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BEST PROSPECTS FOR CURRITUCK'S PUBLIC SCHOOLS Enrollment Kxpcrlrtl In Itrarli or I'ass 1,200 Mark antl < .omlilinii- Mo*l l a V(?ral>l?' in (iouiitx History TUFA OI'KN Ton U Program of <on*oliilalion Inaugurated lit Mi?s New bury I Yarl i?\ill\ loin plftc; Trained IVarli?'i> Currituck. Aug. ?With an Aenrollnn-iit whirl, In Monday of next week. wh. n Kimiis inland school opens, is to reach or pass ih<* 1 1! murk, t'urrilui'k '?Schools at ali |> tin: ? i',\i??ni Knolls Inland open t ? ??l.i > under t tio m??l favorable in the history of (he ron nt y. With i lo* html* at Harbinger, Jai vision and Powells I'oim. con solidated at Powells I'oint, Cnrrl luck's program of consolidation, luting ur:ii?'d when MNi Maud New bury became Identified with Ihc school xyuirm of tin' co ii lily. be came practically complete. Miss Annie Lee Howard, graduate of the two years course ai the Kant Carolina Teachers College fur Wo men. Is prluclpul of the ik w con solidated school. Miss. Howard ^yas at Poplar Branch la* I year 4ind did very satisfactory work. Miss Mildred Mattocks, also a graduate of the East Carolina {teachers College for Women, who ksd sinned a contract to teach at Poplar Branch, was released from her contract at the request of Miss Newbury atul Is teaching in the Powells I'oint school. Miss lleot Mpe Williams, who did skilb-d pork at Jarvlsburg last year serv ing s principal of Ihc two teach er school at that place, has third and fourth grades at Powell's ^olut. Mrs. Esther Albriitoii. for merly primary teacher at Powells Point, who took a course this sum mer nt Kast Carolina Teachers College for Women, will have th*> first grade at Powells Point con solidated school. Moyock High School opened to day with C. N. Haughu enti ing upon his third year as principal. Mr. Baughu has spent the sum mer at Columbia University In btudy under specialists in educa ti'?n. Moyock is also fortunate In 'having again as teacher of agri culture T. It. Elliott. who has been st Moyock for the last four years snd who during that time has won recognized place among the best lose hers of agriculture in the State. Other teacher* returning to Moyock are Miss Isabel Lacy. .Mrs. W. W .Smith und Mrs. (*. N. Baughn. New teachers include '^MIhr Alia Meredith of Tarbofo, graduate of the North Carolina -College for Women, who will teach home economics: Mis* Mil dred Mc.Dcurmcn of Appamalox. Virginia, a graduate nf Randolph Macon Womnns College, who will teach EnglUh and l-atln; Miss Sal ly Cheek or Ocrocoke. a graduate ?Of the degree course at Kast Caro lina Teachers College for Wo men. who will tench history and yOlvlcs; and Miss Ada Belle Ses isoms of Ahoskle. n graduate of the two years course at the Kast Car pllna Teachers College for Wo men, who will teach the primary ?grades. | . Mrs. Carl Brumsey. who has Served as primary teacher for ! three years at Currituck, entered [ upon her fourth year In that school , today, after having spent the sum I mor .it Columbia University In the ' study of problems of priinHry ed ucation under specisllsts In this field. Besides teaching the first grade. Mrs Brumsey will also serve as principal at ('urrlluck and as demons! ration first grade teacher for the county. Other rjAschers at Currituck are Miss PBl^snor l.ane of Klizabeth Clly. tgho will tench fifth and sixth ^Tades. Miss Irene Simmons of Pollock ville, who wijl teach fourth I grade; and Miss Frances Bar rlnger of Salisbury, who will teAch second and third grades. All thrss of these teachers nre grad uates of a two years' course nt Kast Carolina Teachers College for Women. Poplar Branch has a new prin cipal this year In B. Willard I)f - Hhate of Danville, Virginia, a grad uate of Wake Forest college, who hits been doing graduate work at rite University of Vlrglnls, Mr. |>>*nha*e has had a number of > rare