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CIRCULATION MONDAY 2.364 Copies 1 < , 1 VOL. XV. FINAL EDITION. ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA, TUESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 6. 1925. SIX I'ACES. NO. 5. The Farmer Needs Now To Solve Own Problems Farmer* ('.o-oprrativc Association Now in Session Seeks Campaign of Intensive Education to Muke the Present Laws More Effective W It; DAVID LAWimXCE 1(34. ?? TH? AtrniMi Washington, Jan. 6.?Agriculture wants no special favors And no privileges other than any class of business men or producers enjoy but simply a sympathetic administration of the laws now on the statute books. 18 'he outstanding thought in the minds of most of the leaders meeting here |*Ma week in the annual ses W*ion of the National Council br Fanners Co-operative Mar keting Association. Coincident with this race-tins Is . 1 ot ,he Agricultural Commis sion named by President Coolldg. to devise ways and moans to aid agriculture. If th? iat|,.r 1|at(,na to the co-operatives, there will b< a campaign of Intensive education to make the present laws non effective and to organize the farm ers to solve their own probolms. The co-operatives meeting here represent more than a million farmers in about <0 states. The delegates constitute the presi dents. general managers, and ac tive workers in the various co-op-I eraUve marketing associations,. Wheat, corn, livestock, fruits, cot ton, in fact every phase of agri culture. Is involved, and every crop even to grass Beod The d(,|o_ Kates meet primarily to exchange Ideas about their common prob lems, to relate their experience and to strengthen the co-operative Idea. When the conclusion aro reached after thorough discussion thej will be presented to all con cerned?the Department of Agri culture, Congressional committees, the Agricultural Commission, and the President of the United States. The delegates are deeply inter ested In seeing the right kind of ra man named as Secretary of Ag riculture. They are not Interested in the candidacy of any one but ?re anxious that a man who ha* the right economic background ?hail take the portfolio. Judge R. W. Blngiiam of Louls ?Ule, chairman of the council, who ' ?P?ned the Monday meeting, pointed out that the co-operative marketing plan already had nur Yhred all sorts of financial distress and was making real headway. He criticized Henry Ford for at tacking the co-operative move ment. Carl Williams, of the Oklahoma Stockman, Oklahoma City, who 1? ?Ice chairman of the council, said the real test in co-operative mar keting was In educating the farm er as to how the co-operative plan works and he emphasized that co-operative marketing does not merely benefit the member? of a co-operative association but all farmers, regardless of their mem bership In organisations of thin kind. ? -?Wr Governor Lowden of Illinois revealed some of the pnr plexltles of agriculture which It Is sofre Pe ?f th0 co*?P#,ra,,voa t!5 He referred to the Increase In value of the principle farm crops Zi ?n??0*Imatp| y three-quarters or a billion of dollars last year. ? . ^*? Illustrate," he explained, tne corn crop was about 20 per c^? smaller than the crop of th*> proceeding year. The total value. '?****?? **?eeded that of th? preceedlng crop by $200,000,000 A^::y.sr kn.?w",hn' "><? oallty of this year's crop was fnr * the quality of the proceed crop. Much of this year', ??h """ "?" ,nd ?hsffy. And yet Ftto .i,in,V,^,ln" system which ' i". on* of lh" most nmmSSit this of^SE^i " ,h* smsller crop I. th. ILff*" *?" *"rth more aSfiX?"*"' 'J"! ,h* 'W "nd superior crop of ih. year before. ?nnwJlf. *?" ? "Id, wet "ri .'l 11 **' s disastrous sum bl" 1 1? the naaturo. il*?* ,B ""'Sdows and pastures. There was, therefore a considerable Increase |n the pro docllon of milk, with the re!??| that something like 100 000 000 pound, more of butter w., ??, el?fSr? ~ ?TO*' ?ES..