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Physicians To Identify The "Dead Beats" Medical (Ircdit Association Will Protect Local Doctors With the idea in mind of pro tecting themselves against the in veterate and inevitable 'dead beats" that infest this and every other community, local physicians yesterday announced the organi zation of the Elizabeth City Med ical Credit Association. All the physicians belonging to the Association will henceforth use bill heads of the same type. On the front of the bill head, the debtor will be classified as be longing to Class I, Class II. Class III. or Class IV. The classifications are explain ed on the back of the bill, as fol lows: Class I. prompt payment: Class II. slow payment: Class III. unsatisfactory payment, and Class IV. deserving of no credit. This system will enable each physician to learn, from the ex periences of his local contempor aries. just who are the "dead beats" of the town. In every community there are some people who will use the ser vices of one doctor until they have rim up a good-sized bill, and wil then shift over to another doctor when they think the one they have been using is becoming dubious of their intentions to pay for the services he has rend ered. In this manner, and parti cularly by trying each new doctor that comes into the community lor a year or so. some families go along for 10. 15 or perhaps as much as 20 years without ever paying a doctor's bill. Tne Meaicai ureau associuuuu was organized chiefly for the pur pose of establishing the identity of such individuals and families in order that the doctors might protect themselves against such impositions. "We don't want to be hard on ; any one " said a spokesmen for the doctors yesterday afternoon. | "Wc doctors are human and leni- j cnt. When a man goes to buy a car or some furniture, the dealer i can ask for cash for the trans- | action, but when a man is sick it i is no time to ask for money. He can't wait until he is ab'.e to pay the doctor before calling him. We realize this, and we realize al so that when a man is sick, he is not earning anything, and for these reasons we are lenient with patients. We seldom press for payment of a bill under two years old. And. besides this, we do lots of charity work that we know is charity v/ork when we do it. We don t mind doing a certain amount cf this. But what we do mind is being beat' out of fees continually by certain people. And this is what we are now trying to remedy." Especially pleased over the es tabiistment of the Medical Credit Associat ion are E izabcth City's three young physicians. Drs. Gill. Owens and Bailey, who for the past two years have borne the brunt of the "dead beat" racket because they were young new! comers and the "dead beats" had tried already "hooked", mast., of the oidcr doctors when they op- i cned their offices here. Minor Matters Before Council iUOSl OI II1C OUMIK'S U1U I city council at its regular monthly meeting last night was of a minor nature and included receiving re ports of various officials of the activities for the month. On motion of Councilman Hughes it was decided that Mayor Jerome B. Flora request D. J. Driscoll, lessee of the local air port. to discontinue flying by his pilots on Sunday mornings be tween the hours of nine and twelve, or else to have them fly high enough above the city so that the noise of the plane motors would not be a disturbing factor during religious services at the various churches. It was also determined that the new cement sidewalk on the north side of Main street between Holly and Locust streets be of the width of four feet, as have been other sidewalks constructed under the WPA program. Hospital Notes White Mrs. W. S. Rhodes and baby boy. of city, have gone home. Mrs. W. J. Williams, Route 3. was discharged yesterday. Colored Odessa Sanders, of Currituck, was admitted yesterday. FOR GOOD BURNING WOOD PHONE 100D 1.00 