North Carolina Newspapers

|rf- , ?iISITI^ATIOX MO.N'PAY THK WRATHKB Partly cloudy and idlichlly cold-I cr tonight. WciiuMHday partly] rloudy. Hoderut?* nor'hweMt winds, j VOL. XVI. FINAL EDITION ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA TUESDAY EVENING, '^UARY 12, :<?3S. c.v ?.p? I Alif.S. NO. 10. Controversy Is Gathering About Universal Draft Sponsored By Veterans t % American Legion Favors! Conscription Wealth and Lal>or as Well As Fight ing Men in Wartime OPPOSITION IS STHONC And While Advocates More Numerous and Powerful Opponents Can Delay Ac tion Just Now lly l>AVII> LA WHENCE (CMyvifht I?? By TS? AtfrtM*) Washington, Jan. 12.?To make war so unattractive and unpopular tbat the people of i all classes in the United States will hesitate a long; time before permitting them selves to be plunged by Con-; gress into hostilities with a foreign country is the avowed, purpose of the universal drafc! law about which a controver sy is gathering. The American Legion, mindful of the fact that Its member* went | to war on $30 a month while day I laborers and others drew excellent j wages much In excels of $30 a week, is determined that Congress shall enact some law now cover- _l ing the universal draft of war-H Ume. so that all laborers snl workers of all kind may be con scripted and paid military wasi'H if necessary, and so that all manu-; facturing plant and other re-; | sources may be taken over by the Government and compensated for \ within the Government discretion. | President Coolldge received a thundering ovation In Omaha at the Legion Convention when he espoused the principle behind the universal draft. Leading Demo-, crats as well as Republicans are ( | favorable to tire- measure. Senator Capper of Kansas. Republican and Representative Royal Johnson, i "Republican, are sponsoring the1 Mil. Mr. Capper says he has been . Corresponding with men who had aetual experience with the prob- | lem during the war. men like Bernard M. llaruch, chairman of the War Industries Board, and they all think the problem should be tackled with a view to equit able distribution of war burdens. || Mr. Baruch has contribute*. money to Johus Hopkins Univers ity for a special Investigation of war profiteering. In answer to the critics who say war legislation should properly be left to war times and that a war | Is at leat 20 years away anyhow, j the proponents of the measure say | they think a universal draft law ; would act as a constant deterrent. ; In other words, If wealth knew that conscription of wealth was certain, there would be little mo mentum from that quarter toward entering a war There sill Is a I belief among some classes or peo-; pie, particularly In the West. that.i the temptation of wsr profits or J rather the Involvements of Ameri ca* banking and manufacturing concerns In the supply of muni tions In the two years before thej United States entered the wsr, had much to do with the decision of Congressional representatives from those sections of the country In voting for war. However ill-founded such theo ries rosy be. there are other cri tics In Congress who hsve been contending thst war profits were entirely too great an* that the ^ eien who did the fighting suffered K comparison. Labor, of course, pointed out many flaws In the . Tlfeopos.' i bill arguing that the I measure would be unconstitutlon- > fal. but while there are differences j Of Opinion a* to method, there seems to be unanimous support behind the idea of equal dlstrlbu- . tlon of wsr burdena. Secretary Wilbur of the Navyf Department Is quoted as doubtlnK th* constitutionality of certs In provisions of the Capper-Johnson bill, believing It would set up a war iletstorshlp. while Secretary Davis of the Wsr Department, j takes the opposite view. In any event, the principal dif ference Is on method. Therefore it has been suggested thst' a spe cial committee be appointed to In vestigate the problem and report1 recommendations to Congress so * that there csn be no doubt of the f-~ validity of the leglalstlon finslly adopted. It'a an easy compromise, an ConKi-atfi doesn t hesltste to u appoint a commission whenever a Br troubleffotna problem comes long; but In this case there Is a feel ing thai ttttle would be sccom pllshcl m debate? unless the Pfopionent' of the messure esn bring fort'i < "mprehenaive data covering all w 'nta thst will be raised. Hearing? are to begin soon befoi military I affairs eomi n which will de velop some of tl<p Points at Issue. ?"