Larly Opening of Canal
As Toll Free Waterway
Urged By John H. Small
Former CongretiMiiaii Op
ens Negotiations ' ''I'
Owners of Dismal Swamp
Canal to KIT eel Transfer
HOPKS I'OK SUCCESS
Woulil Mean Strong Im
!j prliis |o Traffic Between
Klizalietli City and Hamp
ton Koads. It Is Declared
Negotiations have been
opened with the Lake Drum
nionil Canal Company, own
ers of the Dismal Swamp
Canal, to effect the transfer
of the canal from private to
Government operation pend
ing authorization of an ap
propriation by Congress for
its purchase. Secretary Job,
of the Chamber of Commerce,
was informed today in a let
ter from John II. Small, of
Washington, N. C? former
member of Congress from the:
First North Carolina District!
and long active in behalf of
development of the Nation s
inland waterways.
Mr. Small suniiests If
an agreement can l)<* reached with
the owners of the canal, it s
more than probable that the (.?>?
eminent will take over Its opera
llon an a toll free waterway some
III, I,' before III.- money far It* pur
chase- tieromea available. This. It
is explained, would b. of
value to Elizabeth City and Nor
folk tlie two terinSnl of the canal
and II. tributary natural
Purchase 111 tne canal ?'?? auin
orlied al the last ???">? " J'
areas at n price of ?500.0t>0.
Funds for the purpose are expect
ed to be provided In the
and Harl?or? BtU lo be passed by
the present Congresa, but In lite
event the appropriation is made.
II Is anticipated that the Itansftr
can not be effected before next
spritiK or early auuimer. unless by
a special arrangement with the
owners such as Is now contemplat
ed. Whereby the Government
would take over the waterway ^ be
fore the purchase price was paid
""secretary Job was elected
Not l h Cniollna vice president of
the National Ulvers and Harbors
Congress In annual convention ,n
Washington last week, and served
on a committee which went b< fori
President Coolldge lo ask his J.UP
liort for an appropriation to cover
all approved harbor and other
waterway projects. Mr. J
quotes Ihe President ?
the committee of lil? inter
oat and co-operation In the mat
A lecture by Colonel MacDon
nld Lee. Vfrginla commissioner of
game and Inland fisheries. ?<*?*"
pan led by moving pictures of the
Dismal Swamp Canal taken from
a dirigible. attracted much Inter
cat nt the convention, according
lo Mr. Job. Colonel Lee also
shhwed vlewa of the duck hunting
grouuds In nack Hay and t'pper
Currituck Sound.
The move for early Government
operation of the Ulamal Swamp
Canal la warmly supported by
business and shipping lnter''."'*
here, and la expected to receive
similar support from Haiupto..
Koads Interest! as well, In view of
the Impetus which the step would
be expected to give to water traf
tie between the Hampton Roads
cities on the one hand, and Ellta
heth City and other river and
sound points In this vicinity, on
Mr'^Snigll. who had been presi
dent Of the National Rivera and
Harbors Congress for seven years,
declined re-election at the c??ven
I Ion last week on the ground that
private business Interests prevent
ed his giving Ihe work the atten
tion he wished. He was elected
n Mfe director in the -organise
Hon an bono' which had been ac
corded to on!" one other member
Senator Joseph E. Ilandsdell, of
Louisiana. Mi. Snial ?? ??'
coeded by Representative jtlley J.
Wilson, of ftushton, I/nililana. aw
president of the eongreas.
I.ITTI.K. (ill! I. i?K\l?
Kuth Frances Jackson, three
and one-half yenra old. died Sun
day morning at 10:30 o'clock at
the home of her parents. Mr. snd
Mrs. W. Cleveland Jacknon. on
West Church Street, after a
week '? illness from diphtheria,
flcslden Her parents and grandpar
ents. she U survived by two small
slaters, Kathleen and Ruth Gwen
dolyn Jackson.
Funeral services were conduct
ed at the grave In Hollywood
Cemetery Monday afternoon st 3
j o'clock by Dr. S H. Tem pieman,
f pan! or of the Fl.at Itaptlat Church.
k Doctors say married men live
longer than single men. We say
they do l( they marry food cooks.
THIS MOMESTOIS
II EEh IX IIISTOKY
HUM E. BELIEVED
Pii r In. . l>ec. 14.? -The pnwnl
week In likely in prove niomen
t oils lii French |M>llflrul lilf
lory, no extraordinary cluinw*"
In I lie manner In whl<*h Knmre
lias l>cen itoverneil for I lit* Lint
!M year* are n-gimleil as imuil
iietil l?> I Im* prt-H* of nil |h?IIiI>
r?l hhnileii.
The franc continue* to full
nnd there In m corresponding
rlae in public anxiety which In
being fanned by extremely dar
ing article* In the newN|ia|M*rM.
