk has mailed out nearly four times the amount in Christmas savings rhreks that the Institution mailed out three yoars ago. "Three years ago we mailed out 97.000 and to lay we are mailing over $40,000 In checks," said an officer of the bank Tuesday morning <Ne*t , year they hope to make It around] $100,000. ADOPT PROGRAM AT NEXT MEET (bounty Highway ( Uimmi? xion Agreed in the Main on WiliuinV Program but Await l ijjures. AitrtM'njpn: In I !u- main on thi> part or the numbers of the Pas quotank Highway Commission wish the Couuty bond issue an l road paving program mapped out by Representative J. K. Wils ?u was expressed Tuet lay when Mr. Wilson put his program, us out lined in this newspaper, before the Commission in regular cession. Certain members ?>( the board suggested some lllodlf .cation ?>t extension of Mr.' Wilson's pro- j gram. but no definite program' was adopted at Tuesday's meeting of the Comniiss'on. 'ibis was de rided upon when it was pointed out by E. V. Young of the J. II.. MeCrary Engineering Corporation of Atlanta that the Commissi ?n would be in h belter position to adopt a paving program if they had before them definite esti mates as to the costs of building the various projects proposed, and heard recommendations us to type of road that would be best suit cd to meet the conditions that would bo encountered on ear h project and at the same time conic' within the limit as to funds that will have to be regarded if M;. Wilson's plans for a road bond is sue of $250,000 go through. The County now has on hand iit ? round figures $185,Oin>. $150,00n; of which, it Is estimated, will be! available for new road paving pro-" Jects. A new Issue of $250,000 j would provide, then, a total of' $400,000. which, it is estimated.! would take care of the total 20 J miles callcl for in Mr. Wilson's raving program. It was when Mr. Voting called attention to the fact that mileage ? would depen I on what roads were i paved, as some roads could lie ? paved at less expense than olhtfrrf.j and on what type of construction } was adopted that the Commission i decided to await figures from Mr. ' Young, which he undertook would' be offered without expense to the' County and withcut obligation toj his firm on the part of the High-' way Commission, before adopting* a definite program. Mr. Youngs figures are to be presented to the Commission at! its Junuary metiing. TO KI,K(T OM'ICKKS The Elisabeth Cl!y Shrine Club will hold Its annual elect Ion of of ficers tor the ensuing year on Wednesday evening r.t 8 oY!o k in the club rooms. BISHOP Di-LAN EY HERE WEDNESDAY lit. Rev. Henry Dcl.aney. I>. D . Suffragan HI .hop of t he Diocosp ??f Norih Cnrollna of th?- Eplnro pal Church for thr coin red people, u.l preach in Si. 1'liilip's church. Murt:n street. WciliU'^lay ev ? ?i nir. l>ecrmber at ?i clock- Hlfchnp DcLani?y is u nift <1 speaker anil hekl in the highest -< jrard and admiral ion not only by j-eople of his own race hut by th?' while people as well. Ho ul? I ? brings a ir.cssRge and hi* coining looki'.i forwutd to Willi the crtaltst of pleasure. The public Is cordially invited to hear Uishop Del.aney Wednesday night at the rotated Episcopal Church. ROAD IS NOW INTER-COUNTY ? Ml. Ilrrmoti Extension Op en In Public Tlumk^iv iii? Day Offers Pavrd De tour Inlo IVrqiiimuiiH. The extension of tho Mount Iloimon road front its former ter minus to the Perquimans County line was opened to the public on Thanksgiving Hay and .K. V. Young of the J. II. McCr.iry En gineering Corporation of Atlanta. Geo'^'n. was given a check for $3,900 Tuesday art tho balance in fiilf due lilin for tho construction of I bis piece of rond, which ties up the Mt. Hermon road with the paved roads of Perquimans Coun ty end makes it an intercounty in stead of a neighborhood road, !