Lewis Has Forced Hand
Of President, But That's
Not Saying He's Victor
In Fuct, Thorp"* Possibility II ml llouil of Mine Work
er* I- Faring Virlnul Defeat in B'ltl'e W ilh Operat
or* Over To I'm* of Now Agreement u* to
the Wuge* of tho Anthracite Miner*
Washington, Nov. 'J I. ? John I.. Lewis, president of, tho
United Mine Workers, has forced President Coclidife's h ind
in the eoal controversy ? but that's not saying he hr.s gnincd
anything by it. ? ? ? ?
For now that Mr. Lewis
has carried the case to the
public pri:its. the President
will say publicly what he and
Secretary Hoover have beer,
saying privately for several
weeks; namely, that the Gov
ernment cannot intervene to
force the fulfillment of con
tracts to which it is not a
party and that the miners can
have recourse to the courts if
they feel contracts have been
broken by the mine owners.
Tho loiter written by Mr. LpwIk
cum bo Interpreted as containing a
threat of a soft coal strike ami it
also can bo count ruon an forecast
ing au nppeal to tho courts. It
was purposely left In ambiguity
to draw Home expression from
President Coolldge which might
be used as Justification for either
course.
Mr. Lewis* letter In considered
by Government officials to be In
correct in one Important particu
lar . When he says tho Federal
Government not only brought
about the Jacksonville conference
but participated in it and approved
1t h findings, he misstates tho cane.
The Department* of Justice and
Commerce and Lajior did assist
in bringing the parties together
and the Attorney General gave the
usual assurances that there would
bo no prosecution for possible vio
lation of tho Sherman autl-trust
law 'If tho miners and operators
sat down to discuss wage scales;
but once the conference hogan the
Federal Government stood by as
an "unofficial ohservcr." and re
sponsibility for what was agreed
upon was assumed. The best
proof of this Is contained In the
record of what has happened since
the Jacksonville conference. When
some of the Operators, for exam
ple. finding the Jacksonville agree
ment burdensome, appealed to the
Government to abrogate it. or at
least to easo Its terms. Secretary
Hoover turned down the request
flatly, stating that the Govern
ment was not a party to the con
tract and could not Intervene ex
cept ut tho request of both par
ties.
Having, therefore, refused to
break the contracts for the opera
tors, the Federal Government now
refuses to become a party to en
forcement of the agreement for
tho miners. Tho Government takes
the position that a contract be
tween private parties is enforce
able by the courts.
nut will the miners carry the
case to the' course? They cannot
hope to get a verdict In time to he
of u?e to them In the next few
weeks. Mr. Lewis might, of
course, be getting ready to carry
out tho long discussed thrent of
a strike In the soft coal Industry.
Hrgitlng that contracts are no long
er sacred and that economic force
alone counts, or he may lie pre
paring for a surrender in anoth
er parley which ho hopes the Gov
ernment may call to straighten
out the whole hiinlnotifl. Mr. Lew
Is has been hopeful of Govern
ment Intervention ever since last
August. President Coolldge has
been set against It. Stories to the
effect that the Government was a
party to the Jacksonville az;ee
mcnt and now must enforce It
have been emanating from mine
headquarters for several week**
'without avail Now Mr Lewi's
has come out in the open In the
hope of drawing some reply from
President Coolidge which may l?e
used as the excuse for the next
step toward a settlement
CONTRACTORS Will,
MEET AT SANFOKI)
San ford, Nov. 24. --Contractors
from all over North Carolina are
expected here December !? nnd
10 when the annual convention of
the North Carolina Chapter of the
Associated Gonersl Contractors of
America will bo held here.
Officers of th" chapter have
made' a delegation from the North
Carolina chapter to attend the na
tional convention at Portland,
Oregon, January ih to Tho
delegation Is expected to stop In
Chicago for the convenfioii and
road show of the American Bond
Builders Association, January I I
to K,
DRUSE TRIBESMEN
EVACUATE A TOWN
I Beirut, Syria. Nov. 2 4. ? The
rebel Druse tribesmen have evac
uated MerJ Ayun, 40 miles south
west of Damascus, which they re
cently occupied, a French com
m 'in In no today stafet.