experience as principal of schools in Virginia and Florida slid bus been abroad. Other teach ers at Poplar Branch are Miss Minnie flurr. who returns to her work at Poplar Hranch after hav ing spent ,w'? eifmmere In ftody !f?ual ('diimhia University; Mr and M: Kmory Smith: Miss Silnette of I.mk hburg. Virginia, a grad uate "f Handolph-Macon Woman's - Coll- *Ho will teach English snd I 'n; Miss Bertha Plland. a grade of the degree course of East C troUna Teachers College. twill teach hleiory and civics; p . Mile of Kynchhurg. Vlr a iduste of the State Col foi Teachers nt Fredcrlcks , who will handle commercial Mi" W II. Walker, who c "turns to the prlnclpslahlp of th? She Likes to Be a Sheik Ruth Rundcn* of Evnnnvllle, Ind., do?-sn't mind belnic a Klrl. but she HIcoh to be a whelk, too. So she dre*?e? In her brother's cloihm mid imikeit duti-? with tbe Kirls ? and fools 'cm. too. "Sure. I K?t a kick out of jtettinK 'fin," *ho naya. She'* 10. Sees Bright Future For Elizabeth City Keen interest in the ! Improvement program which Is to transform Kllzaht tli City within ithp. comlDK year, is ? xpressed by Victor K. Overman, mm of Mrs. J. : I'. Overman, living on Kant rimrcli ?street. ii former Kllzaheth City' boy wiio is making Ills mark ah a 1 ? professional photographer in Oma- 1 ha. Nebraska. H<- is here for a short vacation, renewing obi no- 1 ( (|uaiiitanci-ships anil visiting faini i liar scenes. Mr. Overman was much Im pressed with the evidences of ! progress to b* seen on every hand i In Elizabeth City, not so much by .what has been accomplished, but ;by the many thinus tinder way. as evidenced by tin- torn-up street*, i and such construction projects as the new Virginia l>are Hotel, the new Carolina Theater, the Sellu store heiug built on Kast Main I street, and the many municipal j , undertakings. As others have been, he was in- j Itcrested In the prospect for rapid i {and substantial growth offend i?y j the opening-lip of the Albemarle district by the construction of new hardsurfaced roads and the half ? million dollar Chowan nridge, at j Kdenton. I "With Its opportunities, Kliza-I belli City should have n bright fu- ' tore," he commented, when told | , of the various development proj ects which have been undertaken, ' or which are in the making here, j COTTON MARKKT 1 New York, Auk. ??!.- Cotton! j futures opened tnday at the fol | lowing levels: October 17.72, De cember 17.74, January 17.K0, J March 17.!??. May 18.13, New Yrk, Auk. T'.l Spot cot (ton closed, tone steadv. 15 |?oints advance; middling Itt.Ofi. Future* ! jcloslnu bill: October 17. HK. De- I j cent her 17.93. January 17.98,1 March 18.1&, May 18.:?:s. elementary school for her eighth | !year: Mrs. W. T. Forbes, Mrs. 1 Norman Gregory. Mrs. Itospoe ' ilaum and Miss Julia Tyler of j Jtoxobel. Mins Tyler "Is a grad- 1 uate of the two year course of I the Fast Carolina Teachers Col- j lege and will tench first grade. Km- J ory Smith's work at Poplar j llranch In agriculture has won him equal distinction with that of Mr. K.lliott of Moyotk. j Mrs. Katherlne Steele, a grad-j (iinte of Teachers College m Co-, lumhla Cnlversity. will serve as| principal at the school at Knotts Island. As assistant she will have Miss It u by Oldham and Miss Pearl Taylor, both of whom took a sum mer course at Kast Carolina Tcacli jcr*' College, and have had sev- ; eral years of successful exper*' Hence. The home demostratlon ! agent will leach home economics In the Knolls Island school. The (ilhle< and Corolla have Mr. 1?. K. Port** III Mr*. S. J. Wal ker returnlnr for another year. A* supervisor of music and In dustrial arts In the schools of j Currituck connty Mixs Hilda Jen-, nette will serve. Ml?s ltachn| Kv eiette, who holds ft masters degree ' from the Cnlversity of Chicago., continues home demonstration i work in the county, working both through the schools snd through | i women's clubs Arrangement! CITY LICENSES FOR NEXT YEAR DUE WEDNESDAY i Biihmm-kh Mm, Aiito Dri ' vers and Other* Itrniinil nl I hat Annual Date to "Shell Out" Here Again (FEW AKK FOHKIIANDED | Will in?