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Russian Bear Try Climb Back Into The Wheat Pit And Believes That Trick Could he Dime I?y Keplucine Men and Horses Killed During: and Since the War with American Tractor By J. C. ROYLK tCo*rrt?bt If 13 h* Tb? Ad*tnrr> New York, Feb. 26. ? Th?> Kus-I iltn bear la striving with might j and main to climb back iuto the world wheat pit. According to i the research department of the National Association of Farm ^Ulpment Manufacturers, the so viet government is attempting to . b>ing this about by teaching the | Red army to farm with Ameri can tractors. Jk 'Russia formerly was the great K est grain exporting country in the ^4orld. -In 1910 she exported 22. t?2,000 bushels of wheat and In creased this to 223,776.000 bu shel* in 1911. In additlon: *ho former Vy turned out annually} about 800,000,000 bushels of rye and shipped more than half of it. PtttBftta has soil suitable for wheat growing and farmers who under- { ptand wheat production. If she can get tractorised machinery and mftn to teach practical farm engi neering. she will immediately pull Mftk'fato the permanent export Rig grain class. lABout all that Is standing in ihe . Vay of auch accomplishment, machinery manufacturers say, is | Ufk of credit. ? ^llve the soviet government luffltlent credit to finance her j 'itorlxed machinery plans." n J Inent official of one of the it farm machinery manu- ; uring companies, who has returned from -Russia, said "and she could take the ; output of every American < t factory for a year." Ho ' ._,tn that auch a demand l4 Involve between 250.000 300,000 farm tractors and in ; Lands of operators who knew wheat farming and engineer thqse would put upwardH of .,000,000 acres Into grain and fcfc Russia back to pre-war 1 "uctlon. Aa far as the United States ofacturers are concerned." 'M official of the research iat, "expert -business with la la strictly on a *C. j I D. (New York' basis. Losses in ~ to American eQuipment ?lanTrfecturers since 1914 are fougbly put at ISO, 000, 000." The Me* president of one great com patjr making threshing machines (eSarea that $2,000,000 of his eqmpany'n funds shriveled up sr&en paper rublea loat their val- j A bale of these rubles for merly worth $2,000,000 now lies h a duaty bundle In a New York ^rgrahouae. In plants, warehous ea and machinery, one great firm { . lifteld to have marked off Its Molta a a a result of development* ! fil Russia Another concern miesed 4400,000 In cash which Wftf on deposit In a Moscow bank jrhen the Lenlne regime came In. Coaeaquently American manufac turers are watching Russia close ly. apd waiting for a return to , sanity before extending credit. "JUiasia simply must have trac tors when she starts In producing grain again for her horses are Jong since dead of starvation, dis ease or old ege or have been eat pn by their former owners. When , she equips her farms with trac tor* working In farming units as ahe has atarted to do through the the Friends of soviet Russia* or ganisation units, she will jump 10 a modern farming system at a single bound aad the effect will be fejl in every wheat market of Uiafliforid." ; .^fee 'Friends of soviet Russia' r is Its ware organised In 1921 by farmer (Russians who had come lb America with modern equtp Haftt ?uch aa tractors, plows, tll lage tools aad grain drills and aatckly gained the support of the ? jSylet officials by demonstrating lb* efficiency of Afflierican farm M%lpment in breaking up large estates aad seeding them to wheat. Hie high army officials saw in the work of these units the possi bility of. teaching the army engi aeera tractor handling for both farm and war purposes. The Urgest type of tractors, they ssw. j could be used for peaceful wheat trod action twice a year and then >uld again don their armor and become army tanke. The offl dala declare the army can