PARK ADVOCATES
STILL HAVE HOPE
OF WINNING OUT
((evident* of Vi ?'h| Church
Street I'oint Clot \dvnn
lage* of Modern Rciuitifi
ruliozi Sclieino
COUNCIL MAY CHANGE
City Fathers, Committed
to Old Style I'uvin^, May
Sning Over Shortly, De
spite St :i iid Taken
Kwtd^niH of W?>n( Church
Mr*?t ar?* Mill hopeful that the
City Planning Commission and ,
the City, Council will change their
colh'oilvf minds about the matter
of paving th?lr at reel with a park
way in the center. In line with
approved residential suburbs in i
other citlfs, mst. ad of merely
paving the fltroei to a width of -lb
feet in the old fashioned way.
They contend that. In addition to
being far more attractive. the
parkway plan actually would be
cheaper than the other.
The Council hasn't been very
much enthused over the parkway
Idea up to now. In fart, the City
Fat kern virtually have committed
themselves to ih** usual plan of
paving for the atr?<et* However,
folks living in that part of the
city believe there |h sone* pros
? pect of a change of front on the
matter.
S. f?. Ktheridge, ?ne of the
strongest advocate* of the park
Idea, holds that an lK-foot pav?rd
street might b?? laid on each aid*'
of an eight-foot park apace In
the center, making 3t? feet of pav
ving In all aa compared with the
tO feet (troponin! uuder the old
achenie. I !?? points out that, lir
the event the newer plan la adopt
ed. paving of the street would
not be delayed necessarily by the
laying of sewer and water plpea.j
Inasmuch aa the pi pea are to be]
laid In the center of the atrcet ? I
in other worda. In the area which
would not b?- paved.
With the probability that West
Main street will be torn up soon
for installation of piping. Mr. ,
Ktheridge predlcta that the busi
iieaa of getting to and from the
Norfolk Southern p.iaaenger sta
tion soon will present a serious
(problem. Cherry street, which is
un paved, will ko to pbrea under
hoary traffic almost Immediately
after the first rain of conse
quence. he contenda. virtually lao
latlng the atatlon. Early paving
of Wt-at Church at met, he argues,
will provide a badly needed ave
line of access to the depot during ,
the coming winter
Mr Ktherldg*' "doesn't think
there would be any difficulty !
about keeping the grass plots In
the center of the atrcet in attrac
ttve condition "I believe there
ia enoUKh civic pride among thoae
of ua who live on West Church
street to keep thoae plots In good
shape the year around.'' he aays.
"There may be a few who won't. '
but the othera will see to It that j
their plots are kept attractive." (
In this connection. ih?- City,
Council is considering a new type j
of concrete curbing and guttering.'
similar to that employed in the
paving recently done near th ? '
Klixaheth City tloapital, which I
would reduce the actual width of
the afreet paving by three f?*et, be- '
sides belni; far more aiKhtly than
the granite curbing usually em
ployed.
Advocates of the parkway plan ;
for Weat Church street remind
further thai only a few streeta In
Kllxabeth City nr?* wide enough
: for Mich a development, which
lias proven popular In the newer
parts of many other Clllea. and
hold that it would he a downright .
shame to miss one of the f"*w op- 1
1 port unities available here for
beaut Ifical Ion of this type.
ALICK ItlllNICLAMIKK
GOES on THE STAND
White l'lalns. N. Y.. Nov. 21.
Mra. Alice Jonca Khln? -landei wlfl
take the atand this afternoon un
der the present plan of the de
fense to detail the atory of her ro- ;
mance with Leonard Kip Rhine- 1
lander, wealthy young society
ma,!" The plaintiff la expected to
rest hla caae Immediately after
j the convening of the afternoon
saeeioo
BEGINS AND ENDS
MINISTRY HERE
WITH SAME TEXT
Dr. N. II. I). WiUoii in
Closing Message ut First
Methodist ( ihuroh Says
Knows Only One Theme
HAS PREACHED CHRIST
And Takes for (Hosing Ser
mon Same Text With
Whieli He Began Pastor
ate at First Methodist
I >r . N. II D. Wilson, who leavee
Wednesday for New llern. where
| he will nHMini" the pastorate of
? Centenary Methodist Church. be
Kan and closed his four year min
istry at tlx* First Methodist
Church wilh the same text: 'Tor
I determined not to know any
thine amnnx you Rave Jesuti
Chriat and him crucified."
