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VOL. XIII. FINAL EDITION*. ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY EVENING. NOVEMBER 7. 1923. FOl'K PAGES. NO. 259.
NEGRO TEACHER IS
FOUND GUILTY
(!u?e Of Man W ho Staged
Hiooliiij: Affair On Koad
Slri'cl During Fair Week'
Tried W ednesday.
Guilty ??f assault with deadly I
weapon with intent to kill wan the;
L/y? rdlct of the Jury Wednesday
afternoon in the cas<" against Frank I
Whitehurst, Elizabeth City negro,
wl.o Irolrt an?autumubih fired a ;
pistol at his wife in another car.
and would probably have killed her
but for the protection of an Eliza
beth City merchant. Occurlng in
broad daylight on one of the city's
principal streets, the affair was as
lurid in its climax as a moving pic
ture serial, ami attracted a large
crowd which permitted the negro
with Ills smoking pistol to stalk off
unmolested in the direction of his
home a few blocks away.
The shooting occurred on Wednes
day of Fair Week in Elizabeth City,
October 10, on South Koad street,'
near Sliepard, in front of the store of
Mark Sawyer, grocer. Both Whlte
liurst and his wife had ibeen to the'
Fair. & It is said that there hud
bteii a conversation between them
and he had endeavored to persuade
lui to return to live with him. When
she refused ne showed signs of be
coming violent and the wife left the
Fairground by automobile seeking to
evade him.
Hut Whitehurst did not propose to
be so easily disposed of. He hired
a local negro Jitneur to bring him to
town anil followed the car occupied
by his wife. On South Road street
he caught up with the car his wife
was in, and the jitney driver swung
his car to the left to pass the car
ahead. Whitehurst waa on the back
scat or the jitney leaning out on the
right hand side. His wife was in
the car just ahead on the right hand
side. As Whitehurst came abreast
of his wife he brandished a pistol.
As the Jitney drew s ightly ahead of
the car occupied by h,s wife, afford
ing him unobstructed aim at her,
hi fired at her head, but she drop-.
ped her head to* her knees and the
bullet tore through the back of the
ii.i cartaln near the corner Of the
car.
The woman scrcamed and scram
bled'out. as by this time the other oc
cupants were doing, over the rear
do.ir on the left hand slde-ol the car
and started running toward Mr. Saw
yer's store. Whitehurst, jumping out
on the right hand side of his car, ran
around it and started In pursuit of
his wife. At the curb the woman
stumbled and fell, und without stop
plhg to rial* went Into thu Mum uu
hands and knees. Whitehurst fol
lowed hard behind lnr "find at the
door started to raise his gun as If to
fire again. A sharp order from
SawyAk to "cut It out" halted the
negro and he dropped his arm to his
side.
Sawyer Kent the woman into t!ie
hall of the apartment back of the
sto'-e and ordered Whltehurst out
and the negro obeyed. Later, how
ever, Whltehurst returned to the
store still brandishing his gun and
Mr. Sawyer brought his own gun in
ro view ;?efore the negro gave up his
pursuit. When the police, who hart
been summoned Just after the shoot
ing. arrived Whltehurst had disap
peared. He was arrested Thursday
at his home on Speed street.
Viola Whltehurst, wife of the de
fendant, lives iti Perquimans County
and Is a schoolteacher. Frank is al
so a teacher and both have the ac
cent. and address, of the educated
negro. Frank is black and dapper.
Viola Is far lighter of hue and not
fTmnri p<.'>n?mng tir gwmww. she
has borne her husband three chil
dren. but w-ints no more of him;
while Frank. It would seem, would
still have her faithful.
Vio'i testified in the preliminary
hearing before the recorder that
when she dropped her head to her
kn '
Will Comply With
Germany's Request
tit* T:i?? I'r-.O
Paris. Nov. 7. Tie 11* paration?
CoiillitlMiloii lias d? elded to comply
with lli?* (i?T!i.an n tiiu M fur a lieur
in? on II*? reparations question as
propoj-eil in Berlin's note tif October
21. if tin* several governments in
cluding the I*lilted States, are un
able to agree resardiDK the letting
up of an advisor? in\estimating com
mittee.
