VOL. XV. FINAL EDITION. ' ' ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA. THURSDAY EVENING, JANUARY 1, 1025. SIX I'AGES. NO. 1
Peace And Prosperity
Synonyms In Europe
The Dawes Plan, American < '.o-operation. Currency Ke
form and the League of Nations All May Aid in
Helping Europe Solve Her Cross Word Puzzle
It) WII.IJ AM III III)
(OwrHIt in*. B, TIM I
S-% ParlR, Jan. 1.?"Papa, tell me
* ftve-lettrr word beginning with ?
P and meaning Prosperity. "
That is Europe's cross-word
I^ all depends on finding^
'*?> The 12 months of 1924 have
? afeen aome calculable progress to-;
Wards a solution.
The Dawea plan?which for the
MMm of historical accuracy ought
Jfit? called the Young plan?Is
Mriffand the shadow of doubt the
greatest single factor in this prog-'
A comic paper pictures a his-1
tory-teacher of the next genera-1
ti?*, asking. "Johnny, what wan
the.Dawes plan?" and cynical
Johany replying. "To elect Cool
ldga."
But the Dawea plan has had
two far greater efTecta. First and
foremost. It has brought America
definitely back into world peace
councils, for although the Amer
ican OoTemment technically kept
1U hands off. It will be difficult to
persuade future historians that:
%. The American Govern
ments informal approval of the
aeleetlon of Dawee and Young;
2. The trip of Secretary Hughes
to Europe during the Dawes plan
debates and hla Interviews about
the matter with all the political
Chief? of Western Europe, and
3. The subsequent nomina
tion of Dawas to the Vice Presi
dency, followed by his election?
do not mean complete committal
of the American nation to the
aacceas of the plan.
Effects of Dawes Plan
The second great effect of the
plan's adoption Is that It has laid
tfcie thorny reparatlona problem
temporarily, and probably perma
nently, to reat. The Treaty of
yeftallles was signed In 1919, the
Dawea plan waa adopted five yeara
later. Between those two dates
U had been demonatrated that the
?tlon of reparations from
r by means of the machln
Ided in the treaty was lm
elther becaueo the ma
hlnery waa defective, as some
nk, or because (as the major
of European observer? held)
much depended on constant
Agreement between Great Britain
and France, and such agreement
Iras Impossible to obtain.
In either caae, the result was
the same: France was embit
tered and Isolated, waa compelled
to maintain a large army and to
thraaten and even to execute mea
sures of violence against Ger
many. Unbacked by Gr^at Bri
tain. Indeed hampered by her. it
was becoming apparent that
g)*rance was not only losing all
chance of being repaid for her
war damages, but was running a
grave risk of German vengeance,
as aoon as Germany could regain
her strength sufficiently to under
take a war of revenge. Thus
ance was being cheated of both
principal fruits of victory ?
atlona and aecurlty.
What Waa Needed
at was needed was to put
Separations question on a n?'W
g. to take It out of the
i of politielana, who could
se it to atlr up nationalistic
_ent, with serious risks to
Ipeace, and place it on a
j business basis.
This Is what the Dawes plan
achieved. It did away with the
Reparations Commission, which
had become merely an Instrument
of the various allied governments,
who themselves could never
?e It established Instead a
nlte program of reparations
actions, giving full recognition
?only to the difficulty of col
Ling reparations, but of trans
ferring them across Internstlonal
frontiers without upsetting ex
change.
L? Physically, the immediate effect
Of the Dawes plan was to effect
the withdrawal of the French and
Belgian troops from the Ruhr, af
ter more than a year of occupa
tion. This move not only quieted
the political atmosphere but per
mitted a gradual reeumptlon of
Ia4?fttrlal activity In the region
aJNeted.
