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XIII. FINAL EDITION. ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA, TUESDAY EVENING, JULY 3, 1923. > T EIGHT PAGES. NO. 153.
,Th6 Glorious Fourth
Brim Full? Of Sports
Sin lit- for Live Boys, Motor Boat ltacf?, swHiu^rliall (Saint
With Edetaton Will Provide Enjoyable Day for
7 All Who Are in ElLtalieili-??ty
9t.iiHm at H t> ?i with- boy i
?In: ts galore, followed by boat races
if ' mt ; and a baseball same with Kden-4
u to.i it 5, visitors and home folks in
noon brim full of fun on the Fourth.
Through the generous co-opera
tion of the local merchants three
prises will be awarded in each of the
. WIlesiB that Afe to fi^-opened to the
twin;; offered for each-event.
Liberal prizes have also been of
fered the dinners in the motor boat
Taces which are to start at 4 o'clock.
All entrants are asked to be ready ?
for the racea-by 3 o'clock and own-i
?era of sail boats and motor boats are
Tequested to announce their entrance
<*t that time.
Automobiles will be cleared off
Main stroot during the boys' con-1
?tests and mothers need feel no un
easiness about letting their boys en
ter~th? contests as committeemen
will be on the lookout to avoid any i
-riaks In any of tlie? events.
Boys 16 yefcrs old and under may
?enter any of the contests. Winners
. -of prises in epfth contest will be elim
Instod?tha# is, no boy Will be per
? vnltted to-win both first and second
. *prize in any of the contents though
* winner In one contest is not barred
from participating in any or all of
p "the events.
g* ?A" bicycle interference race in
a"."Which all boys from 10 to 1& year*
W age are invited to entor will take
place on Main street from the Stand
wyl Pharmacy to the Albemarle
? '^'Jofarmacy. At least three different
i - races will be conducted?one for the
'boys between the a^es of 10 and 12
Tears, one, for those from 12 to 14
and another for those from 14 to 16
years.of age.
An obstruction race will be held
?on the courthouse lawn and also an
.amusing three-legged raco. Those
expecting to enter the three-legged
ra<^- are advised to get a team mate
srnd do some practice work ahead of
lliue.
A creased pole Climbing contest
% will interest many boys as It did last
Tear Three hundred pennies will be
V At the top of the polo for ttoe boy.
"Who proves himself the chsmplon
?ellmber. Another contest that will
Intorest many boys will be a sack
Tnce and those expected to enter are
reminded that three prizes will be
offered In each contest.
During the motor boat races there
-will be a tub race and barrel race
?for all boy swimmers under 16 years
of age."
The following prises hkve been
-provided snd are on display in the
window of the Standard Pharmacy:
O. F. Gilbert, belt; MoCabe A
Gvlce. bathing suit; T. T. Turner
fW. cuff links; D. M. Jones Co.,
flashlight; Culpepper Hardware Co.,
"baseball hat; Louis Selig. Eversharp
pencil; P. W. Melick Co.. knlfer*. H.
Aydlett Hardware Co., pocket knife:
"Wasks A SaWysr, tl4?; Osllop *
Tozey 8hoe Co.. socks; Apothecsrv
?bop, waterwlnga; Spencer-Walker
Co.. keds; "Standard Pharmacy,
Jmj.sk; City Baakg. pennies.
^rank Scattergood is chairman of
boys' coifteata while Dr. William
Parker fceadfl the committee on mo
tor boat racing and those wishing
detailed Information about the va
?Tknis contests may apply to the re
?p<ctlve chairmen.
The down-town area of the city
i--wa< being decorated Tuesday morn
1n- and afternoon. Practically all
?tores close at noon, allowing their
??Bii>loyes a half holiday.