*i ad1 J It! on to affoi ling resi dents ?sf Channuoke and the trib utary section of Perqurmnns ('mil |y a paved road into Klizu belli City, this road also offers a paved detour for throe miles of the dirt icction of the Slate highway be tween Dlizahcth City and Hert ford. Tnking the Mt. Hermon road at its intersection with the State Highway one may now trav el by way of Chapanoke hack Inlo the State highway at a point one mile this hH? ot the State's lf? foot pavi <d road loading out from Hertford. This will onable the motorint in bad weather to dodge that particular pait of the <1 irf link in the State highway to Hert ford which Is most likely to give him serious trouble. The total cost of this latest 0 foot paved road- project of ubout seven tenths of a mile was Stoo. The cost was slightly higher than would have been the case but for the faci that ;he project was such a short one. Farmers Dollar Getting Bigger And Easier to Get Buying Power of Agricultural Products IIuh Now IJixcn to 117 Per Ccnl of. Par i<n Compared with 69 IVr ("rut ft the Lowest I'oint of 1*>21 Drpri'wiou ll> J. i\ (C*??rt?ni 1934. New York. Dc_\ 2. The fann er's dollar undoubtedly 1 .4 getting bigger and in consequence those who sell to th^ agriculturists un tie, pat i- that it will be easier to get. After a Home what Jerky movement throughout the Tall monthH, October ar>d November have seen a definite rise in the ratio ??f farm price* to wholesale prices of non-agricultural founda tion. based on figures of the De partment of Agriculture, and it seems that the farmer has made a long atep toward relnsti*'ing himself an n buyer In the indus trial and business world. What happened to the farmer In plainly seen from the figures compiled. These were based on comparison with the average pri ces of farm products and non ;?g rlcultural products from August 1909. to July 1914. which in each case, were given an Index figure of 100 per cent. In 1918 the buy ing power of farm products as compared with those the farmer did not raise was 108 per rent the farm price Index having rem bed 200. as compared with 100 before the war, while the Index for man ufactured goods advanced only to Iftft. lly the 1921 the buying value of the farmer's dollar, as com pared with what he had to pay for non agricultural products, bad shrunk to 69 per cent. ThH was the lowest point In the depression period. During this tlni" the farmer's dollar would buy only 69 cents worth of non agricultural goods. In 1922 the ratio ro- to 74 per cent and In 19 23 it climbed to 78. with the Index nnrnber of the cost of living 71 points and crop prices 3 4 pointi. above pre war levels. In the present month the ratio has risen to 87 per cent of equality. This gradual climb of the pri ces which the farmer is pajd to ward the levol at which be must buy. indicates as clearly a? any thing can the Improved condition of the agriculturist. This country is facing one ?e Hons crop shortage which may mean hrtgher butter, milk *"<1 ItOYIJC 0, 1,i? cheese prices for many cltisena. 1 i?o Hover seed crop t li Ib your was the smallest ever known. totalling only HI 7.000 bushels as compared with 1,100.000 Iumi year and u five year average of 1,610.000. Last year it waa necessary ro Im port 24.000,000 pounds of clov er sei I from Europe to seed pas ture* but Kurope also is short this year and probably will be able to export little seed. Prices for aeed already are high and dairymen predict they will go higher The Blue Valley Creamery Institute, which looks after the conditions In the dairy situation is therefore adviMing farmers to grow alfalfa rather than compete for high priced clov er seed, and avoid thin seeding The ulfalfa crop of the country was nearly a third larger than normal this year. The fact that the farmers of the United States are prosperous and will have money to spend Is likely to bring added expense to those who buy Canadian products. This has become especially appar ent In the newsprint paper situa tion. In October there was con siderable discussion as to the pro bable price of rontrarf newsprint for the first half of 1925. Th? tra le. and financial papera sug gested a further softening of pri ces and J6n to ICS a ton were siik gestel. declaration being mad* that many Canadian mills could pay dividend* at the former prl ces. The Canadian mills however profess to seV ndlit tonal demand from American consumers as a r suit of larger advertising by pro ducera and retailers. Many mllN are demanding $70 a ton for next year and some contracta are be ing placed at that figure. Production at American news print mills so far thin yt-mr Is well under that of 19 23 but the Cana dian output haa increased stiff i clently to bring total output of tho two countries to record fig ures. Hook, fine paper and wrap ping paper are very firm and the box board market fa showing in creased activity. JITNEY W AR IS AGAIN RESUMED luteal JiliK-urx mid Son* it!