Home plead for the cMtabllMh*
mcnt of a dlrtor*hlp.
NEW PEACE EFFORT
IS REVEALED TODAY
Genera. Deo. 14. ? Existence of
a new European peart* effort was
revealed today when it wan learned
that Spain has begun negotiations
for arbitration treat lea with
France. England, Switzerland, and
Portugan duplicating those adopt
ed at Lorcarno between France.
Ilelgium and Germany.
GENERAL ROBERTS
DIES AT WASHINGTON
Philadelphia. Dec. 14. ? Major
General Harry L. Roberts, re
tired. General Pershing's quarter
master general in the American
Expeditionary Forced, died in his
upartment late Saturday night. It
became known today. He had
been 111 for a long time.
ACCEPTS TASK OF
FORMING CARINET
Berlin. Dec. 14. ? Dr. M. Koch.
German democratic leader, today
accepted the task of forming the
coalition cabinet desired by Pres
ident Von Hindenburg to carry out
the politics and obligations of the
Locarno security agreement.
UNFAVORABLE REPORT
ON SEATING OF NYE
Washington. Dec. 14. ? An un
favorable report on the seating of
Gerald P. Nye us Senator from
North Dakota was udopted today
by the Senate privileges and elec
FOUND COCAINE IN
MAN'S WOODEN LEG
Paris. December 14. ? The
unusually large number of I
wooden-legged men crossing from
German? into Franc* recently
aroused the attention of French
frontier guurds. An a result one
peg-leg wus requested by the
guard to alight from his automo
bile at the customs house at the
Kehl bridge over the Rhine. He
fumed and raged. Insisted that he
was a veteran of the great war
and denounced them for submit
ting him to such an indignity
The officers search him but found
no contraband until an Alsatlon
guard had an Inspiration. He sug
gested that the man's wooden
).*K be detached and Inspected. It
whs fuiind to contain more than
100 ounces of cocaine. Wood
en-legged men now undergo a
more rigid customs Inspection on
the Rhine frontier.
SACRED GROVE TO BE
SOLDIERS' MONUMENT
Rerlln, Dec. 14.- -Plans for the
erection of a national monument
to Germany's war dead have been
shelved for the time being. A com
mittee hesded by Dr. Otto Gessler.
minister of defense, has decided
. that the republic's finances and
the country's economic^ situation
do not warrant the expenditure of
a large sum for an elaborate mon
ument.
It Is now proposed to create a
"sacred grove," somewhere In the
heart of Germnay which will en
close a modest but Impressive
shrine dedicated to the memory of
those who fell on the battlefields,
leading artists have been invited
to submit designs for the shrine.
NICE NOW BECOMING
THE DIVORCE CENTER
Paris, Dec 14. -Nice threatens
the supremacy of Paris ss the rae< -
ca for Americans seeking easy sev
erance of the matrimonial tie. The
number of decrees pronounced by
the tribunal of the famous Riv
iera resort Increased 200 per cent
? his year over lftt4.
| At least one of the American
lawyers In Paris who. like his
Paris brethren, specialises In di
vorce cases. has an office at Nice,
where he finds It necessary to
spend half the working year.
"The rapidity of the courts at
Nice Is their great advantage." he
?ays. "The Paris courts are
swsmped with all kinds of eaaes.
and prog re** |? comparatively
alow. The Nice courta have leaa
encumbered docket#."
WHEN WEATHER
MEN FAIL OUT ,
IT IS STORMY
l,ong Distance Scientific
I'rognoHlicators Ought at
Least t? Get Ttigether
Say* Weather Bureau
WHAT CAN FAPEtT?
Government'* ' e a t li e r
Mail Is Willing to l-ore
eaxt Tomorrow or fcven |
Nevt Week, Then Stops
it, nouKirr t. hmaix..
Washington. Dec. H ? A* u ?"
weather ww#'l troublepo.il*'
enough anyway. ? J'
Washington was in
m.irmi among II"' weathei ?h"'>
thcnuelves and " the ", { ?
proitnoailcaior. tl.ein.clve. fat
out. what cnn tin- re.t ol tbe cou?
try expect In the way of squall.)
and tempests?
The fine little row i. hrewln , ,
-In ract has already fermentcd
among the long and the .hort dia
'""MwaViT'hTweather has been
the main topic of human conver
sat ion. , ? M
"Fine day, isti t it.
i "Yep. but looks like rain to
morrow." . ai
?Ma it cold enough for you. I
"1 don't mind when it's fair and
bracing: If. the damp weather
which affect? me." vonr
"Well, you remember the >iar
of the big wind?" . |
And so. ad Infinitum. Already
a great many of the Journal, of
the country have been so fed UP
on being blamed 'oi-wbatthepl
i.er na Id on the weather, that they
carefully credit all
the lnltcd State. Weather Ilu
reau where Ihey belong.
