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******** THE WEATHER. ? * * (Generally fair tonight * ' (m\\m /m| fw/iVi i i|*%| ^ * CIRCULATION 0 * and Sunday. Light to * IIVJI |f]lr|0j/ TO tjllJOIOir ' j2V?3t\)l Ol 0ICiV#M1 DIdlDlWlS^ * hr"'"y * * senile icinds. Most uretl- * 1.600 Copies * ? r/v. * ?^ * * ***** ***** .- *?****?*? VOL. XIH. - PTVAT. KDITION. ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA. SATl'KDAY KVKN1NG. Jl LY 21. 1923. -^l-OlU PAGES. NO. 16* Has Plan To Get Funds j For More County Roads fkr|>r<'M>ntativr (lolioon Who Has Farm on Brirk Itoad Him s>?'If Thinks Country Properly Owners Should l?e Taxed for Koads Just as Those in City for Streets l ands for additional roadbulldlng in lasquotank would be forthcoming if the suggestion of Representative F. F. Cohoon were carried out. In brief. Mr. Cohoon would providej tbete funds by assessment* against i the farmers owning property contl-J guous to the roads already paved In ; the county and to those yet to be paved. I . "I am not now a member of the j Pasquotank Highway Commission," j says Mr. Cohoon. "and I do not know j the Commission's plans, but I have, idea* of my own as to how the board ghonld proceed. . "In the Arst place, I believe that! every road going out of town should, be hard surfaced to a distance of one mile from the city limits. On the policy of road building that has pre-j vailed heretofore,, there are many) farmers who have not a foot of paved | read between their farms and town, j My plan would give every farmer ?coming into town at least a mile of paved road. "After the paving of all roads to a distance of a mile from the city i limits, the road needs of Nlxonton, and Salem, In my opinion, would be) next In line for consideration. These i two townships are "badly in need of i 1r, more miles of paved road. We should have a belt line leading from I Elizabeth City hv way of Four Forks. Simons Creek and Dob White's Fork j to Old Weeksvllle. and thence back to Elizabeth City by the present Weeksvllle paved road. Then the, Weeksvllle road should be extended, from the end of the paving at Weeks-1 ville to Salem Church and also from; ^Weeksvllle to Lester's Corner by way; r~~oT I'nlon Church. "Ah to funds for this work, we' hope to have In hand soon a consld- j erahle amount from the State's set-; tlement for the Newland road. Then. In addition to the funds so obtained, an lands abutting the roads already i ; should be taxed from to *?"< an acre of cultivated land to a depth cf a I r a mile from the, road on both aides of It. '.'Newland comes In next for con-| slderatlon and Newland needs three or four roads paved to a length of from a half mile to a mile In lenuth,| leading off from the highways now being built in that township. New- j land should tax abutting property owners to $5 an acre on the plan1 1 have heretofore set out. to pay for, these roads. Providence should do the same to obtain funds to extend the Forks schoolhouse road after the County has paved it to a distance of j a mile from the city limits. "Mt. Hermon should levy the same tax on property owners along the State highway and along the County road in that township so as to refund j the tnonev already spent In Mt. Her ] raon; and the next highway to be, considered would be Body Road from' the city limits to Simpson's Ditch road at C. O. Robinson's corner." Relative to the practicability of the plan to resurrect the Ferebee; District Highway Act to provide for a 1K - foot highway from Eden ton toi the Virginia line. Mr. Cohoon Is I frankly skeptical. "There's nothing to It." lie says. I "If a 1 r,-foot road Is to he built in Camden and Currituck It Is strictly j up to Elizabeth City business Inter est? and to abutting property own ers In Camden and Currituck who | would l?e most benefitted by the wid er highway." t SIK JAMES CRAIG EXPECTED TO RESIGN (Rv Ttoa AM0Ctet*4 Pr?M) I nelfast. July 21.?It l? persistent ly rumored that Sir Jam? Craig will resign *? lister premier. according to the Irish New*. Nationally news paper. TIIE BRITISH NOTE HAS BEEN DELIVERED (Br Th? AaaorUtmJ Prm) London. July 21.?The Drltlsh note In reply to the German repara- ! Hons communication has been dellv-1 ered to the Allied ambassadors and all members of the Drltlsh cabinet1 have dispersed to the country for the week-end. HARDING WILL NOT CALL EXTRA SESSION <Hf AaanrUttd Prm? ) \hoard the Henderson with Preal t Harding. July 21.?President Hntding. it can be declared positive lv. has no intention of calling Con ?i,?s Into session in advance of lis r. .ular December meeting. While the President has made no direct