COTTON TRADE
ADVANTAGEOUS
T 0 CONSUMER
Crop Produced IjisI \ car
Was One <>( Large-I Ever
Grown hut Demand Home
and Abroad Good
PRICE FAIiil.Y GOOD
Producer i.'eccived Betier
Than Av rugc Price for
"His <?nl(on Considering
t Size of Crop
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Conditions in tho cotton trade
in 1925 have been tCdvantagerus
to tho consumer. The crop pro
duced In th> I'nltod States was
one oi the thret* largest rvor
grown but -the demand both at
ho::> ? and from e.broad has ? n
such that the product s* liar, re
reived better than average f<?r his
eotton considering the size of th??
crop.
While the j?pcctacular course of
securities has completely over
shadowed commodity market"* the
past year. the. fart that the ex
portation of eight and a quarter ,
million hales of cotton during the
twelve months ending July 1.
1925, returned to the I'nltod
States about $1,000,000,000 has
'been ono of the most important
contributing factors In the general
This enormous exportation of
raw cotton was made possible by
the production of a 13.000.000
bale crop In 1924 and followed by
a yield of 15.600,000. estimated
by the Department of Agriculture
for 1925.
A review of the year, from a
standpoint of events in the course
. of the market itlfelf. presents a
striking contrast with many re
cent seasons when fluctuations ?f
960 and $75 in the cost of a bale ;
of cotton were of frequent occur
ence. Five years ago. cotton sold
from 40c down to 10c a pound.
From 10c in 1921. prices had ad
vanced to 37c In the fall of 1923.
Price Stability a F?n? w?
The outstanding feature of both
i 1924 and 1925 has been price
\ stability within a range of a few
' cents, a most welcome change to
the consumer.
f The average markot prlcc of
middling cotton during the year
ending July 31. was 2 4 l-4c and
as the crop averagod middling,
the 8outhern planter enjoyed one
of the most prosperous seasons on
record. While the crop of 19 25
is turning out considerably larger
than that of 1924, the area plant
ed was the largest In the hlstorv
of cotton culture and though
some sections produced the best
?yield pefacrc In many years, other
regions suffered almost s com
plete failure.
H|Wfii!iMion Orderly in the Main I
From a speculative point of
view, the year has been cbaract
l*ed by tho normal rather than
the unique, and, with the excep
tion of semi-monthly days of ex
citement produced by totally un
expected Government reports, the
market has moved steadily for
ward to Its predestined end. Like
its predecessor. 1924, the year con
tained the usual crop scares when
days of anxiety resulted In tem
porary price advances but evi
dence of a liberal outturn was so
overwhelming that the process of
discounting a large rather than a
small crop carried prices to a level
of 18c In October. This compared
with 21c, th^low figure of the
previous year and was less than
hslf the price prevailing In Novem
ber. 1923.
Nature Not m> Orderly
Once or twice (luring the year,
price* ran above 26c but held
above 21 l-2c for nine month* un
til Ihe weight of the marketing
movement In October carried quo
tations below the 20c level.
Them fv but little In no orderly
and featureless a course of events
to aroUHc the Interest of the gen- '
?r.I reader but what the cotton
markets of the world lacked In
Ihe way of sper tabular and record
breaking developments, nature
fui Dished the cotton grower of
Texas and the IMedmont region of
Oeorgia nnd the Carolina*.
To the planter of more than on'"
section of the South, the year 19 25
Will be long remembered nnd an
account of nature'* shortcoming
simJ excosse* In the coarse of n
few short months would be diffi
cult to parallel lu this or any othre
"Wiry.
Reserves m| Low Kbb
A" ? direct result of three short
crops from 1921 to 1922. reserves
of cotton of all kinds were de
pleted to an extent that threat
ened ? famine upllke any exper
ienced In the pant fifty years,
r There were neither manufactured
foods nor raw material lo .draw
ftpon and v rices had advanced to
flftire* wh^h made cotton grow
ing ?tren?' .v attractive.
Pa ma ?e I ? boll weevil had vir
tually fulncO many owners of
large plantations Rast of the
Mtealsslppl Hl*er and the number
of abandoned (?nt?s in ihe Bouth
[ hsf of Infe ?xceedM those In New |
Knffland. The toW exacted by wee- ,
gMr II has amount to ?<>v rjil hun ;
Mrrd million do *r? annuallv
Continued on Page 4
'SPOS'\
Suj'pjK* you had a \vlf?* and
?-v;i children > > :.*i|?port on
iwu dolhcs and u halt' u duv.