<l;iy, Sp|lt)'nibcr 1, is 1 1 1 . - ? day of da.vH. insofar as autoniohlle I drivers, lliiiHe engaged in mercan tile or other businesses, and va i rlous othorn front whom the city J and Sintc demand their pounds of 'flesh for plying their vocations, must Ro before City Clerk John H. Isnowdeu and procure the needful j licenses. Licenses of all sort* are due land payable on September I. Two weeks later, a penalty of Ave per I rent is added ?m an uncomfortable reminder for those who have been I delinquent. There Is no esraplng the engle eye of the llcenHc tax col lector. I A kooiIIv sprinkling of automo l bile owner* already have procured | their llceiiHe tags and driving per I in It h for the year beginning Sep tember 1. about 375 having looked after this essential detail up to Tuesday morning. About 1,700 persons took oul driving permits last year, indicating that about 20 pel cent of those who should have the permils thin year have pro cured theni already. The business of tuking out a driving permit In not as compli cated as it war* last summer, from the fact that llioiift who stood ex aminations then have only to pre sent their cards, with the requislte dollar. In order to be admitted to the Hflect circle of qualified driv er* thin year. As a mean* of in forming those who may he a little rusty on driving regulations, a small pamphlet has been prepared, setting forth concisely the things that an automobile driver Is ex pected to know. The pamphlet is available, free of Charge, to all who ask for it at the city offices ill the new Telephone Itutidiiia. oil South Itoad street, near Main. Special attention Is to be paid those who are tardy In taking out their licenses this year. It Is an nounced. Tho police are prepat ing to make a city wide canvass. Inking the name* and addresses of ull who are supposed to have auto mobile driving permits 01 oth? r licenses, and noting carefully whether they have compiled with the law. If they have not, there is every prospect that they may have the privilege of appearing In recorder's court and explaining matters satisfactorily. Few merchants and others had taken out their licenses up to Tuesday, largely because ninny of (hoae who must pay them are taxed on th? basis of their gross sales for the year endlnt- August 31. In discussing this phase of the situation. City Clerk Snowden declared he anticipated a rush Wednesday, continuing through the rest of the week. have also been made for the em ployment of a school numa Id Cur rituck county thla year. BUSINESS MEN HAVE (iOOl) WORD ON ADVERTISING oiir-Dolli ir Days l)iclar??l M?*t SurN'Hsful (l(Hi|H'nilivr Selling Ev ?? ill in 4!ilyV lli-lor\ C V.MK. I IIIIM Al ^lt Sliop|M'r?< t!anir I r o hi !\1;iii\ tonnli?- and M ?*r chants \\ mild I Jk?' to Have* Similar Events D?cld?dly tin* iuosi MUM?fisful c?-0|i?-rai lv?- M'ltuiK ?*\?ut in ill*' history nf Kllzalii-(li City '* a s ili? Iiuii-uiii festival s?i I < ? 1 tin > ? i ti on Saturday ami Mnmla>. NtuMcb Your Dollai Days n> Klizatn-th City. "I have Ih'i'IJ k? lliu*: nirrchau ilis?- in Kli/ahi'lh City l??r 27 years,"1 Rays T. T. Ti?iu? r o| T, 'I'. Turner a- (*(iin|iiiii> . ".mil las} Saturday was nii?- ol ih> hush at 1 ??v.-r spi m. I (Muldu'i mi ori rot dinio r nr sti|i|n-r. so busy Old one ousloiui-rs li-fp no N<i I all tn?' 1 4%liii nt p i! t K'i|tatu\k nri- a> enthusiast ii- a: Mi. 'liitneC and u v? ry t<-w i: > so tar as to pWf pr*-ss disa|i|ioiiiiiui'iit at tin- n-shw liut tli>' lall< r ouitstii ui.-H a vna Kiuall tiiiiinrUv . iiimi" ullurs oft |ir<>s*i ut; I In tiu.i'ivfii as < vn i-din^B Well pb ased arc I'taiu. S< llu <? ih. lii in of Louis Kidana and I*. I". Caircti ol tlu> Carri-tV Hardware Company. ls?