-* at beat the American lesion have to keep pushing hard to sedan; for the opposition to draft Isw enacted In pesee is unquestionably strong moment to delay Me 4 SAVINGS BANK S BEST YEAR, SAYS KRAMER All Directors awl Officm He a* Wer A Inn ThcM* nf liMltMtrlnl I lank The best y*?ar since Its organi zation in 19U3 Is announced for the Savings Hank & Trust Com pany as the outstanding fact brought out at the annual meet- i ing of the stockholders Monday afternoon. The annual dividend paid aggregated 15 per oent. of which 7 per cent was paid July 1. and 8 per cent January 1. All the directors were re-elect ed. and they. In turn re-elected all the officers. The directors are: E. F. Aydlett, Miles L. Clark. E. S. Cheaaon, Sr.. W. P. Duff. J. Wesley Foreman. J. U. Klora. W. B. Foreman. J. T. (lard. W. T. Love. Sr.. J. T. McCabe. F. | W. Selig. A. Sawyer. Dr. W. ,W. Sawyer, S. W. Scott, Dr. H. D. I Walker. Dr. J. H. White. T. S., White. P. H. Wi>.lams. J. Q. A. Wood, and W. J. Woodley. Sr. The officers arc: P. H. WII-! llams, president; E. F. Aydlett. vice president; J. T. McCabe, vice president; H. G. Kramer, vice; president and cashier; W. H. Jen nings, assistant cashier, and W. W. Woodley, Sr., assistant cash-; ler. A conspicuously successful i year's business was also reported i at the close of the annual meet ing of stockholders In 4he Indus trial Dank here the same after-1 noon, with the payment of annual j dividends aggregating 8 per cent, divided Into semi-annual divi dends of 4 per cent each. The bank's directorate was re- i elected, and at a subsequent meet- | ing re-elected the officers. The ! former are: Ben L. Hanks, Miles L?. Clark. J. C. B. Ehringhaus. C. W. Galther. W. P. Duff. C, D. Morrisette. E. L. Sawyer. F. W. Selig. R. R. Taylor. C. E. Thomp son. W. H. Weatherly. Jr.. M. G. , Morrisette and 8. W. Twlford. The Industrial Bank -apeclallees In loans which are repaid on a basis of periodic repayments, us ually weekly or monthly. The offi cers are: W. P. Duff, prealdent; Ben L?. Banks and C- W. Oalther, ( vice presidents, and Grahaip W. Bell, cashier. N. C. OFFICER DIES AT NAVAL HOSPITAL Norfolk, Va., Jan. 12. ? Cap- j talnXyman Atkinson Cotton, com mander of the scout cruiser Rich mond and a native of Wilson, Worth Carolina, died of pneumon ia at the Navel hospital here this morning. He was stricken Saturday when his vessel put in here en route to Cuban waters lor winter maneuv-. era with the Atlantic Fleet. The body will be ahipped tomor row under naval eacort to Green-: vllle North Carolina, where fun 'eral services will be held Thurs-1 day. Captain Cotton was 61 yeara of age and a graduate of I the Naval Academy. ITALY COMPLETELY BLANKETED IN WHITE Naplea. Italy. Jan. 12.?Follow ing a night of the bitterest cold for many years, Neapolitans woke today to find snow covering the roofa and more falling. Mount Ve- j suvlus was completely blanketed j In white. MODERN MOTION PICTURE HOUSE HERE ASSURED Carolina Bank Stockhold ers Approve Project Vt itli out a Dissenting Vole; Plans Being Completed heady next summer Several Ask Privilege of Taking More Thai? Pro portionate Sliare Stock. Financing Under M uy This city Is to have n modern fireproof theater, to coat approx imately $100.000. and to be erect ed In the heart of the downtown retail dtalrlcl. It ??? announced today following approval by the MocVliolder? of the t arollna Bank ing & Trust Company, without a dissenting vote, of a proposal to I erect such a theater on the half ?quare at the rear of the C ?ro,1"a Bank Building, formerly the Hln iton Building. ' Plana for the theater are to be ' completed at once, and contract Ih to be let with a view to having 'the atructure ready for occupancy ! by late summer according to 11. i . Beal, vice president