CIRCULATION THURSDAY S,400 Copies THE WKATHU Generally fair tonight and Sat urday ?lightly colder. 'J uitat tOL. XV. FINAL EDITION. ELIZABETH CITY. N9RTH CAROLINA FRIDAY EVENING, JANUARY 2, 1925. SIX PAGES. ? NO. * EXPORTS DROP FIFTY PER CENT North Carolina Now Ranks Twenty-fourth State in Upton New York Fir*t and Texua Second. i Raleigh. January 2.?Value of exports of merchandising products from Pt of a Ford roadster, driven | Arthur Gallop. The fender Of the car struck him, knocking him down and bruising his body. | Wo serious injury was sustained. AWCAT K OOMMITTKE IN FAVOR SALARY INtTtEAME Washington, Jan. 2.?The Sen ate Postoffice committee Friday afternoon approved the adminls ia posta salaries and rat?r. itatc | Postoffice Department, however.1 were reapportioned so that the ?ste on second class mail will be *6n4ldeTably less than originally proposed. TRA ROOM I? UNDER NRW MAN A (j KM E N'T NOW The Wtoman's Club tea room is Mow under new management. Following the resignation of Mr*. J. W. Dawson, the Woman's Club ?lected Mrs. D. A. Morgan, who! took charge on January 1. The tea jroom Is no longer to go un-1 der the name of "Linden.I* but will be called the Woman'H Club Tea Room. Members of the club express themselves as being es pecially pleased with the accepi ?nee of the management of the tea room by Mrs. Morgan DEATH OF McCMHTOTH WAM CAUSED BY FKVF.lt 4ft Chicago, Jan. I.?The coroners; KfMfcemist Friday afternoon found William McCllntoch. million- j ?^orphan, died of typhoid fever. Coroner Oscar Wolff announced tkat the finding corroborated that of the pathologist employed by William Shepherd, foster father I of the young man who was left Re hulk of 91.600,000 estate by e McClintoch's will. \ SON-IN-LAW DRAI> News was received this week by JHrs. John H. Burgess of the Kerry Apartments, Rast Church street.. of the death of her son-ln . lav. Charles Robert Bell. Mr. feelLjwas formerly of this city and taarrled Miss Etta Burgess here Ha fa survived by his wife and tar?, daughters, Mrs. Harold Mc Mswell Smith of Han Francisco. California, and Mrs. Hal Williams Of , Baltimore. Interment was *ade at Baltimore Thursday. FHf Ml PS-HHK1.TON Hiss Bertie Virginia fthelton of Nwsport News. Vlrftnta: and Mr. WUllam Morris Phlllfps of Hatnp iPOr- Virginia, motored here Wed nesday afternoon and were Mar Ned WMneeday night At the home Itlr and Mr. f. V Wrl?ht on ? alrMt lir Dr. H. H. D. Wll INVMTIOATIOH ON TAKrvr OOKMIMION ?Waahlntton. Jan t.?An t*vu f 'M of th? Tariff Cn | In tba rsaolullo ilor Roblnaon at j Seeks Oil It'a against th?? law to drill an oil well on a little tract of ground like Mra. F J Patterton's town lot at Wort ham. Tex. Dut she * doing it When big oil companies leased land all around the agei widow'? tiny homeatcad. folk said thoy were try ing to "squeeze her out. ? So Mra. Patterson bcpccd an opportunity to serk oil on her property, too She told the railroad commission of her 50-year strugale to give her only xan proper medlcnl attention. And tU? cutnmiulun had a h< art FIND CULPRITS OR MUST DIE Tlenstsln. J.in. 2.?General Lin Cli!ng I.In. recently appointed military governor nf Chihli Prov idence, huH given the commanders of the troops, la the area where soldiers raided a train Tuesday until next Monday to find the cul prits. The commanders will be executed then if the guilty are not found. Lin says, adding that he will pay the looses of the for eigners us .1 result of the holdup. NOIllllS l\\ ESTIMATION' IS IIUN'KKl) IX SHXATE Washington. Jan. 2.?Charact erizing the Federal Trade Com mission Investigation of the so cr.iled pow?