*? lo'.Soo': SfiSS S3?? ~ aad JfA# "'??w ?et days 1? Ihluill .1 Whtel1 *? *"">?? ? n ? <rop- resulted from UtV,??* or butter price of Hm ?""" An<? Kred L~."' !? 11 ?>? remem of ?M othJri f,""r#U ,h" Prl" the present method of mar t?rm products' ? ? ? . aM*?RjMH Ana ' IE >t?id KILLED ON WAY HOME 1 KOM IUINKKS UNION Scranton. Penn.. Jan. 6.?HIh J body riddled with bullets, Samuel Pace, secretary of the Ewen Col ' liery local union of the Pensyl ! vania Coal Company, was found I dead on the street in IMttnton this morning. He was one of 11.000 I miners on strike in the Plttston | district for the past five weeks, and was killed while on his way j home" after attending a meeting j of the union. Srok Dissolution of IVunut Association ?Norfolk, Jan 6.?A suit seek I ing (he dlssnlu'ion of the national t Peanut Cleaners' and Shelters' ! Association, whose annual gross ; sale? estimated at $30.000.000, i wan filed in Federal court here i today by direction of attorney i general Stone, who charged viola I tion of the Anit law. IN* POLICK COCHT I Robert Hollow.ll, colored, for abandonment and noil support was : given a two-year jail sentence in police court Tuesday morning and .judgment was susjh nded on con dition that the defendant auppbrt bin wife and otherwise show good behavior for two years. He wrh required to pay the costs of court. MEET TO SETTLE PEACE CONFLICTS Paris, Jan. 6. ? The famous cloak room in the French foreign office whore Woodrow Wilson, Oeorge Cleinenceau and their fel low peace makers prepared the Treaty of Versailles will assume the aspect of the treaty making days Wednesday when the allied and American diplomats and min isters meet there to settle some of the conflicts of peace The French delegation to .this conference was named at the elev enth hour today Just when nil other delegate* were on their way to Paris. Minister Clementel will head the delegation representing Paris. AIltLIXKIt HAS KXTKXSIVF. HCHKIU'LK FOR THR HPIUXU Washington. Jan. 6.?The air liner I?s Angeles is scheduled to make flights to Bermuda, San Juan. I'orto Rico, Canal Zone and Honolulu during the spring, ac cording to a schedule made public today at the navy department. | HAILROAH RRVRNt'RH ON DBCRRAHK FOR PAST YKAK Washington, Jan. G.?The op erating revenue? of class one railroads in November totalled $r,05.000,000 a decrease of 126. 000,000 of the samo month last 'year, the bureau of railway eco | nomics announced. JOINT M. K. W. M. H. MKKT A special Joint meeting of the Missionary nnd Ladies. Aid socie ties of the City Road Meihodlst I Church will ho hold Wednesday afternoon at the church. milk producers had been com pletely organized during these i years, do you believe this depres sing nnd puzzling condition would i have come about?" Mr. Lowden thinks the corn growers would have failed to dump their products on the mar ket and would have sold sparing ly, storing the remainder with a full knowledge that a not far dis tant day they would have re ceived a fair price for their corn. He InsistB they would have ad justed the supply to the demand Mr. Lowden who has been one , of the prime movers In the co-op-1 jeraflvn marketing organizations! of the country disclosed that he had hern giving a good deal of study to the question of surplus; and that he had come to the con- j |elusion that "It exist? mainly In | 1 the minds of those whose Interests j | It Is to depress prices." He argued j I that the farmers are best fitted as1 | producers to flx price? and that! their bargaining power plu? their i | understanding of their markets j | equips them to do what Is done In other Industries. , The basic and fundamental fact about the co-operatives Is that Ithey are tackling agriculture from j the viewpoint of practical eeono-, j mle? and business and not theory. Their meeting Is one of the most important things that has hap pened her# In connection with the whole agricultural problem. flBd they hare the respect and ?y?ps sssstS?) HALL RESIGNS LOCAL CHARGE To End Lahom