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4m 0 0 ? 0 0 0 0 * THE WEATHER. *' Fair tonight and Tne? * tlay. Gentle variable * able winds. 0MWW. 0 000M * ? * CIRCULATION * Saturday * 1.630 Copies * * 0 0 0 0 00 + 0 0 m VOL. XIII. FINAL EDITION. ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA, MONDAY EVENING. AUGUST 20, 1923. FOUR PAGES. NO. 193. STATE CAPITOL TO BE REPAIRED Hi -torie Building at Kaleiglt U hicli Originally Cost 8300,000 Could Not Now he Replaced for $2,000,000 ?Raleigh. Aug. 20.?Just as soon as capable craftsmen and laborers | can be congregated. Secretary of ? State W, N. Everett announced to day. work will be started on rennov ating the state capitol, a building which has seen many administra-1 tlons come and go, witnessed the j passing of scores of summers and winters and been the meeting placo , of North Carolina legislators since, long before the Civil War. but which j now shows little more than surface , wear, although, according to state1 officials, it probably has never un dergone complete rennovation. It is estimated that the work will, cost approxlmaely $22,000 maybe a little more, and the board of public | buildings and grounds, composed of I Governor Morrison, Secretary of Stae Everett and Attorney General Manning, already has authorized the j money and made arrangements with the T. C. At wood organization, now I engaged in constructing new build ings for the University of North Car olina at Chapel Hill, to do the work, the secretary of state said. No less an expert than C. E. Mo-1 berly, who fo^r the past 30 years has 1 supervised decorating work on the l'nited States capitol at Washington, | D C.. will have oversight of repair- i in* and reflnishing North Carolina's1 <*hrine or governmen, according to1 Mr. Everett. I Only absolutely necessary repairs ?? Ul be made, he said.~eT|mrtning that there will be no drastic rennovations ' and practically no architectural changes. The most noticeable archi tectural alteration conemplated. ac- j cording to present plans announced > by Mr. Everett, will be In the con struction of new vestibules for the senate and -.house of representatives , chambers, the now vestibules to con-I form with the arcitectural lines of the historic old ballR There Is some talk of the Institu tion of an elevator, but it is said that thiS will not be done at present. On ly repairs considered necessary will be made now, said the secretary of ;.tate. explaining that the hoard of public buildings and grounds is au - thorized to draw on the state's fin ances of its own power only for funds necessary for carrying on maintenance work. The roof will be repaired, he said in giving a list of the repair* to b? J made, new window sashes and frames put in where the old ones have rot- I ted. new plumbing fixtures installed I In some places, old paint and calsl-! .mine in the corridors and in the halls of the legislature removed ind replaced with fresh oil paint, broken ) ornaments repaired or teplaced. ' new lighting fixtures nnd appliances installed, surface wiring and plumb-! Ing corrected, paint n?movec from ?tone facings, broken plastering re placed. carelessly placed fixtures, taken down and several closets re modeled. Work In the various of fices will be done at the convenience of (he occnpan'fs. The office of the auditor, J. Haxter Durham, is now I beiog remodeled. Otlier work which l? not absolute ly necessary was outlined in tenta tive plans, but will not be done on account of the expense, Mr. Everett added. The capilol building was erected at a cost of $500,000, but it could i 22V'* now for less than I2.0oft.00n If at all." ho continued. | I doubt If the winding .tone Malm to the third floor and the wooden1 stair case to the roof could ?be re produced. I am told that such Work is a Inst art." Generally. In the case of public building*, he said, a maintenance fund of one per cent a year is aet n.