The Dawea plan may never pro
u?e a penny In actual cash rep
tton payments, Nobody can
l. But Europeans generally
teal that it has accomplished the
maximum that la poaalble of ac
compllahment. If no payments
rome out of It, mest people will
robably say, "Too bad. but If
Dawea plan can't make Ger
ly pay. then nothing can," and
It go at that.
fills very considerable accom
~ 'iment la dur to Amerlcsn In
itlon. Without the backing
of America, It would have been
? But America s parti
the oonaolldatlon of
rid peaue la not expected to end
an?
y
E
OUTLOOK. GOOD
SAYS HOOVER
Washington. Jan. 1. ? The
New Year flnds the "economic
structure of the world upon a
more solid foundation than
any time since tin* war." Secre
tary Hoover declared In a
statement analyzInK business.
Industrial and financial situa
tions in the United States and
abroad.
Bivat progress towards a settle- i
mont of this matter along similar 1
lines.
| "The Dawtn reparation plan
makes Germany pay what she can j
> but does not compel her to do tho ,
Impossible. Will not America take
the same attitude toward T1u^?ar i
debts?"
Political Ite|M>rriiNMk>iiN
1 The first political effect of the
[ Dawes plan was an immediate im
provement in Franco-German re
lations, and the old Caillaux pol
' Icy of Franco-German economic
1 and political solidarity began im
, mediately to bo talked of serious
ly lu both countries.
i One has only to think back a
few years to realize what this
means as a step towards peace.
J As lately as two years ago It was
; scarcely possible to mention the
i subject In Franco. Almost any
body would instantly tell you that
Germany and France were and al
j ways had been and always would
be enemies and that any loyal
Frenchman would sooner cut off
his arnt than shake hands with a
i German.
History, however, should have
made us all remember that France
has fought many more wars with
the English than with the Ger
mans and that if France has any
("traditional enemies" they aro the
Inhabitants of the "tight little isl
and" across the channcl.
| Of course, Franco-German flir
tations are based not on senti
, ment but on cold business calcu
lation. France has the Iron mines
| of Ijorraine?Germany has the
, coking coal of the Ruhr. Neither
I Is much good without thr other.
J If your neighbor has a horse and
you have a wagon, you are prett**
1 likely to get together In the ?ong
run, even If you don't like each
other very well.
The flirtation hasn't led to mar
riage as yet. nor even to nn en
gagement. Part of the reason is
that the traditions of the British
foreign office are ?11 against
having a strong Continental al
liance. and the British foreign of
fice can do * food deal to pre
vent the >??ppy pair from becom
ing united. England Is offering
Germany numerous tempting rea
sons for staying out of the com
! blnation, and Is ready to use her
debt claims against Franco as a
club, if all else fails. Perhaps
11*25 will show more clearly Just
'how this affair is going to turn
j out.
There is also Russia to be reck
! oned with. Tho Soviet govern
mqnt Is now recognized by all
1 the Important countries of Europe,
most recently by France. The
| United States Is virtually the on
ly first class power to hold out
against such recognition.
Soviet* Not Sentimentalist*
It has been noticed, howovor,
that the Soviets are not sentimen
talists. They are of course look
ing toward the main chance, and
although tho French Just now are
treating them with much more po
liteness and consideration than
the Itrltlah, this does not mean
that Russia will show gratitude
; by siding with France rather than
England.
What the Soviet I'nlon needs
chiefly Is money with which to
rehabilitate her Industries and
railroads, and money for Russia
Is a hard thing to find in France,
where millions of people are
clutching worthless Tsarist bonds.
. The most likely places for Russia
to find capital are l?ndon and
New York, particularly New York,
i And as all the advantage* of trade
! with Russia will not be on Rus
sia's side, we may look forward
to a race between America and
England for Russia's favor before
j long.
One mldht hsve thought that
the overwhelming conservative
victory In England had disposed
forever of the treaty with the So
viets and the proposed loan. Thla
t would, however, hs taking a sen
I tlmental view If Ramsay Mac
Donald wanted to advance money
to Moscow, It was not because of
any sympathy for sovletlsm, but
because he hoped It would mean
Increased prosperity for England.
The same motives Will move Mr.
