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Machine Made Barrels F or Potato Growers This Year Southern Koller, Slave and Heading Cumpam ln?talls Machinery Which Will Ktial>!e It Turn Out 1200 Barrels a Day and 60,000 Barrels This Season Macl* I:t ?* made potato barrels are now hi turned out by th? j Southern Roller Btavu & II* adlng | 'Company cf Elizabeth City ul the ri?t? 500 barrels a day. Ily th ? time that the demand for the*e barrels reaches Its peak. A. Fl. Hotitz. owiifr and founder of the ^Southern Holler Stave & Heuding | Company, expects to bo turning out from l.ooo to 1.200 barrels dally and his mill litis contracted fer sufficient raw material to | ke 60.000 barrels this season. The barrel making equipment ??nttallid by Mr. Houtz's mill is only machinery of Its kind be . twoen Baltimore on the north. Birmingham on the south, and I Stevens City. Virginia, on the west. To one familiar with the method of manufacturing barrels by hand in this section it Is indeed a revelation to watch the newly Installed machinery at Mr. Hout/.'s plant in operation; the method by which the barrels are made ready for use reminding one somewhat of the assembling of a flivver In one of Henry Ford's plants. In the first operation one man assembles the staves fitting them into the "raising machine" In' which the barrel is set up with two temporary heavy iron hoops holding tile staves In place at the bottom. Tin? barrel then moves over to fh?' "windlass" where the loop of a Steel -cable falls over the bar rel and draws the staves together at the top, as they have already been druwn together in the rais ing machine at the bottom. As soon as the staves have been drawn together at the top in the wludlass a steel wire liocp is dropped over them binding them In place. At this stage the barrel Is held together by the permanent wire hoop at the top and by the two teiqpwsry heavy Iron hoops In which U was set up at the rais ing machine, one at the bottom of the barrel and the other and larg er hoop about ciglit inches above ?mA (a* bottom. AVlKn the barrel leaven the '^wlnttlaSs It l? dropped heavily ''?'bottom down on a circular steel plafe about two inches thick and ?With a diameter somewhat ?rei>t 'er than that of" the barrel itself. '"This drop at once evens up the ' Staves and disengages the upper and larger ??f the temporary Iron I hoops which droits ofT and i3 im-j mediately rolled back to the rais ing. machine to be used again. To set up a barrel in the rais ing, machine requires from 30 to1 -45 second*. With six or more staves in each hand the operator drops them rapidly In place until the last stave is to be inserted. This last stave must be of a size to exactly complete the circum ference of the bottom of the bar rel. and picking one that will ex actly fit takes a feW seconds of time'. Some times one of the it tftVew already tns? rted has to be ' reflated with a wider or umaller *' stave be /off? the fit can he made; j "bnt fit it must before the opera- 1 tor^can lift his barrel, Just a-; each column o? typo must be Jua-j tilled before the printer can lock i his form and lift hio page. The ofierjtlon at (ho windlass is short a ct than that In the raising nia rhiae. requiring hardly more than 'an average of 15 seconds. Th" larger Iron hoop having ben discarded, with the perma nent wire hoop at its top and with the temporary Iron hoop at lis bot tom the barrel moves next to the truster, just before reaching which another permanent wire yjf'V if dropped over either end j ?Evuking. including the temporary jBre: i hoop, four hoops In all now | fv'ldlni; the staves In place. On the trusner all four hoops are thtfiteniy), the two middle hoops being tightened at one operation and the two end Hoops nt another, both operations requiring less than 10 seconds. In this opera-, tlon the machine made barrel has a distinct advantage over the bar- ! rel made by hand, for Instead of only one pair of hands the truss- j er Han eight with steel fingers which, circling the barrel at reg ular Intervals, grasp the hoop simultaneously. Four pairs