TI1K WK A Til KB
Fair tonight. Sunday .
cloudy with rising temperatur?. I
North lo northeast winds.
VOEr-XVI. FINAL EDITION ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA. SATURDAY EVENING. JANUARY 23. 1926. SIX PAGES.
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NEW SHORT ROAD
THROUGH CAMDEN
COUNTY IS URGED
lloute From Shiloli Across
Indian Ir-luiul to UukI
Swamp l{?a<l in Currituck
County 1? Suggested
BIG CUT IN DISTANCE
Would Nip 32 Mile? Off
Round Trip Between
Elizabeth City and Lower
Currituck, Is Claim
A net saving at 32 mtles in the
round trip distance between Ellx-|
Jabeth City and lower Currituck,
[to be effect I'd by building lew:
Ihan four mile? of new road, is
rialiiu d by advocates of a pro
posed new short route from Shlloh j
east ward ly to tbo State highway I
bisecting the Currituck peninsula. I
j The road would terminate at the|
I potni where the I?aurei Swamp!
road from Nnrrow Shore and l?op-:
liar nranch joins the State high
way, about six miles south of
Coin Jock.
The present distance from the '
|end of the I^aurei Swamp road to'
Uliaabeth City, via Currituck
jcourthouso, is given as 34 mile?
The other route totals a little un
d*r 18 miles, ns measured on
Government maps issued by tile
Department t.f Commerce. Hence,
the saving would be IB miles, or
double that on a round trip.
liy crossing Indian Island, on
I the Camden ?Ido of North River,
the construction of the road would
be mod?- f.?r easier, It Is stated,
nloce there would only be a rela-1
tlvely short stretch of swamp to i
be traversed. Indian Island is;
high land, inhabited by severalj
families, and Is declared to have |
a road running to a point within
a quarter of a mile of North Rlv- I
er. A road from there to Shlloh
has been built already.
Few Mile? of Nrw Ro?<l
_Hene:\ the only new road to be
constructed would be that quarter!
of a mile on the Camden side olj
North River, and not quite three i
'jfles on the Currituck side, j
forth River narrows sharply at;
hat point to k width of about 500
yards. At the start, a ferry
wduld be maintained there, with!
the idea of constructing a bridge
later.
A lairing on North River at the;
point where the road crosscs
would give rarmcrs living in the
neighborhood on both sides of the j
river badly needed facilities fori
ablpping their potatoes and other1
commodities conveniently. It is:
forecast also that the construction j
Of such a road would tend to
bring many more sportsmen from {
the North, who would spend their i
flights in Elizabeth City, and mo-1
tor back and forth during the i
ducking season on Currituck
Bound.
Not far from the point of Its
boginning at Shlloh, the preventi
road to Indian Island intersects j
the road from Old Trap to Indian-;
town. A through route from Cur
rituck to Elizabeth City thus
would handle additional traffic!
from these communities, it is be-j
lieved. It would tend also to de
velop a popular aummer resort on|
Narrow Shore, which O. F. Gil
bert, Elizabeth City merchant, de
clares is not eclipsed In natural
Hetuty by any spot he saw on a
rtecent trip to Florida.
Advocates of the Indian Island
road explain that It would be n|
logical route for adoption by the
State Highway Commission In ILi
county seat to county seat pro-i
grain, since it would constitute the
?bortent theoretical route between
??ten and Elisabeth City. The|
_.Jent State highway through)
the Currituck peninsula Is regard
ed as connecting Manteo and Cur
Ruck Courthouse.
"Hdwiry Favors limit o
Nor
8rS
V y?ri
r Willie i.i' Knry, member of the
Coiiul m County Highway Com
mlaalon. hi?,? pressed himself an
heartily In iavor of the Indian Inl
and road, fn preferenca to the
Helcronn-Cnlnjnck link augrfested
earlier as a short rcute between
this citjr and lower Currituck. It
I* claimed that many tnore miles
of new road construction would
bo .required on the Boleros? route,
and that it would paae through a
sparsely settled country In tfharp
contrast to the populous section
the other road traverses.
