North Carolina Newspapers

THE WEATHER ? ? * * ** * * * * * ? "? * * * * * VOL. XIII. FINAL EDITION. ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 12, 1923. FOi:R PAGES NO. 211 OLD ARGUMENT ABOUT THE BIBLE Whether or Not It Should I>e Translated Into Every Dnyj \ ernaeiilar or Kept in More Literary Style. Chicago, Sept. 12.?While minis-J ters and laymen are discussing the . translation of the new testament by j Professor E. J. Goodspeed, Uijlverai-j ty of Chicago, into every day English, J a long row of ancient Bibles at the ' Newberry Library here offers evi dence that the same controversy has ' been going on at least 600 years, ac cording to Pierce Butler, authority on early printing. The Newberry contains virtually all the originals on the subject of how the Bible should be rendered in Englls^. Many of them are sugges tive of the old days when translating the Bible did more than cause crit icism of the translators. The first one published in English was Wlcllf's ttew testament, 1380, manuscripts of which ape extremely! rare. The only reason that Wiclif ' died in his -bed was that he had so j many followers that nobody dared tcuch him. ?aid Mr. Butler. Like ? Professor Godspeed, Wiclif and his | dUciples wanted a translation in ev ery day speech. This is an explanation from the . 60-page defense of the plan which ap- i peared in later editions: "First it ; is known that the best translation i is out of Latyn into English, to trans late after the sentence, and not on-1 ell after the wordis, so that the sen-j tenco be as opin, either openere, in English as in Latyn, and go not fer fro the lettre." Although this ancient manuscript | is not at the Newberry, the Bible of the next man who tried his hand at what he called "plough boy English" ?was William Tyndale, who-later "met" death for his act. Not the least of the criticisms made against him was j that he eliminated various terms dea Then came Myles Coverdale, 1537., who got out jfn English edition with ?ihp authority of tho fctog ainl with i the beloved terms replaced. Two I years later came the so-called Great ' Bible. There are many other Bibles in th? Newberry collection that recall vigorous criticism. The Bishops' Bible. 156S, pleased as a translation, but the pictures shocked the devout j ?Leda with hpr swans sprawled j across a page, and cut of the Earl of Leceister. whose relation t^ the sub-1 ject was considered somewhat du bious. The Geneva Bible, translated by j Protestant refugees after the acces-1 slon of Queen Mary, still bears the name of "The Breeches Bible," be- I cause in the story of Adam and Eve the first man and woman are said i to have made themselves breeches from fig leaves. The Doual Bible was printed -by the English Catholics, in 1G09-10. refugees In their turn. This version is said to be an almost literal translation of the Latin Vul gate. It is sometimes known as the "ros-, in Bible," because the familiar line, j "There Is no balm in GUlad," is translated "There Is no rosin in Gil lad." In another version the con struction Is "There Is no treacle in .Gillad,!' All translations should bo made into every day English," iMr. Butler said. "Modern scholars know that the Greek of the new testament is vernacular Greek, that Is, the Greek of the people, and not the literary language. Why, then should not English translations be In homely every day speech? COMPENSATION LAW MADE WOKKMEN ILL Crlzaha. Mexico, fleRi,. 12.?The <lay nfter the new workmen'* com pensatlon law became offectlve In Orizaba?It provides full pay while ill?600 employe* Reported on the ?lck list. The day before only six were 111. FIRST METHODIST FORWARDED OFFERING A collection amounting to $72.00 wan taken at the First M?t hod I ft Church last Sunday for the Japanese sufferert and forwarded to the treas urer of the church hoard of missions to be .expended under .the supervision of that hoard's representatives in Ja . .uuu. -Thf Methodljst Church oL Japan. ,?? extensive work in the stricken district and the Methodist Episcopal Church. South, In Japan co-operates - \wlth the native church. M WGANESE nELT FOUND IN AFRICA London. Sept. J2.?A huge belt of manganese, about 20 feet wide and f.mr mllea long, has been found at HtVponrt. near th? Weat Rand, In Souili Africa. The bi ll la already being exploited by two fnrmera who own part of the V land through which It run?. It l? aald to bo of almost pnre pianffaneae. and (a one of the moat Important min eral field* rxorded In the Dark Con tinent. Restore Building of Lincoln's Days Old Courthouse at Metamora, 1111 noU, Han lleeu lie* constructed Springfield. 