of I these hand* function at either ? \d of the barrel, and force first tl two middle wlra hoops evenly p, tjjkard the center of the barrel find then tbe two end hoopa are ' in the same way tightened by be- ; fng forced toward the c* .iter. . Leaving the trusser the barrel ! nas three permanent wire hoops i In place, one at the top, one above and two below the center besides tBo heavy Iron ho<p which still remains nround the bottom. At tl?is stago the permanent hoops are stapled by hand so that they will not slip and the slaves loosen. , in the fotfrth step tho barrel is aiored over to the erozer. which W S mschlne for grooving the slaves for the barrel bottom in the same operation with which It trlsas the ends of the stave- Thh iotMe operation Is all completed I R fron. eight to ten seer ad ?. in 1% operation the machine mad** ?ria| regisf rs another advan-l age ever the hand made articl ? ' ttbe groove la made after I la put together and Is. CONVICTS ESCAPK AT PRISON CAMP Raleigh, Feb. 12 ? Eighteen convirts escaped from the Stale Prirfi.a Fa mi in Knlllax County last night, according to Information received here to day by Prison Superintendent George Rons Pou. Four were reonpturcd early today but the othc?rs are still ot large. l'ou said his information w:a$ that about ?00 prisoners were confined in the camp be cause of rain most cf yestcr da> . A hole was tunnelled thru the floor of the wooden struc ture. mortar removed from t-he foundation of bricks, and then a tunnel dug to the outside. All the priboners were count ed at supper time and the break is believed to have oc curred soon afterward. A rfumber of the escaped men were serving sentences for murder. JameB Uallance, serving five years for larrony, from Gates County, was wounded, according to the pri son guards, but escaped across the Roanoke River. TOURIST TRAVEL SHOWS INCREASE Los Angelas. Fob. 12. ? Tourist travel la commencing to nhow steady increa.ses and hotel men report advance reservations larg er then for some lime. Building construction is active, particular ly in office structures, although home .'molding also shows a gain. XO COTTOX TODAY j New York. Feb. 12. ? The cot ,tcn exchange is cloned today on account of Lbacoln's birthday. ! therefore, continuous and without | the irregularities that are bpflnd ; to occur in greater or lesrUegrci' 1 when the staves are grooved be i fore, they are put together. The barrels are then Inverted ) over the bottoming machine which 1 I is a circular platform holding the I bottom at just the proper helKht j to be insorted Into the groove made for It. At this machine the,] i temporary iron hoop In which the J barrel waa set up In the raising; ! machine is removed, and dropped ] Into a runway which carries it ; back to the raising machine to be | | used again. It is replaced by a | fourth wire hoop, and. after the! | bottom has been set In place, a | | wooden hoop below the wire hoop' I binds the bottom firmly in its ?! I place. These wooden hoops lr. [ Mr. Houtz's plant are also stapled , by machinery. Tho barrel Is now complete, ex cept for the fact that In handling potatoes a ventilated barrel Ih ro I quired. Not only should the bar ? rel be ventilated from the sides. | but also thero should be openings I In the bottom through which dirt. : and. moisture In case of rain, may | pass out and thus help to insure j the potatoes n aching market In good condition. So, iu the fifth , and final operation, the barrel Is carried on to the boring machine where four holes are bored In the staves and two in the bottom at j ono clip. This operation Is re- ! peated until there are holes j enough In the bottom and staves 1 to Insure thorough ventilation. | By the installation of this bar rel making machinery, Mr. Ifoutz| j has made himself Independent of | skilled labor In the manufactur ing of barrels. The men seen at work and timed by a reporter for j this newspaper were green hands. ; and yet the barrels turmd out j ' were of unusualljr strong and ! . sturdy construction. Despite the fact that gr-en help ; can bo utilized In the