NEW FARM BILL
PROBABLY TO BE
GOT THRU HOUSE
Then Will 1m* Lout in Sen
ate, or Amended Accord
ing to Prexenl Outlook,
So Prevent Enactment
HOUSE MUST ACT
Prodded to Do So by Dis
content in Farming Sec
tions l>ut Senate Compar
atively Undinturbed
Ii> DAVID I.AWIIKMK
<C*?*ri?fct IK* ?? TIM Aliuxl
Washington, May 19. ? Plans!
are being made by administration
leaders In the House to write a
new farm bill on the floor. The
parliamentary situation is such
that an unprecedented maneuver
4a counted on to develop a meas
ure that can be sent to the Senate.
The Haugen bill In considered to
have little chance of psssage and
the move In to substitute the As
well bill for the Haugen measure.
When that has been doue. the ef
fort will be made to amend the
Aswell bill by incorporating the
-principal provisions of the Tlncher
bill.
When the carving process is
complete. House leaders hope they
will have a bill iliat eliminates
Government price fixing, that does
not depend on the public treasury
for a subHldy and that coordinates
the variouH agenc&s engaged in
co-operative marketing so that ef
fective handling of surplus prod
ucts may be made possible by the
farmers' groups themselves.
What the Senate will do is an
other problem. House leaders
have been told that the disposl
t ion of maiiy Senators It to let
the farm bllla get tangled up In
each other In snch fashion that
no -action whataoever w|ll be tak
en at this session. As it appears
from the Senate viewpoint farm
legislation is not so essential a* it
In from the House. There are
only about 31 Senators who 'are
be up fbr re-election this
Autumn and many or these come
PIfironi Democratic stales. Some of
tP Republican Senators who be
long tb the Insurgent group are
Indifferent as to what the leaders
decide for If there is to be no leg
islation it Increases their oppor
tunity to discuss on tho stump the
shortcomings of the conservative
leadership of the Senate.
It would, in other words, be po
litically lesa dangerous for the
Senate than the House to let farm
legislation go by default. After
'the House has passed a bill, the
members? all of whom are up for
ip-electlon ? could pblnt to their
own record as an evidence of their
Interest In farm legislation and
could blame the absence of a farm
relief law on the tangle in the
Senate. The truth Ib that there Is
relatively little enthusiasm any
where for a revolutionary change
In farm economics. A small group
prodded by various outside organ
isations Is making a fight but the
rbancea of success have been di
minished by the failure of the
farm leaders to get together on a
program that can win sanction
frqm the White House.
There Is no doubt that the Sec
retary of Agriculture and the
President realise the Importance
of a solution to the surplus prob
iem but they have come out so
Irmly against any subsidy by the
Government or any participation
lo a scheme that permits the co
operatives to fix prices with Gov
ernmental supervision that most
members of Congress have not
felt It Incumbent on them to as
name a role in opposition to the
MnoWn desires of the sdmlnlstrs
? lion. If th# President were on
other side of the argument
pleading for farn relief the altus
tion might be different. As the
summer months spproach and
Congress becomes anxious for ad
journment the trend Is toward In
action rather than action. And It
Is beginning to look as If the
House will do Its part and the
Senate will accept responsibility
for a thoroughly Vhsnged bill or
complete Inaction,
('HAROKO WltH AHAAUI/T
W C. Riggs, marketman here,
was let off upon paymeot of the
costs In recorder's court Wednes
day morning on #charge of ss
ssult on his wife. No evidence
wss Introduced M the hearing.
1 HOLD THIEF NABS
COAT , WITH OWNER
IN NEARBY STORE
While Mr. end Mifc. T. L. Or- I
effcan. living oa the Peartree
Ro<| about Ihreft mile* from
thin city. were In the store or
Dr. I. Margin A Oo.; nir the
City Market, this mofnlnir at
about# o'clock, an unidentified
thief tole a valnatte coat be
IohiId* to Mm. Orermen, which
ahe M left to their ear. The
] ,Mtono>|le had been left
,1 Polled i?ar the store
\f, The o*t was of dark blue
L material. Mr. Over man told po
f Ike la r Porting the theft, and
I wae ralu* al about |Sft.
K '* 1
_ . - J .