be toada self-feeding by hsvlng the men raise whest and potatoes for | s couple of months at a time snd Utilise the remslnder of the year tor Military duties and training Aa one competent tractor en glneer can do the work of 20 or Ihore hand works under the old feasant system of fsrmlng in Rus tle, the saving of man power ??ft a tremendous appeal to the ftortet leaders. SIGNS BILL FOR ARMY FLIER MEDALS Waehlagton. Feb. St. ? Presi dent Cool id g? today Signed a bill iflNiai distinguished service medals to the Army world filers j lad advancing them on the pro- j motion I let. KINU NAKBB PROGHRNH London. Feb 26 ? Progress r.f i " George eoutlaued satisfac tory ? I I Didn't Faint w When bandits entered the First Na :ional flank of Noble. Okla.. Mrs. A [ E. EUlnscr, wife of the president, | Jldn't faint. She slipped out a door and notified citizens who captured the bandits. MANY APPLICANTS BUS COMMISSION 1 New llill Hrlngs In Ix>nK I -1st of . OITIro Sirker* for This New .lob ' Unlelnli. Feb. 26. ? With the i pa snane by tin* General Assembly of the act known an the bus bill, i th? members of the Corporation . Commission are being flooded j with application** for appointment as h?ad of the department it Is ! , expected that the Commission will create for the purpose of carry.- i ing out the provisions of the law, ? Among those who are said to be i j seeking the appointment are Hal Worth of Aaheboro. Alox Lassiter | I of Dertle County, K. A. Hanes of! Pender County, and Frank I). I j Hackett of Wilkes County. Pe titions urging tiie appointment of J Mr. Hackett as head of the pro-} ' poHed department for bus control j , have be??n circulated among the i I members of the General Assembly | J and It was learned today that i j this petition bears the names of j more than IJO Senators, together | with - approximately the same j | number of namcH of members of j the Ilnuso of Representatives. This petition, it Is understood, | will be filed with the Corporation I Commission in behalf of Mr. Hackett's cnndldncy. ! Mr. Hackett is .a native of Wilkes County and has served the Democratic party In various ca- 1 parities, his friends state. Ho was chief clerk of the House of Rep resentatives from 1901 to 1009 . and has been chief clerk of the Senate slnco 1920. I'nder the provisions of the law j regulating the operation of mo I tor bus lines In North Carolina I the Corporation Commission may appoint such clerks as are neces sary for the enforcement of the I law. The iiH inbers of the Commls ' slon are silent as to what course they will pursue, and it Is not ! thought that an appointment will he made before the adjournment of the present session of the Gen | eral Assembly. MIXED CRAP GAME AIRED IN COURT ' Hob Jackson, Jim Powell, Will i Lee and Geo. Hplvey were fined $10 and conts for indulging in a ! gam"' of chance, in Thursday's session of pollco court. Roosevelt Collins, for drunked ness, was fined $5 and costs. All of the foregoing defend ants all were colored except Hob Jackson and Jim Powell. Both white men were from Bouth Mills. PRESIDENT EBEHT IIAS PERITONITIS ?Berlin. Feb. 2fi. ? President Kbert. who underwent an opera- ; I tion for appendicitis "^Tuesday. de- ' veloped peritonitis last night His heait action was not strong today and there was much apprehension about his condition. COTTON MAKKKT New York. Feb. 2?. ? Spot cot ton cloned quiet, middling 25.36, unchanged. Futures, cloning bid: UTarch 25. 0?. May 86.88, Jul y 26 67, Oct. 26.20. Dec. 26.2#. New York, Feb. 26 ? Cotton futures opened today at the fol lowing levels: .March 26 18. Mar 25. 