Courthouse to Remain
On, Main Street Tract,
County Board Decides
I ?iiiinisxii>m*r> ( unci ud?* I
lo Sritie Question Them
selves, Convinced Voters
Would Approve Action
LOVE FIGHTS TO END j
Chairman Asks That His
Vote he Kerorded us
Against Ownley's Motion
? to Dis|M>se of Matter
Tuagedy, brutal and cum- i
pletC' overtook the sugges-l
tkm that the Pasquotank [
County courthouse be moved |
from its present site, when J
the Board of County Com- i
missioners met to consider;
the question Thursday;
morning.
After extended tlincUBBloii. the
Commission passed a motion to
leave the courthouse on Its pres
ent aite, regardless of whether the
present building Ih enlarged, or a
new one Ih built. The motion wan
offered by Commissioner C. A.
Ownley, and wan seconded by j
Commissioner C. B. Munden. Com
missioner Cartwright and I'rltch
ard voted with Messrs Ownley and
Munden for it, and Messrs Thomp
son and Edney voted against.
The two opposing commission
* era explained that they were not
votiug In favor of moving the
courthouse, but that they opposed
the motion to let the Board decide
the question because they pre
ferred to let the people vole on it
in the June primaries.
Chairman W. T. Love. Sr.. put
Mr. Ownley's motion with obvious!
reluctance. "I want you to know
you're losing $100,000 when you |
pass It," he remarked, adding that ,
he was not the sponsor of the (
proposal to build the new court- '
house on the South Road street |
^^^ct; that some one else, whom 1
Mu did not call by name, had sug- I
Vaifited it to him first, and (hat ho i
r^iad oflmo to approve it heartily.,
after he had made a careful study
of It.
After the rote had l)?on taken,
Mr. Lore asked that hl? vote be
recorded nsugainst Mr. Ownley's ;
motion. Ill* request was granted.
A good sized body of spectator*
wuh on hand for the meeting, and
fr(>m every aid? wan expressed th?
opinion that if the matter of muv- 1
IPi the courthouse wan left to the :
people, it would be defeated over
I whelming!)-. In offering h In mo-]
1 t ion, Mr. Ownley expressed the
opinion that such would tx? the I
) cane, and to put the qu^rtioh to a!
> vote therefore would bnly be a I
waste of time and a useless com- i
plication of the primaries.
C. A. Cooke, chairman of the
County Democratic executive com- |
mlttee. Trial Justice i\ G. Sawyer
and Representative J. Kenyon Wil
son addressed the Board briefly
during the course of the dlscun
slon, thft first named 4 wo express
ing the opinion that public senti
ment was heavily against any sug
gestion to build the courthouse
elsewhere than on the present site. ;
Representative Wilson advanced
the suggestion that the courthouse
property be sold to the city with
the Idea of using the present
building as a city hall, and that
the new courthouse be located
eloecly adjacent to It. preferably
on the. square to the rear. He
explained that the city already had !
a three-fifths Interest In the
t courthouse and tract, through the
t that Its property owners al
uty paid that proportion of the
u?ty taxes, and that therefore
y a small outlay would be In
volved in purchasing It.
In presenting this view, Mr.
Wilson pointed out that by auA
a course, there would be no prob
lem of finding a storage place for
the Country records to be met
when the new courthouse was In
process of construction. This had
been one of Chairman Love's prin
cipal arguments against building
on the present site.
After the meeting, Mr. Love i
stated that he had been made a
tentative offer by an outside con- <
tractor to move the courthouse to
the aide of the present lot for $6.- i
000. In the event this was done,
there would be no difficulty In ,
taking care of the records while!
the new courthouse was being
built, it was explained.
The Commissioners, as a whole,
apparently are "aold" on the Idea
of building a new courthouse In
preference to enlarging the pres
ent one. Memberg of the Board
quoted one visiting architect aa
declaring that the new courthouse
could be erected readily at the
rear of the present building, mere
ly by removing the two rear of- (
flcee occupied by the sheriff and ,
County auditor, and that th*a the |
records could be preserved until
1t new building was ready for
n. Then, the remainder of the |
building could bo torn away,
the gro?tids properly beaut I
i
i discussing tentative altea of
fered as suMabte for the new court
hrtuae. Chairman Love stated five
In Limelight
Central figure in one of Eng- j
lami a most famous law suits Is'j
Master OeofTrey Russell, whose
latest picture la shown above. He
Is tht; only child of the Hon. Mrs.