Griffin-Coppersmith Fuel Company | Rebel Planes Bomb Spanish Capital, Killing Children ? Continued from Page One) which for two weeks has gradually been closing in on Madrid, is now within 10 miles of the capital at its nearest point. Yet there is no feeling of panic here. Foreign military experts believe that des pite the closeness of the Rebels, the fall of Madrid is not immin ent, as the city may be able to resist attack for some days, even should the Rebels approach its very limits. Evacuation of Brunete occurred after a long and intense artillery bombardment from the Rebel batteries. At Pinto, eight miles to the southeast, the Rebels attacked in force. Their advance was preced ed by an artillery and aerial bombardment. Three tri-motored bombers, escorted by three pur suit planes, rained lead from the skies while hard-riding Moorish calvalry atempted to encircle the town by advancing through sur rounding fields. Loyalist artillery in Pinto blast ed at Rebel batteries to the south. Rebels apparently have decided to use their aviation to the limit, in which they far outclass the Loyalists. Three Rebel planes dropped about 60 incendiary bombs on the airdrome at Bara jas. They did little damage. The dreaded "Black-Birds" of Franco's army, so-called because * -1 UUA1. many DomDers are paimeu uiatR, appeared over Madrid at 4:40 p. m.. <11:40 a. m. EST). They cir cled high above the city and dropped two bombs. These fell on a school house. Loyalist anti-aircraft guns and machine guns immediately went into action. But they scored no hits and presently the planes dis appeared. Death from the skies also struck at Ballecas. a working class suburb. Approaching over a cloud bank which obscured it until it was over the city, a Rebel plane loosed five bombs. One burst in a line of women and children who were waiting before a grocery store for their ration of sugar. Three children?aged six, nine and twelve, repectively?were kill ed. Two men and three women were wounded. Madrid's determination to hold out against the Rebels grew stronger as fierce resentment mounted over the killing of civil ians. One result was an increase in enlistments for the army. Judging from the menus in rest aurants. the capital's food supply has not been seriously menaced by the Rebel's drive from the south. There has been some rise in open market prices for eggs. milk, meat and fresh vege tables. but there is no immediate oanger of starvation. Mail from abroad still arrives, although its delivery is often de layed by the censorship. Street cars and subways are operating normally. There is a shortage of gas for cooking and illumination, but the city's supnly of electricity has not been curtailed. Streets are dark ened after 10 p. m., and are pat rolled by police. Sniping by Anarchists and other internal enemies of the Madrid government has increas ed. Within the last 48 hours two militiamen have been killed by snipers' bullets. FORGER ARRESTED G. M. Wiggins, 23-ycar-old Mt. Oiivc resident, was taken into cus tory at the First and Citizens Na tional bank early yesterday after noon by Chief of Police Raymond C. Madrin when Wiggins at tempted to cash a check to which the name of W. B. Coppersmith allegedly had been forged. The Mount Olive man was booked on the charge of having passed off three checks before, to taling the sum of $42, to Elizabeth City merchants. According to officials connected with the lumber company oper ated by Mr. Coppersmith, it was known several weeks ago that the forgeries were being passed off on merchants, but no trace of the man responsible therefor could be found at the time. Bank and police officials had been on the lookout for Wiggins for several days, and he was nabbed at his first appearance with the allegedly forged check. More Cover Crops Are Being Planted Pasquotank farmers are plant ing more cover crops this fall than ever before, according to County Agent Grover W. Falls. One man, he says, is putting as much as 40 acres in crimson clover, which is the favorite, while there are con siderable acreages of rye, wheat, oats, barley and vetch, and there is also some acreage of mixed crops, wheat or oats with clover or vetch. A check is now being made of the experience this year with im proved strains of cotton seed, careful measurements of yield, percentage of lint, length and strength of staple being mad? ft- j Raltroad Income Shows An Increase Of 35J Per Cent Washington Nov. 2.?