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i SALES TAX ON GASOLINE WILL YIELD MILLIONS ? ? ? Forty-four Slate* W here Such 1 axe* Are I. a* mid Effeet W'alcliod Willi In lerenl liy Oil Men bk; auto yeaii "riloiN (Joining in, Factor ies Inrnwin^ Produc I !<??>. anil Oil Well* Are Irving ti> Keep l'|> ii) j. i'. iton.K irao,fi#ht 1926 By Th? Atfraaf?) Ww York. Jan. 29 -The sales' rax on ga&oli.ie will yield approxi mately Ji'oo, 000.000 In 1926. Thai is ihe conclusion statisticians of ihi- IViroleum Industry reached today, after close Inspection of the 12."? returns and the present sales tmn.:- The tax yielded approxi nmtih^xO.oOO.OOO In 1924 when mily sixteen states collected ir and fl&o.uoo.ono In 1925. At present there are II slates where such taxes are law. While Hie i axes on gasoline are state tax es. their volume had an appre < table effect on the interest with which oil men watched congres sional progress on the tax hill to day. It is true that the f:as taxes are pr.id hy the consumer but the men associated with tin* petroleum In dustry fear the tax may have a distinct efleci on consumption and the main thing now the mat ter with the <>il business Is the ex cess of gasnllne Mocks and produc tion. Gasoline production has in creased over 2 per rent since the war. according to officials of the American I'etroloum Institute. It is expected to show a still ureut ?r Increase this year, is not checked. The output of crude oil is urari nally being chocked with uverag" dully production daily production well under the 2.000.0UO barrel mark. No big new pools are be ing discovered and oil men do not look for much discovery in the Im mediate future, although a big Mustier has jUHt bttttn brouxht in In deep formation almost at Wi chita's back door. Rarring the Ul*co\ery of more such fields, they anticipate higher crude oil prices later this spring. They base this prediction on present indications in the automo bile industry. Orders received from dealers by manufacturers and those In prospect, indicate that au fomhile manufacturers will do the biggest first quarter business in their history. All the big produc ers except Ford are increasing production. Truck and bus man ufacturers are expected lo do ev en better than the makers of pas senger cars. The export of petroleum pro ducts. especially gasoline is ex pected to grow rapidly this vear and thereafter. Ford has just shipped 10,000 tractors to Hus sla. Recent arrivals from China say that inhabitant* of that coun try are becoming motor mad and that the chief ambition of any ris ing Chinese is to own a car While no flush fields have been uncovered recently oil Is being produced now from wells which hitherto had been regarded as im possible of recovery. In Califor nia. crude is being pumped from nearly a mllo below the surface, arl achievement developed within the last two years. Deeper drill ing and pumping has opened large aroas of oil bearing strata, former . ?"1 * reach Standardlratlon of oil field equipment Is expected to save hundreds of millions ot dollars for the industry and con stant Improvements are being fmade In refining methods. Tl,, importation of oil from T^niticla Is growing steadily and leu i one refinery In the K**t Is , 'nK enlarged to handle Vetiiu ? Inn output. Thle In cotlnterhal ? nce.l to me oiioni however. by U>* drop In Mexican production. , which ?om.> :itn horillm na, '?lien from 2H0.040.000 hnrrela annually in 1 1: 1.000. 000 Oil compenk-* nre adopting uni form accounting method* and the benefit of Income uccount and bal ?nre sheet* will bo placed at the dl*poM| of the Investing public t ,h* ''nom itJ ... . n" eompaolea aa It will " ttle Inveator au exact Idea or the value of the fiecurltlen he H Buying. Kl'1 ?'<?'? KNTItIV TO ? M !"" 1,1 ? i-r> Wilmington, Jan. 1? ? With the psssaae of legislation to enlarge 1 the ti-< fulneaa of tha church dur ing the .'.ming rrlr election of officer, and the receiving of manv l repnitr the 3 - <1 annual convet. Uon of Hi.' f.placopul church In lh? ell..' Of Baat Carolina, held In 8t. John .