John ItUKgell, who defends his le
gitimacy In a suit to establish his
rfcht to the Ampthlll peerage.
Trial of the case will be resumed
soon.
Ancient Sentinels
State Capitol To
Come Down
Sir Walter Hotel. Raleigh. May
13. ? After having stood as sen
tinels In the Capitol square for
centuries, silent witnesses to the
notable events that have trans- i
spired in the seat of the state's
government, three of the oldeMt
oak trees in t lie Capitol grounds
are being cut down, as a safety i
precaution.
These aged oaks, under whose I
branches the lawmakers of many j
generations have walked and dls- 1
cussed matters of legislative mo
ment. have now nearly succumbed
to the ravages of time and the ell -
meats and no longer are able to be
aided by the tree surgeon's art.
With only a few sprigs of green
visible here and there on their
scrawny branches, their trunks
hollow and weakened from the
countless storms they have weath
ered, the custodian of the Capitol
grounds decided that they must 1
come down, as they were likely to i
blow over In the first severe storm '
that struck theru.
Hence, for the last two days, '
workmen have been busy remov- .
Ing the upper limbs, piecemeal, so
that the other trees would nut be
damaged should they be felled as
they stood. s
NQIARHI.K OVKIt WOMAN
LAMM SWAIN I.N tXHJRT
Ilecause he stopped an automo- 1
bile in which Florence Sylvester,
whom he claimed as his ex pec in I
lady friend, wan riding, and be
cause he threatened to shoot her
two masculine companions, Wil
liam Dell, colored, was fined 96 |
and costs In recorder'* court
Thursday morning on a charge of I
assault. All participants In the
episode are colored.
Alpheus Holmes, resident of
Kast I k e, was fined $6 and costs
on a charge of btlng drunk.
said he bought his liquor in Ed
tfnton.
? A* t
had bee h sunitcsfed to hint. Ife
named these, In order as the old
Kramer mill site, on North Martin
street; the Overman tract, on
South Road; the property on Mat
thews street bounded on the east
by Martin, and on the west by the
alley separatelng the Albemarle
Steam Laundry and the Elisabeth
City flaggy Company; and the va
cant lot on North Road street
near the Road street Orocery.
Representative Wilson inter
posed at that Juncture to suggest
that the courthouse might be lo
cated near the old Commander
mill property or the tract across
the street from the old Kramer
mill site, running through to Pool
street, and Including the former
public school lot on thst afreet.
Having disposed of the site
question, the Commissioners, in
concluding the session, manlfeated
a disposition to take up definitely
|h? erection of a new courthouse
at their regular meeting June 7.
/
PEPPER-MELLON
FIGHT SOON TO
COME TO CLOSE
Itepurt* Sprrad Thai See
retary ?>f Treasury 1* ,
AImiuI h? I-UV Down Hie
Arduous I) 11 1 it's
WOltkS FOK PEPPEIt
If Mr. Pepper Win* in |
Three Cornered Kace See- !
retary Mellon W ill lie Ex- I
ailed to Dictatorship
142*. hy Th* *<????'
Washington; May 13.- In an- j
other week 111** great Republican ,
flght in Pennsylvania will be re
solved at the polls and Washing
ton will know then whether An
drew W. Mellon, of Pittsburgh,
is to remain at the head of the I
Treasury Department.
For again the report In spread
ing that Mr. Mellon, master flu- i
under, and generally reputed to i
be the third richest man In the
I'nlted State*, if not in the world.
l? about to lay down Ills arduous
duties as Secretary of the Treas
ury. feeling lie has rendered a
Kood account of his stewardship
and has accomplished all that It
is possible to accomplish In his
post. ,
Mr. Mellon is head over heels
In the Pennsylvania senatorial
flght as the backer of Senator .