as Pastor of Calvary, Berea and Cor inth after Pastorate of Nearly Six Years. Ucverend Romulus F. Hall has resigned u? pastor ot Berea. Cot- j mill and Calvary napim chur'ch' es. Ttu' reslgnstlon was tendert 1 last Sunday and la to tjccomc ef- ? fcctlve February t. 1325. Itev. Mr. Hall ha? accepted the I pastorate ol Mt. Morlsh B*P ?' | Church near lialelgh, ot which Dr. H T. Vann. former president ol Meredith College. ha? been pastor, for the lam four year?. Mt. Mor lah 1? Just a 20 minute a drive from Halelgh. on the State hlKh wav leading towarda Goldsboro A new parsonage has lust been com pleted which Mr. Hall and family will occupy the drat of l-ebruary. When Mr. Hall leave? for bis new field he will have completed a pastorate here of five years and ?even months, his work here dat ing from June 1. 19" *hen he came here from Louisville Semtn-1 nry to accept the pastorate of Be-, rea and Corinth, two strong coun try churches near thla city. These two churches had only been hav ing preaching twice ,a month up until the coming of Mr. Hall, but then they began having preaching each Sunday. Berea In the morn ing and Corinth In the aft. moon. In addition to the work In these two churches. Mr. Hall organized a church on Klverslde Drive. no? known as Calvary Baptist, and began preaching there every Sun day night. There were only 13 charter members wheo Calvary was organlied April l0-13-'? It now has a membership of 100. During Mr Hall'a pastorate he has received Into the membership of his churches more than W members. The Sunday schools at Berea and Corinth have been, properly graded, tight """J" j Sunday school rooms at B"'a I have been completed. A largo an-, nex ha. been added to Calvary, and a building committee at Cor-| tnth Is now working on plans for the building of IS modern Sundav school rooms. Mr. Hall ,,r aoJ been the director of the ?76.000. 000 campaign for the Chowan As sociatlon for the past five years and the assoclstlon has raised more than ?210.000 tor missions, i education and benatrplences. Mr. Hall's letter ot resignation . to his churches reads as follows "Dearly beloved In Christ Jesus. ? Five years and seven months ago I came to Elisabeth City and became your pastor, fresh from college and the seminary. I took up a task with you that la' proved both difficult and delight ful Together we have prayed, and planned, and tolled on In the | glorious work of the Kingdom | God has graciously blessed our ef , forts, and we hare thus succeeded In accomplishing some worth-1 while things In His n*? . "1 have seen many precious, soul? born Into the Wngdom o' r.od d tiring my stay here with you and 1 have also ?een many of our faithful members go home to their final reward, t have touched elbow? with you all In , our Master, and I have delighted to sing with you the anthems of nralpc to our Lord and King. hive broken bread with many o you In your hospitable hotne?. 1 iiave rejoiced with you In times of gladness, and I haVe also min gled my tears with yours In the hours of great Borrow You have been exceedingly good to four nastor and to his companion. lh< line who walks by his side; ami ,o the little ones who here have grown up about us. And or * to sever my relationship with >ou \. almost like pulling my very hesrt strings out. -But It ? a Jong, , long lane that has no turning. As \ Hm s Soldier of the Und 'e-u. ChrlBt. I have no choice but to follow the voice of Him who dl recta my movement?. i?I..' 1 respectfully tender my ion ? your PMtor 'o '.ke the first ot February, 1925. WOUNDED WHEN HE TRIED AID FATHER rittahurgh. Jan. It.?Hold-up mrn flrod upon and woundod John Sundn. ?on of Lawronco Hand*, proaldont of the Flrat National Bank, when ho ran to call for help tf(r>r demand for $25,000 had born made upon hla fathor art he waa loavlnx hla homo In faah lonahlo Squirrel Hill. Tho young man'a condition la I hot eonalderod aerlou*. After Arlnc flro ahota. tho rob-1 bora oseapod without taking