Houtz plnnf. owing to heavy Investment in ma-! ehlnery which Is run for only ;i , | few months In tho yi.ar. Mr. flouts j does not claim to be able to pro duce bnrrela at si low a cost a* l they can be made by the o!d hand process. He believes, however. , that he is producing a better bar rel and Is confident that there will be a demand for the entire output of his plant. One great disadvantage In th'1 barrel making Industry Is the ' huge amount of storage space i? Quired for these barrels. Mr. Houts, for instance, has storage ! capacity for only about Are or six thousand barrel*; . and this In n very light reserve against demand by farmers whan the potato ttuck season is at Its peak. Farmers, on the other hand, are unwilling to provide themselves with bar rels much ahead of their needs, since they have no shelter for them and the barrels are ruined by undu? exposure to weather. It Is Mr. Houts'a id- a. however, that If the tamers could be educated to provide storage space for a llm<? itcd number of barrels and tryiH\ this space in sdvsnce of ths S*as on. the strsln of the peak detnnnd would be lessened en both the : fa tenors and manufacturers. SHAFT REACHES ROOF OF CAVERN Di^rrs Kxpcil \ny filin ill#" to Ki'Ufh Row! (!j1 liiiA and Work Slccilily id Spilo of (!(?!<]. | (V.ve Cfy. Feb. J 2. -Tito lime j stone roof in Floyd Collins' /:?v . ern reachod by th?' rescue "shaft tod%i>\ Tho nro exporllnir to I find tho crevice of a cavern any minute ^a&uJh'h cm bo opi ned ; dig their way to IV! litis. Tho dowadraft is ^tronp<>r ami tope Flings are bein?r prepared for workers to prevent them from boiuR engulfed if tho bottom or the ?-haft drops out. | Cave City. Feb. 1C. Tho rhaf > driving toward Floyd jToi'iin* n , dcsc? ndiiiK incb by ir.clf and is e\ i pected to reach Sand Cavo any time. Bach crrw ontfvlnR tho abaft Is hop. fill ? f *i>:htl:t;: him bill on ! glnoerx su> it is impossibl ? to tol. ( wlii'w Cold w 'alh'T chllN tin ' workers but falls to delay the I work. Cxlra t? t:t?. sii?\??s am b? tiding arrivod todnv t*< protect ; volunteer minora against pmu i monia. A down draft In the shaft simi lar to the eurrt-ni down t tic oriK inal Sand Cayo tunr.ol todry pav? workers hope thr.t soino crovie. ! noar would open into tho cavern Moanwbilo the stat* milltar; | board continuos its inquiry. ! -Cave City. Feb. 12. ? -Tho opin ion that drillers might bo Hear ing tho Rand cuvo tomb ?f Fl 'yd : Collins was expressed at 3:45 [o'clock this morning. although sr. i was admitted lluit hours might pass before the man is roacb**d. WORTHLESS CHECK PASSERS MAY BEWARK Kalclgh, Feb. 12.? Aft r re peatod efforto, dating back ' foi I no vera 1 terms, there lias l?o? :: : passed in the General Aba mbly i ! "worthless check" bill, Introduced ; by Representative Matthew:; <?i i Mecklenburg and sponsored bj 1 I the North Carolina Merchant*' As sociation. This bill, now law, provides, anionn other things, that any |kt ?son. Arm or corporation who shrti | draw, make, titter or doJlvei 1 another any check or draft si; ner I or purporting to b?? stgn'-d by jiicI ' person, firm or cerporaiion. am ' drawn on any ban1: of <1 pusltorv j j for the payment of nmney or it ! equivalent, and who shall at th- j time of making, drawinjr, utter- i . iiiK or delivering any such r'icefc! or draft, have Insufficient fundi j 1 on deposit in or credits with such 1 bank or depository with which f 1 pay the check or draft upon ii> presentation and who shall full to provide Htich funds or creditir'shnll be guilty of a misdemeanor and I be fined or Imprisoned, in tl"- dls ' crction of the court. 