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WEATHER Cloudy tonight and Tuesday, probably becom- ing unsettled. Little change in temperature. CIRCULATION Saturday 1,617 Copies VOL. XI. FINAL EDITION ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA, MONDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 19, 1921 EIGHT PAGES NO. 296 VOLCANO ASHES OBSCURE THE SUN'; WALL STREET GETS WARNING IIWORST TIMES IN U. S. HISTORY Vast Ch ELKS' MINSTRELS ! OPEN TONIGHT i Many Good Hen Is HUM Ix-ft Cast In i Readiness For First Curtain I Tonljtlit 7 . New York, Dec. 19 (By . . 1 . lOUdS Coming tl a j d ' America Is Now raising Ihru From Andes Peaks Wall Street is guarded to- Are Sweeping Across day as the result of an Argentina anonymous letter warning th. th. Stnrlr Fvrln. .. . . . . cast haa perfected their parte and e ro T a: r ia t, t . ------6- Boston, Dec. 19 (By The Assocl- working Just like professionals. The ijucnua fliiw, uei. is v and everything within hve "lated Press) The United States is stage rehearsal was held this after Most Severe Agricultural The Elks' Minstrels of mirth and Depression Says Secretary laughter open their two night stand Wallace tonight at the Alkrama Theater, the .curtain rising at 8:15 o'clock. The The Associated Press) Vast clouds of volcanic ashea from erupting Andes peaks are sweeping across Argentina to day, obscuring the sun in many sections. A dust film cata be seen here. miles will bblown up to- day. Caught A Whale At Coast Guard Station Jlonster Fish Was Over Fifty Feet In Length, Says Correspondent CHRISTMAS SEALS ARE BEING SOLD Reports to Headquarters Show That Larger Number Of People Are Interested In Fight Against Tuberculosis Sanatorium, Dec. A large number 19. (Special) of people who Kitty Hawk, Dec. 17. (Special) Xawr.ence Perry motored up to Coast have invested in Tuberculosis Christ- Guard Station 170 last Sunday to mas Seals will be interested in know carry a small group of friends to see ing what others have dons financially a whale that had been caught in the to aid in the fight against the disease, ocean near there by the Coast Guard As the sale will continue until Christ crew a few days before. The big mas the returns are incomplete at fish was fifty-two and one-half feet this time but preliminary reports re long. Beach fishing here is especi- ceived from local chairmen and re ally good this season. One crew this turns received from , the mall sale week caught 75 boxes of trout at a letters sent direct from headquarters single haul, and others have .made indicate that the total receipts will atches considered better than usual, exceed Fifty Thousand Dollars H. H. Guard and W. H. Beecham The State Association will have reached home a few days ago after approximately Twenty Thousand Dol a business trip to flew York City. lars for work during the coming year. Mr. and Mrs. R. D. Hines came here A small amount with which to combat from Cape Henry last Sunday to so strong a foe but headway is being spend the Christmas holidays.. ' made and will continue to be made Misses Lessie Aydlett and' Blanche as long a the people of the etate sup- Ueecham went to Elizabeth City Mon- port the work. lay to do their Christmas shopping. ( Preliminary reports received from They reported a pleasant trip. Winston-Salen show that the Twin An Interesting play was given at city is in the lead this year; a total Otila school house last Saturday of $4,200,00 being raised in the one night. " A good-sized Crowd was In at- day canvass. - Greensboro is not far behind and expects at least $6,000.00 before the sale la over. Quite a large number of persons who received Seals direct from the State Association have not sent in , their remittance as yet. It is hoped ' . ' fc. that they will do so before Christmas - Newport News Dec. 19 (By The ,n or(Jer that Assocteted Press -Four, huge hang- made f , , . T . Vllnljl WMWA kMWIAj fiay eniauiug a ius vi vv,yvv. The origin of the lira ds undetermined. tendance, and the performance nett ed the. school the sum of $23. 84. Hangars Burned ' At Langley Field passing through the most severe ag- noon and Director Gosden pronounc ricultural depression of history, Sec- ed himself as well satisfied and he retary of Agriculture Wallace de- further stated that the show here clared today in his address before eurpasses many similar shows put on the Boston Chamber of Commerce, in larger cities by him. He said the prices for crops are lower There are still many desirable than ever before and predicted the seats left for both performances de decreaeed production would make spite the rumor that all seats for both prices so high that consumers would nights are sold. During the day, complain bitterly. ' seats may be obtained from the Savings BanV & Trust Company and tonight seats will be on eale at the box office of the Alkrama. The many tuneful numbers, the funny Jokes, the elaborate costuming . and scenery promise to surpass any One Man Dead, Another Dying, Five previous performance given in this Glrla In Jail Charged With city and for two hours of genuine fun, Murder