any i monoy or valuabloa. Say* Dry CongrrMmrn Violate Volatead Law WMahlngton. Jan. ?"Flan rant violation of the Volatead law' bjr "dry" Consroaamon waa doriarad to hart added to the al roady overwhelming contempt for th< act by otherwlao law-abldlnK citlteaa in a statemont made to day by W. H. Utayton. pro.ildont of the aaooclatlon agalnat the pro hlhltloa amondinont "It would aoem. aald Mr. fltay ton. "that t hare ahould bo an Item In tho curront Treaaurf Dopart moat appropriation bill providing for ttio education of 'dry' Coagrea rn an to raapeet tho law t bey are r< aponalbl? for." 1 "Another Date" With Hangman Barnard Orant. 21 year-old Chicago "back o' the ynrda" youth. ha* nn other "dale" with the hangman. Ile a scheduled to die Jan. 1C, unlra* a commutation of sentence or further reprieve la forthcoming. Ilia life was spared temporarily by Governor l<ea Bmcll luat fall following a flood of lattcra and mesaaffca pleading with Bmall to remember the Loeb Leopold decision Grant la accuacd of the murder of a policeman two ycara ago. More Hope Seen Now For City Zoning Commission And an Kli/alicth (lily of Tomorrov Itiu^rr, Better, iiirJ Mori* Rr'iiulifiil F.uvi*ion?*<l ut of lite Ql\ (oiu. l Monday INight Elisabeth City of tomorrow?a' bigger, better ami more beautiful city with h park and playground, with more :.trceta ?ud wider streets. with water transportation from Norfolk by way of the Gov-) ernnieut owned D'.xmnl 8wamp Canal, and with a nt eel bridge^ arrows < huwu!i river linking Kliz ihith Clly up with the rnat of ilie State?thin was the Elizabeth Ci ty envisioned Monday night r.t the regular meeting of the* City Coun cil. The Council accepted the pro posal of thu City Manag? r for playgrounds, took slips toward ci ty planning, appointed a commit tee to look for puitablt* nlto* for a park, appropriated $&Q0 for the hlatnal Swamp Csnnl and Chowan Hirer bridge projects, appropriat ed $60 h month to the children's home and approved plans for op enlng new street# and extending pavement on old ones. 'Ail requests <omiug before* th City Father? at their regular Jan uary meeting Monday nigh' noeined to link up with each other snd the City Manager's report t<? the Council rontainc I r < ommen dstioh* which met nome of the n que*ts of organisation* and indi virtual*. Kepp-.non t In k the Woman Club, Mrs. C. W. Mellrk aakod th City Council to ttlve Km Koriou consideration to the matter o playground? for KlixaVfcth City* and to appoint n zoning com m is ' slon to protect th? city from un sight Iy nnd misplaced huildlnr Mrn. Mellck Slso called attention of the Council to the fact thi i there are now no women on tli-i board of school trustees. "We d" not want a majority of the tru tee* to be women," Mrs. Moll said, "but we do want a repreaei tatlon. We feel that the won an'* point of View toward ch!' dren Is worth something. We wlc'i to remind tke members of the ci ty Council that we h:ive copies their campaign pledgca and w are In a position to remind you < them " H'fore taking her seat Mr Mellck gave the Council n Hp. you want thi* visit from th ? group of women repeated - J?i ' Ignor?' our request*. Wl will tor J tlnae to come ax long na our wl?l>-, es are not granted and when ? ? get dead tn earnest the Ku KlucV era have nothing on ua." t'rglng the need of a goniti*' commlaaion, Mrs. Mellck poln* I out the necessity, from s ntanrt-j point of civic beauty nnd clvn. pride of preserving for the city s j use the property on Rlversi ??