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WEATHER Fair tonight and prob- ably7 Thursday. Warmer Thursday. Moderate to fresh winds. . CIRCULATION Tuesday 1,602 Copies VOL. XI. FINAL EDITION ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 23, 1921 FOUR PAGES NO. 303 i WALTER BICKETT DEAD iiOMAS PASSED AWAY' ; Alii 9:15 THIS MORNIN(j NO AGREEMENT , ON SUBMARINES Former Governor . .of North Carolina Did Not Regain Consciousness Fol lowing Stroke on Tuesday Night. LivelyBGamf ""onigi t' Will Harding's Gospel Washington, Dec. 28 (By The As- a ., . mA nf . pt . ,9 : -m -s A C "T t sociated PreSs)-Hop VG 51 K P 1 jOtlVerL OT UPDSf A. between the high school alumni; team of Elizabeth City and the high, school alumni team of Edenton. ! The game will start promptly at Administration Tried Unique Experiment And ' eigni o ciock ana it is nopea uiai a "1 f- Raleigh, N. C., Dec. 28 (By The Associated Press) For :mer Governor Bickett died at $:15 this morning. - Governor Bickett did not re-T- sain consciousness alter ; tne stroke of paralysis with which he was seized last night.: ? -; .. The body of former Gover-j nor. Bickett will lie in state in the rotunda of the State Cap itol Thursday; morning from nine to eleven o'clock. . Then -funeral services will be held at Christ Episcopal church, Ra leigh, at 11:30 o'clock, after . ;vhich the body will be taken to Governor Bickett's old home, Xouisburg, for burial. All State offices are closed today, and all flags are at half mast. Following Is an appreciation of -Covernor Bickett written by Dr. E. 3. Brooks for Carter's Weekly dur ' Ing the Bickett administration: ,. to-limit submarine tonnage was de clared abandoned at the meeting of the arms conference naval commit tee today. France's demand for minimum submarine tonnage of 90, 000 tons, the delegates declared, closed the door to any agreement. The American compromise . proposal was rejected completely by the French. . Thomas Walter Bickett was born Jn Monroe, Union County, N. C, Feb ruary 28th, 1869. He was the oldest of four children. But his father died -when he was only thirteen years old and much of the responsibility that had rested upon the father was now laid upon the eldest son., Does the 'weight of responsibility stimulate the desire td become responsible and ser viceable? Who can tell? Some force was at work; and young Bick ett, completing the, work; of the Mon roe high school, entered Wake, For st College In 1886. ' Dr. R. T. Vann, secretary of the .State Educational Board of the Bap tist Church, was living at Wake For est at the time, and he says that when the Union County lad entered college there was "nothing In particular to rdlstineuisli him-from the others. In .deed, It was several montha before I inew he was there at all, so quiet was he and so unobtrusive." But Dr. E. W. Paschal, of the Wake For est College faculty says:' "In his Latin and Greek his average was .about 95." The records -show that REFINED SUGAR BREAKS BELOW FIVE CENT LEVEL New York, Dec. 28 (By The As sociated s Press) Refined sugar broke below the Ave cent level today for the first time in several years. good crowd will be there to cheer ITlliahatli rltv etara VL'hn hiiva hpon I winners in the past and who expect to break all records tonight. In order to defray the expenses of the Edenton team admission of ten and 20 cents will be charged. Imposed No Conditions On Socialist Agitator In The Hope That He Would Reciprocate KILLED STEPFATHER ' AND BURNED HIS BODY McRae, Ga., Dec. 28 (By The As sociated Press) Elisha and Dave j Bishop, brothers, were arrested here today charged with murder and ' arson in connection with the burn ing of the home of their stepfather, W. J. Knight. It is alleged that they murdered him and cremated his body. THOMAS W. BICKETT SEARCH FOR BANDITS Kansas City, Dec. 28 (By The As sociated Press) The police are searching for two bandits who looted the express car of the Missouri-Pacific today and shot the messenger. Tuesday Night Was Bad On Auto Lights And Recorder's Ifourt Wednesday Morning Was Filled With , Anxious Offenders The Wednesday morning session of; recorder's court here was a record breaker for cases involving the vio lation of the laws requiring