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********* -I . ????????? THE WEATHER. * * m * Fair tonight and W ed- * ~ /2^\\ a CIRCl LiTIO\ ? * senile tcinds. ********* VOL. XIII. FINAL EDITION. ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA. TUESDAY EVENING. Jl'LY 17. 192.5. KOl'R PACKS. NO. 161. WOMAN TELLS OF AWFUL TORTURE! Kidnapped and Effort Made to Force Her to Di vulge Information Relative to Law Suit. Okmulgee. Ok la.. July 17. ? A *tory of kidnapping and torture was told by Mrs. George Petropl of Tulsa who staggered into police headquar' ters here late last night. The young woman declared that j*he was forced at the point of a pis tol to enter an automobile on a hus> street corner in Tulsa by four men and a woman, was placed aboard a train and brought to Okmulgee. Acid ?was applied to her arms and legs in the effort to Force her to divulge information relative to a lawsuit in which her husband was involved, she .-aid. FARMER-LABOKITE ELECTED SENATOR St. Paul, Minn., July IT.-1?Ma? nus Johnson. Farmer-Laborite, and follower of I.a Follette, was yester day elected to the Senate over Gov ernor A. I*. Preus. Republican, fol lower of President Harding, and! James A. Carley, Democrat. Johnson, real dirt farmer, gained the coveted post vacated by th?* re cent death of Knute Nelson. In 1 , 800 of the state's 3.520 precincts, Johnson has a lead of more than 27, 000 over Preus, and Carlev trails a poor third. AMERICA HEADS _ IN MILLIONAIRES Henry Ford Richest Man in All History, and John D. RockefeRer Next in List of World's Ten Wealthiest. London. July 17.?Who are the ten richest meft In the world? asks the Sunday Kxpreas. It answers the query itr.elf by giving a list at the head of which Is Henry Ford, whose forrune It estimates at $500,000,000. John D. Rockefeller comes next with S I 50.000,000; Andrew W. Mellon, secretary of the treasury, is third with $ 150,000.00ft. and then follow * the I)uke of Westminster. Sir Basil Zaliaroff. Hugo Stinnes. Percy Rock efeller. Baron H. Mitsui. Raron H. Iwasaki and the C.aekwar of Haroda. each with $100,000,000. James R. Duke, the tobacco king; George F. Raker, of the First Na tional Rank of New York, and T. R. Walker, the Minneapolis timber land owner. the K\preRH says, might be added to the list, since they all have fortunes estimated at $100,000,000. while there are at least three other Indian rulers whose fortunes prob ably exceed this amount. The Roihschilds. Guggcnheims, Vanderbilts. Weyerhousers. and the Astors, says the writer, do not ap i?enr because theirs are family for tunes. The Rothschild wealth has been estimated at from $250.0o0.000 to ?."?00.000.000 and that of the As toi* at from $ 100.000.000 to $500, 000.000. Henry Ford Is possibly the richest man in all history, the paper de clares. He has a net business Income of more than $100,000,000 a year. He earn* $250 every minute. Croe sus may have been richer, since ])in famous gift to Delphi cost $10,000. 000. and that, reduced to today's terms, might mean $200,000,000. John D. Rockefeller gave away S5O0.00O.000 to charity and to foun dations before 1021. He is the head, however, of the biggest uroup of wealthy men ever produced by a sin gle Industry, and his private fortune mi??t still rank him second. Sir Ra^ll Zaharoff is Kurope** mystery man. but it is no mystery that lie Is one of Kurope's wealthiest men. He owns more than half of Monte Carlo, and his holdings In armament firms are even larger. He is in oil. finance, shipping; In fact, it Is difficult to say what he Is not Interested In. The Mitsuis and the Iwasakis are financiers, traders and shippers. The Gaekwar of Raroda's wealth is al most Impossible to estimate, but his diamonds alone are valued at $1,-1 250,000. and he has a jewelled tap-1 <*stry worth $1,500,000 Gun* of gold weighing 400 pounds stand at, his palace gate. SELECTING JURY FOR KIDNAPPERS l.nmberton, July 17-^John Hedge, petit, B. M. I.awitoii and Jule Urog den. who are alleged to have flogged two while women recently neari l?ror|orvllle. will he tried ftrat on I eliar-c? of kidnapping and rarloua fOfiiiH of nwaiilt. Solicitor MrNell an-| notinced loday aa the aclecllon of a ' Jury tn try the men* wan atarted In! auperlor court here. LEVIATHAN SAILS FROM SOUTHAMPTON IB* TT># AMrttlid Prwl Southampton. July 17.