Whore w.xild you K!i money t??
pny r??*?tand buy ;tueh thin^A
a:i h? aters. cookiiiji H' vv?,
and furniture?
Wouldn't it tuk>* just ate ut
? very c at of your m.. -a
wa t'? buy f n?d for ;.li lit *.;*
hungry iwoitbK?
There nuch a family" In
Klixalx'tb City. Yh<* t?!d<*at ? !
th" i htblren is ab>rjt i.*? >K-r*
old The vciinc**? .?? twloi.
t .vo u;uM?:n ?!d Th" i t- tin r.
%?( cf.iiin , doe* i* !? th?- V; r\.
with s-irli h?i|? c < ?eh-* can ? *i
frii'ij ti??* old-r chiluten. The
Cijunlv Welfare Officer, c..lli:ir;
??t she Im.jm" yiut'-rJay. i n .ul
them iC'iaiin:; th ? i.:t *h-i?
Hon:*.
Thi* family ha* no rtiok tov*
worthy rf the name. U?? > have
un i ; 1 ? 1 worn cut oil coo'. Ktert. ,
Kinall and altiW 'he; fnvC's
qua to to their neofln. V?**i "f
their cooking h don.* ?:i t?*|i .-f
a cheap and half worn oirt
heater. In the summer, Ih ?
tooth* r ray*, they mannsi* i?
?ot a lent; by dotn:; part of
their cooking out r f door*. P.iit
in th:* r.-lnte.* ?he fi:?d.i i? hird
to fclv*? the children tin Ir ford
proix ily cooked with th ? poor
fapilitlea that she ha* for cock
in;; it.
There are many u'-ed* In this
family of course. Hut th*?
f;reat?**t immediate in ed Ih a
cook stove. The County Wel
fare Officer a*ka If *3tnehody
in F.li7jib"th City will not pro
vide :h'*m with one.
LEGACY GOES TO
CARE OF ANIMALS
itoyalticK From Bookx of
Novelist W ill Curry on
Humane Work
Sun Diego. Cal., Jan. 2. ~ A
generous percentage of royalties
from the hooks of Edgar Saltus,
novelist . essayist anil critic, goeri
toward the care of dumb and de
fenseless animals, as was his wi?h
before his death. Mrs. Marie Sal
si ,he I* carrying It out.
Mrs. Saltus. herself tn ardent
humane worker, has al.led In the
roundin* of homes tcf tn? care
and protection of anlm-la and In
spreading the gospel of humane
education In the schools An Ini
tial gift of II.OOO l.y Mrs. Saltus
made possible the founding of the
first Southern California nide-a
Wee Home for Dogs anil fat, at
Pasadena' ' ' f?*' '""es fr"m
One of the contributors to the
enterprise, the activities of which
later were merged with the Pasa
dena Human. Society, was the
who Warren fi Harding,
who.e husband, the late president
nn admirer of Mr. Saltus'.;
books. Among Other leaders In
the work was Mrs. Ouy nates Post
It", "hi" ?n 'he ""
The home. While It operated as
LrK f. ? un"- I,r"vW"'1 tempnr
starvlnJ I""1, ,00', ,or lo"' aru'
fo fn,?f V,,D,?h nI"' "n-lesvnrPd
fn^r.gh?r, 1/-,
DUeed'ln hornes.'r?m POUn"" """
nld"d";sS"nU" AP*1 Mr" Po" ?'?"
rlrtv il , "*? "?mane So
il. r k tlv.ln* ? benefit for a sim
ilar home for Ran Diego
hoJv". h",.r?'17 ot Mr Saltus's
writer
mom? n?"in* "nrt tor .
Sfh
tocran. e,>'r 1? go 1n7o" "7 *"*'
cia~ . ? ""'h<,r "h"" ?"?' nur
?^tPll'innH K^f k'i <"T '??"? l<
> ?plalned by his Widow
??"?^res?'5",,h
by hls wldow. ?? ?
nal.i "'i?Uih extent." she
?.nnU::.d;;'ix<,.,,h;on,,h
work "0:z; 'T '
srasiss
don. "h ow? This Was
CnURd at he. a ""?II 8" to the
High School Boys Relate
Tale of Fifty Mile Hike
S'trc lilisahclh ( ily Youth n.