certain lights on automobiles after night fall. Of ten persons arrested for such vioiMon, three were found say no more about the case and guilty, one was continued for further LQ hope thftt Debg wm not ab eviuence, unu bia ncio oniim'i' Noah Bright, the first offender By DAVID LAWRENCE (Copyright 1921 by The Advance) Washington, Dec. 27. Eugene V. Debs has left behind here a trail of mingled emotions. The-administration which set him free is somewhat sadder and wiser this morrow morn. For both President Harding I and Attorney-General Daugh erty, who have tried their gos pel of "understanding" in try ing to convert Debs to a life of peace instead of agitation, are Drank 25 Or 30 Bottles Of Pineapple Flavoring That on Saturday he drank be tween four and five dollars worth of Dlneannle flavorint. or between 25 not SO SUrp that they have SUC-jand 30 fifteen-cent bottles, which he ceeded. Their disposition is to teacher of the same grade. "Professor" Bickett ' taugnt In Winston until the close of the school year In 1893. His uncle, D. A. Cov ington, of Monroe, was one of the leading lawyers ot the State and un der him the young "professor" be gan the study of law. He completed his course in the University Law School and in the fall ot 1893 he dropped the professional title, open ed an office in Danbury, N. C, and be came T. W. Bickett, Esq., Attorney at Law. ; He practiced in Stokes and surrounding counties until the spring of 1895 when he moved his office to Louisburg, N. C. and for twenty-two years he has been a citizen of that community. Dr. Vann' words, "I saw no rea son to anticipate any unusual career for him" might be said of the earlier years of his career as .a lawyer. Those excepting of course, his inti mate 'friendswho are now trying to recall the successive stages of his growth, since his graduation, skip from 1890 to 1907, when he was he more than maintained this record elected to the .General Assembly In these subjects and in English. In! from Franklin County seventeen mathematics his Freshman record! years f growth, silent growth. His LIKED HER COOKING LEFT HER A FORTUNE Philadelphia, Dec. 28 (By The As sociated Press) Because he liked her cooking, Samuel W Ihling left Mrs. Anna Soudmv his housekeeper, 160,000 atd an automobile in his will. INSURANCE MAN KILLED New York, Dec. 28 (By The Asso ciated Press) Three men attacked and killed Charles Hayes, insurance salesman, in East New York today, and made their escape. NOT GO TO PINEHURST Washington, Dec. 28 (By The As sociated Press) President Harding will probably abandon his plan to go to Pinehurst, North Carolina, and the cabinet will meet as usual Monday. Blue Ribbon Factory Robbed By Bandits Five Motor Trucks Carry Off Whis key Worth Thirty Thousand Dollars - called before the court, admitted that he did not know how long his rear light had been out of commis sion, and was required to pay the costs of the case. Mr. Bright was also, arrested on a charge of Operat ing his car without the proper li cense. He . testified that ha had knocked it off the back of ins car: when backing out of his yard, and J had found the license In the yard the next morning. Ha- was found not guilty on the latter charge. M. L. Temple, arrested on tne way from the W- H. Weatherly & Co. store on Water street Wednesday night, as he, was driving in a car be longing to one of Mr. Weatherly's salesmen, was released. Mr Weath erly testified that the salesman left for Roanoke Island Tuesday without felling anyone that he had left the automobile at the store, and that he himself had Temple take che car home after he discovered that it was there. The car was not properly lighted, but Recorder Spence ruled fhat court action was not Justified by reason of the circumstances sur rounding the affair. Sam ; Hastings, in court on the same charge, pubmitted the case,.and paid the cot of the hear'ng. . Ray Toxey, haled before the court nn a charge of operating his car . - 'it .lit wna """ with an inaaequaw ' , jDebs' extreme philosophy joined in able to prove that he bad a i ign ,i AUor though a dim one which did .not "ne General Daugherty tried several form with the law "quiring tnat & perB0al talk with such a ngnt OB jiia.ii.j ,Dfib In Washington