- -The Levi-: atlian. on the last leg of her first round trip as a passenger tessel fly Inc the American flag, sailed for; home today with 1.170 passengers. CHILD DROWNS IN COLD HSII BOWL l.odi. California. July !7.? It emus Hoffer. one-year-old son of Jacob Hotter. wealthy vlne \ardist. wan drowned in a gold flsh bowl in his'home yester day. The child's mother found him head first In (lie bowl which contained four Inches of water. Learns Lesson From Maintenance Plan | Tennessee Highway Commis sioner Thinks North Caro lina Has Right Idea Nashville. Tenn. July 17.?"The greatest lesson to be learned from a close inspection of the wonderful! 'system of highways in North Caro I lina is In a study of the malnten j ance plan." said J G. Groveling, Jr., State Highway Commissioner, who i with other officials. Including Gov ernor Austin Peay. are back from a tour of that state North Carolina is spending $2. 500,000 annually on the malnten-j ? ance of her 6.000 miles of connect- | ;Jonal highways and the system is j so efficient that within 24 hours af- ] ter a rain 4.500 miles of the roadway has been carefully dragged, he said. The system would not last six i I days without the efficient mainten ance program, the Commissioner < said. :? The next greatest feature of the North Carolina system is the fart !tha a man with the ability of Frank ' Page Is chairman of the state higli ! way commission, consisting of nine i commissioners, he said. j A bond Issue and an efficient man at the head of the state department are the most essential factors of an efficient highway system. Mr. Creve ling quoted T. II. MacDonald. Chief 1 .of the United States Bureau of Pub lic roads, who accompanied the par ty. as saying. The total bond Issue Hvailah)t> In North Carolina Is $6r>,000,000. There are two types of hard surfaced roads built In North Carolina. Mr. Creve ling hhid. the concrete and the con crete with edge on" either side and a | f i 1 led-in asphalt road bed. The concrete and asphalt high way makes a beautiful and conven {lent surface, he said as the black road-bed Is better op the eyes of the motorist In the sunlight, and the white edges make the highway safer for the driver at night. Mr. Creveling did not fail to give credit to the services of the commls jslon chairman of the Tar Heel state. I stating that Governor Peay and all members of the party were greatly ? pleased with the results Mr. Page had gotten. 1 He feels that Tennessee officials ? are now in better position to foriuu 1 late plans for the highway program in this state, after viewing the effi cient system of the neighboring stat?\ t SAYS CAN ENCIRCLE GLOBE IN 2H0 IIOUKS ! Lisbon. July 17. -Colonel Sacea dura Cabral, one of the l'ortugmne aviatont who flew from Lisbon to Rio de Janeiro, referring recently to his project of flyinu around the world, said his Itinerary would he divided Into three parts. The first would be from Li*hon to ! Japan, 9.870 miles; second. Japan to Nnwfoundland. 7.680 miles; third. Newfoundland In* Lisbon hv way of Fayal and Punta l>? -luada. 2.140 miles. On the ba*ls of an avera*e *p?