Makv T wcThird* of 78
II end tc I irrinia
Marooned l>\ (.aid
Mile Tri/t F ront A aft*
Hravh a:i Fcot
Mp.?-.i??rv <1 at Nmrh Head, on th
N<?ri'i Carolina Daiikit H'jtt'." 50
n.'l?v? rutli oi lit iv. by the cold
l?st wrvk-er.d which para
U/?d water linFI^ on th*? Oarr
llna rounds, five K'.izab.:h City
1 h ii ti'liofii boya nrilv. <1 lirmo
1;im n'.:hl ?ft*?r having walk* d
ii. i.-lv S?? mile." <.f th .? TH mile*
wnirh acparut NacM H^ad and
Viriiiplii Il -ac'i. They are none
the * trn<' f'.?r III.- ?\pe:i-nc<*
Th.* boys ar?*: Charles Hollo
w i|, 17. .*.nd kin brother. I'rank.
I??. son* of AJr. and Mr.v C. \V.
Hcllowell;. Tyro Sawyer. 17. son
01 Mr. and Mr#. W\ C. Sawyer:
John Kramer. I?i. Run of Mr. and
Mis. II. ?i. Kraint-r; and Horace
\VI;ie, IK, Ron of Mrs. S. N. Du
lia. They won I to Nut:* Heed on
th* steamer Trenton Saturday. e\
p-cti.i;; to remain for a fow days
of duck hunting and to return 'n
time for vurluus s<>cial events tlio
latter part of this week, prelim
inary to the re-openlnt; of school
Monday.
The cold snap descended Satur
day night. Snnday nlKht was
colder, tho boys reported today.
In discussing their experience, and
by Monday the mercury had d'"
Mended to 8 above zero. Thoy
were camping at tho Hollo well
'cottage. and had abundant food
and clothing. On Sunday night,
according to Charles Hollowed,
tho.sound froro over for 500 yards
? or ho from the short* at Nags
; Head. and Monday night tho en*
tire body of water from Nags
Head to Itoanoke Inland wan
sheeted with ice. Tho Ice, bow
ever. was not stroug enough for
thepi to venture across to the Isl
and; and all boat communication
, with Nags Head and Manteo
ceased .
Water I-' row Itoiilr HUito
Unprotected from the force of
the wind which accompanied the
cold wave, tho boys fared uncom
fortably in their cottage. They
suited today that a bucket of wat-j
er froze while beside the oil ;
; move on which they were cook
'irg supper Monday night.
On Tuesday, tho live went on a
hunting trip to the Freah Ponds.
!anme three or four miles above i
Nags Head ? -and nearly froze, j
jThey brought back six or eight
'? ducks, they reported. That night,
i wlille venturing on the Ice.
Charles Hollowell broke through.
Local Auto Owners
Warned Against
'Interloper'
Propaganda designed to Induce
Klizal?oth City motorists to Join
the no-railed National Motorists
Association, carrying with It an
aggregate membership fee of $25.
hns brought a sharp word of warn
ing front th?? American Automo
bile Association, largest organiza
tion of the kind In the United
States.
In a letter to Chambers of Com
merce and other commercial or
ganizations, a copy of which was
received by Secretary Job. of the
local chamber, the other day, Ern
o?t N. Smith, general manager of
the American Automobile Associ
ation. reminds the public, that the
original National Motorists Asso
ciation went out of existence as
a district organization early in
I 1924, when It was consolidated
I with the A. A. A.
Mr. Smith quotes Judge Walter ,
I). Meals, of Cleveland, as stating -
"There Is no National Motorists
Association* today. Anybody mas
querading In the name of the
N.M.A. Is an Interloper, and thosp
who claim to be the National
Motorists Asslciatlon have only
stolen the name of the association
without the substance." Judge
Mesls Is a former president of the
original N.M.A..
"There are fewer than a dozen
fully functioning motor dubs In
the United States today that arc
not members of the American
Automobile Association." Mr
Smith writes.
<;knkkal hakt dies
AFTKK AN OPF.HATION
Washington. Jan. 2. ? Major
General William f I . Hart, quarter
master general of the Army, died
today at Walter Heed Hospital
here He was operated on two
weeks ago for what was feared to
he a cancerous growth. For a
time he appeared to he con vales
ring. He was In his sixty second
year,
BELIEVES < ONGRKSS
MAKE APPROPRIATION
Washington. Jon. i- -Chairman
Madden of th*? House Approprla
j tlons Committee today predicted
i that Confrtpi gladly would make
[the appropriation necessary to
i send an American delegation to
'the League of Nations preliminary
conference o? disarmament
into wa(*r up r> bia v/; i:?i.
