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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