PAVING PROGRAM
COUNCIL CLEARS
DECKS IN STREET
Renident* of Main and
Roud Sign Petition!) Ask
ing for (~oncr<Me>A?phah
Paving All the Way
PARKWAYS DROPPED
Property Owneraon Went
Qiurch Agree to Change
Recommended hy Engin
eer*; Rroad Follow Suit
A decision to defer issuance of !
a quarter of a million dollars in)
street Improvement bond k until j
(more complete figures had been'
(received from City Engineer W. t
| C. Olaen on the coat of the pro-!
pos?'d UfW wat?>r nitration plant i
land allied project*, was reached ;
by the City Council In apeclal sea- ,
j aloii Wedneaday.
The way wan cleared |or the
| major Item iu the street Improve-;
ment program, through pres?*nla-l
Hon to the board of petitions I
I Mlgned by a majority of the prop-,
lerty owner* on Main and Road'
> atreeta. asking that the proaent |
brick paving on theae atreeta be
replaced with aaphalt on a coo- i
crete baae. These atreeta arei
link* in the State highway syatetn j
panning through Elisabeth City.]
The property ownera will be glv-]
en credit for the brlrka at their j
coat price of 72 centa a aqua re i
yard, and will b** charged their
I pro rata nhare of the added ex- J
pense of the new paving.
The brlcka are to he re-laid on j
other atreeta here, to be decided'
upon after petitions have been j
(circulated. Property ownera on'
these atreeta will be assessed 1
their ahare of the coat at 11.22.
per square yard, the 50 cents' dif
ference representing the eatlmat-l
ed coat of hauling and re-laying.
In all the street Improvements. i
the coat la to be divided three
i way h. witM the city paying ?ne
thalf, and the property owners on
[each lid* paying one-fourth.
It waa announced at the meet
ing that a majority of the reai
| dents on Weat Church at reft had'
signed a new petition asking for |
a SC-foot street, Inatead of a:
i parkway In the center and two 18- !
foot driveways, the arrangement
originally decided upon. City en- '
glncers had reported that the i
parkway plan waa Impractical, be
cauae the street waa not aufflclent- j
ly wide. The englneera had stated
also that a almilar parkway .
planned for Droad street was in- j
advisable for the same reason, .
and Councilman Morgan, who
lives on that street, declared he '
was sure that resldenta on the [
street would offer no objection to
It being dropped also.
A recently adopted ordinance
prohibiting parking In the Rast '
Main street block between Road J
and Elliott atreeta, on the south j
side, waa amended to permit!
parking eastwardly from an alley]
on the weat aide of the residence I
of F. M. Orice, Sr.
When the main bualneas of the
session had been concluded, thel
| Council again took up the much
agitated problem of the removal'
of tree* which are In the way of j
paving and gutter Installation on '
many atreeta. At their regular !
meeting May 3, the Councllmen.
.through Mayor McCabe, assured a
large delegation of Intereated wo
men that they would notify them '
whenever further tree-cutting was
'contemplated.
The Council disposed of the i
| question by asking that the city
engineers report definitely on the
trees which. In their opinion.
, should be cut. and by authorising
I Mayor McCabe to notify the ladles
j when a meeting of the Council
'had been authorised to decide the
matter, In order that they might
i be heard.
At the cloae of the aesslon, City
Auditor Rnowden waa authorised
to borrow not to exceed $6,000
for the continuation of street
work now under way. the money
to be repaid later out of the pro
ceeds of the Intended bond Isaue.
BODIES ARE FOUND |
UNDER SAWDUST PILE
I Bteubenvllle. Ohio, May IS. ?
I What Is believed to he another !
brutal double murder, the second
I In Jefreraon County within three,
months, was uncovered at Berg- j
holts west of here today when the I
bodies of Mr. and Mrs. Omar Mil- I
I ler wore found hidden under a pile
I of aawduat near their home. Tho
Millers had been mlaalng since
Monday night.
VARE MAINTAINS HIS
LEAD OVER OPPONENTS
> Philadelphia. Pa.. May 19? j
Congressman William 8. Vare. wet I
candidate, maintained hla lead ov- 1
er his opponents for the Bepubll
can nomination for the United 1
State* Senator as returns of yea- :
terday'a primary continued to
, pile up today. '
Neither Henator George Whar
ton Pepper, supported by forces
led by ftesretary Mellon, nor Oov- 1
ernor Plnchot. dry candidate, con
ceded defeat, however.