SAW VER TESTIFIES
REGARDING FORBES
Washington. Washington. Nov. 7 ,
?"President Harding called for the
regisnation of Charles Forbes as di
rector of the Veterans Bureau as the1
result of the Perryville. Maryland.!
surplus supply sale transaction." Brl-'
gadier General Sawyer, physician to
the late
Senate
p executive testified before the!
Veterans Coiumitte today.
THE STAFF IS NAMED
FOK THE SPOTLIGHT
Officers for the High School An
nual "The Spotlight" have been
elected and are as follows: Rachel
Williams, editor in chief, Giennie
Morse, assistant editor; Marion
Seyffort, assistant editor; William
Kramer, 'justness manager. Mem
ber- from the Junior Class are:
William Dudley, assistant business
manager; Louise Outlaw, assistant
editor. Wilmer Ballard Is athletic
editor; Rebecca Miller, art editor;
Mary Dozier, Dorothy Chappell;
Ruth Bright und Margaret Hollo
well compose the . advertising com
mittee.
The annual staff is making pre
iiminary plans ror this year's Spdl
liglit and the contract for the publi
cation will be let on December 1.
There Is no debt this year and to
avoid having one the class is trying
to get money ahead by giving a play,
Friday. November 16. "Clarence",1
by Booth Tarklngton.
I
BROADWAY STORE
ROBBEI) AT MIDDAY
New York, Nov. 7.?While hun
dreds were passing the busy corner
at Broadway and 4 7th street at mid
day. three well dressed men entered
Hie Jewelry store of Julius toward,
forced the proprieter and cicrk into a
rear room, and rifled th?? show cases
of jewelry valued at $75,000. The
.jandits escaped.
SOUTHERN INDUSTRIAL
INSURERS TO MEET
Plnehurst. Nov. 7.--With repre
sentatives of industrial insurance
companies from the entire* South pre
sent ami others arriving here during
the night, the Southern Industrial
Insurers' Conference tomorrow will
open its fourteenth annual session
here. An elaborate program has been
nrranged for the three days' meet
ing and many speakers of promi
nence are on the program.
Tomorrow, tli?* first day of the
conference will be given over to the
meetings of special committes and
to renewal of friendships by th?* del
egates. The first regular business
session will be held. Thursday at
nine o'clock.
MOKIUSON INVITED -
SPEAK IN KENTUCKY
Raleigh, N6V. 7,-^iflV<'rnnr t:nni
eron Morrison has been invited to
speak at Paducah. Kentuckv at an
Armistice Day celebration which will
be the Occasion of a yood roads
meeting, the celebration being spon
sored by the Kentucky Good Roads'
Association. Governor Kdwin I*.
Morrow of Kentucky wired the ex
ecutive of North Carolina. ur^'liiK
that he accept the Invitation but
Governor Morrison, because of a prl-.
or engagement will be unable to at-1
tend.
The invitation to the Governor
stated that a drive was on In Ken
tucky for a r.n million dollar bond
Issue for roads and that someone
was desired as n speaker who could'
tell of the practical benefits of such
a bond issue by r< ason of experience
and that no better man could be
thought of than Governor Morrison. !
The letter referred In compllnien-;
lary terms to the wonderful leader
ship In road bulldlnv and other ways
Which the State rf North Carolina
is giving the South.
HOI'HKM %% IHKD FOII llfl
Those who wish to have wiring
done will note in the advertisement
of Mldaett Hrother* today that *12
and up" Is the'proper prlc , Th"
printer failed to Interpret the '
in the copy when setting the ad
vertisement Tuesday and called It
"8." niaklnu the price mount a" by
manic to $12K Instead of *12. v lilch
was certainly hard on Pcllu Mldirett
and his brother, who are working
days and sot letltnes nlchts, and are
showing their procresplveness fur
thermore by advertising In The Ad
vance.