Now the weather bureau 1. a
right in It. way. It trie* lo tell
vou what I" "> happen
morrow and the day ?"" >on"'r)
! row. It even goes no far as <o
outline in a general way what ma/
be expected for a full week ?*?';;
'ifut that i. a- r.r ? tbe bureau
I go, . and It I. a. far a. It feel,
any terrestrial power can go In
telling what may be expected
the wild and untamed element..
Hut later there ha. coine into
voaue II demand for long-ran**
forecast., Just like everybody l?
always reaching out for distance
on their radios. Tomorrow Is too
Close to bother about, tthal ? the
i weather going to be n.^t y. ar or
nve yearn from now? rhat i. tn?
1 question the people want to worry
at' Always there have been a lot of
unoHlclal weather ??"p*0
through the country claiming lo
be able to forecast a hurd or .oft
winter or a long dry spell during
a Vol.teadlan .ulnnier. Alwa>?
l there have been the almanacs
which tell you to look for .quail,
at certain seasons of the year. Al
,n /here have been the prophet,
of the end of the world
Hut Just recently the whole
school of long dl.t.nce lorecast
in It* relation to the weather. A
ready the Smithsonian ha. ob
servatories in thl. count ryandln
South America. Now it la pr
nosing to establish one in llelucli
Istan It I- claimed that to know
your .un 1. to know your weather
The Information collected thu. a
hv the Smithsonian has been wiu* -
Ty il.trlbuted and ha. been taken
up by torn' "expert, and madi
the basis of a sort of long distance
weather service.
All of this ha. riled In
1 Weather Bureau- Farmer, and
other, through the country ha ^
i written In to demand why tney
l.hould poy for t?reca.u wliteh th<
'Weather Bureau should inane, i
furthermore they h.ve taunt, d
the llureau by .aying the longdia
tance prognostications #
ds t ned sight better thsn the short
i0nThe Weather Bureau la' uarf ?
being blamed for every thin* ,h"'
*oe. wrong from Sitka Ala.ka. to^
K.r Hindu. tan. but the long 4
-?-sra-Jr
in independently supported by prl
CoolidKe as a farmer and he has
Htaved the heavy meteorollglcal
hand of Professor Charles F. Mir
vfnVthe Chief of the weather dl
""Meantime nr. C O Abbott, of
the Smlttiaoalan. I. I" *?'*? *
in* about tor another ob.erratory
"UThe Weather Bureau claim, the
long dl.tanc '? forecaster. ouglU at
least to ?el together. To .on* '*1
then. certain m?n
storms In 1?I? s1"1 ,n ?,h'?
the..' sain- spot, mean storm" 'In
lft21 The bureau claims It tries
. ' ' . n little closer thsn a yesr
or Iwo'.o actual weather condl
I tlons.
Mlsess Pauline, Catherine and
Mary taulse Skinner. Mnwood
Simpson. Floyd Ridley of Lynch
burn. Vlrglnin and Constant Fear
ing motored to Norfolk Sunday
afternoon.
MORS
SHOPPING
DAYS
Christmas
HEARING ON ROAD
MUCH DISCUSSED
(Conference With C?inmiit*|
!*ioii<T Hurl Sri for
Montluv. Dec. 2 1
Next Monday. Decern In* r 21. I* ]
the date sea for a conference at
Currituck Courthouse between
Highway Commissioner W A. ,
Hart, of the First District, and the I
Board of County Commissioners I
and. Interested residents of Curri
tuck on a proposal for the county
to lend the State Highway Com
mission funds for construction of
a 16-foot concrete highway from
Sllgo to the Virginia line. A aim- ;
liar road is now under construc
tion from the end of the "floating
road" near Camden Courthouse to
Sligo.
Commissioner Hart Is said to ,
have Intimated that if Currituck
will lend the State commission suf
ficient money for the eight or nlue
miles of road to the Virginia line,
the commission on Its own Inltla
tive will hulld a 16-foot concrete ,
highway a little over two mllaa
from Sllgo to Currituck Court- '
house. The road to the line will
cost about $200,000, engineers es
timate.
From the standpoint of Kllia- '
beth City and the counties to the '
east, the Sllgo road overshadows
In importance all other lilghwayn
now under construction In this
part of the Stale. In bad weath
er. Camden and Currituck Coun
ties are largely cut off from access
by highway to Elizabeth City.
Keen Interent in Mr. Hart'* com
ing Is manlfented in Currituck
County, and It In anticipated that
a large crowd will be on hand for
the conference Monday.
WILSON DAM READY
RELIEVE DROUGHT
Florence, Ala., Dec. 14.
