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******** - ^ ********* THE WEATHER * ? ? * Rain tonight. Slightly * //Ml I (f% * ClRCVL.4TIO\ ? * warmer. Tuesday cloudy * AVJIJ I IflirT^ HI f'lfllffiir * jjfeSkYll111 Fi Ir\lQ^5frTnl* Saturday * * ? # * ******* ********* VOL. XIII. FINAL EDITION. ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA, MONDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 26, 1923. EIGHT PAGES. NO 275. * and colder. South shift? * \ * 2..'i26 Copies * ing to northwest winds. Holiday Shoppers Throng City's Streets Saturday Cone 'Are Tin* Days When II Seemed To Be Unwritten Law Among Local Merchants That I\o (~.hri*lmas Ware* Should Go On Display Until After Thanksgiving Time was when no Elizabeth Cttyj merchant thought of dlsplaxtng Christmas wares cr niakinu an nd-i vertisement appeal to Christmas' choppers until after Thanksgiving; ? but "them days are gone forever." Last week, and in fact the week1 before, one by one Elizabeth City stores began to fill their windows and some of their counters with j Christmas suggestions and to preach j on the shop early text in their ad-| vertisements. Today you can hardly enter any store in the city that caters to I Christmas trade -wltfeout noticing.' either some Christmas display or at; least some radical change in ar-. rangement of stock in way of prep-j aratlon for a showing of Christmas! offe rings. l*p to Saturday, however, there were still a few mighty good busi-| ness men in Elizabeth City who were! telling the ad-man something like i this: "There's no use to say shop! early. People will not buy until the last minute no matter how much you J advertise or what sort of display you | put on." f But the business done Saturday1 by the stores that are displaying and advertising their Christmas wares | puts a Maxim silencer on all auch statemehts. These stores were1 crowded all day Saturday, and on Saturday afternoon, with Christmas trade clerks already on duty, there were more customers in these stores than could be waited on. At Mel- j -ick's. for Inrtanee, the cro\7U"~retfGIN-1 blod that of the week before Christ-1 mas. And Melick's was not the only j ?tore that was crowded. There's! Mitchell's, for instance, advertising in the want ad section of this issue for more sales people. Those who have studied the Eliza-! beth City Christmas trade carefully; will tell you that every year the,; number who lay their plans for < Christmas givings early is growing i larger, and that every year Cljrist-' mas shopping begins just a little bit! earlier than in the year pwcitding. I This is a forcible illustration of thel fact that constant reiteration of thej shop early preachments is having its; effect. Hut undoubtedly the swine in the direction of early shopping this year has acquired more than normal mo mentum. Business Is good, and that means that buying in nil lines is heavy. The number of customers now thronging the stores to supply their needs in the way of regular lines of merchandise is a warning to Christmas shoppers that they must shop early in the day and early In the week as well ns early in the seas on if they are looking for careful and painstaking service frotii" the sales people In the stores. Another thing Is a factor In creat ine a desire to shop early. Elizabeth City merchants this year have pre-1 pared for an unusually heavy Christ mas trade. But with cotton prices advancing a* they have done and with favorable weather for harvest ing the cotton crop of this section, there scms every reason to believe that Christmas buying will go not only beyond all records but alco be yond all expectations. So thrifty and fereslghted buyers are maUing their selections now before stocks ar" depicted. Early buying Is wise always, from a standpoint of service and satisfac tion Indications are that this year It will he wise also from a stand point of economy. And. ns Santa Claus, no doubt, has seen what's go-; Ing on and caught the shop early fever, the ad-man wants to suggest to the little folk of Elizabeth City that it I" a wise youngster this yearj who writes his Christmas letter to; old Santa early. WIATION litJIT IIY QtAKK Toklo., Nov. 26.?The recent dis aster his destroyed the organiza tion* of civilian aviation