-niiii> stvvi ? tis til C. A. Cook*-. M. la'iul Sheep < i r (h< M l.i'lrh Sheep CuinF pauy. A. ti. James of the Bi1k1i| Jcweliy Company. I>. T. Singlcl Ion. and \Y. K. I'rllciiard of Owl ens Shoe C*oiii|?any. 1 "What I particularly liked, 'I said Mr. rritehard, "Was tin- fact that I observed quite a number of to* w laces aiiioim ihc customers' in our store, especially on Satur-' day. I am convinced thai such, bargain events as Stretch- Your-' Dollar Days art* one of i li? ? best means ot developing our Itaili1 ter ritory ." Not ;i fir in participating. so far as coil l?l he learm-d hut that be . j li?-vi-?l ' that Slrctch-YnuMmller ! LJays had stimulated Saturday'-* trail.' in KIizab?-th City to such a 'point as to make it Well worth j whih'. Only one was (omul who could *01? no direct result* ho far ! as liis own advertising waa ran ; cerned. Hero Is an unsolicited letter that the editor found <?n his desk at the close nf business Monday j evening : I "Just a word or two nf evpres jsion regarding St retch -Your- Do I - lar Days: | "Our Saturday's business was the largest of any corresponding I day of this year and a majority of jour customers ?-lt h?*r bought or in ? quired of the specials w?- advi-r | tlaed in tl??* local papers. Mon day's business wan also very grati j fylng and w> attribute it mostly | to tin* exceedingly uooil values ol ? I f- red by local merchants whlco | brought the peoph to town to buy. 1 "We trust Stretch-Your-Dollar Days will he an annual event in 1 Klizabetb City. "Yours very truly. "F\ W. SKI.Ii;." ? A number of merchants urge that iUretch-Your-DoJIor Days be | made regular events In Kll/.ah?th jcity. Antony these is M. l.<-igh | Sheep of the M. 1^-luli Sheep Coiii pany. Jn a letter to tlx* editor un der date of August ::i. Mr. Sheep ! says : "Stretrh-Your-Dollar Days w> r? a decided nur?- ess as a trade event, in that they M inmlab-d business in all brunches on Saturday and Monday. "I believe a co-operative event of this kind, held several times a I year, would lie well worth while j- and I am sure the other mer chant* of our town would gladly enter into such an undertaklnu an this sort of advertising Is f** oKnizcd a* the best possible niHh od of developing one's trade tor : ritory. ? "We have a wonderful section with unlimited possibilities. 'Ihe business men of Kllzahcth City can by co-operation with one an other. and by getting belter ac quainted with, and studylnu the needs of our friend?) in the sur rounding territory, do much to hasten that great development that Is hound to come to it* With in the next f?w years. "I want to congratulate The Advance on initiating this move uiont and I hop'1 you will follow | tills up as suggested, at sunn suit able lime. "I am. Willi very best wishes. ?j "M. I.KH5H HHKi:i' A 2f? per cent increase on nor mal Saturday and Monday Inisi* neaa it* reported l?y M. C. l/?v?*, dealer in meats and poultry. In it letter to The Advance written Tuesday Mr. I<ove says: "Regarding the 81 retch -You r Dollar days in Cllzalicth City I wHh to say that my voliino- of business In those two dayx was something like 2f? per cent great-; er than the average Saturday and' Monday. "Many of my customers com ia filiated ?ue on my phenomenal in ductions and I attribute tin- m . crease In business dlrertl) toi newspaper advertising. "Personally I approve of Hi** 1 Stretch- Your-Dollar Idea and would like to tee Stretch -Your CHERRY WINK IS CAUSE TROUBLE AND HEAVY FINE VttoriK') ICoIm rl l.<?wr> Naiianlly DclVmlo flirnl Mini AUo tile \\ (mIvIIC^n oi tlir ( !li<*rr\ \\ ii??' 01 1 k i;ics 1 1: i i i > it Mir) \\ Surr ll Would Makr a Man Drunk ami ^ oiui^ Itrlaii^ia l oiiml > i 1 1 1 1 1 a i l.i?|iiid Effnlivi' Currituck Courthouse. :: I . Iii court witli a ||v.< ; .ill?>u hot tli- IimiimI on Ins premise, tilled with a ??-?! 1 1?