111., Sept. 12.?Resto ration of the old courthouse-at Me tamora. Woodford county, last re maining building in which Abraham Lincoln pleaded cases in the old cir cuit days, with Adlai Stevenson and Robert Ingersoll, has Just been com pleted. -E. S. Martin, supervising architect of Illinois, who has been studying historical spots and buildings for years, had general charge of repair ing and restoring the structure, which had been changed so much that Lin coln, were he to have seen it, would not have recognized It. The original lines of the court house. according to Mr. Martin, were very good. It was built on the classic models so often found in New Eng land and Vlrglnia-^portico of four doric columns surmounted by a tower andjjelfry. But the building which was erect ed in the forties was remodeled in 1870. Two wings were added and the portico removed. The old stair way in the rear of the building had been taken out and an outside stair way constructed where the portico had been. There was a photograph of the court house as It originally appeared, J but even the memory of the old set- ' tiers failed to tell L. L. Tablas. state superintendent of construction, what the first floor plan was. He set out j to discover the location himself. I3y carefully examining the walls. | he found a place where a partition had once been. He tore up a portion of the floor, and found the hole j boarded up when the stairs had been i removed. What kind of a stairway it was nobody knew. Finally in the basement of a private house, covered ' with the dust of decades, he found , portions of the old banister. From this fragmentary evidence he reeon- j strutted the stairway as It looked when the legal giants of another age ?: ascended it to the circuit pmir^nnm I German Marks Go To Lowest Record Now Yorfc. Sept. 12.?.German marks were quoted here today at 114.940.000 to the dollar, the lowest record of all time. SOUTH PORT MAKES STRONG CLAIMS Raleigh, Sept. 12.?South port yes terday presented n powerful claim to the Ship Commission to be named as State port and for improvements with State funds. BOOST RODMAN FOR STATE COMMANDER Washington, N. C., Sept. 12.?The Klnston Free Press in its issue of Monday says that: "The local dele gation of American legionaires at the Rocky Mount State convention this week will support Willey Croom Rodman, of Washington, for State commander, according to members of the party. This decision was reached, iaccording to delegates, when the post demanded 'another commander like | the one we've had. who will do I things.' Rodman, trained at West ! Point, a veteran of two wars, a field lofflcer of the 113th Artillery during the World War and before that col onel of Infantry, hee always been re garded as a 'democratic officer,' his adherents here say. Colonel Rod man's platform Includes additional governmental aid for ex-service men j^nd compulsory service for civilians as well as combatants In the national service In war times." WANTS IXIMANH IX OliYMI'KH Mexico CJty, Sept. 12.?Mexico should enter a few Tarahumara In dians In the coming Olympic Game* at Pari* and win every^ong distance running event, according to Dr. M. Atl, an authority on the** primitive 'natives of Chihuahua. The Tarahu imaras can run alx marathons In a I day. ho declare*, In describing the part that running figures In these In idians' religion. One of the Tarahu mara hunters from the Mineral de Ocampo district has covered 90 kilo meters in 24 hours, the doctor as serts. NUM K AH MOI VTAINKKR | Mil Ion, England. Sept. 12.?The Prince Consort of Holland achieved i, tAt'jOiALlP.CllQlLCCCfiiiUx-^t-^ng -tin? first member of a royal family to jcllmh Bcafoll Pike, the highest point1 in Kngland. 3.210 feet above sea lev ,el. It Is said he Intends to persuade iKing Oeorge and the Prince of Wales to make the Journey. PROHPWTH GOOD FOIl MEETING \T IIEHEA Interest Is growlnic In th?