In Japan, at leant four concerns having an nounced they would close, partly on account of damages directly sus tained In the oartho'iake. hut chief ly ow'n? to *usp*?n?lon of euhsldlen from the government. Proprietors of two of theae concerns announce they will resume buslne** as upholsterers. MIIH. <9. BATKMAX liFAD 1 Xews reached here Monday morn ing of the death of Mrs. Johnny: flateman nt Columbia. She Is sur-, vlfed hy her husband; by one one on. William K., aged 14; by two daughters, aged 13, LessJJe Lea,; aged fi; by her father. W. F. Prltch ard. Elizabeth City, n. F. D. 3; b one brother. P. A. Prltchard. Ellzi In th City Route Five, and hy fou iMers. Mrs. Rmma Harrell. Rllzr t > City, It. F. D. '; Mrs. Gertrnd Sample and Mrs. O. D. Prltchard. K;;tieth City, It. F. D. 3, and Mrs. M p Jennings, Elizabeth City. Th' hody was brought here Mon-i day afternoon and the funeral will ( be hold some time Tuesday. The ex-j act dat< hod not been decided upon when this newspaper went to press. ' :? W. T. Robhins of New Hope has acccpted a position with the firm of M. -P. Gallop and Company. WAS LEGALLY DEAD BUT NOW IT'S REAL AUentown. I'a.. Nov. 26. ? Declared legally dead several months ago after an absence of 14 years. Wilbur Blery. a?ed 35, turned up here at his bro ther's Home last Wednesday and arrangements had been made for his legal resurrection tomorrow co that he could -slia.re. in...ills....parents' estate which approximated $10,000, 000. but today Blery was found dead In his bed from heart failure. SEIZES GERMAN ROLLING STOCK Belgium Takes Action in View of Germany's Failure to Reply to Ultimatum De manding Indemnity. Brussels, Nov. 26.?The Bel gian government today seized, all German_ rolling stock at Dulsburg and Hamburg in view of Germany's failure to reply! to Belgium's ultimatum de manding indemnity of 1,250,000 francs for the assassination of Lieut. Graff near Duesseldorf in March, 1922. WILL CONFER TODAY ABOUT DR. McBRAYEIt Raleigh. Nov. 26.?Governor Mor rison announced yesterday that he would confer today with I)r. T. W. M. Long, chairman of the board of directors of the State Sanitarium, and with another member of the, hoard relative to his request that i I>r. L. 11. McBraycr who pleaded guilty recently to a charge nf trad-1 ing with himself be removed from his office of superintendent of the sanatorium. HOLSTK.IN MAKKS WOiCIJVS ItKCOIlD AS MILK PKODlXBIt Chicago, Nov. 26.? Kolraln Tin-1 derne Hess, a Holsteln row, complet-f ed a test at seven years of ace. with a production of 3.r).08.r>.4 pounds of milk containing 1.117.16 pounds but terfat. equivalent to 1,396.4-- pounds of butter. making her the world's champion milk cow for production under strictly official rules, accord ing to annnunroment of The Hol steln-Frlefdan Association of Ameri ca. Hess* production for tho year Is sufficient to supply 4 4 famlllos'Wlth one quart of milk each day for 365 j consecutive days, the announcement said, as for 320 days the cow pro duced an average of 100 pounds of milk In a one-year test period. She Is owned by the Fred F. Field Dutch Holsteln Farms at Ilrockton. Mn?sa chusetts. and her wr-lghlnus and sampling of each milking nnd nil butterfat tests were made under the supervision of the Massachusetts Ag-i rlcultural College. "Only two other cows have ex ceeded Tless's production of inllk? her half sister. Kilrain Marlon Fin- j derne. and flogls I'letertfe Prospect.* the world's champion." the an-' nouncement said. "The tests of these cows, however, were conducted un- . der semi-official rules." Cotton Brokers File Bankruptcy Petition New York. Nnrember 26?An In-1 voluntary petition In bankruptcy' was filed In the Federal court h'ere} today against Frank J. and Michael, Do mo of the F. J. Homo and Com-! pany. cotton brokers. Their liabilities were listed at $50,000. and their assets at not more than $20,000. The firm Is not a member of the Cotton Ex change. BREAD SAVING IS HARD ON FARMERS Washington. Novpmb*r 26?Veed !e?? continuation of breid saving habits formed In war time. Depart-, ment of Agriculture official* declai |><I today In a statment Issued, Is limiting American wheat ronsump Hon to the disadvantage of both pro ducer and coninmer. Return to pre-w?