"I hfsitatfd to come before you
tonight," said Dr. Wilson to the'
congregation that Ailed the spa
cious church auditorium from the
back almost to the front pew.
"after a busy week of packing and
without op|Kirtunity for prepara
tion And 1 decided that the only
course open to me was to choose
a theme so great that no amount
of study could ever exhaust it and
a text more than once preached j
upon in othor days.
"So I come to you with tho|
sauie text that I choso when four,
years ago I brought you my first
message and with o theme thati
exhausts the eloquence or arch- ?
angels ? Jesus the Christ.
"When 1 came to you four years
ago I promised that you should,
hear from my lips In your pulpit
no sermon that was not about '
Jesuit the Christ. 1 told you that
1 did not feel that In this prom
ise I was limiting the range of
my ministry, for that, in my opin
ion. nothing could be properly!
pre.n-nud in the pulpit unless it
touched Jesus. If polltlca touch
ed J?sua Christ. If commerce
louche* Jesus Christ, If pleasures
and amusements bring you near
or remow you farther from Jesus
| Christ, then and then only do
these things become proper topics
for the pulpit. And so of other
things. If they touch Jesus Christ
we may preach about them, but
only in their relation to Him. In
Him we find enough for all and
enough forevertnore.
j "For the skeptic, there is no
argument so convincing as the
face of Jeaus Christ. If one once
looks into that face and still
doubts what can human argument
do for him?
"For the careless, impenitent
sinnt-r. I know no message save
one which lifts up Him who said
I 'And 1. if I be lifted up will draw
all men unto me.' Oh, alnner, i
'If you are here tonight. If His love i
' does not lay hold of and grip your (
heart, what and I say or do for
you
1 "If there Is a careless, thought
less*. Indifferent ChrlHtian, follow
ing J?'sus Christ afar off I know
nothing belter than to urge him
to draw night to ChriM. There Is
a fullness, an adequacy, a satis
faction in fellowship with Hint'
that will bring you joy If you will
but let him enter into and direct
your life.
"And I can conceive of no saint
so rich In experience but what to
hear of Je*us Christ would be the ,
Hweetest music that ever reached
hi* ears or to meditate on Him
the dlvinest pleasure that hi*1
heart could know.
"Aa I began four years ago. so !
would 1 close tonight, by holding
up to you Jesus Christ
"I would like to begin where j
he Vtl horn and to follow those
golden footsteps to the hour when !
the heavens were crowded with
black n?*?s. Then I would fain
throw open the gate* of the grave !
and bid > u enter Into the glor
ious hope that cornea from the res
urrection. Then I would like to |
point you to Him as He Is today,
1 the blight, triumphant, shining
i One, walking down the centuries'
thin wsy. growing more beautiful,
as ho approaches, and yet heavy'
hearted because some of you hive
rejected Him and refused to let
Him reign In your hearts
"Dehold the Man. Oh. I rant!
hold up the ocean In a thimble,
but I can And sweetness in the i
belief that He was tempted in all
points like as we are and that He
can understand.
"Then think of Him an the Son
of fjod. Ht. Thomas has been
railed the patron saint of our
times, the doubting saint of a
doubting generation. I don't won
der that men should h??altat?? to
accept at one instant the whole
body of Christian faith. I do not
wonder to hear them say *lt is too
high, I can not attain unto It.'
Hut do you remember that Thorn
.is. though he had said that he
would not believe until he had *
thrust his hand In the Master's
robe and felt the wound In Hli
side, when he came face to face
with the Master and Jesus lnvlt- J
ed him to come and thrust a hand
into that wounded side, Thomas
did not do any such thing. In-'
; stead he fell at the Master's feet
and cried 'My Ix>rd and my Ood.'j
"And oh when men stand In the
presence of the Chriat, perfect and
Incomparable, if they be true at
heart. I can not see how they eao
Co#tton*d trow pm? ?
Workers Promise To
Break All Records In
Final Week of Race
Every Contestant Bending Every Effort to Kini^li
Among Three Who Will Hide Away From ( ;un
paign Office in Their Own Vutoniohile
Every hour brings Tin* Dally
Advance subscription ronttfl don
or to Saturday and the elope of
the great campaign R* prrta com
ing In to the campaign office from
th?? contestants hatd at work In
dicates that this llnal week will
exceed by lar any pnvlous week
of the Campaign.