to convince the use the liberty that has been given him by becoming a .cen ter for more agitation, a rally ing device for radicalism and professional exploitation of the working classes. The Harding administration tried a unique experiment one that has been beclouded somewhat in myste ry because of the very delicacy of the undertaking. It is a fact that Debs could have had a pardon long ago if he would have agreed to with draw the views, he expressed against this country's entrance into the war. It is a fact that he never would have been convicted if he had not made a fiery speech in the court room before the Jury, going even further than ever before in bis denunciation of the war and his threats to do all in his power to prevent America's suc cess by discouraging enlistments. For months the Harding adminis tration has been besieged on every hand to release Debs. First It was the radical group who believed that Debs was wrongly imprisoned and of course had a right to be set free. Then there developed a sentimental movement based mostly on argu ments of sympathy for the advanced age of the socialist leader. Liberals who themselves dldn t agree with bought from Mrs. Mary Mettrey, who runs a Bmall fruit store on Poln dexter street, was the testimony ot Charlie Crank, witness in a case in recorder's court here Wednesday morning in which the Mettrey wo man was charged with Belling for ( beverage purposes mixtures contain- 1 ing alcohol and various narcotic drugs prohibited by law. Crank de clared that he Imbibed four or five bottles of the Btuff in the, store, and said that he went back for more every time he got hold of a dollar, usually purchasing half a dozen bottles at the time. Levy Crank, next on the stand, testified that he had been buying strawberry and pineapple extracts, paregoric and Bateman's Drops from Mrs. Mettrey tor beverage purposes for more than a year. He said, however, that he had purchased none from her In the last few weeks. Of ficer Anderson told the court that he had warned the Mettreya that they must not sell alcoholic and narcotic preparations to people who Were ap-. parently likely to drink them. Tran nie Crank, who runs a shoe repair shop next to the Mettrey store, tes tified that he had seen more than a hundred bottles lying in the vacant space between the two establish ments, but that he could not state whence they had come. Pete Mettrey, now employed in the Mettrey store, admitted that he sold perhaps' as many as a dozen bottles of pineapple flavoring to Charlie Crank last Saturday, and on the basis of the evidence Trial Jus tice Spence fined the Mettrey woman ten dollars and costs. Frankfort, Ky., Dec. 28 (By The Associated Press) Five motor was about equal to his Latin- record, ! college career was a period of silent; trucks loaded with armed men but in his last year mathematics; growth and then a speech made himgwoor,e(i down on the Blue Ribbon He agreed to have a better light put in, and was m r n l O distance oi nity "" .... , socialist leader of the error of his found not guilty. views but he failed. The admlnls drops to 88 while Latin climbs up tc 96. In the languages he ranked high but in mathematics and the scl ences his place was down the line. Writing further of his' career at famous In academic circles. His ca- .. . Noan uarreu, jr., - not then have brought Debs to Its of running his automobile with no I announced testified hat he had nis ' ,... rear light, his fir3t year. "I saw no reason to anticipate any unusual career for ilm," and It was not Until his senior jear that the community began to focus attention upon the Union County boy. In that year he was one of the victorious debaters in a very spirited contest; and he 'seems to be remembered by his argument in that debate. After twenty-five years, however, his friends still see in him the same characteristics that . . . 1 1 1 1 1 ... i j vuuu . , w 1. 11 . v. uu ,tn .1 V 11 11 .1 V f ..1 I 11 ! 