| n i?l whirli Cm - ill urk I'oiice tutu*, i iielam-ia ami hu< son certified t?i be cheriy wine. I.ioyd Simons, colored . ' vva> ;ul jii?I ???! uuilty l?\ Cnuuty l!?i*i?r?h r .Vtt belli of UJi ;-al possession of an iut oxicati in' iMVeraL-e ami liu? <1 J.?U ami i'ii;tih, The d* f? n*i.i nt wan ai.*o required to appeal Ih?Iu|i the court every I lit ? ?? tumuli* fur tin* ii- vt 12 ami shim i luit h<- hail not violated tin- Tut liutMon Act. Tin.' iuci iliiiiiatniK 1 1?| u i?i was tiuiinl coiici-ah'il in :i hrancli ah. Mil yar?l;< from i li? defendant's hack doorstep in a raid staged h> I'olicc Officers lb-lam ia ami Ktli endue and Ih-langia s sou last Sat unlay. There was alsn a <|iiart jai ahotii tlire, -quarter:. lull an pan-ntl) i<f tli - same liquid in tin I|IM|!*C. Simons rlaimcd Hi.it In- made llo* wim* tor his wife and Iot si: - i< -r-ln-law. lii'iiri'ia Harrington, wltcii tlo-y brought liiiu tin* inicn - dh-nts, consisting ol a ?|ii(i nt it > or wi hi cherries and live pounds ol sutur and asked him to do so. Heorgiu had just been notified 'that the win*- was ready for ili\i sion and had Intended in come lor ? her share last Saturday had ' not , the |Hilin> officers In atoll lo r to .it. who testified. ' Itoheti I.uw'ry, K1 izahet h City :attormy representing Hie defend ant, made a vlunmus i?i<-;i for his client, arMiiitiK that lo- was not I'Uilly. first, because tin- wim* was kept for his ?iwii consumption ami thul of Ids holm llde giie.vts; ami. I'erond. because then- was not tjuf ficleut alcoholic ruutent in Ihe rather weak two weckc" <dil bev erage in the hnttle t ?> produce in ? toxica I ion. The court was against hint, however, on the first point he cause the huttle was concealed on Simons' premises illSteHll of ill his dwelling. and nn the second be cause hot ll llelatlgia, Whu.se fee of 110 lor every arrest he make* Is contingent ui>oit convicllon Iwfore the recorder, and his . on t?-st i li* ?l that they had tasted the nlh g? d W'lne ami that in their o|diiion it would produce intoxication. Voiim llelungia in fart testified that In had l>e en ?li uiik in time past on a very similat concoction. David Jarvis ami (Sertrude Jar vis, hnlh colored, up as a result of an affray, were eaeh -foil mi Kuilt) aim ol carrying a court ah d weapiiti. For tin- lalt? r oft# use David was lined fall and costs and on the uKsault charge was let ofi with $.r? and rusts, fieri rude w.m filled 1 1 0 and costs. It. I*. Criflin was fined f.r? for failure to stop at a railroad cross ing, hut Judgment was suspend* 'I on payment of ciwIn. Ituhy lira y. masculiiK* despite his appellation, was fined fid ami costs on a drunk and disorderly charge. J no Taylor, fined 12.1 and costs Monday nf Inst week on a charge of forrlhle trespass and r* ?|ii lr*-il to icive hond in addition In sum of> flUU fnr good In-havior. though lie had paid his line, had not given bond at the Him of the court's, slttiiu*. on .Monday and stood in Imminent danger of immediate In 1 curceratlon. according to clerk ol the Court llaxler |i. | t? l I . Siiiii Jnu<*s. ti imrled lasl week an havln:: been h-t off under una pendi'd judgment mi payment of cost* after having been adjudged guilty nf disturbing religious wo r | ship, was in fart required to pay a line of f2.1 ami rosts for the of fense and was then given freedom { under a suspended jail aentence. I Dollar l>ay come ahout four 1 1 a year. "Yours very truly. "M. C. LOVK." I Here Is a letter from P. K. Oar-' rett - of llie thtm lt Hardware Company which came in at noon t<?day : "It give* iih great pleasure to advise you of the wonderful sue cess that We had mi the Stretch Your Dollar Day sales. We had customer* in our store from tin adJidnlnK counties includm '?ales, Chowan, and Dare. Our siles for Monday were the lies! that we Imve enjoyed during the aumtner months. "We fed that thc?n> day. 4 have been an asset to the advertise ment of our hii "iuess and we wish to thank The Dally Advance for the co operation It has extended us in promotlnt'. these Stnlch Your Dollar Days. "Assuring you of our co-opera* tlon Irk putting l'*27 Htrcleh-Your Doliar Day* over, we beg to re main, "Yours very truly. "fl A It IIKTT HDW. CD. "Ily F P. UAH IIKTT." A l?