(U.R)?Net operating income of the nation's 144 class one railroads increased' 25.4 per cent for the first nine montas of this year over the cor responding period of 1935, the interstate commerce commission reported today. The - $434,864,004 net income for tne nine months ending Oct. 1 compared with $321,201,763 for the fjrSfc'nine months of last year. Thp^railroads reported net op Septdmber, a 22.6 per cent gam eratiig income of $70,106,026 for over [the same month of 1935. Grosi' operating revenue increased J6.4 per cent for the same period; passenger reccnues 17.9 per cent and freight revenues 16.4 per cent. b' ?i Pavihg Program Half Finished With the arrival here yesterday afternoon at 4:30 of the oil dis tributer, used in the new strect pavirjg project, about half of the propisteia additions to the hard Burfaming in the city were com pletejiAvith the priming cost, ac cording to Mord White, city offi cial m charge of the work, last nighti Three thousand gallons of prim ing oil were sprayed yesterday on Jone^, Wareham, Aga.van, Mar tin. Culpepper and Cobb streets. Mr. White said, and he expects to finish the priming work by noon today if no rain sets in to delay the work. Laying of the gravel will begin on tlie primed streets Wednesday morning and the project will be completed in a short time there after, White continued. Streets to receive their priming coat of oil tomorrow will be parts of Oak. Holly, Ash, Elm and Wal nut, which when finished will close the 18,600 square foot proj ect begun last month when the streets were first graded for the hard surface. The October work completes the second half of the first paving project planned by the city under the funds afforded by thS national government, the first part of; which was finished earlier in the j year. IN WELDOK ACCIDENT Weldon, Nov. 2?(U.R)?One wo man was believed to be fatally in jured and between 35 and 49 grade school children were cut and bruised today when a school bus collided with an automobile driven by M. D. Eoykin; of Wel don. near here. Miks Dorothy Nixon of Empor ia. Va.. wai removed to a hospi- ; tal at Roanoke Rapids, where j physicians said her injuries pro Dably would be fatal. DR. WHITE, SR., ON PROGRAM OF FIRST BAPTIST Former Paslor Makes Ad dress On Second Day of Anniversary Program There arc more than ten million ; Baptists representing the largest Protestant denomination in the! wor.d, Dr. J. L. White, Sr., of Miami, Fla., told the members of th? First Baptist church of this city last night in the second day's program of observance of the in stitution's 150th anniversary. Dr. White, who was pastor of the local church 48 years ago, had as his sprmon topic "Eaptist Be liefs," and the members of that religious sect, he said, were the first religious body to stand and fight for freedom of worship and civil liberty. Setting out the great beliefs of the Baptist people, Dr. White named the first one as belief in the infallibility of the Bible as the .aw V>f faith and practice. Second comes the idea of the individual and personal responsi oiiity to God, for no one may re pent or believe for another. The third tenet is that of complete separation of church and the state, while the fourth belief is in being connected with the church itself. "We believe in Christian unity, but wo should go slow on Chris tian union because we go with others just so 1j: as we believe thoy arc following the