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VOL. XIII. FINAL EDITION*. ' ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JI LY 25, 102:5. EIGHT PACKS. NO. 171.
City Council Has Power
Create City Plan Body
Acl Passed hy Last General Assembly Gives Governing
Body of Town Complete Authority to Take Step to
Direct the Future Growth of the Citv
The City Council of Elizabeth j
City haB full power and authority toi
create and appoint a board to be
known as The City Planning Com
mission of Elizabeth City, and con
sisting of not less than three or more
than Ave members.
This Commission, when created. Is
empowered to employ clerks and j
subordinates. Including technlca' '
and expert advisers. and to incur ;
such expenses as it may deem neces-'
sarv, providing that the total
amount of expenditures shall not ex
ceed the amount set apart in the *
city's budget for such purposes. I
The Commission is further em-.
powered to prepare maps and plana I
tor the systematic development of
the city**- to subdivide the city into1
districts and zones, and to have su-i
pervlslon and control of the type of j
buildings to be erected In the respec
tive districts or zones; to have super-!
vision of the opening of new streets i
and of the extension of existing!
streets; to locate parks and recom-!
mend their acquisition by the city;
and. In general, to study ways and
means to relieve congestion and to
beautify the city.
However, before the City Council
may adopt the city plan recommend-!
ed by the City Planning Commission
there must be a public hearing, duly
advertised, on the proposal.
The facts set forth In the forego
ing paragraphs majrTWTsomewhat of
a surprise to the people of Elizabeth
City.
In the closing days of the last ses
sion ofr (he General Assembly this
.newspaper carried a report of the
passage by the House and the Senate
of a bill providing for a city planning
commission for EUsabeth CltV.
However, no action since that time
has been taken by the City Council!
liking toward the creation or such
a commission. Nobody, so far as this
newspaper could learn, had ever re
ceived a copy of the bill, both Clerk
of Superior Court E. L. Sawyer and
City Clerk John Snowden being un
able to give any information as to
Its contents.
The foregoing facts led to a ques
tion in the minds of many as to
whether a city planning commission
bill for Elizabeth Cltv ever, in fact,
became a law or not. Nobody seemed
to know anything definite about the
matter; that is, nobody until a re
porter for The Advance went to Sen
ator P. H. Williams about it. Mr.
Williams reriiembered that such a
law was passed. When he had re
freshed his memory he recalled that
the law was In- the form of an
amendment where by. a city planning
act, passed by the Special Session of
1921 to apply to the counties of
Buncombe and New Hanover, had
been made to Include Pasquotank
County also. Mr. Williams then very
kindly looked up the act. passed on
April 10, 1921. and amended to in
clude Pasquotank In the closing days
of the session of 1923.
Here, except for the stereotyped
phrases of the concluding sections of
the measure, is the bill as originally
passed:
The General Assembly of North
Carolina do enact:
Section 1. That the governing
body of any city or town in the State
of North Carolina Is authorized and
empowered to create and appoint a
board to be known a* the "City Plan
ning Commission." Such board shall
consist of not less than three nor
more than five members; one of
whom shall be the mayor or an ex
ecutive officer appointed by the
mayor. Of the original appointees
to such board, at least two shall be
appointed for a term of one year,
and the remaining member or mem
bers for a term of two years. The
services of the ex officio member
shall terminate with his tenure in
office. The successors of the origin
al appointees shall be appointed for
a term of two years. Vacancies up
on surh board shall be filled by the
governing body for the unexpired I
term. The members of such board
shall serve without pay, except that
the Kovernlng body of any surh city
or town may prescribe a per diem
for attendance upon meetings not to
exceed five dollars per meeting.
Section 2. Such city planning
board, as soon as practicable after
Its appointment, shall meet and or
ganize by electing one of its mem
bers chairman, and shall also elect a
secretary, who may be a member of
such board, and shall meet thereaf
ter at some designated place upon
the first Wednesday In each month
for the transaction of Its business,
and oftener If necessary.
section 3. The said hoard is au
thorized and empowered to employ
such clerks and subordinates in
cluding technical and expert advis
ers, and to Incur such expenses as In
Ms Judgment may be necessary: Pro
vlded. that the total amount of ex-1
. pendltures made by sijch board shall i
not exceed in the aggregate the
amount set apart In the budget of
??aid city or town for such purposes.!
section *. Such elty planning
board Bhall atudy the ri?ourrn?, po?
nlhllltlPf, and needa of the city or
(own. and nliall prepare plana and
mapa for the ayatematlc future de
velopment and betterment of the city
or town, and from time to time make
I I
GERMANS ARREST
FRENCH COURIER
IBt Th* Aim-iitrd l*r??)