GOOHK PIXXKH AT M\I?KV
. A Roast Goose Dinner will be
at the Linden Thursday
from IS to 2.30. adv
CLAIM STATE HAS
NOT KEPT TERMS
l\t?(|iil.tnK IligliKU) tliim
iiii-?imi Member* And For
mer Member* Tall On Com
llli>.-:.tiler Hart About ll
I'asii'it.i-mk 'County waul* lo n
ihui- tii It* contract t i?n>" w-vt n
sixteenth* of the co?t of paving llir
State rmul to Woodville. Tlie Pas
q u o t i it k Highway Commission
claims that tin; Stat*' an 1 iie.rH les
havp Tot kept to the terms iinair
which Pasquotank took over this ob
ligation.
The Pasquotank Highway Coin
mission's claim is based on the con
tention that Pasquotank's agreement
to pay seven-sixteenths of the pav
ing cost of the Woodville road was
made conditional upon the hardsur
facing of a 16-foot road all the way
from Edenton to ..Currituck Court
house. The State has now aVondoned
construction of the- Camden-Curri
tuck link of this highway and will
build a road only nine feet wide
across Perquimans, according to the
understanding here.
A delegation from the Pasquotank
Highway Commission left Tuesday
night to call on District Commission
er Hart at Tarboro to see if the mat
ter enn not be adjust^ul- so that the
Albemarle District may either get a
16-foot road from Kdenton to Curri
tuck or so that Pasquotank may be
relieved of its Assess men t of the cost
of th.^t part of this road running
through this County.
Th 'se in the delegation were: J.
,J. M'.rrls, J. W. Foreman. A. II.
Hout.: and O. P. Gilbert. Mr. Gil
bert ind Mr. Houtx are not now
members of the Commission but
were on it when the contract a? to
the \Vcod.i!Jc road wr.s r.mde.
The Pasquotank Highway Com
mlssion was in r?*i:ular session Tues
day and most of tlie fTthe was given
to discussion of the trip to Tarboro
and to hearing of petitions from va
rious sections of the County for re- (
lief from bad dirt roads.
TKEE PLANTED ON
NEW SCHOOL GROUNDS
The feature of Arbor Day
exercises at the high school Friday
was the planting of a tree, on the
new school grounds hy the senior
class. ?
The oik was given by Harold
Foreman and was planted on the
side of the grounds next to Pool
btreet.
The exercises began with the
singing of the Arbor Day song by
the seniors, followed hy the recita
tion. "Plant a Tree iby .M1JW >ti llle
Jones, and a speech on the reason
for Arbor Duy by Miss Rachel Wil
liams. president of the class.
The first spade of dirt about the
tree was thrown in by Superinten
dent S. L. Sheep, followed bv Prin
cipal A. B. Combs, Miss Allen Ed
wards. R. T. Ryland. and th? n each
mem her of the senior class.
The tree pledge was recited by the
clogs.
Speeches by City Mimager Rray
and IJuxton White In the uuditorium
Thursday and Friday morttiJig* on
the planting and care of trees were
also a part of Arbor Day observance.
COTTON Al>\ \NCES
HUNDRED i'OINTSj
N w York. Nov. T. ? A heavy accu
mulation of buying orders owr (he
liolulay lns|iimi by tho big adv:iico
::i t . on NV* Url .in? and Liver
!?'? ' ? m hanirc* resulted today in an
?*ii' sa? of ahout punts in tin
local rot ton market.
PRISONER PAROLED
TO VITEND H'NEI! VI. (
Raleir*;. \ iv T. Governor Cim
eron Morrison has granted a parole!
to I.. I*. Kivl. 'convicted from .V ck-J
lenbur- i'"U.ily of manslaughter ind )
>T!lH'i]i *0. tn li n?? .pi-- in tlw> in'iil
tentiary. The parole was urae.ted
for ten days* in order that the i ris
oner max attend the funeral of his
father at Charlotte.
DICK ISLAND CLUB
HEADQUARTERS HERE
The Duck Island Club is to pur
chase a handsome yacht and estab
lish headquarters in Elizabeth City,
according to Oliver K. CiHbert. pro
urietor of Mitchell's Department
Store.
