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NO. 281
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VOL.0.I. FINAL EDITION
ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 1, 1921
T7H r j;M!6
Will Reach Agreement
Within Another Week
"V
Governor Small .RRANCF WANTS
m m - 1 T
lviaKes statement
Quotes lx'tlcr - From Director Public
Welfare Purporting To lie Expose
Of Political Forces
Armament Conference Is Really Proceeding
With Surprising Rapidity And Now That
Japanese Hand Has Been Disclosed Experts
See Light Ahead
RECEIVERSHIP
Will Likely Make Such Pro
posal As Alternative For
Great Britain's Moratorium
On Reparations
(Copyright 1921 by The Advance)
Springfield, 111., Dec. 1 (By The
Associated Press) Governor Small
made a public statement today quot
ing a letter from O. H. Jenkins, dt-
rector of public welfare, dealing with paia Dec . The A8s0(.,ated
alleged grand jury corruption and Press)A recelvershlp for Germany
purporting to be an exposeof no- ag bank t with an autonomolls
litieal forces seeking to destroy , ,, . . , , . 41
Small and his colleagues. . niiraHnn. win ,iiv i,p ,.
Jones Address Was Leading
Feature of Morning Program
Industrial Agent Of Railroad Tells Hearers
That He Milked His Way Through College
Eastern North Carolina Needs More
Dairies 1
By DAVID LAWRENCE J The correspondence grows out of France ag an uUe,.nalive to IT i Attend
a positive prediction that an agreement will be reached within
another week on the program for a reduction of naval arma
ment and a naval shipbuilding holiday.
No longer is there worry
about the outcome, prolonged
as the debate may be. For the
truth is the Japanese hand has
been disclosed. It is the hand
of old world diplomacy which
rarely accepts anything right
off the bat but considers it care
fully, asks for more, appears to
be deeply insistent on more
concessions and finally with a
gesture of. generosity recedes
in the interest of common ag
reement.
DELICATE BUT
' NOT HOPELESS
Is American Officials' Descrip
tion Of Situation Involved In
Japan's Proposal For Higher
Naval Ratio
bezzlement,
TO SEND ADVISER TO
BANKERS CONFERENCE
may be suggested by Great liritain.
it was said here today in official
circles.
No Trace Of Poison
Found In Well Water!
Thursday morning the State Live
stock Association turned over the day
to discussions and demonstrations of
dairy and poultry. The feature ad
dress of the morning session was
made by 'Jesse M. Jones, Industrial
Agent of the Seaboard Air Line, who
told the livestock men that he had
milked his way through college, had
i a oi-ooniprv nnd fitted dairy
Kvervone in this section, uruan, i,, .hPre thev captured
suburban and rural, is urged to at- M expenses of
tend the official annual meeting or
Big Annual Meeting
Official Meet Of State' Poultry Asso
elation At Y. M. ('. A. Tliurs
day Xijsht
Washington, Dec. 1 (By The Asso
ciated Press) A decision was reach-
,i k p0,0i to. n,,, ,., on nQn i m T.n tend the omciai annual imes "l-,An trins
day to send an adviser to theconfer- Associated Press) No trace of poi- 1110 olalc , ' ,., ,n Mr. Jones toia oi a ie.,en
ence of foreign Bankers called by the son was found in the water from the Chamber of Commerce Quarters in , N()rth al)(, Wegt
Reparations Commission to discuss well of the Lee family at Beldoc. the Y. M, Q A. bulldinK -Th ursaay hjjw hjj foun(, thg dary cow nad
exchange stabilization, it was said says the report to the State Board of "Kut- 1,Iinlns at hal Paa.9; !'cn,e t0 the rescue f farme"n
officially at the Treasury today. Health from Dr. P. L. Parker of This meeting was Previou8ly California. Oregon and the middle
lia v.rt rtfttipt honflp nnd will D0 .... ,- -..-.I.
Charleston who analyzed the atom-,l,Beu lul l"c States during tne preseni ,,Um,
i. , . , :i ,v.. one of the most important eveu . a(lvocated the build-
. AVashington, Dec. 1 (By The Asso-
Iciated Press) The situation result
ing from Japan's formal proposal
that her naval ration under the Am
erican plan be Increased to seventy
. . u- f ner cent is regarded by American of-
rotni7-AlaSLi delicatebut not hopeless.