* I hoy Proriil Their ( :?m- to the City Council. The Tout; War lias broken oul agNin lu NVW V.iri: ami h.mtlll ti,? h.vc burn rr?umnl In ihi' J I ? - ??y ?;,r In KlUsbilh t'.ity While not #tt?n<l?il l>> I'"' taUH'lw <?>?< ha\e ch:?r*ctert*ed the warfare of the beathen Chinese in American nltes. Jitney feuds in ilu' past in Elizabeth City haVe larked noth i ii u in J?5i tiTifSH un<l have even been attended by some little blood J j-hert, though thi* was mostly (roin damaged noses. I'ndo ubtem/ the local Jltneurs arc pood anil sore. A ye*r or so ago the Kllsabeth i lly Merchant? Association, impressed by the fart ifcat it wan costing people from nearby towns more to M't tip town from the Norfolk * Southern ras *.? nm>r Station than it did to net to the station, went Into the pas senger bus business with a 10c tare from the passenger station to the down town business d1s trlel. Undoubtedly this bus cuts somewhat luto-ihe profits of the, prefeNHlonal Jltneurs. Then the Southern Hotel bus, always accorded preferential po sition at the passenger station, took up the practh'o of taking passengers to any part of the City, Mid this again cut into the prof-; Its of the Jitnec.rs. Nevertheless the jltncum. sot they claim, submitted t*? these: condition* without reprisals; but I when Tom Nelson, who runs thei Sou litem Hotel, headed a local company that purchased two Yel-j low ('? bs and Inaugurated bel low Cab taxi service for Kllza helh t it y with -Mr. Nelson drum ming up trade for his taxis In competition witli the jltneurs. op en hostilities were provoked and: n priailft were begun. The Southern Hotel bus discov ered that war had been declared when on driving down to the pan hen ger station to meat the train It i found the space traditionally re- ; I served for the bus occupied by the passenger cars of local Jltneurs I who refusod to give space to tho ilmn. Norfolk Southern officials; were appealed to and these offi- . clnls declared that certain spaces, of right belonged to the Soulherri Hotel bus and to the Merchants Association bus. This ruling was duly conveyed to the local Jltneurs. , but they refused to recognlzo the, sj.ac. nsslgnel lo the hotel and city bun by the railroad authori ties. i The foregoing facts were; brought into the lime light at the tegular session of the City Coun eil Monday night when Kdgar Williams and Johnnie Johns in. rercHonl lug the local Jltneurs. up-| pea red before the Council with a petition for a chang" in the park ing regulations now ?n force at the Norfolk U Southern passen ger station. Originally the Jitney cars were, parked In a line parallel to the lalirond trn' k to the north of the passenger station, with no divi sion between the cars soliciting white and those soliciting colored passengers. * In order to get to any of these cars the paisengers getting off the train lisd to Jeave tie- shed anl. If it was raining, walk through the rain several feet er sometimes as far as 100 foot to take a Jltio-y To obviate this neci ssiiy and to separalo the white from the colored Jitneys, the regulations now In force wore i ^tabllshed. Cnder these regula tions the Jitneys parkinl around the passenger station, barking up to the cement walk under the shed ori the sides and to the rear of t|w station, t he rear entrance to the lolored waiting room inark ' lux the division line between white at.- 1 colored Jitneys. r Having played a large part In securing tho establishment of the present regulations, local Jltnoursj are now dissatisfied by reason of the fart that most of them are thrown to the roar of the passen ger station and out of sluht of pas sengers getting O.f the train;. They are now asking, then, that !th< white Jltneurs be peruilttod to park their eats aloiiK tho line on which ?H Jltnevs were parked prior to the establishment of the pre ej.i regulations. 