MmuIh'ih of the club from Pitts
burgh passed through the city Tues
day on their wh*-j/? Wnnch?*se and
were. m?t at the train by Mr. Oil-j
bert.
"They hnyp decided on the pur-.
chase of a yacht." Mr. Gilbert ^ald.l
"in order that thov may make 'rips'
from Elizabeth City to Wanchese
durinu the hunting season.
"Their original plan was to Make
Norfolk their headquarters, but I
succeeded in convincing them, 1
think, that Kttaaheth City Is the!
more logical place for headquarters
as thev'can make trips In much less1
time from here to Wanchese than,
from Norfolk to YVanchese, on ac-j
count of slow time through the can
Among th^^TneiolH^rH of the club
passing through the city Tuesday
were: Grant McCargo, who is presi- '
dent of the club; Col: C. C. ButlerJ
.lamen r. Park. .1. C. Wassom, sec
retary. all of Pittsburgh.
SFLLINT. BACK TIMBER
OF CONFISCATED LAND
Stockholm. Nov. 6.?The renump
i tlon on a large scale of the shipment
of aspen wood from Russia to Swed
en. Just reported on by Svensk Fln
anstiding (Swedish Financial Jour
nal), has aroused great Interest
her<*. According to this authority,
s.000.000 board feet of aspen Wood
have >heen Imported from Russia dur
ing the first nine months of this
I year, as against less than half of that
Quantity dnring last year.
All of tnr-se sli 1 pfiu'tt?of-*M?pe?
wood have been bought by the Swcd
; Ish Match Company, which consumes
about 120.OflO.OOrt feet per
year in its domestic and foreign fac
tories. and St Is an ironical fact that
much of this wood comes from the
forest properties formerly owned in
Russia by the Swedish Match Com
pany and confiscated by the Holshe
vl??t s.
Although no trade pact has as yet
[been successfully negotiated between
Sweden and Soviet Russia, each coun
try sends commercial commissioners
to th'? other, and general foreign
trade In both directions is picking
up.
Chowan Baptists Called
Upon To Finish The Task
Only 2Tt morp clays remain for
! North Carolina Baptists In the pay
ment of pledge* made to the 7 5 Mil
lion Campaign for the fourth flsc.il
year. The total amount paid In by
North Carolina Baptist* wince last
December Is $414,850.00. Their quota
for the year In $1,228,000,00. leav
ing a balance of $813,650.00 to
ralaed by December 1, 192^5. If the
full quota In reached.
Rev. It. F. Hall, director of the
"Round-Up Campaign" for the Chow
an Association, ha* written letter* to
all th?- pastors. Sunday achool super
Intendenta. church clerks, \V. M B,
and II. Y. P. U. leaders, urging them
to rally their forces In lh?- local
church for the payment of their
pledges.
"At least $500,000.00 must bo
raised by North Carolina ""^Mllllsts
within the next three weeks or we
faro a serious and dlitistrous sit
uation for our whole program next
year." says Mr. Ilall
"The last report of the U. 8. Cen
sus nureau gave the nvera* ? p? r
capita Income for North Carolina,
taking Into account women. childr? a.
nearoes, and everybody else, at
*3*3.00 per capita. Certainly IVip
tlsts. who douhtleww have a large pro
portion of adult members than any
other denomination, will not claim
that the estimated per capita Income
I* too high for them. There are
?ft24,065 Baptists In-North Carolina,
and If they would give only a tenth
of their Income to Ood they would
place Into the Lord's treasury this
year $12.488.289 50. There are 11.
679 Baptists In the Chowan Associa
tion. and If they would give a tenth
of their Income to Ood they would
give $447,305.70. Since Ood has
so bountifully blessed this section,
as no other section In the South, ^
surely we ought' to ETVF "Ood His
mIi a re.