** I ii lesa than I'liiiv second* i
was coated v. i:fi ic#\ d.rLiiyii
today. avd y:-u rj*n b. t I d!(t<:'i
Vue*? any tl;a- in fctK <?* a ?>.?.
A telegram from Job:. K rnr.u .1
fat In r Wi dm -id ay m?rr.laK. ur :
Ins that In- come h'Rif . t n:-.v.
rKHM il tin' li.iys r? (!? cide to un
dertake tin ovi'i'lnnd i rip In 1:10
('oa:il C'lard.-*::)- n vh-? bn u.iM thi
?telegram inf?rm?d tln-?:i it would
be nt lea: t a ttcli brf r?- th * U*
w mid bre?U u;> Kiilioi* ntiy f?.:
any boat t > reach N.ig.; IT
And wo ii v*R:< thai h ? r >-t dinn :?
\V? dnenday tln-y ??tari.d on (in'.t
TV-mil-- nip ;i!od[ tin- bleak
?dioro of the Atlaiit:c t?? Vir?:!iis
lle.ich. That day they m.tde ten
mllo?. uti'ptiin-: at Kilty Haw!:
Con*! Ciimrd Station f?T th? night.
They w re tr.-ati-d loyally then .
tiny said, as v;? U ut ?\-ry r.tli
? r station at whirh tile*' atopp* d
on their way up the coast.
Next morning, the Kit:.' H;.wl.
1 Guardsmen took them Iri an Auto
mobile HO nilos up tin- b? a?d. to
Small's Stition. v.h -re t h ? kt.ijfd
'Jhursday iiighi.
"l-'nl I".* Idkr King./*
"They hail plenty ? f ?;antc
there.' Charles IIoIIomoM r<?
tnark-d in teHln;: c f th ? trip, "all I
they fed *u? lilt*- kings. "
All day Kridny the b->>> iru.'s^
alonK on th * last 4'.)-mil ? lap r.t
thoir.trip up tin* be;. oh, tcpj.in^.
only^or dinmr at a station neaY
Caffey's Inlet. They ariived iu
Virginia Hench at :i o'clmk In I he
afternoon and f.UKhi. n bus into
! Norfolk Tlienco tbey came hr.mj
by train laat night.
When the cold map v.; s at it.*
height, fears were e\pres ed thai
the pier at Nagr Head v. juld
swept away. It held flri'i, how
ever. defipif* tin- weight ci the ici
floes. If the pier bad gone. Nags
Head would have been virtually
cut off i'rom^he outside world un
til it could b?* r.'bullt ? a tnattM
of many w?*eks.
The only contact the flVe b? ys
had with the -outside world dur
ing the most of their enforced
stay at the beach tesr.cl was by
radio, they stated, adding that
each night they spent many hou ??
at th;? home <f Jake Wool. |?1< *: -
ing up weather n-porta. concerts,
and whatever tln-y could. The
Wool cottage Is only a short dis
tance from the Hellowell c.otug-,
at which the five were livln.;.
FERRIES ARE RUNNING
AND ROADS ARE GOOD
CTdenton. Jan. 1. ? ' Tho Kden
ton-Mackoys ferry itcroii the Al
bemarle Sound Is* now running hII
double schedule* since th?* Ire Ii?h
broken up.
The coaatal highway ferry ?
? cross Chowan river. Emperor to
Kdenhouae. which ha* been out of
rommlMlon for aeveral daya. will
reaume full schedule Tuesday ?
with a brand now double end fer
ry boat equipped with new en
gines.
All the roada ure good.
RETURN SMIWLY TO
QUAKE TORN CITY
I Toklo. Jan. 1.? The destruction
of Yokohama by the 1923 eorth
qunke drove many foreigner*
from that port. There were bin
a few hundred left after the ra- '
tsatrophe. The progreaa of con
at ruction work, however, caused
many to return, aud at the end of
October it waa estimated there
were more than 3. BOO foreigners
living In Yokohama. Thia Is les^
than one*half of the number who
realded there at the Mine of th'
earthquake.