Baron Kato minister ot ari"' have Representative8 ot rfiina and Japan
been put out in one form or another., P w)th.
giving the taPlo; r a blghe itary Hughes and Arthur Balfour to
adamant in her des " " a day t0 lay a basis for negotiations on
ratio than the so called 5-5-3. Now; j a.'
n.o Tnv,irnwn the head otil"c ou"" vUuu.
COIUca x i
the delegation, and in a talk with
newspaper men lays stress on the
fact that Baron Kato was expressing
his personal views. This, however,
isn't the only basis for the idea that
Japan is prepared to make good her
original acceptance of the Hughes
program. There are other signs be
neath the surface which lead to the
conclusion, that Japan has decided
she can not be responsible for the
breaking up of a naval agreement
which the whole world hailed so aus
piciously after the opening session.
Tn tnnwH in other wofds, mat
This Service Man
In Desperate Need
Wolf Is At -Door Of Former Soldier
Who Is Searching For
Work
Savs D. W. Woodhouse
niHiii
it fin v m. t . r rr
Will Be wext onerirr weeks ago.
Ann nf Ira T.pa who w th ihrpe nthpr u"v- v"v ' . - aeDrerin)n, no huyvh.oicu
members of the family died several luring the State Livestock and ou -, Jng up of . (lary in(lustry ,n Ea8tern
in, TUootitifr wnicn ciuseo riiunj
Currituckian
Makes PonIUvo
With Ear To (irouna Sj jy j Ag
,iv Prwllcllon Poplar ,
jtry Meeting,
nleht. Offlci
i business ot State wide importance to
'night. Officers will be elected, ana
Branch Man Will Hun And Win
Result Of Wreck'
Politics are warming up over in
Currituck and highly interesting de
velopments are to be looked for be
tween now and the next campaign ac
cording to Currituckians in the city today
who are in a position to know the
facts , ,' Destroyer Sent To
One of the most Interesting bits of r L M.
political gossip afloat is a report that; Bring BaCK ; lVlOrse
D. W Woodhouse, postmaster and
morrhntit nnrt farmer at Man Said "To Have Ift
Poplar Branch, will be in the race for In The Face Of Invcs-
sheriff in the next campaign. Un-j tigation
doubtedly friends of his are urging
nnnltrv raisers will be taken up
So large was the attendance of,
ladies at the butter making contest
Portland, Ore., Dec. 1 (By The As- held at the Chamber of Commerce,
oclated Press) Six were killed and, rooms Thursday morning at ten,
twentv-two injured In a collision be-! o'clock that both adjoining lounge
tween two limited trains near Celilo rooms were thrown open to receive
;tne crowa.
rtinrloB Kiynn nf Washington. N.
iinra tVion t the Htnrv nf an ex
service man of this city who Is abso-'ful consideration and will in all prob
lutely "up against it":
This man was a farmer before the
war. He supported a w'dowed moth
er, and was called into the army in
Japan knows, m otner wru.. mg atter ne had planted his
Great Britain is ready to accept and y, .
tii An n and that even France will
not quibble over the submarine ton
nn fia-ures. but will at the psycho
logical moment withdraw her request
crop for the year. He had about five
hundred dollars tied up in his year's
investment for seed, fertilizer anci
aunnlies for a two-horee crop. This
hdraw her request pnmnnlIpri to ,fiaVfi wIthout
for modification in - belng abie to get anyone to taka
European and American entente, Ja-1 h(m Re lot hig en
pan cannot afford to stand alone. She I lnvegtment and returned trom
now knows the dangers that migh t
ensue from too great Insistence onl ,n debt reason Qf
her own viewpoint. She knows, for
il.i cinn.p uuo-noa im .
instance, inai owitwij
not in a bargaining mood and that if
Japan means to alter the existing
strength of the American and Japa
nese navy there will be no naval hol
iday and no reduction of armament.
The American delegation reels mat
him to throw his hat into the ring wasmngion, uec. i iuy m -- -, -..-.......
and some who are very close to him sociated Press) The Justice Depart- of pupils from the City Graded
and some who are very close to nim understood to have asked Schools went to the Poultry Show
say that he is giving the matter care- wen Is under too. . to nave asKea . . . Bxhtblt.
tne wavy ueparinieni 10 enu a u-,' --
. . . .. , nfftnini- nf ilia Statu T.tvostnrk and
ahiiitv hp in the rare . stroyer to intercept tne rrencn uner i w,..v-,.o .
