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.VUL. XVI. FINAL EDITION. ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY EVENING, AUGUST 26, 192G. SIX PACKS. NO. 201 Aa\ance Today Presents Foretaste Of Bargains That Await The Shopper Complete Menu Will Appear in l'ridu\'? Issue of This Newspaper for the Two-Day Special Bargain Event Staged hy Kli/.aheth tlity Merchants The Dollar Stretchers Aydlett Hardwure Co. Auto & Gas !?' 1 1 ir . Wks. E. J. (iohomi iV Co. Gallop & Toxey Garrett Hardware Go. Gill>ert's Harrison \ McCoy Home Supply Store MitchcIl** M. G. Morrisette & Co. Quiun Furniture Go. T. T. Turner & Go Ryan Floral Co. G. A. (looke Louis Selig Spenee-Hollowell Co. Apothecary Shop Weeks & Sawyer Owens Shoe Go M. Leigh Sheep Go. McCain* & Grice Ilarmtiii I Free Similiter* Sampson Paint Udirs' Shoes Silverware I)r. ?sses Kvidc Batteries .Overalls . Dresses Sugar Iron Beds . Shirts .. . Flowers . Men's & Boys' Wear ...Silverware Itcpair l'arts Guess ..Guess . Stetson Shoes Guess . Guess Today's issue of The Daily Advance presents a foretaste of the bargains that will await the shopper who visits Kliz abeth City's stores on Saturday, the first of the twir Stretch Vour-Dollar Days sponsored by Elizabeth City's newspapers and put on with the backing of the Chamber of Commerce and with the co-operation of more than 80 of the leading and most progressive merchants of the town. Readers of The Advance' should remember, however, that this is but a foretaste. The bargain feast menu will appear complete in Friday's issue. ^ In the meantime, however, read *#ra of this in -wxpaper are urged to examine carefully the offerings anno uiu-oil today, an this will Rive them that much more time to Study the additional bargains that ? will he announced tomorrow. Today 'n issue la crowded, hut in order that no bargain may he ov erlooked sperial Dollar stretching advert Isements have been Hated and Indexed in the box' under the head at the top of the column. To morrow's paper promise* to ko to eight pages and that will give us mora room properly to displuy the bargain offers. Then* at retch -your-dollar offer ings should not be confused with the ordinary seasonal reductions that come at thin season of the year as u matter of routine when warm weather stoeks must he cleaned up. Thoy represent gen nlno opportunities to stretch a dollar to buy more than a dollar Will buy ou the day before or the day after the big event. The mer chants who offer them are not ex pecting any profit on these offers, but are making them as an In ducement to out of town shoppers to come to town and visit their atoron on these days. Other firms co-operating in mak ing Saturday and Monday Htretch Your-Dollar Days in Elizabeth City include: Leslie Ilcianira Clarence field. J. W. Shannonhotit"- A Hon. .JtT. W. Williams L Son. W. Mellck Co. T. Singleton. M. C. liovc. Overman & Stevenson. C. U. Ives A Company. Albemarle Pharmacy O. M. Williams. Standard Pharmacy. IWO MEN DEAD IN NEW ORLEANS 9TOKM New Orleans. Auk. 2?. ? Two deaths, property damage Id excrs* of one million dollar*, and an In ? una hi*- amount of miscellaneous! damage wan the toil of the iitorm which' roired aero** Louisiana t- <t last night report* here today f i?fl. The Storm 'fl full force, however, d;<l not strike here. \V??ather bureau officials said th^ maximum Telocity of the wind vim 14 mile* an hour and the force of the storm had diminished rap Jdlv after It had passed Inland from the Clulf of Mexico. tXJTTu.t MAIlKHT Now York Attn. 28 ? Cotton fu turs^ opened today at the follow Oct. 17.93. I>ec. 17 .94, jn.V M .r. 18,14. May 18.84. lew York, Aug. 2?.T~Mpot cot ploetd quirt, middling 19.0ft a of 1& points. Futures, bid Oct. 17.80. Dec. IT. 71, ,71. Mar 17 M. May 18.0? Their Folks Think They Work For Uncle Sam By I1MRI.KM I'.'kTKWAKT 1 Washington. Auk. 26. ? "Back home." remarked the spruce wait-'; . reas In the no-called "popular price restaurant" when* this par-' tlculur Washington neighborhood eats most of Its lunches. "I'm s<up- , posed to he a clerk in one of the government departments i "I was originally. But mercy! ' I couldn't begin to live on the pay I got. Between my pay and my |tlpH I make enough here to huy up j two or three girl clerkx for the ! government. j "Of course the disagreeable ' part ?f It 1.4 that a waitress Isn't anybody socially. It would make my folks feel dreadfully Jf they knew I work In a restaurant. So I tot 'em go on thinking I'm still on Undo Sam's payroll. I "Once a year I go home for a I couple of weeks and swell around, in clothes I couldn't even dream1 nf on a government salary, and 'they look at me and say. 