(ter received from T. T. Turner A Company says: "Stratch Your-Dollar Day a wcra / A Future Jack Dempsey Mr uud Mr* Frank Mri'ui- ot KlriiiliiKhuiit, Ala.. mm- ? onfldrnt Ihnt Ihfli ??uil i'atrlik IM icdIIik ??' H?iuth**l Jin k l-K-iii|*M-y win n he kiuar uji. Ainl lit* woiulfi (hi- yollHK?tfl I* ?ml V vlK^t liiunthn nlil it ml h? WvlKlm JU pouiulM. Ue'h ihown tlcrv with lit* inolhci Tile luil only wHKhi i! Mfid it halt |*on lain ill lililh, latl. Im-khii kuIiiIiik luplrily noon thvrviiftei | Traffic Light Docs Stuff Attracting Curious Crowd I arions Comments Heard. Sonn ? lacorafde and Others Otherwise* as \ eir Derive does Inlit O iteration at intersection itf Main and lioail Streets Tin- iinw Iraffir shnal .f Main 21111I l.oad xlreeix filially i in < . | ? ? rat Ion. ami wax aitrai-litm uim-li attention yesterday .'iff* i ihhiii. w In M I lu* swilrh wji*: "11 I In own. mill i In* colored ll'ulifi. look ov>. r the jol< i?( pilot im mm ikisI ill' , Imtty Southern Iloiel rorm i. Till- hIuIUiI WSIS lllHlilllt'll I w<> \vi eks iiuii, I. lit t'otjlii mil In put into use then hoeaiixe ili> control swilrli had uot liro&fti In Iran sit. mill U liew mil' li.nl III Im- III , riereil 1 1 mil i Im lactory. Till.-* imv casinmd hoiim* delay. arid tin* lir.ht was m?l In hiiiliiiiKii fur ilul.v Wi lli ycaterday. There' an* I la IM-lx. n indicates for traffic in move ahead. lied direct* it lo lop. \ ?yellow Ik- lit. ih signaled "rail Hon." Ilanln-rt on r?>r a couple ol tfecoud* when I In- n il nr me?ui Ik-Ill lo In t;i> on. Tin* I siller two ( II:. Ills remain on for intervals ol ;}U . to ml: i each. A crowd r.jii her I'll ai I In- hoi el niriii r when I !??? IIuIiIh Im-uhii "do ing lli' lr stiifr." Molorklx, rom- ! Iim ami roIiik on I Iim iliterxecliir.: ; x I reels. eyed tin- mw i|i<vir?- willi' every I'Vldi'iife of rurlnHlii. many ' evidently nol quilt' uriihi.tamlin. what II Wa h all about. iim driver fliiln'i nee I| al all. ami rode ik-lit j , puxt it with lie- r?il lar.li t going I lull strength. ' ('omlucntH on tin' ininvat ion Were Viujoux. Siimi' Mild II w^t>- a good I hi lit,, III thai ii would ke? p J <;i;kkck is siiakkin in an K\it i iiyi \ki: Athens. Auk. Ilri'ifi' Ium hei-n alia ken l?y a strong ?-.nih quake iiffeetlnu I lie enliri -toiiii. ry. 1 No casualties are reported. iTIiere wan a small 1111101111I of ilaui age in Circus ami Spuria. roVSTXMK IXI.MMm.I in III At. IIOI.I-: VI \I.KIC \M \ Constance Tftlniudgc play* Im llioxl unique role ill "III ? Hisler K ro ill I'hiIh." whlrli Firm National ix offerinK ill tin- Alkrania Tina ler today and lomorrow. "My Information Im that llilu is the lirnt I Iim I ^instance Talinad' ? ha i ac|.d the |..ni of ler own six ler." *ay* Shrlhy Itorgcxu, hook , iim nt'int "Connlniice play two distinctly diifeient roles, one a lovely hut limid you Ii" hou -ewife and the otlu r a liruXei;. Iioi |. 1 mix I'aii inn daneer. The two char no torn ore twin hIhIw." a derided Micrc** wilh u and Hal - , unlay a>id Monday w? 11 lire linn ' ner days for tlie niotith of Auuilxf , "W?* h? llevr a Co operative ? ??vent of till?* kind In hi iPvi-ral , timet each pijiMni would (iravr most helpful and om or ihe hest imlhod* of deve|o|i|ii-. our *011 de 1 fill trade territory. "We hope you will follow till* ti|* wilh another ?{ini this fall nnd we want to n?i ululate you for Initiating till movement. "With bfiit wishes we are, "Nenpert folk yours, "T. T. TURNEK * COMPANY.", ! traffic moviii;-. in ord* rly fashion, ,'aad < limiriale i it ?? h;i/;ir<| or arci Others Ik III |li;tt it Was ? ill I >? ly uiiiM-i'.