Berlin. July 25.?Derlin
newspaper? report that the
German poHce have arrestee!
a French courier, belonging;
to the French embassy in Ber
lin. In an express train near
Hagen on the edge of the
Ruhr. Important documents
Intended for the commander of
the French Ruhr army were
seized. It Is said.
Great State Fair
Is The Expectation
Enthusiasm Follows In Wake
Of Mrs. Vanderbilt's Recent
Tour Of Old North State
Raleigh. July 25 ? Every day In
every way interest in the progress of i
tha N'orth Carolina State Fair Is
growing stronger and stronger, ac
cording to General Manager K. V.
Walborn. who day by day is working
away at his job of getting exhibits
.in line.
Since Mrs. Edith Vanderbilt's re
cent expedition into Eastern North
Carolina. Mr. Walborn has bud^-hls
hand full, for In addition to getting
the premium list in sjtfpe he has bad
many inquiries about Ithe kinds of
J exhibits desired.
I Many housewives are busy getting
canning exhibits In shape during
I these canning days, and many a far
mer is keeping a close watch over
his corn field for likely specimen*
to send to the State Fair. Many
| a chicken fancier Is busy in his
poultry yard with a view to captur
ing a blue ribbon this fall. The
{agricultural end is a big feature of
the fair, and is going to he bigger
|this year than ever before, according
to Mr. Walborn.
N'orth Carolina manufacturers
are manifesting great Interest in the
plans for enlarged industrial exhi
bits. he states. Better .textile ex
hibits than ever before are promised
|while the furniture manufacturers
down at High Point, the second lar
gest manufacturing center In Amer
'ica, and up at Lenoir, the third'lar
gest furniture making city In the
country, are planning to put these
jelties on the State Fair map this
?fall.
Booking wholesome amusenunt
attractions Is another one of the Jol:s
to which Mr. Walborn is devoting
;considerable attention. Mrs. Van
derbllt will be satisfied with nothing
(but the best In this line and it Is up
to Mr. Walborn to get them. He
, is getting them.
Another Indictment Is
Asked Against Ward
Wbltmina. N. Y.. July 25.?The
extraordinary grand Jury which re
opened the investigation of the slay
ing of Clarence Peters of Haverhill,
I Massachusetts, by Walter S. Ward,
I wealthy baker's son. was today re
ported to be receiving from Attor
ney General Carl Sherman a plea for
another murder Indictment against
j Ward.
RUN ON REISCHBANK
BEGAN EARLY TODAY!
(Br Th* Aaortitid FmU
London, July 26.?A run on ?he
Gorman Relschbank began soon after
the opening today, according to a
Central News Dispatch from Ileriin j
which Riven as the causa an Insuffi
ciency of hills of large denomina
tions to satisfy other hanks.
KLAN DETECTIVE IS
REMAINING IN JAIL
Lumberttm, July 25.?II. L. Tali
aferro. KIm ditMtlvt, rabiliied In
jail here today as no bond was forth
coming. pending the appeal from lb*
sentence of 90 days for contempt.
|changes in the same, when change Is
deemed advisable; and to this end
shall subdivide the city or town lnto>
; districts or zones and prepare maps
and plans of same, specifying and
? governing the height, area, and nian
Iper of construction of buildings
thereafter to be erected, altered, or
reconstructed In such zones, the pur-'
poses for which buildings and prem-,
|lses therein may be used, and estab-;
fishing rules governing building i
lines; snd submit same to the gov
ernlng body for Its approval and!
adoption.
Section 5. Pefore any new street |
Is opened, or any existing street Is
extended, or before any new subdi
vision for residence, business or In
I ~ Continued on Poge 4
HOLD MAN IN $290,000 SWINDLE.
Reported tp have had $127,527 in his pockets, Philip Weisen
thal of New York city was arrested as he left the Munson Itner
American Legion, just in from Rio de Janeiro, after being trailed
half way around the world. The police allege Weisenthal obtained
$290,000 from the American Express Company by raising invoices.
It is said the company will lose $240,000. Photo showsLieut. Gegan
and Phillip Weisenthal at Police Headquarters.
METHODISTS ABOUT
TO UNITE CHURCHES
Cleveland. July 25.?The reunion
of the Northern and Southern
branches of the Methodist Episcopal
Church was declared to he practical
ly assured today when members of
,the Joint commission on unification
'convened. The committee of 16
which was approved by both branch
es in separate meetings yesterday.
MltS. 1>IUT<'HAIM> DK.\I)
Mrs. Olynthus Pritchard,' aged 58,
died at her home in Camclen Wed
nesday morning, at *11 o'clock after
a Iojxk illness. She is survived bv
her husband; ?by three children. Mrs.