.! fyD w Woodhouse does run "Paris" and bring back Charles W.Poultry Meeting state that they have
said a MomineS Morse, of New York, who is said to been greatly encouraged by the
wbere Ze Zl thHeek "he lil" have left the country in face of a large crowds who have attended the
was here one day tnis ween, ne win . Ui first two davs of the Meeting, and
be the next sheriff of Currituck grana jury inveuB.i.Uu Ul u -u.y
He then moved to Elizaueth City,
where he obtained a joh. In a few
months he was married. His wife
also went to work, and tor a time
they managed to get along fairly well.
Then, due to general busines" con-
s lllall jifi h loot hlo trh TPnr sit
the naval experts who have worked! ' without regular
out the ratios of existing strengtn loymentt Peking odd jobs wher
between the Japanese and American H wjfe
,navy know what they are talking
about and that if the truth were ac
knowledged the ration of 5-5-3 is
much more generous than a strict
interpretation at existing strength
Teally calls for. Feeling that way, it
is not surprising that the Americans
will nnt countenance a 10-10-7 ratio.
"he conference Is having its ups
and downs, Its exasperating delays
and discouragements but relatively
speaking they are infinitesimal com
pared to the multiplicity of , differ
ences which developedat the Paris
conference. And the progress being
made here, slow as it may seem to
those anxious for quick results, is
rapidity Itself compared to the Paris
procedure.
The most surprising thing about
the whole conference thus far is the
fact that Far Eastern questions 'are
being disposed ot more quickly than
most Far Eastern experts ever
dreamed. Perhaps this is because
the conference started out with def
inite principles snd is simply trying
to apply them to specific cases. Per
haps it Is because Japan herself Is
not so much of an obstacle to agree
ment as some people thought she
would be. After all. it is much more
to the Interest of Japan that an
agreement should be reached on Far
Eastern questions than It Is to any
other power here except possibly
China For It is evident to the Jap
anese that they can accomplish little
by direct negotiations with the Chl
w.,...a nf the latter's inter
minable distrust of everything Jap-
o-0 whatever Is settled there.
therefore, is so much gained in the
cause of Far Eastern peace. Msny
f (, n,iottnn nn the program will
of course not he disposed of In Wash-
in.tnn K.it win be left to some trio
nnl m rtarlda. Yet a start "will be
mad a on .11 nf them
ginning the attitude of Japan has
fcren the key to the words "success"
has kept on working, though now in
a few days she will bo compelled to
give up her work, since her condi
tion is delicate.
This young couple, struggling
along on the barest necessities of
life, now face a desperate situation.
In a little while there will be a third
mouth to feed; and in a still shorter
time the entire family revenue will
cease.
If there is, any business man or
farmer in this city or section who can
give employment to this former ser
vice man who needs work so desper
ately, he Is asked to notify Jerome
B. Flora, post commander of Seth
Edward Perry Post, American Le
gion, Elizabeth City, who will in turn
notify the man.
OF THOUSANDS IN GOLD
County. No man in Currituck County contract.
i .u . !...! T An
and I am willing to venture this very ARGONAUT MINE ROBBED
positive prediction. And D. w.
Woodhouse deserves to win. He has
been a worker and a generous sup
porter of every jnovement for prog
ress and betterment in his com
munity and ir Currituck County for
the last thirty years, and has done it
without reward or thought of re
ward. He is entirely competent and
would make one of the most effici
ent and conscientious public officials
Currituck County has ever had.
Jackson. Cal.. Dec. 1 (By The As- niA'E BEARD NENTKN'CEp
,'sociated Press)-Gold amalgam valu-j. ULiM.UTi.iri
ed at $60,000 was taken from the
Argonaut mine her this morning, by
eight bandits, who escaped.
I
North Carolina not only to help offset
the losses anticipated through the
boll weevil but as an economic and
social measure to insure prosperity
and health, especially for the chil
dren. He Instanced the fact that the
railroads were hauling milk and
milk products from Pennsylvania to
Florida and that Eastern North Caro
lina was a great importer of butter
and canned milk which could be pro
duced here.
O. F. McCrary, who presided,
heartily seconded Mr. Jones in advo
cacy of more dairy cows nnd prom
ised his co-opt;ration as District Dem
onstration Agent in dairy activities,
i Following Mr. Jones, the Hon. It. IT.
jchichester, of Fredericksburg, Va.,
gave his experiences in building up
, a purebred Guernsey herd which now
t contains some high record cows and
I from which he sells animals at rec
ord prices. He gave the farmers
some valuable advice on the care and
handling of dairy cattle.