'My! she 'has a government position in' Washington.' I'm invited out and i entertained by all the best people, ?and have a lovely time. "Wouldn't their eyes pop If they 'knew I really was just a hash-. Isllnger!" % ? t ? This damsel's confession could I lie duplicated to the tunc of hun dreds. and maybe thousands. If; ? anybody wanted to take the Iron* .hie to do ihe necessary research! ; work. The capital's full of young wo- ! I men and young men, loo. and some j not so young, whom the "home! folks" fondly suppose to he hold-' | leg down dignified federal John. I but who. In reality, are engaged In j considerably lesfcj-lasty but much I mors remunerative -employment, j ; What's more, |heyS(how their I financial good sense, ami the lit-, Itle deceit they pracHce^doesn't I hurt anybody. STATESMEN DIFFOI i on sirojiarr economy Washington, An*. 2fiC Diffff* J cnces of opinion about govVjrnment 1 j economy wore expressed tothtr?ky i the Democratic national commllV ; toe nnd by Chairman Madden of the House appropriations commlt i fee atirt' lti presentatlve Wood of I Indiana. chairman of the Republi can campaign comipltteo. | Citing figure* to show that mm parahlo peace tlmo appropriation* 'wore greater under '('ooIIiIrc than under Wilson the Democratic pommlilri1 concluded "conidrue jtlrp economy I* evidently the sort that naves at the spigot mid wastes j at the bunghole." Mr. Madden conferring with the I President at Paul Smith's on gov ernment finances rati ma tod that [proposed expenditures of the fls fcal year 192K would bo perhaps ? {quarter billion dollars less than this. Representative Wood stressed ptosfXPtlty TEXT BOOKS TO BE DISCUSSED BY BOARD TONIGHT Tim i' of Five. i'ubliahrrs Will Change <*ontraetH But Two Are Quite Heady lo I'ul l'p a Kight ACTION DEMANDED Board Insixlx Thai Publish its Give Their Represen tative* Final Power lo De cide Mailer Tonight Sir Walter Hotel, Raleigh, Aug. 26.-? Three of the live text-book publisher? who have eon tracts In Nortti Carollnu will chant;*- tlielr contracts to make tin* retail prices conform with those now in c fleet in Tennessee, and which In some cases are lower than In thin Slate, but the other two companies will probably hold out for the exist ing contract, and the State may have to aue, it Is believed today by those familiar with the sltua noii, though no member of the State Hoard of Education w??uld comment on the situation, pend ing the iu<-etiu]; if the board to night at H o'clock With rrpt emu lative* of the various publishers. The publishers have already bei-ii instiueted by ?iiu t.? give their representatives lull power to HCt for them at the meeting to night, and it is still hoped by noun* of the mcitrbt ra of the board that all will agree to uiukt the Tennes see contract prices effective in North Carolina, and every effort will be made to this end. How ever, if any of the publixhers de cline to do this, the board Is con vinced that It has an excellent case and will not he?itatc to bring full to compel the application of the Tennessee prices fcale In lb in state. Two definite developments have come out of the text-book situa tion In the last few days: First, the Hoard of Education Is convinced that according to its contract with the publishers, school children Id North Carolina are entitled to buy their text books at the same prices which Tennessee children psy for them, despite some other minor techni cal changes In the form of the contracts, and; Second, that every effort In to be made to give the school chil dren the henellt of the lower prices as soon as possible, so that efforts are being made to make the Tencssee price lists effective immediately. For this reason It is hoped that it will not be necessary to go Into court, but that the publishers will agree voluntarily to put the new prices Into effect In North Caro lina Itnmeditaely. That 1* why fin al action on the part of the pub lish*-? 