-sHiiry, ami :i In ?i I ? - :? ralhui hcentisr ii would hold up frame when the . fn?l was char. om? individual paint- d a L-raphlc \uiiil |il?-l ii r?* i?i a harrowed nio inrisi, waiting ini<rioinnhly !"???? 1 h? ? r?'?l Ii: lit to i;?? ??ft when thero wasn I niiotlii'i' car imxsIid; Iii any illl'l't Inli. "Tlilrt is the k i imI of thin;: iliat drives p? ople away limn Klixuhcth Cily." In- mourned, in cloHiiit* Ii i . philippic. In ^emrul. tlir roiuiiH ill?' were favorable, liowi v? I*. Miih( nlw iv ? I'h I ? II Ihal, in addition lo prilv i ii tr a IniIIii rMMiM' trulTfic problem, tin- I it.- Ii l . \v Ii ir- Ii !? rlos? l> similar lo tint!*!* in iisi- on liilsy cornets in many clttis. would lend a new iri< - 1 r? 1 1 i t :? ii toiiMi lo Klixabeth ,1'lty. I lii' traffic signal i< lo opi-rale I for ::o days on a Irial basis. Thus , far. I Ii*- I'ity rjilliciK only have paid for fit- f r < i : I ? I on it. and the :iii|ilit;ilili' cosl of iiiHlnllation. .which wan I'ffiTli-d hy rilv ciii idoyt-H under IIm- direction of Councilman l>. I.'av Kimiikt. Mr. Kiaim-r reeelved tio pay for )i in Kurvlci h. Aflrr a monlh. Ilo < " i t y Council call lain tin* lifclit. oi paitK It up. In iln la Iter even I, tlic only uddi liniial cost will i? Hi*' freight back I to tin- Norfolk oli'ctrical firm | which supplied it. MAItll'AI. IIJOriH.F.S aikkii in 101 h i; Wile Tell* t ooi t Mic I ViiiviI llli* hand \\a*? lednu lo Kill lli'i* -Afh'r (/icilll'l "ll looks lo inr like every sorry man in llie world im-Ih a Hood, xiimrt wife," eoimiieiifcil T i in I Justice |'. <5. Sawyer In dlsp'ositr.: ot a charge of itou-Kiipport hionuht auaim-t Alexander Lit, color* d. known as "llulioosr." hy his wlfi". <!ora. Tin- court sen i> need l#ee lo four months in jail, tin- It I III t?> hi- ill: |n lid' d lor two yi ai'ft, comlltiotial Upon Iii'- mak iiiu propi i provision for his fam ily. Tlo- wife h stifled that she had Im kii mailed Hi yen iv. and had u In*' II vine children. addinu Ihal th?- look in washim' fur llit f.i lllllies in siipph m*-nl tin* family Income. In inr charter ae.alnsl l?ec, she declori'd In- had slept III In r bed loom Monday niwht a week auo. with a pistol in his shirt, and I hat Hie was afraid Im- would kill lier. Shi' ii"iih?-d nlf.o ihal h<* had liol been doltm liia pHIt in fUipportliiK the family. An additional chain1, of carry in.; concealed weapons had been pr< fi in*d against lye, lull this Man dropped wlo-n It became up patent that tin* only I'Vlili-nra araiiMt him wan Ills wife'* testi mony^ which was ruled out under ; a fit j? I lite har > in..-. It The court also disponed or tWo| minor chhm Involving alleged In - f i actions of the traffic laws. DIFFICULT (JET RID POLITICS IN COMMISSIONS Kcpnx'iilulivi1 Will Wood ol ln<li;iiiu lias I'lan for \l???li<*liiii^ tin* Federal Trade llod> WIM I II II WOKK? (i?innii?-ion \\u? Keally C.realed HeraiiHi* of the Ver% (juidilioti Mr. Wood Seek* to (aire III l>\\ III I.WVKKNt K (Copyrnni. js.-b. it rrx ttitMti Washington. Ann. III. ? An i iimiiuviii' iii 1>v Representative Will It. Wood of Indiana, chair man of tin- Republican I'onKrea sional Campaign (luinmlltfc, of I hi.-* intention to lead a movement I t<ir i In* abolition of independent I com missions ami ? -slahlshmenta ao iili.it tiny wiiii hi hi' entirely un j iIim tin- control of t lit* Chief Kxe icnti\. is in line with previous ef 1 forts to pi rid nf the Federal I Traili' Commission and similar ln I .-.til in ion.