{ Drive faring the water front. The Council directed the 6rdi-| nance committee to submit rec ?m-i mendstlons fer city sonlng or - nance? at Its nest meeting Mrs. Mellck wss followed by W J L. Cohoon who took occasion * ? I urge not only the need of pi ground* but also the need of a city, park "Yon are begging for mor* P roads snd more visitors to jroorl cltr." he astd. "bat when they v tt hers what place kave you to off '1 them to fo to reett" J C B Bhrlnghaae, apeatnitfa for the Chamber of Oommerc so referred to the seed of a psrki for tho city statlnR that tho neg lect of mailers of this Kort ?as "one of tho deficiencies of our splendid (own " > ?Mr. Khrlnghaus, speaking in tli" Interest of tho purchase by the Gov? rntn?Mit of tho |)l*in:?l Swamp Can?!, told the Council that Im mediate action ' was imperative. "With President Coolldge urging III? {.riming ?if appropriation); all tin* time." Mr. Khringhaus said, "if ?" faij at this I line to ;i?t this measure paused. I fear I hat it will ho many long years before wo can secure tho attention of Congress , on thiM matter again." Referring to the Chowan Kiver bridge Mr. Khringhnus expressed the opinion thnt if "we fail to get an appropriation at tho hands of tlio General Assembly during It k present session, it will ho about our last opportunity to seek State aid for this project." "To successfully carry out these two plans?the Dismal ?>wamp ('anal purchase and the building of the Chowan Kiver bridge, we muni havo money. We do not propose to us? this money f?.r personal expenses In llalelgh. \V<- will go down In our pockets f.-r that. We Just want lo know i hat we have one thousand dol lars with which to fight for these project a- for advertising propa ganda to press our cause." The County Commissioners approprl at <1 $."?00 for this purpose and the Council was asked to contribute a lik*- sum. The City Manager's request for Lllllngton gravel for use on im passable city street was also ap proved. Marring law suits thnt will de lay action, McMorrlne street wilt bo opened from Church to Kuclid Avenue, the canal running alone the new high School building will; he made into a street runnini: i from polndexter to Road street and Mc.Morrlno street will bo con tinutd north to Pearl. The pu* chase of brick enough to fill tn Main street where it has been widened was authorised. M. P. (i.\ I MM' NOW IN liHAIi KHTATK III SINKHs M. P. Gallop. who haa just sold out his grocery business to It-?? bert llyrum of this city, has cured offices In the Savings It fik building, formerly occupied by the Coast Guard. and will ion duel Ileal Kstate burinev tti tie ?e quarters. Mr. Gallop ti.i been In the grocery business In Kli*ab? th City for 27 years and the M P. Oallop Company has alwiys b- on among tbe foremost gr ?rles In the city. SKKKS PUT POtJM> ON A <;oij> PARITY Washington, Jan. U W.vihlnfc ton officials hsve beer informed that the hitherto une\i>! ined vis it to New York of Motitngut Nor man, governor of th Malik of England. Is In ronnc<';*n with a proposal by which the British government would "*1? lb?* id sterling to lis >14 parity near future. DEBT CONFERENCE NEXT ON PKOCKAM ? Mr Tltf A??u'itj I'rrm ?! arii*. Jan. 6 -I'lans (or an Interallied debt conference at I)ru8iu>lH next March to which th?* rnltfil State.-* wiiiilit be In vited to aettfl a delegate ur? de clared to have hecn formulated by Win* t on Spencer Churchill, le? it ?> h chancellor of the ex chnequer. FALLS SUGGESTS A NEW YEAH PKOGItAM Offer* Tell Itonoluiloii* for l-'nrm-' ??in Who Am' Anxious t'lir i Pro?|?erit> In IttUA (J. W Fulls. Pasquotank Coun I iv I'urm Di'iiinimtr^iiAii Agent, urges Pasquotank farmers 1? adopt resolutions lur 11*25 and I to keep on tin- Job throughout the year. Hero ure the ten: 1. A dlversllhd system of | farming. Mr. Fa I In explains that ilu* former should diversify hy planting n greater variety of crops, money and food and feed crops'. He mire, lu- nays, not to | | put all the en/.M In one basket. 2. I'se certified or best obtain able Bred. Thin will eliminate all danger of Infesting the farm with 1 diseas"*, and getting pour stand' and low yields." 3. I'se. pure bred livestock. Good improved livestock . require no more f?*ed and attenllon and is Ive greater returns. Farmers us-? ing purebred livestock make morel money than t h one using rcrubs. i Then why not follow their exam-' pie and grow the bent. 4. Keep only productive ?nl-j main. This keeps livestock at the highest point of efficiency. 