Committees have been sfrpolnted
to provide plenty of ice water. park
In? accommodations and other con
veniences for the many visitors ex
pectod^ In Elisabeth City on the
t o'clock In the evening a sub
1. script ton danro will bo hold st tho
Masonic Hall. Music will be fur
nished by the Brunswick Five of
"Norfolk.
r* For lovers of the sport there will
be lioreersclna on the race track ofj
Ih'' Albeamrle District fairground,
.and Josh Dawson down at tho bath-|
. 1n- resort Is putting on ftwimmlna
. . *?ces and water sports for those who
?ar" to participate In these.
Convict Boss Says
Was Doing His Duty
lake CUy. KJa, July 3.?Thorn
?" WtlUf HlKftlnbotham. former
convlet whipping bo** of the I'utnaH!
?r-ywwtJniijBiy. told the jury to
WT In his trial for murder of Mar
\ tin 1Wrt of North nakota. "It waa
m) duty to whip Tabert," adding
linn lie J a ' e him oulj el IHI iaanaa!
The stale rnrrtends that Tabert
Sdkil from axfceaalvo whlpplnr admin
istered hy Hlttlnbotham, state wlt
nraM-r li'ntlfyln* that from ftO to 100
Mfhes were applied.
CmiPTROMJER ISSUES
CA1,I, TO NATL RANKS
Washington. July 1.?The roBip
troller of eorrenry today Issued a
call for tha conditio of all nation
al banks at tha eloaa ?f baslneaa on
ftatartey. Jane It.
GETTING READY j
FOR STATEf AIR
General -Manager Walhorn
Will?Have Tent City?fot.
Auto flam pen*' Who Wish to
Attend This Event.
ty will welcome auto .eampera who .
wish to attend the sixty seventh t
North Carolina State Fair October
15-19. - *
General Manager E. V. Walborn
fh making preparations to have a
tented city (or automobiles, who
have camping outfits. By bringing
along their tents, autorista will be as- ;
sured of ample accommodations for j
their needs while they are here. !
The tented city will be located ;
within the Fair Grounds and there
will, be ample room for all. This I
new feature of the "Fair promises to
attract many ardent outdoor enthu
siasts.
Raleigh homes will be thrown open
^to Fair visitors as usual and there
will be increa8efl""hotel accommoda
tions. and. Is Is expected thafr the
large majority of the merry throngs
will want indoor accommodations.
; But there %ill be parking iptM It
'the Fair Grounds for all who desire
jit though application should be made
i beforehand.
This will be Just one of the many
new features that will be put on this
Fall. Mrs. Edltfi Vanderbllt. th?
enterprising president of the Sta'e
Fair, is determined to* make the
North Carolina Institution second to
none in the South and equal to the
Uies^in the nation. She is already
jacffvely at work lining up exhibits
'that win adequately represent the
jvaat resources, agricultural. Indus
trial. and commercial, to be found in
I the Old North State.
Mrs. Vanderbilt expects to have
'something Of Interest at the Fair
i for every member of the family. It
is her aim to make the very best
fair anywhere. 8he Is receiving as
surances of hearty cooperation from
her fellow Tar Heels.
MOTHERH CliUB WlU>
MKKT ON THURSDAY
The Mothers Club will meet on
Thursday tat the Community House
on Fleetwood street at 3.30 p. m..
Instead of Wednesday, which Ih n
hoHthty; All mothers are asked to
take their babies. "Flans for n
Better Babies contest will be dis
jfuased.
City Manager Attends
First Council Meeting
The new City Manager, John B.
I Bray, attended his first meeting of
jthe City Council .Monday night, after
la day In'his office taking inventory
land getting his bearings. He had no
t recommendation* Monday night ex
cept that routine matters coming be
I fore the Council be referred to him
land that he would endeavor to look
after them to the satisfaction of all
iconcerned.
"I'm glad to be here, gentleme.n,'*
'said Mr. Bray, "and I feel sure that
we shall get on fine."