1 It Ih provided, however, that in I any case where a prosecution l*i j begun under this act the d? i?nd- ? ant shall ]iave a right, noon np-j plication to the trfal court b- fore j tin- trial rnd after nnym? nt into I court of the amount in f|u? t Ion I to have the action abated and to j show that he had an account In \ the bank oil Which the i heck ii ) drawn within 30 days prior to tie Issuance of the check, :? vt* thnt j the check was not drawn with i fraudulent intent. The word "credits" shall b , construed to be un agrc< m< ut with ' the bank or depository upon which the check in drawn f < > i lis payment upon presentation. SIX INJURED IN ENGKAVING HOOM in* Th? Annri" ??! rt^o Chicago. Feb. 12. ? HI* em ployes were Injured in nn cxp'.o Rion of ehemlcals in the engrav ing room of the Chicago Kvenlng American today'. Three young women were taken to a hospital. WANTS INVESTIGATE GASOLINE PRICES Washington, Feb. 12 ? Senator TrwmneH. Democrat, of Florida, today proposed an investigation of Increa^* In gasoline prices by the Trade Commission \ i VUHl i I DKI r 1!* WATKII COMTAXY CAsi: Rimnjrf in the sum of $32 wa? award* I I! C. Gregory et al. d< fondants, by a Jury verdict Wed nfwdciv .??fternoon in tho suit of the Elizabeth City Water Cotnptny for an cquknblft valuation of properly owned by tho dof?<ndini and condemned to pnblfc use for the plaintiff ? The plaintiff com panv insisted t.hat the property in qn< fit Ion was worth only about |5n In the caee of the Carolina nsn"kiru? A Trust Company vs A. .1 Hartley and E. S Hosier the Jury found that tho defendant* hed obtained funds from thp bank through frsud and by Its verdict awarded the hank dumag" in the r?u m of $461 <19. In the c-ise of W. E. Hlnton et si. rnlirntatad after1" having been stricken from the dcafcM. the j i>l r? intlffa ?r?* glvta-;; *0 daya to, file their corn-plain r. Floyd Collins in Crevice This remarkable pho'.o of Kloyd Covin* ibmn him cnncily he win trapped In Rand Cave first by a bou" and then by a eave In. It v-n taken by flashlight at another cov? y>. ? i "(.<re Collin.* ci?t- i?.'l ^und Cuvc. tijjht miles from Oi\c City, Ky. ANOTSIEK iu;iru;r: HEARING TI'KSDAt A (o!i grnniiKMS reived bji The Advmce 'i lur.-M-i y niornln/t from Secretary J ? >1? of the l?liza-> 'jelll City (!hi.nr>- r nf t i.muorci who Is now In Raleigh in the in ?-rcst of the Chowan Klur br!<!?io bin Mr. Job's telegram pnys: 'lluuso committee hen-ring Tuc\v ;:iy. !lill pnsypci Senate nnanl nous'y." vnvil 1>KA?> G\S I <*!SOMNG ! Passaic., X. J., F*?b. 12 --Mnfc' '-OiiUe fvtntlT!:" n:?d thrr-o chll ' !i?n wot** found rtoa<l fiom (St\S mit.cninr iti tlio 1>> ?l today by 1J10 !us',lu?I r. turning from wolty. i ri!? Mi lloWlug from Lho ? Jota. Police I.Mk:VO the d?alli* ; wero intentional. The woman worked In a worsted in ! It days and her hut>biind at night. IMKS AT iikr? !*>!:;? 1 Hertf . I. Feb. 1 2. ? %? t *. Vnj nh? CV. t.m ITtighcs. ag'-l 77; years, died horn Sunday at the .o *vi> of her daughter, Mrs. A, A. Ttuller. The funera* n-:*? con-1 ductcd Monday by Kcv. G. V. TH j joy and lie v. .Hmwh thiol* :;na Jniovmuiit as. nwido In (.Vdarwoodj | ceinet?*ry. Beuk'^\i h r d-iupV ;* j Mi h II u Her, hhe le tves iwn *onr.: >It, man Hr^hes o'f Flu hint:. ?Now v??rk and Oscar Hughes of Alap aha, Georgia. ium\t will I! WE rrPi*\ Til! \!.s !' '? h Pol-?1. ? V Tj| a .. i i] I'tippv !*? i ll-- if \i-r.ii ? v. iii.-. vhi i' ?l ! j; 1 Id here '???net March ' ?? ? <?: I ' ? '??? c f Hi ? bli- "?i?? ?? ' ! *? ;t'.: r ?r over held i:i !???? I'nlt . to il !? . :nrun.v. ui -t'U (? r }'. ? f h IrlitlH a ro t> ?> ? !? !?! ?-v ?* li h Point, hi. K . 1? l;*.h ;mv1 Dil.hate ti'.jh* and ???Jviri:! :irv t J* ? i t iir r- ? v.ill ii? i:i number r>i' entiifft. t runk c ' 1 {?? i ?<?,?' ? ? i Mod ford. \"ev Ji?rf?->, ami J. 1). Klti*. ?-i ? oton Sjii'Iuj:, South t*ar'.Hn;i. in 1 <- two uf ili?> I>fr i. Icnor.o *o?!- "I ldrd dons In lb?? cv>u it - try. Inve Iven ?l ::n iuvi i"''i ii ,? ?? .??%? hi thf tiij'I . A'jnur raid v.-ll, < f l;j(lu< n<oiit, It pro.-ilJi i t <i' the 1. ?l I *i? p r,y TrfoK and' U. l\ Marshall, or 1 1: Is city, Ij seen tnry. tv Mi) mi J .|?A*.CE$ rSE!:oivf) !?;: UeIoIkIj. F'-h. 12. ? Tin* Senate' ?J.y 1 1 I ho I20.o0u.000 hill on tl>? second r. ullnx without <|i:u.iiKtO<in. i lio hill 1-.y llnrgwyn red ileitis ? properly lax. <>xciuptlon ' from t"??o to $25 pinsed. 1 !? ? Btatewld-o Australian bal lot hill wan introduced in tho J IllNilQ. 