-ldc for upkeep expenses, which would mean In th?ra*o of the cap itol about 120.A00 annually. "Pnictl caliy-iTTT work has been done on the bulding In about 2ft years." he said, "and. therefore, we are sp^adlng 1e?? than one tenth of one per cent." Mr. Moberly, the expert secured from Washington to supervise the] repairing of the state capitol. on ac count of the task of supervising the decoration of the senate chamber In tlie national capitol. will not he able to devote his entire time to the work on the state building here, hut he will come to Raleigh periodically to make Inspections and give directions, the secretary of state said, .but, how a capable foreman who haa I with Mr. Moberly has been . ::i| I >"d lo stay on tho Job all the time. arrangement,. Mr. Everett sal . I 'vc been made for work on th. i d (roffeda or on any of the other 'ate buildings. GANG OF FLOGGERS HELD WITHOUT BAIL Macon. Oforgla, AuKitat 20.?The first unnw of floggera wa? captured hep- ye*t<rday wlwn three brother* w?r? rauulit in tl.e act of floKglng a negro. Thr flnvxTd are being held In Jail without bond. ConMance Fearing of The Advance forco returned Sunday night from i two weeks' vacation to Nags Head. PRISONER GETS NIGHTS VACATION Eaugallie. Fla , August 20. ?G. A. Davis, who was re moved from the county jail here last night by five masked and robed men who had ob tained the keys by overpower ing the deputy sheriff on the street, was returned to jail to day. Officials did not issue a statement beyond saying that Davis w*as uninjured. Ho had been arrested on the charge of non-support. COBB WON FAME AS BOY EDITOR His Home Journal Published When Under 12 Years of A;;e Attracted Attention of New York Herald. Dr. Collier Cobb of the chair of geology of the University of North Carolina was in the city Monday en route home from Manteo, where he was the speaker of the day at the cel ebration of the 336th anniversary of the birthday of Virginia Dare at Old Fort Raleigh. Roanoke Island, Sat urday. Dr7~Cobb was in Elizabeth City up to 3 o'clock Monday afternoon when ho took the train for Norfolk for a visit to his first cousin and name-, sake. Collier Cobb Spencer of that' city, who is a son of C. H. Spencer of i this city. He was expecting to return ' Monday night on the night express J for Raleigh. Dr. Cobb reported a most enjoy-! able time on "his trip and was brim ming over with enthusiasm of the delights of a sojourn among the hos-1 pitable people of Roanoke Island. "I can not help reflecting," said Dr. Cobb, "how fortunkte for Amer-j ica Was the fact that; this country was settled and in its'colonial days governed by the English. It was tho boast of a high English naval officer, you know, that though the British flag flies in every clime and on every ! sea and though England has an. es-1 tablished church, tho English gov-| eminent has never interfered with a man's politics or his religion." I While In the Cltv Dr. Cobb seized 'the opportunity to visit The Advance,! "Elizabeth City's Associated Press i newspaper." and to compliment the IstafT on the full report of the Vir ginia Dare Day celebration carried; jby this newspaper. "A...number of people have told me," he said, "that your paper carried the best account of the celebration that has been pub lished." Dr. Cobb also called at The Ad vance office because he was interest- i ed in this newspaper as the succes- j sor of Colonel Creecy's Economist and because of a warm friendship for | the late j\V. J. Peele, uncle of the publishers of The Advance. And again Dr. Cobb is, In a way, a for mer newspaper man hfmseff, having published a newspaper. "The Homei Journal." himself when* he was a boy only 0 years of age. More remark able still lie kept the publication go ing for four or five years. In tho b->- ; ginning each copy of the paper was : laboriously written out with a pen. I but later the boy publisher bought a printing press, and with his own drawings from which ho made his own engravings, uot out a publica tion so remarkable that on a number of occasions the entire publication-j 'wns published In the New York Her ald. That wns back in the day of I1871 and 18?5 at Shelby and Lin-, cointon. Secretary Mellon Stays In Cabinet Washington. August 20.?Secre- | tary of the Treasury Mellon today let It be known definitely after a confer-! ence with the President that he I would remain In the cabinet. MOTOR BOAT SINKS EIGHT ARE DROWNED St. I'aul. Mitm., AVfllt 20.?Eight pcrftoiiM