* food hablti In the nse of sh<t( to the public and, the feeding of lotK-^ade wheat to, livestock. experts asserted, would h?lp greatly toward solving the wheal problem. CONFERENCE W?c ! COME TO A CLOSE! VYiili Appointment* I!eail| and Oilier Hu?iiic?s Fill i>lii'?l?Dr. Blarkwrll K?*-. turns to i\lt. Lebanon. Ity r. W. M. Illltler. At t!h' Albemarle Conference Sat urday afternoon reports of commit tees were heard. At 7 o'clock Saturday night Dr. \V. \V. Matthews, the missionary secretary who recently returned from work in Liberia ^ave a mov ing picture exhibition of the scenes In Liberia, telling his experiences. He stated that a direct request was made from the natives who are mem bers of our church to come over and help them in enlightening their brethren. Sunday morning at 9:20 the Sun day... school was addressed..by..Prof. J. W. Elcleberger. At 11 o'clock so great was the crowd that an overflow service was held in the basement of the church. Morning and evening standing room was at a premium. Bishop Black well who was scheduled to preach, stated he felt unequal to the task because of overwork and a severe cold, but. however, he would at tempt the same, as that was his mis sion. and that he felt better when preaching than anything else he at tempted to do. The bishop's text was from Ephestlans 14th chapter and 15th verse. Theme. "God's i Spiritual Family." He stated that i in this life many vile and low things of the family should be supressed I that the good name of the family might be maintained. He discour aged the telling of weaknesses of the family to others as it showed our own weakttess as a member of -the same. In that proportion that the boy or girl is disgraced to that ex tent is your entire family disgraced. Keep the family name untarnished If you can. The bishop closed his s?rmon am id great shouting and rejoicing. There were a number of white persons present. At the afternoon session the bish-! op presented Trot. J. W. Elcleberger who addressed the congregation I from the subject. "The Supreme /Task of the Church." He is a well prepared and pleasing speaker and delighted the congregations for about 40 minutes. A memorial service was held at 6 o'clock In honor of Mrs. Annie \V. Blackwell. wife of Bishop Geo L. Blackwell, corresponding secretary! of the home and foreign missionary department, who di^d during the year, by the missionary women of the Albemarle Conference, assisted j by Mrs. Ida Smith, general treasurer! of the department. At 7:CO I)r. F. M. Jacobs, general! secretary of the connection, of New, York, preached a forceful sermon. After reading resolutions of' thanks to the people generally of the, community for their hospitality. tlf? J bishop proceeded to read appoint ments after dome brief remarks. ( Collection for the day was $.'{03. i Music was furnished by the senior choir, which was very good. In the reports to the conference it showed that Rev. I). S. Blackwell. pastor of Mt. Lebanon Church raised, more than $10,000 for all purposes.! Itev. C. C. Drew was given special j mention for having buJlt a new church at Roper, his former one hav-I ing be^n destroyed by lightning dur-i Ing the summer. Rev. D. S. Blackwell was returned : to Mt Lebanon Church. Next ses sion of the conference Is to be held at Creswell. Following are the appointments: WlmlMir Dl?trl?t Hoy. C. C. Hunter, presiding elder. Mt. H< bron, Plymouth Rev. II. ; N. Drew. Jamesvllle Station R"v. W. CI. Vlrcent. WilHamston Station ? Rev. M. I\ | Sawyer. Bethlehem Circuit? Rev. S. S. JohnHon. Lewlston Circuit -Ilev. S. M. Eth erldae. Hsrrellsvllle Circuit ? Rev. J. Sharroek. Windsor Circuit Rev. A. 0. Dunston. Macedonia Station?Hev. P. H. Washington. Roper Station?Hev. C. C. Dr< w. Ahonkle Circuit?Rev. J. T. Rld dlck. Roblnsonvllle Mission?Rev. A. H. Nixon. Dr. D. S. Tllaekwoll was the last namo called, which hroueht loud ap plause at his return to Mt. I^chnnnn. thf first church of the city. It Is said to he the host conference since the Albemarle conference wss formed.' Hllrahcth City f>l?frl<t. Rev. J. K. OarrMt. presiding rider. ' Mt. Lebanon. Elisabeth City iicv. r>. s. niickw?*n Leigh Temple Circuit?Rov. K. S. Williams. OooH Hope Circuit?Rev. P. Mc Donald. Moyoc1' fT'rc?