statement, those among his party on the Alaskan tour who re-1 fteel his views say he has no Idea of heading the demand for an e\ira session made by Senator Itrookhart of Iowa. womf.v sHori.i) Notify MIIS. r. T. HOLIiOWRM. The Chowan W. M V. Association-1 al meeting will be held In F.dentoii July 2S 27. All desiring entertain ment for the night will pleaae notify ' Mrs, C T. Hollowell .chairman of, Ihe hospitality committee. Norfolk Team Has Many College Stars Premier Pitcher of Norfolk League Will Delivefc* For Visitors S. Johnson, premier pitcher of the Norfolk League, will deliver for the Norfolk team which is to play here Monday and Tuesday of next week. Bill Poyner of Poplar Branch, has been added to Elizabeth City's pitch ing staff and he will ?be utod in Tues day's game against Norfolk, accord ing to a statement made Saturday afternoon by John L. Wells. Other star players to be with the Norfolk team here Monday and Tues day are: W. Johnson, former captain of William & Mary, playing third: Kent, also, a former William & Mary man at short; R. Johnson from Wil liam & Mary catching; Avery for merly of Richmond college catching. "I feel that my team . ^ ill give you two good Rames," Manager John son said in a letter received by Man ager Wells this morning Edenton is scheduled for a game here Friday and Cal. DavW of Weeks ville will pitch for Elisabeth City. MOKE FERTILIZE!* IS USED ON COTTON Washington, July .21.?There has been an increase in the amount of fertilizer used on the cotton acreage this year as cojnpared with last year, according to announcement of the United States Department of Agri culture. More than 37 percent last year. A number of individual states sh ow larger gains, the announcement stated. "In Georgia 9 percent of the total cotton acreage received fertilizer this year." the Denartment announce ment said, "or 10 percent more than last years acreage. Florida ? shows 88 percent of the cotton acreage fer tilized or eight percent more than in 1922; Alabama 88 percent, au in crease of 10' percent; Mississippi 4 4 percent, and Increase of 14 per cent; Louisiana 38 percent or an in crease of 18 percent^ and Arkansas 1 percent or an increase of 10 per cent. The remaining cotton states are below the average gain for the belt as a whole. "An average of 260 pounds of fertilizer per acre used Is shown for all cotton states, as compared with 251 pounds in 1922. Mississippi and Arkansas show a decrease of 10 pounds per acre and Virginia 15 pounds. In Louisiana the same quantity per acre as last year was used. North Carolina shows the use of 445 pounds of fertilizer per acre as compared with 280 pounds; Georgia 250 pounds as compared with 218 pounds; Florida 250 pounds as compared with 200 pounds, and Alabama 20 pounds as compared with 210 pounds." G FILM AX GIRL HTVDKNTS MAKING BRAVE FIGHT Dresden, July 21?Ringing church bells is the occupation a girl student In one of the German universities has adopted as a means of piecing out her Inadequate Income. She al so did factory work and mend in? until a gift from the students of Vas sa.r College provided her with money enough to buy meal tickets for the student's mess. Now she is able to devote more time to her studies. The students' messes give two hot ineals a day at a cost in American money of two cents, ibut many of the woman students cannot afford oven this small sum. Many girls &re trying to live on only one hot meal a day, and conse quently the number forced to leave the universities and high schools be cause of Illness Is very large Even the two hot meals provided In th?* messes fall far short of providing ad equate nourishment. They contaiji no meat or fats of any sort, and are chiefly boiled vegetables and cereals. ESCAPES FROM PRISON ANI) REACHES HUNGARY AwArtstatf Cr*?) Berlin. July 21?According to spe cial newspaper dispatches from Vien na, Captain Herman Ehrhardt, lead er of the Kapp Putsch, who etCSped from prison at Lelpslz, July 13, has arrived In Hungary. Reports say the fugitive succeeded In crossing the frontier concealed In a private auto mobile. ACQUITED BY JURY OF MURDER CHARGE (?T Th? AawrUt^d PrwO San Diego. July II.?Dr. l.oula Jaroba. charged with murder of Mlaa Krltile Mann laal January, vaa to day acquitted by (he Jury. LEADS FIGHT AGAINST BIG NAVY. Mrs. Robert La Follette, wife at~tb? United State* Senator from Wisconsin, who broke Into the front pages by denouncing many re cruiting posters as misleading. She will direct the fight by the Women's International league for Peace and Freedom against thj Army Reorganization Act of 1920 and against the recruiting posters displayed throughout the country. -VOLI.OW MR.