Walter L. Cohoon, Eilxebeth
City ittorney and preacher of the
gospel of better roads. suKXeats 1
thst Pasquotank, Camden and
Currituck counties should unite In
the building of the Indian Islan<1|
road. Inasmuch as all three coun
ties would stand to derive mat' - I
rial benefit from It. No ertlmste
of ,ihc fost If available yet.
though Mr <'ohoou- expresses* the
opinion thst It would not be ex
Cesalvr, In vie# of the fact thst
the Vfogitphf of the region Indi
cate? that the *hort atretch of
swamp to b* rroaatd la not deep,
and would ?rrsent no unusual dlf I
flcuJtb'H to highway engineers.
The need for a. short route J
lower Csmde# County as s
not only ol pronM| resi
ci of the adjacrnt communities
dy sceeas to BJIsahetfc City, but
a BiesM? of developing
?infinities, ha*
ntly for
Skeleton Found in Lonely Spot
Near Pasquotank River Landing
Condition Indicates Foul Plav
Camden, Jan. 2.?The skeleton l
of an unidentified man in a mold- :
ering soldier'? uniform was d la
covered yesterday in Pasquotank
River Swamp near Burnt Mill, ac
cording to Deputy Sheriff H. S.
Seymour, of this county. A black
cap was lying nearby, the officer
Heated, adding that the remains
apparently were those of a white i
man about 5 feet 9 Inches lu
height, wearing a pair of work
shoes, size 7 or 8.
In a lonely spot some distance
from the road, the skeleton was
discovered by Dewey Tlsdale. a ?
resident of the neighborhood. 1
while on a trapping expedition. Its
condition Indicated that the body
had lain there for at least 12
months. Mr. Seymour stated, ex- ,
plaining that he viewed it late
yesterday afternoon. No marks of
identification were-found, the on-'
ly object diacovered In the pockets
being a tobacco tag.
BACK OF IT ALL
IS RIGHT SPIRIT
Says Senator William^,
Talking Before ltotary
Club Friday
"flack of the need of new Indus- !
tries.* new schools, new enterpria- |
es and a new community spirit i
felt by every municipality." said
State Senator P. H. Williams. ]
speaker of the day on (he Rotary
program at.Its weekly luncheon at !
the Southern Hotel Friday, Is the j
need for new men. men whose '
minds have been reborn by a vl- I
sion of service.
"Man Is naturally a selfish be
ing. In his childhood of the race
every man looked out for himself
and for his Immediate household.
And It Is still true of the Individ
ual that In Infancy he thinks o%l? .
of himself, his own wants, his own
needs, hla own hurts. There are
some men who In after life never
get beyond that ?one. With them
as long as they live It's me and my
son John and his wife, us four and
no more.
"But In the normal process of
education of the' race and
of the Individual each psssesi
out of the selfish zone Into j
the zone of cooperation, learning
that by a division of** labor and a i
union of effort a body of men 1
working together can accomplish
more than the same number work- 1
Ing separately.
"And yet the co-operative zone |
does not represent the ultimate
and highest development of the In
dividual and his community. That I
Is reached In the sacrificial zone, i
where a man becomes willing to
sacrifice his own Individual Inter
ests to the common good, having !
heard the call of that Master of {
Men who said "The Son of Man
came not into the World to be -
ministered unto but to minister." I
"When our newspapers, our In
dustries. our banks, and our oth
er business enterprises are con
ducted on this plane we shall have
established an Ideal community
where the churches, the schools,
the newspapers, the factories, the
stores and the local government ,
will be the best that can be found I
anywhere on earth."
The program, put on by Ro
tarlan Isaiah Fearing, In addition
[ to the well received speech of Sen
ator Williams, was featursd by a
ifiolln solo by Bobby Fearing,
which waa enthusiastically en
cored.
Rotarian Frank Scattergood. In
competition with John Bray and
Walter Ryan, won the prize In n
standing on one foot contust. that
provoked much merriment.
Epinfopaliaiu Will
(io to Wilmington
Wilmington. Jan. U.?In ordrr
to tak? stock of their work dur
ing th# year 1925 and male* plan*
for that of 1926. th# Kplacopa- I
liana of th* dloffnp of Kant Caro-1
Una will meet In their forty-third
annual convention In Rt. John'* ?
Church. Wilmington on January.