When General Larry Taylor, chief
of the Army engineers, returns t?
Washington tomorrow he will car
ry the report that the Wilson dam
Is ready to relieve the drought
stricken area of the south with
electric power.
NEED NEW GAME
LAW IN ORDER
SAVE HUNTERS
If Present Wildnov of Am
erica'* INiinrod* Gotiliti
uin the Tribe \\ ill
liecome Kxlincl
"Ijttlk mist v?a>"
'Number of VecHcnN
Grow* us Number of
Hunters Increase?. S;im
Game ( oniini^>iiwn r
It) HOUi.WI) \Y?M?ll
(CMjrtiohl. I '"J*. ?> 'Kr
New York. D> ?. U II.m Na
tional Game Protection AsmimI.i
:tlon moo!) will be ooiii ; ? J I ? d i "i add
i to it h effort? on b?ii.tir of uaiiie*
a cam; alpn to mv. hunters fr-un
1 4' 'Xtlticilon i.y each ? i??.-r. it Hi/*
pi?*-ni ?rtlan?i!K \inerlr.r*
Fnimrods continue* in vivw. ac
cording to Wllllai:i I. I*i?i 1* ? v .
isaiue commissioner ?( oreuon.
who wjh lieri' Willi J*tM? ??? her lov
er* of wild li f thin *i'rk. ioi the
association 'a annual uieeiinf.;.
There is no orgniilaal ion in ihe
i I'nltH State* Mr Hnby **:? i?l .
| which makes a specialty di t. i bu
lla tiiia lli?* number ?>! dr:iih:' and
anions injuries attributable
"little mistakes" in the forest, i??;v
hi estimated t In' nniub. i- i'f
deaths ut 75 ;? >v.ii and tin- nam
bei of nuriouo injnrb.- ;?! _:???
Tlii number of ii- wn : |?< i?;?* i > ?t
with hirdshot Mould run np ii.i j
tin- l hoiisnnds.
"Wo have ni-ve t'lan U.tl?io oen
hunter* ill the 1 11 I T * d Still. !
How. Mr. Finley said, "and llie
numher in Krowinu rapidly. Mac;
year's crop of nev. hunter: i?
li'K^r than that of tin- year be.
'fore, ami ill- loll of accidental
ah no i Iuk<*. usually ncoided und-r
t h? head. 'mistaken for a il.-or" i<
jCrowluK accordingly.
I: < "It may conn- in p*> clioloulc.il
teats to dt'lfriuluc whethei tin ap
plicant for a hunter's license hn.>
?ufTi(*i?i>t cool ncMx and self corn
, inaiid to deiorminc at all tlm* .
r^*l<iri' hi Hhoctn wliothir the oh
he haa nimcd at Is a deer. a
cow. or a man in a red coat.
"We already ha\?- a law in On ?
Kon which prohibit.* ihe Issuance
of a hunter's license to any per
hoii who hit* lluniid la tin' shoot
InK end of ? hunt hit n?''id?*:it.
Hut even with itm: w? have had
a half doz>'n hnniinu f.ilaliticK
this year In our slate ahuie, and
more than a dozen serious uccl
dents."
However, if KRiii'lhinp Isn't
done lo |?n rve name. the hunter
lirobh'in will soon settle llaelf. A
few more years at tin pre?- mi rat ?
and there won't he any came in
hunl. ((eduction of the "^-inr
hiot" would help sonic hill Ihe hlK
thine needed is ihe c.illin:. of a
hall In the destruction of name
refuge* and hiding placi s.
The had luck ahum ii two dol?
lar hill Is thai you aie s i li:?h|e t?,
paaa II ? fl for a one.
Honor Roll Third Month
In the Grammar School
Following In the honor roll for
the third month of the Elizabeth
City Grammar School.. ending He
comber 4:
Fourth grades: Miss Hour man.
teacher ? Eliza Cooper, Francis
Harris, Delia Mae Lister. Glad)*
Prltchard. Jennls Alexander. Cur
i tin Cart wrlght . William Culpep
, per. Thomas Davenport. Haugii
; ton Ehrlnghaus, Edward Gander
son, WIIIIm Robert*. Koger Shan
I nonhoiiw, L< roy' Taylor, I^ouis
Plummer; Miss Hunch, teacher
? Lodwlck Jones, Claiborn Nixon.
Clarence l>ane; Miss Davis, tea< It
er* -Lillian lloyce. Hazel Cohoon.
Evelyn Crank, Maxtne Daniels.
Nellie Mae Holmes, Grace John
son. Vernon Chapped. Marvin
( Carmine. Cnbell Gilliam. Selby
( Jones, Roland Mclggs, John Mil
der; Mrs. Skinner, teacher- Mar
garet f (alley, Irma Hunch. Cora
Hill. Faith Hlte. Anna /(ollowell.