George Wharton Pepper, who is i
seeking renoiulnatlon as the ad
ministration candidate. All of Mr.
pepper's administration support,
however, is coming from Mr. Mel
lon and his wing of the Grand Old .
Party in the Keystone State.
If Mr. Pepper wins In the ham
mer and tong* three-cornered race
which la drawing to a dramatic
close. Secretary Mellon will be ex
alted to a place of political dicta
torship In Pennsylvania. That
state, accustomed to "bosses" all
Its political life, has been with
out one ever Blncc the death of
Bols Penrose, who In his turn had
taken up the work of Quay and
Cameron.
Secretary Mellon has been away
! f rotu Pittsburg for more than five
years, having become head of the
Treasury with the inauguration of
President Harding March 4, 1921.
His great banking ^nd other in
terests have bee u looked after by
his kinsmen and assistants train
ed through the long years of
super-fortune building. Should
the Secretary be called to political
power through a Pepper victory In
the Pennsylvania primaries the
chances are he will want to quit
Washington at the very first op
portunity and return to bis old
home town to assume direction or
party affairs, which are much tan
gled at the moment.
Of course there is no assurance
In the situation that Mr. Pepper
| will be successful next Tuesday
and In the event of his defeat the
Mellon dream. of political power
will either bp checked for several
years or become entirely a thing
of the past. Governor OlfTord
Plnchot is In the flght up to the
hllt and Pepper's friends feel the
governor is sapping the "good
government" strength which ,
should go to Senator Pepper. ?
These Uo "good" candidates are
opposed by the "had" Congress
man "Bill" Vare. of Philadelphia,
who is described as a "city boss
of the old school, thoroughly w?-t,
throughly machine and thorough- ;
ly well pleased with conditions as
they are. Having "bossed" the
Republican machine In Philadel
phia so long Bill has started out
to extend his control to the entire
State. There are many keen ob
servers In Pennsylvania bane
enough to declare that Bill Is go
ing to reallxe his ambition. Is go
ing to beat the Mellons. and th.
administration at Washington so
far as It may be considered as rep
resented In the campaign and Is
golog to defeat the governor at
Harrlsburg as well. These predlc- .
tlons are based upon the theory
that the majority of the H'P??>?
cati voters of Pennsylvania like
machine politics and machine can
dldates. .. .
But rogardless of the 1 ennsyl
van la [irlmarlf. there I. a {J*''"* -
In WaahlnKton that Mr. M'llon
loon will ..k Prealdent Coolldge
to relieve him of hi. Cabinet port
folio. Mr. Mellon feel" he I. en
titled lo Ihl. releaae ?nd c?n K"
noon without ?ny real embarraaa
ment to the admlnlatr.tlon When
Mr. Mellon nee. the French debt
aettlement through the Henole hie
work of an International character
In funding all of the Important
war debt, will be at ?nd
In the preaent Congreaa Secre
tary Mellon reallfed hi. ambition
of writing hla own kind of Federal
tax law upon the atatute book*. A
Congreaa which had been hoatlle
to bltn. eren on lla Republican
aide ever alnce he came Into th*
Cabinet, auddenly capitulated, ev
en on the Democratic aide and |
told the Secretary to write hla 1
own ticket.
Thui Mr. MHIon has attained
about all the glory that can come
to a man In hi* position. Hi<
daughter, who has be*n hla con
stant companion In Washington. Is
soon to wed. This would leave,
Mr Mellon vary much alone In .
capital. He may wait for that I
event before ending hla Treasury I
career. That he will not serve 1
more than a few months longer
seams asaored.
They* Wear No Man's Coliai
Theeo two Manlatre. Mtcl?. girls have Introduced ? new fad <1<?n i-olUu
for ?eml-fornial afternoon wear They have thelt name* eiigruve-d on 'en
?***- Left to right. they are Kathertne Blgge and Kogene iMnkla
STATEMENT MADE LODGE TO DECIDE
BY TRADES UNION ON SICK BENEFIT
Vi i!! Ifiesist Any Attrni|>l to
1 1 1? m i liitl i n;z
Torius
I?oudon. May 13. ? Tl? e trades i
union' congress will have no altcr-j
native but lo reitlnl to tin- utmost <
"any attempt to i iii pout* humiliat
Inu terms on Ihi' workers."