26 and 2f. The Woman'a Aux
iliary and Parochial Hocletle* of;
the d I ocene will har?* their annual 1
meeting at ths name time, and will
join with th# member* of th# con
vention In a number of srr<
and maaa meetings.
Th# Rt. Rer. Thorn** C. Dar*t,
D. D., blahop of the diocese of
liaat Carolina, wfll pre*ld?> over
th# meetlnga of the convention
The Rer. W. R. Noe, executive
*ecretary of the dloce*?-. will 1
doubt lesa be re-elected a* secre
tary. Mrs. James O. Rtaton. pres- ,
Idrnt of the Woman* Auxiliary !
and Psrochlal Roeletlea. will pre-]
aids over the women's raeetlnit*.
I.KWM ARKR MARKI.V
TO CALL <X>*FKRK*rH
Wllke*barre. Penn . Jsn. St.?
International p^sldent John L.
Lewis of the Miner* union has
nuked Alfln Marki?, rhalrmat) of
The skeleton was stretched out
full length, the officer declared,
adding that no evidence- of foul
play was discovered, possibly due
to the length of _fime it had lain
there. The spot was close to a
river landing, be said, leading In
vestigators to the theory that the
individual might have been killed
and hb? body carried there.
A coroner's inquest will he held
|Mondajr. according to Mr. Sey
mour. Meanwhile the skeleton Is
lying in the swamp, just as it was
found. Preparstions ure being
mad? for burial immediately after
the inquest, in the event that Iden
tification Is not effected In the
meantime. Rurnt Mill Is about 11
miles from Elizabeth City.
Nobody answering approximate
ly to the description of the skele
ton ha* disappeared from this
section in the past year or so. and
efforts to learn the Identity of it
thus far have led nowhere.
Strange Weakness
Of Cowls Aired In
Court Session
More or less expert testimony on
the value of a cow that has ac
quired a predilection for her own
product was given at a hearing In
recorder's court Saturday In which
Otis Sanders, young farmer living
in the Four Forks section of low
er Pasquotank, was bound over to
Superior Court on a charge o^f ob
taining a cow and 950 from 8.
Ganderson. local merchant, under
false pretence.
The (Sandersons. father and
son. testified to a transaction
whereby they exchanged a "dry"
cow and $50 In cash for a hand
some apacimen of the bovine fam
ily which they claimed was repre
sented to them to be a good milk
er. Their acquisition, however,
failed to pan out as they had ex
pected. they declared. Instead of
giving 4 1-2 to ? gallons of milk
a day. they said, the cow only
came across with a few quarts;
and didn't do even that well ex
cept when she was tied up In auch
a way as to keep her from regal
ing herself on what otherwise
would have accrued to the CJan
derson family.
Questioned Insistently as to
whether he knew the cow was a
"self sucker," the defendant ap
peared uncomfortable and Inclined
to be evasive on the witness stand.
He said he had never seen her
suck herself, and when asked If he
didn't think she did, replied that
be ' didn't know a man was ex
pected to think in court."
C. C. Pappendirk, long exper
ienced In the handling of cows, de
clared on the stand that he had nn
idea of purchasing the artimal lu
controversy, but that Sanders had
warned him of her alleged falling,
and he hadn't bought her. He said
he didn't care about owning a cow
so inclined, having been unable
to discover a satisfactory way of
breaking one of the practice.
The defendant's bond was fixed
at 1300 by County Judge Sawyer,
and was signed by the former s
father. Abner Sanders. Robert
Lowry appeared as counsel for the
defense, and C. K. Ralley assisted
Prosecuting Attorney J. H. Lelloy.
Jr.. for the State.
DARROW BREAKS
INTO PRINT AGAIN
(CcmMkt im TM
Chicago. Jan. 23.?Clarence
Harrow I* breaking out Into print
again. The quiet retreat of ordi
nary law practice to which he ha l
M'tirrned after d< fending Loeh and
l^eopold. after defending Scopna,
and after defending aom?* Detroit
negro killers, wasn't to he for
long.
Homo Illinois Democrats are
out with a plan now to run tin
veteran defender of the down-and-1
outa aa their candidate for I'nlted ,
States Senator And the solemn
conclave of Cook County Dem?,
rratlc committeemen now In sea
slon to decide on candidates look
with considerable favor on the
prospect.