Margaret LeRoy, Krandt I'sppen
dick. Margaret Perry. Rose Saw
yer. Dorothy Slowe, Sarah Wil
liams. Hobble llarrett. Robert
Daniels. Charles Davis. Herbert
Harris. Torn King. Francis Moran.
'Leonard Nelson. Tom Peele,
Wood row Price. Walter Sawyer.
Walter Small. James Tlilffir, Karl
We. kK. MHm White, teacher
Edith Morris. Lock wood l*nsalt? r.
David Hill, John flex Munden.
Komi rum White.
Fifth grades: Miss Jones,
teacher- -Eleanor Aydletr. Kath
leen Hrsy, Eleanor Goodwin. I?e:?
isle Mae Jf iu.inKH- Msrgsn t Kra
I mer. Nannl* It. Love. Mlldtcd
Mann. Edith Mldgette, Maxine
' Morrlaolte, Elizabeth Mt'inl< n.
Stella Ovininn. Hazel Pendlet'in.
Ine* Puckctte. Margaret S?ynioot.
I Marguerite Sawyer. Mary Leigh
? 8h? ep, Doris Wilkins, Campbell
Connery, Hill l>anlela. L?rry Da
vis, It lad's Foreman, Francis
Jennings. Leonard Prltchard. Jo
seph Self, Thomas Sawyer. Rich
ard Thompson, Charlt** Toxejr;
Mian Klser, teacher- Willie HIIL
Emily Prltchard, Dorothy Raby,
Blanche HIkkh, Wilms Temple,
Sndlr Wood, Clarence Allcox,
Clyde Ambrose. Harold llelaiiKn.
CliKBce llark Icy, Mndacjf Hop
kins, Leon Lambert. James I'iIpc,
Kaynor I'rltcliard. Irvin I loach.
Haywood Savtyor, Wesley . Taft,
John Watson; Mrs. Sawyer, teaeh
?-r ? -Nathan Korb?s, Jatni'D Airs
lander; Mrn. Pearson. I'ach r
K.velyn Corbet t. Ktl*.ah<-th WHssht,
Thomas Seeley; Mis* S|oil, t*aeh
<-r ? Margaret Hamilton. Oliver
(Jard. ColumhtiH Leary.
Hl.xth prade*: Miss Cartel*.
t<acher- Kmina Cartwrlaht, lluth
Kdney, Mary Ha wyrr. Arehh
Shannonhome: Miss DefCon,
fnacher? Oertb' Fluru'S*. K\ ??]>??!
Cartwrlght. .Mar?jjr?t White,
Margaret Twlfoid: M 4?>? Hort?n.
lyncher Alice ll'ttrlrk. IM1..1
Johnson. Thelma Goodrich. Lelri
I'rltChett. Ruth Smderlln. Li*7.le
Wlnslow. Forrest Dunatan, Waller
I'ishor, Kldon Davis, Copy Greg
ory. Rex Mann. Karl I'erry. Har
ry Seeley, Aldon Kcarboroupli .
Robert Wood: MIsk I'uivIs. i- .irli
er- ? Marunr* 1 Cfion-y. Mary ten
iae White. Wllma How H u t ?? I ? n
Harrison, Lesple Hani", Flora
Johnson. Carolyn Kthiikt, M. i ie
I.onu. Katherine Mill'-. I'liVJIi:*
MeMullan, Maltha Outlaw, Doris
Scfley, Julia Hklnner. Kdna
Srotl, Mary Sawyer, Jam- Sawyer.
Ine* Temph'inan, Osceola W? st J
D Wlnslnw. Rot ert Hp ne<
Jam** Stalling*. i;im?r I'ayw.
1'ercy Hurdl*-, Edward lbv> up >rr.
Clarencp Coboon, Odls Untidy,
William ftr?rk.
Seventh grade* Mis:. Fellers,
teacher ? Raehel Miller, 'Harry.
Mldgett; Mlis Harney. ut.j-Iht
At ten Harrov.. I'.tiM.i- Hi II I'.r.i .
Mary Hunch. I'auline Deans. H? I
en Hill, Hut It l?an?a. Sur.jinn- Mel
lek. Heiisle 8a wyer. Marirnrct Hy
mons, Clara Thompson, Nina Tor
ner. Anu tist u Walker. Mnrtcar't
Winder, KiiiwH Kvnns, Rlv. .?<
Taylor; Miss LeRov, teacher
rarma Cooper, Ruth Davrnpnrl,
Alice Davis, (ilenna Olover. Hes
sle Mark ha 111, Kail- Mnrden: MIsk
Moore, teacher Oswald Harrison.