it's yours if you attend either of the (two performances of "The Jollies of 1922 " Huntsvllle, Ala., Dec. 19 (By The vAssocJated Press) Will Ricketts, cafe proprietor, is dead, Fred Man- KIIYY I A llr AKK terpr Is dvine and five elrls are in aJvf 1 kJ VUlilll U flllJU jail charged with murder and assault . as the result of a fight last night which the police say Is the climax of, a gay party where whiskey flowed. , ' TRAGIC CLIMAX TO GAY PARTY GREAT SUCCESS French Acceptance Creates Sensation Interpreted As Longest Step Toward Naval Re duction Agreement French Delegation Sur prised At Cables Submarines Are Next Big Question Meet To Consider Anglo-Irish Treaty Dublin, Dec. 19 (By The Associat ed Press) Dall Elreann met today to consider the Anglo-Irish peace treaty. Civil War Threatens London, Dec. 19 (By The Associ ated Press) A state of civil war is threatened in Ireland over Ulster's opposition to the proposed revision of boundaries under the Irish peace treaty. Armenian Women Killed By Turks Legion Men To Spread Christmas Cheer Indianapolis, Ind., Dec. 19 (By The Associated Press) Disabled vet- Washington, Dec. 19 (By The As sociated Press) Seventeen Armenian women and children were outraged by Turks and murdered when they National Executive Training landed at Constantinople after de- Committee In Annual Re.:PorUtion from the United States, ac- . . l cording to the testimony of the House hu" -""" " immigration Committee. " j High New York, Dec. 19 (By The Asso ciated Press) The National Execu- J.lrs. Kirby Convicted Mav Get A New Trial , Grlce McMullan, popular Elizabetn ', - .... . ,0 T, rm, City boy now attending Marlon Insti Adrian, - mica., j . . ..... ., . ... i.uni.toii pu) Mra. MattieV1" "Kirby, temperance worker, charged Grice McMfullan Stars In Football at Marion Marion, Alabama, has made the football team o' the institution as half- ol f-!ev- . . , ... . . . Q-l A 11V Ulk '.1 11119111:1 , tt OKlIlllllUlll.il r'tT'rJt If Paper publ.shel by the sch.ol. 'n is Issue pf Dereml'?r 3, says: McMul lan proved to be one of the best men i In the backfield ' in the 'ootba-ll sea A rny,; u.pB..v. th flrgt d starring a with manslaughter In connection with ba,k on ggt n ine aisappearanc" ui uer uauioicoi the new trial motion will be argued tomorrow. Jdanv Arrested In Prohibition Raids sou. i Elsewhere In the same issue of the paper a game between the Army and Chicago, Dec. 19 (By The Assocl-, the Navy teams of the school, which ated Press) Seven hundred and the Navy won, 18 to 7, is described, fifty persons were arrested in prohi- and in a discussion of the game the hition raids and arraigned in court following appears: "McMullan, of the here today, The raids included fash- Navy, stands forth as the individual lonable, the residential sections and star of the game, and It was due to "clubs. this speedy and brainy little halfback .that the Navy came out victorious." . I Grlce McMullan Is the son of Mr, Frlnrnn WilrHave 'and Mrs. P. W. McMullan of this city. lmsl y$ar ne was one oi me iasiesi I men on the high school football team, A Daily Newspaper Uew Publication Expected To Make Its Initial Appearance On January 1st and his brilliant performance at Mar ion Institute comes as no surprise to his friends here who have watched him In action on the gridiron The plant of the Linotype Publish ing Company at this city was pur chased Saturday night by a stock company at Edenton, of which J. H. McMullan, Jr., is trustee, and will be moved to the Chowan County seat in the next few days. If the plans of 'the purchasers materialize, Edenton will have a dally newspaper by Janu ary 1st. The editor of the new pub lication, the name ot which has not; 7et been announced, will be R. B. Shackell, formerly managing editor of the Elizabeth City "Evening Journal." ' The plant of the Linotype Publish ing Company, which went Into a re ceivership in January, 1921, was for merly engaged in the publication ol the "Herald,", a Republican weekly which suspended publication shortly aften the receivership went into ef fect. The plant was auctioned off at a receivership sale on October 28, at which the successful bidder was H. G. Sharber, owner of the building in which the plant was located. The Edonton stock company secured an assiEiimnnt of the company's hold-I- ' .. and will po ahead with the pub ' ' ' ion of a daily newspaper. TO PUT ALL COPRA IX GOVERNMENT'S HANDS Pago, Pago, American Samoa, Dec 19 (By The Associated Press) The annual Colonial Meeting of the Chiefs of American Samoa adopted a resolution at Its recent session to place all the copra product of the island in the hands of the govern ment for the year 1923, as in previ ous years. Bids for the copra will be opened on February 23 next, It was decided. erans and their dependents in every tive Committee of the Military Train community in the United States will ing Camps Association of the United be cared for Christmas day by Am- States in reporting on the success this erican Legion members, according to year of the Citizens' Training Camps plans announced today by national says