11(1 I . ut.u ... . . , . , , reer in the General Assembly Is not:,, ,,,. anaA ,ith .mi,o, "6"' ' . . . t u oo.itallty 01 ln& mrisimas ,.fr,rf v,w ,. .they ought to the final impetus to the movement But from that plane he stepped into I'', r. , the evening ; nig juuyciij i ... - - 'and was found not guilty. I Tommie Sanders, arrested because sslng, State politics and In the Democratic Wake Forest Dr. Vann says that in Convention of 1908 while the caP" Women Celebrate tain and kings were deciding the is sues, this man of silent growth ap peared in the arena and made an other speech. He was nominating a man for Governor who could not elated Press) possibly win. That speech made him a State figure and the most agreeable Team Thanks Ponators The Elizabeth City football team tration was regretful that it could j desires to thank the merchants and others of this city who genernusljr do nated toward the transportation and other expenses of the Monday after noon football game here with Washington. i his release. Finally, the Bentlmen season gave R:.U4.,ir one of his headlights wa ' submitted, and was requn-.i 10 pay New York, Dec. 28 (By The Asso-,the costs of the caBe .ted ProsO Women from all J. D. Freeman, local Jitney driver, 'parts of the country are here "today up for failure to display a rear light; 'to celebrate Woodrow Wilson's birth-las required by law, testified that 1 1 J ! ... . . ...1 U - l..n,irrlit Vl O Ul t for the release of Debs and the ad ministration yielded. But in deciding to give Debs his liberty, the President and the Attor ney General knew from experience with radicals that It would be a mis take to Impose condltlons'on-Debs to threaten him or use coercion in enforce silence. The an- the radical is that he will phase of that memorable convention ,oay ana ,pian io nonor me iormer uu......b - .r nevcr yield to coercion and that eve- nermanent wife from tne country uu.; "- ... . - . . . 1 1... rv Minn iihm iifipriv 111 hi:liiiii mm ui IMPORTANT MEETING TOMGHT There will be an Important meet ing of the officers and teachers of Blackwell Memorial Sunday school tonight at 7:30 in the Sunday school auditorium. All are asked to be present. was that speech. President through Mr. Bickett was not a candidate in ( foundation campaign, for that convention for any office. But which opens January 16th. a contest between long standing can- d the attention of teachers didates for the Attorney Generalship SnpnrJ IvMlljrm Frsr and nominating T. W. Bickett, Esq., Attorney atLawj Loui&burg, N. C. A great speech had matte, him famous he brought his lent. If he had henn tnld his rp- , -- IV II1HM IIHM I I IIHI 1 V 111 HI-IIIIII Hllll III 1. ... . .... fundi nitrhtfnll He had been arresteu oy - lease nan Deen granted on condition fund.,, nigh fall. He had There ls a confllct of fitate-; thflt he fuef aKlt!ltl() ,p ma allrar and f 1' re student a good command of language, strong, analytical power, flu unbounded grace of humor, in- tenKT earnestness and a sympathy for all classes ot people. A college diploma never contains an estimate of those qualifies. But such as it does contain were rolled up and laid away and "forgotten until the paragrapher searched thorn out at . ter a Ecneration. Tlie young college the "outgrown shell" in tih spring of 1890. corroborated his further testimony nient as to whether Debs voluntarily or came to Involun- probablllties are that Toys And Games shook it. Parker that the lleht came back on when he k11"' r a..- tlonk of the iocIalrt tar v hut tho rpf a ha vn. p vpn. He was found not guilty, r" '- i have rSen up ana a Morgan, up on the an,e transportation to the national capl-,W0I1,d have rMuItcd, 1 lnn .f nM crillltV L"! auu III i 1U3 fffic nuui; ill i count, entered a jnta ui -" r,..j I He told that the rear light was i ministration does not advance to give him an audience at;on that gronmj all the eino leador would proud refusal But the ad put Its hopes tho Wl i"IHi !!, ta'ni t "Tl,,. , . f ' ton gradod school board of r 5. 