Who will win the leading prize
on Saturday night? Who will
emerge victorious when the last
ballot in counted and the Judges
uiake their announcement? At this
writing it is impossible to say.
Columbia and Point Harbor ar*>
in the field stronger than ever
this week, with Mrs. Davenport
und Mr. Glbbs hard at work to
bring in every promise of a nub
ucrlptlon made.
Chapanok* is regpoudinK lu fine
style with a big linal drive by Mr.
Wood, while Miss Alice Lister of
Weeksvillc is due to repeat her
big week made during the cloae
of the. big vote giving period. The
It. F. D. workers represented by
Charlie Scott. Mn Mattle Harrell.
Klner Kalph. Mrs Caroon. Mlsa J
Held and others of the out of town ?
contestants. are all due to have .
one of thefr biggest weeks if those J
who have promised to help don't,
go bark on their word
For Elizabeth Cltv Mrs. Sam
Hughes is blazing her way to a
leading prize while Miss Edna ,
Boyce Is carrying aloft higher!
than ever the banner of victory.'
Mr*. Ilk hint Phelps. ^ainwK as
OVir, ir ?*t 11 1 pOStlll'-K Oil. oiul hn
lo? m Mish A let h la KIki.s. who
made a spl >:;<! Id i;nin for yester
day. Those Hh'ady and mnslsteiit
workers, Mr* Ida Sand>>;lln and
Mrc. L. f. Fh ichor, an* out thi*?
week to rt'trlt'Vc a slight net bark
received lust week when they
dropp.d several plac on the
list.
others ?>n ill*- list are expected
?o sprlni; nurprlmw Saturdai nigh',
for they have all a! Homo time or
other held commanding |i wltlnn.<.
Those who emerge the winner*
will be ihoHt* who display the abil
ity to clone th<- week with l>l;c
business.
Contestants are r? ?|U-M . d (??
turn in no checks for subscription*
(o the campaign manu^er after
Wednesday Have the checks
mad- payable io yourself if you
must take one and haxe them
cashed before turnlm ihetu in.
This request is made in the in
ter?*si of I he paper ami ihe can
didates themselves.
Worker* are requested durlui;
the coininK few Uaj's I't tn.ik?* a
special effort to see ihiit I heir
subscriptions are nil Piled eiii
properly and to hr.ve all in old r
when they make Ihetr jvporis tins
week. Tills carefulness will kiv ?
your filends a lot ef inco?v? ;.iei?c?
after the( campaign is over arid
will enable th?ni to ;:?i prompt
delivery nn their paper
FIREWORKS SALE
RESULTS IN FINE
D. F. Welwlcr Admit* to
Violation of Law; Li
cense Matter Heard
I'pon his own admission thai
hlH wife had Hold fl*">works on
.Sunday. the purchaser being a
jreaident of Currtluck County who
winhed to carry them home. I). F.
{Webster. who operate* a store and
: filling station on North Hoad
street, extended, just outside the
city limits, was fined 9G and costs
? In recorder's court this morning
There was evidence also to the
effect that W Abater had sold cold
drlnkn on Sundays, but the court
iheld that while this possibly was
a technical violation of the law. it
jwas common practice here, and
| Webster should be allowed the
same privilege as others.
1 With raferenro to fireworks.
Prosecuting Attorney LeRoy re
minds that It Is a violation of a
city ordinance to aell or explode
them anywhere in the city, at any
time.
P. C. Webster, sewing machine
salesman, van In court on a charge
of operating an automobile with
out State or city license. He was
given until December 1 to comply
with the lam- when he explained
to County Judge I*. O. Sawyer that
he had come here recently from
Richmond, and was uncertain
whether he would remain. It was
in evidence that his automohtb
bore current Virginia anrl Rich
mond llcenae plates.
Joe Itlddlck. colored, submitted
to a charge of being drunk, and
was fined the usual !& snd costs
BKIAND DECLINES
TO FORM CABINK1
Paris, Nov. 2 4 Foreign Min
ister Brland this afternoon defi
nitely declined the president's re
quest to form a now cabinet.