< Church here, came to a CI"- W ' netday. The invi tation from rhrlat Church Ell., abeth Clt) 10 hold the convcn-^ tloa there tn l!?J7 Wat accepted u n,i, (Hxa rv I'l Lprr up CAN* Ml: Ml (RIAL <11111(11 ??J(ev \ j - Superintendent Hue mimIoix of ih# Albomarlr wWahrtery l oro will occupy I J?e pulpit S morning ..ml raw of Can ii Memorial Pru Haa Church. Crawled to Life Over 18 Bodies Cccll McKinney was entombed with !'1 others when an explo sion ? n-fkod the shaft nf the Dej;nan-MeConR"ll min?* in Wilbur ton. Oklahoma. Ri'icuf workfr* who rant" dura 21 hours latei lound hitn and pronounced him d?-ad. Mm he revived, crawled ov er the lifvlm body of his father and I? other dead 111 n and made his way to the surface. II ?? is ;;hown recovering at bom?\ suit*cund?*d bv his wife and rhi!dit>n. II.- was the only white man to escape. Skeleton Unearthed By Workmen Near County Jail A skeleton loug submerged in Ihe swamp ooze under the west eild of the bridge on Pool street, just back of the county jail, was unearthed Friday by workmen en gaged in making excavations for a sewer lino which will replace the old drainage canal which the bridge crossed. The identity of the skeleton is a mystery. It la that of a negro, in the opinion of . I)r. T. S. McMullan, who viewed the skull shortly after it was un earthed. John Askew, colored laborer, discovered the boues as he was digging deep into the mud at the point where the bridge head form erly stood. A few smaller bones were uneurthod at flrBt. Then one by one, the entire skeleton was uncovered and pitched forth from Its slimy resting place. This Is the second skeleton dug ! up by workmen engaged in sewet excavation here In recent weeks. The first was found on I^awrencc street, near the Bite of a "pest house" of half a century ago. 1 That one Is believed to have been ! i the last, mortal remains of a smallpox victim, buried uncere- 1 moniously near the spot where h" died. The bones were fast moul dering Into dust. The latest skeleton is in excel lent condition, indicating to those who viewed it that it had not lain there for many years. The position under the bridge head is taken by some to Indicate that the body was hidden there. Whether i the bones are those of a man or woman has not been determined yet, according to W. L. Jones, in charge of the sewer work at that 1 point. Luther Culpepper, of the Cul pepper Hardware Company, hap- , pened along soon after the bonc3 were found, and carried the skull to his Btore. From there. It was taken by a newspaper man to the ] , drug store of Overman & Steven- i son, where Dr. McMullan viewed it. He stated there was no way to tell definitely from a casual ex amination whether it was that of h white man or n negro, but I pointed to the low forehead and i the thickness of the skull as In . dicatlng that it was h negro's. Comtllg on the heelt Of discov ery of the skeleton of a inan In a swamp near IJurnt Mill, Cam- : , den County, the finding of this', ' latest assemblage of bones evoked , much comment here. Fishing Tugs Facing Additional Hazards Muskegon. Mich., Jan. 2fr. ? i Their craft still wedged in a huge j ice floa five of the eight members of the crews of the fishing tugs Indian and Helen M. faced ad ditional hasard* today somewhere In l<ake Michigan between here and Orandhaven as their food and fuel supplies continued to dwindle. Hope for relief rested on two airplane expeditions that left morning. The planes will attempt Mount Clemens at 9 o'clock this to drop food down to them. ' RESIGNATION OF C O L. MITCHELL REEN ACCEPTED WffMhinjrton. .Inn. 20.? The rnlgtiMloii of Colonel William MltchHI from Ihr \rm> Im? brrn NCfpptnl. No?hlna b^JTOBd thin brief annnutuvriK'nl ?v<m |?nhll< today. It wiw Irarnwl, howcvrr. that Ihr | rrplMncf wan unconditional nn<1 ilM not htiigr on mmf fnrmal no llflnillon that It vm "good for ?ho imkt." Goes to Tacna Hon. William Laaslter, r. S A., commandant of the Panama Canal Zone, has b?-vn appointed succes sor to General Pershing.* a* head, of the Tacna-Arica plebiscite com-, mission. Pershing will return1 hom?