I The vote so f?r: Vare MO, 000; i
Pepper. 417.000; Plnchot. 110.*
??? #? mi
May Peas Continue
Moving In Bulk;
Price Lower
Ten cam of Pasquotank May
peas were forwarded from thin cl- .
ty to Northern markets yesterday,
officials at the Norfolk Southern
freight office reported today, aud
19 cars had been ordered placed
for today5s shipments. About 25
cars from across the sound were
re-Iced here this morning, pre
liminary to continuing their
journey North. Three ears mored
from here Monday.
The price range today wan
slightly below that of yesterday,
as to the top figure, commission
men reported, running from 92 to
93.25 per basket, with well filled
peas ruugiug from 92. 75 up. No
actual sales were reported, dealers
stating ohat Returns on peas
shipped Monday would be an
nounced tomorrow.
Indications today were that
shipments would Increase steadily
tomorrow and Friday, continuing
until Saturday noon, and that the
peak would be reached sometime
next week.
With a fair yield, peas selling
at around 93 a basket will yield
the grower a small margin of
profit, dealers staled, expressing
the opinion that the return from
the crop would be fairly good, bar
ring an unexpected drop in the
market.
tellsSowto
GET BUSINESS
Bill Dollar Relatex Conver
xationK Overheard in
Elizabeth City
_
"I overheard * merchant talk
ing today." said Bill Dollar,
"about increased business. There
are two waya of getting more bus
iness." h?? na id. "One Is to take
busincaa a way* from our competi
tors and the other Is to create
more bualoeaa than now extata In
Elisabeth City.
K*rr*r
.1*1
WWiOtVlHK
/#>r
" Ihw are two waya that bnal- ,
Ineaa may be created without In-;
iJuring competition. Flrat, by
growth of population, and second,
[by Increaalng the purchasing pow
of each Individual. If Elian -
[beth City la worth living In It will
attract more population and the*
(community that la fundamentally ;
proaperoua will Increase 1 1 a pur-;
chasing power."
"Both of these factors." de
clared the merchant." depend to u
large extent on the development
of the community an a whole. The
flrat reaponalblllly that rests on a i
man or a woman In any coaimuni- '
Ity Is to be true to their home city
In every way that la poaalble. Hill
Dollar must never be permitted to !
lea'yo thla city, nor ahould any of'
his bWrther ko away to other cities. \
Thly are all needed bars ot _
home. The marchant must work
for the common welfare, too. They
should never apend a cent out of!
Kllxabeth City for goods that ran 1
i be bought here.
"Aa a merchant and bualness
man my prosperity depends upon
i the success of the home mer
chants, and I feel that 1 owe aome
thing to Elizabeth City far In ex- i
I cess of what our community owes;
i me. Everything I buy shall b?
I from our home merchants and I
shall realst lb* Impulsea that
cornea to me when 1 go away on
buying trlpa to purchaae good* in
other cities for my peraonal uae.
If every merchant here would d??
that a great many more Hills
would be circulating In Elisabeth
City
"When I left that man's place
of buaineas," said Hill Dollar. "I
got Into another atora where th?
head of the firm was singing
something like thla:"
Ellaabeth City owes you a living.
That statement ts correct
Yon owe the city a flrat class man
Hut can Ellaabe^i City collect?
FINANCIER STOKER
DIES AT NEW VOIIK
New York, May !?.? W E D
Stokes, financier and hotel owner, (
died thla morning In his home at ?
291 Weat Seventy Third street.)
Mr. Rtokaa waa long In tha public,
eye because of tha aenational dl- i
vorce ault brought agalnat him by
hla wife. Halen K, I wood Stoke* Ha
waa 19 yaara old
TALKS ON (MOD
WILL BUILT -UP
BY ADVERTISING
Dirrctor Bonry ^jx'ukins
at Meroliatils A'MCtltioii
Mwliiiu Says AfVrrtisinI:
1? a Soil- nei- uud'ttti Art
WOMEN DKMrtfD IT
Speaker Think* V o I-t .1"
H r j (i I in' Ads and lt?-w?