Baldwin and the British conserva
tives even more strongly. The only
difference Is that when Mr. Bald
win doe? It, the British business
man will applaud.
England's Vpl and Does?
England began the yeer with
a new Lel?r government, and for
,u? nr., Britl.h P",U
Costly "Thrill'
Another youthful "Intellectual" I*
faring a Ion? prison aentenc? Ju?t
*causw? he wanted a "thrill." Karl
|*eic?r?. in. of Wichita. Km.. I? be
-.Innln'r to realise It wm not worth
?ho coet. While managing a largo
Ki.niria City rug plant and studying
on the nlde for tho diplomatic ecr
vire. rctera Joined In a drug ?tore
holdup. One of hln companion? ?hot
und probably fatally wounded a do
t?'Ctlve. ?II* father, a atock broker. (
Conocily was In hu.lnesa in Louis
ville. Ky.
ATLVNTA M?-IK< 'HANTS
ARK ADVKRTIHISO HA1JCH
Atlanta, Jan. 1? (Special).?
Atlanta merchants are advertising
the greatest January clearance
nalei* Id the history of the city
j and these are expected to keep re
I tall buying, particularly of cloth
ing. at a high level for some
weeks.
FALSE ALARM THl'RMDAY
Thursday morning at 12:50
| o'clock the fire company was
called to the corner of Martin
and Church streets by a false
alarm from Box 52.
| Answering an alarm from Box
16 at 3:40 o'clock Wednesday af
ternoon the fire department ex
tinguished a flue fire with wa^er
at the home of Mary Wheaton.
i colored, on West Cypress street.
GREENVILLE GETS
A DRAINAGE MEET
j . Kinston. Jan. t.?Announco
| ment was made today by the ?
em Carolina Ch|?"*~\ ,?,m"
merre. Inc.. Headquarters. Kin
j Hton. that a section wide drainage
' conferono? has been called to ho
held In orcenwlle, January 20th
i,l jd??0 o'clock in the office of
\ <ne Greenville Chamber of Com
I merco. This call is In keeping
with the resolution recently
passed by the Directors of this or
ganization. looking to starting a
i real drainage project for Eastern
| North Carolina.
'Representatives from each of
; the 46 counties covered by the
I Eastern Carolina Chamber of
Commerce will be invited to at
tend this meeting. Experts in en
gineering from the State depart
ments. The University, and the U.
S Department of engineering.
, will be asked to attend this con
! ference to give the members In
terested aft idea as to what a real
drainage program will mean for
Eastern (North Carolina. The
North CaroMna Drainage Associa
tion officers are also Invited to
] come In on this project. "We
want to drain more land In East
ern Carolina In order to make our
section more productive." Is the
way President John W. Holmes of
Farmvllle, puts it. President
Holmes Is making up a committee
composed of representatives from
all the counties, and this list will
be announced very shortly. Suf
fice it to say the Greenville meet
ing will start something long
needed in Eastern Carolina.
mentary history the government
rested on a minority. The year
ends after a general election In
which the conservatives come back
with a walloping clear majority
over both the other parties.
The situation is clesrer, of
course, but It remains to be seen
whether It will be to the advan
tage of the conservatives. Under
the MicDooald rule, nothing
could he done without the support
I of the Liberals . That Is to say.
no socialistic measure could be
i passed. And Id fact nothing was
j done or even attempted that was
I opposed violently to conservative
I principles. At the same time, the
oonseratives avoided responsibility
! for the necessary things that had
i to be done.
As matters stsnd now, a lot of
disagreeable things will have to
be done and the conssrVatlves
will have to do them on their own
j responsibility. The British em
pire is In a bad way. There is
j trouble In Egypt, In India, la the
Far East. In Mesopotamia, In Per
sia. These very grsve problems
will have to h? met And solved as
! best they may by t h? ooaservs
I tlves. and nobody can envy them
the task. It looks as If erants In
the coming yntl of the British
Empire will be all grist to the mill i
of the opposition parties.