> on account of Illness. PA IK IN AFFRAY CASE FINED 85 AND COSTS V. H, Prltchard and Trannl" Crank. charge with engaging In an affray, were fined 95 end costs each In recorder's court Friday 1 morning. It was In evidence that they had had an altercation over a car parked near th?- latter's choe shop, but had patched up their difficulties since, and held no hard feeling against each other. Two cases In which McKlnley Sawyer ? not the Mac Sawyer who runs a poolroom, but another Mac who works on a bOnt ? is charged with larceny of chickens, were continued to Monday morning, and Sawyer was put under |20u bond. TTie complainant* are Jim King, who liven In the Prltchard town section, and Henry Heck stall. East Cypreaa street. Both are colored. New Method lit Found Obtaining Sunlight llaltlmore, Md., Jan. 2d. ? Win ter sunlight for children ? not the denatured light that comes through ordinary glass from which the healing ultra-violet rays have been filtered- -but the real thing with virtually all of Its health giving qualities may now ho obtained inexpensively. Dr. A Herman Pfund, associate profeasor of physics at Johna Hop kins, has found that between 60 and 70 per cent Of the medicinal value of the sun's ultra-violet rays remslns In the sunlight that pass es through a type of transparent wrapping pap*T ordinarily used on candy bars. The advantage In this discovery is the cheapness with which ultra violet ray treatment may be made available In homes, nurseries and sanitariums In cold westher. Scientists many years have real ised the curative value of ultra violet rays. LIVELY Disu ssions ALUMNI CONFERENCE Chapel Hilt. Jsn 29 - The sec ond day of the University alumni conference in session her?? opened early this morning With lively dis cussions of alumni projects. Group meetings were held at various spots on the campus followed by a general assembly. Lieut* MarHrady In Off For New High Record Dayton. Jan. 21. ? - Lieutenant John A MacHeady In an especially built and equipped airplane took off from McCook Held st 10; 10 central standard time today In an attempt to "stabile* a ?ew world's altitude record. SAUNDERS OUT AS CANDIDATE FOR ASSEMBLY Editor of Independent ^ ill Enter Deinoeratic Pri mary Asking Nomination a* Representative Jl'ST WANTS TO SIT IN Nolmdy Hits Asked or I'rped lliin Run and Ha* No Legislative 1'rogrum, But Promises Square Deal W O. Saunders. editor if the Independent. widely known week ly publication heie. unnouuc^ himself n candidate for the Gen eral Assembly in Its next aeaalon. subject to the action of the Dem ocratic primary, in today'a laaue of hlw newspaper In his published announcement Mr. Saunders **y" "1 shall be a candidate for the General Asvmbly because I want to Hit In on the next Heaalon of that legislative body. No one ha? asked me to run and 1 am not making a grebt sacrlftce In Ihe In lereat of the people. have no legislative program lo offer; there I" no proponed lo cal legislation In which 1 have the slightest personal Interest. As a matter of fact I think we have too many laws already and the cvuu try would be safer, the life of the people hcpppler and mere Pr0M_ peroua If a lot of the law* we have were repealed. "Before announcing my canoi uacy I went personally to my friend and fellow cltlxeu Shelton <;. Scott who haa bten urged to be a candidate for the office. I t old Mr Scott that if he would ruu 1 would not be u candidate but would pledge him my "uPP?r* Mr. Scott assured me that he did not want the office and could not sacrifice the time necessary to wage a campaign. "I have no Intention of cam paigning extenblvely for myself. 1 shall certainly refrain from mak ing a hand-shaking campaign. 1 ? hall buy no cigars. Klaa no I'ablsa and make no ap.