5. Cull poultry for production.' Klllulnate all iion-profliahle fowl?., f?. A good family cow for each i family, yriils cow should produce' four gallons or more of milk, teat-j Inu four to & per cent of butler fat. Plenty of milk gives your' children opportunity to develop mentally and physically. 7. Provide good p< rmunent; pastures. A good permanent pas ture in essential to production of J good livestock at reasonable flu u re?. K. riant hotne orchards and i caro for them. Plenty of good j fruit In needed on every farm, j La rise and small fruits, ripening at different tlmca will nive a con-1 tinuou* supply. 0. neniitlfy grounds and Im prove buildings. Plant shade tr.?s and lawns. Repair and paint huildinps, making tin' farm home an attractive place to live. 1ft. Co-operate In making your community the brst place to live. Work together. Help each oiher. Life Is short at the long st. Make things more desirable for those who follow you. MORI-: 1)1 YKItMIFK 'ATION IX (? HOItGI A NKXT YKAIt Atlanta, Oa.. Jan. 6.?Diversi fication In agrh ulture will be morn general in this section this year than ever before and there is a substantial industrial develop ment assured by the Installation f.r ( heap hydro < lucirir power To bacco, peanuts, apples and peach es will he cultivated on an ex-' tensive scale its money crops. Cot Ion is not l'kelv to show any dc c reuse J n a re age. or let up In In tensive cultivation. There will be more labor" available for .farms and farm land prltca are ndvanc-| ing. Th?- textile Industry hero I?' showinr marked improvement and new pi >nts are being projected in the ch up power belt. l*ocal iner-j chant have profited largely hy re cent ales at cut prices, unloading larg? stocks of clothing. S^S M K VNS FKK.NS M.LNESS AVOID TKIAI. Now York. Jan. a. ? Gaston Means Is feigning Illness to avoid rial on a charge of conspiracy to. obstruct Federal Justice. Federal Judge Llndlty was told by Special Assistant I'nltcd .States Attorney Todd today. Hpcdal Attorney Todd fold the coert that Government operatives cnPt-d upon Means st his home at Co.icord. North Carolina. last nij h? .itid reported to him that Iho fo*mrtr Oovornment agent was ap parently In food health, despite' th> telegraphic statement of a Concord physician yesterday that IlHiil was seriously 111 and In nee<i of an Immediate operation. i \> MJCJf ? om?i ?T MNVIC'N Prayer meeting Wednesday ev ening at 7 30 o'ffark at City Road M'thodlst Church will h" led by Fiank Kramer and Harry G. Kramer. MKKT PltFNIlHXG F.I.MFK The animal me? 'lag of all mln I'terf nrd the presiding Rider In Ibis Methodist district will bo held at < ity Road Methodist Church limraday beginning at 1ft ??'clock a m. MtTTOff IUCI*or.T New York, Jan S.?Cotton fu ture* ope nod today at the follow ing levela: Jan 23.SO. March 23.M. Mar 14.13. July 34 SO. Oct 2S,f.7. fS'ew- York, Jan. I. tpot cot ton ? Irtaod Stead) ?Middling 24.20 an ?dvaMft of IB points Future*, rIonian tld. Jan 23.71. Mar 24 04 May 34 It, July 34 47. Oct. 33 8? Many Problems Confront State Solons This Year Taxation, (''.duration. Koatl Improvement. and Primin Condition* All to In* Con-idrrrd by (irnrrul l?ly in S<%H!?ioii In lt?^in \Yrdm>da\ Tlii* Wwk Italelgh. Jan. 6. ? Paced with I many problem? of ureal interest in taxation, education. road im provement. prison conditions and I many other issues, tlie General Assembly of (he State of North'I Carolina will formally convene I here tomorrow at noon. Among lit? first matters which will be presented for its eonslderation will be the report of the State Hoard of Klectlons on the hist Geuer.il ' Election. I)iiriiik the first ten ?lays of the session the r*>sull of the elections will he confirmed. Governor Cameron Morrison will read his final message to the bod v. Governor-elect Angus W. McLean will be Inaugurated and his initial address to the law-making body will be delivered. Though the session