Imt l'rolialdy Skip Mnnl
of file Kditiii iuU
(lolditboro, May 19. ? Next to
neVrspajier advertising. the sales
men employed by the merchants of
North Carolina are the moat po
tent factor* In the building of pub
lie of Kood will, dechired 8. R.
Boney. of Italel^h. here today. In
an addres* before the North Car
olina Merchant* Association.
Mr. Boney. who fs director of
the North and South Carolina Pub
lie I'tllity Information Bureau,,
wan speaking on "Salesmen an
Good Will Builder*," but he de
voted considerable attention to
new*paper advertising a* ot pri
mary importance. No other agen
cy ever had been oc ever would be
a* effective In the cultivation and
fostering of good will on the part
of the buying public, he a**erted.
"One has hut to glance over the
newspaper of today." oald the
apeaker, "to Im> convinced by the
quantity and quality of advert la*
lug matter of It* vltul Influence In
salesmanship. Advertising in
both a Hclence and an art. and. 1
might *ay. eathetlc Wlffcal Those
qualities are the outgrowth of a
demand, particularly on the part
of womankind ? jum aa she hus de
manded the beautiful and colorful
In dress, automobiles vttd furnl
turo. The developnwnt of the1
color Idea, or 'compfcx" as our
high brow friend* are wont to cull
It. has been one of the most
marked mental metamorphose* of
recent years.
"With the development of skill
and artiatry In advertising mutetv
ial has come the vast lufMM in
the number of newspaper reader*,
and those resders are devoting
far more time to the advertising
column* than most of us sre In
clined to believe."
The speaker voiced the opinion
that of the three departments of
the modern newspaper ? news, ed
itorial. and advertising ? the nnwi
and advertising department;* are
today of considerably mure poten
cy as they affect the public inhnl
than the editorial.
Mr. Boney quoted (he UnMed
States Supreme Court definition
of good will as "the disposition of
a pleased cuatomer to return to
the place where he has been well
pleaned." and declared that "the
next Important step " after the u*e
of nwspaper advertl*lng "Ik Intel
ligent use of salesman. He em
phasised the Importance of trained
salesman and added:
"The merchant who permits a
unshaven salesman in his front
door doesn't deserve any consid
eration from tho public; one ought
to fall If ho has a grouch on his
sales force; one should lo*e his
patronage if his employes know
nothing but to repeat In parrot
like or phonographic tone* the
stereotyped greet Inta and adieu*
learned from the professional
sale* boosters that Infeat the coun
try. Better put a talking machine
at the atore entrance and let it
keep repeating the obnoxious
'call again.' M
The speaker quoted his one
time employer as saybvg that "any
damned fool could sell a customer
what he wanted but It took a
salesman to sell him wlfat he
didn't want," and declared that
this philosophy was wrong. "Fifty
percent of your customers go Into
your stores not knowing exactly
whst they do want. The function*
of good salesmanship are to help
that customer to serve him."
STAFF OF NOKPttrk
BANK COMING HERE
Members of the stsff of the Sea
board National Bank, of Norfolk,
and their wives and sweetheart*
will pay a holiday visit to the
Kllxsbeth City Country Club
June 3, to apetid the day pic
nicking on the attractive club
grounds. The trip was 'Arrantcd
by W T. Old. prominent Norfolk
business man. nnd vice president
of the bank Mr. Old formerly
was a resident of Kllinbetli <lty
The force of the SesMfetrtl Bank
annually takes a holiday Jaunt at
thla season or the year, and will
ma/ke the trip In sut Jinnblies re
turning to Norfolk late In the day.
Officials of the Country Club read
ily tendered the use of tie
grounds when I hey learned th ?
party would like to pfehlc there
nrniiM M urtorr
New York. May 4i.- -Cotton fn-.
ture* opened today at the follow
Ing level ; July It. 27. Oct 17, fiO,
Dec 17. ?0. Jan. 17 4?, March
17. SI.
New York, May \\ ? Spot cot
ton closed, q if let. micrttllWt If. 7 ft;
an advance of f? pointy. Ctfture t. ,
closing hid: July 1S.J3, October
17.61, December 17.61, Januarv
17.46 , March 17.S2.