were drowned here yester day when a motor boat hit a *nag and *ank. All - available police at South St. Paul, assisted by *core* of civilian*, are dragging the Ml**l*?lppi river to day for the hodle*. An attempt Is alno being made to locate the Ill-fat ed P.O-foot craft In the effort to learn what CAtifled it to go under and end no tragically a day of merrymaking and picnicking. The body of Ml**I Pauline Martlnell! I* the only one I yet recovered. SEVEN GUNMEN HOB GUESTS AT HOTEf.1 Detroit, Augunt 20.?Seven gun men held up Allendale Inn here IfW night, robbing 170 per*on* of all i thalr valuable*, wounding four per *ona aerlou*ly, and making their es cape. One wa* captured after a po liceman had been killed. Mr. and Mr*. Clarence Lewi* and children of Ralalfh and Mrw. Ony R. Tysor of Oreantboro ara vlnlting Mr*. Anna Law It on Rlrralda Drive. RELIEF SHIP FOR NEAR EAST T*e N?m But Relief ship Sabotawao loading ?upplle? of food tad clothing, the Wt of the American people, for the tefngeea md orphan* In Tnifczv and Greece., ,Th? Sahotasan w?a loaned to the Near F.aat Relief by the American Shlppl^ Board, Tidal Wave Takes Heavy Toll Lives (By The Annex-In ted l'ross) Toklo, August 20.?Advices re cclred here today from Seoul Mid that 24 0 persons aro dead and more than a thousand missing as the re sult of a recent tidal ware and storm in the four western provinces of Ko rea. The damage to houses and Qth er property was great. HKMTVITY J I" XIOH OIWKH TO UK WE IX REPRESENTED The Junior Order of Elizabeth Ci ty will he well represented at the Stato Council which meets at Trin ity College. Durham. Tuesday, Wed nesday. and Thursday of this week. The followng Bestclty Juniors will attend the Council: State Treasurer Gurney P. Hood, Rev. E. L. Stack. r< v. k p. Sawyer, w. L, Cohoon* J. E. Corbett. J. \\\_ Alexander, 11. S. Sawyer, J. E. West, and J. W. John son. YOUNG BABY SAVES MOTIIEK FKOM JAIL Enraged because her husband, James Elliott, colored, from whom she had lived apart since January, seemed to be having a good time with other women while she had to stay at home and nurse the baby, I'attl" Elliott, armed with a razor, went out to kill him if she could Saturday night. Cattle carved James up con siderably, so that he was bloody as a butchered hoc, but none of bis wounds were In a vital part and he was able to be in court Monday. James got off with 510 and costs. I'atfle, because the court .did not know what to do with ? her five months' old baby, was placed under suspended sentence of six months in jail. Jim Drown, colored, found guilty of possession and receiving on a li quor charge, was sentenced to three months on the roads and noted an ftppeiH Will Stroud, for being drunk and disorderly, was fined $10 and costs. Austen Mullen, colored, for aban donment and non-support was given a road sentence of 1 2 months, which was suspended for two >?-ars on pay ment of $12 to his wife. M \JOIt SHEEP ON VISIT TAKES FISHING Tit 11* Major W. !?. Sheep, head of the Department of I'hychlatry and Neu rology at Walter Reed Hospltnl, Washington. I). C., who has been vis iting his parents. Supt. and Mrs. S. L. Sheep, left Sunday with his broth er. M. Leigh Sheep, on a fishing trip to Nags Head. FIVE KILLED WHEN AIRPLANE CRASHES Pensacola, Fla., Aueust 20.?A loosened propeller which cut off the entire rear portion of the fusilai;e Sent five occupants of a commercial seaplane to their deaths here yester day when It crsshed Into Santa Rosa Sound from a height of 200 feet. The. plane fell In about 12 f?*et of water and its occupant* were killed instant ly. ? j Pensacola. Florida, August 20. ?t Four men and one woman were killed here yesterday* when an air plane crashed to the ground. Baseball Starts Again Tuesday Contrary to expectation*, baseball will Mart up Attnin Tuesday afternoon and Kflmon will bo played every day this wfi'k, Tlj|? local tenm Is tinder n?w man Affement and season tickets will not bo honored. Tuesday afternoon's game will l>^ played at fi o'clock, the loeal team battling with a pood team from Nor folk. Marshall H. Jones. cashier of 4he First ? Cltlxena National Hank, haa returned from Fayetterllle. Iffiere he spent hlii vacation visiting hla par ent*. GARRETT TRIAL i STARTS UP TODAY Another Hal lie of Affidavits Marked Opening of Trial of ; Kol>ert Garrett?