A statement to this efTect wan1
tasued by t b* ? trades union con- 1
Kress today after a special meet-]
Ins called to cnmdder failure offH
the employers to re-engage work- j
er? throughout the country.
"Our rivltilhiK |?ower in unlin- 1
palrt-U." the .i tai< ment continued.!
"Wi- cannot tolerate the imposf-l
lion of conditions di'slgurd to de
?troy trade unionism. Peace with-!
out vindictiveliosH it; InipOsslhie
unlcH.s attacks an* ended Immedi
ately. Work era will not aurren
dcr their hard earned Kalnu."
London. May IS. An official
of the Kailwayiueu'H Union today
asset ted that in view <vf difficui
tlea surrounding Ihe reinstatement
of strikers, executive* of three of \
the railway unioiiH have railed Uj>- '
mi nil railway men to continue,
t lie strike. until they receive sal ;
Isfnctory assurances ?from their !
employers.
Infant Willi Horns
Reported l?orn to
Camden Woman
f
Just about the wildest story
t lint linn been Im si r d here in a
decade wan ourniit on tin*
Birentu here today as having
emanated from lower sCamden
County. At the Ntart, It may ax
well In* said that Camden Coun
ty residents. Interviewed alioul
It. profess to know nothing
whatever n bout the affair.
A colored woman living in
lower Camden, the story runs,
has J nut given birth to an in
fant bearing two well developed
horns. sprouting froru Just !
above each temple. Otherwise,
the child is not ma I.
It Ir declared that about a
month before the remarkable i
child wan born, a |x dlar stopped
at the woman h hotne. and un- I
dertnok to sell her a Bible.
"I don't want It," the woman
Ir quoted as having told him.
"I'd rather have the devil in
my home."
A month later, the child with
th?- horns is Mid to have air- ?
rived, lacking only a pair of
cloven hoof* jind a forked tall
to complete the resemblance to
His Satanic Majesty.
Oil, HTOVK IlLARK
A badly stnoking oil stove,
threatening an Imminent confla
gration at the home of James Hyl
irester, at Martin and Pearl streets,
brought out the Are department
under full steam Thursday morn
ing at 10:30 o'clock. Firemen
iash<*d Into the kitchen, brought
nut the offending stovo, and put
nut the blaxe at their leisure a
privilege that seldom falls to their
lot.
I'MUm M lUlfif
New York. May IS. Cotton fu
lures opened today at the follow
log levels : July IMV Met. 17.6S,
l>ec 17 ?0. Jan 17 ??*. Marrh
I? 70.
New York. May 13. - Spot cot
Ion closed qnlst. middling 1 *.#!>. s
ledine of I "? points. Future*,
"losing bids: July f ft. 3ft. Ort.
17 41. I*r 17.6#. Jan. 17 44. Ma r
Mr. and Mro. James Dnv. n part :
ind Husaell Davenport ?>f Coluin!
Dia werf the giieata of friends here1
lYcd*ee4ay.
I?irai (>il<l Fi'IIohs to l)o
; I ride Stumi oil Uiioliun
lit- lort* Stale ( omu-il
| Tin- (juration whether Achort-e
Lodju* 14. (Hid INI low*. wImIiih lo
? retain or lo drop the present sick
ItvnclliN i?.i i?l members, will be* de
cided ut a meeting i'f tin* litrlli
Mndiip Friday night at 8 o'clock,
it 1m unuounrt'd. in order that the
I delegate may report- to tin- hi-h
laiptiM of tli.' State Council to he
ihi?ld In Payettevilh* next Tu sday
; to Thursday. Inclusive
f Tin* vote will lie taken In re
lational' lo a request from U rand
Mailer David Caston, cf Fa yet t e
Ifltlv. who anticipates that tin* or
I ilW- an a whole will act upon it
I ?iii ritiK the rolivi'iit loii. Dennis
1 Vanhorn Is representative of the
lod;;e to th?* sessions. aiul M. I*.