1" almost demanded at the meeting tonight. ? There are a number of factors In the text-book situation that have served to make It one of con siderable complication, according to A. T. Allen, State Superintend ent of Public Instruction, who was appealed to in an effort to get the sail* tit facts Ih the case. The first consideration In the matter Ih the difference in the form of the contract with North Carolina and Tennessee. The con tracts for books for North Caro lina Htipulate only the selling price to the Individual school child ? the final retail price. In Tennessee, the contract quotes two prices, both the wholesale price, at which the books are sold by the publishers to the deal era, and also t he retail prle?- at %hkh the books are sold to the school children. And these retail prices vary from one cent to 17 cents less per book than the prices at which the same books are sold to the school children In North Carolina, although In the majority of cases, the prices are the same under both coutracts. The difference In the method of distribution In the two states also enters Into the matter. In North Carolina the books are shipped by the publishers in consignments generally of car load lots, to the State depository and sub-deposi tories, and the dealers In the smaller town* and eltle8 order the hooks they need from these depos itories. The result Is that no mat ter bow many books are ordered, or br how many different publish ers, they f?n be shipped In one puckauefrom the depository, thus l> ? ? n/ng handling and freight or expr?^s charges. It also saves muclf time for both the dealer and the school children, as rush orders b<? filled and returned by the depository within a day or two. while If the order had to go to New York or Boston It would re quire much longer. The State Hoard of Education regards the depository as bring of distinct service In the better dis tribution of the books and desires to keep this system, according to Mr. Allen. The publishers slso approve of the depository because It enables them to ship In car loa<l lots. DAlUftTKHft OK 4 M Kit H A TO MEET FIIID4Y NIOHT An important meeting of the Daughters of Amerlea will be held Friday ereotn*. All members are urged to be present. Refreshments ****** ' ' ? ' 15, Must Hang Ad&m Burros*, IS, l>aa I sentenced i-> h:tnn October 29 ( Welch. Wfft Vlrulnia, (ulluwin liU conviction of criminal us*j\il| i on a ni ?!??-> car-old uirl. The iudfl lnHtruelcd the Jury thai they eou I not connlder Burr? HM\? Hge, they convicted, h mi sn nine rold| ? ute:'. Prisoner Is UnablJ To Raise Bond Ani Takes 60 Day Term 1 ' Unable to raise u bond o( $200 | Hot by Acting Trial Justice T. B. Wilson iu recorder's court Friday ! morning, L/i-ua Morris, colored. ,'witlidvew her appeal before Trial Justice I*. tJ. Sawyer today, there* by accepting u term of ?.0 days oft [the roads imposed by Mr. Wilson on a larceny charge. Trial Justice Sawyer reduced the bond to $100, I but that looked just as big a* to the woman, and did not alter the status of affairs. The prisoner was accused of . having biolcti several suits of la*' idles' silk underwear, a leather -belt, a pair of men's trousers slid la pendunt set with Jewel*, all the foregoing articles having lie en { missed from the boarding house j run by Mrs. J. L. Xeedham. on ! North Marl in street, where thoi i woman had been employed. When, arrested, police claimed she was j wearing the missing belt, and took i 'It off and tossed it under the, | house as they came up. I Although the evidence in the j I ease was mainly circumstantial, 'being based principally on the cir cumstance that the woman was the only person who had the run of the house who would have been I even casually interested in most ? jof the articles missed, it was sup-j ! plemented by Ihe fact that the de- ? 1 fendant had been discharged from th? employ of Mayor Mcf'ahe h f - , Iter a valuable watch disappeared j I from his home. , Technically the court refused to ? find the girl guilty except as to! Who belt, but the sentence indicat- < ,ed a presumption of guilt as to the other missing articles. i After the rase was tried Friday. It was learned that a valuable *11- 1 ; ver card cane al*o had vanished from Mr*. Ncedham's hoarding 'house. The belt was the only mis sing article found In the woman'*, j possession. I QUEEN MARIE IS ANXIOUS VISIT UNITED STATES |{tiimt?iuii I'remicr I'lcad I'overty of Nation But Keullv Afraid (! I c v c r Queen Talk* Too Mtieli SHE'S COMING ANYWAY Expert* Eventually to Have Her W uy uikI to l^ruvr in Octol>cr With in Wuithi? Ily n'jXHT.WTIXH HltOWN London. Auk. -<?? ? Queen Mv rle of K II man la 1m lighting a hit ler battle against Premier Aver tavu and other members of tin* Ru manian cabinet wliu are trying to prevent her from visiting the U tilled State*. Kver Mnce the eml of the war. Queen Mario has desired to visit America. Amerleaus like Colonel Anderson of Virginia, formerly head of the A titer lean lied Cross Relief In Itumania, aiul Charles* Vt?