M Drland recommended that
the president call upon Senator
Paul Doumer to form the cabinet.
Rottign* From Iriah
Free Stite (iabinH
T>wblln. Nov. 24 -Dr. Koln Mac
Nelll. minister of education snd
former member of the Irish boun
dary commission, today reslanod
from the Irish Free State cabinet
"AFTER SIX DAYS''
PRAISED HIGHLY
"Wonderfully and Briiuti
I . fully Portravrd," Say?
Loral Minixlcr
D'-Hcribed by th" prfttM nyi'' aa
a thivo million dollar production
of (hf ??pic of the ak'-h, "AM?*r Siv
Days." film v? r?lon of the ere.;
tlon nnd nuhw-qui-nl cvi-nfn nar
rated in th?* Hible down to th"
magnificent court <-f ^.:|on?on.
Will be nhown at tin- Alkrama'
Theater here today and loinnrro*.
at matinee and nl^ht perfotman
CM.
The picture waa iirodiirnl by
the Artclasrt I'icturea Corporation,
and Ih declared to liav?- taken fi v?.
yc?ar? of artual photographing. not
Including the- time for prepara
tion. The rawt Is Ciilrl to hav
boen the larxt'Ht ever a^i-mblml
for any picture. numbering over
10,000 peraona. in addition to the
technical ataff.
"After SI* Pay*"" wa* fclvm In
preview bffnn- a small. aelreted
audience here neTeral w?eka bk"
One prominent Minister who >aw
1L then d??rrih?'? It an "wonderful
ly and beautifully portrayed, and
comment* that "the inarui.* mont
of the Alkrama Theater Is to he
commended on brlnKluii to llm ei
ty this hlfch type of photoplay."
Thonian O. Mcl**od, j;ovi rnor
of South Carolina la highly ? n
thuaiaatir over the picture. H?
wrltpn:
"I have Juat had the pleuaure
of aeeini; the plelurp, "After Six
I>ay?." It Ih a wonderfully graph
ic portrayal of Bibb- pveota. in
tenaely interesting. and of extra
ordinary *cenlc proportion*. I
consider it on<? of the greatest pn
H*ntatlonH 1 have ever aeeu upon
the screen."
PRESENT POLICY IS
EVENTUAL HCKAI'V'IM;
Miami v l? . Nov 21 The praa
ent Government merchant marine
policy la In effect only onn of
temporary *erv|re and eventual
scrapping." Vice Chairman IMum
mar of the United State* Shipping
Hoard declared hero today In his
add ran* before the convention of
the Atlantic Deeper Waterway*
Anaoeiat Ion," wherea* a national
aid pollry would enable the tiov
ernment lo realize something ade
quate from the aale of Itn nctlve
*hlp?."
BANDITS TERRORIZE
TOWN THREE HOURS
I'assspotls. Mlrh . Nov. 24.
Armed handlta terrorised the town
for nearly three hours aarly today,
flrlna fl? every realdent who ?1ar?d
appear on the street and finally
roared out of town to a ftfa?-rat?
accompaniment of their own revol
ver* after falling to rob the First
National Bank
Their number wi? variously en
tlmated by excited faaaapolls res-]
Identa at from flva to 1<1
, from the confusion of acores of
aceoanta by persoaa wfcoae temer
ity led them to see all tfce
?hooting vnr for. It wan di*< lotted
thai bandit* pntorpil ?he town
shortly after tun o'rlork
They hound the fllgki watch
man and i h rec nther men \h??
were In two all night r<Mtauraiit*.
fut the telephone end telegraph
wire# leading out of the city and
for two and * half hour* own?-l
the town.
At 4:4S. after an Ineffectual a'
tempt to break the vault of fh<
Klrat National bank the bandit s
left In athomobllea heading to
ward Nile*
LANE GIVES HIS
FINAL MESSAGE
TO FEDERATION
In Deeply Spiritual Sn*.
vice S|H*ukw on Sunn- IVr
;a I ? I ? an Dili Dr. Wil.-Min iti
I'urlim* Talk !Mt>n<i:i\
DIJ. H I.I.KK IS NKXT
Will I .end Federation Ser
vice Wedncaduy ;nid I'uIh
lir Invited to llenr llim ?