PLAINTIFFS WIN
DAMAGE AWARDS
IN HIGHER COURT
Itrcrivrr fur l'?urn;?*r/
(rimiiir; H IVoihw <!?::???
j)-!iy (?ivc: Jr.dpiidii in
Suit - Attain*! Several
ITNKUAL IV\?A)
F. I J. Zii'clcr, I :i'J< i i.:k<
i:ii Acti?*:i V> it!*
<*;:sr:* \r:?
cf
Tin r ?. f I. i: f 'i r? . i* .
Vtisr* C..i\ l\ !'. i . i .v
in*: :iu :?1! ? -;* 'J ft' "tnd ?!; Ir*
In i!i* lri?r.?'**r o- fit y I ? .. v.\.e
r'jjr'u ?! :j "*i r
frurl h??n? i.'il- , *..:>? ?!
ry \, t;?'idy. ? . c 'li.it :?. ?.v Jdl:v
\il;s Il^du.-rs: tj ? ? c *-l v? <J t.?l?* f.'i
lhre l\>ts in transact I 'ti \v:i*i
Mr. I'li ry. irh. :? :i ? Mr !? i . -
ctai'a.i the S 1 1 1 - ? :*lu ;'d Ii. '.r ? ? i
fur *two only, tit*- third I'.uvi n;
l?e< :i Inrlia!* ?l l?y >*nr i'i t!;
tit' mil* or t:i*% <ts ? d.
The jury was Mill nut on tin*
i un1 when court adjourned i his
r.fiernoon ut 1 o'clock.
In an art Ion l?y F. II. Zleclcr.
undertaker, aK"in:-t I H. LoIkIi.
colored. for $340 in funeral ex
petites Incident to the death ? ? f tli??
latter'.* wife, the Jury brought a
verdict uwardltiR the pL-.lutitf the
lull amount. This suit v.-mu tak?:i
up immediately aft?r the llerry
rase.
.\ *ult t.y II. I*. S.<t:i|dc. r? cetv
or f??r th?* KniUKr.*' tlliMiit.': ?
PioJuci- Company. asihtH Joint
flat t. Sr.. and oil* w.i.-; d< c!d <i
in lavoi ? the i?hintiH >*-<terduy.
Mr. Ssmjdr- Viii LV.auhil a
ment ot $125. payable v. !t!iii?
Java nftvr tin* rlosw oi ?h*.> i". ? -?i
term of t mr'. Tl? ? !? im. v.*!i>'>
Is d*'Vot?d to rlvil i el;\
will racUnui' Ihreujih tl:- c ::ir.
w?. U.
Mr. tfaiti|ile. a* r;*c? !?? r f'?r ? !???
Formers* Ginning ' k I'loiliin
Company, also won Thursday In
an action aftuinst O. A. Mcl'l" i
Hon. and was awarded a judrr.o-nt
ol $177. 5tt with luu tv i hen?
V (.'tuber 10. If?2?.
In a Hiiit u;;uins! ??irha.'d
Hanks. Mis. T It. Conk". ?*f tlii.
city, wa- a ward* -d $J?n? with i;i
l ?r?nj from December ;:c. I US.
In an aeilnn hy II: A. Cibb..
iiualnl A. O. Forbes. llw pi.iln
tlif war. award* d $1 .'...14 wj.h in
terest from July 7. l!?23."flie ict.il
i ward Ix'lnn $ I '? 34.
(/?1. Farlie* Musi Pay
Sayn (lourt of
ChleaRo. Jan. 2. ? Colonel
Charles II. Forbes, former/direc
tor of the I " it It c*d Slate Veteran*
Bureau, today lost his appeal from
ronviction of conspiracy to de
fraud i lie Government In connec
tion with contracts for ho.spHaM
fc?r disabled soldiers. The Culled
Stales Circuit Court of Appeals
confirmed his conviction In (he
IMstrirt Court.
John W. Thompson, wealthy St.
Louis contractor, was found guilty
with Forbes. Both must go to
prison unless they appeal to lb"
United Stales Supreme Court and
obtain a slay of sentence to pre*
vent their romovnl to l/eavon
wnrlh Penitentiary. Federal
JudKe (Sconce Carpenter. before
whom they wore tried, sentence;?
ea<'h to two years in prliton and
fined thein $10,000 each.
FIKKMKN Wll.l. BK
m itIKO ON SUNDAY
Lexington. Jan. 2 ? The flrn
men killed New Year's F.ve will l??
hurled here tomorrow. The death
list still stands ut Hire".