('hange of Veiitie Asked. !Br Th# AwocUtpd Pmil Cumberland Courthouse, Virginia. August 20.?A battle of affidavits started in circuit court here today when the prosecution presented a motion for a change of venue in the trial of Robert Garrett, jointly charged with his brother. Lark in, with murdering Itev. Kdward Sylves ter Pierce, ( pastor of the county's five Raptist' churches. f George While of the commou wcaltli counsel, began by reading Kit affidavits from residents of the coun, ty (hat a fair and Impartial trial could not be obtained by the prosecu tion in Cumberland. All the affida vit* alleged that distinct division bor dering on disorder extended through out the county. The commonwealth planned to lay much stress on the actiop in LarUin's case which was -declared a mint rial I after all evidence had been heard. The defense presented 70 affida vits in which the affiants >*cre sure that a fair trial could be held in Cumberland. -Several defense affi ants stated that they saw no need for guards about the court house and de clared that only a few interested per sons were responsible for stirring up trouble. of Welcome Made liy (lev. Mr. Price Following is the address of wel come at the Virginia Dare Day exer cise* Saturday at Fort Raleigh by Itev. A. W. Price of Manteo: ".Mr. chairman, ladies and gentle men : "With much pleasure we extend (to you a hearty welcome to th?* J shore.* of historic Roanoke Island, the more especially because of the very important occasion which brings us tOjrrtHefinrtfits time and at this i place. "On Ibis site in July and August, 1585, the colonists sent out from i Kngland by Sir Walter Raleigh built 'a fort called by the'builders 'Fort Virginia.' in honor of the virgin Queen of Hit'-land. Near this spot on I the 18th of Auuust. 1587. was boru |Virginia Dare, the lirst child born of {English parents in America. Also |near this place the said Virginia Dare received holy baptism on the 20th day of August In the year of our Lord 1587, just tone week after Lord Manteo. chief of the Hatteras Indians, was baptized Into the Chris tian faith. "Mr. chairman, it is a noted fact that during those days when the Eu-i ropean nations were exploring the new found western world they i seemed to have had a deep conscious1 rev. ri nee for God, and on landing and taking possession, they occupied It In the name of God and of their nation's ruler. "It has long since become the cus torn of the Roanoke Colony Memorial Association to meet once every year, namely, on the. 18th of August, and celebrate the first landing of these colonists and the birth of the first white child bom on our native sol!. "We give you and these distin guished gentlemen and ladles of our beloved State a hearty welcome, among us. We are quite sure that j the social as well as the friendly and Christian atmosphere of this occasion will be much enjoyed by you, and we aMttre you that It In a great poasure to us to bo aHHoriat?'d with you. "I believe that this annual Kathor Int will continue to grow In InterestJ and will ?ver l>o of boundless bene* flt and Interest to the rising genera* tlon and the goneratlons to come/' V. W. A. MKKTH Tl KHDAV Tho regular monthly meeting of the Youftg Women's Auxiliary of the Flr?t Baptist Church will he held on Tuesday ovenlng at R o'clock All members are urged to attend. All young women of the church are cor dially Invited. Robert l^ewls returned Sunday night to Raleffh after a rlslt to hi* j mother. Mri Anna Lewla. on River side Drlre. MING SANG NOT SI NK IN TYPHOON <IU Th? Auocliifd PfMi I Manila. Austin! 20. ? The nrltlnh steamer Mini: Sant:. which wax reported sunk in Hong Koiik harbor durinu the typhoon Saturday, arrived here today saf? |y aft? r a tumultous voyiK<>. H??r officers rt'portod that the wss?