does not get under way until tomorrow, both Senate and House will hold caucuses tonight, the Senate to name a president-protoni and the House to elect a speaker. Kdgar W. Pltarr, it appeared will be named for the speakership, the Mecklenburg legislator being un opposed so far as Is known for tho position. The^ outcome of the election in tbe Senate this after noon was in duubt and half a doz en men had been suggested to fill t bo position of protein-president. The curse of the Democratic party during the session is also expected to be indicated at tonight's cau cuses. The report of the Budget Com mission. which will bo the out standing report presented to the body, it is indicated, will not bo ready before the first week In Feb ruary or perbups later. The Bud get Commission is facing a task of trimming tbe requests of l)e-l partments for administration and] maintenance and of institutions for the same purposes and for permanent improvements sharply,? If Its Indicated course Is followed. The Commission. In announcing' the figures of the requeats mado of It, stated that for every dollar, recommended to be appropriated I it would show an Incoming dollar of revenue Tlie Institutions aro' asking 917.000,000 for permanent Improvements and approximately 92.1,000,000 is roqnested by instl-1 t ut ions, departments and Cammix slons for maintennnee and admin istration. These flguren repre sent an increase of approximately, 99.000,000 in the requests for ad-, ministration and maintenance audf the total for permanent Improve ments equals that appropriated during the last four years for this purpose. When the Budget Commission's report is transmitted to the Gen eral Assembly, that body will face the Issue of whether or not to abide by tbe agreement made In 1921 that during the following six years the stale would spend twen ty millions on permanent Im provements . at Institutions. If this agreement Is kept,'there will be a total available for this Legis lature to apportion of 93.000,000 Kdueatlonal advancement will be one of the outstanding issues before tho Legislature. Superin tendent of Public Instruction A. T. Allen has transmitted to the Bud get Commission a comprehensive program for state education and the various colleges of the (Mate have also outlined wide programs to the legislature, that body will be required lo handle a situation that Is said to hold great poten Malltlos for the future oducational program of North Carolina. Highways will claim consider able attention of the lawmakers during this session. Tbe State bond Issues of 9fir>.000.0000, ap propriated In 1921 and 19 2.1. have been expended and the Highway mendation for further bond Issues for this purposes. The Commls slon. however, has Indicated that It stands ready to rtiruish full da Commission' bas made no rerom ta on tbe roads to any and all members of-the body. Tbe senti ment of the Legislature Is said to be favorable to a continuation of the highway h Hiding program and it Is believed 'h*it n t ill em powering an additional bond issue ft - this purpose wi'l be prev*ni*d oiiiy in 'he (tension. '? sslp an- ?? _? .s leglsl. '?rs places i he amnuM *? the hot.d Issue wi'l re asked .< from 920.000.000 to 9ft.000,00?. In addition to the Budget Com mission report various other re ports are e?p?-< fed to be laid b* fore the lawmakers by various committees and commissions which have !?< an working during the Interim i"rlod. The Pn-on Commission will make a rep -rt on the cond'm n of the State prison and state penal Ir dltutl'T and It Is said ?hat fUv r< jKirt will show that North Caro lina has s prison system compar able wl??i other Southern Stat-?. except labama It Is aald tlia' the report also will assert that a ureal deal of the criticism whclh has f.-n directed at the state Pri-, ?