1S90, however, con- " fallowing: !.ppllcatlon of T. W. Bickett. New York, Dec. 28 (By The A,,o-,IIe told that tne rear u y. ""..u "1 " "u- ",. .' V genuineland the private lawyer" became the elated Press) Over $100,000,000 burning when ne leu noiue. uui -; D , . of . t, ;" ,' ,', , . Vu . people's attorney. . V was Blirnt bv the American people without a witness Dy wnum i"1"111" 'Ieiu"' lu " Eight more years ofcsllent growth for toys and games during the last flared thnt he could prove the state-, :,!r. Maiding had never seen Debs. , tor. the release of Deb on sentiment- a period in which hisiubllc services year, the National City Bank estl- ment. The enso was continued to-jie had bnen told for months ofHhe al grounds It has not receded from were recognized as boing of value mates. ' Thursday morning. . ! wonderful personality of the oged so-! tho viewpoint expressed by the Fed- : xoah . Seymour, nrresueu uy ,iun ; naiist. tie reauy w anten r.) iiu;ei ; ' "i wnim m muonui; mn iinyi mwu- a note of congratulations from his father, Oillcer Seymour, for driving him and talk with him. The I'rrsl- ment. Indeed, the President and tho Republican opponent, Hon. F. A. his car with a headlight missing. ; ,i,.nt wondered hnw a man of tuish Attorney General feel that they htvi Unney. was able to prove that the heaillipht remarkable personality could hold r'ked public criticism hut have done On January 11, 1917, he was in- camn on as soon as he tightened the j,,,,., subversive views. The Inter'- a human thing. Will Deba, retaining uigurated Governor, and on that or- connnction, and was released. view was a pleasant one. Mr. Hard- his vIpws too, do a 'tuman thing for ration he delivered the third epoch- "Well, you won't get me In court !lfr !U nothing to say aftorwarda. ! the pd-nlnistration which gave hm i,i:iljlnf Kiicerh nf his Tfe. The nnv time Rotn." Raid Itobert Jen- The socialist leader made no pw.lp- his lilieriy? Will h restrain h!m- niiiRs jokingly to Officer Seymour rs as to bis future attitude. The hm Tuemlay niglif. Five minutes later minlfit ration merely expressed ls .Teiinlngs packed the policeman on hiipes that he would not le-id him Maln street with no rear llplit burn- !(.if to exploitation commercially or ing on his ear, nnd was arrested. He otherwise. It remains to he sen and then came the .'beginning of a new era. Most people who watched (he last campaign said that he would graduate left! be nonilnated, but ho one could point of academies, to any specific thing that mads him He had toen- j greatly superior to any ot 'his rivals. tor miother' world and build anew.iThey simply felt that he would win. His first work, it is said, was that of ills growth seems to be so syniiiietri teuclirr in Marlon. The minutes of leal, that there Is no single side to n N. C was now presented new tho recommendation of Prof. I'.lrUett was elected f ( - finvnnth grado at a ") r r V'-ir." It would him, and no alliance with any parti cular Interest. Therefore, there wus no specific cause why he should win. I his campaign, however, he Bet a standard. He discussed State Issues without bitterness and even his political opponents could find no personal abuse in his remarks, nor ridicule In- his argument, and the other two Kave his subsequent :'act, they had :;U own career. no Index ai to wlnt acts would be. In nulling to do with The third one. 1"- v.-r, outlined the future direction of ilf and cease preachlni; doctrine which his critlr-8 say would mean V'' overthrow of the Government by phy sical force? j The adminlptrntlon's attitude to- the State's progress and what he as told the court that he hadn t pushed whether Debs will turn to the lira of day was to let the matter rest and Governor would undertake to do. his switch far enough over when he agitation on which he has milmisted to ask the country to witness wheth llis growth can no longer be silent; turned on his lights, anw was able for a generation or whether he will er It pays to be graclouj to a man It must be made in public, and the to prove that the light burned all reciprocate the kindness of the nd-;who believes In undermining the ex public will mark the tages. It right as soon as he adjusted the ministration by keeping quiet. It In-listing social and economic order how that sal- best evidence In his argument, and was a great speech, will ne ne a switch properly, no luuuu uui.vuivfb a nem-nis imim. u im-m Mii,iiini, n-r m nine nnig si h-hsv, - . ' . - - . . 1 .n . .. - . .. . i ..... 1 t i.t.l l u...in .t 'I. Ik. .I.... nf tk. n,nn.l. li f -it of tne tne i" t evidence or nis iairness wnu'ereat uovernorr we man see. iguiity. ,etu iuuuau hiiuwipu iu remain bi-,h mo mujumj
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