1 Everett Stafford.
COUNCIL 10 HOU)
JOINT PARLEY ON
POWER QUESTION
r.itv Father*. I I ilit ?? - <e,,J*
mi -iitii liixl Kit>:iiiccr Ol
m m t? Med Kepi rseiilu
livi of \ ir;;inia t onipum
AS* nKFIMTK OFFICII
Oi.tMilr Concern F.sltrclrtl
to State Figure <J? ? Itole
|J;tr.is It >?' Miiila
li'tii!. Tension I ???>?? Here
Hm" mi? i ?? ?'
I I. ..Ill 111 Virginia I'.leeirlr
^ i ii-miml'* J*1'" d'li''.'r> 1
.l.cltW eum-nt 1" K??>?'lh l""y
I. ?l?'.h,l.d l?r a Jolnl ui.'.lini:
,,l i'..- < liy Council. ill.- I lilllln
i-...iinil?.i-ii. ct.y Knuln-'r o"?' ?
and .. i |.r. K. llU?ve ot III- l?wer
'?>" -I..v niornliiR ?' ?"
,...rn . nek* d.';;; po?; ,
. i run.'* .11 I" Mlhli.il " >1. Hull' i
,,r. I far IcIKriyof
ri-nt it i*i- ?lty limit*. Ihr com-.
1.. huliU and ...all. lain a
II...' I . '"e'S .
.In uii a mli"1' *??' haidn. ' ?"? .
.. .... i- ? >!. . :i I- i'l? doled a'" ,
II,. .n'liiiin I lain minor- j
" -l ... mlv.t!?l< (..Hi.' ????-? r">'
?? i- wln-lli. r outaWi' torn- |
.. ?y rat1 .1 Hm . |M"V. i Vi'-r.' root"
"il.lv I III. I. i> ' ? l'r"d.U^11
' r"! ' ! 'ii",iri.*K to I Hat -It**
will I-. Mll.iuill.'tl ?< ??"
,!! I"... 'P ? THI- ... ? -
i Li.-.'l :? ? IV. ' outconiP of a v mi
ill. . ..... I l.v .. i*pr.?entatlon
, , ,1.1' !' .1 ' r. it'll. any l??l
( . i t . ;lt w I, irli ihe vltillor
i". ,, b. M.II "f hi* company. |
... *? II in- rtiy current on
tm ' is. or to t?u> out
;t?. .11, ,. tlly acuulred power (
1,1-. || : -i-.il rnHllMCtlllUM.
' In It,., . v. nt that an agreement;
wlih tin" |onvr concern *? :
Hi... IIU.lv tl.ut ?!.'li? ?m
,.? III. .".it'lruf ll.m ?f
f, ... It,|.. clt v Int.. rurnl district*
In lit. vlrlniiv Tills ha. been
i, it.ii. .1 f'.r win" * I ni?' and In ,
l?rt i >il I't" rt line* Imvr Itetn ?
<i|l|?.iall I'.n f. Hi"
nnr.lia" "f ' nrr.'ill from til" Vlr- ,
Ktni.1 ...Iiipatty l.aa l?en based on
f|? 1 ...ul"nll?tn thai lit" rlty mu;.'
in. ii.ii.it> H- ??i"r f'1""
Mill i li.it . :? ft ?-r th<- inr?'t?wry a>
n< i a nt ? . .nni.t.i. tt' lit,v"
I??lnll.-<l. Hi" witint for. " I m l
rniis Hi.- *..i"r I'la.tl ?l" ??'
ri.-nt l.t ..it" ralr Hi" ollior. rcduc
ii,K I hi' con! of oiwrulioti of two
lit tor to jiii km on*<'?inM?tlal f^uje
It haV bcM-.i ar?u.,? all al?.n? that
iiiMHtiiiit'li mm I IIP power plant
tho only .tit" ..I 111.' In .III Ir l|?nl nil -
III..H l III', hat* lt".-n run at ? l,r('"'
hrrrlolorr III" t II V "Itt.tlld ri'HP
,t?. I? ... fit fr'.nt II. while ninnl K
ill., nun profit niakliiic water and ,
" Thin'"" lia? het'ii noma <lur?llon
?|5.i as to what 111" my could do
In 111" "V.nl Hill! power won Hip
I Hv a HIkH t i'iihIoii IIiip tun
!ii> ? from IN.ti^ntoiitH In th?- eront
Ktnrill put Hi" ??"" l'""1,""" , .
I ..in initial" u. !>? happen o"
raalonnlly. I' I- acclnr'rt Thin
runataul ix.snll.lllty. II la arBUed.
would tt" - t-Hllaio i." "",ni"r*
plant here a? ItiHuraiifP aKnlnai
Kilt 'h a rolltlUKPnoy.
|t. final u..?ly-l?. Ihe <|ue.
ii.,., ?f r?.Ki of clertrlcal produr
r. ... lie Ihe inalB lMue
!? Hi*, ii. -..Hatlnna will. in. ?ir
Klnli. Kle.trle * Power Company.