NO: ACTION TAKEN
ON MOTHEKS' AID
No action was taken by the Pas
quotank Board of County Commis
sioners looking toward making the
Mothers' Aid law passed by the last
I/egiisature effective in Pasquotank
[County. The board debated the mat
ter at considerable length Thursday]
afternoon, but decided to defer ac-j
tlon until the August meeting. I
On next Monday the Commission-1
ers meet ait an equalisation board to I
hear cohiplaints of property which
the owners think Is unfairly listed
for taxation. Later In the month they
are likely to be called In session to I
fl^the tax levy for the County. i
Chairman Burfoot was absent j
Monday and Commissioner Prltchard
presided over the meeting.
THK WKHTKIIN VNION TO
OIWKKVK THK FOV.KTH
"The Weatern Union Toletfraph
office hero will obaerre holiday
hour*. iulr Fourth, being open from
? in it i: m: inn iruir ? Ifl l p. tA "
?ay* J. I>. Sykea, Manager. -?
COTTON MARKKT
New Y?rti July I ?Spot tlOMd
quiet today at a deollne of (0 point*.
Middling cloned at iT.lt. Future*,
cloned at tifa following leyoln: July.
October IMS; December
U.K. January 11.IS: March
mr
New York J?lf I?"Cotton fnturea
opened thla morning at th? follow
Inn leyela: Jaly !( IS; October
M.U; December Ml#; January
11.1ft; March ll.i*
Much Interest In
Game on July 4th
TwiHer Belentine Will Proba
bly Start Things Off On The
Mound For Best City
?Tn'atelp or .Ballfntinp?win pitch *
and Abbott witl hold Hccond for Elis
abeth r.ity horo nt S nrl.wk nn thf
afternoon of the fourth when Eliza
beth City will play Edenton before
what is expected to be one of th?'
Uiab?t^CI|*noftl>*nP a ba"
Shlpp will be on the job at short
is will Gard on the third has. True
blood will play flrst and Host wi**,
catch. Chalkev. Hood and Hender-j
Bon^ Weatherly or Twiddy will h*H?j
die the pill in flic outer -garden.
This will probably be the strong-'
est team that Elisabeth City has put
on the local diamond this year and
though no official information has*!
been received from Edenton It I*
understood that "the visitors will
strengthen their forces with some,
new blood. At any rate the last
three tight paines between Elizabeth
City and Edenton have been quite a
crowd-getting incentive.
Elizabeth City will nlnv Edenton
at Edenton at 10:30 on the morning
or thi^ T^ouTtli Tind thppe- wll be no
game at Eienton on Thursday after
noon. Manaqer Brockett is making
negotiations with a Norfolk team to
play in Elizabeth City on Friday af
ternoon and it is believed that Ply
mouth will enter a Trl-Cltv league
contest with Elizabeth City and
Edenton next week.
JAPAN DOESN'T WANT
TO WAIT FOR FRANCE
(Br Th? AHorUIrd PtH?)
Toklo. July 3.?Japan has decided
to api'onch America and Great Brl
tain with a view, of .reaching a trl
party agreement to enforce thp i>ro
visions of the Washington naval
treaty without waiting ratification by
Franre. It was asserted confidently
in Japanese newspapers today which
print statements believed to be re
liable.
FRENCH CONFISCATE
MUCH GERMAN CASH
' Berlin. July 3.?French troops to
day occupied the Welabaden branch
'of the Relschbank. and confiscated a
considerable amount of cash, says
the Voesfche Zeltung.
BELGIAN ANSWER TO
BE DELIVERED TODAY
'lb A* Aworli'rd I'r'Ml
Brussells. July 3 ?Th* Belgian
answer to the British questionnaire
on the Franco-Belgian reparations
policy was sent to the Belgian am
bassador In I?ondon who is expected
to deliver It to the British foreign
j secretary today.
L.
What Farm Women
Are Accomplishing
Thl? to be the Feature of Woman'*
I * Hectlon At Ntaie College Con
vention Jul) 81
Raleigh. July 8.?What farm wo
men In North Carolina are accom
plishing will be the feature of th?>
farm women's section of the Farm
er? and Farm Women Convention r.t
State College July 31 to Aue'iet 3.
Mr?. Jane 8. McKltnmon, su|*"vlsor
of home demonstration work of tne
agricultural extension service, says.