-cK.ua promises to ^'1 rfircwnlwl l'asouotanlt County In the General Assembly of 1919- My record for thai sea nlon Is an open book to any ri>lt*r IP the County who care, to read. There wa> no legislation effecting ,ny town and my county at that aeaalon of the General A??eIn 'ly that wan not referred back to the people at home before I moved lo enact a law. Kor the flmt tlm.; In the hlatory of this County the voter* of this County and this district knew drat hand from week to week through the columns of this newspaper exactly what their local representative and Senators were doing My stand on every question waa open and ahcy board and no aneak leglalatlon ef lectlnK my constituents was en LSed Hneik lealalatlon. by whirl, thla City and County have been victimised time after time. was utterly ImpoaBlble under the white light of the fun publicity which I gave to all legislative matters ef fecting the Interests of my con htltuents. . . "There were people In this County who called me a wild man and prophesied that 1 would raise the devil generally If I wen. to Raleigh. I did nothing, of the "1 purpose and here and no* promise to pursue the same *ou"'; In the General Assembly of 192* If my fellow cltltens el?Jt me ?o represent them They aha Mk no* what Is going on at Raleigh and no leltlalatlon will be that doea not meet with the hp nroval of our cltlaens. "Before announcing my candl dacy I approached a number of the best and most unselBsh cm aens of Klliabeth City, men of prominence, men of ln#uenM. rn. n Whose word goes far with th.lr neighbors. 1 did not aak Ihcm for their support. ! aaked them only what would be their attitude toward my candidacy? Man alter man. with hut one ejceptien. pledged me hla support. -"And ao I am a candidate fo r that thankleaa office; ? J"*1?' tH-cause 1 want to alt In at next B-silon of the North Carolina Oeneral Assembly. I ask the vol and support of my fellow clllaeii" confidently and without apology, because I know that I can and will render thim a very real service In giving them the Inside news of their legislature from week to I week. If In no other way ' HI NTONH XOT lltlllNII Ml)\ K H? III II. ? HOTKI An Impression our rent In thl' city for a week or more tils t V. H and E V. Hlnton, former owu era of the Hlnton Block, were In tercKled In the proposal to erect a hotel here, lo the eslent of un dertaking to form a company for the purpose, and to put up s ma lor part of the money theruselv.-s. Is wllliout foundation, they <le clare. Tl?< lllnton brothers fiy have bad no thought of organis ing n mmpany to build a hotel, and Hint they have made no r? ? ,fer to put up any money und? ? a ' pro\ iso whereby a small group Would be formed lo finance ?ne yndertaklnS* * CHANGE COMES OVER CAPITAL IN ONE NIGHT Atmosphere Clear* With Adoption of Protocol Whereby foiled State* Enters W orld Court CXKHJDGEHAD WAY And Troublemiine Contro versy Disposed of VCitli Relatively Little I'artj Diaaenaion and Bitterness II) UAVIIl MWItKNVK itaxwi in. I ???hlnKton. Jan 29. - There Is no escaping the complete rhaBgv which hus comp over nlxht , or W.?hlB?ton * , r the udoption of the protocol whereby the Inlted States Im to enter the World Court. It 1h not no much that IMeal ab?u, Cool.ld*'> ''??! hl? wny about an important mutter of for eign |>o Icy hut that u trouble /*? Umi^onaumliiK controver sy has been disposed or und rel r damage done ip the Party dissension. tak?lU?Ky " fl*hI *hlcl' m r II " '"*?? Irate. o( lll-re..|ln* Th,. World Court do , e ha" manased with good plona of the measure have had to I'm. ?>???'??? 'l?"t alonK. anil this posnlbly liaa allayed the ?.p position; but on the whole then* baa been no such sharp cleavages established as wan th. ease in the \eraallles Treaty fight. The I)en> n tu tlmo J?,n*'d with the Republicans. In fact, wen- It not for Senator Swanaon's manage ment. the World Court protocol I would not now be adopted I?resl co-operated with with # Senator conferring with him frequently at the White ""J**,. Mr. Coolld*.. also has mad* It a point to discuss ques tions or llila kind with Icadlnx Democrats Mko Colonel K ? ! Houik; and Uernard M Haruch i both or whom have been hu KUeata at the Executive Mansion, # 'rnere h*'*n no reaching out or P?f<y Kaln so far ?a politic* la concerned. Indeed. If the United .States could have zjf?". ,n name non partisan mood In 1919 that It t? toda). there would have been no quea I tlon about the ratification of the Versailles Treaty with the hod*, reservations or their equivalent. 