Tt leprum t:> Hani
I lev Han lei f?ane wmo Imivn
KIlMlN'tli City this w?ek lo take
tip the pastorate ot t-ne S'orthnmn
ton circuit after h fruitful Metho- .
dlfd' Church of this city. was lead
rr at n deeply spiritual nrrvlcf of
thr Mcn'n Christian Federation of
Klizaheth City Tuesday morning
Thr federation voted ni the
Tuesday morning service to Mend
a report by wire to Rev. M. F
Hum u t Greenville. S. C? of the
observance <?n Monday of tin* fed
eration's first anniversary.
I?r. KIUh Alexander Kuller of
Richmond. who is with I>r. Sam
uel II. Temple man .:t th?> fl^t
Itapttst Church t :& -.1 revival thin
week. was introduced ?#? tin* fed
eration Tuesday morning and will
lend the service Wf(ii.c dny morn
ing A full attendi'M?? l.? expect
<?d. n?? the morning prayer i-ervlce
will glv ? the hit"! ;et* men of the
?-If y a most cottv -ni?Mi o'lportunl
;y in hear I ?r Fuller
I?r hillir preached, to a K'H'd
couKiiKatioit ai the First lUptint
Church Monday night :;nd made &
fine Impression. Services at the
First Baptist Church will-continue
throughout thr werk at 1 o'clock
In th<- ufternoonand at 7 : :!0 at
night
It in 41 singular coincident e. hut
typical of thr harmony that ha*
existed between the past or* of the
two Methodist churches of tho
city, that as the pre-eminence of
Jesus wan the (homo of Mr. Lano
at City )t??ad last Sunday morning
and of Hr Wilson at tl?e First
Methodist Church lant Sunday
night, so at the first two f??dera
ilon mo rv I cos this week. Hr Wil
son ami Mr. Lane hoih used an a
basis for their farewell message
th?? parable of the sower and tho
hoIIh.
Mr. Kane'* message supple
minted that of Hr. Wilson. As
did l?r. Wilson. Mr. Lane spoke
of the four types of soil, hut
whereas Or. Wilson rather em
phasised the wayside and the stony
ground hearers. Mr. Lane rather
centered his remarks on the
thorny ground, where the cares of
the world and the deceit fulness of
riches choke the wheat so that it
can hear little or no fruit.
"Observe." said Mr. Lane. "In"
substance." that thero are two
types of thorny ground hearers.
In the first typo It Is the cares of
the world that choke the word In
the second, it Is the deceitfulness
of rl"hes.
"IHght here in your town there
are people so poor and for whom
life is ho pitiful and hitter a strug
gle for bare existence that they
can have no faith in our religion
mi long us we appear unconcerned
about them. And of those of us
who are in comfortable rlrcum
stances too many are not In real
earnest ahout the work of the
Kingdom
"Tf wc ronld tear out I he thorns
of the deceit fulness of riches that '
choke the word and give flod Ills
way in our hearts and lives. His
love would send us out to put our
arms under these u n fort u nates at
our door and to strive to help
them up."
PAGEANTS TELL
OF THANKSGIVING
(rminninr (rrndrs Will Pre
sent Delightful Program
Wednesday Afternoon
Representatives from all Hie
Grammar tirades will take part in
two Interest IRK ThankSKtvIng pag
cants in the High School building
Wednesday afternoon at. 2:. 10
The first pageant is entitled "A
Harvest" and the second. "A
Ttiansglving " Itoth are short
and are under the supervision of
MIsxcn Winnie Hose man, char
iots Jones, Kthel llradshaw. Ilat
tle Harney. Mrs. T. H. Kawver, and
If T I to wen.
Thr patriotic pageant. ? Keep
ing Faith" given by the seventh
grades la*t Friday as a part of the
observance of Kducationnl Week,
was rrpf-ntrd Tuesdav morning
for the benefit of the High School
student* This was super* Is led by
MIssck Marie Lcltoy. Linda llelon.