Plans for this department of the
convention now are being developed
by Mr?. McKlmmon and severs!
speakers have been named. Mrs.
I^acy McArthur, Cumberland County,
will preside as president of th*
Farm Women'* section an<J Mrs. J."|
B. Mason will head the home by-,
reaus.
Mm. Palmer Jerman. president of
the North Carolina Federation or
Women's Cluba. will he one of the
a peak era of the convention, having
in her aubjeet, "The !7nlon of North
Carolina Women for the flood of
North Carolina." Mm. R H OMtM,
mother of women'a cUiba In the State
and now honorary prealdent of the
organization, alao la acehduled to
make a brief apeech.
On the afternoon of Auguat 1, the
women will dlaruaa tt\e garden, the
homentead and the honie. Arrange
ment* have been worked oat with
the dlvlalon of horticulture for a ape
clal program In which providing gar
den auppllca for the table, selling the
aurplua for fflarket, how to whip the
boll weevil with the garden and poul-1
try, and methods of marketing pro
duce will be outlined In ahort talka
by women experta on the aub)ectN.'
The home orchard alao wlYi be gIVen ;
conalderatlon.
MIMiVllil.WW COMMtMAMM
IM.KAMKII l"A<KKI> HOI HK
Melvllle'a Connllini plifyeri lo *
packed hnuae at their tent on Weal
Main atrMl Moltdsr. the lint night
of a mkl Mi|>l?nirnl her*, ami
the purlofmnn pleaaed the bin
crowd ImnnMlr
The MettWe aggregation. which
Hit M#B H IIMinn II City Mton.
haa the reputation of iU|t>| the
hoot and eleaaelt ahowa of any elml
lar aggragatloa Tlatttag the city In
reoeat yaara. Taaaday alght'a abow
la "Coaatry Boy."
CLAIM BEII SHORT
IN HIS ACCOUNTS
? -ity (loiuiril (lulls oil Fornl^r
ArwlitorV Bonding Company
lo Make Good Alleged Def-j
icit of Nearly S2CH).
That the city has never brm able'
City Auditor Mills E. Hell became
generally known lor thu ttiat time;
Monday night whm tlx- city Cnuiui;
in regular fesMon (Unvoted City At-1
rOTTTPy" fcriirh?to- notify?the- bonding
contpnny that it .must make cood nn?
amount of something like I ISO
Which the city claims Mr, Ilell was
snort in his accounts.
?The city also holds another claim 1
against Mr. Hell for a coal hill t*hat.|
according to the city records, has
never been paid. The city purchased |
coal In excess of its own need* and
maintained a municipal wood yard In I
the period of fuel shortage Imme
diately following the war and the|
records are that Mr. Hell bought coal
of the city which he has never paid |
for. ??
The matter seems to have bung
fire ever since, when an audit by A.
Lee Kawlings & Company of Nor
folk disclosed the shortage in JunrL
1922. The matter was placed in the
hands of the flnanc*' committee of
the City Council, of which IV H. Wil
liams was then chairman, but Mr.
Williams resigned when he became
State Senator and the committee
seems never to have reported finally
ion the matter.
"When Mr., Bell retired from the
office of city auditor, in December.}
1921." nays Mr. William*, "an audit
by City Tax Collector "Wood showed,
him doe the city a matter of
$?>00. That he paid. The following
June when A..Lee llawlinK* & Com-1
panv of Norfolk made an audit of
the--city's finances the shortage now
outstanding was disclosed. We culled
on Mr. Ilell for the amount and he
said that he would pay it; but he
had not done so when I retired from
the board last January."
Since th<> new adminiHiration has
been Jn office, It is- claimed, an ef
fort to come to .an understanding
with Mr. Hell directly has resulted
In nothing more definite from him
than his promise to the city attorney
I to see him later.
! * "When I quit as city auditor." says
I Mr. Bell. "I turned over my books
'to the clfy, but turned over no mon
ev. pending an audit of the books.