that youth and enthusiasm stood headquarters of the ex-service men's out prominently in all camps and organization. -, 'that the spirit of the camps was ex- Visits to the homes of sick and cellent. One striking feature was the wounded ex-service men and to their whole hearted way in which the army families will be made by the egfon- had taken up these camps and was nalres and special committees will determined to make them succeed, take care of the men still in hospl-. the report adds, tals. Entertainments and presents! "The boys attending averaged a will be provided for the incapacitated little under 18. veterans. "Showing the spirit of national In connection with the Christmas service is still possible in peace time, visits, Legion investigators will ob- provided you begin with men while tain information in regard to striking they are still young enough," says cases of neglect of the disabled and the report. their families, following which action "Athletics and recreation varied the members of the local posts will Wth each camp but uniform satlsfac- take up the claims of these man ien cannot be reported. All the with the government and will assist camps had both athletic and morale their families In getting proper officers. In one could a failure be care. , renorted but the local conditions and Information in regard to the loca- training schedules made this a mat- tion of disabled men will be ascer- ter to be considered separately. All tained through Legion post meetings, ' the camps had canteens and service the Red Cross, local medical organlz- clubs. atlons, county and city officials, and, J "Discipline varied according to the if necessary, through house-to-hou89' camps. Instruction and training work by Legion committees. i varied markedly in the different "This Is not a charity affair," said camos. The War Department had Hanford Mackider, National Coin- tried to get the best personnel they mander of the Legion. "It Is the could, but the known qualified in- Chrlatmas thought of one ex-service structors were simply not to be had man for another who would expect In sufficient numbers. The profes- hls buddies to remember him if the sors of military science and . tactics positions were reversed. It does not at the colleges were uniformly excel matter whether the disabled lad is a lent. All the camps had large num- Leglon man or not: It Is a Christmas bers of young officers the great ma greeting betweed ex-service men." ijority being excellent but very few I of them having practical teaching ex- ... jperience. JnUlllOn "No radical wrong, not any serl- From Sunken Liner us complaint was found in any of I the camps and as a whole they were 'noted for the extraordinary lack of London, Dec. 19 (By The Assocl- Berlous complaints." ated Press) Nearly 128,000,000. The report continues: "We take worth of bullion has been recovered pIeagure jn quoting the following from the liner Laurentic, which was pertinent remarks about these camps sunK m January, ivii, on me nunn.made by General Pershing, as pub coat of Ireland by a German sub- llghed ln the Army Recrultlng News: marine. - . . . nnnni n..h. Operations have been ""Pended M Traln. for the winter, but they will be re- J foundation for sumed again in the spring when an J thoroughly con- effort w 11 be made to recover the , . . ,.u inoi t .iinnnn - .innon. slstent with America s national tra- rKlllttiimiK fiv,vuv,uvu i.u f au.vvv,- 000 worth of bullion which is said to be Ftlll at the bottom of the sea. EASTLAKE CASE! MAY GO TO JURY TODAY Montrosa, Va., Dec. 19 (By The Associated Press) The defense in the trial of Roger Eastlake, charged with the murder of his wife, rested today without Eastlake testifying, and may go to the jury t night London, Dec. 19 (By The As sociated Press) France will accept the original naval ratio laid down by Secretary Hughes at the armament conference, Premier Briand informed Am bassador Harvey last night, authorizing him to notify the American government. Sub marines were also discussed and the French may announce their submarine stand later. Washington, Dec. 19 (By The Associated Press) The cables saying that France had accepted the naval ratio cre ated a sensation in Arms Con ference circles today. This is interpreted as the longest step toward the naval reduction agreement. The next big question is sub marines which Great Britain favors abolishing and France and the United States favor retaining. , The French delegation here was greatly surprised over the reported Briand agreement. The naval sub-committee postpon ed Its meeting until tomorrow. Charged With The Murder Of Two Clearwater, Fla., Dec. 19 (By The Associated Press) Carter Pierson was arrested here today charged with killing his sister-in-law and a man named Durrance at a dance. Pier- sociated Press) Richard Croker, son torn ine woman not to dance with former Tammany leader, is very ill in Durrance. When she did the shoot- Ireland, his wife cables. i ing started. Former Tammany Leader Very 111 In Ireland Pryor, Okla., Dec. 19 (By The As-1 GOVT WINS SUIT Airplane Crashes Tntr Trie Woods