The butter making demonstration
and the Judging of dairy products
was held In the Y. M. C. A. building
Thursday morning before an interest
ed group of about 60 women, of
whom 28 entered butter in the con
test. Thursday morning the school boys
began judging six classes of live
stock for prizes offered by the as--nrlutlnna
nnrl the winners will be
' 'announced tonight. Members of
J., a poultry judge of national repu
tation, who is annually employed at
The Madison Square Garden Poultry
Show at New York City, the largest
Country in the United States, was busy here
Thursxlay morning judging the lowis
on exhibition at the official State
Poultry Show, now being held here.
declare that they are deeply gratified
by the evidences of interest In the
big annual event which have been
shown by the folks of this section.
elated Press) Henri Landru, who
has been on trial here for three weeks
charged with murder of ten women
- -,L t and a boy, was last night sentenced
Vienna, Dec. 1 (By The Associated ' ...niotine -
PressJ Violent rioting followed a
8EDATH-FOXW EIX
George Harry Sedath, of New York
City, and Miss Effie Foxwell, of Nor
folk, were married here Tuesday af
ternoon.
demonstration today before
Parliament Building, in which
red flag was raised.
the
the BREWERY FILES SUIT
ABOUT ANTI-BEER LAW
KILLED 11Y AUTOMOBILE'
St. Augustine, Dec. 1 (By The As-
Homicides Fewer
In Year Of 1920
New York, Dec. 1 (By The Asso
ciated Press) Homicides in 1920
were approximately 9,519, according
to computation toy Frederick L. Hoff
man, third vice president and sta
tistician of the Prudential Life In
surance Company f America. , The
figures published . in the Spectator
showed that the Southern Ststes
with their large negro populations
had the highest rate.
St. Louis, Dec. 1. A suit attacking
sociated press) Walter K. Coontz, the constitutionality of .he anti-beer
sixty-nine, of Fredericksburg, Va., was niu m re..e,. .-...i, u, i...
died Tuesday night as the result of Falstaff Corporation, a locar brewery,
Injuries sustained when an .autorno- today.
bile struck him, a coroner's Jury de-
termlned.
SAVINGS BANK HAS
BRAND NEW IDEA
ROTARY CLUB TO
I BE FORMED HERE
' During the next few weeks a Uo-
The "Original Christmas Savings tary Club will be organized at this
Club" bank has started another new city. The club will have oetween
plan to encourage everybody to save forty and fifty members, chosen by
money invitation from the various business
i This hank is the Savings Bank & and professional men of the city.
'.Trust Company, and the plan In- Under the Rotary Club plan, but one
eludes the organization of two teams, member ot each business, proieasion,
"Coutin Kate" Makes An
the Eagles and the Owls, to solicit trade or industry is eligible for mem-
members in the Christmas Savings Dersnip; anu in an pans oi uib cuu.i-
Unusual Film Production Club for 1922. try Rotary clubs are taking an active
unusual ram rrou v enthusiastic part in the forward
I:.!'" !J:TarZ the EaVe. with W. Roy Simmons and progress of their respective cities, -
.tin i hi ucaii vwuovs 4 j w m-.-.-..!-- . ... Tr . .,.., A..ni xmnia no nff 'mini.
1 (By The Assoc!-i .. nnrt a her fiance. She W. R. Stowe as tier aides. ru. """ ".-
. . r,.,o Pnono ' aon a n nr nosH iiifn nore nave iwtn iiuh-u-u
... it. ..ilM M,t.M .. finla Ihn M IHH jrrilC v " 1 " ' ' " "
the r 1 ves this year during tne
the Extension anrl Experiment sta
tion staffs are conducting demon
strations in Judging animals In front
of the court house this afternoon,
while Mr. Nixon, of New Jersey, has
a full day's work In placing the rib
bons on the winners at the State
Poultry Show.
Besides the moving pictures at
the court house tonight, Dr. B. F.
Kaupp is to tell the audience of pres
ent conditions In Europe especially
in reference to agriculture, he hav
ing but recently re :u Tied' from an
extended trip through Uie principal
countries of Europe. This is a free
attraction and 111 e last night is ex
pected to crowd the court house.
TAKES NEW POSITION
Victor K. Overman, who has been
in partnership with his brother,
Harold S. Overman, Manager of the
City Drug Store, for the last three
years left Tuesday night for Beaufort
wherg he becomes manager of tho
Beaufort Drug Company.