It la said that the Liberal party
I? dead, fcnt that remains U he
1 proved. It polled a huge vote In
this hut elect Ion. i net the same,
s It boat* because of thTOe-ooraer
ed conteeta It failed >opta pro
RUM INDUSTRY
' STILL GOES ON
1 ?
At K ml of 1921 Poisonous
Bootlegger Still Stretch-'
itifj Paralyzing Hand
Acri?s <Continent.
Ill llOllKUT T. SMALL
Cm. Ifttu ???. k> ta? *?.???? j
Washington. Jan. 1.?The end,
of 1924 has found the polsonoua[
! bootleg trail still stretching a
I paralyzing hand across the contl-j
i menl. and with no Immediate
? promise of any aort of relief. Tin*.*
booties "Industry," for such it ?
1 seems to have become. it |8 pola-j
onlng not alone In the physical?
sonse, but Is breaking down tho|
| morals of an apparently ever in-J
I creasing number of persons. '
I The recent disclosures at the At
lanta penitentiary show that the'
| big bootlegger knows uo bounds.
J Even In Jail he attempts to cor
i rupt and destroy. ,
Reports from hospitals In vm
rlous sections of the country showl
I that the 'alcoholic' cases treated
this year have far exceeded those ?
in other years. In Ilellevue Hoa
I pital. New York, alone, the alco
holic cases have jumped from |
! 2.000 In 1921 to 6.500 in 1924.!
The hospitals also report that ?be
cases of today are much more dlf-j
f leu 11 to deal with than those of a
couple of years ago. Indicating
I that the grade of whiskey obtaln
; able is slowly but surely deter
iorating, even where actual poi
son is not deliberately ?old.
The holiday deaths have been I
particularly numerous, although!
[the returns are not yet In. In the!
I larger cities hospitals have pre
pared for the New Year's influx
of patients In much the same
manner that field hospitals dur
ing the war made preparations In
advance of a set battle,
i Virtually all of the hospital*.
have stopped accepting liquor
from the Federal prohibition 1
forces because of the poor quail-1
tlea seized. The use of whiskey, j
however, has not diminished to a
very great extent In the public
medical Institutions, some of the
larger hospitals getting a barrel
a month or more.
The hospitals have no attempt
to ascertain the number of deaths
(due to the drinking cf mixture*
made from alcohol which has been
HuuMurrH in acid with Govern
formulae, although there
! h^arinKr""'n!..fl?^;""..,.n.a J!eD.V.S
Government to polnon liquor
which eventually might reach an
innocent consumer.
The reply of the prohibition ag
encies has been that in a time of
national prohibition there can be
, no "Innocent" consumer and that
1 no "honest" man can be harmed
by continuing the practice of mak
ing commercial alcohol unlit for
i possible beverage purposes.
The moral break down In the
! wake of the bootleg army Is caus
! Ihg more concern here than the
' deaths which result from overln
I dulgence In the polsonouR and for
bidden drinks.
Organized crime and organized
vice often have been prated about
fn this country, but neither con
dition really was known In Its
j fullest sense until bootlegging
I now under way after the national
prohibition act. No other fonn of
law violation haB had so much
ready money connected with It.
Some of the bootleggers now In
durance vile at Atlanta sr* rated
as millionaires, but the Govern
ment has found no means of
reaching or confiscating their til
i gotten wealth. The bootleggers
are ready to part with their mon
ey for special ravors and It Is dif
ficult for some officials apparently
to resist their advances. Criminals
I of the class of the modern boot
legger In the old days were gen
erally "broke" before they landed
In the tolls.
The bootlegger both before and
after capture flings his money In
all directions and It is a sad com
mentary on the public mbrality to
report that most of the money
I "sticks." It "greases" the way
I from rum roj to the consumer's
Utility Bonds
Have Arrived
The wherewithal to build
belter streets and to furnish
lights and sewerage for Elis
abeth City wan represented In
a email brown box whlrh ar
rived at the First National
Dank on Wednesday.
The bonds Vere sent to M.