1 It Is particularly fortunate that, ; the W<rld Court fight ended peaceably because with the now tax bill about to be considered, the Senate needs every bit of co operation between the partlen in order to hasten passage of th** measure. Membem of the Senate know, however, that th? country la Impatient for the passage of the bill because a certain amount ol time must be left to Iron out dif ference* between the House and Senate when the measure goes to conference. It iH estimated that at least a week will be needed In conference. Tills means that the Senate really has not more than three weeks In which to consider the tax bill, assuming that It Ih deter mined that the measure shall be come law on March 1. so that the taxpayers can have 1 & <|?yn |n which to make out their returns. The Treasury hope#, of course, that the hill may become law some ? time during the latter part of February and give all the time necessary to the taxpayer. No Sen ator would take a chance on de laying passage but the bill Is too Important to be considered hast ily. Night seaalons are always 1 possible as a means of accelerat ing action but there Is no talk of that expedient an yet. The truth la the Senate Is In a frame of mind to expedite the leginlatlon NATIVES OF TAHITI HAVE A NEW HEALEK ! **P*ete. Tahiti. Jan. 29- When old Turnal. greatest of native heal-. Of Tahiti, died seven years ' i ago he left a prediction that after , 'him would arise ? healer who would be his superior. Now the native populace i* flockin* to Tn ral'a successor. Talea of the "Miracle Mans" marvel Ion * cures are in circula tion and although the natives of Tahiti are civilised, they are abandoning Kuropean physicians and transferring their faith to the new healer. Hundred* are tak ing their aliments to him dally. No claimant of curative powers had the reputation or rommand the faith of th* natives in * manner equalling Tumi. Ilut hit' prophecy of m successor Is now aiding the man enJo>!n? popular acclaim. EIYE KILLED I N MINE EXPl.OSMlS FH?nkfort, 111.. ? Ftrr men wrr kill***! ?*! ?hrff flight I) lnjnr?-?l t?*1njr In * local |n? r*pl?Hilon In Ihr New OHrnt roul mine here which hold* i he nnrW? ?-lpCt?? hour production r?-<or?l. More than l,IOO men were In the mine ml the ilmr cf >???? e*p|?. ?k*t the mim> of which rouM not be determine!. Youths Jailed With Arsenal When Horace Chesney. (lower Inaet), and Howell T. lion kins, 1? (upper Inaet), came down tho turnpike, their automobile packed with nundry artillery, the police of Kantian City took them to Jail. To add to the police ftuftpicions. Cheaney had a frenh bul let wound In hi* arm. which Hon kins said was inflicted accident ally. In the car were a Drowning machine kuh with Maxim ai lencer, an automatic ri fl??. an automatic ahotgun, three revolvera, GOO rounds or machine gun ammunition, a four-tube radio net. two flashlightH and thre^ heavy laprobe?. IloHkinx waa a l'nlvera ity of Tennewi?'e atudent and Cheaney a waiter. Favorable Report On Judge Anderson District Attorney Murray Takes Blame For Meth od* in Dry Cases Washlngon. Jan. 29. ? Unani mous favorable report on the nom inal ion of Federal Judge Harry H. Anderson of the western district of Tennennee wan ordered today by iho Judiciary committee. The ?c- , tion wan taken after the subcom mittee which investigated charges against the nominee had reported that nothing was found reflecting 011 Judge Anderson's moral. InteR rity and fltandlng In the commun ity. "We cairn? to thin conclusion." i said Senator Means. Republican, of Colorado, head of the subcom mittee. "that ho disliked the crlm- j Inal side of the court and wan in the htiblt of listening to the din- | trlct attorney who Is the worst you could possibly get and should bo removed." 8. K. Murray Is the district at torney referred to. On the stand before the Htibcommlteoe he as sumed all responsibility for meth od* employed in disposing of a number of prohibition and other cases. WAY PROVIDE FOR CHARITY PATIENTS! The Duke Foundation I* ready and willing to match, a dollar a day per bed. the move of any county In the Albemarle district to provide a charity b??d for pa-f tients from that county In any ac credited hoHpltal. T>r. W. S. Ran kln. former head of the State Health Department and now di rector of the foundation, ensured physicians in attendance upon a meet Inn of the Flrat District Med ical Society In Hertford Thursday night. The district Incltid'H all the North Carolina countle* north of Albemarle Sound. For every 150.000 population unit, 600 person* an* sick in bed every day In the year, Dr. Hanklnj declared, adding that ?',o of these were in ne?