Clarence Meggs of Burnt Mills, Miss
Irene Pritchard and John Pritebard
of Camden; and by her.mother, Mrs.
I Bett le Sanderlln of Camden.
\ The funeral will be conducted
: Thursday afternoon at four o'clock
at the home by Rev. S. H. Temple
man.
District Rotarians
To Meet At Raleigh
More Than Thousand Mem
ber* of Extern Carolina
And Virginia
Raleigh, July 25.?The annual
confiTfiicp of the 37th district Ho
,tary Clubs will be held In Raleigh on
April 3 and 4. 1924. Henry M. Lon
don, Secretary of the local club, has
been advised by District Governor G.
Franklin Lenx. of Newport News,
Va.. who is attending the meeting
of the International Board of Gov
ernors at Chicago.
Raleigh was unanimously pelected
for the 1924 district conference at;
the annual meeting of the 37th dis
trict held recently at Petersburg, Va.
The time for holding the 1924 ses
sion was left to the International
I Board of Governors for selection.
Mr. London said the conference
would bring to Haleigh more than
1.000 RotarUns and other visitors.
The 37th district Is made up of no
tary Clubs In Virginia and Eastern
North Carolina.
International Director John Gib-'
son, of Toronto, has been assigned
by the International board to attend
the conference here. Mr. London
stated that invitations will be extend
ed to International President Gunda
ker, of Philadelphia, and Rotarlan
Poet Eddie Guest, of Detroit to at
tend.
Committees have already been ap
pointed by the local club to work out j
a program of entertainment for the
visitors, Ernest Larfleld. having been
appointed general chairman Mr. I
London said the visiting Hotarians|
will be royally entertained during
the conference.
The following North Carolina cl-i
ties have clubs In the 37th district: j
Haleigh, Wilson. Farmvllle, Rocky
Mount. Greenville. Washington. Eliz
abeth City, Clinton. Goldsboro. Kins-;
ton. New Bern. Henderson, Oxford.
Durham. Wilmington and Fayette-'
vllle. Twenty-one Virginia cities are
represented in the district.
KWAIN.MAtlKlf.lM
Miss Julia Markham. daughter rf
Mr. Ed Markham. and I^eary Frank I
Swain* son of Mr. and Mrs. A. K.
Swain all 6f Weeksvllle were mar
ried Wednesday morning by Rev. W. .
J. Banks at his home at Rucl'.d
Heights. I
Sixty Four Quakes
Rock Tokio In June
Many Of Sufficient Force To
Waken The People And
Send Them Scurrying
Tokio. July 25.?Tokio had n sur
feit of earthquakes during Juno. Re
tween the second and fourteenth of
'the month fit were recorded on the
seismograph, many oT them of suffi
cient force to waken th?? hardened
citizens of the_capital and Bend them
scurrying under door jamb*, which
are considered the safest places when
mother earth derides to readjust her
self. Most of these shocks originat
ed in Kashinia Hay. which Is in the
earthquake zone, and fortunately did
no damaKo.
Dr. Fusaklchi Omorl. authority on
earthquakes and volcanoes, has as
mired the people that, despite the re
cent restlessness of the earth which
will continue for some time, Tokio Is
a region comparative free from dan
ger. The shape and formation of
.Japan, according to I)r. Omorl, make
'it peculiarly susceptible to under
ground disturbances. The volcanic
'zone lies alone the Inner Japan Sea
side of the arc formed by the Islands,
with an off-shott at right angles In
the direction of Mt. Fuji. The
[ earthquake /one lies along the outer.
? Pacific slope of Japan the border of
the Pacific on all sides being the
scene of greatest earthquakes.
The superstitious believe that Ja
pan rests on a huge fish and earth
quakes are caused by this fish becom
ing restless.
t'OMMKIU1AI? NKfRKTUUKS
HON) MKKT IX AHHKVIM<K
Ashevllle, July 25.? Ernest N.
Smith, representing the I'nlted States
Chamber of Commerce and Howard
Strong, former secretary of the
Rochester. N. Y. Chamber of Com
merce. will be among the principal
speakers at the annual convention of
the North Carolina Commercial Sec
retaries' Association, which will meet
here July 27 and 28. It Is announced
by Norman Y. Chamhllss. Rocky
Mount president of the organization.