-ed of 70 miles an hour. the aviator would expect to spend 280 bourn in (the air. AGENTS MAKE BIG IIAIIL AT LAKEWOOD Lakewood, N. J.. July 17.?Liquor valued at $1)00,000 was seised in raid* here today by 40 Federal pro hibition agenta and county officials. WILL TAKE DEMPSEY TO THE ARGENTINE New York, July 17 ? fllckard has agreed to the proposition to take Oempaey to the Argentine to box Firpo and It Is heliei-fd that the match will be held before fall. CLIMAX KKACHEn FILIPPINOS RESIGN IHr Th# AMnrlilH Prtu ) Manila, July 17. -The climax In the political war between Governor General Wood and the Fllippinos caine today when the rahin*-t and council of stat?? tendered their resig nation In a body and General Wood accepted them. Olf To Nfttfs Head Miss Mllllcent Grlce and a number of her friends left Monday for Nh^ He?d on a hoiifteparty. Miss (.rice's 'guests are: Miss Marguerite Kurdle of Baltimore. Miss I'attte HarrlifT and Mis* fturgess o? Norfolk. Miss Helen Itadham of Kdenton and MIsm Kllen Mellck of this city. Several other guests are expected during the w? ? k The chaperons are Mr. and Mrs. George fteverldg* and Miss Ev elyn J ones. OKLAhUMA GIRL JOURNEYS 3,000 MILES TO WED. Miss Grenctta Woods, IS years old. of Ardmore. Ok la., has Just arrived In Darranca. Colombia. South America, to marry V. C. Petty, a former fellow townsmen now stationed there In business. McADOO TAKES STAND IN THE MOUSE TltlAL Washington, July 17.? William. G. iMcAdoo. secretary of the treasury in 'the Wilson cabinet, took tlie witn<*M stand today in the trial or Charles \V. Morse and his associates charged with defrauding the Government in their wartime shipbuilding contracts. Typlioid Fever Control Makes Much ProgrenH New York. July 17.?Control of typhoid fever has made such prog ress that in 1922 the death rate for this disease was the lowest ever re corded. according to figures compiled by the Metropolitan Life insurance ! Company. j Based on statistics from one-sev enth of the total population of the l'nited States and Canada, the death rale in the year mentioned was G.fi I per 100,000 of population. In 1911 the rate was 22.8 per 100.000. ; These figures are particularly cheering to the American Child Health Association, which Is engaged In fightinu typhoid as well as other dls< ases which affect children and mothers. VIENNESE IIOCTOKS HAVE HARD TIME, TOO Vienna. July 17.?Hundreds of doctors In Vienna are having hard times, these days, keeping them selves and their families alive. The peo|de cannot afford to pay their fe< s*. which an- 10,000 crowns, or 1f? cents, for a visit. Many physicians' families get meat only once a month, and live chiefly on bread and pota toes. Ninety per cent of the people in Vienna belong to sick benefit asso- , elation*, and seek the help of an out Hid#' doctor only as a last recourse. Furthermore, few foreigners come nowadays to Vienna In quest of med ical aid The home doctors discour age them from taking the Journey,' representing the local facilities for cures as good as anything to be had In Austria. It Is evident the loral practlcloner does not want fees to slip through his Angers for the bene fit of the profession In another country. GAS COMPANY VICTIM OK TIIE BOOTI.EGCEK Salt Lake City. July 17.?The g?s company Is the latest victim of the bootlegger's art. according to officers of the sheriff's office here, who as sert they have uncovered moonshine making meter tappers. The officers state the manufactur er of Illicit liquor has no desire to avoid an "honest" gas bill, but he fears an excessive use of gas will lead to suspicion and investigation Consequently the Inst word III 192J model bootleggefy calls for a device that forms an emergency pipe around the meter, giving the operator un limited gas for his operations, with out a foot of gas being registered. On Motive l*arM Mrs. John L. Harris. Misses Ooldie ant! Kvelyn Harris. John and Robert Harris. Misses Emily, Jones. May. Deaton. IlariH Woodeson. Kathleen Hunter and Mary Frances Craven qf Raleigh, Miss Helen Ituggles of Southern I'lnes. Miss Sarah llrown of Washington, D .C.. and Miss Nell Currln of Huffalo Springs. Va.. guests