teaching: of the Bible. We are loyal bo cause of our history, hopes and message. After all. the chief cor nerstone of Baptists is the Lord ship of Jesus Christ," Dr. White said in conclusion. The sermon was well attended and Dr. White presented the mem bers assembled a sermon in pam phlet form which he preached here in September, 1888, at a Lord's Supper service. Tonight will be the third meet ing of the anniversary observance, and the program lias been an nounced as follows: Organ Prelude?Meditation from "Thais" <Massenet). Hymn No. 8?"All Hail the Power." Invocation and response. Scripture reading. Evening prayer. Hymn No. 140?"The Church's One Foundation." Solo?"Open Ye the Gates" ? Knapp'. Mrs. Charles Tillett. Sermon?"The Functions of p. Baptist Church," Rev. G. H. Payne, Portsmouth, Va. Hymn No. 244?"Take My Life and Let It Be." Benediction. Recognition Of Ethiopia Is Now The Question (Continued from Page One) vcit will take. If he agrees to ?.boiish the United States legation in Addis Ababa. Britain and France are virtually sure to follow his lead. . ? An answer to Italy's challenge to Great Britain's position in the Mediterranean probably will be made by Foreign Secretary An thony Eden in commons Wednes day, during debate on the King s speech. He is expected to discuss the matter cariicr in the day with the cabinet. Ihe flight of Emperor Haile Se lassie last spring and the assump tion of authority in Addis Ababa by Italy left the world powers in an anomalous position. Their en voys arc accredited to an au thority which no longer exists. If the ministers were removed, how ever, and replaced by consuls, these authorities would be accred ited merely to the municipal au thorities in Addis Ababa, not to any national government. Hence, the powers could main tain representatives in the Ethi opian capital to care for their trade and nationals, while avoid ing the delicate question of recog nizing an Italian empire. COMMISSIONERS ARE OFFERED AN AIRPORT SITE Should the Pasquotank county commissioners, want to find a suitable site for a landing field near the city other than the one now in use, it would cost them $7,500 for 60 acres of his farm, Miles Brite told the board at its morning session. Brite's land is on the east side of the Hertford highway just across from the Acme dairy about four miles from the city, and it has been used as a landing field by planes in the past. He offered the commissioners r.n option on the property, the option to be void should the re quest for $25,000 from the WPA to put the land in condition for an airport fail. Question of the lack of space in the new addition to the local fed eral building was brought up dur ing the morning by Henry Sam ple, who suggested that the new quarters would not be sufficient for the district coast guard offices and therefore there might be some possibility of them being moved to Noi folk. The commissioners at the time were e.skcd to take what ever action they cou'd on the matter. Labor For Hire T) MISS EVELYN ROGERS, chief clerk of the Elizabeth City office of the N. C. Employment Service, complains that too few employers of labor avail themselves of the resources of her office. One day last week she learned indirectly that a big local lumber industry wa-: short of help. Miss Rodgers promptly rounded up a small army of strong, able-bodied unemploy ed men from which the mill bosses picked 15 men, taking care of their immediate labor shortage. Who next? Photo by Frisby. J. I). ROLLINSON DIES AT SHAWBORO J. D. Rollinson died last night at 9 o'clock at his home at Shaw boro. Born at Frisco, Mr. Rollin son was within a few days of his 85th birthday. He had lived at Shr.wboro for the past 22 years. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Almeda Rollinson; three daugh ters, Mrs. C. E. Rollinson of Frisco, Mrs. J. L. Barnacascel and Mrs. W. M. Smithson, both of Shaw boro; one sister. Mrs. Lorena Quidley of Buxton; 12 grandchil dren and several great-grandchil dren. The funeral will be conducted from his home tomorrow after noon at 2 o'clock. ?f AMERICAN SHir LOST St. Ives, Cornwall, Nov. 2?