'Ifio Hotw passed u hill rodls trU'. i'J? Iho .Stale Into 24 Judi cial district. i. Little Border Town Sees Protit In Its Reputation Wliilr Muninpijilic" IWi^Sil 5-i? and frolesl, Tia Juniin Fiiul . "AH? :;cilv 8isifuliir.v* ll- < Slock in Tri'dc ?; f i<I Dor^:i"l f.lim! li IU I.. <*. O'ABV Th .1 mn:i. M \lc.? |Vb. 1 2. A r? putiithMi f'ir wic,. rtn-.H ilmw iti'ami tn'r'v in (hi f r tin r>- ure a la' of . ? i Btiht-rt mo 1 r?ct!:ud<. vhi r r;? out of their v.*-?y ?<? ?? cImi ! at ninfti'mn In ull i'.i iter*'' I Klcry. T. k" tli;? case,. fer tOfi:iDn% ? I thin 1 1* ? 1 Mi-vicnn l?or !? r ?? who ? colorful nar.i ?. tr.m !at ? ?i ll>t<? I;ff?P|l1r ' l!ur{li>dl. i ? -m "Aunt .Ian*'." I'or half a fl#? > yrar.1. per** u with a *-t? i?? j-rl?:l ? ???oh ii b.n* liavi' In '-n pclitionti WKrthliiKloii ev< ry f? w wt-oka. : inK that tlie Aiiir.rfcen lierd* r luro bo closed *o thot H'lvrntiiM or Hrfi.'ifl petftonr. tr I'nclo KamV. (tniiuiifi might not ! t? nipt (ft or i)< I miriird fn "nwfin Tin JnnnH " I s *h ih?- "hell h"! of t lie North American conlln n1 til- pet Itlonr bar;- allseed eort of Sodom, (iom^rmh and Montr t'arlo all rolled into o'n Mont any other municipal than Ivld ??i? to the world a s liorribto example would rl*' and prolcat, vcclferoutdy : i lone No bo Tin .Tuara. " \?j? ; ?Ian'-*' will Bev**r k:i#? anybody t?:r d? r&nntlon of character for rail ln? h?T "wicked." Iter repeti tion for Bfftfulne** I* her r'hh f v- <Y in trnde-? h?r brcc I and butter. rif yerri p.gn, ffh-n t*he fl ? ? ia?t?d cut ta be a p.-rlah am* t? inlclprlitli <. Tlu Jtiann xvm- l? a little M^xktn cro*?- road--. ! t';t of a dotfii adobe hum. ?? ? ral at or*- an I a couple of c Una*. or native ral ionr. ard ! a hundred or b -r. Inhabltai i pa I "manlcipal" or hnll ?? . or room utrm'uro c,f hard- ? "dobe mud." Today, became of ltr? v. v br.iadcacl regulation f< r vi nrr?h Tla Juana Qo longer tnl adob hoBMi itr. do* "htitdn'-ea &+c*.k*ix" covers full cjtv blocks . Ms "palnr- ? nlclp.il " |? n lU'd^rn cot #i ructurc Hit# wot 'Id do credit ? many Am rican < it lee twh Jutna'n afcee. it* papulati n Jilltin d 1o 10.0">0 or rnrr er??t ma.lorlly of whtm .?? Jtiffcd In tb ? ardoout f'a?:< r. lite "Aunt Jano'i" v1rl<dn t|io plet#lnf tomy> ct tin! , eaah reftMcro. Tlioee cmh regist^i-j ^ jo to tinkle by no ae??rat '? of I ft ??0f) normally clean Americana, n.nny I of ih? m wowti. who croup, i 1m ? . i bord< r m-t<* ov??ry w? <-k of the, j year. .Moat ?. f i!.f-oi rum ?or no ot !?? ;? iii;rpoBo titan ?<?:? with1 jth?ir ovii fyi'H ir "Aunt June's" I .lllr. d "nwrulURRD** i? tnu . *?' *'.{ of- tl:' m i*o j'vav dlnuo , iwIMmI, for H?" word "iilirged"* in laridy noiilfralih to Tin Jua uu':t lu! r.-f sinfulness. Kxcrpt i b:i t thvfv'a no V -im? jollmn #ii<! ( Ifliuwtan no lr\ws to I inure th.it the llifuor > 'i w l ii good liquor, Tin Jnana bo:'r-i..t Illilc In lb way of ?omul* ivi-illz<?J vie* that car ? not bo f itllid l;i nny lsrKQ run city. Th?* only dlfferenc* I that on l In* oh" hand. \incricnii attraction.* of (b? kin*! an- run brhind doom wis It a r.hrirp lookout. Jc? pi ff?r tli?- police, v/htlo UcrC fV.V lUllTldo t JIM'!}- 1 I V? S fhllll buoyanllv In (lie o|?* n. Tf.i Jiirinn'n invito i? that Ibo more t(i'\v ;?f?* narad'd, the rmue] far-r* 'fMiia nil! hi l*?-r repute. tlon for rlnfulneiw. "A?n. I June's" r.t datlt* ttftll ;a- ; loon i r.l'-nd efoae packed, rhuu' . iter to nhoul'l'-r. '?n the t.'iv,n mi In iltorfiuchfari-*. Tln-y arc' x?rl hly hurd. both ln?ld? and, out. Srnrkl and orange innh? 1 * ? _ mo?i of Hi" c-'Im tf'i ?-m? ?. J;t. / rifchoHtra? blur* forth th? 1 .????? eopal'd nitlnlc fr >u? ? *ohV :?nd ?:>'* chl"f In* of nil f ?? :'ip ; ' - ? < Injr Ani'Tirnti n 1 ? arc in ? d '>4trniln^*Iit'p?d ?!**?* ball ?. for yflh< vi ft ?" , Is r iun i <ita<o d after < ;ici: dance. t>ane ball "ladi I the evenlttft" nu^'frecd' ?? VolrtffnUxir iir ihwiil ' ' ? ?" total of Tin .luflnn'n - if! h hl" , ald?-d "h? M|?.b" ?>fT -rli > in ? of "th?' Mi iio Carl> ' A r^cri in ft fpir.nomor. Kxcept for nloi in *hiere I* no op*n Kombli On-, Mi1 eltfb, wMcti has j, r p 1> n. H?mWln - prlvlt*. u? . rhue* ?-luck black J.?' ' crapa. (Ml I ?????. i oul< t r ? or faro bank ?obh "?