of the Caro lina banking & Trust Company. The theater already is under ten I tatlve lease by the Carolina Thea tera Corporation, of Aaheville. at a rental of $1.000 a month for a period of 15 yearn, he stated. I The theater will have a hand some arcade entrance from Main street through the center of the ICarolina Bank Building, and will ' be flaked by several modern I stores. The project will be fl Inanced by a new company to be ' formed by the stockholders of the bank, each of whom will be of I fared his pro rata share of the 1 stock. Several of the stockholders have expressed a wish for more than their proportionate share. Mr. Beal stated. It will be fi nanced entirely separately from the bank, however, he explained. The entire Hlnton block, com 1 prising the Carolina Bank Build ing and the half square at the rear of it which will be the site of the new theater, was purchased recently by the Carolina Banking & Trust Company for $300.000 constituting one of the largest property transfers ever recorded i here. _ , The session was the annual meeting of the stockholders, for election of officers and directors of the bank. The entire personnel was re-elected. The officers are: Dr. A. \j. Pendleton, president; y. Skinner and H. 1' Beal. vice presidents; <1 B. Utile, eashler. and Calvin H. Twlddy. assistant caahler, Heslden Dr. Pendleton and Mn?r.< Skinner. Little and Twld dy. the directors are It. E. ('hen Bon, W. L. Cohoon. W. T. IHllpep fcer, W. Ben Ooodwln. Dr. S. W. Gregory, Dr. W. T. Griggs. V. G. Jacocks. W. I. Halitiad. O. Msrkham. I>. K. Morgan. W. ?' Morse. Sr . J. O. Sawyer. \V. I.. Small. S. fl. Scott. K M Steven?. M. N. Toiey. L. B. Twlforrt. W. II Weatherly. Sr., J Kenyon Wllaotl. Buxton White and W. B. Zimmer man. SIX PERSONS KNOWN DEAD RESULT FIRE Ferrlday. Louisiana. Jan. 12.? Six persons are known to be dead and a score Injured In a $100,000 fire which swept a block In the business district here early today. Movie News Man Hastens To Musical Bonfire Here Elizabeth City to Receive ' Nation-If irie Publicity Through Slovel Stunt Arranged by Ituff Piano Company; Flat'* Orchestra Help* It Isn't every day that Home body make? a bonfire of a atack of organe and pianos. Than reasoned F. J. Conway,, of the Fox Film News Company, when he read n newspaper account of the Duff Piano Company's Intended funeral pyre of ancient musical Instru ments. scheduled for last night. And as a result. Elisabeth City will receive a lot of valuable publicity through news films flashed on *11 ?erscreens In movie theaters throughout the country Mr Conway promptly got In touch with W. P. Duff, president of the Duff Piano Company, after reading of the proposed "mitlifral bonfire," and with Secretary Job. of the Chamber of Commerce. Then, accompanied by hla son, Francis, he hopped Into his auto mobile and motored down to Elis abeth City via the George Waah Ington Highway. The movie newa man found a huge pile of antiquated pianos and organs awaiting him when he arrived. Flat's Orchestra, well known aggregations of colored melodlans. was preaaed Into ser vice. hte camera clicked and while one of Ita ticklers of the Ivories ?'did his staff' on on? good piano h* had found la the lot. Another -jJ? member of the orchestra. ud rtencfl by the music or grieving to im the low estate to which the once handsome Instruments had 1 descended. wept realistically be fore the swift moving camera shutter. Mr. Conway and Ms ?on re mained over until today. In order to snap a few more plcturea of the laet stages of the bonfire. He had been In Kllxabath City before, bav in* snapped a number of scone? ,of a life savin* demonstration put on In the harbor by member* of the Coast Ouard at a convention of the Burfmen's Mutual benefit Association several years ago. II" Is enthuslaatlc over Elisabeth ! City, and aaye he'll be delighted to rome attain whenever something interesting la to be palled off. ftctrcaty had the movie man finished taklfeg his new reels yar. terday afterltoon. when the bual nees of cartlag away the smashed up musical instruments begun Mr. Duff had deeded that morning to give th* remitting