When the audit had been made I
paid them $865,-?every cent I owed
them as auditor.
i "There was a coal bill of $7 9
against me and that I am ready to
ptXi but to this other amount
they charge against me I do not
think that
square deal."
TEACHERS GUESTS x
OF HONOR TONIGHT
foot of Main" street tonight at H
o'clock carrying the Summer School
'teachers and the Rotary Club mem
bers with their wives as the guests of
[the Kiwanis Club of Elisabeth City.
(The pactv wip be duly, chaperoned
'by the wives of ^the Kiwanlans.
The Vantclver will go down the
river a short way and return at 10
o'clock. fllnca the tto?e 1s?so short
the Kiwanians had not at first ex
pected to have refreshments on
board, hut the tea room committee
! of-the Woman's.Club, of which Mm.
M. P. Hlte Is chairman, requested
[the privilege of s?llini; refreshments
In order to make a few dollars for
the work of the club, and the Kl
wanlans courteously granted the re
quest.
C. H. Brock, manager of the
North Hfyer Line, wishes In this con
nection. to remind the public that
his moonlight excursion does not run I
tonight because the Kiwanlans have
chartered the Vansclver. However,
on Friday night, the regular moon-i
light excursion will* be run by the .
North River Line.
PKIJEVE KOBBFKY
WAS AN INSIDE JOB
Ht. f/OUls. July 3.?The police here
And In surrounding cities nre hunt
Inn for seven bandits who held up
30 employea of the I'nlted Hallways
Company hwo late yesterday and
made away with $38,306 In curren
cy. Officials of the company ex
pressed the belief that the robbery
wan an Inaide Job. The monry con
stituted the payroll.
HTATK HIGHWAY ( OMMIHSIOV
I.KTH HKVKNTWCX I?I?KIMTH
Nalelgh. July 3.?The State High
way Communion announced today
that 17 road projecta. totalling ap
proximately two and a half million |
dollars. aave been let t?- contractors
and hlda on 13 other roada have been
rejected as excessive.
No Paper Wednesday
The Advance rnjoys Ita
"?nmm?r ftcitlon" in the
Fourth of Jnljr and celebratxa
Ita Independent'* of work an J
worry. Therefor*, there will
bo no paper to grmt auhaerib
arn WadnaadAj afternoon, but
promptly on Th a radar work
Will bo reanraert wltb renewad
vigor In Th* Adraare office
?ltd ahop
fm;ht pi t b\i:k
ON FEET AGAIN
fit* TS? ??ui'tii(4 l'rr?i
(Jreat Kail*. Montana. July
3. ?? The Di'tiipwy ? Gibbons
flvht, suddenly called off at
inidnlKht last' night. was put
back bn Itr feet attain today
and will be decided in (lit* biu
pine bowl at Shelby tomorrow
-a*??cheduled^_ Jack KearnH.
manager of the champion, at a
conference today agreed to"
send I>empney Into Hie rlnu
against Gibbons and gamble,
fot* the final install
ment due on his $300,000
guarantee. The, promoters
When Tank Explodes
Frederick, Md., July 3?Two ment-1
bers of au automobile touring party ,
from Watertown. N. Y., were burned
to death toda\ and three other* were I
injure! n.-ar here when thi nasolin" ,
tanij exploded while beiu^ refilled. ]
The dead are .Mrs. And rev Miller \
and dai.fcht *r. Viola. acjed H 'e. The'
husbano Ik probably fatallv burned. |
HARDING RUNS ENGINE
St. Marie. Idaho. Juty 3.?Presi
dent Harding yesterday realized his.'
boyhood ambition and /became 1oqoc i
motive |B|ilMr( driving about IS '
miles an electric engine pulling 12
cars.
SEYMOKE AND CHIEF
IN VERBAL CLASH
A verbal crash between former po
lice Offtcei? Seymore-. wtit* wan
dropped from the force when the
present City Council went In office
and Chief Gregory relieved Ihe 'te
dium *of an otherwise rather dull ses
sion of the Council Monday night.