(:? N. CuTl". Pitts Chwpr l Circuit- Rev. W. A. | Mulkn. WMtovIRo Orove Clrcul(?R<v. I W. K. H"nter. Mnry Holly Orove Clrctflt?Rev. W If f Qvfci'H Npw McBrlitP Circuit?Rmt. A. 8. fi<lward? inowden Circuit R?r. C. H. Mr lentil* Circuit?K*r. X. U Bur HOLIDAY I.IQUOU CAUSES DEATHS l'hllsicU<l|ihla. N"V. ?*.? T.I ouor "import, d" for tlu? lioli ?!? >? MM-cn. U blamed by the police lu-iv for the death of 1:v?? nun and the sending of many others to hospitals in a critical condition. Scores of persons who raid they look only a few drinks were picked np from the s*r?- ts in nn unconscious con dition and carried to hospitals last nUlit. Tin- police announced today that they would make a thor ough investigation. TWELVE MEN HURT IN MINE EXPLOSION <Rv Hi* Amrlitrd Pr??? I Chicago. Nov. 26.?Twelve men were badly burned and 14 still were unaccounted for ?t noon from Mine "Number On? near West' FrankfOTt where an explosion occurred In the workings. WINE PERSONS ARE RUKNED TO DEATH I Ht n< AlkiAIIHl IT**. 1 j Confluence, Pa.. Nov. 26.?Sam uel "Koscoe, his wife and seven chil dren were burned to death today] when their home near here was de-i stroyed by fire. LEVIATHAN BREAKS THE WORLD'S RECORD New York. Nov. 26.?America's* biggest steamship, the'Leviathan, to-j day established a new world record ' for westbound navigation from Cher-j bourg of five days, seven hours. 20; m+fi ufes. ?- ? This broke by 13 minutes the pre vious record held by the Cunard" Mjau Tetania. 20 pre der.' SAY THAT FORRES DESERTED ARMY Washington. >3ov. 26. ?Papers said by War Department Officials to show that at one time Charles It. Forbes, former director of the Vet erans Bureau, was dropped from the rolls of the Army as a deserter, were today turned over to the Senate in vestigating committee by the depart ment. The record, which was sent to the committee at its request, was said also to show that Inter Forbes was apprehended, served out his term of enlistment and was dis charged without having been brought to trial. ILIA'KHH CACSKS I.OHHKS IN KN(i LAND'S WOK KK IIS London. November 26?The value of public health to the nation may be Judgml from the following sta tistics. During the past twrlve months. P"rsons with health Insurance lost 10.500.000 week of work. Add those who are not insured, and experts say this total would reoch 30,000.000 weeks of work lost to the country through ill health of the working population. At an average wage of 910 a week, the figures mean $300, 000.000 for the year. ESKIMOS FIX I) JOY IN JAZZ Anchorage, Alaska. Nov. 20. ? A missionary has organised among the K.'klmos at Point Harrow. In th?* Arctic Circle, what probably In the farthest north brass hand In tho world. TheM^iklmoH take kindly to jazz. explaining that It harmonizes closely with their style of dancing. COTTON MARKKT N'ew York, November 26?Cotton futures opened this morning at tho following levels: December 35.12; Jinuary 3 4.90: March 35.12; May 35.33; July 34.65; October 28.67. New York. Nov. 26.-?Spot cotton, cotton closed quiet. Middling 36.15, an advance of 35 points. Futures, Hosing bid. Dec. 35.60. Jan. 3 4.98. Mirch 35.21, May 35.4 3, July 34.65. Octo. 28.65. den. St. James Station Rev. A. C. Llt tlelohn. Colnjock Circuit?Rev. !?. J. White. Oklsko Circuit--Rev. Matthew H.vter. Pilgrim Progress?R?-v. J. T. Rld dlck. C'dar Hill Circuit -Rev. J. Wood house. Fdentmi Dlxtrlrt Ytev. C W Wlnfteld. I). r>.,-j re siding elder. Ked^sh Station Rer. J. M. Branch. Hertford Circuit- Rev. J. M. l"?ra per. Cm nan ii Temple Rev. R. C. Coun cil? Pleasant Grove Circuit Rev. J. f*. <iu ley. Creswell Station? Rev. K. S. Has* 84*11. Pay Pranch Circuit Rev. A. W. Oarrett. Wlnfall Circuit?Rev. B. F. Har rison. . * Columbia Circuit?Rev. A. L. Fer Hnwklna Chapel?Rev. 8. 