8?, July 26. ?8. Oct. 24.46, Dec. 26.64. Hear Her. F. H. 8cattar*ood on the moat universal qnent of men of all ages specially the present; but wblck has proven the most elusive and difficult to posaaaa. rtunday evening 7.80 PrMbytertaa Church. adv8?.J? HALF WAY THROUGH | THE REVENUE BILL House Works on Measure While Senate Debate* Judicial Red 1st rioting Bill Raleigh, Feb. 26. ? A measure providing for the resubmission of the $2,000,000 Veterans' Loan Fund bond Issue to the people was Introduced In the House to day by Patton of Durham. The House today considered the revenue bill while the Senate plunged into a long debate on the judicial redisricting measure which already aas been passed by the lower body. Raleigh, Feb. 26. ? The House last night passed the half way mark In considering the revenue bill, amending slightly a few sec tions. but for the most part adopt ing them as written. Among the new items of taxation contained and adopted in the bill were bar ber shops, radio dealers, shoe shine parlors, battery sen-Ice sta tions, and florists. By a 16 to 14 vote the Senate committee on roads voted to re-! port favorably the bill leaving j matters In construction and main-! tenancc in each of the nine dis- < tricts to a board of three instead of one as at present. Action was taken over the ve-i hement protests of State High way Commissioner .Frank Page, who declared that It would mean ' the death knell of the highway program. A bill to repeal the Bowie rail- | road bill was given an unfavorable report by the Senate committee on finance. A bill to Increase Confederate pensions from $1,000,000 to $1, 500,000 a year was Introduced in the Senate. The House debated without de cision for more than an hour last I night on the bill to mak? It a mis- ! demeanor to flirt with school I girls. THOUSAND KILLED BY WAHABI TRIBESMEN (St Til* Am !!?>!< Ptm) Damascus, Feb. 26. ? (Jewish Telegraph Agency) A thousand inhabitants of Trans-Jordania were killed and many were i wounded when taken by surprise by forces of 10,000 Wahabl tribes men who crossed the border of I Trans-Jordania and starts* a! march toward Amman, says an announcement today by Sultan ibn Saoud'a political representa tive here. ELECTROCUTION SET FOK FRIDAY MORNING Raleigh. Feb. 26. ? The last electrocution scheduled to take place during the month of Febru ary is set for Friday morning. February 27. at 10: JO o'clock. The man who Is to pay the ei treme penalty la Will Brown, alias Esra Steele, negro, from Forsyth County. Brown was convicted of assault In the Forsyth County Su perior Court snd was received at the State penitentiary April 23, 1924. CLAIMS HE DIDN'T KNOW HE SHOT MAN Charlotte, Feb. 26 ? Arguments In the case of Thomas I. Watson of Greensboro, charged with kill ing Joseph E. McDonough of the same city when he found the lat ter with Mrs. Watson here several weeks ago. were begun today and Indications were that the caae would be with the Jury before' night. In a statement to the Jury Wat-] son declared that he remembered ' nothing after seeing Mrs. Watson : In the room with McDonough and | did not know ho had shot the man I until later. BIGGEST SALARY TO GLORIA SWANSON I.os Angeles, Feb. 2? ? The Lou Angclee Cumlner today Mid that competition among motion pic ture rroducers (or the eerrloee ot Gloria Swanson reaulted In her aliening a new contract with the ] Famous Laaky Players br which she will receive 917,500 weekly. This Is said to be the highest sal ary ever paid a motion picture performer aa a direct salary with no percentages Involved. TRAILING TRUANT INDIANA SENATORS Dayton. Feb. 26. ? A blanket warrant for the arrest of Demo cratic senators of Indiana assem-| bly who boltfd the Legislature1 yesterday and came to Dayton was served today on all but two! members. Jerome Brown. mandated to take the lawmakers back to the; state house at Indianapolis, said j they ilatly refused to acknowl edge the Instrument and chal-| lenged his authority. , Brown said he was uncertain as to his next plans hut wherever the "runaways want hs would go too." Columbus. O., Feb. 26. ? The 1 fifteen Indiana senators who ran