*l goi'ii to sink in Hoim Konu probably was the Ilritish steamer Loon San*:. whirli is of much the same type anil miuht have hern mistaken Tor her. Many llvfR were lost with the Meaner whose identity was In error. Of those aboard only two were saved. Card Players Lose To Masked Bandits Vancouver, II. C., AuftuM 20. ? |Two masked bandits entered the S**v enmjjiahtllion Club today, lineib-aip a score of card players, ami after .taking 4f> minute to collect $4 5,000 from their victims, fled. I SUM IIP CASUALTIES HONG KONG TYPHOON Hone Kong. China. August 20. ? More than 100 persona drowned. 100 |killed and injured on shore, and ?bOllt "?0 shops sunk. Is the summary !of casualties from the typhoon which raged here Saturday. Heavy prop lerty damage was also done. FAMILY QUAItREL ENDS IN DEATHS Charlotte, August 20.?Charles H. . I.eminond. local Jeweler, l<iIl?*d his wife, then committed suicide here last night, after a family quarrel. BOND'S WIFE ILL; MO COUNT MONDAY With Mrs. Uonil 111 in n Norfolk hospital. Judm* \V. M. Hond could not be here to open Superior Court Monday and Jtidue (*,. W. Connor has been BMvrtd to pitiM( over this < criminal term. Clerk of the Court R. L. Sawyer telephoned the private we iietary' of Coventor Morrison* at Ra leigh Monday morning asking if an emergency Jud^n could lie sent here to preside nt this term of court and wan informed' that the secretary 'would look Into the mntter and see what could he done. The telegram tadvMng that Judi;c Connor had been 'assigned to hold court here reached Mr. Sawyer Monday afternoon at 3 'o'clock. Court with Judue Connor | presiding will convene Wednesday | morning. j The jail is full of prisoners and County authorities are anxious to get pending criminal cases disposed of this week. SEVEN AKE DEAD IN HOTEL BLAZE ITuntsvillo, Ontario. August 20.? Seven bit known to lie (lend, ninny are missing. and heavy proK-rty damage wn.f< (low ??y tin* fire which completely drxtroyed tli?> Wawa Ho tel at MimkckA near hero last ngihl. The hodii'X of tin* upvcn known ibad were recovered today. All of Itliein an- women, and three other wo men are missing. COTTON CO-OPS HAVE TIU-COITNTY PICNIC Raleigh, Aiik 20.?Ton thou Hand people are exported to atterul the his picnic to' be hold hy the members of the Cooperative Associations of Halifax, Hertford, and Northampton counties at Jackson. Aug. 22. Gov ernor Thomas O. MoLeod has ac 1 copied an Invitation to ho present and deliver an address and a telegram from him confirms the acceptance. tJ. II. ftlalork, General Manager of the North Carolina Cotton Growers Cooperative Association* will also make imi address. The committee on arr.'??gementH announces music hy a hrifrs hand, a barbecue dinner with an [abundance of fried chicken and lc?# cream and states that the dinner will he served hy "75 of the prettiest girl* In In three counties." IMans have been made to care for 10.000 people. ItC.NKWS Ills VOI TIf IS Of?D PAHQIOTANK John Martin, formerly of thin rity but now of Norfolk, spent Sunday here the guoMt of J. W. Dawson and went down to Dawson * IlathliiK Re sort In the afternoon to renew his youth In the old Pasquotank. Mr. Martin was said to be the hest swim mer In town in hi* day, and has since won three modals at Panama for swimming. He nerved In the Span Ish'Amor lean war and also In the World War and has travelled qalt^ a hit about the globe without forget-i ting his boyhood hero. "We fellows learned to swim rjf Df>ad Man's Point," he said. "and inany'n the hour we spent In Knohb's | Creek alid the old PaRquotank rlv-! er.' ? | Minn Helen Kramer returned Sun day nl(bt from Sugg Head where ?he bat been apeodlnf tome time. HOPES TO ERECT TWO MONUMENTS Dr. It. B. Drain- ?>f Edenton W ould II ave Memorials lo Virginia Dare and to Indian Chief Manteo. ' Fifteen thousand dollars have been raised for tlie erection of a monu ment at Fort Itah'iKh In honor of iVirginia Dare, according to Dr. R. R. Drain* who delivered the response |to the address of welcome at the Fort Ral?'lt;li celebration Saturday. ? When the amount raised reaches a sufTiclent sum. arrangements will be uin for its erection. It is the dream , of Dr. Droui: that a monument shall also some day be erected at Manteo I In honor of the Indian chief, Manteo, ! who aave the white man a hearty .welcome to the new country beyond ' the sea. * Referring to the (lair flying be neath the Nation's flat; during the crrciiKinieit Saturday Dr. Drane