*r t..ist* propose.l by the Norrls resolution as a "fish ing expedition" Senator Edge of New Jersey. Friday uftcrnoon, blocked immediate consideration of the measure in thr Senate. HPEflAL KEItYM'ES SI NDAV with < i k i; i i i ck mnura Poplar Hranch. Jan. 2.?Spe cial sermons appropriate f??r the first Sunday of the new year will be preached by Itev. C. A. Vander meuleii. pastor of the Lowcr-Cur r It tic k nuptial field. n?*t Sunday at three churehca as follows, at the flehoboth church at 11 n. in., at the Colnjock church at 3 p. in., and at the poplar llraneh church at 7 a. m. The 7 p. mi., sorvlce at the Poplar Iiranch rhurch Ir nn extra service which the Past ?r gives to this church mainly because he was uniblc to fill his regular af ternoon appointment at Poplar Branch lasi Sunday. Preaching at the Whaleslu-ud church on the beach last Saturday night and last Sunday morning. Rev. Vander meulen duly started for his after noon appointment. hut lie ex perienced considerable boat trou ble? a boat aground and a balky boat engine. TTO\ uepoht New York. Jan. 2.?Cotton fu ture's opennd today at the follow ing levels: Jon. 2l.:t7. March 24.68. May 2.ri.'>0, July 25 ir?. Oct. 24.12. New York. Jan. 2. At two p m., today cotton futures stood at the following levels: Jan. 23.83. March 24.13. May 24.43, July 24.f,7. Oct. 23.86. HOPEFUL OVER BRITISH VIEW (Br Tim Attocutrfl Prt?) Washington. Jan. 2.?Officials hero apparently seem hopeful of the tendencies in the New Year dispatches from Great ^Britain regarding the war debts, although t hoy received thus far no com munication declaring the willing ness of the British government to approve the specially indulgent terms for France. The outlook became bright when officials were shown the story published in Lon don to the effect that Great Bri tain hail assured the United States that she would not stand in the way of the Franco-American set-: t lenient on terms more lenient than the Anglo-American agree ment. High officials of the State: Department, however, said that no such assurance had reached1 Washington either officially or unofficially. KKHOBOTII CHURCH NOW ON UP GRADE Adopts Budget System and Meets Increased Financial Obliga tions With K*m* Maple, Jan. 2.?The progress | and achievement* of the Kehohoth Baptist Church. Currituck Coun-( ty, during the six-month period ending with the close of the year , 1924. is quite remarkable when ;nlI things aro duly considered. With the coming of the new' ! pastor, the ltev. Charles A. Van derineulen, from Portsmouth, Vir glnla, to this field a half year ago ' ?In June, the Itehoboth Church i agreed to give a businesslike, on-' velopo system of church finance an honest try-out. and It tackled a current-expense budget of about 75 per cent more than the budget for any previous year in its his-1 lory. Today, after six months. the| church treasurer. Z. B. Taylor, re ports all current expense items, paid in full to date. But the un usual thing about It is that, as j Mr. Taylor declares enthusiastic-! ally, all the money "Just cam?* right In!" It was placed on the collections plates on Sundays or was handed the treasurer Hun- \ days. No person nor committees bad to go after ?"r I course, this is only as it should be; yet it is quite a new experl- j j enco even for the good Rehoboth Baptist? t i The new Ladles' Aid Society has experienced much success in this six-month period. Organized July 2f>, 1924, this band of wo rn* n lias been full of real. What It "touches" it turns to Vgold." It has raised considerable funds to date. It haB paid a considerable portion of the cost of the new piano. It has paid in full for the new church carpet, and for the. church's new lighting system. And it has done a lot of good work which cannot be estimated in val ue pecuniarily. On every preaching appoint-, ment the pastor faces