j away to keep from voting on a gerrymander bill are sale as long I as they remain In Ohio, !? the: opinion of Attorney General Crabb*. '?1XMUA HW A.NHO* KKTTHR I'aria, Fee II. ? O lor la Na, son was reported Improved today by her physicians WHERE 51 MINERS LOST THEIR I.IVES An explosion of gas In the City' Coal Mine, at Sullivan. Inl . re sulted In the death of 51 minora, trapped on the lower levels. II 're la ahown rescue teams entering' th ?? mine as rulailv.cs and friends of the miners crowd around the shaft. WORST YEAR FOR THE BOLL WEEVIL C. L. Lauren* of Macon, Georgia, Tolls Farmer** Here What Happened in His State. | That 1925 will bo the worst year for* boll weevil devastation that the farmers of Northeastern North Carolina have experienced, is the prediction af C. L. I^au rens, of ATacon. Georgia. :Mr. Laurens 1h from the cotton' belt of Georgia and bases bis opinion on his observation that in tho third year, the boll wcovil usually reaches his climax. I tMr. Laurens was In Elieabeth [ City Wednesday buying soy bean seed for a group of Georgia farm I era who have learned the lesaon | of crop diversification through ; the bitter experiences of having I their entire cotton crop practical-! ly destroyed by the weevil, j "Fast cultivation. In my opin-' ion," Mr. Laurens said, ''is the mo?t effective method of fighting i the boll weevil. "Farmers will do well to be ware Bwlndlers who are seeking j to unload fake weevils destroying': j mixtures. 60 far the State De-j I partments of Agriculture have recommended only one poison for the weevil and that Id calcium ar [ senate. 1 "The practice of burning the squares Is a good one. As all j know the weevil Is hard to exter-| GUARDS WATCH STONK MOUNTAIN Atlanta. Fob. 26. ? "Artne.l dep-, utles today guarded Stone Moun tain and the property of the Con federate Monumental Association following developments of yes-j terday when (lutzon UoiKltim wan! dismissed as the srulptor of the memorial. j Deputies are f?t i 11 seeking to servn" warrants charging Rorglum and hU wuperlntenile f . J. CJ. Tucker, with destroying the de signs and models for the memor- , la). PON/.I GUII.TV IS VERDICT OI JUKY Roston, Feb. 2fi. ? -The verdict of guilty was returned In Suf folk County Superior Court here today hy the Jury trying Charles Pon?l on charges of larceny from cllcnta. The Judge Increased iPon*i'B ball from $2,000 to $10, <W>0 and gare him until tomorrow to file a motion for the arrest of Judgment. KAIMOFAX8 MKKT TO SIC JUT The Radio Club will meet to night at 7:30 o'clork In the. Chamber of Commerce room*. All member* are asked to attend thla meeting. mlnate extremely cold weather seems to lie no proof against ' them. You Just can't froej&e them out. To destroy I hem you must . either poison them, burn them, or smother them up with the soil when cultivating the crop. Prohibition Director Is Preaching Enforcement Bootleg and Bootlegger liwleud of Biliiieitl Tupie* are Foundation** for Theme* Which ure I'litl iiif; C.rimp in Joys of ScoflTlawn ny I.. c. OWK>" (flmdiki. irtJ. lit T?. nun rranrisco. Feb. 2ft. ? A se ries of 8unday sermons being preached from the palplt* of soy-1 eral big fi?n Francisco chureho* by Captain Charlea Ooff. now fed eral prohibition director for) Northern California and Nevada.] can hardly bo classed an "diasein- J Inatlon of the Holy word." Neither In a strict sonso of| phrase can they be termed ora-; tlons. being confined as they are largely to bootlegging and boot leggers. instead of Biblical top ics. Whatever their classifica tion however, they are putting a considerable crimp In the hith erto almost untrammelled Joys of San Francisco's most ardent "ecoff-laws." The effectiveness of Captain Ooff's sermons is being reflected hero Just now in two directions. On one hand, the prices of im ported varieties of forbidden hoch have Jumped $15 and 120 