If II is shown Willi KiiHlrlMit defl
nlt.'it.'Ks thill Ihe rliy ran huy rur
uli.t ti t In 11 y cheaper than It |
run In prudueed here li l? re ,
ichi'ded ?? a foreaonr ronrlaalon
that a ronlrart will he entered In
n, will, the oul?l.le ronrern.
CHAISI.OTTK WIIITNKY
(,H\MKI) lilllKAIUM;
WuxlilnstoD. Dec II. t'har- .
lotti- Anl .1 Whitney. convlrtMl of
violating the ('nllfornlH criminal
Byn<ll< iiliKin lav, *n today grant* !
'<<d h rehearing.
I . S. I < ISKS r\SK IN
I MF Stll'HKMK OOl'KT
Washington. Iieo 14. ? The
I'liHod St at (hi loM Itt the Supreme .
Court today in it k effort to pre
vent American . holder* of (lor- ;
man trenmiry note* from aailtify
1ng lltetr claim* out of fund* of'
the Herman government nelzed by ,
lhi? 11 1 ? it property euatodlan. *
1 1< HU.ANIK is
M.VI NIY MII I IONS
Will Id ogion. Dec. M Import*1
of the I'.iltcd State* f.?r November
mt. v: I tied hi l3TR.fton.noo while'
ckpxrtt ? ?-re 944ff.Onn.ono giving
tlit-' ' iiint'y n trail" balance of
9 7 0,066,06#,
\\ WTM OLD rniMTI KH
Old time furniture wanted. Hide- ;
hoard* oil hlffh legw. Kate leg ta- !
bl*-. dn>k*. mlrrom and many oth- J
er old thing* IDghe?t prion paid. J
Mont bo ovar 100 years old or
more. Write Box 529. adv
Jim Ballard's Appeal
Will Be Heard Before
High Court This Week
Fox Hound Worth
Weight In Gold
A fo\ houml I luit romi* nrur
IwinK worth his weight In jc??Jil
In-long* to W. I<. DuvIn, 1 1 n > -
KI-?'hh| v?* fmiin-r of tin* Mounil
Xti'k community , nom** 14 mil?'?
houIIi of Klluibrtli City. TIiIn
n'lniirktthlc <lo|( lint rnufflit 21
fo\?'N In the l???t *1* wwlw, ac
cording to Mr. UhvIh, netting
IiIn nwnor tin* nml Mini of II.1.V
Tin* clog'" nrtlvlth** UNt mvk
hIoiw brought In Mr. l>nvlw
NU)'M.
FVaring ln?t somebody mom
or likMM lucking In ronm'lrnt Iouh
MiU|ilp)t nmy take n fancy to
the <log. nml Murrvpttt IounI>- hc
i|ulr?' |M?NN?>MNioii of him, Mr. I>n
vltt kec|w? him* Nnfrly locketl up
i?t n lit.
DIKECTOK GENERAL
RAILROADS RESIGNS
Washington. Dec. 1 4 ? Jamcx (V
Davis, director general of rail
roads. presented his resignation to
President Coolidge today, having
completed his work of winding lip
the affair* of the office.
SUCCEEDS MOSES
Washington. Dec. 14. ? Senator
rhippn of Colorado wan named
chairman of the Republican Sena
torial campaign committee suc
ceeding Senator Mohch of New
Hampshire, recently elected pres
ident pro tern of the Senate.
AMERICAN PLAY IS
LIKED BY FRENCH
Paris, Dec. 14. ? It Is rare that ;
any theatrical production, which
Is the work, or Is based on the
work, of a forclsu artist. Is re- ;
celved with such a chorus of
praise in Paris as was given to
Monsieur Hen urn I re. recently pro
duced as an operetta at the new
Marlgny theater in the Champs
Klysees.
The production was advertised
as "an operetta" by Andrew Mes
agere. libretto by Kivoire and We
ber. with no mention of the Am
erican novelist on whose work the
piece was based. Booth Tarklng
ton.
This way of presenting the op
eretta to the public, together with
ItH French name and subject mat
ter. may help to account for Its
popularity. Few of the critics In
dicated that they knew anything
of Its American origin. although
Tarkington's story has been trans
lated Into French and shown here
as a motion picture.
LITTLE BREAKFAST
OF FRANCE DOOMED
The Petit DeJeuneur or "Utile
breakfast" which has long been
the traditional first meal of the
day In Paris, seems doomed. Its
disappearance will arouse no lam
entation among those non-French
visitors who have experienced the
difficulty of obtaining a sufficient
meal in the morning as a start for
a hard day's sight-seeing.