<in operation haa been caused n i ' bv ihe conditions there but ny londltloaa at various county, campfiflA recommendation la ex pected by which the state camps will tyiafltpervised by a prison >alwPfc< this Is not definite. It' 'P*fpi s Ivo that If tkla rac. I WILL THE CITY OWN ITS GAS? Tlii* O'U Btiim Now Before City Falhrr* Committee Namrd to Invi-MtigaU* Ad visability of I'roposition. Is Wizaheth City to acquire the proper! i<>H of i h? Southern Qu improvement Company? Till.? in another hip; question for the City Council to answer and at th<? regular sejalou .Monday night a committee from the Council was asked to look into .?he advisability and the possibility of the purchase hy thi' city of tho properties of t ho gas company. Tho action of tho Council came following a motion made by L. Anderson that the matter be look? ?1 Into. It was Mr. Ander son's opinion that since tho city Inid launched u plan to own the light and water plants that it might ho ml v I mb bio also to include | t lic PH pi.:ills. At any rai?? a committee com posed of Comeilmen Foreman? Anderson and K 1 Cohooa will investigate tho matter and make a r port at a subsequent, meeting of the Council. It was intimated by several members of the Council that In formation bud come to them that the Southern (Jus Improvement Company would be willing to sell the properties of the gas plant hero. .Mr. Foreman voted against looking into the purchase of the gas plants with the explanation that he felt that the city had all the load It eould carry. VESSEL OK IUIM HOW IS BELIEVED LOST Atlantic City. Jan. 6 -The find ing of wreckage float In? In the ocean off Seagirt, Indicating the posHlhle Ion? of one of the liquor laden v<!.'?ls of rum row during the northeast gale Inst week waa reported by pne of the Coaat fiuard patrol boats today. CITY COUNCIL TO MEET WEDNESDAY Will Consider rro|>o?e<| Change? in <'It) Charter in Morning I Heeslon at 1?? O'clock With so much business before the City Council on Monday night, the body voted for a called xeffRfon I on Wednesday ui(*rnlng at 10 , o'clock for t tie consideration of y, chatiK?s In the rlty's charter. ? *j| Further modification of the cow law was not proposed at Monday J night'* session of the Council. Neither was any reference made to a law against horse-drawn ve hicles operating in the city with out lights after dark. These matters may bo brought up at the special meeting Wcdhee day It whs after 10 o'clock Mon day night when the Council heard the City Manager's report snd j those interested in the law re^u- J latin? ownership ??f cows or In an ordinance prohibiting the driving i of teams In the eity limita after j dark without IK his probably felt I that they would stand a better 1 chance with tin* Council If they waited for home subsequent meet- *1 ing. < ommendatton Is ma le that the ] county and munirlpul camps also j will he Included In this supervl- d slon. The Ilu? regulation Commission will report hack t?? this session i and Its report, it has beon indlcat- ! od. will recommend that control | of the bus lines of th^ State ?o i vested ill the State Corporation 1 Commission and that certain re- % strktlons and obligations be Im- j posed upon the operators of the bus lines. The Commission to investigate ' feasibility <>f Stato Constabulary forces will r commend the estab- j I lah me nt of <i small unit of these 1 forces In order to try out tho sy? tent with expansion? later on if | deemed necessary. National Parks will bo reported 1 upon whi n the Commission named 1 to make representations to the na tionsH government hands In Its re- j i *1' 'I liough the park has hern | recommended for Virginia Instead rth Carolina, It Is belli that this Commission will ask that further efforts be made to h*t?j the Federal government consider the establishment of a second na- ifl_ ti??n.?l park In 'lie South, in the western section of North Cardl na. The recommendations which It will probably make have not bom outlined by the . Financial Educa tional Investigating committee. This Committee hat been Inquir ing Into methodn of financing rational programa followed In I er states.