*!i other Jp*etftcular ? tiU " tllll nay b'- l':u i "* " av? Hy borr< d dflnrn !? V *>rU , i Chfoftgo. f-an Kruf?? "f inctn;r I'frn '? : rltfCD. J Ilrlni{ limit' d ??. u ? * ff? r ln?ja, bowrvrr. l.? n . nnfTIi Juann from rrapint :? 'Id'fi liar vefct. Hcln-r callid m <"U or aln fu! or hrlii^b Ii w?|.i rn Itn laro ? bkra ll. for I H'a mem'-y in the bank. > ' ?. Ma :?? SFKKCII Ol LINCOLN ajuy nitsr ? { ki ishki) N. v Yf rk. I 1 lie text the fli b\ '. n.vh.u.i I.in ????]*!. ;'i'Hv?T?<l 111 Illl iviin, (htolnT :;o. h:,s. was' pub lish .1 i' day l?y tin- N. w York Tinn ? : ???! !?< s;.i ! i ? ? fu* ; never i -i? iji jde ;?uhlie 1 1. - 1 ? * . . . The - r j. ?rid t. have been . t .* <-m* ?..n 4i utile* K. .. ..u>rr:. y. n.sii.nv nn". is v V-UV; H\x START Clerk <:f !v .-fiaiii CiiiHif'. n; ?? 4liiii!n?; I.h\, t'ui ?'-r < i: irfo jiMnvt. mijj nf Mr. jun?t .'i> \V. A. J'. it. . :i Harney ; ? . has hegiit* 1?l? i'i" as a with irausimHy bright] pri'- pert*. lie had Just eompletcd Ills law ? 'urso at the l"i? versify of Xorfh Caroliua and p.esed his Stat*; ox ftininnlloiui wii'- i h?' WiiN nppolnt lonuty cb-rk of t Ii?* court of thulium County. Ho wont t-.? Dur bar i at onto to take up his du I i.-?. t luude Jone* fi'l-hed his high <?.<'?! couro In Juno 1921. wln laiai *-t scholastic ami athletic h?n nr.t "tore. and being oxpoodlnfly popular with young pooplo and older foil;. His friends predict groat things for him. Ilo rum** < of n family who i.i off heir brains and their ? in r<vteM la a way to make for His father was at ono linn- olty manager hore. He has a brother. F.ldoti Jocies, who has In on a successful chamber of commerce serreiary and is now ;naiing<-r ?>f a large store In a northorn city. His sister, Miss Kthel Jones. Is one of the city's mo?i riji'husiasMe and most lovod teai hers of music. In ad liiion to her private teaohJn;: she 'has trained an ex cellent liluli Rcliool orchestra, the Alkraiua orchestra, and has hewn In a lit-r measure responsible f? r the excellent music at the First Uaptist Church. tiande Jones experts In a few years to take up the further piudy of law at one of the north ern universities. MOTOR mis BILL IS PASSKI5 BY HOUSE llal'luh. Fell. 12.? The motor bu> bill has p?trvd Its third and final r*adliu: In the House. A sub stitute iiiearur* for the Johnson divorce measur*- passed on its fin al reading In tho Senate. The House voted to rccall the vote on the now judicial district* mean urA, which was d< fonted yester day. for ve-considcration. DOES NOT ALLOW iik;heb interest Ich. Feh. 12. The pro ?posoil measure to amend Section 2:i05 of thu Consolidated Statutes to- allow m< ney-b nd< rs to charge eight per rent Interest on special contract ? will heard by Judi ciary Committer No. 1 of the' Hons" Thursday afternoon at 3 o'clock The hill was 1 11 trod nor d by Representative Matthews of Mecklenburg, who has issued a statement in which he snys that 1. he purpose of this bill has been -.uisiiud' rstood by some. "As a matter of fart." said llepresenta- j tlve Muffin ws, "this bill does- not allow .? higher Interest rate, ex-1 rept on agreement, and It limits the amount that ever run be charged to right pur cent." Tit bill ?eads in purl as fol lows: "That Section 2 ri0.r? of tin Con*, solid i?'d Statutes be and the I same i?; h? reby amend* d by ndd- ; Ing at the end thereof the follow ing. 'J'lovlded: that upon special eon 1 1' ft In writing. Igwd by tl?o; put-, to be rharK<d tfe-rewlth, ori bv agent, so great a fate as ? 1 tit per rent tuny be charged'." . Deserted no Mr* f-:k*nor Ilot?ln?on Countim* wxyn hi lief milt for dlvorcr from ?k r?. OoumIn*. Chlrnc" 4h*>K< r K??r ?iy? tie left her n ycor ?