HOMER SMITH WILL
FIGHT LUIS FIRPO
Omaha Neb., July 25.?Ilomer
Smith, Kalamazoo, Michigan, heavy
weight, was today selected as the op
ponent for Luis Flrpo for a ten
round doclslon fight August the
third. 1
BIG RKKAK IN JULY
COTTON CONTRACTS
New York. July 25.?A break of
140 points In July cotton contracts
was recorded, on the New York Ex
change shortly after the opening to- I
day.
July positions sold an low as i
22.50 and at one time were under I
October contracts. A few weeks j
ago July cotton was at a premium :
of 375 points orer October.
XKftRO FAHMKItH WIM,
MKKT IN (tllKKXSIlORO
Oreensboro, July 26.?The annual
sessions of the North Carolina Negro!
Farmers* Congress will be held In
this city on Thursday and Friday, I
August 9 and 10.
Seek Extension Of
Mt Hermon Road
i
Mt. Hermon Folks and Ad join-1
ing Section in Perquimans
Want Road to County Line
A determined efTort will be made]
at the August meeting of the l*as-:
quotank Highway Commission to:
have the Commission authorize the]
extension of the Mt. Hermon road,
from Its present terminus at Rlack
I head Sign Post to (lie Perquimans
line, a distance of a half mile, more
or less.
Those hack of the movement are!
residents of Mt. Hermon township
and residents of the contiguous sec
tion of Perquimans County. Repre-j
sentatives of these interests wore In!
the cltv Tuesday securing signatures]
to a petition urging the Pasquotank |
Highway ? Commission to make this!
extension and. judging by the signa-i
tures. the proposition has practically
the unanimous support of Klizabeth I
Cltv business Interests.
The argument advanced for the
extension is that the road will even
tually have to be paved and that the
work can be done now at a great sav
ing while all the equipment and
[about half the material necessary for
construction work Is. on the ground.
If the road is not paved, say advo
Icates of the plan. Perquimans farm
ers in the section served by the Mt.
Hermon road will have difficulty in J
getting to Klizabeth City In bad wea
|ther and Perquimans County will:
i havo no Inducement to pave Its own'
| road connecting with the Mt. Hor
I mon road to the Perqulmans-Pasquo
I tank line.
?SEEK NEW SYSTEM
? OF COMPENSATION
Washington. July 25.?A brief ad
vocating placing disabled former ser
vice.men on a permanent compensa
tion basis and the abandonment of
the present system of examinations
'every 00 days was filed with Direc
tor Hincs of the Veterans Bureau to
' day by disabled American veterans
of the World War. -?
Oldest Veteran Is
i Nearly Ninety Nine
Youngest Inmate of Confed
erate Home Is Seventy Six
Years of Age
Raleigh. July 25.-r-Private John
Shrlvr. oldest inmate^of the Soldiers
Home for Confederate* Veterans, will
celebrate his 99th birthday 'on Aug
ju&t 22.
j Mr. Shriver Is one of the most ac
tive men at the home, according to
.Superintendent J. A. Wlggs, retain
ing all his faculties. "He is as spry
as a crickett." said Mr. Wiggs, "and
is one of the jolliest boys at the
home. He has a good appetite,
sleeps well, and I think lie will live
;considerably past tlie ccnturv mark1"
. Mr. Shriver is from Y'orsythfl
I County and entered the home about
, a year ago. He saw much service
during the War Between the States.
' The youngest veteran at the camp
is 76 years of age, Mr. Wiggs stated.
' IX IH< TM K NTS AG At NST
Pt IIMHHKIl I)1SMIKSKI>
I New York, July 25.?'Indictments
charging George Maxwell, president ;
of the American Association of Au-j
thors. Composers and Publisher*, :
J with forging and sending Allan A.'
Ryan and others poison letters at-j
I tucking the characters of Mrs. Ryan
and half a dozen other women wore
{dismissed today by Judge Mclntyre. j
SHIPPING BOARD
REJECTS OFFER
Washington. July 25.?The Ship
ping Board yenterday reJected lIn*
proposal* of tin* American Sti-amnhlp
Owners' Annoolatlon to operate the
Shipping Hoard fleet without the
board's nupervlnlon.
LADY ASTOR'S BILL
NOW WAITS ON KING,
London. July 25.?Lady Antor'n.
bill prohibiting the nale of Intoxicat
ing liquors to persons under 18 yearn
c?f age yesterday panned the Houne of
Lords and will become a law when
the King Klven hln assent.
All REST SECRETARY
FOR MUKDEK OF ACTOR
Martlnex, Oal., July 2.r>.? Fid ward
Sana, former secretary of VVIIIIatii
I>e?mond Taylor, actor who wan mur-,
dered. was captured here yesterday
and In suspected of the murder. ;
GOVERNOR BLAMES
IT ALL ON IMAXWEl.LL
Anhevllle, July 26.?Governor 1
Morrison yesterday Innued a ntate
ment declaring: that Commlnnloner
Maxwell wrote the revenue law of
1021 and If the deflrlt occurred then
the fault In with Maxwell and not
with the Morrlnon administration.