Annie Frliers. Nellie Monrr. Maud
Carter. and Klizsheth Kramer, and
wan a diNthiet sttcceKS. being
greatly rnjoyed at each presenta
tion
COl/INKL CfMMJDftE
OUT AFTF.H ILLNKSS'
I'lvmouth. Vt. Nov. 24. Col- (
on' I Coolldg* came out of his 1
horn* today for tie- Krat time tni
more than ? Week gave a brief
interview, and "as ;>hotograph?d
First Lady of the Land
Fond of Outdoor Sports
As Her Husband Is Not
COUNTRY CLUB
STOCKHOLDERS
TO MEET DEC. 3
Additional Bond Ittnuc of
S20.000 til 825,000 for
Further Improvement* to
Properly Proposed
golf gaining favok
Interest in Game Spreads
I.ike Wildfire in Eliia
lietli Tity, With Ample
Opportunity for Play
Authorizut Ion ef an additional
hot ui issue of 920. 000 to 92R.OOO
f??r Improvements will he taken up
a! a called meetinx nf the stock
holders of the Elizabeth City
Country Club, thin section's first
play center of the kind, at the club
house Thursday night week. De
cember 3. at 7:30 o'clock. -The
Btockholdera will vote on the pro
posal.
In tin- event the bond Ibbuc Is
authorized. an appear* altogether
! probable, there will be no partic
ular difficulty attendant upon the
nab- of the. HecurltioH. club offi
cials believe, through the fact
that the money Ih to go hack Into
the property, and will enhance Ita
value. They consider It an alto
gether sound financial propor
tion. and one that ahould appeal
even in the more conservative
class of Investors.
A $::.ri.ono bond laaue would In
! crease the Investment in the
Country Club to 975,000. regard
ed an not an exceptional flrat coat
on an enterprise of the kind. The
firm Investment waa 120.000, in
200 memberships at 9100 each
The aecond was a bond laaue of
930.000. which at present conall
t ii t cm the only lien against the
property representing an outlay of
975,000. The original bonda are
, to be retired at the rate of 91.500
a year over a period of 20 yeara.
Hence, the ratio of aecurlty to In
debtedness will rise steadily from
year to year, to the advantage of
the Investor.
It la not proposed to Hell the
entire 925.000 in bonds. If such u
bond Issue is authorized, at any
time in the immediate future. In
fact. the improvementa to be
made have not been decided upon
definitely as yet. except as to min
or details. A new election of of
flcera and directors Is to be held
the first of the year, und thero
may be radical chanxes In the
plans after they come into office.
Ah at present contemplated, the
improvements would Include erec
tion of a suitable pier into Pasquo
tank lllver from a point near the
club house, and ultimately the
extension of the golf course from'
its present nine holes to IX. Golf
Is taking like wildfire in Kllza
beth City better, even than Its
most enthusiastic advocates had
hoped and It Is hecoinlnx week
ly more appsrent that there will
soon be an insistent demand for a
larger course. The professional
at the club already Is instructing
large rlaHses in the rudiments of
the game, and is being urged to
give night courses.
Other Improvement*
From the proceeds of the pro
posed bond Issue there Is some
intimation that there would he
undertaken further Improvements
to the road to the club house, and
to the xrounds about the bulldinx
The directors at present, however,
are more concerned in having
funds available for such work as
they may undertake than they are
in determinlnx Just what will he
done.
As a further means of provld
Inx funds for Improvements and
for the retirement of bonds, the
directors are conslderinx a plan to
lay off n number of cottaxe sites
In the vicinity of the club house,
and to sell them to individuals
here who would be attracted bv
the upport unity lo have pleasant
summer homes conveniently ac
cessible to the golf course and
other rtereat tonal facilities of thv
club, hs well as close enough to
Ktlznbeth City not to Interfere
with their golnKM nod ? omlnx* for
busine*s purposes. It Is now s ten
minute drlv" from th?- business
district to the club house. Accord
ing to President W. |? Huff, who
covers the distance in a Kord
coupe many times in the course of
a week
HIKSIDKNT l< KIM. IKS
TO JOHN |? I.KWIS
WHohlnirion. Nov 24.- Pre*!*
dctit roolldgn h? s notified John L
Lewi* president of the united
min?' *orfcem, that the latter'n
rntnplalnt of violation of the bl
? urn itiou* wage agreement han
been taken under conalderatlon
here Th?' PreHdent haa asked
for Information and ha* told Mr.
l^ewl* he will make full reply as
bo ha developed the facia.