Ccolidge's Summer White House
J President Cooliduc will :?im 'id IIh*
? ttiiu* at this aitrintu- \v ?? li ? ? I'm
I t |ic kIioi - of Lin<' l'lai'id, N. V., n
I f Sr.* t |diiiio'r'i':i|di;< ??r t"' j l"?
riti which the l'riv.idi ill :m?l M;'-;.
I ra m p a:i it ai>(jcai-. f row i?n la! ??.
Kinnnicr Su the Adlroudurk nioiui*
c camp, u tiO-ncre reservation un
u ni'd hy Irvln I'. Kirk wood Then**
v.. u r, a vii w of tin- main eob
i lolidiur will occupy; lower, the
ali.n.:si hidden in the tree*.
WOODMEN PLAN"
T, ALA MEETING
I-IU^C \|IcihI?ii<?* Knjht!*
rd ;tl Si'twiun ??i* { ):i!n
Ciuni|? !Mmnlay N
II. V. llfi'H, it! Oakland. < ".ill
fornia. and M. i. '! rein;. in?\ ?<f
WlnMon -Salmi. National a?d
Slni?* ilcputli'N, r? ,<|i. rtivfly, i. F
Modern Woodmen of America,
will lif honor imu-* I h ;> * tne'iiir;
of III#* Kllzaheth fit> camp n( t
urd?*r Monday nii-lit ;it 7:. '50
o'clock at h aemdoit at which :i
claMH of uhout Mi candidal^ ? v. i'J
b#? Initialed. Mm-im. II#'** s? smI
Treniain** an- niicrlcil t?- :?rilt?
Saturday. The meet in*; . ill '?#??
hold in the Junior Hill hi tic
Kranu r lluildlni.
Thr IoqiiI or;:auix?iiioii of '.tod
em Woodmi'ii Ih nil ill. -d (Mi
Camp 1.1. 7o?. ii hits l<? n ? n
La rife d nubetantlaiiv in 1k?* hift few
months tjy ??? woik mi th?
part ?if fJintilct !)? pnty J C Kv
ana, of Merry Hill Mori- than
100 members bi? \pecied to at
lend t *c*a |oa m nday ni; iii
which entertainment f aiiii< ?viH
lncud< voru I NihctlotiK liy^i ?|ii: i
let c<4in|i i-ln- l>, m Morgan. i .
Scott. I. K Hklni ? i mid J. c i.
ana.
In lnrr? a?dtii; t It nicm ? ' 1 1 1
of the ordrr here. Mr. K\m ??
particularly Mm-kIihC the i :>?n i -
fence nnd health feature* ? !?' - <t
Mi'inbrif nil' allowed to t;ii In
?uranc in amounta not lo < > ?l
95,OOi). nnd auv.uicd H . < ? t
free oi riiaru*' at tin* mri>t? uulii
of tlio urdi i' ill I olorado. ? in In"
event lln-y eon t met tu!? thIi*I?.
Officers of Oak f "rt m *' Iv
llalley, cotnol; .1, \V i:.'il?dolp!i.
pant commit. U V. M?-el. idvi
er; Dr .1 I) Hatha w . ?
eorl; J. |?. Kve*. Jr., hunker: A
P. Mldnett. clerks * I). Keel,
watchman: (Irmly Mot n. arnlry;
l>an Harrl*. chief f. i? (??! : and
W. It. Cohooti. I/. I). inner ;n >1
J. J. Ilnirhi-H. trii
( .'AIUII.INI AN IIKAIIS
cotton <;i:< >w i ns
Atlanta. 'I i. I!' Stun t# I K In
ley I?atf< r " 'i <1 ; ? " ? ptd .
North Carol, ,m. w.1 I m d ureal*
dent of I ;?? Ntnifi'in ?' Hon Man
iifactiiH r. ' i iMfthe' lo)
inn aen l' i of the m|t\rnii m in i
today.