*d of hospital treat* < ment. Of that 150, he said, cne third are unable to meet the coal of auch treatment. TWO MEN llAN<;Kf) ON SAMK (?AIJX)WS Columbus, (ia.. Jan. 2%. ? Wil lie' Jones and ("Jervls Hloodworth. condemned for the murder two years ago of Howard Underwood, ware ha need here today The} were hanged ffom the *al- , lows at 11:12 thl* morning roTTO* MAVIKKT New York, Jan 20 Cotton fu tures opened today at tb" follow ing levels: March 20.12, May lt.6f>. July IMS, October 18.11, December 1 7 .f? 4 ".New York, Jan i* - Hpot cot ton eloHfd quiet, mlddllna 20,80. a decline of 10 point* Futurta. closing bid: March 20.1 May lf.lt. Jaly.ll.t2, Oct. 1*17 Dna. It. 17. IDENTITY DEAD MAN UNCERTAIN Krportd I. ink Skeleton With Former Itinerant Tombstone A||rnt No conclusion wan reached as to the Identity of the body the bare akeleton of which wan found on the Camden Bide of the Pas quotank Itlver swamp near Burnt Mill and about seven miles up the river from Camden courthouse by the coroner's jury which hold an Inquest over the remains Friday, according to telephone reports re celvod here today. That the skeleton was lhat of a white man five feet seven Inches tall well into or past middle 11 f?? Is declared to have been Indicated by the sbupe and thickness of the skull, by the measurement of the bones, and by the condition of the teelh and jaw. but further than that the Jury's verdict did not go. reports say. Other thinKs disclosed by Thurs day's invest (Ration afforded no further clue to the dead man's Identity, it is declared. It was discovered that the small bone ol one .leg had been broken juat above thn ankle, but otherwise there was no evidence of broken bones In the body. Muttons and rauged remnants of the leather lining of an army coat lay beside the skeleton, when It was found, and in the tnuck In which the dead man's trousers had rotted away was found a bill folder con taining a dollar bill, two nick els and fln aid fashioned two MB! piec?: The re was also what Imd been a key. but rusted when found beyond all hope of Identification. Two back tenth on the right and one on the left side of the upper jaw were miss ing, while the tooth next to the one missing on the right upper jaw was platinum filled. The body had lain so long In the swamp that the bones were quite bare of all flesh, reports agree, and only the shoes, a rubber belt, the buttons of the army coat and some patches of the coat's lining had withstood complete decay. The remains were burl<d nt -an old burying ground near the home of David Hall on the Mouth Mills Camden road about six miles from the courthouse. There Is a disposition In Cain den to link the skeleton with the disappearance of an Itinerant tombstone agent by the name of Martin Carroll, who worked In the terrliory about South Mills for a few months, coming from nobody knpws where, and then dropped out of sight completely. The last seen of this man was when he *as leaving the home of Dr. J. R Spencer. South Mills physician, af ter hnvlng obtained a loan of two dollars, whlrh the doctor gave him In currency Ills garb, hi* height and his age seem to fit fairly well Into the findings of the coroner's jury that viewed the skeleton Thursday, but there was net evi dence enough before the Jury to Justify any declaration as to the d?ad man's Identity, It Is said ttfeu..