Jennings, County (superintendent
of schools, is district representa
tive.
At prcHtnl, Acliorie l^odge pays
sick bcio-litx of |:: a week fur Ihe
52 Weeks of illness aft?-r tin* first
Wi'cli. and a dollar a week there
after.
Trying To Locate
Dirigible Norge
Nome, Alaska. May 13. iladlo
operators at Nome and IhrouKhoitt
Alaskp electrified tho air early
this mornliiK iu attempts to get in
communication with Koald
Ainundsun aboard the dirigible
Norse euroute from Ktirope to
Alaska after several *lalions had
reported hearing her signal*. Iu
none of the messages were there
dues To the airship's position.
Seattle, Wash.. May 13. - The
dirigible Norge was expected at
Nome, Alaska, at 1 1 o'clock tills
morning, Kastern Standard time.
Cordova. Alaska. May 13 .? At
1:50 o'clock this morning. Kasi
em Standard tin#, lha dirigible
Norge was heard broadcasting the
following: "Airship Norge, bound
for Nome, Alaska. Please mop
any interference here by caunery
llatlon."
WIDOW JIIXiK BROW .N
ANNWKKM HKLATIVKS
WuktllMm, N. May 13.
Mra, (leorge H. Hrown. widow of
Judge Hmwn, today filed Iii the
office of the clerk of the Huperlor
court her answer, through her at
torney*. Judge Jamos H. Manning,
of ftalelgh, and llarry McMullan
of thla city, emphatically denying
the allegation In the petition filed
by A. I). Macl^ean and others, col
lateral relatives of Judge Hrown,
In which these collateral relative*
weeli to ael up an alleged loat will
of Judge Hrown.
The anawer which has been filed
in quite a lengthy legal document
and lndlraten that the widow of
Judge Hrown will content the full
eat extent the efforta of the peti
tioners In that proceeding to aet
up what they claim waa another
will of Judge Hrown, aa well aa
the caveat proceeding* in which
these parties seek to set aside the
will of Jjidge Hrown which has
been offered for probate by his
wMdV.
flAfffMTtt HKtTttK H KAI?
MOHK K. Vol, I IJO* TALK
Houston. May 13 -Temper of
the Southern Hapflal convention
on any further consideration of
the question of evnlutln wax Indi
cated here today when It refused
to hear l>nc..>r Oeorxe Kiu-.land.
paator of the First Haptlsl Church
"f Lexington, K?ntuc*y. read the
i-niftlndei of a memorial attack
ing Ihe position of Doet< r K Y
Muilina. president *>1 the Southern
I lapt 1st Theolalcal Seminary at
Louisville. and (wo profensora of
ftiit Institution.
*
WOMAN SAYS SHE
DOES NOT CARE
WHAT THEY SAY
Hul Hill Dollar Say* She
l)ur* <4ir?? and Vuu ( an
Tell How Much She C.arr*
Hv How She Buy*
TO FUKN1SH MOM K
Hill Think* Anybody I*
Inolirli I o Huy "Si^hl 1 u
ni'Pir and Expert Any
Sort of Harmony
"I don't care what the neigh
bors think." said a woman yes
terday In the heurlug of Dill Dol
lar. and one#t Bill's brothers, who
had been out to that woman'*
hmiHf. spoke up. saying. "Oh. yon.
she does care what the neighbor*
Kay. because all of the expensive
curtain* are on the front wlndow?
of her home, and the rugged cur
tain m are on the window* at the
rear."
"Hut It may be true that idie
doe* not care." he continued, "be
rautu- Hhe buy* ho many thiugs out
of town, especially her house fur
> nhhiiiKs. and her lack of thought
and cure Is reflected In her house."
"That's a subject I'm very much
iiilHiu?i?d ill." said "Bill" Dollar.
"If a person Is not careful in the
selection of household furnishing*,
a very Inharmonious condition re
sult* In the house, which Is bound
lo result In a strained feeling re
sulting among the human being*,
who have to live In one of those
paM-h-work houses.