of Mrs. C. P. Harris on West Church street, left Tuesday for Nags Head, where they will be members of a' hotirtfc party given by MrsJ Harris Steady Decrease in Horse Population National Institute of I'rnurwslvf h'aiminu Ih'ploirs Tendency Tow aril Short aye Chicago, July 17.?The tendency toward (ipcrcaftoil horse hrcedlnf; he raiiHp of small financial return prom ises n shortage In the horse popula tion of the country unless measures are taken to rekindle interest in th.lt | business, the National Institute of Progressive Farming has asserted in announcing a survey of the horso sit uation. It quoted ft mi res of the 1*. S. Department of Agriculture to show that there has been a decrease of about fin percent In the number of stallions In service In thre' I'nlt<d jStates since 1915. a decrease of 911, 000 horses on furins between Jan. 1. .1920, and Jan. 1, 1922, and a d? rrease during 1922 of 20.1,000 horses. Government figures. as quoted by the Institute. show that the mone tary loss for hordes last year was t29.1R0.000 and for mules f S.R4 ooo; that horses tinder one year old had decreased gradually in value from an average of $47.95 In 1914 to $2fi.l2 in >1921: one and under two years from $7 4.87 in 1914 to $40.98. In 192.1. and two years and over from <119.77 in 1914 to $75 In 192?.. Tills depreciation In value, high costs of breeding .according'to the Institute, have been largely r" sponslhle for the fact th.it many im porters, breeders and showmen are other lines of business. There were 19.7fi6.000 horses on farms and ranges in this country in 1920 with a per capita value of $96.51 and a total value of 11. 907. fi 4 6.000. the Institute pointed out. quoting government figures again, compared to 18.851.000 head In 1921 with a per capita value of 169.75 and total value of $1,114,956,000 Th aggregate value of both horses and mules In 1922 was $1,826,000,000. compared to the 1916-20 average of $2,758,000,000. MOHPITAI# NKWS Jacob Cox of Morgan street Is im proving after a minor operation Mon day. Mrs. J. C. Jackson of Martin street j entered Sunday for medical treat ment. Paul Brothers of Route Three Is expecting to return home this week after being at the hospital for op eration. Mrs. John Gregory of Route Three Is Improving after an operation and experts to return home soon Mrs. N. F. Sawyer of Hell street who has been at the hospital for medical treatment returned home Tuesday. Mrt. Olive Hayman of Kitty H*wk 1* Improving after an open tlo* Mrs. Lucie Beasley of Kitty Ifawk i is Retting along well alter an opera tion. Marylon Humphlett colored, of1 Moyock. who underwent an opera tion Is getting along well. Sarah Minor colored, of White street underwent an operation Mon day. I? Star Pitcher J. W. Poyner of Poplar Branch was here Tuesday to meet his son. "Illll" Poyner. pitcher for Marlon In the Blue Itldge league, who Is at home for a visit to his parents. Young Poyner Is said to have seven straight wins for the Marlon team chalked up to his credit. i S"> KF.S ITI5K (;?l.n S\YS I!1S K ATI IKK ;? tn a lliuitsaml tiling hjio l?l? r this morning." said J. D. Sykes. Sr.. (uther ??f the former city collection teller of the First a. Citizens National Hank who is to be tried in Federal Court here In October for em bezzlement. Tuesday. "My boy is borne auain." continued the father, "and we And him the same old J. D.. sorry for his mistake, anxious to do the right thing and to make atonement as far as pos sible. "He has nothing now to say for publication, though he had to make a statement In Ra leigh, because so many things that were not true had been printed about him in the news papers. nut he'll prove him self pure gold yet. and you'll see it." Sykes is now on his father's poultry and truck farm on tlody Road, a short distance from the city limits. He and his mother, who went to Ra leigh to meet him. got