H. Jones, Cashier of the First
A Cltiienn National Hank, who
wa:? appointed to represent tho
firm of C. W. McNeur ft Com
pany. They are to be signed
and eertifled by the proper ci
ty officials and within a few
days tho money will bo avail
able for ase by the city.
The bonds came In dimen
sloa* of 11,000 each making
800* signatures necessary on
the part of the City Clerk and
Mayor.
The City will take over tho
properties of the utility com
panion on February 1.
INSPECTORS GET
ANOTHER THIEF
Have Sow Recovered Over Ono
Million of Twl Million Stolon
Krirtti I'nltrd States Mnil
Memphis. Jan 1??Willi $11.000
In Liberty Honda, which la said
to be part of tho spoils Riven Her
bert Holiday for hla part In two
million dollar roundout. postofflce
inspectors hero are seeking two
more men alleged to be partners
In concealment of the loot* Tho
laat find brings the total amount j
of loot recovered up to f 1.125.- >
000. 1
NARROW ESCAPE WHEN
DRIVES IN OPEN DRAW
direction of the Elisabeth City
hospital during the storm Wed-1
nenday night, an unidentified no
gro had a narrow escape when
he drove a Willys Knight touring-,
car Into the open draw of River-]
side Avenuee drawbridge. The car
must havo been travelling at alow
late of speed for It atopped when
I the fore wheel dropped overboard
I and was left hanging over the rlv-j
1 er. the neffp crnwling to aafety. )
Further particular* were not
1 available when thin newspaper
went to press.
S!>li i *i i nrno I iME
IS N. Y. GO VEK INC >K
New York, Jan. 1.?Alfred H
Smith waa today Inaugurated
C.overnnr of New York for th?
third time. He la the second chief
'executive in a hundred yearn to
be honored with three terms of of
flee. DeWItt Clinton waa the oth
er.
A RIC INCREASE IN
WORLD COTTON CROP I
Washington. Jan. 1.?Cotton
production In tho counties grow
ing between 93 and 96 per cent
of the world's crop, la estimated
at 22.211.000 bales In 1924 a?
compared with 17.928,000 bales
last year.
FIRK DHPARTMKNT OCKN'H
WVTIHTH IHMHt POR IIIM
Dr. William Parker, whose of
f'ce Is on the third floor of the
Hinton liulldlng, had to call on
the f!re department for assistance
to ret into his office Thurday at
10:00 a m.. when the wind
caused his door. which has a
spring lock, to close while ho was
down the hall, locking him on the
outside with hla keys In his over
coat pocket within. The fire
truck came with ladders nnd. get
ting in the window, soon had the
, door open.
home. The prohibition authorl
tlea believe there will be no sur
cease until the people are educat
ed to a higher morality and refuse
to patronise the Illicit dealers.
Business Year Varied As
Roller Coaster's Course
High Praka and Sharp llrprrminni Marked Track of
Ruainr*? C.urvc With Notable Improvement After
Election* hut with Production Showing Decline
By J. C. HOY I iK
IW* ?? Tk. ?
[I The buying power of th<* rnll?-4 i
I Stale? lnrrea*e<1 nearly ono billion
dollar? over 19tS. but burlnx dlJ
not equal the total of that recorl
mr.
I A derided slump wan encouu-'
tered In the second and thirl
quartrrn Thla waa countcr-bsl
snced In part by a remarkabi. r?
cover? of aetlrlty ift^r election
Industrial employment ani
wane? continued high, labor dip*
putes were of minor proportion?
and laving? account h Increased
?Condition of the farmers of th-%
country showed a 20 per cent Im
provement. placing them for th4
first time 1n some yoors In A sou n i
financial position ^
Msny baalc Industries ttlled ?.
record ae high proftte as last >
I
bul more lin** were placed In a
atatlMlcal position to take full ad
vantage of future demand
Foreign market? riv unmis
takable ulicna of Increased ?b?orp*l
tlon of Araarlcan good*
Competition continued wlj
latane? by t ha putofl
vancea. Ad^rtlatflpi
uctlon*.
lat? reaponaa fr#i
D#TAiop(na?t of the radio m
but InduHtries promlae ?v'i> Krtat
*r advanramsnt aext y>*' 1
Indication* point atr^alf to
*4??no?ment of IndufUl opera
tlopa. continued build m? afftrltf
*aa ganyal proaperlt> 1 th# ?