|>leku. former minister in the Kalkan*. with whom she came in contact In Rumania and abroad, ?trongly urged her to eonte to the 1' lii ted States assuring hi r of a warm reception* I'olltleal and other circumstan ce*. however did uot _ permit a mart on this much desired nip un til this year, win >1 she decided fin ally to proceed with her visit to friends in America. The Rumanian government, however, now is opposing the trip Htroiigly on the official grounds that itumanla'g currency Is ho low that the Queen's trip would unbal ance the year's budget. The writ er U reliably Informed that the Queen replied she was prepared to pay her expenses out of her own funds, lint despite this offer, the cabinet still Is adamant, fear ing the highly Impulsive and clev er Queen may talk too much and make some irreparable blunders. So far. Queen Marie's pleading-* j.hat she would he able to raiao large funds for charity organiza tions and eventually pave the way for advantageous loans to Ruman ia. have been of no avail, (lently, but firmly. Premier Averescu re fuses to yield to the <1 'ecu's pres aure. and in order to T ike things more difficult has decided to post pone appointment of a Rumanian minister to Washington for a few months. The Queen has not surrendered yet and her friends Mate she will bo able to leave after King Ferdi nand. who at present Is taking the cure In France, returns lo Uuch arest. Her friends are so far convinced thai the cabinet will be forced lo yield thai they already have started discussing with va rious shipping lines terms for the Hoyal patrouage. One Important line was Informed that the Queen expeeted to leave Cherbourg in the middle of October accompan ied by her youngest daughter. Princess lleana, three ladies in waiting, a secretary, equerry and a small retinue of servants. IHSrONTIM I-; TRAINS Wilmington. Aug. 2 ??. ? Sea board offices here today an nounced discontinuance of two of Its trains between Wilmington, Hamlet, and Charlotte, and a new schedule effective September 1. Nation Wide Importance Of Inlet Project Cited Prominent Man, ho Merchant Point a to Economic I nine of hiHirl Huh When ('.imnht in Teething Million <1 of Other Yearn; l/r/fen federal AUI or vitnl Import to (he State ami Nation. as well ah to the fislu r rni'ii and others dependent upon the flahlnK industry In the sound country of Northeastern Carolina. In the oropoHcd oprniiiK and d* ? i> , enliiK '? f Inlet* to p< null shad arid other valuable food hah to entei in the teemlnK millions of form' i years, In the opinion of I). It Fearing, prominent merchunt in Manteo. on Itoanoke Island. Mr. t>iirl||K urx?? that Kcdem! aid he forthcoming an a m< am <4 , consummating the Inlet project on a scale which would restore the fishing industry to Its former i in 1 portance. Ah JnstlfyinK tin- a.< siMtan.ce of the (Jovernment . h? argues that. through Increasing | the annual catch the price to hm individual consumer In the North or West would he lessoned niai< tlnlly. ami people of all class' * would be enabled to enjoy unstini ed the choice products of tli< North Carolina sound water*. For many years, there has h? ? n a gradual fill 1 n p -up of th< inlet* throuKh which the overflow from/ Northeastern Carolina's stream-* and river* finds Its way to the sea. and throueh which shad. rock, hcrrintc mid a multitude of other valuable fish make their way Into the calmer sounds, and thenc<- up1 Roanoke, Chowan and other rlv rr? ?n4 for ti>? ro'f" of spawning. Hence Ji |h I fia t *i fi * llshlnti Industry gradually hut* ?i ? dined until It has j <1 I He point where It thri-atena ruin for many hundreds of fishermen. Already. many fariiJIIeii have moved away from Ilounoke Inland and othrr points In the fishing country, compelled ( ?> ? foraak" their life-long calling because It no longer will afford them a 1 1 v - lag. Tin- exodus I.h continuing ?lowly, hilt steadily. and threatens eventually to depopulate large sections of the sound country. Whii?