Darrow hlmcelf would not balk at
thla mov to break him Int6 th?
limelight again. The ehanca for
a fight, and tha possibility of s
Senatorial toga are tempting,
should the opportunity be offered
"I don't know anything about
the plan." the veteran criminal
lawyer explained today. "It will
be time enough to decide what to
do when something definite la of
fered," Indicating that th* word
would be somewhat Welcom*.
Any race Darrow wduld make
would ho on a completely wet;
platform. Prohibition and at-1
lempta to hang criminals have'
been the two principal objecta of
hla attacka through tha yeara he
haa apent before t?>e public gaff, j
In fact mention la made that
Darrow may !?* called upon to
hlo aid
WARNING GIVEN !<
CAR THIEVES BY
JUDGE SAWYER
Need Not Expert Clemency
in Recorder's Court, Hr
Says, Reminding That Hi*1
Lurk? Jurisdiction
POPULAR IDEA WRQNG
Keinoval of Switch Key
? ? 1'
?j- Scant Pro!eel ion Agiinxl
Theft, Police ; Mo?(!
Offenders Arc Young ?
Fair warning was issued by!
Coanty Judge I\ G. Sawyer today ,
(hat individuals arrested in con* (
n?tion with autrnmblle theft* 14
tills city and County med expect (
no mercy front the court. Tt>?^
thefts have attained a btage bor.
j daring upon epidemic proportions
'In recent weeka. police report. .
| "The theft of an automobile
: an offense Involving more than*
$20." Judge Sawyer declared:'
"and. If 1 And probable cauae. Il
have no recourse but to send thj
case on to Superior Couit. *lheae.
thefts must be broken up."
I The latest "borrowing?" of
automobiles reported to polic?! i
here were that of a Ford roadctei;
belonging to Mrs. Tom Sawyer, of
; Ilelcross, teacher In the Elisabeth
i idty Graded Schools, und of a
1 Ford coupe owned by Dr. Howard
J. Combs. Mrs Sawyer's car waa
found abandoned by the i\ada!d"'
about two miles from Suffolk >
Thursday, tind was brought back
Friday by <J:.car HofT!**i. h. i l.i )
? ther-ln-law. Police are inveeti
Igating it witii a view to a pen
slbie early arrest. No u?w* ?f Ihej1
! whereabouts of Dr. Comb's car.
had been received hore up to Sat-1
urday morning. .. j
I Many individuals have ae idea
that If they remove the switch
i key when they park n car. it 's'
safe, or reasonably ao. This is;
disproved utterly by the export-,
,ence of most recent victims of
; automobile thievea. Chief Holmes
declares. "Almost every car stol
en here In the last two months
1 had no switch kry In It." he states,
adding, that the experience of the
! police Indicates that the theft-of
an automobile with the key In It
:la the xceptlon, rather than the
rule.
Police are Inclined to think
; that moat of the recent autoini-i
bill thefts have been perpetrated
' by youngsters ? boya in their
! teens, oi early twentlea. Observ
j era here are inclined to ascribe a |
| measure of blame to leniency
shown some offenders In the past,
largely on account of their youth,
taking the view that one bo/,
learning that another who baa
stolen a car has escaped with light
punishment or nono at all. will,
figure naturally that he will com-* |
in for the same gentle considera
tion. f
The experience of police here
and In other cltlea has shown that
at least 90 pr<r cent of all auto-i
mobile thleverlea fall within the
classification of temporary lar-1
ceny. The thief takaa the car, j
not with the Idea or keeping !t.'
but merely for a Joy ride. H-*
leaves It on a lonely road or an '
obscure aide street, and often
when the car Is found, It Is In a
damaged condition. In one fairly
recent Instance, an automnbib-1
found after having been thus
abandoned was badly burned,
leading police here to the conclu
sion that the "borrower" had aet
It afire before leaving It.
WIVMH ItKKlHIX? HI'HIIY'H
NAM K CAl'HIXtJ ftltlKt<*
London. Jan. 23. ? Modern
wives who refuse to tako th?*ii
husband*' names hare set nodal
secretaries by tho ears. Kngravtr
have profited, however, and pan*
port bureaua are larg** winners
It Ih not safe now to ?end an
Invitation to Mr. nnd Mm. Jam-t
llattle Uoyal without looking Info
tho aortal reglater. Mm. Jam?*
Hattl* Koyal may not bo Mr?.