#? "''? "*? <1VUghter of Thontn* MoMnnon. h?ft4 of the Dtamon.i Coolidge Not In Accord W ith Pending Borah Bill Sera Grave Difficullie* in Way of Return ?f German Property Seiznl During \\ ara* Provided in Mewure by ( lliairiiian htii'i^ii Krlalioih (iommittee n? t>aviii i.wi iiuvck t.'S". I'' Tt.r Ait'll* > . Washington, Feb. 1 1 - President Coolidgc sees difficul ties in the way of returning at mire property seized from Germans and held since the war. Senator Borah, chairman of the committee on foreign relations, has introduced a bill providing for the return of the property within 60 days after the passage of the measure. STEVENS LOSES SUIT FOR SEAT Action Brought by l ornicr Cotmcilmuii to OiM Pen* (lloton from ( \ minion I)i*oti>sr<l. The action brought by I'. W. Stevens to oust Dr. A. L. Fenil leton from iln? lat tor's scat on t lio Klizabeth City Utility ('onimiM< slon and have himself declared the rightful holder of I)r. IVihI letca's office was dismissed by Superior Court Judge K. II. Cran mer at tho close of ThurHday forenoon's eon-sion of this week's term of Superior Court. The plaintiff, through counsel, promptly noted an appeal pnH the North Carolina Supreme Court may bo called up to pass on the issue Involved. Judge C ranmnr'n dismissal was baned on the ground that Mr. Stevens had failed to institute bit; action within the time limit pre-, scrlhod by statute. Hie case for the plaintiff hinged on the mean ing of induction Into office, there being no question that the law re quires that such an anion as that brought by Mr. Stevens he Insti tuted within 80 day? after his in duction and thnt Dr. Pendleton was sworn Into office as a utility commissiouer in 1U23. The con , tuntlon of fbv plaintiff, however, was thai, since the Kllr.abcth City i ITtility Oommiiii?lon dl I not b? uln 'to function until tin- city pur chased Its utilitlM in Docentber 1H20, Dr. Pendleton - Induction Into office datfcd from the time win 4i tho commission began to function. , It was on the foregoing point that Ihe court rilled against the plaintiff, holding that Dr. I'end leton was "inducted Into office*" when he qualified for bis place [ on tho commission. Had the court not held against : the plaintiff on this issue, coun sel for tho defonsi- would thw have sought to show that the so called meeting of the City Coun cil whlcft elected p. W. Steven* to place on the Utility Commis sion was not a legal meeting of that body, there being only four members of the Council present, whereas It takes five to consti tute a quorum; and those four meeting without the meeting's hav'ng been duly culled. It 1s a fact that Mr. Stevens himself was OM of thr four <" mi it cllmen who constituted the so called rump (V?unrll whhfi elect-' od Mr. Stevens Utility Commis sioner and It Is also s matter of record that, tho "rump" Council, ; before get Ming down to business on May IS corrected the minute* of tho regular seM?lon of tho Council on May 7, eliminating the words "subjert to the all Of Utl MayoT." wh i? h followed Mftd }ourncd to meet" and substltut ing therefor "on May 18." claim ing that <Mty Clerk Hnowdcn hnd not under tood the adjournment motion eorrectly. It is nlso :i matter of record that three of the four Counc il men constituting the "rump" Coumcll, Including Mr. Stevens himself were lafne duck < having been defeated for ro-elect lon only three days piior to their mooting. BIO CHIEF IS IIEKE GUEST OF KEI) MEN Ed C. Kay of McAydeitvllle. ! great senior sngamon- *?f .he lne.it Council of N'orfh Carolina Red Men. arrived Tlmrsday and will hp the guest of h ?nor at a meeting of tlhe Red Men at their hall Thursday evening, begin ning at 7:30 o'clock. All !{? I Men are Invited and ur^-d to present. A complimentary dinner w II be tender' 'I the dlst ingul^f'-'l gu'!>t at tin Southern Hotol by offlr' s of the Pasquotank Tribe, prior to the meeting at the hall. >!r. It ?>? will be In the city pro li ft 1 y jatil Friday morning. MtRESTS ARE MADE * IN BEAM A IN MURDER Wilson. Feb. 12, \ Millie j s at. r and photographs of Clny t IPaman. who wsh Bturd. rc 1 t:iHt Sn'nrday night, frond l?i Ibej home of Mr. and Mrs. G? <>rg<- Vol I r* hare yesterday, led to their' arr'wt on a charge cf connection with tha slaying. Both denied kti .wledg# of the crime to the cor- * oncr'S Jurr.