He Was the Biggest Turtle
a I n * , *
iY*?' nahUHUj'a ne w P**bo4 y MutMi* diepley* tb?e *?!*<*? of ?
Wtiorie turtle ? th? i*r?eet turtle thai mr lived a n ? ?ber of the
?uwi? Ml l? Ihown beetde it. Vm of the turtle ? fe*t u rft>r>? Tb?
#*ld*noe, toAeatlete aay. la that thU '<m wu chewed off toy ? fltam Uoer
J - > torn* time hefere 'N turtto'c d?eth
Medals? - He's Got 61 of 'Em
This la Fatyy La Bauve of Lake Charles, La., one of the ranking Boy
8couts of the country. Ills 1\rn\ name Just misses being "Fatty.", but bt
has just wtpn his 61st scout medal.'
Tienton Ploughs A
Pa<!) Thresh !ce
To Get Here
A I jiIi' nf is u eventful I rip
aboard tin* hi earner Trenton on
h(*r run Frliley from Manteo t??
t It i.-? i iiy -her first shire the wat
? rw of Mnntco harbor and Roanoke
Pmiml froze Monday nluhl Is
I -Id by I?. I> Midgett Jr.. now of
f'hapcl IT in and a former resident
of Mnntoo Mr. Midgett wan re
: urnlug from a holiday visit to
relatives.
"For nearly eight miles from
Mr. moo down Roanoke Sound to
a point near the block buoy oppo
hii?- Kort Raleigh, the Trenton had
to brook her way through a sheet
of Polld lee," Mr. MidK?tt stated.
"She was the first vesael to leave
M an too after the harbor froze.
"The steam* r would go forward
i.ii'II til.* Ie?* brought Iter to a hall.
Tht n h< r engines would 1m- put In
reverse, she would back c?f f a lit -
tb- way. and I hen, driving ;ih"ad.
she'd hit tho Ice again.
Tlmhi rs in the Trenton's hold
bent and strained im.li r the con
tlmied Impacts. Mr Mldgctl do
dared. nddlng that h? would have
been worried n-pl'nty if there had
been any wind. There was none.
Iiowever. ii nd the sea was quiet.
The steamer made the trip with
out mishap, though she arrived
h'jre considerably inter than usual.
wamI'I) vorr-ic folks
TO RlltJ! IN lil!)iANI\
Milan. Italy, Jan. 2 The Cor
rlerre Delnsea. suys that Prince
Carol's differences with tho Ku
manlati cabinet regarding the mil
itary prr.gni in arose from his de
sire to form a new party of young
peoplu lin ed on the saw princi
ple as Italian fascism.
seeks aid cowers
to i:\ m:is a>ieiuc\
Washington. Jan. 2. -Countess
fathering Karolyl today sought
aid of the courts In her fight to
gain entratieo to the 1'iilted
Htates. Through her attorney she
filed petition asking t lint Secre
tary Kellogg I"' forced to instruct
the American consul In Paris to
give iter a passport.
N.AI.ITS \K\V \l TOM i ?r. I !,??;*
invi: iiki'.n iih.iv*
J*ti n i'tpniJ. 2. 'l :i
Hole.) of hew autoraobihM in tho
IttHt fortnight li?v? linou very
heavy here, hut even liberal ad*
vortjsir.p did no* suffice to move
used <
t w.i i w:-> i vn?i * >
s?\i: .V I'AIR TRIAL
Washington, .1 in. if -Jlepreseh
tatlve John '?V. Laiiblcy nt Kon
itieky. rerettlly convicted in that
rtnle of violating the prohibition
law. "had a fair tii.il and *a<
properly 4-on.i io<l." Solicitor Oen
el-el Mitchell advlvcd the Supreno
Court today in itski" 4 that ? ' re
fuse tn review the ease.