kindling wood to Indigent Camillas here, Instead of bvrnlng the pile, and there wera. Many on hand for It l>le trlbutlon wag arranged through the aaalstMnoa of th? Rev A. H. Outlaw. Coaatf Welfare Officer e . Triumphs Robert Stoli of boyloi Tex lost h In ? ight m ail accident ?l the ugt ot It 13ut he wtu> graduuted from ihe tint ? ?rslly or Texas. with high honor?. ?II the aR? Of 16. completing the luurw: in three years. Inventing an# ??Uing candy and cigar alot machines lo pay his way^jhroujb, WARREN TOTRY GET BUILDINGS IN HIS DISTRICT Oppiwoh AriuiiiiUtratinn Bill Which Wouli) Leave Allocation of Funds for Building lo Mellon INTRODUCES BILLS Washington. Jan. m Con jgreasmnn Lindsay Warren ban in troduced bills in iho House to provide for Idles and puhlic bulld 'inpH at Kdenton. Hertford. Bel ' haven. Plymouth. Furmvllle. Ayd 'cn and Ahoakie. The Kdentou hill Is for a build , ing only, hh the Government ha* 'owned the site there since 1913 Mr. Warren will not support tht^ i Admin 1st rat ion bill which is ex-" pMtod t?? bo reported to the House In a short while, aud which Pres ident Coolldge has Riven his en dorsement to. That bill provides for a lump sum appropriation, and the towns favored are to lie picked by the Secretary of the Treasury A few days ago. Mr. Warren asked tin* Treasury Department if the bill should pass, was it con templated thtrt a building would be erected at Kdenton. He re ceived a very vague reply which v.-as sufficient to sutlsfy him that Kdenton would get no building from Mr. Mellon. It has been freely stated around the Capitol that officials of the Treasury De partment have said that no town should have a public building un less it had u population ' of at least 15,000 people. ' Mr. Warren will oppose the Ad ministration bill because he thinks It Is an abject surrender on the part of Congress to t h? Execu tive. and he thinks that Congress is in a better position to designate where the buildings shall be lo cated than Secretary Mellon. Rep resentative Hammer. Poughton and Rulwlnkle take the same view of the matter. Congress man Kerr is in favor of the Ad ministration bill, and the other members of the delegation have not yet made up their minds. ANTHRACITE STRIKE IS STIIX UNSETTLED New York. Jan. 12.?The an thracite joint conference, whlrh resumed negotiations Sept em be. 29. adjourned today without setting any date for the renewal of negotiations. The conference had been hopelessly deadlocked over the principle of arbitration The opersfors Insisted to end up on complete arbitration while the miners Insisted that. If they a< cepted any arbitration. It should be so only on the basis of lucress ing wages and without any reduc tion. SEES ( HEAP NITHATRS AT MUSCLE SHOALS Washington, Jan. 12.--Mater ial reduction in nitrate costs can bo made by operating the Govern ment's Muscle Bhoala properties. R. F. flower, of the American Farm Kureau Federation, told the House Commerce Committee to day. TO PKOBE HEALTH OF EX-GOVEKNOIC Wnid>ln<.'ton. Jan. 12?An Invc* ligation of the health of former Governor McCray of Indiana, who is serving a prison sentence at At lanta. has been directed by Presl deni ( ".ilidge to determine wheth ?r h- should ho granted ene'cutlve clem-rtcy. Mr I \r>OEN BILL IS c.irf oe coMMrriEK Wi.- i-mlon. Jan. 12. -The; MaeF'ddeii bill to authorize nn tfon!>l batiks under certain restric tion* to do branch banking was rrt-1 ??rfcl todajr by the House Bank - und currency Committee. 1 Z STATE ENGINEER FOR SAND-PILTIG ROAD TO CAMDEN T. B. Wilson. in Charp' of Construction in I'his Di vision, Heartily Approves Ford's Idea COST NOT EXCESSIVE "Only Salavtinn That I Can Sop," lie Drcloris, in DiM-iiMKini; Iropone?! Solution of Problem "It's the omy saivution of I ho road, no lur an I run nee 1 1 think It would hold, bocause It would give the effect virtually of having settled piling before the concrete wus poured." Thus does T. R. WI1h.?ii. resident engineer of the State Highway Commission. In churge of con struction work in the district com prising Cflrrliuck. Camden. Pan-' uuotaiik and I)are fount les. favor a recent suggestion by County