Jame? llattle Koyal at all. Sh?
may be Mlsj O. Alone. And Ihnt
Ia a tragedy where engravtd In
vitation* have been carefully
countc I on the old-fashioned
thoory that married couple? ar
really married In good bid Vic
torian atyla.
Wlvr* who ar? willing to travel
on a family passport Issued In the
name cf fho head of the family
are rapidly Kolng out of fashion.
Even If thty do wear tbelr hue
band's DltDN they wont a sep
arate passport, and tlint mean*
extra f.e* for visa*
dONHKRVATIVKM "wiX
Washington. Jan. 23.?The rad
icals and < ?nservaHre* among tho
represents! Iroa of women In Indus
try. meeting In Washington, have
had their open claah. It also, was
Inevitable. Tha conservative po
litely. but effectively threw tho
"red*" out. The majority of wo
men In Industry still seem to feel
that they need protective legisla
tor
< <>TTO\ MAHKKTfl
New York, Jan. 33. Spot cot
ton cloaaj i\ulet. middling 31 00,
aft advxncOof II point* F?t urea,
elotln. hldt Mar.li 30.33. May
lt.?4. inly iMi. Oct.
Mtw York. Jon. 33. - Cotton
futons oponed today at tho fol-1
' Mar. I U
Central Hotel Body
Defers Action To
Session Tuesday
A meeting of the central hotel j
committee scheduled for Friday
night for action on the propositi
to erect a thoroughly modern hos
telry here was postponed to Tues
day on account of an oyster roast
given at the Elizabeth City Cotin- ,
try Club. Members of the com
mittee met in Informal fashion
Friday afternoon, however, and
after a discussion of the general
situation, adjourned with n view
to definite action Tuesday.
* The deliberate fashion In which
the central hotel committee Is
proceeding with Its plftns Is
prompted, members say. by a de
sire to go over the situation thor
oughly before definite steps are
taken. In order that, once the
campaign to build a hotel Is
launched. It may go over smoothly
and with every assurance of suc
cess. This assurance Is growing
every day. it Is declared, and
event? have reached the point
where construction of a hotel ap
pears to be a certainty. To what
extent the general public will be
divided to take stock In the enter
prise Is not yet apparent.
About 100 persons were present
at the oyster roast at the Country
Club Friday night. The event
went across in altogether pleasing
fashion, members stated Saturday,
adding that many of those attend
ing had expressed themselves as
keenly anticipant of the next so
cial function of the kind to be giv
en there. An entertainment of
tome sort at least once a month is i
contemplated by the committee in
Charge of the social end of the
club's affairs.
FIVE KILLED AND
ELEVEN MISSING
IN HOTEL FLAMES
Allentown. Penn.. Jan. 2?1. ?.
Five guests of the Lafayette Hotel j
were killed aud a score were In- ;
Jured lu the fire that destroyed
the building early this morning.
Eleven gti<*sts were unaccounted '?
for several hour* after the fire. J
None of the dead had been Identi
fied
One man lost his life when he 1
fell from a window on the top
floor of the four-story brick build-j
Ing and landed .on the sidewalk.'
The other four were found hud-,
died together in a corner on the
fourth floor.
The fire started shortly after
two o'clock and spread so rapidly
that It cut off the escape of most
of the guests, many of whom hnd
to be carried down ladders by fire- 1
men. There was no tlmo to d re ft s
and guests were forced Into cold
blasts of winter in night clothes. I
The temperature hovered between
15 and 18 above xero. Twenty of
the guests were taken to a hospl
*?1. i
Cardinal Mercier
Dies At Brussels
Called Apostle of Peace Dur
ing World War Though
Really a Fighter
Brumtoh. Jan. 23. ? Cardinal
Mercler. Primate of Belgium and
on? of lb? heroic figure* of (he
world war. died today at tho off?*
of 74. toning h In long bat t If
agalnat a decline that aet In after
noon on December 29.
Daatb rame at three o'clock thin
afternoon. Cardinal llercler waa '
Mrlcken with Influenia December !