1 |v city Council took no ac t'oti Mor.dav night but referred ,h natter to C'tjr Manager Here !?? wtih the rejurfit that he In vestigate the situation and mako r? port as to tils finding at the next meeting of the Council. KNGINKKK AND HIS MKKMAN KIM, Kit ftlrhinnnd. I)?c. 2. Jo# Laird, ??ir. Miei-r, and Mm flrrnun, llard ln. wnr# killed In nt nluM In a *r. ck beftrwn two train* on th?? .!;?? > -? It lvr?r division of Ch*-*a ? .??<<* Ar Ohio r.'ar Wfxtham. Vir ginia. COLUMBI A TO KNTKR SOUTH atlantic Coldmblf*. H. C.. P*c 2. ? Thin rl.y decided laat nlaht to #nt#r a t#am In th?? South Atlantic League thli MMon. Says Tourist Traffic Would Justify Expense . Senator I'. H. William* lv?ti mutes C.ould Invent tllr (HH).(MX) in I'rtijMiHfd Bridge Arrows Lower (Jiimun and Gel It But-k in Ten Yearn WOMAN IS SLAIN i, AS SHE SLEEPS Illrmincham. Dec. 2. ? Mrs. George Kdwards. wlf?? of a well known Kali field physician, wan slain while afre slept and her husband was shot in the hand by a person who entered their home early today. The wound In the tentple In dicated that the woman was slain with a blunt Instruments. The physician was awakened by some one moving about th" house and wh?in he InvestlKat ed the noise he was tired upon. Two bottles of chloroform wero found nfter the Intruder leaped from the window. EXPECTS SURPLUS PRESENT YEAR I'rettidcnt (loolidge Bc lirvr? Further Tux Re duction PuMHiblr If Econ omy Continued. (Br Tti? AuuflKH PfMil Washington. Her. 2. ? President Coolldge Informed Congress loday that present estimates point to a surplus of revenui'H over expendi tures of $67,884,489 for the pres ent fiscal year and of $373,743,-:' 714 for the lineal year 1926. but In' advised a&alnst any further tax! reduction until definite results I from the present lax law are j known. "If we continue the campaign j for economy. we will pave the way for a further reduction In taxes," : the President said Id h special i mefmage submitting the -annual budget. "TIiIh reduction can not he efToeted lin mediately. Before It in undertaken, we should know more definitely by actual opera-; tl??ns what our revenues will be under our present tax law. Hut the j knowledge of our revenuo under the existing law will avail lis noth ing If we etnbnrk any new large expenditure program." The President recalled his rec- ; ommondatlon for a reduction In j taxes and said that thus far In j tills fiscal year, previous calcula tions of the results had been : borne out. He declared a revi- j slon of the estimates for 1925 showed t fiat receipts for the cur ernt year should approximate $3. *>01.968,297 while thre expend!- | t U res should not exceed (3.634,-1 083.808. and compared these with j the estimates for the next fiscal year, transmitted in the budget ' showing probable receipts of $3. 64i. 295*092 and a probable cash disbursement by the Treasury of $3,267,651 .378 which will In elude some funds appropriated. , but not all expended, In the cur rent year. On the basin of (be tourist trtf* fie that it would bring thraagfcl the coastal counties of North Car? olina in the first ten year* of Its existence. In the opinion of Sana*| tor T. 11. Williams, the propO*Hl| bridge across the Lower Chowa*| Iliver would justify an Investment or 1 11.000. DUO. As a matter of fact, it is believed that the bridge can be built for $7,000,000. The averago number of, tour ists' cars that would crosa tha bridge annually, according to Mr. J William's figures, would 000; though the number of court*, would be far less than that whN the bridge was first opened ABC considerably more than that' '?$ the end of the ten year period. Fifty thousand cars would oon* sume In crossing the State from the Virginia line to WllmtaftOit!' 2.000,000 gallons of gasoline. Mr. Willums figures, whloh wovM mean a revenue of $60,000 to tfift State and an equal profit to daat* ers in gasoline. Again 50,000 motor cart woBldj carry an average of four, peraoaaj to the car, or a total of 200*4++ 1 persons, and if ouch of theaa la passing through the State speot $20 there would be a total ex peudlture of $4,000,000, a ~ profit, in round numbers, of 000.000. -???? Figuring up tho total profit oi the basis of the foregoing figures, one gets the sum of $1,120,0Q0 annually, which would Justify ia investment of $1 1,200,000. The foregoing 1.