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********* ? THE WEATHER * * Fair (tinI tcarmer tit- * ly shoicers. * ******* ? ? * * : : UR JMIi : "eST ? ? VOL. XIV. FINAL EDITION. ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA, TIU'RSDAY EVENING, APRIL 1924. EIGHT PAGES. NO 80 Republican Councils Are Divided On Woman Issue Onestinii Is Whether Woman in Polities Is to Have Same Consideration as Man or Whether She Is to he Object of Special C.oiirtesies Paid Her Sex in Social Life Bj- ROBKRT T. SMALL . (Copyrifthl l?i. By The Ad?amn Chicago, April 3.?Rumblings of ructions at the Republican National Convention over the plan to place women on complete equality with the men members of the National Committee can be heard here in the Middle West. The charge is being broadcast that the women after all do not want an equality with the men, but a special privilege due to their sex. Most of the members of the Re- I publican National Committee want to "soft pedal" the whole business anil give the women anything they want. There are a few "die-hards." I however, on the committee, who in sist that the women of the party be 'treated exactly tne same as if they were men. These irreconcilahles? to the new order do not believe that a woman is entitled to a place on the National Committee simply because she Is a woman and yet they say that is what lias already been done in the Demo cratic party and has been recom mended to the Cleveland convention in the case of the G. O. P. The plan is to provide that from each state there shall be one nation al committeeman and one national committeewomnn. The die-hards say it is perfectly all right and prop er to have women eligible to national committee membership, but they feel that if a woman wants the job she should enter the race against the man candidate and if she can win out under such circumstances, well and good. The die-hards have what they be lieve to be a perfectly logical argu ment against th'e plan of dual or bl ? sexual representation on the com mittee. If It Is necessary, they say. to have men and women on the committee simply because there are men and 'worn* n voters, why Isn't It just as necessary to have two men Senators and two women Senators from each state? Why not a woman Represen tative and a man Representative from each Congressional district.' Why not a man governor and a wo man governor of each state? And. rising to the height of their argument, they demand to know if. In the last analysis, would it not b" just as logical for the women to de mand that there be n man President and a woman President of the I'nlt ed States? Some of the older members of the Republican National Committee rather resent the fact that tbeir authority In state matters Is to be divided with a woman and that they are to be cut down from a whole vote to half a vote. They are per fectly willing to have their place on the committee contested for by a wo man and say that If she can win the place she Is entitled alone to repre sent the state. Committee officials recognize that there is ."dynamite" in the Issue which the die-hards propose to raise. They are desirous of smoothing things over if possible. Already the Republican women have suffered many taunts from their Democratic sisters over the supposed tardiness of the O. O. P. In granting women full representation on the commit tee. The issue raises the whole ques tion of the position of the women voters In the parties. Most of the national women leaders claim they do not want any special considera tion. but complete equality of oppor tunity. They are demanding that laws which discriminate In favor of them as well as those which discrim inate against them be repealed. They want women made eligible to every office in every state %s well as In ? !?? OoV rfSiuent ??,rvle?. With all of U?ls. the die-hards of the National Committee Hnlni to be in full sym pathy. Hut they say that In party matters, the women are placing themselves In the position of de manding office because they are wo rn" n and not because they are sim ply members of the party. At the same time there Is to be a wild fight for the woman vote In the coming election and the Republican party leaders who are to become respons ible for the Coolldge campaign are anxious that nothing shall be done to alienate in the slightest way any feminine strength within the party. They nav th^re Is no doubt but that the women will be granted full membership nn the National Com mittee at Clv'land. even if It Is a step In the direction of recognizing a woman "bloc" within the party. i *OTTOV MARKFT New York. April 3-?Spot cotton closed steady this afternoon, ad vancing 55 points. Middling 2&.6">. Futures Hosed at the following levels: May 29.BB; July 2S.4R;! October 24.92; December 24.45; January 24.12. NeW April .1?