It. Newa of hla IllnenH became
known when he waa unable to at- I
tend the ceremony at which Queen ;
Klltabeth received the golden roe# j
*ent her by Pope Plus In honor of J
her twenty-fifth wedding an nIver- J
pnry.
The role played by Cardinal
Mercler waa one of the outatand
In* feat uren of the World War.
Although hailed aa the "Apoatla of
Peace" throughout the civilised
world, he demonMratcd early In
the great struggle that he alao waa '
a fighter of the first utHgnltude
?hej? convinced that hI? cauae
waa imbued with rlghteoimneas.
Ha was In floine when news ar
rived that ftelglam bin native
land?had been atrlcken to earth
by the mighty C.erman n d vane*. {
Cutting short the formalities
"hlth usually attend the depar
ture of a high rhurch dignitary
from the Vatican, he listened
back to Brusaeln. waved h ?Ido pre
liminaries snd precedent; exhort
ed hla people to real?t the Inva
sion with all the strength and de
termination at their ?
denounced the (Jerman* from pul
pit and palace, and frnm then on
? oatlaued an one of the moat (or
mldahle and dangeroun thorn# in
the side of enarny nrtlltsry author
It lag who were end'-avorln? to
?baH tha deettalei of <<>nqnared
"?Iglmai to the beat .?drantafjiof
vktortou? Berlin.
I COACH
C..I Inn 2*
KIXJN COACH Qt'imJ
'Jack Dempsey," Barnyard King
Dosing
Of*
?pur? ^
With 14 knockout? to hi? credit. "Jack DempMy," nhown above with
(?eorge Dunbar. hI? owner, waa the Kameitt cock in the walk of the
National Fancier?' Exhibition in Chicago. In fifth?? Jack wears tiny
boxluft ftlore? affixed to hi? ipura.
Value of Boys' Band Both
To Boys and City Urged
By Rotary-Kiwanis Group
A joint committee or Rotarlan*
and Klwanians will go out In the'
next few days to ask tli? assist- |
an Co of the public in financing the
Kllzaheth City Doyi;' Hand during!
the year Just ahead. with the hop v
or raisin k sufficient funds to as
sure the employment of an all-1
tlinf hand director to Rive the j
youngsters needed instruction In a
consistent way, to procure addi
tional Instruments, and to make,
possible the rental ef a suitable
hall ror thin Instruction.
The general chairman of th.?j
committee Is Klwanlan A. R. Nlch- i
olson. Other Klwanlans on It are i
J. Kenyon Wilson, club president.;
and (leorge J. Hpenee. The Rotary'
members are 8. n. I'arkor. Prank i
Kramer and* W. C. Sawyer.
Thi* campaign had been sche
duled for the week Just closed, I
but various factors Interposed.'
and It was decided to launch It!
the following week. As far a* I? j
practicable, all prospective r.pons
ors of the band will, be ^nter-1
viewed in person, but the commit-1
tee has requested that every one
interested send In ehecks or cash.
The goal Is $3,600 -n sum suffl-:
clent to put l/eslle Waldorf, band
director, on a full time bnsin. Mr.;
Waldorf has been paid inade
quately, members of the commit-1
cotton ginned is
TWO MILLIONS MORK
Washington. Jan. 23.?Cotton
ginned prior to January 16
amounted to. 15.4ftR.230 bales ex-1
elusive of llnters and including !
336.44A round bales counted ax
half bales to that dale a year ago.
the Cenam* Bureau announeed to
day.
Thn RlnnlngH by stales Includ
ed North Carolina with 1.180.029
bales.
HEAD DISMEMBERED
BODY FOUND TODAY
Philadelphia. Jan 21. ? The
head of Miss Anna May Dietrich,
whose dismembered body wi*
found in the woods near Media.
Psnsylvanla. Wednesday, was dls-j!
covered today beneath the ties of
Ihe Pennsylvania railroad bridge ji
over Taylor s Creek in a nearby
snburb. No marks were on the
heads to Indicate how she wa*'
killed.