off the train at Hertford Tuesday morning, and there they were met by Joy Sykes, brother of J. I)., who brought them to Elizabeth City by motor car. Marry Young And You Live ^Century Says Insurance President In Talk To Scouts On Moder ation and Good Health Chicago. July 17.?One who de sires to live 100 years should marry j early, refrain from indoor dancinu. should not be a college athlete and {be neither rich nor poor, according to an address made here recently by Albert M. Johnson, president of the National Life Insurance Company, beforl' several hundred Roy Scouts Mr. Johnson said these maxims were reached by Ills company follow ing statistical computation of results .from a survey on longevity under modern conditions. * The long list iff "don'ts" which Mr. Johnson THiRTHieTUirvoy suggest ed In order to attain this age con tained a few "do's;*' chief among which was "religion- in a true way." Mild exercise daily and a "straight neck" In walk {lit:, were ot Tiers. "Our statistics show, when com plied and averaged, that to reach five score year's one should marry early, be nelthi r rich nor poor, should not . be a professional or college athlete or an actor, should refrain from in door dancing and never drink intox icating liquors." Mr. Johnson said. "Husbands, we find, live longer than bachelors because of their more regular habits. Stage people are handicapped bv long and hard luwiiH. Heart strain Is too common In thr athlete. "Persons earning between $2,000 and $0,000 a year live longer. This probably Is due to the fact that mod erate Incomes do not give a person enough for dissipation but are ade quate for comfort and sensible liv ing. "lie religious in a true way. Re ligious people are happier ns a rule and g'olng" to cnurcli tends to make them regular in their habits. Do not drink liquor and do not smoke, if you must, until you are beyond 21 years of age. One of the most em phatic results of our survey was the evidence that the practices cannot be Indulged in temperately by enough people to give you much of a chanco to win. "Stretch your neck up. Short - necked people are better subjects of apoplexy. Stretching your neck gives the blood vessels there less chance to clog. Take mild exercise j dally, regularly, ami not intesmit Itently or savagely." NO SPECIAL SESSION NOW SEEMS, I.IKEI.Y Kaleixh. Julv 17 The probability of ii special session of the (len^nl AMcipbly vanished today with an announcement from Attorney Gener al Manning, holding inoperative the' art an to Htate Institutions. KIMHTKIW .4Ml MVMIBX AT IHHTIIKT CONKKRKVt K I'rPMldiiiK Klder ('. II. Culhreth. Dr S. II l>. Wilson. Rev. II K. My ers anil Rev. K. I<. Stark left Tues day morn In* for Mackeys to attend tl??? annual conference of the Kllza beth City District which opens Tues day afternoon and will continue in session until Friday. The conference wa? held lam year at Stumpy Point. J. II. Leigh. R. R. Taylor and (lid I'endleton were among the Methodist laymen leaving for the conference Tuesday. MinNmI W?*k-K?t<l Here Fred VV. Cowle and daughter. Mlas Joyce Cowle, of Montreal. Canada, spent the week em* here as the puepts of Mr. and Mrs. C. I'. Mrown on Kail Church atreet. Mr. Cowle, Internationally known harbor and terminal development expert, who In retained a* advlner of the Hampton Roads Port Commission, was a class mate of Mr. ftrown at McCJIll I'nl?j verslty, Montreal. Canada. TO SIGN TRFATY NEXT TUESDAY Allied and l urki-li l)<!<f:at?v i Now at I .uiisuiiik- Will lie Main Signatories According to I'rcsrul Indication*. (Br Tta? ii<orltlrd I Lausanne. July 17.?The Turkish peace treaty will be signed July 24 or July 25. according to present In > dlcatlons. Allied and Turkish delegates now at I.aui?anne will be signatories of the main treaty and other documents ,including an agreement for control !of the Turkish straits. Russia has been invited to take i part in signing the straits conven tion. An agreement reached last night Ion the disputed questions of conces sions and the evacuation of Turkish |soil by foreign trqops is expected to |be adopted at a plenary session of the conference today. | Lausanne. July 17.