Jancx J. On^rlt if William**
hiirir. Mouth ( it i M ill, i ;M ? tecfo'l
Ural vir? present Win '<?-> it
Adfem:* of ' harlotle w?i i? l. ct?-d
fecgf tary-t umiiiifi r.
to inykii
Will CAPTAIN JACK
i'.l'ariott. . May !*?. > pii t
rclebralfon Imij frtflorn. v, will
mark the one hundred t-u.l fifty
firfei annlvfrnnry /f the tlr:nlni; of
the MeckjenhuiK <1 ?*;ai.?tlon of
independi nc. A narker will In
nnveih d to Taptfein Inn- it Jack I
who liore the drclaratlou to Plilt i
? da?bkl*
II iSE? 41.L Hi\S
MEET TOliiifittT
riMvtliii; "f 'm.M? faun
* ill ??. ItfcJd :it tin* Chain
ing <?f tonight ;ii 7
?? c?"?*K . l'-r ?'i?ii:>IUoi?uMi?n of
| ? 1 .1 IH roi il HUMIIIUT K(
vviili j fun r ii 4i>i Imagui*. IT t Ii ii t
<;in l?" .. i'iHli|;i*il. Ali liiti'i'i'Hl *
id iii* - liuvi- Ui'on urged fu ui
|l Nil.
lu vi iv ?? f ilic linu*
villi ??i.i.iliiing in which in ?'in
i?i..y uiili'^t |iIu>>ih, i lump
iii(?'l ln|fr??Bi?>d in HiinituiT
h- r? mi"'* lwi|H'f?l thai
tl'i u ill l? ? a niilTirii iitly rep
hisi'iii,iili,i' i'kiwiI at tlir iiii'Cl
i-m in work ""I detail* r.f or
rti:l'.iiioi? ami undrrtuki- tin*
miitiii. of a Kiifflrli-nt Kiiaran
lOl' fliilll lit UIIO-.
Veterans Meet As
long Can Travel
I :i< m in 'ilia ui. May 1ft. ? The
ui' n who (nirewod Lee will "curry
? >11 a? Ioiir (in I wo of us can trnv
I." Central \V. B. Freeman, com
i.iaudi'r In chief, -wild here today
?i i he keynote addrcH* ul the op
? n in k KPMnion <>f the thirty alxth
- initial reunion of United Coiifed
? rule Veteran*.
"Away with r ul k of ? limping
army of old men. NoiiHeiiNe. thin
t.iik Alton! the lartl reunion, he
?houlod. <1 antral Kreertan'* atti
tude con plod wttb lh( ?en t iment
of many ??f his follower* appeared
to have miico*m fully combat te<i In
a certain i|uartern to dlHhand the
iorj(aiii*nlioii of veterana.
i r.Mti Mi i*> h \s
IIH VIHIT
Sir Waller Motel. Raleigh. May
in. The tiuli of DwlKht K. Davl*.
Secretary of War, thai waa to
have I" ? n made to Italeiuh and
North Carolina today liaa been
pjpl :? m d due to the lllnoan of
Afi.*. I la \ Is, according to a mt-r
h;i?o rrci Ived by Governor A. W.
MeU u.
rr- tnry Di. vis had planned In
r ri\ ?? in ttalefgh 'ari y llila morn
i iv Mini from there motor With
Governor M c Lea m t < Fovt liraku
l'? Inspect the military reserva
tion I'm re. The plan wna to re
turn that night to Kalclgh from
whhii point Hecretafy I>avl*
would *.?? hack to Washington by
train.
ItcyrM expfeaftcd by 5lecie- (
tary Davis at net being able to
i? t v Ihl* vl.nit to North Carolina at
? hi* llnte. ?lie *t.it<d. however, I
that, a-i r.ooh a* condition* Would
permit, he tymild carry out ll?e<
trip as planned.
Mr. Davis baa not yet paid an
official trlult to Notth Carolina and
Fori H raug since he became Hcc
i *tary of War and much Interest
wan attached to hi* proposed
vial t
II At K IX Ot't'K H
nr. II. D Walk ar la out and
ban n turned td hla office after a
week's illness from tonsllltls.
WORKMEN JSWilN
TASK OF I'AVINC
CANAL HIGHWAY
i Sixteei^Foot ' ? *> 11 e r i' I ?'