A tim'cji or i M>i:n>\
Elizabeth City folk* who haf^i'
n't yet Been the wonders of Flor- '
Ida at flrrt hand are manlfeatfng '
keen later? at In n dip play of prod- '
Ucts of Ihe fabled p?t> Insult 1
showo-ln the window of Gilbert's1
?Ion* on Cast Main rtreer The '
Pahlblt Includes ora i;:?s In j
?Ion. a grapefruit woi?hlng m-ar-j
!y four pound.-*.. n recoanul in |t??1
native husk, tanc Tinea, and i,1
variety ct otb?r mewntoen ;:ath- <
ered by resident* of this city mi, 1 1
recent trip* to llnllvwood and oth
*r polnt.4 in that state. '
PRRIMKRD TO VMMTHM
I KKXCH ?KRT WIIHlO d
Washington. Jan. 1? Henry p
Berenger. ntw French aroba?i*-|e
Jor. informed ??creiary M
prepared
Uebt Com?
to dH
toe declare, and thus has had t J
contribute his Bervtcea to an ex
tent that Hhould not be expected
or him. The band's development,
despite its handicap of Inadequate
financing, has been reninrkabK j
they explain.
TlM value of I he Hoys" Hand as
nn advertising medium for Elisa
beth City was demonstrated time i
and again last summer when it
appeared at various public events
In this section and in nearby Vir
kIiiIn communities. It was the hit
of the Virginia firemen's conven
tion In Newport News, won much
favorable comment at the Wal
lareton road celebration, and
gathered fresh laurels at the Vir- j
glnla Dare celebration and other '
like festivities in this part of the
Stat?*.
"We can hove a bond necond to |
none in this part of the cpuntry i
If we'll give It the proper sup- I
port," W. C. Sawyer declared. ,
"It's the finest thing that ever i
happened for the boys them- <
selves, too. In affording musical
Instruction to many who couldn't j
get It otherwise. We want to
broaden the band to taka In many 1
more boys, and In order lo do It,
we've got to have the right kind
of support. Thoae who give to it '
are helping the boys v and their {
town."
MILTON BERRY
DIES; LONG ILL
Wan Tax (jillrdor Here
for Ten Yearn; Funeral
Sunday Afternoon
Milton W. Ilerry. 60 years old.
city tax collector of Kllzabeth Cltv
fur ID years, died laat night at
1u:0i? o'clock at hia home on Kast
Cyprnsa street after a period ft
about eight years of falling
health. He was a native of Cam
den County, and htid lived here
practically all his life, exOept for
about two years spent In Norfolk.
Mr. Ilerry was tax collector
here between the years 1910 and
1920. He was kindly, generoun
and loyal, and numbered lit*
Mend* by the many hundreds.
He was a member of the Klks sod
the Junior Order. flee ides his
wife, he Ik survived by two son*.
Curtis Ilerry, of Chapel Hill, and
Oliver Ilerry. of Italelgh; thre?>
daughters. Mrs. W. C. Harris, of
(lreenvllle, and Mrs. Parker Mldg
ett and Miss Martha Berry, of thla I
fHy; and on? brother, I*. W. fler
ry, of Norfolk.
Kun era I services will be con
flicted At the hoine Sunday after
.e>n at S o'clock by the Rev. J.
W. Harrell. pastor rf Clt/ Read
Methodist Church. There will be
ip et?l music by the City Road
rholr. Burlsl will be In llolls
sr.K'd Cemetery.
IKNATOIt XOKRIM MAKKM
HKSJMTIOXAI, t H\R(il'.S
Washington, Jan. S3. ? Presl
lent Coolldge Senator H snoot. Re
publican. of Utah, and others were
harged In. the Senate today by
lenstor Niwrts. Republican. of Ne
th attempt ?na to tefln
? William H. Calt
JARDINE HAS LET
PROVERBIAL CAT
RIGHT OUT OF BAG
In Krccnt Spmh Let It B<
K now ii Huh AilntiniMflf.
I in ii SIimmJ on I lir Dirkitt
miii Farni Bill
W RECK E? MEASURE
Sorrrlury Di-partinrnt Af
I'ii'iillnrc WiiiiIh Twit Ma
jor Principi?-* of Pro.
|hi-c(I I jw Am milled
III IHVID LAWIlRXf* ?
