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CONGRESS SHOULD
; TAKE PROMPT AC
; HON ON IMML BILL
.We Get Limited Quantity of Worker*
With No Thought to Quality Un-1
der Emergency Act. Also Impose
? Hardships Upon Poor Who Cannot
" Afford to Gamble With Quota
Rale.
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-Note: Last week the night of Oc
tober 31, Ellis Island, at Nfeit York,
"Was jammed with thousands of immi
grants awaiting entrance to the Uni
ted States. Dozens of big ocean lin- .
eys were racing to pojt carrying 20,
800 more?all gambling their life sav
ings that they would be in time to
be admitted under the November
quota allowed their respective coun
tries under our immigration laws. U.
& Commissioner Curran estimated
that at least a dozen national quotas
mould be exhausted within an hour
after midnight, November 1st. He
expressed anxiety over the situation,
saying: "The situation \ye face.is by
"far the worst Ellis Island has ever
JOKjwn. The best we can do is to ex
amine 2,000 a day. Several staff men.
have broken down under the night
and dary work. Thousands of. immi
grants will be too late and must be
^fent back their money spent in a
fruitless gamble for homes here."?
jjditor.
Written Specially for The Enterprise
S By DIRK P. DeYOUNG
(Through Autocaster Service.)
]?,The present immigration law,
:which expires June 30, A324, is only
an emergency measure hurriedly jam
med through congress shortly after
t$e close of the world war.. It was
? Introduced at a time when the nation
? feeling against hyphenates ran
high, and was railroaded through in
period when unemployment was
? i niiiitilj general throughout the
ijnited States.
,iWhen the'measure comes up in the
first, because the passions of war
base died out to a large extent, and,
secondly, because the supply of la
bor is not now abundant and a saner
influence from larger interest will
jftaw poake itself ?e&? 4$ i
Thin nun 1 limn ffio
is a piece of ? bhftket legislation
which limits the annual immigration
thg United States Xm three per
cent of certain nationals on a basis
of like nationals already residing, lb !
this country in 1910. * Moreover, it
.fixes these quotas so thai any given
Ration can only send twenty per cent
of its annual allowance in any one
;month of a fiscal year.
r. Finally, the worst part of it is that
there is no way of ascertaining the
atate of the various quotas until the
Eu&itsan emigTants are dumped at
Ellis Island. . .
In Hp practical workings the low
serves principally as -a numbering'
?machine, operating in New ^ptlu.
^d
other objection to
jmt selecting our immigrants now at
fl on a JOtt ?rjjuaflty.
| the rigorous method of letting
U?wii the ban to foreigners under out
ffWgoncy HMUgmtioit law.
1eanfusionri?re!, confusion abfcoad, ir
aijfcstkm, diplomatic friction, loss of
Money to immigrants, and a gaiter-;
Snr ill-feeling ifhkh can ha*r tat
& end? tumble trouble fa : larrsr
pRO CTKr-^^ U O ic
f^iany uslflgnia,
4H? VMURn
Mirningiin Europe before the tar
tiiMn hn*^r> A fehflt out- mnderi
ggftflrlaiiiT^
Mis a qdeetwn ^numbers Srgely,
?a?i first ?&c at" tgltti first
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%jt . In ,;?,|||,' un
IHNWHq* WxuJq .uj9 PavCwop * vl J
[? wliich Chinese of 3 certain class, p0?~
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FRANCE READY TO
HURL ARMY IN
TO GERMANY.
Two Hundred Thousand Men Are
Ready to Strike
Paris, Nov. 9.?The French general
! staffs foresees the necessity for cer
[ tain military measures to protect the
[ French troops in the Ruhr in-the
[ event of grave disorders in Germany
[.or in ease there is the menace of an
armed movement against the occupa
tion troops.
The first of these measures would
be to straighten out the military line
in Westphalia as the Ruhr now forms
a sort of square pocket exposed to
attack on three sides. This operation
would be accomplished by taking
stratgetic positions to the south.