- the economic situation thus brought about Is of limt con cern to Uoanoke Inland and Dare County, the condition that has brought It to pass should come in for most thoughtful consideration by million who have never visit* ? d the Inland and Itn shrine of Kngllnh colonization In the New World. Mr. I'?aiint pOlhtH out. "If Congrctm could visit l)ar? County, and Itr members could see for themselves what an Im mensely valuable source of food supply hs* been neglected until It ?+k near extinction." Ik dcclar'd in a recent Interview. "I .don't he lleve they would hesitate to take adequate step* to re-open the In lets. and attain make available to the American at a reason able price the dcllc* .us fond fl*h which are cautfnf In these Hero Who Helped Found Dare (danced Upon Scroll Of the Years, and Is (dad John (J. IIoiiht ? II 'lio I- ought U'iih Lvc anil Hctiiriwil llttmc to //< //> liuihl ( i A i'ii Smith . II hilcs I ir?y Placid Days in Little llome on Koiii toke Islnml Perhaps lu oh I i>irtiir?'M|t|i' amonu tin trinity ??f Date Coun ty* miiis wiiu fouuht in tie civil War alii] still survive, is Jiilili Homer. (ur many year* .1 leadt-i III lilt- politics in tin Island. who livi'M nil a In 1 1? ? la 1111 on lioaimki Ma ml. only a mile ?r mi I rum the lilouitd where Monti Oltl I'uM Ka leigh. where thousands gat In red All^llSt |H to |MV homage 1 ?? the memory or 1 hi- first babe ?>t Kng lisli parent* born on tin- Aui? rlcau coin lllt-llt. Mr. Homer Ik SI. lint In* bean* Ins fourncore .years lightly. beiui: a li)? still to ?|ti many uf tin* chores about the plan'. In teality lie is an udnpt ed sun of Dan*, having moved there from his birthplace in Camden Count> when he whs .a youngMtcr. Tin- other two sur iviving Civil War v? teranx in Hurt* urt? Samuel Forbes, of Maiiteo. ami A mo* Ktheridge. whu is a*|n iirlln^; liis declining year* in Hit- old Sol diers' Hunit* in_ Kulfiuh. Iloih alt' in their early eighties. Huving run away from home when a nit' if lioy lo juin lae's army, the youthful recruit was a> ; Mlgiied to a place an a drummer wiili tlic Kit ly-slxt li North faro Una Infantry, and nerved with tlie | famous Confederate leader in ilif i terrific struggle around lSirhmutid and until the surrender at A|i|hi matlo\. "When la-e numndi red, I said. {'Time is no more,* and win n lit turned hack to Richmond. I turned again to North Carolina," Ihf uki-iI veteran coiiiiuciiifd whimsically. in telling cf his war time experience when Visited hy 11 newspaper limn ut his home the other day. After the war, when the South entered its period of painful ad justment in condition* which dis mayed the- ktrouKcal hearts, Mr. Homer decided definitely to c:nt ' ii Im lot with the -p?*Oplc of ItOMIl oke Inland. Dare County tin 11 hatl not come Into "existence, and i the fisher folk had lo travel long distances to reach their county | seats. j With other*, Mr., limner early I began agitation for the creation 'of a new county, with the result .that Dare came into being hy an I art of the (iencrnl Assembly in 1 1 S71 , belnK formed of the isolated ; mainland east of Alligator liiver. together with Roanoke Island and 'a hundred mile atrip uf coastal 'Islets which had been pit rig of i Currituck and Hyde eouutle*. Mr. ! Homer became deputy sln-rilf, ami j after nerving in that capacity for a few yearn, was elected sheriff, hold 1 11 u that office for 12 yearn. Subsequently for 22 years, Mr. H"mcf was Justice of (lie peace in Nugs Head township, of which Jtoanoke Island In 11 part nnd fur 40 >ear* until about a year ago. he wan court crier. Serene in the fullncK* of years, 'the Civil War veteran who helped found the County of Dare may j observed most any pretty day, *11 > ting placidly in a chair 011 the front iiorcli of his snug little home I or in the shade of the wide spread ing trees in the spacious front ! yard. OUncIng back over the scroll the passing decade# have 'written, he finds much for which ! to be xlad. lI'ltlSOMCK AIAKKS IIIS KSCAI'K FKOAI GUAM) Charlotte, Auk. 26. f'oniornu 'lion awept downtown Mlreeia lion* ! today a Kword passed almiK that J. ? V. Vlckera, young man nerving ? ' prlxon sentence for niaiiatuuKhter, I It ?