Mr. Seymore objected to the' phras
ing of the minutes of the meeting at
?which he was exhonorated of any
charges of any improper conduct \)
(an officer and. particularly, of pip
ping off a suspected bootlegger n*
advance of a raid on the latter'*
home. Mr. Seymore thought that
I the minutes ought to show the
-charge against him had been made
by Chief Gregory ^ho, Mr. Seymore
: said, "lied on me." To the man on
!the side-lines it was difficult to get
|the pro and coil of the argument.
Gregory had reported to certain
members of the Council a charge that
had come to him to the effect that
Seymore was more or leM In sympa
thy with bootlefgers, and had tipped
off a certain suspected bootlegger
that his house would be raided. The
Chief gave-former Chief of Police
Holmes as authority for his charge,
i Holmes was quoted by Seymore as
saying that he did not say What Greg
ory said he said. If'the Council
jcotjjd pive >jr. Seymore no redress
(for being lied on he was gol.ig to
I see what redress he cplild obtain
'from the courts.
I "Would you accept your old place
I on the police force back?" asked
[Councilman Anderson.
"Under your present Chief?"
countered Seymore.
| "Of course." was the reply.
"So!" replied Seymore with em
phasis.
"I move we let Mr. Seymore pro
ceed to seek his redress from the
courts." said Councilman Gordon
blandly. And that was that.'. The
verbal tilt between -Seymore and
Gregory came when Gregory got to
his feet to resent the frequent use of
the phr;i*e "lied on me" by Seymore.
Gregory -aid he was prepared to
prove ell he had said.
C. Anderson's appointment by
Chief Gregory was confirmed by the
City Council at this session. Mr.
Anderson haa been on duty since
June 9.
TAKK TOWN AND
ARREST OFFICIALS
Deuaaeldorf, July* 3. ? French
troops havo occupied Weathofen. ac
.cording to Cerman aourc??*. a r r?-?t I it k
bvrioUaitfrt Mitlon maeter,
l>o?tmast<>r and other city officials*.
O. HRXKV PftOCIKAM I?Y
MTKItAltY l>KI'AHTMKXT
The literary department of tho
Woman'* Club gave an O. Henry
program In the laat meeting of the
aummer at Ihl Iumiw of Mr* (' IV
Rrown Friday. Mm. Duckwqrtli
Clover gave an Intereatlng account of
hid youth and hia wandering*.* Mm.
Harry KrAmar dlacuased "Tha South
In O. Henry'a fltbrlea," and Mm. 9.
C. N"<?whold reviewed "New York In
O. Henry'a fltorlea. It haa l>ecp
aald that O Henry nevar had a man
uacrlpt returned to him. The club
wan particularly tntereatnd In the
atudy of O. Henry, elnce he waa a
North Carolinian. An practically/
everyone know* he wat born -lir
Oreentfboro. where a* handaome hotel
now beam hta'noni da plume HI*
real name waa WUIIam Sydney Por
ter lie la temed for hi* ahort
atorlea w*1ch are tott rst tinman na
ture, humor and pal hot. The New*
and Obaerver la now publtahlng
aome blta of O. Henry's genlua re
cently found In kit newapaper
writing*
JOHN D. SYKES
WAIVED HEARING
Makes So Protest and Will
In- Itcturned to State at
Once, Trial Probably Tak
ing place at Italeigh.
- -Rntrtjfta, -;Hriy~3~--3ohn D. Sykes. "
Jr.. tormef lollop <i the Flrel 4b Clt?
izens N'ati^al Hank of Elizabeth
Ctty,. who Has recently arretted iti
Montana oA a charge^ of embezzling
$25,000 or more from the First Na
tional IIhiik of ihat city. ? walv?<f ^
pr* liminary hearing when arraign?fl^#
befort? a I'nitcd States Commlv*
slon??r. according to a letter received ^
yesterday by Willis Rriggs. Aaala
tant -8tnt>??~DlHti'l?'t Attorney.