Koud to Ounnecl witli
Virginia** Eleven Miles of
Asphalt Surfacing
COST ABOUT
Will Kulluw Ki;{lit of Way
ISO Keel from Center of
Dismal Swamp Cunul,
< >ru<lii<f? RefCUli Yesterday
Construction of u 16-foot con-!
crete highway froiu the Vlrr.lnia
line about neveli and one-half
4tnlU?s lo South Mill*, to com about
$225.000. began ywlerdoy when
grading operations were under
taken. The road will be built for
the State Highway Commission by
Lawson H llrookB, Norfolk coii
tractor?. They have been allowed
200 working days In which to com
plete It. but are hopeful or finish
ing up considerable ahead of their
scheduled limit.
Instead V following the right
of way of the old Canal Itank
Koad, the new highway will be
build a distance of 150 feet froui
; the center of the canal. Thin la
by reason of Federal regulations
.growing out of the pending pur
chase of the canal by the CJovetn
imeiit. and 1m expected to mean as
ion Incidental advantage that there
will be little or no occasion for
detourlng traffic while construc
tion Is under way.
l' The contractors have estab
lished road caiupa, and have
i moved a large force of workmen
>lo the scene of operations, accord
ing to advices from South Mills.
Two had curves are being straight
ened out, one of which Is at the ca
nal bridge crossing at South Mills,
and the other perhaps a tulle and
a half north of the village, at a
I point where au ancient cemetery
was situated. Tttla was moved to
? the old Baptist churchyard at
South Mills.
At the bridge, crossing, the old
Hartlett hotel building will bo re
moved, together with one of more
adjacent structures, to permit a
wide curve to replace the present
sharp angle which the road makes
at that point.
Contrary to a popular liuprcs
lalon. the dirt for the new road
' foundation will be taken, not from
the canal bank, but from adjacent
fields, according to T. IJ. Wilson,
resident engineer of the Slate
Highway Commission here. The
road, of course, will connect at Its
northern end with the eleven-mile
asphalt highway from Deep Creek
to the State line, completed by
Virginia last summer.
North Carolina's end of the
George Washington Highway will
be constructed of slab concrete,
six Inches thick, the same type or
, road being built between Camden
Courthouse and Sllgo, In Currl
|tuck. and eventually to run diver
gently from Sllgo to Currituck
I Courthouse, on I lie one hand, and
to the State line near Moyock, on
I the other.
i Present Indications are that the
1 laying of concrete on the Sllgo
.road will be completed by August
i i . barring unexpectedly unfavor
able weather conditions, accord
ling to Mr. Wilson.
In beginning construction of
! her end of the George Washing
ton Highway. North Carolina Is
keeping two promises made Vli
gin la, it Is pointed out. The flrsl
was that this State would meet the
neighbor commonwealth at the
i line with a liardsurfaced road,
i The second, made by the 'ate
'Highway Commissioner W. A.
Hart ai the opening of the Virgin
la road last summer, was that,
North Carolina'* part of the road
would lie better than Virginia, s.
Lieutenant Byrd
To Try South Pole
Oslo. Norway. May It ?A tel
egram to the afternoon Poaen
from Spitsbergen ,h?l
enant Commander Itlchard E
Ityrd. United States Navy first
man to fly over the North Pole
plans to undertake an expedition
to the South Pole as soon as possi
ble. The lieutenant commander
and members of his expedition are
leaving Kings Bay for London to
morrow.
VOTE OF APPROVAL
H HI NEW CABIN El'
Berlin, May It.? The Belch-,
stage today gave an overwhelming
vote of approval to the policy ??f
the new cabinet as outlined by
Chancellor Marx.
JO^MH WIN* mWIOHH
Wilfred Jones, son of M>. and
M re W C Jonea, 3 Harney
street, at Bingham Military
School, won the medal this year
as the best drilled cadet and at
Field >Oay exercise* laat Wednes
day won prises for the highest
jump aad fasteat running. He has
also been elected as raptsln of the
foot kail team tor ae*t INT. I
GENERAL HOTEL
BODY TO CONFER
WITH ARCHITECT
w. I~ Stmlclurt, of New i
York, to Tuke Hp Deaign
of New Hostelry With Ex- v
??rut i ve (i4Niimittre
TO MKKT THURSDAY
Definite Acliim, ItowevfT,
to A Wait Formation of
(lorporution at Meeting
of StoekhohlerM
with I360.000 alr??a?l y ralsad
toward the cost of Kllzabeth CIM^I
new 100-room hotel, and oaty j
$56.000 to $30.000 addltloaftl 2
needed from outside Investors to
assure Its erection without the le
nuance of bonds, member* of the
general hotel executive commlttlfe .i
will meet at the Chamber of Cow- J
merce Thursday night at
o'clock for a conference with W.