* meet ing at flerea beginning Monday of this week, according to the pastor, i Rev. Romulus F. Hall. "We had a large congregation ln*t (night." says Mr. Hall, "practically filling the church auditorium." ! With crowds so good early In the iweok. Indications seem to point to a vrv successful meeting. Rev. Mr. j Hall Is being assisted at Rerea by Rev. E. L. Wells of Edenton, who Is i doing the preaching. NORFOLK CAPTAIN HUNS HUM BOAT Riverltead. N. Y., Sept. 12. ? Pour hundred cases of whis key and pin were seized here today on the beach at Wading River. Capt. Baldwin Ray mond of Norfolk. Virginia, commanding a fast motor boat from which the sheriff said llie liquor was being unloaded, and two other men were arrested. Italy Insists On Getting Payment (Br The A?aocUt?4 hm) Rome. Sept. 12.?Italy will evac uate the Island of Corfu when she | has obtained the entire fulfillment of reparations she has demanded from Greece, it was stated at a meet ing of the Council of Ministers here today. PROTEST AGAINST FORD OWNERSHIP Toronto, Sept. 12.?The Public l Ownership League of America today sent a message to President Coolldge protesting against turning over the! Muscle Shoals development to Henry Pord or any other private interest. i ROMANOFF JEWELS IN AUCTION SHOPS London. Sept. 12.?The vast col lections of Jewels and art treasures I of the Romanoff family gradually I are finding their way to the many! auction rooms of London and Paris. I They have come in such abundance j during the last two years that they! cease lo incite curiosity or to bring more than the normal price for such articles. Recently the most remarkable col lection of 4 2 old Prench snuff-boxes In existence, once the properly of the Romnnnff fnmilv. was mHfl In l^on don for about Jf.O.OOO, considered a low price. One of the specimens, n ftnlrl nvnl Louis XV box. beautifully chased, with -a miniature of Frederick II in the lid and a small watch in the bot tom, said to have been presented to Voltaire by Frederick II, brought $5,000. FIREMEN DESEKT BRITISH SHIPS London, Sept. 12.?The desertions of fireman from British ships in New York, ways the Dally News, has reached such stage that the principal shipping companies are considering the advisability of taking strong ac tion. One phase of the matter which Is Inexplicable to nritlsh shipping of ficials, is the ease with which deser ter* get ashore and pass the Ameri can immigration cordon. Emigrants who happen to be in excess of the quota fail to get beyond Ellis Island, but practically destitute seamen have no difficulty at all in entering Amer ican territory. The captain of the Royal Mail steamer "Orca" Just arrived at Southhampton from New York said, "mine Is The only ship that has got out of New York in the lastj'two months without paying a substantial bomiffl'o keep firemen aboard. It has become a scandal." FATALLY INJURED IN MOTORCYCLE FALL Washington, N. C., Sept. 12.? Norfleet Nicholson, 16-yenr-old sol of Mr. and Mrs. William Nlcholr.on of Alrte, N. C., and nephew of Drs. ! 8. T. and P. A. Nicholson of this city ' and J. T. Nicholson of Bath, also brother of Blake Nicholson, day clerk 'at Hotel Louise, was fatally Injured at Smlthfleld late Saturday afternoon In falling from a motorcycle, causing a fracture of the skull. His death followed Sunday afternoon. The re mains have been taken to, Airle, j iwhere they will be Interred. j The young man was employed bv the State Highway Commission and |was popular with his associates and friends. WASHINGTON MARKET IS SELLING TOBACCO1 Washington, N. C.. Sept. 12.?'The Washington tobacco market has sold | up to date 564,746 pounds of tobacco] at an average price for the entire eight dayn of $10.88. The amount1 paid out_by_Uia-ba?k#*? -thT^faTITr-'j enriolala $110,329.24. TfH) MUCH STRYCHNINE WAS CAUSE OF DEATH Washington, N. C., Sept. 12 -John 1 L. Cooke, formerly a plumber here. | died In the Smlth-Sklnner Hospital In Greenville last Saturday and the remalna were taken to N'-w Hern for ! burial. Saturday Mr. Cooke was no | tleed In the Forbes & Morton Tobac co Warehouse acting strangely. Within a few minutes he was rushed 1 to the hoapltal In an unconscious j condition, where It was learned he bad an overdose of strychnine. II* 4s survived by his wife and two daugh ters and one brother. I'p until a few weeks ago he was engaged In the plumbing business here. Prior to this hs resided In New Rern. Hundreds Leave Because of Letter South Rend. Ind., Sept. 12.?IV tween 1.500 negroes left town last night when otti> of them rt'Crivcd a threatening letter. There was no vi olence. Quiet prevailed hero today follow inu the niuht of excitement. It was said tlint the letter warned the neuroes to lice. ? They became fright* n?