Governor
George lf.~T>crn will" bo Inaugurated
governor of Utah Jan. 2. lie la the
nernnd Democrat and second non
Mormon chief executive thla Repub
lican and Mormon stronghold ever
has bad.
SEVEN MILLION
TO SERVICE MEN
Waidtlngton. Jan. 1.?Approx
imately 600,000 adjusted service
certificates, representing $750,
OUO.OOO as psrt of the bonus vot
ed for the World War Veteranu,
were placed In the mails at mid-,
night by the Veteran? Ilureau. |
The certificates are speeding
through the channels of the mall
today to beneflclarles of the sol-j
dlfrs' bonus act voted by Congn-ss
for the veterans of the World
War.
The law provides that certifi
cates could not be Issued before
January 1, and promptly as the
New Year began more than 250
sacks of mail were moved to rail
road stations froui the postal
branch set up In the bureau to
expedite the mailing.
NUMBER LYNCHINGS
IS ON DECREASE
Tufckegee. Ala., Jan. 1.?Six
teen persofas were lynched in
1924. the smallest number In any
year hlnce the record? have ?*????
kept. It was ann""-night
by R It president of the
i usaegee Institute.
ATTEMPT ABOLISH
THE LABOR BOARD
Wa?hington, Jan 1. ? With
Senators prefixing their effort? to
bring together the representatives
of fnllroad labor and the rall
loads on a compromise legisla
tion on wage dispute?, supporters
of thu Howell liarkley Mill to
sbollflh the railroad labor board,
have derided to use their effort?
to press the meanuro In the House
next Monday.
New Your'* Krrrption
Today at Wliilr lion??
Washington, Jan. I The doors
of the White Housi* were opened
wld?- today for th?* customary
KeW Y?-ara ree? pi Ion. Three
hour? and A half, from 11 to 2:30
o'clock, were given over to the old
New Year's day custom under
which the high and low and the
rich and poor gather at tlx- White
Hour? t?< extend greetings to the
Presided and lil? wife.
rilKTAUTlON /\(? \I \sT
DINKASKI) l*Ot'LTItY
Itlrimond, Jsn. 1?Shipment
Of i.'ultry Into Virginia, unit s? ac
comisnled by a permit from the
I nit d HtaUs Bureau of Animal
Industry, is lorbldden under a
proclamation by (Governor Trln
kle. The regulations were issued
"because of certain contagious
diseases of poultry now existing
Is the Cnited Mtates."
Seeks Office
Mr* fVr?n?? hrn ic.hn of Ctrl
form? to mtkinc ?n ?eort to M
?toMrd to DNtw, ,0 AH th.
pil*) l?rm of b?r l?t? husband.
JuMu. K?M. eUlrmin of th? Hoimm
Mlll'lry OHMIIKh Durlnf tlw Mat
?l*ht moiMh? 0f h?r hu?bflnda tir?
Mr* KaH? ?^h?4 on ?11 th? ?rork of
Favor State Building .
Chowan River Bridge
* ?V?
Eaxtern Carolina Representation ut Windsor Irrevoc
ably Opposed to Financing of Bridge Project ' '
by ('auntie? Immediately Benefitted
UNIFORM SIGNALS
VERY NECESSARY
Aiitomohile Driver* Should
In- (larrful to Muke Uni
form Hand Signal? When
Stopping or Turning.