The continuous day Is supersed
ing the divided day In Paris busi
ness and Industry and Is proving
more and more popular with both
employees and and employers.
Time was when almost every shop
and business house displayed a
sign showing that It closed from
noon till 2 o'clock, but such signs
have become rare. Work from 9
or 10 to S o'clock with a short In
terval for a light lunch Is becom
ing the general rule. A rool and
a cup of coffee, the typical French
breakfast, fs found hardly suffi
cient preliminary to such a day.
ROYAL WINK CELLARS
N O W WAREHOUSES
Berlin. Dec. 14. ? The llohen
xollerns' wine cellars beneath the
historic royal palace In the heart
of Berlin hsve been rented as a
warehouse by the Prussian gov
ernment to the wlno firm of Dul
ler and Wegner, on whose "weln
stub" K. T. Hoffman, the Cerman
poet, wrote IiIm famous tales
Stripped of Its thousand bottles
of rare old WlliN, champagnes and
cognac* by raiding revolutionists
in November 1918. the cellars con
tain few relics of the generations
of royal families which drew their
ll'iiinr s ii p pi y from the winding
underground passages.
There remains, however, one
carved barrel, hooped with brass
which winegrowers of the Rhine
land presented to Augusta Victor
la. first wife of William II. Re
fore the wine dealers took the cel
lar over Ihere also were a few of.
the imperial wine glasses scat
tered about.
The stone vault In which the
former kaiser secreted his valu
able china and silverware when he
fled from Berlin. Is now cluttered
with barrels. The Imperial exile's
china und silver escaped detec
tion and later was sent to him at
Door ii.
(?nit's (bounty NV(jro in
Shadow of Electric ( h;iir
llll|HS III KsC1I|M> llll|? inl
iuji Execution at Ruleigh
SI'KCIAI HEARING SET
Condi'iiiniMl M a n
lenoetl After Ir.ul Low*
to lie ReineintiW*" I"
Northeastern Carolina
With the shadow of the
electric chair looming Inrge
over him. Jim Ballard, ne
Kro from C.ates County sen
tenced to die for the murder
of Deputy Sheriff W. \ ernon
Kason, of Gatesville. on the
night of May 5. last will bo
.riven a hearing liefore the
North Carolina Supreme
Court in Raleigh this week.
Ballard's appeal is set for a
special hearing, along with
two others. Incept for these
the week will be dovoted to
argument of appeals from the
Twentieth Judicial District,
in Western North Carolina.
ll.Uurd *?? aenlenced to the
electric chair on June .!?. after ?
Itrlul U.ul >?? ^
r.aleii K.ellnR run"'?K
hlsh In the county at the tiro ?
and there "??
ment uKaltmi tlie negro lhat n?J?
?| the week 'I >?
uriiny" the evidence In the ???
w."lhat'thc .loin ?epu<y .h?25
a?d ...other
nl|1ht or the Kllllnj g *|r,lncon?e
had reached the foot of the ?talr
[rHHh^,,UiMc\dmul.Udh,'^S;:
oneo and trigger
^ e.ny M.yd.,. ]?t . ?
the klltlnK ?>? "1.4
5;?;asv/?'r^nr-g
t ttnnilv n?v?' up on the
5-.;
V"!n carrylnK the I'rl.oner and
hl.'^ro,h?r H.he DslUrd.^ ?
C*-. srfff-ssss S
r-c^r csarti .ir^
aandy i?ndH hloeki-d further
Sheriff "??n tl?WS,'l,S, for
purntill hy rl""' f, ,rl?|, him to
km :1
20 r"h.d any 0?t In the kHUn?
havlns had any P??
folio wed It, but admitted hjr.
iw. v,'o,?,h., n..h,.
thr Bhootlng occurred.
REPORT NOVEMBER
cotton consumed
WaKlilngton. Dec. 14. ? Cotton
coimufncd during November to
talled &4JI.098 baled of lint and
66, Stiff of llntera ?h compared with
G43.S79 of lint and 76.750 of llat
era during October thla year.
ASKS CONTINUANCE
SHIPPING BOARD
Washington. Dec. 14. ? The
Democratic limurient majority ?C
the Mpeclnl lloune committee
namel to InvcMlgate the MhlpptnK
hoard today reported for ? con
llnuance of the board practically
under existing conditions.
rcrrrox mahkict
New York. I>ec. 14 Coltoa *??
turew opened today at the follow
ing level*: Jan. ll.lt, March
18.7b. May 18 55, Jttly, 18.15,
Oct. 17 83.
New York. Dec 14.? ftpot cot
ton cloned quiet, mldrtllnc It. St. a
decline of IS potnta. Future*,
cloning bid: Jan. IS. St. March
18 78. May IS. SI, July ll.tl. Qtt.
17. SS.