per case, the prevailing Han Francisco quotations being 175 c 1 a (cash In advance). <>n the other hand consumption of homo distilled liquor. "Jackass" as it has long been termed hero, be cause of the forcefuiness of its kick ? has fallen off 60 per cent. flTtae co-operation of persons who a few months back did not care whether the Volstead law was enforced or not. but who now hava a different slant regarding It. and hente are helping surrep titiously to enforce it. are credit ed for price boosts of the Import ed stuff. Numerous chemical facts backed up by government analysis of poison In the average drink of "Jackass," la responsible for the decline In popularity of home distilled varieties Captain Ooff, who was not un known to fame aa a Ban Francle* eo police officer beforr he be came federal prohibition director ha* been nrlng Ihe pulpit sh nn ? Id to VnMlPiiil enforcement ever since ho tackled the new al most n month ago. In that In terval ho has delivered half a doss en "*?-rmnns," throe from the pulpit of th?? K'rst Con K rotation al church, iho largest church !n San FranclHCo. "I started on what I Int'-ndod to ho a rainpaiRn of or! urntl'>n for the public regarding bootleg ging and Iho Volstend law." i-x lalnorl the prohibition ??nforco ment director today "1/iH r*f otherwise law abiding and law respecting peoplo have no re*port for the government's attompt lo enforce prohibition They think It In Just a form of panwctlllOR. I wantod to toll them Junt what en forcement offlrer* wre driving at. That an long as the law Ik on Uncle fltm'n statute books Ihejr not only sought to re*p? ci It hut alto help to enforre It. for every time the prohibition law la vio lated It help* Ju*t that much to breed disrespect for ?.ll lawn Ho that Is tho ||m ??f talk I have been Riving them. alon* with aofne unalloyed facts about boot leggers and hootbKKlng. and tho way those who think they aro getting good liquors are being ?kin nod "Among oth?-r thing*. I've told them that sevontv per rent of lb?* ao-calleri imported liquor sold In; this country In made In Illicit still* right her'- at heme, retailed | to sucker scoff laws ? In bottle* with fake label* and even faked corks. Of course. I knew they would not believe It. so I look along official report* of govern- j ment chemist* on Imported li quors setter] by prohibition offi cers. It helped convince them. Bhtca then we have been getting * lot more co-operation from law afcMlag cttltens." J. A. WHITEHEAD DIES SUDDENLY IttMurn* from i?rayrr So yicr at l*i ?*>t nuircli ?m! !?> Hr.irt VlliM'k. j. a. v/bitHj. it. :r .t;s w.rt l'? :irir?: i! !???! : i:<|,|.-n1y al n r. ? \V. .in. .l..? -i.'n?!!:: ;il ! In Ml ? 1;- ,ii( altarU, :!t !:.? .a"?- ?-f ?; 1 ycaix. Mr. Wlnti 1. :? ! l'? pnH'-r :? t I *??- i i?;.! 1 Ii-.iv't \ ,'.?!:?? rt'lr.y n|..ni ;.n.l NV llllt* lliv ?j'|i ? ll? u < f (irityiM' i II u to I ?i? i-? il\ ?'I i ;i of tin- U? r.?nvi rl.-i! I. i .*?. <1 In nii* :I?* ::n ?yr 1 1 ? ri ? tal'<. h"!n*itly tii?,r?,;.ftr,r 8.4 ? :? ?n? iloli a'ul was in ?ij?? '?( t r.'. r.?-s :u-arliy whll.- a ;? atli '.:lm ami mum li?? 1 I- ..?:???? Ii i*> ln i ti walkii;;-. In ? . Afl'T li;.?l t>? ? n ai !:? in ' 1 inltiiit'-s 8i i lJU'.l I ? ? ; tlhij; ill'' US wv!l he hi\>\ ;? titlark 'autl .11 <1. SurvixtHi. 1 * ??? ;:???? his ili'iu'lit. r. Miss Mary VVhtti h> inl of i!iM cily: two sons. lalirnr \YMi? h?T??l, of Fort reus Monro''. Willis Whit. head Willi tli.' Slate Hlfchway Commit* ion at Con. tor; a slsler, M ? ; rut A?l? II of It. lvld.-re; a li:i If lir<'ili?ai, Piiui \\ liii*'li? ad: ami two half slsti r.". Mrn. 8?lh I' sry ami Mrs. Harrison Haker, all living n? ar Chaimnoke. I NII OIOI TltUTlC LAWS AKE SOUGHT IVdornl (?nvrrittiiiMit Sivk? rrutloil of Stairs for I'mie flt ol MolorKls i'Vi>. :r>. -Tiio stale Highway (,'onttnlt-smn is in r?