"If you are trying to furnish a
house that will be a credit to your
luste and judgment. " said Hill
Dollar, "It is practically necessary
that you see each article before
you change good bills for them.
The logical way la to buy every
thing that goes Into a Kllzabeth
City home In stores.
"The woman who buys one or
two things at a time ha* a chanc*
to study and select. Hhe builds up
her home just us an artist lays on
his colors until they harmonise. In
making her selections she is a
foolish wotngn. Indeed, if she buys
anything until she has seen It; has
matched It with the surroundings
Into which it must fit if its posses
sion Is to make her happy and
her house homelike.
"There are people foolish
enough to try and buy things,
sight unseen, from some out-of
town concern. They don't know
bow i hey are golug to look after
they get them. They don't know
how I hey ure going to harmonize
with their surroundings.
All they know is that they will
have to keep them, whether I hey
fit Into the house or not. There Is
no.chance to exchange them. Kven
though the things may be all right
las to quality, they cgnnol ?>.- ??
' changed. They must stay
In buying by mall there Is also
the tempiat Ion to buy trash. Kv
ery body has to save and figure in
this day and age. Hut there nev
er was a good Idea yet that
i couldn't be mado a detriment If
carried loo faf.
"You want to buy as well as you
can. but you pint to buy wisely
I too. A low price of?en means In
ferior quality. In fact, when sur
prisingly cheap It always does: und
that is the dearest stuff In the
long run.
"Taking all of Ihese things Into
consideration you will find the
best place to buy is In the stores
of Kllzabeth City from the mer
chants of our city, where they can
see the goods and know they are
good as well as cheap.
"Look around and buy where
you can buy beat. Buy the things
'bat you know will wear (for they
ure the cheapest in the long run!
and will fit Into the kind of home
you are trying to furnish for your
family and yourself.
"You cannot do this II yon are
doing business with someone hun
dreds of miles away, who Is not
anxious about you or your wsl
fare." concluded Bill Dollar.
(Copyright. It 26. F. W Mozart t
IIKIITIK IlKf) CROHN III-:
H(WT TO ("OXt'KHKSCK
A repreaentatlve of the Ameri
can Red Croaa wan In the city
Thufudijr conferring with officer*
of the local chapter relative to a
regional Red Croaa conference to
be held at Wlndaor next Wednea
day.
The flertle Chapter of the Red
Croaa will he hoat to the confer
ence and a picnic dinner will In
provided for the ocoaalon. Judu?
Francla I) Wlnnton Will be matter
of c^remonlea In connection with
the conference.
Invited to be represented In th<
conf^rence are all Red Croaa chap
|6fB In North Carolina eaat of
Naah and front the Virginia line
through Hyde County.
Hp*akers of national note an
on the program.
110*4)11 MKMOItY Ol f?K\l?
Memphto. May 13. Delegate
to lhe general conference of the
Methodlat Episcopal Church.
80111 h . turned Worn transaction or
bunltieaa today to honor the mem
ory of the lat?- Ulahop Jame* At
Una. John C KllgO, W I' Mur
rah, and R. G. Waterhouac who
have died since the laat general
hM ????
City Council Takes Step
To Hasten Street Paving
Program Lately Adopted
RAILROAD BILL
IS RED HEADED
STEP CHILD NOW
Hilt if It Works Adminis
tration Will Promptly
Point With I'ridc ami
Cluim It us Its Wry Own
IH'BIJC HiNPItOTKCTKI)
Purly of Tliirtl Purl Not lw
KeprwenlMl (Jndfr N<?h
Kxperinirnt in llundling
Kuilroud Disputes
By IMVin LIWRKNCK
Washington. May 11. -- Presi
dent Coolldge will sign the Wat
son-Parker railroad bill under
protest. Thin means that ho be
lieves the Presidential veto should
not be Interposed to prevent an
experiment in the handling of
railroad disputes, but If the ex
periment Is unsuccessful he will
feel free to recutnmend an amend
ment such us Senator Curtis of
Kansas. Republican leader, tried ,
to get the Senate to adopt.