Such eventual dispositions of troops
could be executed without delay.,
If the circumstances-should seem,
to require them, France cpuld easily
put in motion 200,000 mdu. Fifty
five thousand are already in the
Ruhr, 95,000 more are in the Rhine
land, while an additional 50,000 are
within, easy reach of the frontier.
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SOME RED CROSS
ACTIVITIES FOR
SUFFERERS.
This is the first of a series of ar
ticles that will appear in this paper
showing where your local Red Cross
money goes.)
Suppose we take a trip to a Pitt ,
county home?a tenant farmer and
wtfeNrith their six children greet us.
A Burned Child Object of Visit
After investigating the case it was
found that a girl 11 years of age had
remained in bed for about 13 months,
being burned all over her back and
limbs. No improvement was noticed
in this fearful burn and the parents
did not have the money with which
^provide the necessary treatment s
Younger Sister Kept Out of School
The younger sister of this burned
child was kept out, of school all of
last year so that she might remain
at home and nurse the afflicted one.
ter could have been in school last year
and a year in bed lying in one posi
tion could have been avoided.
What IXd This Case Coat?
? Just .the small sum of $15.00 in ac
tual funds, together with a number
of. visits at one of our local hospital?.
Just $15.00 to make a bed-ridden child
well* just $15.00 to supplant on ema
ciated face with its formed color and
form; just $15.00 and a normal child
is at work; just $15.00 and youthful
play Is indulged in; just $15.00 and
school wort is resumed.
Tfte following will gi*e the reader
an idea as to? actual corrective health
workJdmt is. now being done in Pitt
county. In- fact initial steps were
take^ in this c&e jiist rerently:
one of our own girls at an early age,
the <eif6ctK ^^whidl-?iro?. lingered
'?X xl.. ^..4 OL. .
wiur ner rniUj UW j^vejiu oip uiiu?
from * tenant hone, where the fajth
er is demand where theye is a hand
to mouth existence, this cripple and!
her mother live at ptesent With her
married sister, but without*any op
portunities whatsoever.... , $
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known, something Iilce a year ago.;
This k. but one case of its kind in
the county. Another comee to mind
arir'tiifr tine which has also > received
aid from charity. . ~ . V \
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| By Arthur Bmbaae J
MONSIEUR'S ARITHMETIC BAp-.
LIGHT POR HENS AND TREES.
THERE AND HERE
MEK AND WOLVES. '
TOP nn/^TAP UTI 1 : V
A Blli I/V'v I v*Xr*flf' ?' **".'>??'5, ?
iMoniljftUJ . Loucheur, ablest finan
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Locheur ma^ U> fright:, payment
Bat' this puzzles you. Poincare,
consenting to a conference, says there
down the am9imt ha thinks Germany,
should pay. That ^amount is thirty
billions. ,
# Eranee caij^ M.y ''UmT $|pen
dous sum" four billions,; hew can
Germany pay more Hum seven, ti mes
osJHkiy WAT the .world conference
ansvrer that question? ^~rv*;^ ?
OWyiary . irithmeth; won't answer.
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Cotton sold off a little/hut it is
stRfajftyf $0 cents, and if you want
it you might, as well buy it now. It
is going to be a scarce commodity. -
Fortunately, the cotton growers
will get a somewhat better price, but
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Qv twenty-one
lft^> agventy ygwgtod^fa^^
t_ Ai|LlA iA1M> -ilALjh jlMHra arft I jllMI I lUl nn
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tax whatever. l|~ .1^ ;
If the election of fi^fody for afc-j
ident yrould busineM^ffiirj
your feelings, "LHBfc of EngMd,,
will insure you agjnK|that clecfjjtfn.
Ltoyd's a^weTtdjR -$40e,?qt::iii
case of lord's eleet^B^issuing ?2mM
icy, which is a goo^jpy of discus-:
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NEWSY ITEMS FROM
I OUR BUSY NEIGH
I ?)ES?EALKLANiD
-Wjlwtjrv* W.ii?A^rx? ? .
Falkland, Not. 8.-?The Pitt County
fair i* the chief topic of conversa
tion in Falkland this week. ' A num
ber of people, from the community
have visited the fair,' and on every
Side we. hear remmiscenses of "shoot
ing cats." playing at'^Bxngo," for
fune telling, clown pranks, and the
yarioiis other interesting things'.that
po along wjth a, county fair.
| On Monday morning, November 11,
It patriotic program will be given at
^?schoolat the regular chajiel hour.