(U.R) Thitry-thrce members of the American freighter Bessemer City were rescued today after the 5, G86-ton vessel was smashed in two by heavy seas on the Trsval gan Ciiffs. The rescue was cfccted hy a lo cal coast guard crew after W. J. Eddy a Travc'gan farmer, heard the ship crash cn the rock?. He telephoned the Ccast Guard sta tion here and a 'ifeboat brought the crew ashore in three trips. NEW MEMBER IS NAMED FOR THE POLICE FORCE Arthur Baum, at present em ployed at Bailey's filling station on East Church Street, was ap pointed a member of the Eliza beth City police force, on pro bation, at a meeting of the police commission held yesterday after noon. Baum will begin on his duties on December 15, and will succeed Eidon Chambers, resign ed. Convictions were secured in all but three of the 103 cases arising from arrests by local department during the past month, one of the three acquittals being that of a defendant released by a jury in recorder's court in face of over whelming evidence of his guilt. Classifications of the arrests were as follows, according to the report: assaults 8, assault with a deadly weapon 4, simple durnk 29, drunk and disorderly 2, lar ceny 9, forgery 1, possession of liquor 4, motor vehical law vio lation 23, miscellaneous 23. Other activities of the depart ment which were reported were: 298 witnesses summoned, 11 search warrants issued, 10 accid ents investigated, 120 other in vestigations, 12 lights reported out, 10 doors reported unlocked, two fires and nine funerals at tended, 18 gallons of whiskey confiscated and $75 worth of stolen property recovered. Fines collected amounted to $775.18 and dog taxes collected to date were reported as $430.28. Sheriff Is Still On Trail of Fugitives A photograph of Henry James, alias Spider, local negro who es caped from the hospital where he had been sent after an attack of paralysis, real or feigned, is being sent out to 50 police departments at strategic locations. A reward of $25 is offered. James got into trouble with the Norfolk authori ties some three year? ago, and it was from the police files there that Sheriff Charles Carmine ob tained the picture, which he hopes will contribute toward the capture of the fugitive. James was removed from the county jail to the hospital last month when it appeared that he had suffered a stroke. He escaped shortly afterwards and there was some evidence that he had been carried away from the hospital in an automobile belonging to a con federate. Movie Attendance Approximately 28,0;:o,oo0 boys and girls under twenty-one attend tlie movies weekly In the Unite 1 , States. WHEN IN DOM JUST ASK H OLD SUN-fi It Knows All \n>KPr Gives Free Time ?. ice On Sunny |)a, Do you want to kno? time it is? Do you want u the distance to Norfolk Devil Hill or Buenos Aires, kyo? Do you want to ^ shortest way to get to p, Islknd or Paris or Pana^ If so, don't look at you or into the World Almat^ go over to Riverside and k Andrew Sanders' sun-<b knows all the answers. Located on the lawn be., yaplit anchorage, tl.e da. during fchf .past year or so^ a local '(frtifhority on tht 5 day. UnViko the convention of atp^uiial with fixed whicti.'^wid be exactly i:. for day or two in t> Mr. Sanders' dial lias a c, indicator, which is set m five days in accordance *?