*d and left. Some of them armed themselves. The police believe that the letter was written by a crank. FIND MOKE BODIES EARTHQUAKE VICTIMS Tokio. Sept. 12.?Deaths from the earthquake. Are and tidal waves in and around Tokio were estimated to day to number 150.000. Groups of 100 and more bodies have been found in various spots. Dysentery is prevalent. NO QUORUM RESULTS IN NO ELECTION I i IK Tl?' AsoH-taittl 1'rru.l Peking. Sept. 12.?Lack of a quo-j rum caused the failure of the effort] to elect a president today to succeed General L. Yuan'Ifung. the session of parliament called for the purpose I breaking up in disorder. PAPYRUS BADLY CUT ON HIS IIIND LEGS Illy Tli? Attnrlatrd PrrsO London. Sept. 12.?.Papyrus, which' has been matched for a race in the | I nited States with the best American 1 three year old. was badly cut about ' the hind legs today during the run ning of *he S. T. Leger stakes, ac cording to a telephone message from C. J. Fitzgerald, August Belmont's great negotiations for the Interna tional race. LNiuimrvriiENT^n s FAILED TO COUPLE ?WAshiimt on" Sept. 1 2.?Due to two freight cars failing to couple one of which was on a grade Conductor W. J. Evetelt of the New Holland. Hl^tiinsport and Mount Vernon Rail road Company, operating trains be tween New Holland and Wenona. is [in the Washington hospital suffering [from a hroken chin, bcuken chest. Ibroken ribs, teeth knocked out and bruises on the hepd and neck. Al though suffering intensely the sur geons at the hospital are of the opin ion he will recover. The full extent of his injuries will not be known un til the X-Ray examination has been concluded. The 'much Injured man was brought here on the Norfolk South ern from Hyde County and rushed to the hospital "where surgical aid was promptly rendered. Mon.day afternoon between 1 and 5 o'clock while the train, which is a mixed one, carrying botli passen gers and freight, was at Rurroll's Mill, a short distance from Wenona, an attempt was made by Conductor Everett to couplo two freight cars. Due to one of the cars being on the grade they failed to couple. Separat ing and then coming together Con ductor Everett was caught on his shoulder and received.the above In juries. Why he was not instantly killed is miraculous. Conductor Everett has been in the employ of the railroad company for the past three years and since Inst December has been running on the New Holland-Wenona division. GETTING HEADY FOR ANNUAL CONFERENCE In connection with the prayer! meetlna of the First Methodist Church tonight there will be a con-j ferenca of Itn member* to studv the plans for the entertainment of the annual conference, which will meet In Elisabeth City. November 14-10., "It will Interest many of the readers of The Advance to know Mint the wrek after the white Methodists hold their conference, the colored Metho-i dlsts will have their conference here. !^t all the chickens take due notlc and govern themselves accordingly," say# T>r. N. H. D. Wilson, pastor of the First Methodist Church. SHERIFF REFUSED TO SERVE WARRANTS nalelch. Sept. 12. The sheriff of. Wake County refilled to serve war-j ra nt| for the. solicitor -h4*r? v< Mte-rila v . an# he called on the police fore*' which served them. Counterfeit Tirkclo IftDiird to tlir V i^Vit New York. Sept. 12.?Counterfeit tickets for the T>empsey-Flrpo match are being circulated. Promoter Tex Hlckard admitted today. Several ar rests have b?