a goodlv congregation which never fails rt> encourage with Its interest and attention ns well as with even its' numbers, the pastor asserts. And this holds good even in Inclement weather. i A successful revival meeting was held in the church last fall, i the pastor preaching; and the | church was considerably revived, with some strong membership ad-1 dltlons. As one result of the re-1 j cent Thanksgiving service, a su b stantlal donation was made the! orphanage. The young people have been organized for social i and religious purposes, with a B. | Y. I'. II. membership, active and i associate, of 28. The Sunday; school, under the leadership of Superintendent Z. D. Taylor, pro gresses. The Kehoboth church officers. I as re-organized some time ago, I are: Deacons?Messrs. Z. B. i , Taylor, Frank W. Ballance, Thorn-1 ^Gould's Kin a Shopkeeper n?rtr.j(M Dow?(tr luironm Dtcl? 1? onWl?l Uy RMrrlagt with mm Of t ho oldaat famlllaa In tha Brlilah jtobllliy and with tlw mlllloftatr* Qotibln of A marl#? But all that tntnni nothing Rhp !? rorrad to aara har IKIfif ?and H'a a acant ona?tailing tea and light lunahaa to motarftata and cycilata In tha villa ga o? Dan? Hill. Knglaaft Upon tm huaband'l daath lha tltla ant aatataa aaaaad to hla brothar. t ha flkh Bal-on D^laa, hnabaad v Mlw viTlanOaald, da.,I.Ur o I O~cf Ur 4/m* N?W Tai*. She's Comfortable, Anyhow! TTho winter fa In iT5 Infancy?but Ems LmIm ? - -?'^"7-.- " > ? Pu,m BcoO, FL,. ?nd. ?ca.^ * ? kil>4 C costume. '. ? I11U TIS H BANKK.nS NOT (>X OKKK IAI. m siNKHS Washington. Jan. L?TIik wide ly disseminated report? il\a( Mon tague (Norman. Governor of the bunk of England si'l Sir Allan And?thou, director n( it?r? hunk, hud ro?no to tihe I'nlud Siatoa on an official mission lu count tlo'i with International wan od; and the d-.i^on? and ftmiifrlnl cotnmltteeinon arc triMl Tho l*ad;<*' Aid Soeleiy offlcr? are: President, Mrs. Tlraothv K. Hallanco, whom all know a nil 1??\ ? as "Aunt Arkle"; vie?-president. Mi*. John H. Mors?*; Boeroiary. Mrs. Charles M. Urswcod; tr-us nrtr. Mrs, Jnnle Bailancr. Other loading workers l:?c!ud?-: Mrs?. John Ilallanco, Mih. Alonxo I iSnowden, Mik. J I'. Chnndlor, | Mm. Z. H. Tavlnr. Mil.- S'irah Tlal lanco. Mr?. William A. Knowdon. Mrs. It. J. Morso. Mm. Or*ndy K HoRwood and Mm. .Marfan t (IrlKK?. Paul Tlnllano? i tho pr?*' near nere today. The passen ger* wi re In their life boat* and momentarily expecting word from Captain Jamo.4 Staples, the ship's mauler, to take to life boats. Five tugs woro standing by. The fire I*? believed to hnve started In the nf;er hold of the Mohawk. The last radio report from Mo hnwk was to the effect that the Hru was under control and that lhe passengers would be landed at Lewns and returned to New York #?r sent to their destinations. So far as is known there wero no casualties. Later Coast Guard ? utter Klckapoo rame out of a thick fog and began landing the pas.iengeis at the old Qu?en Anne pier, about a mile from here. The Mohawk was finally benched nt Lewes. It was an nounced Friday afternoon. rii;MF\TK|, AND MKIN NKtaOTI ATI NO IlK DKBT inr Tt>? ?? nurf Vr~m, Paris. Jan. 2. ? The French foreign office confirmed the re port? that negotiations had been opened between the Finance Min ister elemental and Andrew Mel lon. Secretary of the l-'nited States Treasury, regarding the funding of the French war debt. Childhood's Genius Puts Older Artists To Rout Br BONA MAIiHIMM, IW;. n, m, AIM??, ^uw I or?, jnn, t.?more 181) t going to bo any lack of srlntllot in* art In New York 20 yoart hencc?not If the rising genera tlon of child geniuses fulfill? Jt? present promise. What'? more, j writer. paftters. and musicians the clfjr over, are scurryln? about j to organise a society of child li te!llg>-nsla to foster the startling work young artists have been ?1 ? i n K h ore within the past f< * months. Nine. 10. 