said: "Thin lnn't the Red Ctokh flag. It Is a flag like the one under which Sir Walter Raleigh sailed to this spot af ter getting a charter from Queen Elizabeth." The t?ld monument or memorial stone attracted the greatest amount of attention from visitors to the Isl and during Saturday's celebration. Visitors from time to time have con tinued to knock off btts of the gray marble as relics until the stone's once smooth surface has become mu tilated and pari of tht "S" on that line of the inscription hearing the name of Sir Walter Raleigh is prob ably Included in the relics of some visitors > to the historic spot. The memorial stone faces westward and bears this Inscription: "On this site in July-August, 15R5, t colonists sent /?ut by Sir Walter Ra le|gh built a fort railed by them 'The ^ New Fort In Virginia.' These colon ists were the first settlers of the Eng lish race in America. They returned to England In July. 1 r? s. with Sir Francis Drake. Near this place was I born, on the IKth day of August ir?S". Virginia, the flrst child of Eng lish parents born in America, daugh ter of Ananias Dare and Eleanor White, on Sunday. August 20 1587. Virginia Dare was baptized. Manteo the friendly chief of the Ilat tems Indians had been baptized on tin* Sunday previous. These baptisms were the first known celebrations of the sacrament in the territories of the thirteen original states." I.ow posts of granite a foot high still mark the plot of the old fort, indicating that it covered a little over a fourth of an acre. The island Is interesting without 'its history and associations. Thirteen miles long this "cradle of the Ameri can race like the ark In the bulrush es lies embowered In evergreens amid the gentle billowing waters of four sounds?Albemarle, Pamlico, Roanoke and Croatan." Chief Jus tic- Walter Clark refers to the Isl and as "the Eden from which sprang the first American girl. In the flrst Eden man wan the first arrival and the garden was a failure. Hero the t:lrl was the first arrival and the boys have followed her ever since.'" The first celebration held at Fort Raleleh was in 1902 when Chief Jua tice Walter Clark was the principal speaker. Willi R. J. Reynolds and W. J. Pecle the trip from Manteo to the fort was made in the only gaa boat then In operation at Manteo. The boat belonged to Theodore 8. Meek Ins. The celebration was sug gested by R. Ik Creecy as far back as IHS4? the tercentennial of the landing of the expedition. Senator Vance Introduced a resolution In Congress favoring Mr. Creecy's sug gestion but the proposition fell still born. At a meeting of the State Lit erary and Historical Association In 1901 a resolution favoring an appro priate celebration was offered by Ma jor Graham Davis of New Bern. It w^s seconded by Governor Ayeock and from 1 !?02 until the flrst year of the World War the celebration was an annual event. Celebration of the event wss attain started last year when J. C. B. Ehrlnghaus was tho principal speaker. And each year these celebration* are expected to continue with growing Interest on the part of th" people of the Nation and of the Old North State, which, according to Collier Cobb, not only bears the distinction of having lbs largest percentage of Saxon blond of any State In the Fnlon. but also has within its borders a larger percent age of descendants of English par entage than the Mother Country her self. "Carolina! Carolina! Heaven'a blessing attend her; While We live We will cherish, protect and defend her," ff WmfH-PMCKT Miff# Lauretta K. Fleet of Illacka buru. Virginia, and Mr...Christopher C. Ifnrrli*. of Norfolk. Virginia, wore Married Sunday at noon at the home of Hi" r^alat^r of dpedn. O. W. Droth . r-<. by Rev R r flawy* r. The mar riage was wltncMcd by Mr. nnd Mrn. C. If. ffarrl* nnd Mrs. Jnmes Shan non of Norfolk. '*OTTO\ MAHKKT Now York. Aii? 20.?Bpot cotton. . clonod quiet. Middling 25.50. Fu taret, cloning hid. Oct. 24.16. Dev. 24.14. Jan 23.75. March 23.*1. May 23.75 N#f York. Aug. 20.- ?Cotton fu tur?*a opened today at the following lerela: Oct 24.20-14, Dec. 24 02 23.>3. Jan 23.13-10, March S3.li lt, May SI.10-14. 1
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