Highway Knginecr Jesse R. Ford for the bolstering up of the three mile concrete "floating road" be tween this city and the Camden County mainland, traversing one of the deepest marches in this part of the country. The road was built by the State Highway Commission on the theory thnt concrete thus laid over a stretch of several miles would float. Practice wrecked theory, ?'the road began to sink a few months after it was completed. ? and has been sinking ever since. How to stop th?v process at any thing like a reasonable cost has . kept more than one State hlghwuy | engineer awake o' nights more or less regularly these last two years. ' Pord'a suggestion was that the road ho sand-piled by a method found effective In supporting sng gln;; warehouses along the Ralti inore and Chicago waterfronts., Sketched briefly, it embodies the Idea of sinking four-inch motal casings to a depth of 25 to 30 and pumping In a dry concrete mlx j,uro under pressure of SO pound* to the square Inch As 4he pump- ' Ing went on. the casing would be : lifted gradually by a ratchet de- ' vice. In such fashion that the con crete would spread out Widely where little resistance was en countered. At the level of the concrete roadway, tho piles thus driven would be "locked" Into place. They would be driven probably In parallel rows, as far apart as tests of the road foundation Indl-i rated Ihey were needed. "I believ* It would be worth while to put In these sand piles." Highway Knglneer Wilson stated In an lutorview today. " The cost would not bo prohibitive: and I'm convinced they would hold the road In place. I don't see any other way that offers such prom ise of proving a success. "Tho parts of tho road that are already under water could bo filled in with some light material, like slag or oyster shells, at u nominal expense These could be alowed to spread out on either Hide. In order to keep motorists from driving off the road into the swamp, white marker posts could be aet at the edge of the concrete paving." Mr. Wilson stated also that tho Rand-piling process would he far lea? expensive than to undertake to build another road connecting Kllsabeth City and Camden Coun ly. Tho problem of the "floating road" Is attracting Increasing at tention here by reason of the hard surfacing of the highway from Its terminu* In Camden County to tfllgo. In Currituck County, and the authorization of a loan by Currituck County to the Htate Highway Commission for the pav ?ng of that road to Currituck Courthouse and to the Virginia I.lne. With the prospect that a paved road from Elisabeth city to the Stgta line and to Currltucfc, C^urt iiouse will he completed this year, motorists and others here are much concerned over the apparent I'oaalbllity that the thr<<> mile ilnk from this city to the C.undto t'oanty mainland may prov?- nn In *uperahlo barrier to motor traffic. \KW ()KM;.UH M \Volt MKAII New Orleans. Jnn. 12 Martin Mehram. Mayor of New Orleant. tiled this morning at 7:20 o'clock Ht his home h?Te. He had been sick for several years wli'i heart 'rouble l?ut only recently his con dition became ktIou?. H?- wag C2 veara old ?ni wa* born in New York City %Rti cm ii<?\<nt liht AT HT.ITK l'MVKRHm Two hundred and ten ? ? ?denta in tke University of North Caro lina made the honor roll i" their --turtle* during the fall marter iitat ended These stud?"'? made at average grade of II which la 9? to ? !? p??r eont. In all ihelr 'itdtefl Tljpy come from evei> nook and corner ,nt the tftate. The Hat ermfirfcc.-i?M 'fresh men. 01 aophinorr-H. 47 Juniors. ??? aeftJor* and ? gpedal students Those from KII/''?"Ml C'Hy | C U nail and UW Presentation of "The Rat" Proves Remarkably Good hlizaheth City indiencc Delighteil If it h Initial .'ip/M'ar ana? //i?? ilkrama Theater of I'.harle* Kramer I'layers in Drama of the Underworld An appreciative nudi *nco wel comed the Cuarlt m Kramer IMay (th on'their Initial visit to Llllxa betii City hut ul-,lit. iti tli** pi> aeutulion of "Tin* Kal.'" a drama of polio* and tile undei world in N?'\r York. The crowd enjoyed Hi?' "how. too, and heard with en thusiasm tli?