& engraved on the dial, so c approximate second of exa is indicated on every day j year when the sun shines An accessory dial, but a inches in diameter, may bej on a swivel into position to the shadow of a tiny spif surface to be cast toward of figures. Indicating the ber of seconds, says Mr. $1 which must be added or at ed from time indicated on ia dial to compensate for reft or the parallax. Elegant vr? no doubt fraught with a for some. On the circular bronze i the dial arc recorded the pass points and a series a! a their points bristling 01 around the entire circuma bear such legends as. Benm (miles), Cape Town 6151 Devil Hill 31.17. Buenos 4369, Panama 1651. Miami Easter Island 4.245. Pa 4779, Tahiti 5220. Melboun* Los Angeles 2050. Honolii Tacoma 2135. Tokyo 604C1 ington 160. Norfolk 3311 ?ork(284 5, Atlantic City X 3463,Berlin 3702. Paris 23 Axores 2254. All directs? distances are figured on i by "great circle" courses. MANHATTAN AT HEEK New York, Nov. 2.?flIE United States Lines late canceled tomorrow's sail the S. S. Manhattan. It *i first Trans-Atlantic liner tied up by seamen stnta? pathy with West coast watt workers. i PflWOUS SPORTS ANNOUNCER r THE GREATEST THRILL IN FOOTBALL [ IS A PERFECT SCORING PLAY. . I MINNESOTA PULLED A BEAUTY ) ^LAST YEAR IN THE MINNESOTA^/\ NEBRASKA GAME^ UNDEFEATED, MINNESOTA FACES TOUGHEST TEST ' MINNESOTA HAD ADVANCED DOWN 1TH? FIELD FOR , A FIRST DOWN ON NEBRASKA'S 9-YARD UNE. NOW HERE'S WHERE FOOTBALL BRAINS COME IN. HERE'S WHAT TO WATCH \ FOR AT THE NEXT GAME a 10WNS O YDS TO GO 0 ; GOAL TOGO/ H DOWNS H YDS TO GO B BAu.[2nMH*n3 ? i??uU, I HlB | NEBRASKA STIFFENS / oowr.s YDS TJ GO B I BALLli'JK'h'IMUM S3 THE BIG MOMENT?WILL THEY SCOBS ?\M III' i li I 'II I M BP i t aw:? ?? ??>:::;<:::::::XV.*ST?:-. ;?>;?:? a /*/ A UNE PLUNGE OFF CENTER IS STOPPED BY NEBRASKA. THIS PLAY IS NOT INTENDED TO SCORE. MINNESOTA IS , ? DOING WHAT EVERY CLEVER TENNIS STAR, FENCER, OR \BASEBALL PITCHER DOES RUNNING PLAYS TO GET \THE!R OPPONENTS OUT OF POSITION & OFF TIMING AGAIN MINNESOTA THRUSTS AT THE LINE. NEBRASKA STOPS THEM DEAD. THEY'RE FIGHTING WITH EVERY OUNCE OF VIGOR TO PREVENT ^.MINNESOTA FROM SCORING 9 TEAMS OUT OF 10 WOULD UNCORK THEIR SCORING PLAVS , NOW. BUT NEBRASKA EXPECTS THIS. MINNESOTA HAS TO USE DECEPTION. FOR THE THIRD TIME THEY CRASH THE UNE. THE BALL IS ON THE 'A YARD LINE. MINNESOTA GOES INTO A HUDDLE? , DOWNS [J Yt>S TO CO VA aauUHWIMM ItwJlE GIVE EM PLAY) ^ q ~y ?> V /??JL. A /^?AND COMES CUT WITH THE SWEET EST SCORING PLAY IVE EVER SEEN. LET ^ME DRAW YOU A COACH'S DIAGRAM ^OF IT ON THE TABLECLOTH... / ...MINNESOTA IS IN SINGLE W1N6-BACK FORMATION WITH AN UN BALANCE UNE.THE QUARTER-BACK *3 BACK, TAKES THE PASS FROM . CENTERS? DOES A HALF SPINNER'""*AND TOSSES AN UNDERARM ^ LATERAL TO THE RIGHT HALF-BACK,'*Z SACK?, WHO FEINTS AT \ THE UNE, THEN THROWS A SECOND LATERAL'Hv, TO THE LEFT HALF | BACK, THE TAIL-BACK ? WHO HAS BEEN COMING OVER. THE TAIL | BACK PIVOTS QUICKLY AND CUTS OFF TACKLE...FOR A TOUCHDOWN? MEANTIME EVERY MAN CN THE NEBRASKA TEAM WHO CAN STOP 'h( PLAY IS TAKEN OUT. THANKS TO THE THREE PLAYS JUST PRECEDING, ( THEY ARE 0FF-8ALANCE AND OUT OF POSITION. THIS MAKES IT EASIER TO STRETCH THEM DOWN FLAT AND OUT OF THE RUNNING? ACTION PICTURE SHOWS THE PERFECT MINNESOTA BLOCKING - TOUCHDOWNS LIKE THAT SEND CHILLS I UP AND DOWN MY ' 1NE. I GET SO WORKEI )P AT A BIG GAME I , CANT ENJOY MY OOD A=T?PWARDS ) ?;?! Jl ? "'J*! LET ME GIVE YOU ANOTHER GOOD POINTER THEN: SMOKE CAMELS BETWEEN COURSES AND AFTER % EATING. CAMELS STRAIN FOR ME f jM AND BRING ME WELL-BEING y\uM I COVER A GOOD SECTION OF THE COUNTRY SEE PRAC TICALLY ALL THE TOP-NOTCH ATHLETES?CAMELS ARE THE FAVORITE EVERYWHERE. [ THEY SET THE ALL-TIME HIGH f % FOR MILDNESS ( 4 AND FLAVOR. AND CAMELS \ I ? / J DONT GET ON L \^. / /jj YOUR NERVES j \" U,| CfffiiU A CAMELS SET YOU RIGHT! SMOOTH AWAY THE DAYS UPS AND DOWNS, LET toki -J DIGESTION GET OFF TO A GOOD START. JUST EN JOY CAMELS AT MEALTIMES AND AFTER. SMOKING CAMELS SPEEDS UP THE FLOW OF DH 6ESTIVE FLUIDS?INCREASES ALKALINITY? /, ft A BRINGS A SENSE OF WELL-BEING ? SO '/ FOR DIGESTION IS SAKS SMOKE CAMUS. CAMELS ARE MADE FROM FINER, MORS SfebfW EXPENSIVE TOBACCOS TURKISH AND DOMESTIC?THAN ANY OTHER POPULAR BRAND. * R.J.REYNOLDS TOBACCO COMPAQ <3 1936. R J Reynolds Tob. Co. WINSTQN-SALEM, NORTH CW'V
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