NOiMI \NDVS I.' ' V
< !!.! ? |! (?! 0 H-D
P.Ati Jali 2 V',r* ? y >'aoe
1. h' wi, istf ill" In I pi'.
of Normandy. Is nttCflrin -ovcrr
ly from the ovrrlluw of Orn?
river. Property dam e will
reach *?verjil million tel. Oi;
ly one death 1ms he. n ? ported
thu.i fur im -i
COTTON M1IIH; i ? I
New York. Jan 2 TheJbol
ton exchange Is closed t day ON ac ,
Count of tht New Year'-. Moau
lioir It tntltl Vot i Like
7V? //?rc III <</ if?
f)/ir Funny Pa /wry
"I'm thai rn your front
par#*." ? rd i* .-in jirivertlio r ev
er?* now ami I hen who Is not
familiar with thi? policy of this
newspaper an tn front pane ad
vertising When it i* rxplair.ttl
to him that few Mdvorihienii'iitH
r.ii' ncccptrd for the front paur*
and thai when ?UCh an ndver
t Icon ?iit I* accepted the rate
cliuri;>'<l in from live to 10 time*
what tii" nanti* ia.dvcrtliiein<?tit
won Id rout him elm where, h*
usually chancer hi* mind about
front pa#** pohltinn.
However, Tim Advance In
now r?*ad> lo o?T? r Klir.aheth
I'lty iijvrrlt?i'i& frrnt pan-- po
sition ??n 1 1 h comic lupplement,
if a Huffleh'iit number of ad
yi rihu T4 e:m he obtained to
inni;" it worth while. Advertlv
iin; cards are Hchnduled to cp
pe.ir. if th?*y can he Hecurcd
promptly, at the bottom of nil
f nil* pau?*H. Including the front,
ii nd nt th?- top eorii'Ts of Ihe
front pac* In addition.
(''ill our ndvoriinlnu d*|?ait
m< nt fur rat* j? am! other par
lien la r*.
Ilfv?t<'itiit!i<< Arc Happy
A I Ht?llywood*B>-SfM
Hollywood. Flu.. Jan. 2 The
KI tan bet li City party arrived here
? Hit f?? Miwl happy yeitcrday. They
urn expressing great inrprlxe at
the wonderful beauty of llolly
wood-By-TliP-Seu. They have en
Joyed ii motor I rip from Jnckaon
vllle to I'ulni Beach nnd Miami.
Hollywood If. a marvellous de
velopment. a 12.000 Here rll.y of
hontea. reanrta, and Industries.
Kvery courtesy Ib being extend
ed the Kllzuhcth party. Tho
wemher I* delightful. Hundreds
of people lire iti bathing here to
day.
'I lie Kllzabcth City party Is
sending the followig message
homo today:
"Will lie home some time thin
year."
V W IMA II. I.K G1KL IS
nKI.IKVEI) BK SUICtDK
tfalbtbury. Jan. 2. Compan
ions today attributed the death of
Orm o Mil 1 1 hews, 24 year old mem
ber of the vaudeville troupe, to
r.i'lf-admlnlatered poison.
Hh* appeared lut night In her 1
regular performance nnd no direct
eaioe fov In r aet I* known.
MIh.m Matthews died early to
day. Tier home was In Syracuse.
Ohio.
BEGIN INVESTIGATE
IUJBRKU I Ht'KSI) \Y
Washington. Jan. 2. - The
House Commerce Committee ex
p'.M*t* to begin Us Investigation of
Hi" ii Hi Red monopoly on crude
rubber by the British Colonial
Coverhmenta next Tuesday. Hec
r?'inry Hoover Is expected to be
fh ? first witness
HOPES HANGING Wil l,
lit! CONVICT'S I'ATK
t hlcu'-o, J an, 2. -Mrn. Bllia
\ ? batjn, r.,H-ye?n-ofd aiiifm^th
i hOji>n <hj?i hunting wlfl b? t he
of John Walfl) Winn. 37.
, met c< tivlct. whose love affair*
? ? IS year* ended with Hie kill*,
4n Of her husband, Albert. Hh?*
lrid:i\ eotif ?.?>;. -d eompllclly lu tile
ptftl.
|NH| r.s < lix TO IAR1M
Wa?hlngton. Jan 2 -The.comp
Holler of currency today Issued a
? all for the condition of n II N|*
tional banka at the cloae at bual- '
ness Thursday, I?ecember 31.
BOYS AT DEATH'S
DOOR WHEN HELP
FINALLY ARRIVED
Slowc Wouldn't Have Lu*t>
ed Till Eight O'clock That
Night, Hatteras Sailor
man Toll* Kin
HAD GIVEN IIP HOPE
Neither Able to Leave
Wh rii Bunt Departed
from Bank* Village for
Here Wednesday Night
Old llmeas. (crumbling, has re
luctantly loosened lilac grip on the
Carolina Sound country. After
having hwn locked tightly In
Manten by pilcd-up Ice for three
day*, the steamer Trenton made
hor regular runn yesterday, fbr
tin* first time since Monday, when
continued colit trapped her on her
return to the Unanoke Uland cap
; Hal.