* announcem >nt lli.?i tIkiM roui|)iiny ? I North Carolina show folks traveling l?y motor caravan would t ft urn attuln two weeks bene.-. They will prno'nt "Charley's Aunt." a comedy? on Monday night. January 23. There ?U4 on?? ouuiatidluK characterization in "Tli?' Kal."/a/ presented here last night. Charles Kramer, ua the unfortunate in t lit* clutches of the dread narcotic, morphine, was thoroughly true to type. Ilia actinK w*as of cxcen . tlonally high crder, and in thai climatic scene In which, as a half crazed addict, he veh? ntently pro tested the Innocence ?f his broth er-in-law when policy tri?d third decree tacilcs on him, he held the audh'tic ? breathless.. William THplftl. as Commis sioner Oarvey, head of I he New , York polic?1, alao was good. In the role of the driving, relentless foe uf the und* rwc.rld. he demon strated uctlng ability of no mean order. And then, too. there was Eliza beth Sanderford as Daisy Haihirn. flapper daughter of the boarding house keeper. It may have la-en that she was only "acting natur al," since It Is.the nature of young womanhood tlnae days lo fall readily Into a flapper pari; but at i any rate, sh?- brightened the show all the way through with her pert neas, her amusing mannerisniH, and her merciless wit. These three had n supporting cast that d?rervea more than passing comment. . Walter X. I'rlce 11? "Whip" Kogerty made the most of a difficult pari?that! of a douhlo-croHsIng sleuth who! stopped at nothing to gain Ills'; ends. Rudolph Paul and Raihl Elliott, as Mr. and Mrs. Chick; Hewes. the couples who met dlf-, Hculty after difficulty in tlielr dc tenulnatlon to k? straight and live* down Chick h turbulent past. wm clean and convincing. Mr*. Trip : let I an Mrs. Hallarn. the I rlxti board ink-house lady, wax good, loo. And then there wan An hi: Mae lldininMon. ax Myrtle Sylves ter, who followed her lover lute the Kaat lllver after a tense bit of acting. LeRoy Marsh, ax 11?? cli-in young det relive who dlxap proved "Whip's" gumshoe meth ods. completed tin- cant. The story Is built around the thett t>f a $20,DUO diamond neck lace from a prominent society wo 'man. Uenny. the maaler safe i blower. 1? shot and mortally \ wounded as he muk?1* hi* Rein way. He (I -i* to Chick fur protection, in admitted, and die* in the huuse. Police are watching the place, umI dtaposal of the body becoinea a problem. It la finally crammed into an ash barrels hauled away in a trash wagon, and dutupi d In- , to the river. Chick recover* the necklace from "the rat." hia dope addict brother-in-law. I'rcmlaed protec-1 tlon by the conscience! t>ss "Whip," | he surrenders it, and la promptly Informed' that he'll do a 20-year j "stretch" up the river. A struggle' ensuca, In which Chick'? wife! "shoots" the detective with her' broilier'a hypodermic, and put* ! him to aleep. The couple flees to the district attorney's office to Burrtidfr the nttkliM. H? isn't1 at home, and they land in 111?* I clutches of ComialHKloner Clnrvev. I All enda happily when the com- i missionor. touched by the jroMf j wife h recital. In which ahe bares a vital aecret, tells them to ko j i heir way without fear of prison ; walla. It is a dramatic story all i the way through, and Is put over j In a fashion auch as Kllxnbcth J City theuter-Roers have not been led to expect of what Mr. Trlplett described aa "perambulating com panies." This city, will welcome the Charles Kramer Players when they come again. Their home of flcea are In GreenvlUo. Unusual Opportunity Afforded At Banquet Here Monday Night An opportunity to barn of the i muny outstanding achievements of tho Chambe r of Commerce dur ing the pant y?-ar. nnd of tho vital BflewgiKjr for placing It on nn tde qVllelf financed basis to handle ? ssentlal projects during, tho year ahead, will be offered at the Chamber'* annual banquet at the Soutnern Hotel Monday night at f.: 30 o'clock. I'reeldent M. I.eli;h Sheep reminds. Itesldes, thoae present will have I t h?