?necessary that ahe he taken to Park
(HVfirsiirTiM y. .viim v w ? f wT V ' " V
view hospital in Rocky "Mountl^ed
gpftWSyy 'V -?* y
?; Mr. Louis S. Crisp, Who is teach
ing i^^Pamville hlghwhoo^^eht
last week-end at his home iii Falk
land. ,r ,.
_ Miss Ida Holland and Miss Alethia
fcannady spent last week-end with
?Miss Ruby Worthington in Winter
ville.* '? ' ' '
'r Miss; Lucy Crisp returned, Sunday
night from Zebulon where she visited
;Mrs. J. Bayloa "Whitley. s ;[ ,'' i
NEA VYREALIZINE.
F ON COTTON MART.
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'resulting, sad telling. f?r a reaction.
{The latter was enCOuraped by .Jthe I
sus 7,45^587 ^bales^
grinned to November 1 had :no app)?r
^ ^ ^5tl
estimating.th?.crop.at p,782,O0O..l?ftlek; '
probably-helped the early - rally .Jwrt J
:Me^
Iprf^t cloth In the Fall River market J
^and bullish 'spot advices fron^ mOjt
'southwest ? Prices padft pew, high
with'' Jartuai^ !
higher and were within a few points
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STATE HAS LARGE
! 'SEIppey of cash
LNCOHftENT FUND
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Haleigh, Nov. 8? A,surplus in the
current funds ofa the state of North
Carolina is indicated in a statement
submitted to the gpvernaf here to-,
flight,by the slate treasurer and the;
state auditor and made public , by the
executive, the figures being" |hrough
September 30, 1923, and' showing a
surplus of $460,3(19.04, based on the
budget commission's estimate of rev
enue for the nine months ending Sep
tember 30, 1923, and the legislative
examining committee's report o? De
cember 31, 1922.
.The revenue collected in the first
nine months of 1923 exceeds that es
timated, by the legislative committee
as to be collected but applicable to
the period prjor to December 31,1922,.
by $601,222.83. This added to ? the
$232,806.25, which the legislative
pommittee estimated as the surplus
last December 31, made, according
to. the statement a total surplus ap
plicable to the date ! December 31,
1922, or $834,028.08 in the current
fund of the state.
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SOME OF COUNTY'S \
RED CROSS WORK
?r_ L
itt -J ??'
The' attention of Pitt countians is
directed to the two definite examples
right at our doors of what Red Cross
really means to a stricken people. We
do not know when a similar catastro
phe-will visit our fair county and
homes, and,' in the'light of this fact;
it . is a. comforting thought to know
"fVift mniliar VvT no all"?thp Rw) !
uiav wiv (iiwitv* mu ^
Cross?stands ready to help.
Brakes ../Progress in North Carolina/
In the fiscal^ year ending July 1,
1323, the -people of North Carolina
have'accomplished more through thjff
American Cross than they have;
in any previous year that the organs
ization bar, been active in the stated
Through their co-operation and ac-'
tiye interest Jp the work, it has been.,
possible to expand the Bed Cross prbr
gtahi to include more and bett^f l
service to a greater number of peo-,
^le. The year, js notable also in Rod1
Cross history because in it the o)f-j
through organized effort as express
ed to the.Red Cross, the state is ful
ly capable of coping with any emer
gency that < irihy arise. It is indeed!
doubtful whether the efficiency of;
any like organization has ever beep;
more thoroughly tested, and it Is1
highly gratifying W those who la-:
bored .so diligently to vindicate tSei
trust pfciced in them to know that |
they have been weighed in the baj-.
ance and found not wanting.