* Brig.-Gen. Wendell C. Neville. United Staled Marine Corps, has been named for promotion to tlie rank of Major-General, lie will assume permanently this rank, which he now holds temporarily, on December 9. when Gen. Barnett retires from active service in the corp3. Gen. Neville commanded the Fourth Infantry Brigade at Chateau Thierry and for his leadership earned the name "Follow Me." Notes Threaten Judge and Lawyer Anonymous Epistles tell what Must be Done in Robeson Flogging Case l*umberton. July 21.?Judge N. A. Sinclair, presiding at the trial here of three men charged with flogging two women, today received an anony mous letter advising him to "I'se your influence and brain In exonerat ing these guiltless servants." The letter bore a postmark Indi cating that It was mailed here at I 5:30 yesterday, the same time that was stamped on the unsigned letter to tSephen Melntyre. volunteer as sistant to Solicitor .McNeil, accusing Mclrtt.vre of "persecution." Lumberton. July 21.?Attorney Melntyre of the state counsel In the flogging caae here this week yester day received a letter from unidenti fied persons threatening him If he continues In the t/lal. The case goes to the Jury' today after two more speeches and the Judge's charge. PLACES BI.AME FOR I1EKRIN CALAMITY <?? Th# Springfield. Ill . July 21.?"The ugly countenance of an American gunman" was blamed for the "Her rln calamity" In a brief filed today by President Frank Farrlngton of the Illinois mine workers with the I'nlted States Coal Commission In answer to one filed by the National Coal Association. This brief Is the first formal ex pression from the miners' president regarding Herrln. Mrs. E. R. Outlaw, Jr.. and chil dren left Friday to spfnd the rest of the somfner at Nags Head. THINK HIGHLY OF LIGHTNING RODS National Board of Fire I n derwriters Declare 9() l?er Cent Fires Claused by Li^lit i 11 i ti?r Could lie Prevented. | New York. July 21. ? Property .owners throughout the country are ?urg*d to equip their buildings with lightning rods by the National Board of Fire Underwriters. which today declared thut 99 percent of tne fires caused by lightning could thus be prevented. The lotuses by fire caused by lightning total $.10.01)0,000 an nually A widespread indifference to this form of protection exists, however, due to the Mwlndling methovt*?"fll j ployed by lightning rod dealers in the past, and the fact th;it it is high ly difficult to ohtiin an export who can determine whether or not In stallation has been correctly done. Careful research bv electrical au thorities including Dr. Charles P. Xtcitimeiz of th" General KlectrfC Company, and Thomas A Kdis'in have proven rgnclusively, the effi ciency of the lightning rod as a safe ty device, the Underwriters declare. To guarantee property owners that their lightning rods have been i property Installed and are a pro tection instead of a menace, the Hoard of Fire Underwriters has {adopted a plan whereby a represen tative of their organization inspects all Installations in his district, and affixes a "master label" to the work jlf It proves worthy. "Insurance companies will grant, 'a reduction of Insurance for light ning rods, in states where reductions are allowed, only fin those buildings where the master label I* attached along with the idntlficitioi tag of | the company which made the instal lation," the statement declares. laboratory service will be provid ed by the Fire Underwriters, where rod companies will be tested for cer tification. The mawter label will lie attached to the work of only those companies which maintain an in spection service along with the In-1 ntallatlon service, the Underwriters have ruled. No lightning rod com pany Is barred from this laboratory service. The adoption of the "master label" system will mark an era In prevent ing Iohs of property 'and life through lightning, the Fire Underwriters, stale, and for the first time stand-' ardice lightning rod installation.] The system will cover the entire United States and Canada. SEEK AUTHORITY TO TAKF. OVER It Alt .ROAD' Washington. July 21.?The Allan- ; tic Coast I,ln?? and the f^oulaville and i Nashville have made formal applica tion to the Interstate Commerce Commission for authority to take ov er and operate.the Carolina. Clalnch-I field and Ohio railroad under a 999 years lease. | TWENTY-FOUR PAROLES GRANTED ON FRIDAY Ralelah. Julr SI.?Twenty-four parole* were announced yeaterdav by the Rovernor'a office and 37 other* were refuned. Had Him A Harem Right in Virginia l.os Ang**les. July 21. ? Dr. ft. It. Allen. said In be