V, Hooaevelt Stowe and Milton
Haokctt, both of thla city, who
left here a week ago on a trip to
Hatteras In the former's speed
boat, and \v? r?? stranded on Kln
neke. i Href, about ^0 miles from
t!iclr.dc*tlnati'in, ?t ill are at Hat
ter**. The two youth* waited two
. days, subjected to cold, thirst and
! hunger, before they we re rescued
by Stowc's father and brother.
Word received today from Cap
tain Isaiah liallance, of the gas
boat Kathleen. Iroin Hatteras,
who talked with relatives Of
I Stowe before leaving, for this city
Wednesday night, was to the ef
i f**ct that rescuers reached the
two boys Just In time to save
1 their lives.
"Stowe wouldn't have lasted
until 8 o'clock that night," Cap
tain llallancv quotes the youth'a
father as saying. "He had given
up all hope, and was slowly
freezing to death.
"Haskett wasn't much, better
off, and both boys probably
would have been dead before
, morning."
Mrs. L. C. Lassiter. Stowe's sis
ter. with whom he has made hla
home since he came to ElittlMUl'
City about 1G years ago. stated
today that she expected the two
youths on the next boat from Hai
ti raw. She expressed the opinion
that if would arrive either Sunday
orJVlonday night.
Later Information from the al
most fatal escapade of Stowe and
Haskett in \? -muring on a boat
trip to Hatteras on the eve of the
| worst December cold snap In the
recollection of this generation, ap
parently do?-s not bear out the
first wire reports to the effect that,
while Stowe was In a serious con
dition. Haskett was entirely safe
and Sound
In discussing the condition Of
the youths. Captain liallance
stated that neither was able to re
turn to Blliabeth City with him
when he left for here Wednesday
night.
IHHMAIj MWAMI* ROAD
IH HOLDING I P Wlllt
The roads to Berlle County, by
?wny of Wlnlon, Aulander and
Ahogkle, are Rood, according to
W. S. Morris of Lewlston, who waa
in the city on business Saturday.
Mr. Morris say* the drive from
I.ewlBton was made without un
toward circumstance In between g
three and four hours. Hon
the dirt roads were still
thia morning. and Mr. Morrla does
not. vouch for them . when they
begin to thaw. 80 far, he says,
the road scrotm the Dismal Swamp
In not very badly cut up.
MIW. HHAItllBK DKAD
Newland, Jan. 2. --Mrs. Fannie j
Sharber of Newland. a?n 7H. die]
Thursday morning at 4 o'clo
h??r home after a few days' 1114 ^
Mrs. Hhsrbt't- Ih survived by 1
slater. Mrs. Charity Turner; bp~
?l\ children. Mm. W. A. Deamop,
Mrs. C. H. Harris, J. O. Sharber,
W F>. Jiharber. Jim and (Jan
Flwiiifr and by fll sc/andchildren
and nlna ?r >at grandchildren all
jof Newland.
| Funeral service 1 wefe conduct
d by the Her. W F Walter*
I'rldiy nt 2 o'clock at the NcW
lund Method 1st Church where
Mrs. Sharber hns been a member
f.?r rniny yean. Il'tilal was In
the Whitney Cemetery. The psll
bearera Wi re h? r grandsons, Wal- ,
t--r ,<nd Bruce .1 ,n"r., I*ogan. E11
n -n'" and Hfileljjh Mharber and Kv
eretf Ilcnntoh.
I'OAHT bl WtD OPRKfl
KK4'K(ITtK? OmCI
A Coast Guard recruiting sta
tion was opened In Klisaheth City
Saturday. with Frank Kartell,
chief ma ; bin let's mate. In charge.
llerdf;uarters are at the Chamber i
of Commerce. Some likelihood la
f<n thai this city may early be
come a permanent recruiting sta
tion for the Coa?t c.uard, accord
in/ 10 Secretary Job.
MKN'H III 111. I : ? l.AKH TO
ItKJH'MK MOXBAV NllmxaB
The Men's Bible Class of Bli
arell Memorial Baptist 8??
School will rcaume ita
meetings on Monday night at 7:1
? 'clock There will he an
I rated talk by their teacher
'How we (lot Our Bible."