It will give the President, there-;
fore, more leverage over the rail- 1
roads and their employes if they
should net Into a tangle than he
mlKht have had if he wholeheart
edly approved of the Wutson-Par- '
ker bill. It puis the respouslbll- :
Ity on the railroad executives und
the railway labor unions for muk-1
i ii K the new law succeesfully. I
j The President's objection to the i
bill is that lu abolishing the Rail
roud Labor Hoard, the new bill
permits two parties to transpor- ,
tatlon without giving the third
?roup, the public, an opportunity
to present its cuse formally as was
the practice before the ratjroad ta
bor board. What Hunry Allen of
Kuusas has termed the "party pf
the third part" hus been eliminat
ed from the Watson-Parker bljl.
despite the efforts of fcenptor Cur
tis ot Kansas, and others, to Kb'
.'such a provision Inserted.
( The official spokesman of the
Coolldge administration has mud"
It clear at the While House that
the Watson-Parker plan Is not an
'administration matter and that no
! responsibility for It can be ac
cepted. If, of course, the experi
ment works, the White House will
be pleased, and in Ihe next Repub
lican campaign text book It will
I be referred to as one of tl|0 i
I achievements of the Republican
party. This was ulso the caso
when the Dawes-Young Commis
sion was sent to Europe. The ad
! ministration disclaimed responsi
bility until Ihe Dawes plan VU
hailed as a success, whereupon the ,
j campaign text book promptly
pointed with pride to the part the
Coolldge administration had in ]
.bringing the Dawes plan into op- j
eratlon.
This is the customary way In
politics and It is significant thut
,both the majority leuder. Senator i
Curtis of Kansas, and the Mlnorl- I
ty leader. Senator Robinson, of
Arkansas, voted against the Wat
son-Parker bill. At the moment,
therefore, as it was approved by
! the House and Senute through un
overwhelming number of voles by
1 Republicans and Democrats, and
?since some members of political
I parties voted against It, nobody
lean be held responsible except the;
' rallwuy executives and the labor i
; leaders. If It works, all parties!
j will claim credll as a constructive
! achievement.
BODY OF Oil. MAN
FOUND IN FISH NOT.
Newport New*. Va.. May in. ?
The body of A. H. Kainai'. weal- .
thy oil inan who diMap|><>ari>d froin ;
a Washington -Norfolk *t<-ainhoiit t
aevcral w<-eka ago, wan found thin i
morning in u flail net n<*ar lluek- '
roe flcach. It wa? Identified by
I>oetor Oeorge K. Vanderallce.
GESSLER IS ASKED
BECOME CIIANCELLOH
Hrrlln, May 13. Doctor Otto |
(Jfioiler an senior iim-iiiIht of the
rcnlgned Luther rablnet waa dea
I dialed by Priftldi-nl Von Hlndcn*
burg today to aruminc tho chan
ei'llorahli) temporarily.
SEEK O/'/V/OV on
TID4I. LOCK Of
INLAND WATERS
Wa?4iln?toii, May IH. ? Army
r*mine*r* have rn|iN><<t?<| no
ofitokin frwn ftie Menatr rom
iiipm* committee ami Himw
rHer* him I harbor* comm. tire
M to whrthrr eomtnirtlon on
a ibiai Imk In tin* IoImmI wat
erway hriwefn Norfolk, Vtr*
Iftnbi. ami Iteaaforl. North Car
a*hm, N aathortml l?y law.
? ii:
Members <if Bourd lo Moki*
IYr*onul (luiivaHg of Mm in
and Hoad. Willi Concrete
Anphall Petition* *!????
, NEW PARKING IAWS
Two Ordinance* Paused Af
fecting Main Street; <>>??
tract l^'t for Ke^urfaeipf
I'art of Poiinlexler
Wither people - want street .tfft
I; preveinenls. or tney don't. Wither
1 1 hey will got them, or they won't,
i And t hut applies particularly and
specifically to Main and Ro?d
I .street m at present.