? In Action at New Bern
At New Bern/ whicb burnishes
typical example, of;' service through,
the Bed Cross, before the cru|ij<
flames of the disastrous fit? th?
took a toll cf property loss of 32,500,-1 -
000 hps subsided, and while the ashes .
of 1,004 homes were'stiH' smoldering ;
th IDecarHher" 'nifch't," thw
American Redt Cross" was thdte- with
trained disaster workers, nurses, hos
pital supplies,. -food/ ilothing and
the- judicloob a^^iiiitrite^cf the'
relief fund of over $100,000 contrih,
uted by ^he. organisation and private
(Jitixens^order .yas brougnt out or
chaos, and a foundation of a greater
was built op^the ^shes of
kinged ^eir chivied and dying ai$
bition. j
, In Action at Wendell
4PkL thus also at Wendell the
scen^- ofva ^
rehfr '
iiitation was carried, ml in an.intetfj
gent and ; efficient method.~ " | '
V. HEALTH SteBS?)NETT?S & \
GAIiS PAPER FOR '
OUT OFTHE RACE
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Mr. Bailey Tells Observer Belf De
cide Toward End of Tear
'JEtSSXf ..
>? , By R. E. fOWELL
When Josiah Williams Bailey de
cides that he make the rare to
be the democratic nominee , for gov
ernar ^n 1924, hell; tell all the .world
at.'dne time? contrawise, if he dcr
cides po runj hell make his announce
ment in the same, universal fashion.
., . Until he reaches a. decision, which
he is ready to back up either with a
whirlwind campaign or . a quiet re
tirement to his law office, it is a bit
ter premature for the old guard to
he, counting, him out of the race. He
makes that plain in a letter written
Saturday to the editor of the Charr
lotte Observer/., ,, " ,
..xThe Observer is a staunch friend
>?\p Uo' i ,\J c -
and, supporter of the present admin
wfcraj&>n,-,if there is .anything in
signs, is equally strong for Angus
Wilton McLean. If Mr. Bailey does
run, he woul^. have to run against
Mr. McLean. j
. .These relations may not have had
pithing to^ jio^.with the Charlotte
Observer's editorial statement that
jMr. Bailey was not going to run.
Printed some weeks 'ago, it has just
heep .cfdled to the attention of Mr.
Bailey, who says that it is not justi
SfeS-.'Ji?" -.????
I He wtote the editor: . . >.
. "I have just been informed that
.there was an editorial statement in
the Charlotte Observer some, weeks
-o - .-.u . ... .
ago in-which it was stated tnat l was
not going, to run for the democratic
nomination for governor.
, "This statement is unjustified.
,"J.?aid about eighteen months ago,
and again about four months .ago-r
and I regret the necessity for,now
saying ? again?that towards' the' end
of the present year' I shall dpcidp
whether.or not to offer for the nprnr
motion, and that my decision will deT
pend upon, whether there , is a r^t,
popular demand for my candidacy.
"Please print this letter, m order
that it may.be made known "th?t, my
position is unchanged. I . shall, make
people?nor does it apo^r^to m^
one, would be necessary.
Corning at a time when there is a
lull politically, except the interest in
the possible appointment of a"' su
preme court justic^rif Justice- Stacy
quits, to g? to ChapelRill?Mr. Bai
ley's JettO* projects theRaleigh man
Bfymredy'jrito the arena?again.
? *Ae suggestion from1 Wilmington
that Justice Stacy Would announce
his Candidacy for governor oh Jan
uary 1 is not taken seriously here.
There is something going on in the
tifeLaan camp as there is in the Bai
ley carhp, and another month may
find two entries at the starting post
tor a new champioh by default,
h UntlT then, Mr. Bailey says, the'okl
guard statement that he is not going
to rurf is "unjustified." ? - **
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Caused Governor Walton t?; Leave
>4h r&ea*tt Chamber Suddenly. r>.
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Oktohoma-City, Nov. 81?"The
death threat," Governor J. C. Wal
ton said ha received causing him .to
Mfcre the court room' suddenly last
PHday, during the second day's ?fea
sioh of his impeachment trial was'a
toy piatol sent apparently by a prac
tical jbker,it became known today
through-' announcement of results of
a senate committee investigation:
H. C. Schilling; an' attache of the
governor's Office, told the .' senators
that the^n^^^iiehinewspaper men
*?.
ting at the counsel table with his at- \
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