- j of a" communication from Clio I * 11 it? ?l i)i'|uirliii? nt of Agriculture. stating iliat an Im portant st ? ? i ? towards tin* uniform ' ?in iti !?? rim: and markln" of hi>:h- , ways of interstate rharacter Iuik j Ik m tii k ? -ii wilh * 1??* appointment hy Secretary of Agriculture How- 1 aid M. Oore of a board r'imposcd nf officials from the Hunan of i Public Roads and the Sluln High-1 way Departments to prepare a plan and aeeuir its adoption hy ili?? various nl&li'S. M? mbers of I he North Carolina Highway Cnniniisslru expressed tliniuiclvPK as heartily in favor of ! Mitc-li a movement and iUntcd that they will co-operate with the board in bringing about (ho de-i aired r on lilt. In commenting upon tin* ap- ; palnttnent of the hoard and Its! duties Mr. (lore, In Ills communl- . cation to the Highway ('oininlr. sion, said: "Tho Association of' state Highway OfTlrlala has been j riving en'rnest comddr ral ion to I thin matter for several years, and each state, ax a uuit. has been! frantically passing ordinances. i (?renting signs, eliminating rail road crossings, aud using the gen- | ero?iH space in i If dally pr? ss to i tearh the public Mifety methods of' highway transportallou. "This joint hoard will not only adopt uniform sign* ami danger , signals,, to be approved l*y tin stut.es, but will alHd number the main highways throughout llu country. The pur pour of this If: to simplify traveling directions f ? r the public so I hat a person travel Ing from New York through Chi- 1 cagb to Sm Francisco may bo able i to do no by following a certain j number all the way. Then also ; every danger sign will mean the j saui" In ev? ry state. If Is believed that these measures will add much J to the safety of the ?rav? ling pub- j lie as well an to their convenience i and personal comfort. You would ' be surprised if you knew tho ad- 1 ditlenal expanse met by the public1 in the unnecessary mileage, truv- ; riled b'raune ef misdirection or! n*> direction at all. "Thirty-eight stat?? l? glslature* a iv now lu session, and while a ; I w state*! buve no legislation on tholr statute book?' to provide for llils co-ordinating work, a vast majority already have that j authority, and It. is expected Hint the r? ma In Ing slat*M will :*Iadly fall In line. "This board in being formed at t'"? unanimous r. ?|ti?*f?i ?.f Slate Highway Deparlmmta thai havej be* n studying the question for aovr.il yearp, and I am only too glad t'> i m 1 1' with th?in lu bringing about this much needed national enmd 1 ration of the great traffic demands for uniform traf fic rognlatl'r-. throughout the canntry." I'i'NFH M. MfCOKMlCK TO ?[-; MKI.I) FRIDAY OIiIm/jh, 2C Kum-ral ncr vlf,? tor u,r M?>clll| MeCor ??? Ick will l?- h?ro Fri day. Wiililr-jiJr.il, fob. 2?.? dpnt and Mr*. CooIMk* today }?ln<-d u H.I..H of Cnnnrc? ?t,.i l^thnra iit-:h in official nr? m tu? : th? lr.Hf r?K;>?rtn to Mpnator Mm! Ill Mro.r mlrk of Illlnoln who .1,. I ?u<l |. ii ly >? ?i, ulny. T]lp b,.r|il| , tomorrow at Chicago. MTf>RM WARM N(, A .t'.rm of marked inrnn?t' v from I ItlllnM to rrovi, ? ? town. Mn'MK-tauaattn, In nmvln ? north<n?tward, according I . r.. port* from the w?ath?r Kur-a i ?I Washington, aid will l? '"I Inwod by northomt gale, slop* th? rnaat. Cotton Growers Ask For Probe Of Cotton Market Charge Manipulation to l>epre?? Spot I'rire So That Staple C?n hi- llmighl Below Krai Value ill | lie South Weds Stableman * ? mm ?Til morry whom I please," VVnKu K. Llnforih. 18. oald when her wculthy 8an Franclnco |>ur?n(a ob jected to her rnarrUiKe to William ThreJkcld. 3?. a stableman. Sho did. TAKES NO CREDIT FOR DRAFT BILL Klirin^haiiH Puhm'h 011 to I *r licit- ii of (ilionnn (!ri'<lil for Putting (1 |i o w u 11 l!ri<l<r<? Itiil in l inul form "The Advance gave uie I to which I was not entitled in mentioning m?