11) J. r. ltOYI.K
(CtirHtl 1*34. I| Th? ?<*????)
j iNew York. Jun, 1?Severe traf
fic congestion and (he abandon-1
I ment of strict enforcement of'
I some parking and traffic rules In
big cities as detrimental to bust-'
ness In general d.uring the hoiuj
days has placed stress on the con
tention of som?? experts that eco- [
! nomlcal and snfe traffic move
I ment depends on road systems,
I rather than police regulation,
i The automobile moving or
standing la a problem affecting
the lives of every member of ev
ery community, according to A. D.
C. Hardy, vice president of the;
General Motors Corporation. It'
Is a problem because eery drlv
' er's seat Is occupied by a human
being.
I "Human lack of understand-!
ing" he said today, "without;
, question Is responsible for the ma-1
, Jorlty of accidents In traffic. Au
thority can never successfully un-|
1 dertake entire enforcement of
traffic regulations since a law Is
beneflolal only In so far as It is
obeyed and laws are enforced on-j
I ly after they arc broken. Tho law
' does not Invariably control the;
' Ignorant, careless, reckless or
'criminal driver.
"It Is generally admitted that
many of our streets are Inude
quate for handling a steady
stream of traffic. There should be.
' therefore, a carefully thought oot
? relation between through roads
|and connecting roads?their traf
I flc and their cost?and between
i trunk and feeder lines.
"The essential thing aliout safe-)
ty in traffic Is (hat every driver'
shall let the other follow know
what ho is going to do nnd let him
know before he does It. A slg 1
nal given Just as you nro about to
make a turn or stop, or a signal j
made after you have turned or
stopped is only an aggrcvatlon to
other drivers and Is as useless a?
| if It had never been made. A
careful driver makes a clearly un
iderstood signal well |n advance'
of any change in direction or stop'
i he Is going to make.
"It Is not enough that a signal
shall be made by a driver. It
.must be seen and understood by1
j other drivers If It Is to be of val-!
i ue. This makes It necessary fori
everyone so to drive In traffic that
I ho can see the signals made by a
driver in front.
"Among the motorists of the
country?now numbering well ov
er 16.000,000 ?there Is bound to
be a fairly wide difference of opin
ion as to what constitutes a sig
nal. Anyone who mnkes n tour
of tho country comes hack with
the firm conviction that there
are almost as many signals for it
left turn as there are cars built.
"The present wide range of the
automobile, both passenger and
'ruck, mejees gome exact standard
In warning signals absolutely Im
perative. It Is hard to under ?
stand why there should be any
great difficulty in unifying prac
tice. A Han Francisco freight!
brakeman ran handle cars in New
York freight yards and vice ver-1
ss. There are no 'ground rules*
in the rallroud game. Hlgnals'
are understood by hrakemen and
flagmen everywhere because they
are always the ismii
"Simplicity, uniformity and un
derstandlblllty therefore aro nec
essary in any system of hand sig
naling by motorists They should
require only a brief Interval of
time for elocution since two
hand are belter than one?on the
steering >whecl of a motor ve
hicle in this day of transconti
nental traffic they must be uni
form and they must be under
stood; otherwise they are like a
foreign language, without mean
ing to those who do not speak It.
"The mlllenlum of safety for
all will come when every driver
considers his neighbor ss himself
whether driving or walking and
when every pedestrian does like-,
wise In the meantime, since the
Golden Kule is only partially in
operation and the mlllenlum
srema a pretty long way off. strin
gent measure? are Imperative to
Veep the safety problem from get
ling altogether oat of hand," |
< HH'AOO ATA HTM YKAIt
WITH KKW AltHKMTM
Chicago. Jan. 1.?Four persons
w?re slain and one probably fat*
ally shot, and only two arrests for,
drunkenness heralded the birth of1
the Tear here.
That the Chowan River brlfffte
should be built by the Stat? and.
become a pari of the State High
way system wus the sentiment of
Eastern North Carolina repreaen
I tatlves gathered at Windsor on
Wednesday.
Resolutions were passed W
about 300 citizens who attend?!
the barbecue at Windsor, U'OI
Ing the construction of n steel
bridge by the State. Thoee pres
ent also went on record ai WU|
I "Irrevocably opposed to any pfcff
that has boen recently suggested
to construct this bridge along any
other line than that the Stat*
, should build It."