11 and 12 year old writer?, painter?. sculptors. nm i-| clan*, actor? and warrior? of tt t shine stars twice and three tin.1? their age, hare sprouted In nun bar? and almost overnight In to* metropoli?. There 1? little Nethelia C ran?# 11 year? old lirooklynlte, wh< e books of verso, "The Jsnlt<> ? Boy." publlahed when she *** 0 years old. I? entering its third *dl? tlon and ha? been sold to a i< * British publlaher, John Lane. ? a will bring the book out In Eng land. Nathalie, a descendant >f John end Priselila Alden. ha? )< <4 mor<> than 200 poem? publlahf>"; Monday, "National Thrift | Day or Bank Day"; Tuesday, Textile Men Hope To ,y? See Normal Year In 1925 After Worst Year in History of Textile Industry of South (Uitlon Manufacturers of North (Carolina - . Optimistic at Beginning of New Year Fire Hero Andrew Jackson wa* one of the h?ro?n of the ftre which destroyed the Hobjrt (Oklu i school Christmas Eve. taking a heavy toll of life. After escuplng from the burning building he drugged many other? to aafety at the rtak of his own life H N TBKTAI \ M K XT IH MTPOVKU Tho Sunday School Chrlstmaa entertainment that w:tn to havo horn given at the Free Will llap tlst Church at 7:30 tonight ban been postponed until Monday ev ening nt 7:30 on account of In i I? tni i.i weather iliio weik. < HHIKTM.XS PAt'KAUlM HUM) Muny n Christmas shopper- - and many Knottier whopper- - hna carelessly left packages In an un ocenpled and unwatched automo bile parked on a buay street, and later hu dlMovmd that aontoDi had "Just helped himself" to iomo or all of the puckages. And, oc-( caalonally. car owners havo found ; mysterious package* on their car seats?packages placed there by! in Intake by shoppers carelessly de poMltlng their purchases In "the other fellow'? car." However, there are gome placea whore a parked automobile nmy gain a load of myaterioua pack ugPH In a manner not accidental - -and quite "on purpose!" Any how. Ker. Charles Arthur Vander tneulen. pastor of the Ilaptlst churches of I?ower Currituck, as serts he know? of at leaat one place of the kind. Preparing to leavo hla Reho both church, aftor conducting in the church a Christmas service on a recent Sabhatii day, tills paator wan surprised to find on hla car seat a good-alzed box. Tho box wua full of nicely wrapped and tagged packages evidently of the Christmas gift varloty The preuch er aoon learned tho box had not been left In hla car accidentally, particularly when ono of the group of Rehoboth church mem hers, conversing near the paa tor'a conveyance, made some re mark about. "Santa" and the pos sibility of Santa having mnde a stop at the pastor's car during the church service. "Life Insurance Day"; Wednes day. "Own Your Own Home l)ny"; Thursday, "lludget I>ay"; j and Friday, "Safe Investments Day." A change from last year Is the, designation for Friday, in place of "Make a Will Day " This point Is retained In the guiding rules, but tho committer f'-els that In-, creased effort Is desirable to j guard the public a*,uln?t the sale, of worthless stocks and bonds. Raleigh. Jan. 2.? (Special) After probably the worat jr?nr the history of the textile ? try of the South the cotton ! facturera of North Carol!?* WJ looking forward hopefully .W.,^ period of normal operation dtW j ing 1925. according to VlffS Marshall, Jr.. Secretary W I Treasurer of the Cotton m* fnrturera Asaoclatlon of NM*? 1 Carolina. In a statement toddy embracing a reaume of thaelWh 1 t inn In the Induatry In the, at? during the past year, and a cast of the coming year. M.i.HhaH s statement follow.