-Cotton futures opened this morning at the follow ing levels May 29:13; July 2ft.05; October 28.46; December 24.50. Governor Weds Watts' Widow Charlotte, April 3. Governor (lameron Morri son yesterday afternoon married Mrs. George Watts, widow of the late George Watts, millionaire philanthropist, and left for New York for the hon eymoon. The marriage was a great surprise to the Gov ernor's intimate friends and to the public generul Iv. SCHOONER LOSES BOTH ITS MASTS Grew on Oyster Boat Now :it Foot Main Street Thouglit Orice They Would Never lleach Land Alive. With both musts carried away, the schooner Mark Stcvus arrived in Elizabeth City Thursday with a cargo of oysters and docked at the foot of Main street. The crew of three of the schooner report an exciting time during the heftvy weather a few days ago, where the vessel was struck by a gust of wind as the crew were at tempting to reef the mainsail. The ; foresail and the Jib had already been reefed. Captain Williams, J. M. Williams and Pete Sawyer were all on deck at , the time. The foresail was carried i away flush with the deck and was , carried after striking the captain a glancing blow against the head which took lii.s cap and left him un injured. If a I It 11?> closer tlx* mast would probably have killed him. When the crew looked around they found only a stump of the main mast, about ten feet high. Tin- aux iliary engine had stopped and the captain sent a man to try to start it. His efforts Were unsuccessful, bow ever. and the schooner was drifting toward Haplin's Bluff near Powell's Point. The bouy tender, Holly, was sighted by the crew and frantic ef forts were made to attract the attcn of its crew. One of the crew re moved his coat and put his vest up on a pole and waved It. Captain Williams reports that the Holly slackened speed for a moment but then passed on without offering assistance. It was discovered that the inast had been driven through the life boat carrying it away. They all felt that unless aid came soon they would all perish Captain Wil liams ordered both anchors to be lowered. With the heavy cargo of oysters th?- vessel would have sunk quickly,had It sprung a serious leak. When all hopes seemed lost the gas boat Helhnvn. piying between Norfolk and Ib'nufort hove in sight and was signalled In the same man ner with the vest flag. The gas boat made five attempts to come alongside to take off the crew but all were failures. As the wind had slackened some by this time the captain of the Hel !i;iv. n offered to take -(liouix r in tow. 1hl.i was accomplished and the crippled vessel was towed to the North River where shrt lay for two days. Thf-y then proceeded to Kllzebeth City with cargo. All of tile crew feel that they had n narrow escape from death and all ure grateful to the master of the Helhaven whom I hey say acted in every way as a good Samaritan. He went to considerable trouble to be of assistance and would accept nothing for his servlcee. I'OltT RliAGG MAN HEI.I) FOIt MI KDKii J.ixincton. April S James K. Sntllh of Fort lira** wi hold by n coroner'a Jury hero late yesterday for the murder of Floyd R. Maeon. traveling ealeyman. on a road near Lexington. "Fingers!" It'* the turn of Put llarrixon. Mi -t-Mppi senator, to crab and If Senator Pepper of Pennsylvania doesn't j.ll "FlnKcr*!" Pat will win In "choosing up bides" for th?? ilrst basclxiM ;:amo of the Washington Hcason. Watching them are Senator Copeland of Xew York and Senator Kalston of Indiana. x GETTING WARM ON TRAIL OF WEEKS l)au|;!iiTly Committee Gel* Evidence of Attempt to Clone .Mouth of Witness Auuin*t Duiifiliertv. t>?, A Lane, until a week ago leual adviser to the Chief of t!i?* Air Servlct1, told the Senate baugherty committee to day that he hat! be? n ordered by Captain Vol.indt ??f the Air Service, to "stay away from th?? committee and the capital" and that when he refused to be dictated t? > he was I "dismissed from the air service." On motion^of Senator Jones. He publican, of Washington. the com mittee directed Chairman Brook i hurt to notify Secretary Weeks u( once of I?ane's testimony. I'lNKItAI, MICS. HIM. The funeral of Mrs. Margaret Hill, who died at her home on Kant Fear ing street Tuesday night, was con ducted at the hoiun Thursday after noon at o o'clock by Dr. N H. I). Wilson, pastor of the First Metho dist Church, and interment was made at Hollywood Cemetery. The active pall bearers were: I). Guy llrockett, I). Kay Kramer, James Marker, Ira .Parker. Nathan Parker, and Clarence Parker. The honorary pall bearers were: Dr. J. H. White, J. T. McCalie, Dr. A. I*. Pendleton, C. W. Mellck, William McQueen anJ Henry Or Ice. The floral offerings were beautiful and numerous and the funeral was largely attended. The Fashion Shop, a Main street millinery, was closed during the. hour of the funeral as a tribute of respect to the memory of Mrs. Hill.' who was the founder of this busi ness and whose untiring energy: made it one of the city's leading mil linery stores. More people would be sensible Hi it didn't take so much practice. ? FIERY CltOSS ON COLLEGE CAMPUS Ww York. April .1? A fiery rross blazed last night on tin* ram pus of Columbia Unlver wlly. ? ?_ The emblem was set up by a group of white-robed and hooded men opposite Furnald Hall, where Frederick Wells, negro law 'student. has a room from which his fellow students have attempted to oust him. Whilu tin* cross burned Wells remained in his locked ro :n heedl-ss of the calls and knot ks of his neighbor^. Ill UlAI. MRS. R|C|l\lll>SO\ The burial service of Mrs. Mnttle Gnrd Richardson, formerly of this city, was conducted here Friday morning upon the arrival of the body on the Norfolk train by Rev. R. F. Hall at Hollywood Cemetery -where Interment was made. The '?all bearers were? Lucian Sawyer, Raymond Madrin. Joe Afthens. Frank ? Gordon. Richard Owens and Janes Rail. Mfs. Richardson died at St. Vin cents Hospital Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock and is survived by her husband, and two children. KIsie I.ee and Calvin, by her father. J. II. Card; and by four sisters, Mrs. J. It. Rose, Mrs. W. II. Jones, and Miss ('arrle Louise Card of Norfolk; and Mrs. 'Sam Hughes of this cltv; and by two brothers, John Card. Jr.. and Julian Card of Klixaheth Cilv. Mrs. W. H. Goodwin. Mrs. Ceoj? - Newcomb and son. Joe Newcoinb of Norfolk, were here to attend the fu neral. ltK.\l>IN<; < IRCI.K MKKTH ? The regular Friday afternoon reading circle of tlio Womaris' MIs sipnary Society of the First Metho dist Church will hold a meeting Fri day afternoon at 3:.'10 and every member is urged to be present and t??k ? part in the study of the splen did hook now being read. Liquor Detector May Be Future Police Equipment Science Han Perfected Instrument That Measures l)e?rcc of Intoxication and W liicli Would Settle Question That Is Frei|iicntly Hard to Answer Accurately n> i.. r. OWEN* (Copyright. 1921, By Tht Ad**nrt) San Francisco, April .1 ? No longer will It lie possible for errant husband* wandering home from a convivial night out to alibi th -ni Hflvm next morning with as-ertlons to. friend wife that It bad . bwn a l>erfectly dry evening. Neither will the autolst who mixes alcohol and gasoline and ma nipulate* his careening Juggernaut fiver helpless pedestrians be able longer to * <?ape punishment behind the well known legal obstacles at tendant upon proving anyhody "drunk" before a Jury. These, together with myriad ot-her evils of John Barleycorn. may shortly b'Tomc memories of th?? dis tant pant, if the new seemingly very efficient "jagg d- lector" Just per fected here by Dr. C. \V. (Jlnsb? rg prominent surgeon and X-llay ex pert comes In general use. The scientific name of Dr. Gins berg's 7?ew ?*? invention In "tho metabular/' It U a scientific d? tector of alcohol in all Its forms and potency in the human anatomy. And if endorsements YOlced by a scon- of oth*r physicians and police officials who have ser-n It In in action are a criterion of Its efficiency. It can un erringly detect anything In the human "Innards'* from near beer to the favorite bootlegger's best best product. i In far!, tho device for detecting drunkenness Including the exact flpRroo of such drunkenness is mo unerring. according to those who watched mi in "ron* t?'st*. that ii may xhortly become Ih<? accepted adjunct of court procedure In oases Involv ing alleged Intoxication. Briefly l>i . Ginsberg nan taken the reaction of tho human body (o alcoholic r>t I in ii la n t an* the b?