"We Insist and demand." tkl
, resolutions read, "that thla proj
ect be Immediately consummated
as a public necessity, and aa A
. means of simple Justice to tha
people of Eastern North CarouM*
"Wo again express ourselTdjiap
favoring the Immediate 0OMBQ0*
t Ion of a concrete bridge airoee
the Chowan River to redeem the
Lost Provinces of the East."
A ways and meana commit!?
was appointed by Charlea Whed*
bee. prealdent of the CoSjrtftl
Highway Association, with powet
to draft legislation necessary to
be presented to the North Caro
lina General Assembly. With"Mr.
Whed be?' uh chairman amonc
thoBo on the committee are: Dud
ley nagley of Moyock, W. I. Sal*
stead of South Mills. J. C. D. Eh1r
Inghaus of Elizabeth City, T. 9.
White of Hertford. Frank Wood
of Edenton, F. D. Wlnaton of
I Windsor.
Tho Windsor meeting vag.
called to order at 11:15 by Judo*
Francis D. Winston, president oft
the Windsor Chamber of Com
merce. with representatives pres
ent from Bertie, Hertford,
qulmans. Chowan*. Martin, Beau
fort and Pasquotank countiee. ?
R. C. Job responded to the ad
dress of welcome by J. H. Matth
ews of Windsor.
Charles Whcdbee spoke briefly
of the advantages of a bridke
across lowor Chowan River and he
was followed by C. W. Morgan of
I'erqulmans County, who dts4 ia
Htancea where trafTic upon some
of the highway systems In tho
North had helped to build up tho
country through which they
passed.
A. S. Ruscoe of Windsor made
a forceful speech favoring tho
bridge. "I have always believed
In economy," he said, "but econo
my Is not stinginess. A bridge
across Chowan River Is a neces
sity and a delegation should he
sent to the next General Assets?
hly of North Carolina to introduod
the people of thla section to
State Legislature." ..?*?
Attending the highway amoeta*
tlon meeting from Elizabeth City
were Grover Falls, L. W. Anderr
son. J. B. Ferebee and R. C. Job.
MAYOII <NI> HAKBEK .
IN BIG LAW SUIT
II. L. Brooks of
Hecks Fifty Thousand
Urn from Mayor llrysoo
Ifendersonvllle, Jan. 1. ? The
suit carrying warrant of attach
ment and seeking t.hn recovery bf
$50,000 from Ham Y. Brysen, of
this city, in which the mayor iS
charged with the alienations of
the affections of the plaintiff's
wife, was lodged In tho Honder
son County Superior Court this
afternoon by B. 1/. Brooks* a lo
cal barber.
S. O. S. SENT OUT
I l(OM ITALIAN SHIP
New York, Jan. 1.?An 8. O. fl.
call from an Italian steamer In
distress ofT the coast somnwhffW
between Cape May and Cape Hat
teras was received at Naval com
munications wireless station here
today. The air was cleared of all
radio broadcasting for a period Of
20 minutes but no further mes
sage was received from the atsam
I iN Fill ST ACCIDENT
IN 21 YEAH RECORD
Minneapolis, Jan. 1.?(Harry J.
Cotwell. engineer of the Minne
apolis, St. Paul and Sault 6t. Ma
ne railroad, whose rear ooasb
fill Into the Chippewa river nehr
-Chippewa. Wisconsin, committed
suicide at his home hers last
night.
An engineer for 21 years. Col
well had never before figured In
an accident and tho accident
preyed on his mind, marring, be
claimed, his perfect record.
BRITISH ARE CORDIAL
IN REPARATION NOTE
tendon. Jan I.?The British
irovernment hss forwarded
through Ambassador Kelfogg
I ?on k a note replying to the recent
communication from the United
States Government concerning
participation by America In reg?
s rat Ion receipts to meet the Am
erican war damage claims, IV do
understood The note dial s?s
the subject la a most cordlat tone#