- opportunity of hearing one of lh" hlgg'st men In America. Mr. Sheep declares, through the com ing of J. Hampton Moore, of Phil adelphia. president of the Atlan tic Deeper Waterway? Association since It wai formed in 1907. "The general run of people here have no conception of the many things, big and Jlttle, which are accomplished by the Chamber of | Commerce In the course of a year." Mr. Sheep says "Scarcely n day passer without th<- Chamber being called upon to perform some service affecting the welfare of this city, and therefore of the people living here. "The organisation stands like a watchdog. ready to Ruard llio In terests of the city and nectlon. We can't Ret along without maintain ing It on a properly financed ba sis. "Many projects vitally affecting tills section are going ahead now. Aside from a thousand other con siderations. the Chamber of Com merce should be kept in an effec tively functioning condition to look after them. I don't need to remind you that. If It hadn't been for the Chamber of Commerce, the Government purchase of the D la ma I Swamp Canal still would Im far off. The Chowan Jlrldge like ly would still be a dream. Instead of an assured fact. Our fast RrowlnR system of Inter-County highway* would be far behind what they are today, and what they give promise of being before the year Is over." Mr. Sheep urges every one In terested lo make reaervatlons for the banquet Monday night. "Com?* merely to learn what we're plan-! nlng. If for no other reason." he j ur?;es. 'I^earn what the Chamber Is doing for your city?and for , you." PREVOST PREACHES SERMON TO WOODMEN A *p?clal Mrrmon wal delivered , by thr Rev. II. W. Prefott at Cor t Infh liuptlst Church, noar thin city. Sunday afternoon to a Isr#" dcl<'KHtlou of Woodmen of the World from thin city. Hertford and other nenrhy eotnmunitlen. The (IcInKatfon Included T. T. Turner, H. W. *Dcrry, Jop Craln, J H. Duke, J. K. Wilklns. W. H. Lucy. L. W. II? ckik-II. William II. Ilcnbury. cl?'or;:>- II. Arnold. J. K. Cox. Chnrllo Cox. K. W. Co*. J W." Dawson, w j Twiddy. C. L. Ander?on. I?. S. Aim linnj;. I) T. singleton. J. If. Il/iikl?y, V. Dun can, J. K. mid J. W. I'rovo, u 11 cf thin city; J. A. Vlek. J. T Ilrltt. W. T. Klllott, A. W. He Iron. F. N. ManrfloM. John (Jooilw.n, Johnnie Goodwin, Krnest Goodwin, Levi Goodwin. S W. Whitfield, Hey mor.? Chnpp? II. J 11 n Chsppell, Herbert Jone?, Toh tantfleM, Ir rln Mmr fi"Id. VIII I.me. Herder son Nixon. C. *A M ears, Joel Twin". Jack Perry. Will Owi-ns, Robbing DUnchaid :<1>d W N. White, nl< of H<rt(ord; snrt John itundy. John Morgan, llenr> I'er ry and 7. W. Whit? , all of Chrrpt noke. (orrov MAithi 1? Ni.w York. Jan. 12.- Cotton fu tures opined today at tho f?llow InK levels: March l*.SO. May lft.as. July 1 R.77. Oct. 1VI2, Dec. 17 Oft. New York. Jan. 12 'pot cot ton rlosed steady, mlddllnt 20.10., an advance of 15 |K?lutK. r 1 ursa, cloning hid: Jan 19.94, March. 19 - ft I, July 18.19, Oct 1* .00. M hi<; power MERGER STARTED IN FM)I(I!)A New York. Jan. 12.?Formation of tli? Florida Power and Light, Company, which will embrace nine operating utilities In that state (with aggregate assets of $?0,000, '000 wan announced today by the 'American Mower and Light Com pany. which will own the stock of the new company. REVENUE PROBLEMS FACE FOUR STATES Atlanta. Jan. 13.?Revenue leg islation was the principal Item (4 lunino?* before thre? of the four Southern legislatures meeting this month. A fourth contem plated action on the evolutlqn measure. South Carolina legis lators met today with the tax re form uppermost, while Virginia utsemblea tomorrow with taxation PITT TOHACfVl PAMKKM r?l\<J HKKI> <1,KANK.lt Cn-envlllc. Jhii. 12 Fartnera In Pitt County are taking advantag or a seed cleaning inachln?