Mr. and Mra. Nathan Caroon of
thin city will leave to vlnlt friends
at Jarvlnhurg Thursday.
CUMBERLAND FOLK
BREATHE EASIER
Ki*-asi>ure(l by Promise of Po
lice Protection by Governor
Trinkle During Sensational
Garrett Trial This Week.
(Rf Tb? AiwIilM Pmi)
Cumberland Courthouse. Va., Julr
25.?Re-assured by Governor Trin
kle's promise of police protectlou
during the trial of Robert and Lar
kln Garrett. prominent county offi
cials. charged with murder of Rev.
Edward Sylventf.* Pierce in front of
the Baptist parsonage here June 5,
this little town today breathes easier
than it has in weeks.
Court day Opened as quietly as in
1818 when the little red brick court
house was built. There was nothing
to Indicate that potential trouble
between the factions involved In tho
tangled skein of the case would de
velop.
The Garrett trial is scheduled to
begin tomorrow.
Will Camp on
Cumberland Courthouse, Va., July
25.?Picked men from the police de
partment of Portsmouth. Peters
uurg. and Lynchburg will supple
ment Sheriff Adam's force of eight
men at the trial of the Garrett broth
ers Thursday. They will be sworn
in as special deputies and will camp
on the courthouse lawn.
Must Appoint Clerk
Richmond. July 25.?The appoint
ment of a clerk to serve at the Gar
rett trial will be necessary before the
hearing can >)m> started, It was learned
officially here today.
I S. B. Chermside of Charlotte coun
|ty. who was designated to serve In
I place of Robert Garrett, Cumber
land clerk and defendant, has given
[notice that he will be unable to serve.
Women Missing
In Asheville Fire
iRy Tb? AMorlMfd rrftO
Asheville, July 25.?Misses Allco
White and Thelma Opperman are
I missing in the fire of undertermined
I origin which enveloped the Empor
ium building here at noon today. It
, is feared that they perished in tho
flames.
Kl'PERIOR < (>t KT M IK.KS
\<>\nS HOME DISTRICT*
Raleigh. July 25.-?r or the first
|time In Ave years all superior court
judges are now in their home dis
tricts holding court or will be when
the fall terms start. Miss Mamlo
Turner, executive clerk. In the office
of Governor Morrison stated today.
Summer Schools For
Adult Illiterates
South Carolina Plan to Edu
cate Grownups is Working
Well This Hot Weather
Columbia. fc. C., July 25. ? The
sufhmer Hchool Idea, In a modified
form. Is being used by South Caro
lina In thin state's fight to wipe out
Illiteracy.
Vacation boarding schools for men
and women who have lacked educa
tional opportunities have been ar
ranged for this summer by the atate
department of education. In co-oper
ation with the authorities of Lander
College for Women, at Greenwood,
and Krsklne College for Men at Duo
Went. A full month's course In ele
mentary subjects Is offered at each
Institution at a cost of $12.50 to the
student, which Includes all expense*
except transportation and laundry.
Pupils whose education ha*
equalled that of an average sixth
grade pupil are not accepted for en
rollment, nor are boys and glrla un
der 14 years old.
The pupils live In %he college dor
mitories and eat In the college din
ing halls, and In fact, according to
Miss Wll Lou Gray, state supervisor
of ndult school work, lead the same
lives that are led by the college stu
dents during the regular term.
Klgbty-nlne girls and women at
tended the flrat "opportunity" sum
mer school, which was conducted at
Lander College last summer. The
course offered this summer at Era
kin" Is the first made available to
men and boys. The ages of the Lan
der students ranged from 14 to 64
last year, thA average age being 18
years. Many of the women came
from the cotton mill villages, and not
a few of these had their expenses
paid by the management of the mills
In which they worked for the re
mainder of the year.
"I wanted to be able to help my
little seven-year-old son with his les
sons." one of the older women stu
dents said last year, when explaining
what had prompted her to leave her
family, and enroll for the summer
course. ^
< orm\ MARKKT
New York, July 25?Spot cotton,
closed quiet. Middling 23.#0 a 75
point decline. Futures July 23.41,
Oct 22.90, Dec. 22.72. Jan. 22.60,
March 22.?5
New York. July 26.?Cotton fu
tures opened at the following lav
els: July 23.40. Oct. 22 66. Dec.
22.50, Jan 22.30. March 22 36.