- that have been hi-par llisan i (furl!', (hut have not had tin- sll:' hti'st chalice of surceu, a <? There tiro several t li In km on which I'mmriM has ti-nacloualy insisted (In- disposal of public property kiicIi as tin- Covcrtiment lif t, tin* control u( tariff rates and i mi u 1 1 li -M and tin- rifclit to Inquire i a t ii corporate management tliroituh an anenry which Is thor oughly Independent of tin- Depart im nt of justice. Thi'iiri-t icafl> tln-h1 is no nation why tin- l-Vdi-ral Trade Commie siuii should not he n burden un der tin- direct control of the At itoruey Ccm-tnl, as. In effect, pro | posed by Representative Wood. , | lint tin- l-vdi-ral Trade Commls I sion was created because of tho |vry coiidilion which it is Mr. I Wood's I ii I >iil ion to cure, namely tin- political Influence. In practlc ally every administration, Demo cratic as wi ll as Republican, the i President has exercised such a | control over his Attorney (ienerat 1 I as to make It possible to press I some Mills and abandon other*. 'Opinions mi nmhiKUoiiH questions ' | have usually been rendered In the | direct Ion desired by the Chief Ex :eciltlve. 3 I Congress lias not felt that tt 'could rely on the Inquiries con ducted by the Department of Jus tire, hfctiu:<?- if u Republican ad ministration weie in power, Re publican politics would Influence an ii ku renal vn or indifferent In quiry as tiie case mb'.ht be. Hltnf larly. when the Democrats have had control of the Department Of Justice ami Republican Congress has not felt that exhaustive 16 quiries would he made on subjects in which it was Interested. The re sult ol tliis situation has been ttye ra creation of bi-partisan commis sions directly i cMpoiisihlc to Coa- j jjpfis. While it is true that the Chief Ivxi'CUtlVe |i> lis'' of the poW- J < r of uppoiiilmi-iii can control the I various tudepi mleut commissions ) It is tilsn true iliat Congress may refuse to conllriii individuals who have entered into any underntsnd- '? Inn with the Chief Kxecutlve rel- ' alive to any policy to be pursued. ! Although then* liuvi! been fra ; (pii'iil delays dm to distention of iim inlx i k of I h?- cumnilMilonB, this ; I ; n comparatively n-rent occur ' i ? ?!????? and was not chamcti*rlAtlc tit I In* uperalioiiH c?f thi> hoards .'mil roiiiiiiluMloii.s when they wire llrat created. Tin* real difficulty U thai llii' positions; do not pay bit; I'liftliuh nalaih 'i to attract men of capacity ami judiMiiMit a nil that llo* peranum! Ii.ih Im-imi largely gl r ? ii over to oJIiee-jieckliig pollti ] claim. I'rarf Ically every I'rcaldent haa hail dift'icolly L?iili?jf aide men wlio hiiVf ilhiliiiKiilidied them* ^Hi'lvi'M In himlncKH or the profea hIoiim to ronii- to Washington to till (In* vii i loos com hi Inalona and hnanlK. In llii1 Ii'w raHi-s where able ion i) have come lore, their cotmt riii-Hv work lian been , blocked hv tho ii?*ci'iif Ity of co-op erntiiu; with men of le-u;?-r ability whose judgment.; art* beclouded hv political cotiHlilirallonn. Mi. Wooil *. plana are baaed up on a belief thiil a.4 ln't wi'i'ii the pri'Mi nt situation In the various romoiiHf Ion* and the control by a hIiiuIi- Cabinet offln-r of 1he work h' Inr done by thn Independent commission llo rc would bo a vast impr 1 1 v ? ' i n ? ? 1 1 1 in th?- lalli*r meth od. lilKiiiti-ri'Hted ohsii'rvera are Inrllnrtl to ugrei* with Mr. Wood thai llipn would he more efflclen cv under I It ? ? I 'a hi net olTlcer than Is possible with I h*- present per sonnel llut i hi' alternative ' iiaiiu-ly. better men to llll vaean cies and mon freedom of action ;r contemplated hv tlo* original latute creatlmr Mm- '-.m mission l< >??*? to Im* demount rated aa Im possible to ntlaln. Coiiitphs |? not In the mood to mi r ri-iiil' r It m power over nhlppli| mi corporate management or the tarlfT to the complete control, of I f Ik executive and If anything the discussion I* K'dnic to turn inor# toward Independence of the Chief Executive than hlit been the casa , heretofore. I The hi ?ist becoming rouge OB the market la healthy food and plenty of good eisretee.
The Daily Advance (Elizabeth City, N.C.)
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Aug. 31, 1926, edition 1
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