8. Dlck ersfln. . % ' Hunt era Chapel~Hev. I. C. AokU. A. L. Chesson Injured In Explosion At Mill K\]ilo>ion (Ionics Near to Wrecking New {toiler Hoom and llrirk (rising Surrounding the Boiler at Plant of (lhe*suii Manufacturing Early Monday A. L. Chanson. r?4 years of nm\ father of Hoy Chesson. owner of the I Chesson Manufacturing Companx. Is In the hospital as a result of injuries, ? which he received when a tube blew out of the boiler of the saw mill at I about eight minutes after 7 o'clock I Monday morning. When this newspaper went to press Mr. Chesson was resting quiet ly and It Is not believed that he Is seriously Injured. There Is an ugly! scalp wound on the right of the top of his head and a contusion above! one eye on the forehead, and a! uumbiT of bodily bruises; but no se rious consequences are expected as I a result of any visible injury; and! there is no indication of internal In juries. Mr. Chesson was standing between a tram road in front of the boiler room and the Norfolk Southern rail road track when ho was struck, a distance of 50 feet from the boiler room. A negro. Percy Taylor, work ing beside him was not injured and four men In the boiler room at the time of the explosion received only J a few scratches. Those In the boll-] er room were T. N. White, fireman, and his young son. Elgin White. Wardell Nooney, mill foreman, and .Walter Wright, sawyer. Mr. White I has a cut linger, and there are sotQcI skinned shins resulting from the' scramble to get out of the holler I room, but no one received injuries | of consequence sufficient to nut them in bed except A. L. Chesson. The blowing out of a boiler tube is a matter of no unusual significance in 1 a plant operated by steam, but on | this occasion the explosion came very near to completely wrecking the new boiler room and brick casing 1 surrounding the boiler at the plant of the Chesson Manufacturing Com | pany, which only resumed operations, on Monday. November 10. following! the $111,000 fire which on Tuesday night, September 18, practically wiped out the plant's saw mill. One would think, to look at the boiler room now. that a bomb had I been dropped through the roof and, had exploded Just above the firebox. | There Is a gaping hole In the roof, half of the front of the building Is blown ofT, and in the rear the brick casing of the boiler is blown out andj a hole torn through the wnll of the building big enough for the boiler) and casing to pass through. Ilrlck from the casing were hurled all the way across Knohhs Creek, a distance, of about 75 yards. The execution was done In fiont of the bolter, for through the front i crashing through the Iron door of the boiler and splintering It. came the offending tube of the holler. It struck the front wnll of the boiler room. tor?- half of It away bodily | and hurtled the wall through the air almost tp the Norfolk Southern rail road track. The railroad track in front of the boiler room and fully 100 feet away, was thickly strewn with the sawdust that, used as fuel, j was on the floor of the boiler room1 at the time of the explosion. Some of the debris from the building was found In fhe swamp on the other ?lde of the Foreman-IJladea road to their paw-mill, a distance of more than 100 yards from the scene of the, explosion. Mr. Chesson, fortunately, was not In direct line to be struck by thai main mass of the hurtling timber with the boiler tube behind It. He Is believed to have l>een hit by some of the shattered pieces of timber, that were In the air as thick as' shrapnel In a bombardment. He was. not knocked down by the force of the Impact of fl*ny blow that he re ceived. but was seen atairgcrlng when the air first, cleared. He sank' to the L'round before assistance could reach him. but was still con scious when picked up. The cause of the explosion Is un known. The boiler was Rested and stood under 175 pounds cold water; ;-r?Msure before operation1" were re sumed. A pressure of 150 pounds v/as Indicated by the steam guage one ?lay inv.t week. The gunge at the time of the evploslon registered a pressure of between f?0 and 100 pounds. Fireman T. N. White tells a coher ent story of what actually happened. "I came down to work about 6 o'clock," he says, "bringing my son., Elgin, down to lay poine flooring. We worked together until the night watehman. who was firing when I came down, knocked off at f. o'clock. I then turned my attention to the boiler, leaving the boy to -complete *h?- flooring Job alone. "At f, :45 the irttnce Indicated a j team pressure of f.0 pounds, and I closed the damp<r and cut off the draft. Th? first Indication I had that anything was wrong came then when I noticed that the water guafc. which should have shown a rise of about an Inch white we were getting up s'cam had risen nhoiil four or five Inches. 