- In stalled It) the office of County Ag ent H. B. Reevca for cleaning tlielr tobacco seed. Mr. Iteevrs ?ays that already more than SO farmers have brought In sred tu be cleaned, and the number Is In creasing each day. Kvery farmer la given dlf.'crlons on the selection, preparation, an?t fertilisation of plant beds, ha w< II aa directions for treat i nx the a. ed again* t wild flra and angular leaf r SIXTY DAY TERM GIVEN MOORE ON ASSAULT CHARGE Assault on John Simpson, Ooloml, ( liarucleriae*{ liy (lahoon u? Flagrant Violation of tin- Law APPEALS SENTENCE "I Shall Follow lip Thi? (lase, ami Srp Thai the Suprrior Court Judge <?ols Facts," Sawyer Says Craham Moore, farmer living ? on Perkins I-'ine, near t his city, was sentenced to GO days hi i?U in recorder's court tt>day on a charge of assault and battery on John Simpson. colored, at the i'Ium of an inipitKHloned appeal by Walter I.. Column, local attorney, i urging that the xanctlty of the court* b?' upheld. Moore appealed io Superior Court, and wan re-; leaned under ir.no bond. Testimony in the case waa that Moure einounter.il Simpson In John Tuttle'n Karage, on Rest Matthew? street, late Saturday afternoon and gave him a nevere beating Simpson had appeared \ ?h principal witness against Moore in a liquor action in Superior. Court several month* ago, In . which Moor?* waa acquitted, the Jury thereby reveralng the verdict of a Jury which had heard case eat Her In recorder*? court* ^ In the assault case today*. Mooro pleaded guilty to the charges against him. 11 that lila brother. Kdward, In form- d him 111 a t Simpson waa In the Karate at tin time. "I don't Kuess anybody elae knew, but I knew what h? had done to me," wax tin only state ment Moore made in explanation of the drubbin:: be uuve the ne gro. C. E. Hail, y appeared In the role of prosecuting attorney In . the absence of J. Henry LeRoy, Jr.. who Ik III at liin home oa K West Main stre-i. "I have known the courts Of Pasquotank County for 40 years,*', .1 Mr. Cohoou began In s hitler ralgnment of Moore, "and In that time. I have never before ob served a more hl#h handed and absolute defiance of the law. Moore hap sold liquor iy> long, fa defiance of the law, that he thlnka be can defy the law at will. He thinks that if he beat* up one who testifies against him, he can deter any other who might tell en mm. "The negro In thin case vat re '.uctant lo tell where he got the liquor. Upon being assured U wan the only court?' for him to Ifollow, he 11 nnIly described the I man from whom he got It. Moor# jfiad been convicted of selling li quor. and that added to the weight of opinion against him. "The negro himself pale? Into Insignificance before the lasues lo this caae. Men on the Jury that acquitted Moore were willing to give him another chance. In the |hope that he might do better; and I tell you. John Hlmpaon heart n better reputation in thlt contman j Ity than Graham Mooro does. I "Indirectly, If not directly. Moor?*? act In beating thlt negro j constitutes contempt of crnirt," Mr. Column concluded. i "I don't usually follow up tho cases thnt are appealed from this i court," County Judge r. (}. Haw i yer commented, in pausing sen tence. "hut In this case, I Intend to nee to It that the Huperlor Court Judge hat all the facta. It la one case that I shall fojloyr up." Trial of J. J. David, fi?)have9 ! insurance collector, on a charge of falling to make proper account ; ins ?r iuh collections. wa* contin ued to 11:30 o'clock to permit I the arrival of wllneaaes. 1 The defendant wait then held under 1500 bond for his appear h me at the next terra of Superior Court, probable cause being fQu/id nralnst him In an action brought , by the fltafe Insurance I Apartment 'with Mm. Laura Davit, living on the Newlnnd Itoad. near Bsnsa fhurch. an prosecuting witness. Mm. Davla testified to having taken out Insurance at Davla' *o llcltatlon, and to having paid some $25 as the Initial premium Rec ords of the Insumnce company failed to disclose her appltyfl^^H Davla admitted freely that he had pocketed 'the money, explaining on the stand that ho thouftht he belonged to have It. under an ar rangement whereby the Insurance company would receive ^ubaeqnsnt - payments. IMPItOPER TKKVSURY AM.OWAX I - I II VK(;ED Washington. Jan 12.-?Improp er Treasury iiltownnces of fllO. 665.000 in tax free rod net k from Incomn for the umorllxstU of wsr facilities of manufttaCftr and miners was tharasd In ai n?>rt aiibrnitted to the Scnntp t by a special committee which* In vestigated the Infernal Novum, i liKlCHSBANK LOWERS its uiscoiifrr lMrlln. Jan. 12. ? Ths I bank today lowered lis dh rate from nine to ? tend the rnte on loans i lies from eleven to ten