Mri. I jiulid||i' 1* First
While Hou*e Quern to Ih*
Genuinely I liter put in
Athleties
*
KNTnysi\sTi<: fan
Cook in For Swimming and
Hiking. Too. and Would
Im* n (lolfer If Her Huk
Imml Uked It
I!> llOltKItT T. M.MALI.
|R> K? TM A???<vw)
Washington, Nov. 24 ? The cnp
ltal of the nation is Just awsken
init to the fact that In Mm. Calvin
Coolldge It has the first- lady of
the land to he genuinely fond of
all formH of outdoor sports. Mrs.
Coolldge by her enthusiasm makea
up for the appareut lack of It on
the purt of her distinguished hue
bund. Mr*. Coolldge has even
gone so far ns to appear without
the President at one of the service
football championships In this
city between teams of the Army
and the Marine Corps and to pre
sent the silver cup to the winners.
At the world series baseball
games played in Washington this
fall and a year ago Mrs. CooiM|pt
was among the most rabid of the
local 'fans. She seemed to know
the Rumo from beginning to end
and kept her own form of score on
that she could tell afterward Just
what happened in each Inning.
I The first lady of the land was
firm also to be up on her feet In
the "lucky seventh."
On the recent Presidential
Journey to the middle west, when
the purty was groeted at several
points by collegn students, who
Hang and Rave their college yells,
Mr*. Coolldge Is reported to have
enjoyed the Incidents tremendous
ly, often leading the songs, or fol
lowing them with the hsad of her
hand to and fro. During the psat
summer at White Court. Swsmp
? scott. Mr* Scott went in for swim
ming and look a number of les
sons from an expert instructor.
She also proved to be an Indefati
gable walker and It was on one of
these lung strolls that she narrow
I) missed being hit by the flying
motorcycle of a Musnachusetta
state trooper.
It would be easy to imagine Mrs.
Coolldge as an enthusiastic links
women If her hutiband had any
fondnena at all for the ancient end
honorable Scottish game. But
Coolldge has always looked aak
ance at the golfing fraternity.
Legend has It that he played at
the game once or twice and then
decided to place It in the same
class with adult fiHhlng. Some of
her closer friends believe Mrs.
i Coolldge would he an adept st the
game, but naturally she has heat
tated to take It up without Pree
Idential sanction or accompani
ment.
Mrs. Coolldge. as a matter of
fact, is an enthusiast about every
thing In this respect aa In many
others, she is without question
one of the most charming mistress
es l he White House ever hss
known Her Immediate predeces
sor. Mrs. Florence Harding, vu a
woman of great tact, ability and
strength of character. Mrs. Hard
ing was a forceful woman. Rh?
was accredited with having appllsd
the driving force which placed her
husband In the Presidency. Mrs.
Harding also was an astute poli
tician She liked the game of pol
itics above all other games. Out
door sports Interested her but lit
tle. She was rather fond of bridge.
Especially In her husband's sena
torial day*.
Mrs Harding was a lover of aO
< let y as well as politics and if her
, health had permitted the brief
year and a half she was allowed
by fate to reign as first lady
would have been the gayest the
White House ever had known.
Mrs Wilson was mildly Inter
ested In golf. largely because
President Wilson took such keen
pleasure In the gume She often
accompanied her husband around
flu- links. M r? Harding thought
of golf a* belonging particularly
and exclusively" to Warren and
hla men friends and made ne at
tempt to learn or follow the game.
President Taft was sn enthus
iastic Rolfer but Mrs. Taft seldom
If ever visited the country clubs
when he was playing. President
HnpsevHf was a tennis "shark"
and an enthusiast in moat all oth
er outdoor sports, but Mrs. (loose*
veil did not take them up. Re
fore Mrs Roosevelt's time, the
of the countrv did not go
in for sports and so Mrs Coolldge
Is looked upon a* having set a pre*
cedent for the first ladles of tfee
future.
I OTTO N M AltKKT
New York. Nov. 2 4. ? Cottea
future* Opened today at the fol
lowing levels: t>*< 21.00, Jan.
20 26. March 20 17. May It.fK
July 19.30.
No*- York. Nov. 2 4. ? Spot Oot
(on closed quiet, middling 31.80.
an advance of & points. Futures
closing bid: Dec. 21.01. Jan. 20. 8a
March 20.33. May 19.84, July
19.39 Oct 18.74