1 went back and blew out thft wtfer, hut the water ^uage did not respond. I then blew the water out of the guage and then out of the column. The water, however, 'Immediately rose to the old level j and the gla*? water guage cracked. II called for help and ran for a I wrench to cut the water off from the Nooney, the foreman, BRITAIN WILL LODGE PROTEST At Seizure of the Rum Hun ner, Tomako, Outside the Three Mile Limit on Sun day. London. November 26 ? If the schooner Tomako, Is proved to be a British ship with her parties In order, the British government will prohnbly lodge a protest to Wash ington ag-iinst her seizure ouslde the three mile limit. It was said here todu>. Her protest would be In order to keep clear the record on the three mile limit pending the final agree ment on the rum running treaty per mitting seizures outside that limit, Washington. November 28?Rum my BUI McCoy whom the govern ment ugents call King of the Rum runners appeared before the United States Court here today with eight British seamen. crew of the schooner. Tomako. charged with smuggling liquors. The men, who surrendered yester day after the Coast" "Guard Cutter? Seneca, had fired twice across the bow of the Tomako. will make their defense. McCoy says, on the fact that the ship was six ?ind a half miles from the shore when captured. Cabarrus Got Its Name From Edenton County In I'leilnmnt Section Named In Honor of Stephen Cab arras. Hn>* History | Raleigh, Nov. 26.?"The county of Caluirrus wan erected December ,31, 17f?2. out of the northeastern part of Mecklenburg and was named In honor of Stephen Cabarrus, of Ed enton. speaker of the state house of commons." according to a history of the county written for the North Carolina Historical CommlsRion by Col. Fred A. Olds. "Its county seat. Concord, was named for the town where the opening battle of the Rev olution, in Massachusetts, was fought. "The act creating the county pro vided that James Harris, Joseph Moore Carpenter. William Orr, Oeo. Alexander, Zacheus Wlllson. Paul Rarrlnger. John IJppard, Joseph Shim, Daniel Jarrett, Alexander Fer guson. James BradMhaw. James Har ris. sr.. Archibald Hunter, Benjamin I'atton and Robert Smith should flx on the most central place for the courthouse and jail and that threo of their number should buy 50 acres of land at such place and contract for the erection of these buildings as soon as the commissioners bad fixed on the site. The first county court was held In January. 1733, at the home of Richard Russell, to di vide the county and do other busi ness "The first courthouse was not built until 17f)r?, up to that time pri vate buildings being uped. The court house was used until 1835, when one of brick succeeded it. In 1876 this one was burned by Are which started In a dwelling, and the will books up to IMP. were destroyed, while all the deed books were saved. The pres ent courthouse was built In 1878. "Members of the United States Congress born In Cabarrus County were Daniel 1,. Darrlnger, Daniel M. Rarrlnger and William C. Houston." find Mr. Wrltrht, the aawyer, cmn* In and wo had Juat succeeded In cut ting the water off from the RQftJte wlii-n If burnt. The tube blew out almost Immediately." Mr. Chosaon, the Injured man, had two poeket knives In hl? pocket when ho wa?< struck and both of them were found on the Kround near wh*re he f?ll. An odd Incident was that hla eyeglasses were alao picked up off the around, neither len* broken and the frames nowhere bent or twisted or showing In any way anv *|gn of the accident. Though the CherMOii aaw mill re inrtH-d onerntlons laat week, the ear renter work ronnectrd with rebuild ing the plant had not been comi-lcf ed and Mr. Chosaon wn* there wind* Ing up fhln work with Percy Taylor, colored helper, when the explosion occurred. Mr. Noofley, mill foreman, wnf on a ladder on top of the holler with a Ten eh, Where be had been working to cut off the water from the gla*a Kunup, when the explosion oeeurred. None of the m^n were Injured by the explosion an they were all to one aide of the boiler and the blowout came at each end. "I found out how fast I can get ; down a ladder," Mr. Nooney aald la ter In the morning to a reporter for 'ihla newspaper, with * trim smile.