* ?l eacapi <1 from u prlaon Kiiard l/hlle being carried to the United ^Veterans headquarter* for phys ical examination. Vlckvra was brought here yes terday for examination in an ef fort to get hlM rompenxat ion ln rreaaed. He wan convicted la?t year of xliiylng and robbing Klll , aon Y. lloKcrs on the old Tuck a*eege road. WHOOPIXO 1 1 M UN IJfAlM; TYI'HOID ON THK WV\K Sir Walter Hotel, Raleigh. Aujc. 2 ?. They are Mill w hooping it up not In the Ma la mute saloon but all over the Ktate, According to tin* reports coming in daily to lii<> communicable dixeai"- dUlniou of III*- State Hoard of Health, where 95 new caae* of whooping cough have been reported In tlx la?t three days. There wer?' 21 t Cane* reported lant We* h. The numher of typhoid claetf wtlll remain* rather tilirh. I?u t not 1 hk high ?? In former week* and the ftoxrd of Health believe* that the BUnbtr of cane* will gradual- ; ly decline from now on I here i weri- 55 cam # report- <1 the flrwt j three dayn till* week, and fl? last Week. The epidemic of amailpo* seem* to have RUbxtded entirely, only four n'-w cane* haVlnt. heen re- j ported no far thl: week. with only II cane# reported IrM Week, Infantile parnly?H neeina alao to" hill about run It* eourfce, only one new cane bavin* been report- j ed thla week. I*'! I'm I tiling photographers naw wlit'ii i hey hoarded the West I mho 1 at Hilton on tlx ictorti from IIm* lii'luiati Congo Hi Africa, w?h l+* ??. ? tilt* WllltC-llOH'il IllOllki'V, |M t KillK at them from a stanchion. Currituck's Sweets Still Commanding Good Prices ' Although mi a scale much small Icr than 111 oilier yearn at this sou ,t sun. -Curr-iuiLk aftuct uuiutocs are j moving lo the murketa of the North anil West In a steady stream. aggregating seven t?> ten 'ear loads a day. and Rtill are bringing a price at which a grow er with a fair yield may make an attractive profit. Kulos today ranged around J" a barrel for No. 1 slock, with some potatoes of In ferior grade* selling an low uh $ii. It is indicated now that sweel potato consignments will continue at iheir present rale for several weeks to come, according to Ju lian It. Newborn, produce broker 'here, who handles the bulk of the crop lhat Is shipped Independently. Thy Carolina Potato (exchange, an , organization made up of Currituck County farmers, also ships large quantities' of sweets. Contrasted with average ship-' mcntH of L'o carloads daily In more favorable years, the consignments this season are cited by produce brokers hero as conclusively bear ing out their predictions of a very 'short yl<||d. This Is ascribed to j eold and dry wt alher in I he spring, when the Hproiitg were set out. ' causing many "broken" crop stands. As Is often the ca'j, however, the growers are compensated for ! their short crop this year by de cidedly favorable prices. The mar ket opened at around $12 a barrel some three weeks ago. and still Is , strong. Mike Smith Lands Giants' Contract Mike Smith. slugging outfielder. ?iikI one o f the most popular play- j ?ors In the Carolina League I li Ik I season , is back In town with a I < (Mi tract signed by Manager John IJ. MctJraw. (if tho New York 1 Clants. for exclusive right to h Ih ' (service* on I Ik (lianiond the re-; maluder of t li Ih Munolt, and 1 through 1927. At Ihe Instance of Pralt Fear-I ing. of t h l.i city, who has followed . baseball for a good many years. ' and who recognized h Ih ability the yoitug outfielder went up to the Polo Grounds a f( w weeks ago for 'a tryout before the (Slant's mana ger. Testimony that MeOraw was not entirely dissatisfied with hisj work in forthcoming in the con-' tract mentioned above. McOraw |h quoted by I'ratt , Fearing as having declared that he was ho much pleased, with Mike's work at bat and In the field lha't 1 he hnd no intention of farming j him out to another team for the usual seasoning process. Mr. Fear- ! lug nays also that the New York baseball wizard thanked him pro fusely for putting him onto so valuable a player. In college baseball last spring. Mike Hmlth hatted In a se ries of twenty-odd games. Ills av erage In- the Carolina league. a.