^ The rloae of 1924 raartwjg punning of what haa proMWr been the most dlsastroua year Ip tint history of the textile iBMft try. In North Carolina and South. Beginning shortlyaltg the opening of 1924 the la^lMlf experienced an enforced progrnin of curtailment and a period of do preMHlon which would have boatt disastrous Indeed to the Indnitfjr i but for the comparatively ?tK?|I position of a vast majority of on inlllH when the depreaalon ?? Mm Tho depression and curt?? lasted until late In the yanf 'It haa only been during th? , few weeks that normal opofw??p? of the mills has been resumed. ;* The depreaalon in the lndyty was tho result of an apatbotyo market. There waa no demittd I for yarns or for gooda at pliMI that would ahow any profit at *IU Jobbers, retailers and cons??* ers apparently being committed td a policy of "hand-to-mouth" buy ing. A majority of the mlllarOf North Carolina operated dttrtBjt this period at an actual loaa. ThOf ?vmilil Vavo saved money by old?r 1 ii'.g .i.ivui. bul wdli practically,'y exception, ihtiy continued to Op erate on short time In order- tO maintain their organisation? and to give tlielr employes sufficient work to aave them from tho Pdf* foring that would have ft> Ml|il from a shut down. The long period of depraMid#, In the textile Induatry In Nortfc Carolina has not only affect?* Up* 70.000 workera In the IndddOT and thp approximately 30,00d stockholdena frhoae investments have made the present magnitude of the Induatry possible, but It has affected bualneaa ge??r?Ky In the aectlona where mili? UV " | cated. The abaence of dl and payrolls haa meant .. purchasing power for tena of m sands of the beat customers of merchants aUd of our fann?flK Hencc, the reaumptlon of fall time operaitton dn t^he Induatry is not only a matter of molnOBt to operatives and stockholdstfe-t* the mills but alao lo meroh farmers, and business and fesuional men generally. matter of fact, the depreealo? had one good effect?It hi vealed to the people of on* generally the Importance of uw mal and profitable operation it every Induatry, and particularly one of auch ImporUnc? M tho textile Induatry, and the who!? economic and social fabric otp??r State. ? ** The cotton manufacturer* North Carolina hope and hall that 1926 will tell a dl story from that of 1924. are not anticipating any profits. They are operating on too close ft margin In mt stances to ennble them to. anything like a reaeonahl? It Is the general opinion, ???r er. that If market condltlonr? prove and the demand for goodi and yarns Increaaea the mllli W01 be enabled to get a fair divi dend earning basis within 4 fa* months. -VMKRICAW MARI.NRH NOW rWlTWT FORKION IHHTRiar ? ll? Th? rr?M> t-" Shanghai. Jan. 2.?It la i ed that, a detachment of AC ran Marlnea have been Ian Wanking to protect (he __ reMldential district, following j looting by bodyguard of Oantrt Chi Shleh Yuan, former governor of Klangau of _ ber of the largest silk ato*#? tap the city, oaualng the lose of ffMt? 000. KKKKIN? RKOVKRY OP NTOIJON LIRKRTY Little Rock. Jan. 2. Kpertors are seeking the ro of Approximately MS.000 of liberty bonds aald to hav?] seereted here by Herbert Ho_ of Ronndout, III., mall nn?r *fvla *4 ??ir *e?teailf> I lo 11. -1 m y moirfit rinffnued fTiAMT ur? of th" Investigation which already has brought to light $?S.?00 4f the loot. M lee Maxlne rearing hae turned to North Carolina tor Women, after spending holidays with her parenta. Dr. ( Mra. Zedaa Fearing. In London's Great Fog h M m fofcy But ft oitdkl Itooir thl* wlnur this t'yl i idoo of how h??vy lb* milt ?*?. It m not ? ?tihou?tt# bui olograph of two m*n w ?rmlrtgfthoir hand* ovor ft flr* T ho I not fancy bacKgro-ind It M UUck Impenetrable London to?. . M *