lli** founder and superintendent of ii girls' school at Sabot. Vir ginia. was? arrested at his Hol lywood ronidenr^ vpuicrday on an indictment charging viola tion of the Mann act in trans porting one of his 57 adopted daughters from Sabot to Pitts burg. Department of Justice agents who arrested Allen also took Into custody a woman who said she was his housekeeper and two younger women who slated that they were his adop ted daughters. Accord inu to officials, Allen founded a school for girls In North Caro lina 14 years ago. and later moved the institution to Sabot, legally adopting the girls hi his care. To Bring Oceans Nearer Together MofTat Tunnel to Cut lluil Distance I I let ween Atlantic and Pacific Seventy .Miles _i? "I Denver. Colo., July 21. ? Actual j work on the Moffat tunnel, through : the continental divide west of I>?-n- j , ver. Is expetecd to begin early next' j month. The first shovelful of dirt, may be turned on August 1. Colora-j 1 do Day." Everything Is in readiness :to start. Kids for construction are (being advertised, and the bonds are [heini: offered for sale. ! The MofTat tunnel will cut the IralI distance between the Atlantic and the Pacific oceans by 70 miles. Mis construction is an engineering feat of much difficulty, and it is of :treat national importance, for it will open up a large section of land in northwestern Colorado rich in natur al resources. The campaign to con struct this tunnel has been carried on for the last f?0 years. Karly in the sixties tin*- pioneers of what is now the state of Colorado realized ? adequate transportation was necess , ary to develop llie territory, and set about to get it. ?j The tunnel commences at the headwaters of South Lloulder creek in Olllh county near tlie town of; Tolland, passes under James Peak and emerges a trifle under six miles west at the headwaters of the Fra se r river. In Middle Park, C.rand county. The western side of the tunnel is 4 miles from the town of Fraser. Colorado. j The tunnel will be available im mediately to the Denver & Salt f?ake railroad, now completed to Craig. Hoffat County. The plans of this line include hulldlnu into Salt Lake Cily. It also will be available later to the Denver,. Rio Grande & West ern railroad which now is building a cutoff to connect with the tunnel. The actual snving to the Denver & Salt Lake niilroad will he the tor tuous climb of 2!5 miles over the crest of tin* continental divide, where tin- Moffat road now crosses the di vide above tlmberline at an elevation of 1 0,6CO feet. j On the Denver & Rio Grande the distance to Sail Lake City will be Shortened by 17 .'t miles throimh building the cutoff to connect with the tunnel. The tunnel will be 6.04 miles long. The project consists of a main tun nel 20 by 1 6 feet in the clear and a pioneer tunnel paralleling it. Trains throuuh the tunnel will be o|ierated by electricity. Provision has been made so that automobiles and other rtafflc may pass through the tunnel In special cars. The tunnel eleva tion at the east portal Is 9,100 feet, at the west 0.100 feet. Sponsors of the tunnel predict that ultimately almost all of the railroads entering Denver will use the tunnel as a short cut from Denver West. .Tourists who have enjoyed the trip over the continental divide on the Moffat route will mourn the fact thai the coming of the tunnel will mean that the famous little station. Coro na* the "top o' the world.'" will pass out of existence as a railroad stop. .Corona. 10.660 feet above sea level, now Is the hl#heM point In the world where there is a standard ullage railroad. The tunnel will eliminate j the climb from Tolland, whose alt! j tude Is about 0,000 feet, to Corona.: This climb has viven many a thrill: to Eastern tourists. The grade above Tolland Is four per cent- -almost un precedented In railroad grades and ? her.- are many curves as the train mounts upward. It Is a laqd of per petual snow. Kven In the middle of June the train, when near the top of tlie divide, frequently climbs through snowdrifts higher than Its car tops. GOVERNOR MORRISON SAYS IIK'S SAT1SKIF.O Charlotte, July 21.?C.nv?rnor Morrirton dpflnrrrt hern yesterday that the mate audit report Ih emin ently Rati.factory anil a kood insirrr to "yapplnx politician*." jSrnalor TikIi-i-wooiI Ih ('oiihiilrrittK l'rr?i<lniry Itlrmlnifham, July 81.?Senator | I'ndeYwood will, feel out rentlment at I the legislature and In the capital of I the state befpre announcing himself for the presidential nomination, he, saya. . VILLA'S BODY *S I yi\ r tv a TI7 J 1 k. -.I! i \ . ? i. \ 4J I llOllSUIld'* I' llH'k to Look I J> on Cold Fare of