Washington, Dec. 19 (By The As- soclated Press) The government i Newport Newg Dec, 19 (By The won its suit before the Supreme AMOCated PreM)An airplane with court today to compel the American a broken wng hed into the Hardwood Manufacturers' Assocla- woodg neaf here to(ky A mcue tion to terminate co-operative selling party ,s instigating, methods and agreements, alleged j The re8cuers were unable to find adopted to eliminate competition. : any O0CUpants cf the airplane. Recover Contracts Let On State Normal Work All Successful Bidders On Building Program Of Bchool Were North Carolinians Two Men Are Killed In Strike Fight Sioux City, la., Dec. 19 (By The Associated Press) Deputy Sheriff Lewis Jones and Kessen Kaled, pack ers' strike sympathizers, were killed The twenty-eight bids on the work here today In a gun fight. of enlarging and improving the plant of the Colored State Normal School, ( , at this city, were opened by the JtJriand Confers Board of Trustees of the institution Saturday at noon. The successful bidder on the administration building to be erected Jn connection with the! undertaken, was J. J. Stroud, of f . . . 1 v. T)1nAM Htkft.A VlM W CI B t 1 9 Q oouiuem moo, George, discussing German repara- 849, as compared with the highest , figure submitted $191,800. juon8, A local heating contractor. J. S.i " Padgett, was the lowest bidder on'r . mm . the heating installations. His figure wcw ivjuiiuiuui was $9,489 as against $18,400, the highest bid offered. The contract for the water and sewer plants went to A. H. Guion, of Gastonia, at $27,- With Lloyd George London, Dec. 19 (By The Associat ed Press) Premier Briand con ferred today with Premier Lloyd Great difficulties have been en- dltlons.' ' " 'First, they are antl-mllltarlstic,' he added, 'and second, they are demo- countered by the salvage crew, for"atic to the core. KILLED GRAY FOX A gray fox, weighing over eleven pounds, Is an display this week at Gallop & Toxey Shoe Company on Main street. The fox was killed by C. B. Toxey, a member of the firm, last Friday, when he was hunting with Roland Sawyer on a farm near Weeksvllle. Mr. Sawyer himself bagged a fox somewhat smaller than Mr.-Toxey's on a hunting trip earlier In the week. after three years pounding by the Atlantic swells the liner has been transformed into a heap of twisted debris. Her decks, down on the sea bottom, cover an area of several hundreds of feet. The wreck was practically covered with gravel and silt, as t Is In a po sition which It received the full force of the Atlantic gales. This obstruction ad to be remov ed, a.s far as pos&lble, by powerful pumps placed In position by the div ers, as the gold was at the bottom of the huge mass of wreckage. To Messenger Dogs New York, Dec. 19 (By The As- unrlntflrl Prenn A mnmimnnt to 648. The highest bid on this work meg9enger dogg knied on tne battle. was $32,849. 'fields was erected todav in the ca- Bldders from fx states were, here cemetery at Hartsdale, the only Saturday, when the bids were open- an,mal cemetery ln the Unlted ed. It happened that all the sue- gtates. cesfiful bidders were North Caro- llnlans. All bids on some phases of the , FIREMAN IS KILLED proposed construction wock were re Jected by the Board of Trustees be cause the latter considered them ex ceedingly high. These w!ll be let at a later date. It is no longer to be doubted that with world conditions as they are, preparedness for war, as Lincoln which settled, said. Is insurance for peace. " 'To train a man to defend his country Is no more developing a militarist of him than It Is making a pugilist of a boy to teach him how to use his flKts in self-defense. " "That, we can nulckly dispose of. What I do want to Impress, however, L. J. McDanlels, who sold Is the value to democracy of these abundance of oranges and grape fru t camps and the army we hope to build at very low prices last week, Is ex np through them. We have never pectlng another carload ln Just a day had a military autocracy In this 'or two. Mr. McDanlels will call at- FRUIT AT LOW PRICES IN TRAIN WRECK Annlston, Ala., Dec. 19 (By The Associated Press) The fireman was killed and several passengers were injured In the wreck of the Southern 1 Railway Kansas City Special at Tar an bus today. There's no salt In your Coca Cola when you get It at our fountain made with water from our new pump. For refreehlng drinks, come to th? Apothecary Shop. Nov 28-tf ligation to the government'." thank God, and we never country, will. " 'The man who attends, learns that all men are actually on an equnl ity, and that the rich man's son and the poor man's son alike owes an ob- tertlon to the arrival of this fruit thnugh The Advance so that the peohlo may have opportunity to get fru It5, for Christmas. Tuesday's paper ln all probability will carry the an nouncement that the fruit has ar rive'. Confer With Weeks On Muscle Shoals Washington, Dec. 19 (By The As sociated Press) Engineers repre senting "Henry Ford conferred today with Secretary Weeks over the Muscle Shoals project.
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