The letter was from the District
Attorney at Great Falls. Montana,
and stated that Sykes Was arraigned
before the commissioner last Wed
nesday. Sykes was quoted as^say
ln.g he was willing to come back to
North Carolina without lighting re
moval and It was stated that he
would be returned to the Eastern
District Immediately. ?
llond was fixed at 125,000, but Itr
was not known in Raleigh laxt night
whether or not friends, of Syken
would arrange to make his bond.
While the true..bill against SyktM 7
was found by a grand Jury in* Ral
eigh Federal court this does not
mean that the trial; of Sykea will be
here an there Ih ' also ?^_?e^era^
court In Blizabeth City?-?
Mr. Brlggs was Uon that^
the trial would be hefd In Raleigh./-^
Department of Justice AgentvOTe '
understood to have - reported that
they Tmind Bykes living on a farm
far out in thr country, and It -Is altn>?
reported that Sykes had spent sev
eral thousand dollars in stocking a
fox farm.
Say Leviathan Not
Victim of Sabotage
^ ^ IBr Th? Aiwlilrd l'r?d *
. New York. Juty?3> .trnrntnice
ment made today by the engineers
who reconditioned the Leviathan that
war-time tales of German attempts
to cripple the liner were false left
the Shipping Board In a quandary as
to what, to do with the $1 5.000 worth
, of elaborate souvenir booklets con
taining a detailed account of the al
leged sabotage which were to have
been distributed tomorrow on the
'ship's first voyage ak an American
(steamer.
i The engineers said the damage to
the vessel originally suni/osed^o have
been, the result oT r.erfnan sabotage
had been found to be the result of
docking the liner on her last trip to
this country under the (lerman fla;;.
PAYMENT MADE ON
MANASSAS PARK
. Washington, July 3 ?The first In
stalment of $10,000 .was paid today
/for (Tie purchase of ground on which
[the first and second battles of Man
assas were fought in the Civil War,
[('resident Kwlng of. the Manassas
Battlefield Confederate Bark, an
nounced. Another $5,000 will be
paid within a year and the remaining
$10,000 will be paid by the state of
Virginia.
MAYOIt (J(K)DWIX IHVIDKS
II* WITH (in WOIIKKRH
Kn titled to a' salary of $I7S a
month as Ctty Mana^-r (or June,
Mayor Good-win aaked Monday nljght
ut the Council'* regular im salon to bo
permitted to pay $50 to the sanitary
inspector. $50 to the city auditor, to
reserve $50 for himself and to turn
th>* remainder back to the city.
"It** your money/* aald the Coun
cil. "Do as you please."
rOINTV WKI'PARR OFFHTCR
GOKH TO CHAI'Kl Hll.li
I Mm. Anna I*ewla will attend the
summer short course for welfare
workers at the University of Nor^h
Carolina this year, the City Council
Monday night having voted to defray
her expenses up to $S0. Mrs. fowls'
expenses last year, were less than
$40.
KPKKinXt; WITH. HACK HOVtMK
Dlt\WH FIXE KflOM l(K4 oltDKIt
1 An unsual case, the second of Ita
kind since he has been Judge of the
recorder's court, was before Trial
(Justice Hperice Tuesday morning. J.
i M. Creef was the defendant and the
?charge against him waa speedlfetf
'with a horse and buggy. He waa
fined $6 and costs. The speed limit
Tor a Iior*" In H miles an frour fn the
city limits.
A string were up for violation of
? I hp. .new, railroad crnealng law, all of
"whom were let off with the coets.
They were. Mark Sawyer. Ed#ard
Afoore. Malcolm Gregory, Dennis
/Harris. Dr.. J. W. Hellg, J. K Wil
son and flay Twlddy.
L. Ct Holly. cotored, for failure to
list *n requlreif to pay taxes %nd
costs; and Walter Johnson, also col
ored. for exceeding the apeed Unit
at Intersecting highway efaa taxed
Willi the ten ' "
Kdward Zimmerman. Jr.. of Hv?
gerstown. <M<1. la spending the sam
mer with W. B. Zimmerman on Paaa
aylvanla Aye.