- I W hile Mr. Coolidice is not t > he represented as having minutely examined the Borah bill, he is, on the other hand, convinced that certain obsta cles will make the immediate return of the Herman proper ty inadvisable. , Tho situation has been to sonMn I ciiciit complicated by the | went signed at l'arls ri riaf|p*j| with reference to the An?itl(|iu share in the payments under th* , | i );i w> s plan. The latter does not include as among Germany'! s?-m the property held In Araerl* J lnil i he fear la expressed at til?-* Whit' II<?use that a controfflH may arise an to the disposition .ill -J the property when once It 49HH I hack i i CJernian hands. The lies might set up a claim to . a , share In It and instead, thereforf, qf returning the property to rightful owners which has been the traditional policy of the Am- ^ erica ii Government the good* may simply be lu effect transferred ta the Allies. j - Such a step would raise a cog- J trovcrsy In other direction?. Fff i A 1 1 . i Mil 11 citizens who hart elalms ugainst Germany amouirt* lug t?i about |<i00. 000.000 woalfc'v l> ? loath to see German properf* li. ld here since the war tnraMhj u\? r to th? Allies to satisfy tk? claims of their own national!. . American claimants have bad tli- idea that l l?e Germun property was a soft of assurance that tb^f i v.-ould be paid out of- Its proeeadpT 5 il the German government d?* -t| faulted on its pledge to pay AHi- , erlc.in claims. Under the Treaty ni Merlin, Germany agreed to re-?*j imhiirs" her nationals for propa*-.' ty held by America but Germany lw not her own financial masta? 1 and the Allies have ao much t? *ay about German fiscal policy | i hat It might well happen ., that <;?-rinan citizens would not get !, their money for property *WJu here. This la a hardship which A tin i lea la anxious to avoid, for the Untied States has always been proud of the fact that prtyats J property la rcspScted. War claims hav bu n made only ngalnst gay? - < rnments and not nKalnHt Individ- - unls. .JH-a To pay American citizens, how- | ? vei. it will Im necessary for Ca*r. gress to appropriate fui authorize a bond Issue Ik not certain whether the r > r the Dawes payments is , 4 r. Ik* available In large em quantities to satisfy American claimant*. The latter would not Im happy to wait 20 years for theli shure cf the Dawea pay ments. ? If Congreas therefore is asked to spend a half billion dollars on tlx one hand and at the seats I* srked to return te Oer ,,,, ii citizens property valued at about 5500.n00.000 the American taxpayer U likely to be roaae^ or i lie new interact chsrgsa vi.lv II. And lli.re In llkBljr , i,.l ii r r ,Mr.,vrn>y If th? 0? inaii : ? rune nt or the A 11 lea I d?npo*? "f the property held nWe when one. It la returned. What the United States want a i \n an assurance that American claim" will b astlafied. that th* property held here will go been to it* > Ithtful owners and that the Allien will not Interfere In the urranu'-mont end Insist on s in th- German property returned ! / America. Ml this taken time. Congress l> . ? th" aathorlty to give hack the property tomorrow but , view of the difficulties the it w ( f Pre Ident Coolldge Is llke Iv to prevail and the property | f.ntlnued In trusteeship until a # .lu Hon l. found. A? It tt? the property la II V t Buffering for it la liMing administered ? fflrlently I tlH- office Of the Allen ?'f?par?y Custodian. presided over by Cal-, , , uel Thotn* < W Miller. I pwardd J of ;.o,O00 accounts are taken care ?! cf and It Im said to be physically iinp'.r Ibl ? t-> liquidate thsai in U roe yearn let alone ?0 dsya as l proposed . Alao th- Huprrme Coeit of tl United States hss under cjhsld?rs?lon fom" important c.n-1 involving s vital prlnclp*' , with respect to those properties , t'mt hnrc been sold st inadequate *| prices but under emergency ?ltnar Hon*. The court Is expected to L.lve points of this chsimcter in tli nr*<t few montha but until then Congress wonld probsbly not wish 10 set. The whole this? will go 'Over until s new seMM J of Cogari as either In the stfttttUMI * er r?. 4?nher of this year.
The Daily Advance (Elizabeth City, N.C.)
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Feb. 12, 1925, edition 1
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