*i?? of Investigation. and li - perfeeled a way of measuring accurately those fMol Ion i, It Is a well established medical fact that alcohol Intliici-M exo? sslve bodily beat, the more drinks the more heal. Also an the body heat increases human* demand more oxygen. In fact medical records chronicle the fact that a man alco holic* Ujr overloaded breathes alinont three times as much air an wh< n sober. The in' tabular simply measure* the amount of oxygen breathed by alcoholic suspects when supposedly drunk. loiter hi* normal oxygen oxygen capacity is measured. The difference between normal and when in alcoholic strets denotes the degree, of Intoxication. The police here already are plan-i nlng to use Dr. Ginsberg's device to testing ihe sobriety of autolsts ar retted following serious acctdetits. DEATH T. \V. DIXON kmd thac.ic in i: Charlull^. April 3?Thomas \V. Dixon, president of the North a n it South Carolina I lard war-' Dealers Association, who died ..yesterday, had a t ranir life. llo had killed a man hy the accidental discharge of 111* shotgun. and his first wife and two children died within two weeks of one another of tho same disease. His second wife and two children were burned to death in a fire while his third wife died of cancer. ROTARY MEET IS IN FULL SWING Fir*l Day*?* IVojiram (irh Away to Start Willi <>00 Itolarians OvrrriimiiiiiX State C.apital. Raleigh, April ?With re pres.* r. tatives of 40 Rotary clulm In North Carolina nnd Virginia present, the annual conference of the Thirty -Sev enth Itotary District opened In :?> Thursday morning. After the r- ti tration period it was estimated Hint (lie total number of visiting Rotar iaiis and their wives exceeded 'inn. All during Wednesday night incom ing .trains brought the visitors ami ninny who were unable to leave their huslnewi yesterday arrived during to day. Automobiles from Virginia" and many North Carolina citbs were here in numbers, many of the dele gates having motored through the country for the conference. At the railroad yard at the north end of Salisbury street, a Pullman city was seen early today, many of the vis itors occupying the cars while here, by special arrangement. Registration started early today at a local hotel chosen ns the head quarters of the conference. Here District Governor O.. Franklin I.enz of Newport News. Virginia, wel comed hundreds of fellow Itotariam. duriiiK the day. At in o'clock the conference was called to order by President John Park of the Itatcigh Club, after which the address of welcome was delivered by Josephus Daniels of the same club. The dis trict governor then convened the as sembly and responded gracefully, to the ;<ddi< -s of welcome. The Rev. Henry <!. Lane of Raleigh delivered a prayer and the meeting then got under way. During the business session which followed appointments were an nounced to several committees nnd the election committee was named. Shortly before noon seven former district governors were presented to the conference and the club presi dent also were introduced. District Governor (J. Franklin T.enz of Newport News. Virginia, de livered bis annual address, touching on the work of Rotary, its Influence In the communities where it had been established and tho great task that facyd Rotarlans in tho bettor (Continued on Page 5.) ItAINKH <;i ll/I Y M.WSIi MYiHTRIl Kdcnton, April J. I). UaiiH^, colored, wiih found guilty by tin* Jury VVfdn<mlay of manalatigiitfr in tli?* i second degree, in having re sponsible for tho death of his sister, Dii'-lla Raihex. while operatii.v a car while under tho influence of liquor. Sentence lias* not been passed up on him, nor upon OnCar Hunch for assault wiiii {i deadly weapon. Trij?I of tho raw of Kenneth nairtuoro wan begun Thursday. IIKlWl OlM) snows BIG INTKIIKST IN HIGHWAY The most frithtifti.mtlc reception' yet nooordnfi Ihn irtoyern^nt to send a (lr>l< Ka(lon to tho m? < tin?*--of South Atlantic Coastal iliuhwav As soc!.ition ait Savanna'i on Aoi't x to work in th< Interest of iirintin^ ? highway thromh Elisabeth Cliy, I fori ford and Kdenfon wan that at Hertford Wednesday nluht, inceord iii?< to repreaentatlves of t!?#? Kllza ln-th Cliv Chamber of Commerce who attended the meeting. Three delegate*. it Is reported, will uo to Savannah from Hertford, file town, til" eoiintv. and (h< t?'lf*l ness Intoret* of Hertford. renpective ly. to bear the expense of the trip Dele - ;?t? s fro in Hertford and l.fix atjeth City will uo to Kd'-nton ' Friday night in the hope of aertlflng a lik*? delegation from that city. The names of deleuntea who vijl repr?aent KM zn both City at Savan nah nr.-: IV H. William - S II T? in pl<man. ('. V(. t'ugh. A. 11. I tout K and 18. '\ 0. W. Morgan will he one of the thr*" delegate* r?*pfenentln* Hert ford hut there I' vOftie HUiHtion iusf yet as to who will be the other two member* of th<? Hertford delegation. ? - - - ? COTTON GOKS IT New York, April Iteport* that bettor grade* of eotton were becom ing ncarri r in tin- Houth and increas ing activity In the Itrltlsh eotton good* trade caused a sharp advance In the locf>1 market today. May delivery led the rise. selling at 71 polnta net higher than at the opening and more than $15 a hale above laat week'a quotations. MAY NOT ENTER N. f. PRIMARY Ni'illirr MoAdoo N?r Under wood Has I'iled Notice of Intention to Do So and Dajiiels Itoom Grows. UalciKli. April a.?The lirvmilt mil look, judged by the r?