< ,, ? . COUNCIL IS FINAL AUTHORITY UPON DEAL FOR POWER Members ttf I'lilitie* mUsion l.i'd Astray by j I?o?e ConMruction of Klizuheth < lily ( harter ? i MAY PKOPOSK, BUT ? Whrn It ConiM to Decid- ! iiif! W hether We Build '' Pluut or Buy Current Cilji J Father* Have Say So J list >vhere doen the City Coob . oil's authority end. and thaffet the I'tiHtles Comininilon begin? This is the quest (On prompted 1 by an article appearing in this ' week's edition of the Independent, ;J published here by W. O. Saunders, J widely known as a writer for Col lier's. the American; and other na i lonally read magazines. The article, written by Mr. Saunders upon the basis of Infor mation which had come to $l|n from what he declares he hod roo Hon to regard as a reliable source, discloses that, by reason pf Iq$M construction of the city churUr, the members of the Utilities in ins ion themselves are? or bore been of the opinion that they con stituted the final authority .M.. to whether KUzabeth City shall build its own electric plant, or buy pOW* or from outside hydro -electrk In terests. I'nder the heading: "The Cart ' Attempts to Hun away ?Wfc I the Horse. Mr. Hauudera points the City Council In the light o( having gotten very busy over the ! power quest ion when actually tha j authority to decide the isaue was J veHteti with the Utilities Commit- 1 Hion. and with having carried o? j* various ; negotiations with outtiiO 4 interests without having invited [ the Utilities CommlHHion to tOkO part iu such negotiations. j This promptly brought a "riao" from Mayor McCabe. The mayor wrote the editor of The Dally Ad* vunce as follows: , Mr. Herhwt lVek\ Editor, ?) The Daily Advance. Elizabeth City, N. C. ?; My Dear Mr. Poele: 1 I am writing you in regards an J article published in today's Inde pendent. vli: "The Cart Trlen to Hun Away With Horse and It | Can't Be Done." , " ' 1 uin not answering t ht? article for the purpose of starting any controversy, (far he It from m?) i but In order to state the matter un it really Is and not as some i one has grossly misinformed Mr. , Saunders. The facta follow: ? * , < I have, fo|; some little time, jio* tlced the rapid Industrial growth .of the l'ledmont Section of tbl* .State and one of the conclusion* i ; arrived at was that thin growth was due to their cheap, unlimited ! electric power. I With this thought In my mln6 T railed the officials of the Virgin!* J Electric Sr Power Company mn4 asked them to come down and look over the Held with a view to , offering us a proposition. They complied with my request at one*. They met with Mr. Kerf bee, Mr. Hughes and myself and merely asked a few questions relative' to their submitting us a contract. Home few days later I was called from Norfolk und asked If they could come down. I told them that they could. The I'tiiltles Hoard were advised of the meet* ing and two of them were present st our regular meeting of Deceit- ! . bor I. 19 25. One of their board ' refused to be present at thin meeting. Mr. Throckmorton cam4 ' down and made an effort to aA ' swer questions asked him by mem i hers of both boards. A motion Wiis made that I appoint a com mittee to confer with the officials and report back; the motion w*a duly seconded and carried. I pointed the City Manager, Aldff-, men D. It. Kramer, E. J. Cohoon. Mr. H. H Johnson of the rt littles Commission, and myself aa an ex officio member. Mince that tlttfe Mr. Johnson ban been present at every conference with the power ! people and furthermore a eopy Of the contract submitted was mailed to the Commission, so you mlgit gather from the above facts that the statement In Mr. Saundeitt* Independent that the Public Util ities Hoard has been Ignored In sll the conferences between the Mayor. Aldermen and Virginia Power A Electric Company, la ab solutely groundless, due. I . pre sume. from some one Krossljrinte Informing him. Whether we have the power to buy or reject this ' snper-powM?' Is a question that can only be an swered by the Charter of beth City and I ha\? failed anything In the charter proki ing sane. 1 thank you to give tMn aa prominent place in your paper as possible In order that the peopl* may know. Slncerly, A. (. MeCABK. Mayor. Mr. Ra under* declares th was mlalnformeil as to the J snd prerogatives of the Commission, and as to any pltatlon Its ttembdts have the recent negotiations wltj Virginia Electric A Power Contlnnnd on page t m
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