* a sort of satn-^" pie of the way proponents of Chowan River bridge have marV shaded their facts and figures to put (hein before tho Rout* Coastal Highway Assoclltl^H when tliat body meets In New Bern Wednesday. Among thoM who are on the program to speak in behalf of the bridge project are Congressman Lindsay Warren, Clayton Moore of Wllllamstoa, 7. S M ofs'ider of Hertford. C. ft Vann of EVtenton and R. C. Job Pf I Elisabeth City. Also on the program are G. R. Pugh. who will respond to the ad dress of welcome on behalf of tho north Bide of Albemarle 9ouad. Senator I*. H. Williams of Ellsa beth City. State chairman of tho Coastal Highway Executive Cotn mltteo for North Carolina; and Charles Whedbeo of Hertford, 1 president of tho Route 30 Asso ciation. The Elisabeth City delegation.; will carry with it a copy of the* big sign donated by Yacobl and Schmidt erected on the Bradford 1 lot depict!#; tho routg of tha Coastal Highway ovor the" pro posed river bridge and Will sug gest that sucti signs ns that OB the Bradford lot be set up alojlf various points of the roata throughout the coastal counties of North Carolina. nUXOK IN KKKI KK ()K < Ol'.VTY HOMK A Hlltl'RIMF, The elcr-timi of J. II. Ranhorn uh now keoper of the County ( Homo whh the one surprising feature of Monday's session of tho| Hoard of County Commissioners^ no Inkling of dlssatlsf U Ion with t lie administration of Keeper Hal-, lanre bavin* reached the general I public. However, the Hoard had before It a considerable ll?t of applicant* and may have Just decided that It wbh time to change on general principles. Applicants for thin position In addition to Mr. Ranhorn were J. It. Hallance, Incumbent; Wlloy Sawyer, who liven on Body Road about four miles from this city; Charlie l?ong. who lives near Pitt's Chapel; I. II. Wright, who lives on Rum Road; ami W. A. Johnson, whose home Is on Poor H.iuse Lane^ an<;i.o-(;ekman THEATY IS SIGNED ? H? Tli* r London, Dec. 2. ? The Anglo Oerman commercial treaty was signed at four o'clock thin after noon. UNDERWOOD PUTS FOKTH IIIS PLAN Washington. I?ec 2, ? Senator I'nlerwoc I of Alabama today pre sented a n^w plan for the opera tion of Muscle 8hoal?. lift would dedicate the proper fy* to National Defense, provide for either gov ernment or private operation, for the production of nitrogen for ex plosives and fertiliser, and call for the construction of dam No. 2. Southern senators are under* vtood to he united behind Under wood. The measure was Intro duced In the Senate today to re place Ford's offer. JUDGE RULES CAN PUBLISH RETURNS IHt Th? A t?l prrw.) KanmiM City. Dec. 2. ? Federal Judge Albert Kceve* today sus tained (he demurrers of Walter Dicker. own?r nnd editor of the Kansas City JournaNPost, and Ralph Kills, munager, to Indict ments charging alleged Illegal pub. lication of Federal Income tax re turns. The section charging that publication was Illegal. Judge Reeves said. In announcing his de cision. is in violation of tb* first amendment to the Federal consti tution relutlve to the th?' press. SAYS MRS. CIIAFUN J MUST GO TO SCHOOL (<os Angeles. Dec 2 ? Mrs. Char* lie Chaplin who until a few days ago wax Mia Orey. the (Mm -40* median's leading woman, is ?*h~ Ject to California's compulsery school law. bring only 16 years of age. the Los Angeles Tlmaa aald today. This newspaper based Its atete* mmt on what purported to he A photographic ropy of the birth certificate f Hod with the buree* of vital statistics by Dr. E. O. Palmer on April 27.1908. . .-'j MKKT13CM S4 HKDI IJCn FOR MMVH I FDKRATIOHV Cbsnges and announcement* for meetings of the Men's Federft? tlon arc as follows: The meeting at Nswhegmgi Church will he held the fourtfc Sunday afternoon instead o( nft'tf Sun lay Th'- pitting at Sale*), will be held the third Hundajr-at ternoon instead of the ?ee<rifc? Monday The second flunday af ternoon tbe Federation will HoM *ervlee at Mt. Hermon at h:tt o'clock. This Thursday nlgfltt prayer meeting for Epwortl a WM Riverside Churches will be fceM M Bp worth Church at 7 p. as., If' Federation members. '/JM
The Daily Advance (Elizabeth City, N.C.)
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Dec. 2, 1924, edition 1
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