> n:. a:<aliting in the (Iruwli)K up of (lie riiuwnn bridge hill," said J. C. It. KliritiKliiius to a reporter for tliia newspaper thin morning. "Ah n matter ??f fact," Mr. Kh ; rlnghaua continued. "that hill waa drawn hy Dorupy Cruden. ilepre Ht ntativu of Chowan Count), and I am t;lad to parm aloni: lo him f'lll credit for tho drafting tli?* nit aaurc." Th? Advance |k i-IpiI tu he net I right in tlilH matter and herewith to M?-t tin* hlatorlcal record In thla matter straight. Tin* editorial to which Mr. Khriiu'-hau.s refera waa written wlih the conference nmong advocate* of the bridge at Kdenton prior to the drafting or the hill, and with the confer* iici< later with Chalrinnn Ca^e of the Stale Highway Couimiaalou at Ra leigh ?ftcr the hill had been drawn. In mind rather than tin actual drafting of the measure. It wan out i f lli. firm ?f them* con ference that the hill drown by ?Mr. Cruden came and it waa In the Hecond (hat C'liaii man CaKe'a ap proval of i lit* mcnaurn wan aa Miir -d. Mr. Kb rliik'haua, of course. waa only oil" in IIhmi' coiifcreticea. Otli era who had part in one or both of theni were Representative W. I?. I'rudon. Senator J. II McMiillan. Senator I*. II. Wllllama; ('barbs Wliedhee and T. S. While nf Hert ford. Frank Wood of Kdenton. VV. I. Halatiad of South Mil la, I) W. Itagley of Moyock. W. L. Cohooii of Klizaheth city and John Daven port of R<-rlle. T. K. I * \ I . M I-: 1 1 DKAD Thos. K. Calme r, 72 yeara old. died at bin hone- at New Hope Wednesday ut 1:30 p. in., after be 1 nit In i ailing health for a Ion.: ? I in ?? . Ilia body will be hroui.ht h? re Crlduy afternoon on the ?{ o'clock train and Interment ion. I In Hollywood (Vmeti'ry. Mr Calmer la survived by sey en children. Mlav-a Alllfc and Maud Calmer of thla city. Mra. Walton Ifohhs of Weokstlib . Mrr llcnry Spcncea of New Hope, Tom. Calmer of Kenturkv. Roland Calmer of Jacksonville, Florida, and Herbert Calmer of New York City. BILL pmn IDRS FDR count "stknogs"! Raleigh, |Vb. 2f, A bill to provide for the appointment of a COlirt Alerm :r..ph. i In <-Mrh Judi cial dlatrlet in North Carolina, a I'd lo "promote arm racy in set tling appeala Co the Supreme r.ourt" ha" he,-n Introduced In fl: Ifnuac of Rcprei?ntativcs by M. Davenport. Representative from lb rile County. The hill in now In tli. lu.ndi of the Judlcliry committer. MISSION KALLY BK IIKI.ll AT IIKIM KOIUli I {?v. W. M. Olltnore, secretary r.f st< wirdnhlp, and Dr. It. T. Vann o cretary of education, will le- principal speakera at n mission rally for the Chowan Aaaoclatlon to he held at the Kirat HanMat c hurch of Hertford 'next Wednea day. The session will begin at 10 o clock in the mornina and wHn an intermission for lunch will con tinue until S o'clock In addition to addr."MM by Dr. Vann and Rev. Mr. Olltnore thrr*l will be tafka by varioua mlnlBtem of th# Chowan Aaftnclatlon. ll> J. ?*. ICOYLK tVotxt i*M I'.'S* I* Tl.? Adunrtl I Washington. Feb. 2 ?i . ? -South- ^ vm octt^ii mowt r? )iav? taken a M? p.i to Induce the Secretary of, | Ai-rieult iirr to Investigate possible J t?i;? ill |ait1<i?t ion rf tin* cotton mar ket. Tho vrowi-rs involved assert j thai iIutc In it tremendous volume rj ' or cotton being held in New York. J i and t Suit is Ix'inv used to depress | j?p??t prices in the South ho that I ill-' commodity can be bought a I cheaper In tlvat region. The ft. i '(s maintained in New j Yi-rk. It is charod, total some 1 224 '> bales. A large amount J df tl'i ci tton haH been certified ? l?y r,.ivoi nnu-nt 4nsp?-ctoni and i most of it grades middling and | a bo\f. it i? however. bo short In !? 