(C??,I.?M |?2t Py Tfc? UIWHI "
WanhlitKion, Jan. S3..? Tfco
truth may an well be told bow
about t lie a gricultural ?uri*
problem. S?*< retvj J a rdi na of
the Department of Agriculture '
the cat out of the baft In
??peecU on Tlunaday before
I Illinois Agricultural!
When ho aald: "I am oi_.
price filing. 1 ant opposed to 4
ernntent handling of farm
'ipt?." be swept away all i
certainty that has ? nveki?
d rain (titration's attitude ;
the Dicklnaon bill and
ineaaures designed to
1 farmer.
(Tp to now the published 1
have persisted in i ruining ?
the admlnlatration wax ready...
swallow tho Dickinson bill In ?
tlrety. Secretary Jardine'
publicly he approved the met
but that It needed amenda
The particulars In which hoi
It amended Involve the two t
principles or price fixing and *
ernment handling of farm
ucts. Tnke those two thing
of the Dickinson bill and It ts le!
a simple machinery for the i
of the farm problem. No
eminent bounty to aid the far
no excise tax collected by
Government aa was pr<
the orlnlnal MeNury-Haug
in fact nothing is left of 1
which many of the farm .
of the West and Northa
oeen Clamoring ror. i f.
What then doe? the administra
tion Intend? Thp fact la th* Gov
ernment Is Inning moro and mot's
every day In the direction pointed
by the National Farmers' Corp
orative Council at Its recent meet
In? in Wnshlngton. With the M* -
caption cf Governor I^wden who
parted company with hla col
leagues In the ro-operative group
on t ho Issue, the leaders InsIM
that the solution lies In the de
velopmunt of co-operative orgul- 9
zatlons to handle the export sor
plus. In support of this contea- S
tlon. the co-operative have beea <
uKsurlng President Coo lid ge and. >j
Secretary Jardlne that the
ample of farm relief has air
been furnished In Western <1
da. It will be remarked, of courMi M
that the argument for th'fe
Nary-Haugen bill waa that A'ftiori} f\
ca waa forced to aeM her expottf '**
able nurplua at low prices and .
that the price for export tirtunl
depressed the domestic price. )|r,f
the Government would fix the en
port price and collect the amount
(hat might lie Involved as betWMfe '*
(Inriu-Ktir ami export price by Sim
ply levying nn excise tax on every
huflhel rained, the different!*!
would be distributed. That 'tiAel
been the Idea. Now the Wtrtrt#rh
provinces In Canada have tpei t*>
agnlnst the sain?> thing. lis C?
da, too. iwo-thlrrfs of the i
exported ao that the expoi
lein ia even more vital than(
l.'nltrd State?. And Csnad* _
no tarirr to protect her growers ? ]
either. The Canadians went tor
the leaders of the AmerlsK^H^
operative Group und formed
pool. When speculatoi
presaed the price at Wldftf]
t lie Canadian pool held tight.
grain was stored and the
did not budge. It Ih said that
the banks failed, the govern
might have furnished the
In the United Slates, of
there Is smple credit mschl
lo tak< ? ii i ?'house
relpiH. The Csnadlana held o4"l
111 ths Winnipeg price
,ii on ud $1.50 per bushel snd t
began to sell. In thto way, the
Cagtidlnn pool got a better prlcof?
fer'export wheat than did the AH*
i i les n f#rmera.
The sdmlnlstrntlon Is much Im
prrssed with thin r? cent Csnadlaa
?hperlence and thinks that If
porn growers and Ihe wheat grow
ers would ortjanix?* ?ffective *
natives much of the trouble,
Ihe export problem woul4,
?ured by the farmers
Polities. however, has gi
mixed up Into the t blag
leeply. There's s Senator!
n Iowa this rutifmn.
2ummift* is up for re-#l
ItepreSTtStlVe Dickinson'?
?re talkinr: of running him
Mr. Cum mine. Senator
lart la n v. nlilji? the ontcol
he rec. nt eontioverijr trlth
Meek If he la counted
"rill surely run e;islnst Mr,
ulns. The Issue involved
xport problem Is a com
?ne and needs only a good
ip<ak??r and a cry for O over
ild to win friends In a
^rely distressed by the t
lowns of sgrfcnltursl eci
n the IseV seversl years.
0 In 1st ration Is between t
1 wgntr to help Sonstf
ulna. It wants to sttj
?