L. Htoddart, New York architect. r
on tentat Ive plans for the b^ll4- A
inf.
The conference will be merely j
' preliminary In character, C.;?. Jfl
Robinson, committee chelriM#^ ^
announces, explaining thst. ta# ^
adoption of plans for the hotel
muat await the outcome of J
stockholders' meeting, to be held
at the courthouse Monday algal M
at 7:80 o'clock. at which ths J
Kllsabeth City Hotel Corporstloa
is to be organized, and a charter ^
and by-laws adopted. Theae an#
iK'Ing drawn up by J. C B.
, rlnhaus. well known local atier
" All stockholders In the
are being urged emphatically eita- j
er to attend the meeting or to thfa
' over their proxies to soma mem* j
I ber of the executive commltt?MJ>
that there may be no hitch In p Jo- ,
I ceedlngs due to failure to oMI?
u quorum. ? i
I > Investment \ ulue
Mr Kpblnsos stresses the W- ,
usual value of Rllxabeth CUjf*
I new hotel from the feet teet, fHl v
| a ground fantai of Ill.OtO Tjr- I
jtually aasursd, nearly one-half of ?l
the Interest on the preferfrKl ? "j
'stock Is assured at the start, aad
the hotel iltelf needa only to eara j
Home 113.000 on a capital Invest
ment of I4H.0OO. In thla c<m
nei'tlon. he declires that 'las
Southern Hotel here, with A
i rooms, commands a rental of ???" .
000 a year. From thla stand
point. he holds that It la resdlly .
1 within the realm of possibility that I
I the common atock. Issued fresJP
I cost to investors in the preferred ^
on a basis of ort> "here of com*** ?
i to two of preferred, may
'ultimately much more v
than the latter. He remlnda that
lltM market value will bo deter
mined by the Income It draw*,
whereus the Vilue of ths pre
ferred stock Is rather strictly lli?
Hed by the fact that It can briai
In only six per cent.
"Where other North Csrollaa
towns have only highways and
railroads to bring in hotst pa
trona." he comments. "Bllxsbetn
city Is specially fortunate In hev
1 tug u large water traffic to draw
from. In addition to theae tfro
sources This water trsftfc
should be the more valuable ee
account of the large number m
historic spot* which can be vlsltfo
conveniently only by boats.
Half An Hour I Hutam
"With not less than SO batter
ies In Currituck, to sey nothing of
the large number In Dare, the
patronage of visiting sportsmbh
should become a highly Importaat
factor in building the revesee of
the new hotel We are building a
1 7-mile paved highway to C*rT?
tuck Courthouse, putting that
point within half en hour at thla
city by automobile, and maklaf
available to Northern sporfsatfa
the most comfortable of quarters
while on hunting tripe.
I When It Is remembered that
during the hunting aeason there
are three 'lay each j*
whl^h shooting l? prohibited. Ihe
value of the hotel accommodstloas
Is ?een the more readily. BportSr
men will find facllltlea foo folf
and other recreations at the Coun
try t'lub here on their off day*,
and thla should prove a ?troa?a0*
dltlonal attraction."
Mr. Robinson predicts thst, es
soon an the uansusl value of the
hotel as an Investment proposi
tion becomes more apparent, there
will be a popular demand
much more than the 1*5,000 to
130.000 In stock still to b# a old
to complete the financing of the
project. ' * * " tjj
tlANIMi WHITHO* MAlfc
Ha n lei WhKson died .
home of bis daughter. Mra.
White, at Norfolk Tuesday.
there on a vlalt. and his body ^14 1
brought here for burial tMIMB
night.
Mr Whllaon waa.Bt f?*?a aid
and mada hla home with Ma
granddaughter, Mrf. Tom M0rrl*r
on McPherson atreet. He tf*? ?
member of the First Baptist
Church and burlsl services will H
conducted at the grave
Episcopal Cemetery
afternoon Si 4 O'clock
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