"November 4-11 in Pay-Cp and
Pay-ln-Week for the Itaptlstn of this
Stale. The pastors and leading men
and women In the local churches
arc urged to lay this matter on the
hearts of the people, and to call for
? i hearty response In the payment of
pledges, and for a free-will cash of
fering from all those who made no
pledge In the original Campaign. It
Is /hoped that the Maptist* of the
Chowan Association will los j no
time, spare no efforts, and make a
worthy sacrifice to bring this As
ruHMIon over the top," says Mr.
Itall.
"Four years ago our Association
pledged $21A..1??.43 on the 7ft Mil
lion Dollar Campaign. I'p to Aug.
2H. 1923. we had paid ? 1 5 1.* 7.V?!?.
leivinc a balance of *fi.*i.TV3.44 to
be raised by Dec. 1. 1 2 4
"Wo are now reaping the most
bountiful harvest tlrat this sertlon
has seen In many years. Ood has
?bowereil us with material blessings.
Then l?'t us ask anil answer as did
the P?alml*t: "What shall I render
unto the Lord for all Ills benefits
?ow.ard m'??- I will pay my vow*
unto the Lord now In the presence
of all Ills people "
"Southern Haptlsts spent lost year
oh per capita for non-essential*,
stih as candy, chewing gum. soda
water. ??a^? ball, face paint ?and pow
der. tobaccos, etc. While on the oth
er hand we spent lea* than $4.00
per capita for the Lord's work. Is
It not enough to put us to shame?
"For years we have prayed to Ood
to open the doors of the non-Christ
Isn world to Ills message. He has
answered our prayers and torn the
doors from their hinges. That la
Ilia response. What shall be ours?"
Jules Jusserand Calls
On President Coolidge
j
Leaves Men to What Was Said in Way of
I :>?nl VII of Tliem are
Iiti~* lioii'j; It Now
lly lUVIII lJIWKKXfE
?'?S3. B? Th? Advanrr)
Washington July <>?Jules Jusserand, French ambassador
to the I'nited States, presented to President Coolidge today the
K?"d wivhoK ffiees.
-"When I made the voyage back
i the other day," said the ambassa
dor with a laugh, "I was afraid the
ship's captain had heard about the
! press reports that I wasn't coming
back. We were gjggauged all over
| the Atlantic Ocean. First we were
told that we would land at New
York, then it was changed to Roa
lon and finally we were landed at
Portland, Maine. When they told
me tlie.y were going to dock at
Portland, I asked the captain if he
was sure it wouldn't he Portland,
Oregon.
"I understand the ship was anx
ious to land its Immigrants so as to
rome within the November quota.
What a change! Although Senator
; La Follette and I were on hoard, wo
The ambassador was in high spir
its nevertheless, mid said he wan
glad to he back in Washington again,
lb- declined, of course, to talk about
his visit Jo the President. To a group
of reporters who inquired a/bout It,
? he said:
"Whether we talked about the
weather or Kuropean politics, I
leave it to your clever minds to
guess."
Tin- French ambassador had a long
convf rvition with Secretary of State
Hughes on Monday and presented the,
suhftance of a cablegram he received I
from Premier Poincare about the
proposed Inquiry into German repa
rations. Mr. Hughes' reply Is well
known and the only points of dif
ference that remain between tho
French and American position are
not now regarded as insuperable.
An air of hope prevails that at last
the r? pa nit ion deadlock will he brok
It In. of course* within the range
-Xil y.jhat premier Polnnire,
will take an a bsofu toly Trn-fon <11-'
t'>le stand hut If he does ho he for
f??Hh the first opportunity in three
year* to win American roo|M?ratlon j
in Ruroticnn affairs. No hod y here1
In th?* government believes he will
run that risk. In fart the Impression
Is thiit compromise l?rms will be
worked out In f^ondon and Paris
within th<- n?-*t forty ?*lKht hotim and,
th?-n a formal InvlMtlon will Ik* l?
stted hy th<* British government
which all *ho poworn ran accept.