*en made and some par-] aphcrnalla seised. QUOTA RAISED RUT MORE FUNDS NEEDED Wa^htnfftoh, Sept. if.?The Ave million dollar* fled Cross fund for Japanese sufferers has been raised, but the Red Cross announces that It will continue the drive, aa more funda will be needed. All Are Hunting Villa's Treasure Search for IIN Hurled Wealth lle roniet Popular I'usiime Since IIK Death Mexico City. Sept. 12.?Hunting . for buried treasure, and a revival of legends of hidden wealth, is noted throughout Mexico. The death of Francisco Villa in an ambuscade at Parral. with the resultant disappear-1 ing of the fear of that dread outlaw's vengeance if any of his supposed hid den hoards were discovered, is one of the causes of the reviv*al. From Acapulco comes a story of the discovery iby an unnamed Ger man of 15.000.000 pesos worth of gold and silver bars popularly report ed to have been hidden by the Mexi can revolutionary General Vicente Guerrero. He captured this bullion, it is said, from treasure trains hurry from the Guerrero mines to Acapul co when it became plain that Spain's days of domination in Mexico were numbered. An expedition has left San Pedro de las Colonlas, Coahuila, in search of several million pesos worth of bul lion, Jewels, money and other valu able objects reported to have been burled in 1914 by Villa somewhere along the Purras road. Ancient documents are ibelng re published to prove the existence of a! treasure said to total 20,000.000 i pesos in gold and silver, hidden In a cave on the banks of the Hondo, between Mexico City a^d Toluca. | This hoard is reported to have been ; accumulated by the revolutionary J leader Antonio Halizan in raids con-! ducted between 1812 and 1815 ( against Spanish bullion trains carry-j ing metal from the mines of Sultepec and Temascaltepec. It has been sought before, and again is being hunted with renewed vigor. COUNTY SCHOOLS ? AHE OPENING WELL ?Xnstlailil?Srhnnl nprn<d Monday with an enrollment of 221. Three trucks are taking pupils to this srhool. and every Irmk U making two round trips a day. The total enrollment last year was 2C0, showing the opening enrollment of 221 to bp an excellent beginning for the year. This is an eight teach er school, and work Is getting start ed In fine fashion this week. The Fork School, which Is a four teacher school, opened Monday with an enrollment of 88 and new pupils having been coming in each day since. Riverside School opened Monday with 67 pupils. This is a two teach er school. . ? MIXSilK AVI) KI.ISHA ItKTLlt.N If OMR TCMJRTHKIt Kllsha Overton, colored, "before Trial Justice Spence Wednesday morning In the recorder's court on a charge of wife-beating, was let off on payment of costs under a suspended judgment of six months on the roads, conditional upon proper treatment of Minnie, his wife, for the next two years. Following the assault, which Ell sha admitted. Minnie had left home; but she agreed to give her man an other trial on his promise to refrain ; in future from personal violence. Hen Vore-eji,-colored, for operating a motor car without proper lights, j was taxed with the coats. i OCIUCOKE EXCITED AT A MERE WOMAN Washington. N. C., Sept. 12.?The little town of Ocracoke In having quite a hit of excitement over the ap pearance of a strange woman. She made her appearance one night near the Pamlico Inn. and wan soon by dome one having a suit earn1 In ono hand. The next night she was scon up In a section north, known an Trout or Mayo hill. She travels with a mii11 case in one hand all the time. Twr; mutes who had been floundering | up on the plains north, said she had a suit ease in one hand. In the other, hand she had a large knife. The mutes were very much excited about seeing her. Home of the citizens suggest that a hunch of politicians who were lion last Week left a lot of evil spirits at different points as they plcknickod at several places. And some of the old ladies are beginning to relate some j of the xtorb-s of old, of traveling the, road at night and n lady appearing tof thorn with n white shroud on and < who walked ||(M| the road With them. One good effect. It Is ?aid, It 1 la haying on- the uumv iiwn U 4-bAy-j are returning from their trips around' the creek at #:30 o'clock and they are very quiet In their walks home ward. Their sweet voices with songs until 11 o'clock are heard no more. If the excitement continues for the next week the community may have to ask for a good detective to find out who this mysterious woman la. j UFAIVAt. AT ItlVKItMIDK Rev. and Mrs. W. J. Hanks are hack from their vacation trip to Wll-j nilngton and Kentucky, and Mr. Hanks Is this week conducting a re vival at Riverside llaptlst Church with services each afternoon at 3 and each