- The Allies and the Turks yesterday ended their i peace conference with complete ! agreement on all subjects. iMRS. HANDING BK'ITKR AFTER A SHORT KEST (Br Th? AmrltlH Pr?*l Aboard the President's Special Train. Alaskan Railroad. July 17. : Rest?seemed to have restored Mrs. , Harding today from the fatigue 'Which yesterday forced the President to turn southward over the Alaska railroad from Fairbanks instead of proceeding back towards the coast i by automobile. The President attributed Mrs. jHarding's fatigue to the earnest hos pitality of the Alnskans and to the (long days at this time of the year. Fairbanks. July 17;?Worn out from the strain of tin- Alaska trip, ' Mrs. Hardinu yesterday was obliged to go to bed. and portions of the trip were cancelled because of her jilluess. It. II. WHITK i>i:.\i> R. II. White died at his home on Poiiulexter street Tuesday morning at two o'clock after a long Illness, lie was 69 years old and had beeu paralized for 7 years. He Is survived by his jvlfe and three daughters. Mrs. ('. W. Pollard and Mrs. R. II. Ilolloman of Norfolk and Mrs. T. W. Williams of this city, by IS grand children 4 great grand children and one brother Joseph White of Camden. The funeral will he conducted by I)r. S. II. Te in pieman at tAie First llaptlst Church. Wednesday after inoon at 3 o'clock. Interment will be I made at Ifolloywood Cemetery . Mr. White was horn in 18 54 in Perquimans County and then* he was | engaged In the merchanllle business until he came to Klizaheth City In 18X3. He was a merchant here until the time of his death, the business be ing carried on by his wife for the last few years since he has been paraJizrd. .4 * ItHiirim from INIrrtin^ <?f f)<*moii*trution A^cni* Minn Miirrla AlbcrlHWi returned Monday from iitlendiuj; the Homo Demonntratlnn ronffr?*nr?' hold nt Mliii- Hldge. There wcro 54 agenta prenent and tliev li?*ld an euthunlaM tlc mwlini:. Home beaut Iflratlon, landncape uardeninx. rwiklrig, new Inr. and banketrv were among the nuhfectn taken up Minn Albertnon In Rxain m<>ctinK thin wei'k wllli her clubn, her nchc dule being an follown: Monday. N'-wb^Kun club, met with Mn. Henry Mead*. Cottage cheeae demountration given. Tuenday. Ilody lloed club mot with Mm. Sim Ifarrln. Cottage cheese nai ad.* were inadc. Wednenda v. Illvernlde club will meet with Mm. Kverett I'rltchard for a canfllnu demonntration. Thurndav morning, the Fork Olrln' club will b*? given a demonntratlnn In rannin*: at the nchool bulldlnc. Thumday afternoon, Corinth Wo man'* club will meet with Mm. O. R. Hnrrell for canning and making cot I UK'* cheene naiad* Friday, the Newland club rneetn with Mm. I.HIno Spepc* ?e;? a pickle and canning demonntratlon. Saturday morning. the club mar ket will be held an unual on the cor ner of FearliiK and I'olndexter ntreetn. hm:ic\i- i.rrri.K onti. The funeral of the twrvyear-old baby alrl of Mr. and Mm. Seth Mor gan of Mt. ffermon wan conducted at 3 o'clock Tuesday nfternoon at tjie home by |(ev. K. L. Stack and Interment mad'- In the family arave vard near the home. The little girl had been nick for more than a week with nplnal menlngltln and had been unconnclotm for nearly a week. She died Monday morning about 9 o'clock. corrox MAIIKKT New York. July 17.?-Spot cotton, quiet. Middling 27.3.r? with a 20 point decline Future*, cloning hid. July 2*.7ft. Oct. 23 *1. Deo. 23.22. Jan. 22 94. March 22 9?. New York. July 17.?Spot cotton, opened today at the following levela: July 2*.*5. Oct. 23.76, Dec. 23.1*, Jan. 22.>7. March 22.94.
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