I.IQLOK IS SEIZED
AT noc;rK INI.ET|
N"W flern, Nov. 7. Thr? nirlllary
schooner I'llot, Hailinu from Nassau
with a rnri-'o of .'5ft hnrrelx and 261
case* of rye whiskey. wo* mlwd at
llouue Inlet Conat Ouard station Irist'
nlvht, according to a telephone re
port roc? Ived hero.
biggest lighthouse
GOES INTO SEKVIGE
( hrlatiana. Nov. 7. TJip largest
I'gMhouse hitherto erected a Ionic the
Norwegian r the Simmons
faction of (he organization, Solici
tor Iloykin announced today.
Tills announcement and the Is
suance c?f Hie peace warrants against
Imperial Wizard Evans and three of
bis personal lieutenants today con
stituted .the outstanding develop
ments in thif situation resulting from
the killing of Coburn.
I)r. Fred Pohnson. chief of the staff
| for Simmons, named In the warrant
as complainant, charged that the Co
burn slaying had caused him to fear
bodily harm from the four Klan of
Twenty Three Are
Killed In Rioting
! - (Dt Th* AmnrUtrd I
Warsaw, Nov. 7.?Twenty-three
persons hnvcv~t*een killed and three
! score wounded In rioting and bomb
i Inns growing out of the strike of
! railway workers here. Disorders oc
Icurred despite the agreement of So
cialists to call off the strike In re
turn for the government's promise to
withdraw the inllltln from the rall
I roads.
REPUBLICANS GIVEN
MAJORITY OF SIX
Wanhinuton. Nov. 7. Tin* Repub
licans wore kIvou a majority of nix
In tin* Sonate ycnlcrdny l?y (ho oloc
tlot) of lioproHontatlve I)alo of Vor
mont to MU-ccoi'd tho late Honator
Dillinuham.
Inconiploto rot uro h Indlcato the
oli'ctlon of Win. J. Fio'rtH. Democrat,
an Kovornor of Kontuck v, and jslvo
(?ovornor Ritrliio, Domoorat. of
Maryland, a load for ro-oloctfon.
(Mi tin? fac?- of ronnn-HHlonal ro
tunm It Ih Indicated that tho llnoup
In tho next Ifouvo of Nepn-pontntlvon
will ho: I(o|iuhl|ranH 22r?, Domo
orat 205. Social!*! 1. Independent 1,
Farmer-Lahorit?a 1. making tlie Re
publican majority 17.
IKTNOItEl) INJURED
IN FOOI) RIOTING
Ilorlin. Nov. 7. Moro than 1,000
nhopH wore wrecked and moro than
IPO pTHona wen- Injured In food
rlotn here yonte~day.
PROSPECTS BETTER
FOR AGREEMENT
Jllr Th* rrr?i,?
Paris. Nov. 7 Prospect* for a*reo
mont between France and Great Brit
ain on the text of tho Invitation to
the United St at or to Join the confer
ence of export* for oxamln>ition of
? ho ropa rat ions fjnostlon are regarded
In dlplomatir and French official
circles an brighter.
Mine Explosion
Remains Mystery
Ore**! flow Tr. W. Vi?., Nov. 7.
TIm1 bdill'K of 27 miner* killed yes
i"i i In tin pj(ilngbfi in the tnliM
of the l(al< h li Wyoming Coal Com
pany lay sld?? T?y Mde In the* under
(Al'lnp establishment In Mul!ln? to
day where they were taken on e fpe -
elal I rain a*? roon as recovered from
800 fe??t liclow (he Mir face which
find proved their tomb.
Meantime the rtnt" mining de
partment Is conducting an Investiga
tion hut It ?remed Improbable today
that the cause of the accumulation
of j-as in th# entry or how It became
Ignited would ever he exnfalned.
COTTON SIUIKKT
New York, Nov. 7, Spot cotton,
closed steady. Middling 34.50 an ad
vance of 12ft points. Futureg, clos
ing hid. Dec. 33.9ft, Jan. 33.6ft, March
33.82. May 33.88. July 33.30.
New York, Nov. 7.?Cotton futu
re* opened today at the following
level*: Dec. 33.75, Jan. 33.25,
March 33 50, May 33.70, July 33.01.