Tired of dilly-dallying along
and getting nowhere with
street petitions which have been
Circulated In deanltory fanhlon
here In the last Tew weeka. and
(which lu many Instance* still lack
the bulk of the necessary signet*,
i he members of the City Council
laet night agreed to go out and
make a personal, house-to-hoaaa
canvass of the two streets. MayOr
McCalie will assist personally.
They expect to finish the Job to
day or tomorrow.
The Council voted sometime MO
lo pave Main and Hoad atrfWi ?
with asphalt on a concrete baae,
with the idea of using the brlck>
now on the two streets for paving
in other parts of the city. Before
their decision becomes operative,
a majority of the property ownera
must sign petitions asking for
this type of street; and until ?uca
petitions hoar the necessary alg
natures, or until they are turned
down definitely, the entire atreet
paving program Is "In the air."
The reason for this la that ua
til Main and Hoad atreeta are-dt*
posed of. the Council has no way'
of knowing how many brlcka will
Ire available for other atreela*
I llenuc. It hus no definite basla up
on which to determine the coat
of the Intended Improvement pro
gram, and none upon which to la
sue bonds. '
At a meeting In City Manager
Ferobee's office last night, the'
Council accepted a proposal from
F A. Haycox, of the Haycox Com
pany. Inc.. oi Norfolk, paving coa-?
tractors, whereby Mr. Haycoa
agreed to resurface Polndaxter
hI reel, from Church to a point
north of Matthews, where a
or Installation Is to be made. Mr.
Haycox will us.. Kentucky ro?*
asphalt . and will put it down *1
a maximum figure of fl.le a
square yard. He agreed to wait
for payment until the Improve
meni program was completed, ana
In the event other contractor
happened to make a lower prloe
than ! 1 .36, to accept payment at
the contract figure.
"When I am through with that,
I'll know the best price I can gl?e
you on tho resurfacing a? a
whole." he explained. "That a
why I'm willing to make you thla
kind of an offer/' He Kald he ex
pected the material to arrive ks
eight days, and promised to fin
ish I he work as soon afterward aa
was practicable.
A plea for the use of additional
brick paving was voiced by W O.
I'erklns, chief engineer of tip
Kastern Hrick Paving Maanfgaft-.
urera' Association. Mr. PerlMae
claimed lhat brick, properly laid,
made as smooth a type of paving
mi any other, and waa far mot#
durable than concrete or asphalt.
"When you've used It 25 yedrt,
you can turn It over and us? If. fpr
another IS." he declsred. recoair
mending that the city give I 1-*
Inch brick a tryout.
In discussing the removal, pf the
bricks on Main ?'?d Hoad streeta.
City Manager Ferebee explalaed
lhat the residents on the two
streets would be given credU fqf
them al their coat price of 71
cents a squar# yard, and that t key
would be charged against the
ntreets on which they wer* re laid
at the rate of ft. 2 1 per square
yard, the additional fO rente tak
ing rare of hauling and re-laylag
with asphalt grouting.
??I don't think the landowaeee
should pay half of the coat of tke
paving on Main and Itoad
Councilman Bright objected, ap
rause they are part of the Btate
Highway.
"'Hut they will be getting a.bet
( Continued on page four)
< AllO|,INIAN |*KKHII>KNT
OF I'JIIOII HKMINARV
I Hlr Walter "Hotel. Ftalelgh. ltffljr
13 l'n<Kbyt?rlan over the State
will he Interested In 1 1?*? announce- |
mem of (he election of a young
North Carolinian to the pre*lde?cjr
of Union Theological Seminary In
Itlchinoml. Va lie In Benjamin
II Lacf, Jr., at preaent paator of
the Central Presbyterian church lit
Atlanta ami son of the preeeai
Stat? Treasurer of North Carolina*
Mr. l?acy will surceed Dr. Welter
W. Moore, who haa been preside*!
l?f the seminary for II year* ?M
U ho now becomes president easerl
lus. H la resignation waa ac
cepted *?h reluctance and ha *u
por^uaded to mtlnue aa iMtMW
on tilt old Teal amen t
i ' -mg ' i