evening at 7:30. The attend ance Increases with each nefvlco and: there In much Interest being manifest' In the meeting. The public Is cor dially Invited to attend the services! which will continue through thai I week. RED CROSS FUND JUST CRAWLING Tiuir for Kai?iiif: $300 K\. pi red With Today, |>ut Chairman I.rlJoy Vrjic* C<in trihiitions Thursday. The Elizabeth City Red Cross fund for J a pane si' Relief Is Just crawling. Although the three days for raising the $300 pass with today, Chairman LeRoy will wait another day. hop ink that the amount may come in. Contributions should be turned ov er at once to W. H. Jennings at the Savings Bank & Trust Company. Following are contributions to date: Previously reported 996.4 5 D. R. Morgan I 5.00 Chas. King? 9 1.00 Eureka Lodge. A. F. & A. M.?$ 10.00 Cotton Market Is Showing Reaction New Orleans. Sept. 12.?Losses of from 40 to 4 4 points were made In the cotton market today In the first hour under continued favorable weather In the tiflt, and unfavorable opinion of some phases of European politics. New York. Sept. 12.?Re actionary sentiment was reflected by the more active realizing or liquidation In the cotton market today, active months showing net losses of 25 to 32 points within the first hour. CIVIL CASKS WILL HfB Till 1 11) III:ltl<: next wkkk I Superior Court convenes here next Monday for the trial of civil cases only. Jlids* W. M. Bond will pro aide. j The folowing cases are on the I docket: Monday?W. C. Meek Ins vs. Mlra "T. Jenkins: Susan Harvey et al vs. Catherine W. IIrown et al; Edward M. Stiles vs. C. W. Rrown et al; Ellz anein City HUggy i;o. VW. r.asiern Cotton Oil Co.; John Lewis vs. Carl Urlte; C. P. Forbes et a I vs. E. L. Dean et al; J. M. Jennings vs. High way Commission. Tuesday?-Merchants K- Planters Hank vs. J. A. McCloud; Sahra Oet 1 singer vs. K. F. Corbell et al; SuKflii Chory vs. Wecksvllle dinning Co.; Attie Coppersmith vs. William Bll lUpH. Wednesday?W. I. Ilrothers vs. -Ella P. Ilrothers; Catherine W. j Drown, admx., et al vs. W. II. Jen nings et al; Director fJen. of Rail road vs. Newbern Produce Co.; Tide water Rank & Trust Co. vs. Brown i et a I. three cases; Isaac Ilrothers vs. W. 11. Zimmerman. Thursday?M. N. Sawyer vs. CJeo. W. Reid; N. C. Naval Stores vs. E. City Shipyard Co.; Oscar Plumlee vs. H. F. Hines et al; Paul Pritchard vs. II. F. Hines et al; Win. II. Griffin vs. II. F. Hines et al. Friday-?Rucker & Sheet y Co. vs. C,. L. Sherlock; Albemarle Fertilizer Co. vs. Farmers fllnnlnu ^ Produce Co.; Alexena Lane vs. Laura M. Da vis, admnx.; Bennett Day Importing Co. vs. Wood ley. SHIPS COLLIDE AT SCENE OF WRECK Snn Pedro, Cal.. Sept. 12.?The battleship. Texan, today collided with the nteaniHhlp. Steel Seafarer, of tho Isthmian yne in the vicinity where the seven destroyers wont on the rocks Inst Saturday. according to word reaching hern. The messages indicate that the merchant ship will proceed under Itn own steam to San Francisco, and the Texas Is appar ritly undamaged. MELVILLE'S COMEDIANS PLEASE LARGE CROWDS Melville's Comedians, playing here this week at their bi? water proof tent on West Main street, are draw uu large crowds nt each night's per formance. I'lays are being present ed each night this we?'k. with the ihow oienliiK nt 8 o'clock. Tonight I hey will present "Cheating Cheat ers." n Hroadway hit Thursday fiii-bt the popular play of "St. Elmo" srill be presented by the company. Clean and nmuslng acts of vaudeville ire presented between acts, so there tre no unpleasant waits. HTYI.K SHOW KOJl MKN AT WKKKM A SAWYKlt'H Weeks & Sawyer advertisements for the rest of this we?-k are featur ing the fall hat opening which bo Kan Wednesday. This enterprlslne firm Is always' alert to what Is rluht In men's wear and quite a number of young men are stopping In the store this week to observe tho latest de velopments In jnon'a hats for the autumn season. '-oTton markkt N'ev York, Sept. 12.?Spot Cotton, closed quiet, Middling 29.OB a de cline of 40 points below the openins. Futures, closing bid. Oct. 27.7*. Doc. 27 4rt. Jan. 27.08. March 27 04. May 27.00. Washington, Sept. 12.?At 10 o'clock this mornlna cotton futures stood at the following levels: October 28.00-28.05, December 27.90 82, Jan uarv 27 40-47. March 17.42-47, May, 27.40-43.