*cords of (he Secretary of Stat?' of North Carolina, is that there will |m? no efforts to pa|?luiv tlicvote of the electorate in North Carolina by any of the aspir ants for the Presidency on the Dem ocratic ticket. it became known here last night. Neither of tli?? outstand ing candidates. William (1. McAdoo and Oscar \V. I'nderwood, have ft led notice of entering the State. In tho event that no one Dies there will be no Presidential ticket in the primary on June 7 and tlx* vote of the Deni ucratic .State Conventioy will govern. The Convention meets tills month, the 19th, at ItaleiKh. Mr. McAdoo's cam pal mi organiza tion Indicated some time a^o that lie probai v would file his candidacy for the |' nidency in North Carolina and was intimated at the same time that If lie were to do so that Mr. I'nderwood also would file In this State. Neither has shown any signs of doing so, however, and so far as Is known?neither of tli ? men has any speaking engagements In North Carolina during the u? \t few months. Talk of a third candidate, which has heen going around tho State In the last two months, has ussun??d ?!? finite form in mghy eonipiuhltl? and friends of .Hisephlis UanlelSllAvo Indicated tlistt his name will he pre sen ted to the Convention this mouth. The McAdoo forces as Wt it as those of I'nderwood are prepared to put up a stiff fight to captur- the Con vention if possible, it is <*ald, and If Mr. Daniels' friends place his name before the Convention, there is expected a fight to control the Convention which will he ' ry much more exciting anil out of the ordi nary than otherwise. Tl nugli Mr. Daniels has discouraged any attempt to link his name With tt-e Presiden tial bee and though lie asked tliut his name he not submitted to the pei'ple In Georgia. those of his sup inters for the office who have ln <:iiig<d in speech mnH?v: ut the or \ ur.lzatlon of v:irlous Danh l.?-for I ? ? sident Clubs throu^eout the Slate have indicated th??t thev ex ?. < I to carry the fight to the Con vention and have hluh hopes of there being successful. Mr. Dan iels* exact attitude remains undeter ,mined. Prior to the/Terpot Dome disclosures lie announced in favor of Mr. McAdoo, but since that time he has had nothing to say. % If there Is no filing for tl.e Pre*!* dency there will he no Democratic ticket for that office and th ? will of the Convention will govern. If there are candidate* for th * lVrlmnry vote, this will nullify any action of the Convention and the dele^ntei to the New York Convention will be pledged to support the man who rar 11 led the primaries. The Convention may pledge the dclegatc.4 to one the three candidates who have been i mentioned or to any otli<-r or tnev may he sent to New York ?Hilnstruct ed. The latter course has prevailed generally In tho past. ITNUItM, IJvMIKL ICKiCi^ The funeral of Lemuel It Irks of South Mills wan conducted Wednes dny afternoon at '5:30 o'clock at the home by Key. K. F. Sawyr anil In terment made In the family burying ground. The pall bearers Were: J, J. Nash, L. M. Sawyer, Jr.. Thomas Hewitt, A. Jonen, Sftmiel Nash. and (\ Ackls. Mr. IMu^m died Monday after a short lllneHH. He was f?7 years old and 1h nurvived by his wife, two dnuvhters, Mr*. Annie Jonen of South Mills and Mrs. Fannie Pike of Kll* alieth City; five hoiik, Lemuel, Jr., Peter, Frank. Joseph and John Itlfrcs, and one brother, Peter Rlggs of *mm?H Mil Ik. TWO I' ATI KYI'S l)IK in >ioiu;anton kike Morunnton, April Two women were killed and a man and woman w? n badly burned, one perhaps fa tally, wh?'ii IIr?? deMtroyed the north win*.' ?if llroad Oak Sanatorium for lb* tf? at merit of nervous diseases ? arly today. Forty-two patients were In the blllldln : when lli?> flames Were dis co* end by a nlaht wutrhinan. It wan at first believed that all patient* had been removed, but later It wan discovered that several were miss Inn. \I.KI{ \>l \ CI.OSED BV DEATH W. K. IH'KGESS There will fie no shew at the Al? km ma Theater Thursday afternoon or nlKht because of the death at the Community Hospital Thursday morn In;- of Willie K llura-s of Old Trap who Is the tyrotb' r of J. K. Ilurgen of thin city and K. Pur. ? ss of Ra leigh. tuejnbers of tlx Alkrama Tlnater mnnR^Atrnt. Special attention should lie g|v?*n this notice as Mr. flurgess's death occurred sft?*r today's show had b*en advertised. Friday the Alkrama will be open as usual with shows both afternoon and at night.
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