< a member of the Klixabeth City (earn, was slightly above .330. Mike admits he received a sub- j stanMal bonus for signing up with the (Slants, hut Is reticent as to th" , amount, conceding only that It wm enough to buy a ? least one Ford - maybe a couple. COALITION MAY BE EXPECTED IN NEXT CONGRESS Kiidorttemeiit by Chairman Madden of Simmons* I Man Mruib Change of I Irarl by Mellon and Cal IIITH Kino VETOED Mellon II as Flan and Urged Karly Kelire ? ii t-iil of I'nhlie Debt Up to This Time 11% 1) \\ II) I.WVItt'A'CK iw*. ?r Mm iihimi Washington, A up. 2ti. ? En dorsement b> Martin 1!. Madden, chairman of t lie a|?i?r oprlatlons committer tit the House of Repre sentatives, of (lie plan to spread the pa viiii.' u t.s liy the American citizens oi t In I r own public debt over a period of yearn means that there will bi' a li< publican-Demo-' cratlc coalition on till* subject In tin- next CouKrcHM. For this xrtii iiK* lias been urged in iieuson unil out of ni'iHon by Senator Simmons, IJ <> in o c r 1 1, ranking member of tin* Senate fin ance committee, and r? presents llii' viewpoint of many members of Hie Republican party in the Hen ate too. The suggestion bus In-en vetoed heretofore by Secretary Mellon of tin- Treasury Department who ha* hern upheld by President Cool idwe. Now the outspoken declara lion in favor (>f postponing the early retirement of the public debt and the application to the whoft budget of money received as pa y incnlN on the foreign debts will re vive the subject and make It dlf* lirult tin* th" administration to In-* terpuse i t h object lulls xucceasfully. Mr. Mellon has contended that the lit obligation of the (Jovern "lent In to pay off the liberty bonds. He has been using all S4f pluses for that purpose and has also been using payments on Inter* est and principal In the same way. Now there id about $150. 000, 000 comlnu in annually from foreign Kovernments. ir it were not used to cut down the public debt It would make the need for raising revenue by taxation just that much lens. Mr. Mellon arguea that by paying off tho liberty bonds an quickly a? possible the Interest chai'tceM on those bonds are correspondingly reduced and in that way the lived charges of the (lovernment are reduced and the tax payer benelits accordingly. Hut Congress has slowly been getting Itself into a different frame of mind uhout the need for early retirement _-of the public debt. It ban been advanced for example that the Government la borrowing money at low rates of Intercut and can retire liberty bonds rapidly because of Its re markable credit position. Also ?v? er mI nee the 1'nited Stales begad giving fori lun governments (| years within which to pay war debts, members of Congress have urgind that it was not necessary for the American people to pay on their debt any soon e r than 26 or ;:o > i ars. At tin present rate of retirement, the public debt may be wiped out In less than 20 yeara and Home statisticians have esti mated that It may be 18 years more. It all depends, of course, on the productivity of the tax rates and tin- continued prosperity of Amer ica. Mr. Mellon says that while tin- surpluses sre hip now tbey may not always be so and thst the I'rilted States had belter pay Its d< hts quickly so th** dollar will never he at a discount. To offset this viewpoint is the clamor for a deep cut in taxes to time for the I !i l! H pr? sldcniiftl campslKn. I'ndoubledly there will be another reduction but Its slse depends on the d< termination of in nt hucIi questions as liavc been raised by Representative Madden of llllnoi* who Is one of the most respected and Influential of the Republican leaders of the House. SPAIN ASKS roil TANG IKK DISTRICT I'Mrln. An*. 2fi. ? The French government ha s recolvtd a memo randum from Spain cxproaalnR tha riealre of thai country ihnt tha In ternallonul district of TanRlar be attached to I ho Hpanlah zone la Morocco. I'WH'I.K WITH "ol,|> MOJIKY" Ml I, I, rilKlllHM roM? HOf'MI AU WalliT Hoi. I. Italclfth, Aug. 2<i. Although their bettor JudR inent t ? I In Ihetn It Ik worlhlaaa, people who "till -have "old mon ey." aoinotlmea Confederate add aomctlmc* of Stale laauo, ?till hope that It may he good and are continually tending II In to Ra IclRh, either to |he State Treaa uror or lo the Auditor, aaklng If It Ih "good." Today Maxtor Durham, Stat# Auditor, hroucht In a handful ?( old. faded and much Rolled money* laMuod by I ho State of North Caro lina In 1*?2. and aaked State Troamiror lien H. Lacy If li was an\ Rood, but It wax not. "?They atlll hope, though, that by aome hook or crook It will be ??ood' aome day. hut there Isa't any chance.'' aald Mr. Lacy.
The Daily Advance (Elizabeth City, N.C.)
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Aug. 26, 1926, edition 1
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