Once Most Interesting Fifjiirr in Mexi can llistorv. (II? Thi AMOcUtvd Prrm \ Parral-, Chihuahua. Mexico, July 21 The body of Francisco Villa, flic auoiit Interesting character of contemporary Mexican history, lies In stale in the city hall here with thousands of persons flocking to see It. Villa met death yesterday on the outskirts of l'arral when seven un identified assassins from ambush sent 16 bullets Into his body and head. Col. Miuuel Trillo. Villa's secre tary; Tlosalio Morales, bodyguard; and one bystander whose name has not been learned, were also killed. One Villa ttuard was wounded. The attacking party totalled sev en. (?eneral Martinez, commanding a detachment of Federals, captured three of the attnekers later yester day. Says Octopus Shy And Not Man Eater Cnliforniaii Tell* Interesting Story of lk*\ llfl?.h Which lie Says Is True Sati Francisco, July 21-?Devilfish, better known as "polypus octopus hongkongensls." are being caught at Santa Cruz, California, like flies In a trap, and the tentacles are being shipped to fish markets in San Fran cisco, New York, and oilier cities, where they are sliced and sold at from fifty to slxlv cents a pound, ,according to C. If. Florence, secre tary of flie California Fish Kxchange ihere. Mr. Florence says the sliced octopus makes a succulent table del 1 icacy when properly fried. While fishermen emulate Victor uHugo and other writers of fiction by telllnc of terrific 'battles with giant devilfish, usually endinu by explain ing how the fish reached one of its eight arms above the water and wrapped it around the boat; break Inn the craft in two, Mr. Florence and Professor Harold Heath, depart ment of zoology. Stanford Fnlvers Ity, California, state that this Is phy Isically impossible. Professor Heath describes the octopus as t?eiiiK "of a shy and retiring disposition." | "The devilfish has no bones or no jstructure of any kind." says Mr. Florence. "It cannot swln, but can I only float on the wafer, or propel It self on the floor of the ocean by means of fastening' Its suckers on a rock and pulling Itself along. Kach of the eight tentacles are covered with cup shaped stickers, and these form a vacuum when fastened on an object. Fishermen haul them out of the traps with their bare hands and throw them in boxes in a manner that Is extremely undignified to a ? fish that has an age-old fictional rep utation of being a man-killer and boat-smasher." In the. picturesque food shops thai line the narrow streets of Sail Francisco's colorful riilnatown, the tentacles of the devilfish may be seen hanging from hooks alongside many other edibles that are strange to the native American. On the floors of the wholesale fish houses here tho Jelly-like heaps, with tentacles. In some cases, extending ten feet across, five feet from each side of the small, egg-shaped head. The traps at Santa Cm*, where the majority of the devilfish are caught on the Pacific Coast, are built, like fly traps, only much larger. The traps are made of wire, with a cone shaped entrance for the octopus to squeeze through in order to reach the bait fixed for him. He has no trouble in entering the ever-narrow ing funnel, but finds It Impossible to leave, ('dually, fishermen state, two or more are caught In the same trap. Instead of being a fighter, the dev ilfish protects itself from attack by changing Its color and fildlng from Its enemy, according to Professor Heath. He says: "To agility and naturally acute senses should be added their sur prising ability to change their color to harmonize with that of their sur roundings. so that prey and enemies alike an- usually unaware of their proximity. This color change is based upon minute elastic sacs filled with pigment and supplied with mus cles for causing their expansion. "As a devilfish crawls about on the sea bottom Its color can be seen to change' In a twinkling from deep chocolate through dull red and to gray. If sand or fork Is encountered on the Journey" the skin Is usually thrown Into lumps and ridges, so that under all conditions the body iff practically Invisible." However. If Professor Heath'* opinlop of the devilfish as a food Is heedt?d. the fl?h will continue to be eaten by Its celestial admirers and iby a limited few who crave the un usual Properly to place before the American epicurean a dish of tender octopu's. Professor Heath says, some thing must be done "to destroy Its rubber like consistency." H. D. Rhodes and Thsodoro tyrlck house of Columbia havo returned to their home after a visit to relatives and friends In the cltjr. t
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