METHODIST BISHOPS
AT PHILADELPHIA
TEN HUNTERS LOSE LIVES
Detroit. Oec.
ated .-ress) len nunters nave re-reU the action when she finds the , ,,." ,.. ..i, .,ia .ha ,,r.
hunting -et-.tamng rather flippantly of h s s n XVclS Wood- a visit on Monday by C. Fred Don.d"
ancour-K-ii u, i... - applications for ney and W. E. Hermance, comprising
e ?rl " f o r " htm se If A my se nd s " H e a t h m.mb I. Prepar- committee from the Norfolk Ro-
glrl for himself, Amy sends, Heath hp,p ;vPrybo(ly ,0 be thrifty In tary Club,-which has more than 160
awfly- '.i,- . isoi members. Later, when the prelim-
Tl, t. i u Uff nn no Af a rim- '
1 la L lie i,rftiiiiii.n
.Philadelphia. Dec. 1. Bishops of
the .Methodist Episcopal Church from
all sections of the United States are
gathered for the annual meeting ot
oard of Home Missions here to-
twenty days of the deer
son.
nr "failure" at this conference but
the Japanese- have given evidence in ,
mere ways than one that they will
ftot take the responsibility before the i
world of breaking up the washing
ton conference and placing them
selves in a position of moral Isolation
matlc situation In "Cousin Kate," (
Charles Frohman play by Hubert piJLLS "WATERMILLION"
Henrv Jlavles. which has been visu
alized 'by Vltagraph as an Alire Joyce j
Inarles of organization have been
gone through with, and a charter has
been Issued the local club, a special
Points Of Interest
During The Show
which would be permanently Injur!- -..,,- Al ,,, Vr. oi.inev
ous to Japanese plans for expansion. Drpw w(U be ghown at the Al-( . Jordan Warren, colored, who lives
All agreements reacneu are a com-; krama Theater today,
nromlsn and the American govern-;
ment thought It would save time by
putting out a compromise at the first
nession. The Hughes nnval program
Is not nationalistic but 's worked
nn;T DY nFCFMBFR carr w111 brlng tt d,,,pKa,,on ot Nor-i
FIKbl UAI JtC.Ivin.-i. notarlans here for the final'
formation of the club at this city.
nn Rnon.l utrpet milled H BfVrn DOlUld
, watermelon on the first day of lie- CLARKE CASE EXPECTED
!.-.,crht it iirrinnft fn the
rriiHjvi Hint I'l'"1",. . ...,...,.
BEGIN ARGUMENTS Buxton White Seed Company, where
IN ARBUCKLE CASE he had bought tha "Florida Flavor-
To CiO TO Jl UV TODAY
Oil! " """ Atf Whlt nn,t fr
on a basis that Is felt to be fair for fl hR trPHBIirp, Tf,e watermelon
all nations. That's why there will San Francisco, Dec. 1 (By The As- ,nnU,M big. but It was
be no recessions. The Japanese and sociated Press) The arguments ere healthy looking snd War-
... nritlnh r fullv expected to sn- mheduled to begin in me mo
s start win oe - - - na irhnrkln ren nanniea n "'" '-
' . nnnn-a tha r inmn n Brrentunra at nnehter trial of Roscoe ArDUCRie , i. ru.w.'. nffl- I. a
.. From the Tw" I. "V-. ..-k .m. i..in. limited la convinw m-s .i wu,u , " ,
pectea to go w i" jur i "
Orlando, Fla.. Dec, 1 (By The As
joclated Press) The case of Lin a
Clarke, postmistress at West Palm
Ileach. and Barter Patterson, chauf
feur, jointly charged with the mur
der of Fred A. Miltimore. former
plenary session the latter part of today, esch side being
next week.
four hours.
good. too.
At the Court Houho: Morn-
Ing nnd Afternoon Hpcoclies, lec-
tn n't mill )IIhciihnIoiih, along willit
vitrioti f.pe'lal illHplii.vn and free
moving pletttrr emit night at
Ti.'IO oVIiM'k. Nutrition booth
a!l ilny iiirU ilay.
At the Ellnlx'th City Motor
fur (ompnny gHrge, wcond
fliKir of Kramer Bros, former
tttaiul on North Martin street:
The Poultry S1mw.
At Kramer llron. Mill Yanl,
North Martin utreet: Thi" Live-stm-k
Show, and the various
jmlglng contents.