1 staph- barely T ? inch ? that do- I iiK-Ktic mills do not want It. The 1 planters slat" freely their belief 3 that tli>> Hole purpose of keeping J thin cttlon in Now York, at a cost j Trr-jrrotiiid ISaa.imn a month, has bvi-n to d' prt'K* March e<>ntracta J ho that Its owneiH can buy spot ? cotton in the Sotith cheaper, and * t<> manipulate the market for fu- 1 tures. Nearly all purchases of spot ? cotton in the South are based at present on quotations for March : contractu in New York. It Is ob vious that by depressing March artificially, spot houses can buy -? ??pot cotton in the South $5 to 3 $10 a bal<> cheaper. It is expect- I m| that the bulk of this 224.000 bales of undesirable cotton will be , tendered on March contracta be- i fore the end of February. A large part of the March short I interest la being transferred "to t ? May nnd longs sav the proceed*- ^ Ing with the 22 4.0110 bales stored i will be repeated with that option ' unless something Is done to bring : future quotations here to an equality with spot quotations In j the South. Cotton houses In the South report (he demand for spot j cotton from nil over the world ha* | been so persistent and heavy that | the price has risen despite do- 1 iir? ssed quotations for March in New York. Attention of Southern Reclaim'* *5 tors In Washington has beept j called to the fact that the Stnftn Lever bill was drawn and passed for the express purpose of pre venting the accumulation of unde sirable Krades of cotton In New. York, to he tendered 00 contract* from month to month, beeaUae of the dcprcKsInf? effect on prices 'Of such practice and that under the provisions of the bill It Is the ddiy; of the Secretary of Agrlcultufe to S see that this Ih not. done, The ] plant era want the Secretary to call I on the President of the New Yofrk 1 cotion exclwnuo for an cxplanfcr j lion of the difference existing be tween quotations for March cot- 1 ton In New York and spot priced | In the South. Kfforts to prevent tho^ bl- 1 : monthly reports of the Federal 1 authorities on the cotion crop K have mad'* little progrea*. but ? there has been no change in the 1 Idtter opposition of growers t6 tho j frequent publication of Govern* J ment I'mures. They say the figure have been tnlsh adlng and Owl had a most unfortunate Infilled ion the Industry. One statistic!! has complied a summary of t1: ; Government II g urea from 1016 ; IttiM showing that for tboao t* years tho figures Indicated 2,031^ 221 bales more cotton distributed, j used and In stock than ever" Were I produced. In th* South, if is freely assert* J ed that some Of the difficult!?* of th" New Finland textile mill* nra due to the fact that they were on J the Hhort side of the market ^ I!) 2 4 and did net buy cotton., th most advantageous time* I pr Ire- Many mills which had <. ton. ii Ih cherged delivered (hw stork h on future eontracts in tho^a belief that they Cellld buy it hocfc 1 later at lowr prices. They had to f hi iv It bnek lat r but few wcroj a In I to do so on more advanta| eous terms. Tin- Northern mill! on the other hand, attrlhutcy thi -.I v. ?! r to lack of Koodf. dema and high costs of materials a? I labor. MIT* IIKIJ.'M MOV VM IN - ? JtUT TWO MORK IMTIjl Mitchell's Department Store haa i only two more days on the lleo J Mivn corner where for years It h been a landmark on th# clti Main street. Friday and flatui day will he busy days In tfel ch nance sale which Is going 0? n* long as the store remains at lt| old quarters. Next week th* i.' neral stock ?ti Mitchell s will he on sale at tM| People's naricsln Store on Poj dexter str"t and as soon as slb|e will he moved Into the 1^ Chesson Store on that same at tm where the name Mitchell's Depar ment Store will be kept. Tie new sprlnr woman'# ?? stock . will be featured at OlllMhti the new Main street store In tf llinton Ilulldlng, which will f resdy for business In a couple j weeks, with a big spring openfl nnd everything up to the tnlA^ in style and quality. O. F. Spencer of South ^ was In the city Wednesday j buslneaa.
The Daily Advance (Elizabeth City, N.C.)
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Feb. 26, 1925, edition 1
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