-MY BOX,
deal with men
who advertise,
yon will never
lose by it"
WEATHER
Fair tonight and Saturday, no de
cided temperature change, gentle to
moderate winds mostly north. .'
Benjamin Franklin.
VOL. V
ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY EVENING, JANUARY 30, 1920.
. NO. 26
BODY OF BANDIT
BURIED TODAY
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TO ASK HELP OF
RURAL CIIURCIIES
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SUGAR CHEAP ATiD PLOiTlFUL HERE
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Notorious Murderer Paid The
Death Penalty Last Night at
?"Sing Sing. Parentage Re
mains Mystery
Osslng, Sing Sing, N. Y., Jan. 30.
' The body of Gordon Fawcett Ham
by, notorious murderer and bandit,
electrocuted In Sing Sing prison last
"night for the murder of two officials
of 'a Brooklyn bank in December,
1918, was buried in a local cemetery
today.
- No one claimed the body and the
mvafAW anMnnnJ!n I. 1 .
which he had studiously guarded re
Hamby was arrested in Tacoma,
Wash., last June under the name of
"Jay B. Allan," afetr killing a man
there in a revolver fight. H was
later Identified as one of the two rob
bers who, on December 23, 1918,
held up the East Brooklyn Savings
Bank and, after killing two of Its em
ployes, escaped in an automobile with
113,000.
Extradited to New York and tried
for this crime Hamby stood revealed
as a self-confessed participant In the
robbery of thirteen banks, and two
trains and many killing!. He steadily
refused to tell anything about ' his
family. He said he preferred to be
known as "Allan" and that he was
born In 1893 in Alberta, Canada. He
declared his parents were dead and
that he had two brothers whom hs
had not seen for "fte years. He said
he was a college graduate and had
specialized ln psychology.
After Hamby's conviction here, his
attorney, against the prisoner's
wishes, appealed his case. He ob
tained the appointment of a commis
sion to determine the bandit's sanity
but the higher court affirmed the ver
dict and he was also fonnd to be
"normal." He freely admitted his
crimes and said he was wanted in
Chicago, San Francisco and other
places. After the Brooklyn robbery,
Hamby said he met a girl in Now
York and that they went successively
to Boston, Philadelphia, Baltimore,
Pittsburgh, Chicago, California and
Tacoma.
"I was surprised the California po
lice did not get me," he said, shortly
after being brought East. "Then in
Tacoma I got in that political row
with 'Bob' Davis and killed Him
'Bob' was a game fellow and I'm
sorry I shot him but I was afraid he
was going to get me. After that' I
was all ready to beat it to Shanghai,
China, and now here I amT"
"I expected to get $50,000 out of
the Brooklyn 'job,' " he' confided,
"and I was greatly' disappointed at
the little we did get. This was be
cause my partner did not carry out
my instructions. I had ordered him
to Jump over (he rail the minute we
entered the place but he was an ama
teur and wasted too much time. It
took him about four minutes to pick
up what money we did get when it
should not have taken more than a
minute."
"Who was your partner in the
Brooklyn robbery?" he was asked.
"I don't care to say. I don't want
to implicate him. He is married and
I think by this time has left the I
country,
m ujbi uiui ursi in norioiK,
Va., a short time before the Brook
lyn 'Job.' "
Hamby said he had never had any.
women accomplices in any of his rob-
Deries "because they talk too much."
The day he was brought to Sins Sing
the prisoner was asked what "lntei
est" he had in life. He lighted
cisareua ana watched the mate
t
burn Itself down and go out before
he. replied:
"The only interest I have is to see
that I spend the time from now un
til I go to the electric chair In smok
ing, reading and making myself com
fortable. 1 know there is no possi
ble chance of acquittal. . I am guilty
and that is all there is to it" At
another time he said: "Nothing ever
bothers me at slL The sooner the
end comes the better. It's imma
terial to me. I sooner have It all
over with than have this fuss. This
place Is nice. Everything her is
very nice. There isn't anything I
want that I haven't got here.
Judge Fawcett of Brooklyn, who
sentenced Hamby, said hr was the
"worst" criminal of 1,000 who had
, ebme before him in his entire career
' on the bench. Hamby's "philosophy
. of life" was embodtod In the follow
ing statement be made Just before
f bing sentenced to die:
"It is nothing tor me lo die be
came I am coming back. It may
tako a fsw years or it may take sev
'. era! thousand years, of eourse, but
time dos not count. Being brought
into this world is like lelng placed
in a claw of small children, with each
trying to eompete with the other.
Feme of oi are sue Mfal and some
er tsot. As for myself I havi
'fiar,k4,' " - .
Chowan College ( Committee
Will Send Speakers to Out of
, Town Congregations
The best speakers that can be had
In Elizabeth City will be sent to the
rural churches of Currituck, Camden,
Pasquotank and Perquimans counties
Sunday to present to the congrega
tions the advantages that would ac
crue to the rural section by the bring
ing of Chowan College to Elizabeth
City.
The schedule which is being ar
ranged and will be concluded today
Is as follows:
Sawyer's Creek Baptist Church
W. A.' Worth, T. T. Turner and Her
bert Peele.
Shiloh Baptist Church W. L. Co;
hoon, O. A. Twiddy, J. W. Dawson
rand T. J. Markham. i
South Mills Baptist Church L. D.
Case and E. F. Spencer.
Salem and Riverside J. B. Leigh,
Walter Small, L. B. Twlford and D.
C. Twlford.
Corinth Dr. O. W. Clarke, L. E.
Skinner, Q. R. Little and H. C. Bright
' Berea -C. E. Thompson, George J.
Spence and S. L. Sheep.
Olivet Rev .H. K. William's, W.
O. Saunders, G. W. Brothers, C. A.
Cooke.
- Arrangements may be made to
reach other churches today. Volun
teers to go to Currituck churches
to present the matter are needed and
are Invited to communicate with Dr.
G. W. Clarke or other members of
the committee.
Churches that are not reached this
Sunday wHl be sent a speaker next
week if the congregation so desires.
Any rural church that has not been
visited by Chowan -College speakers'
and that desires to co-operate in the
work to secure Chowan College for
Elizabeth City should send In a re-,
quest for a speaker for next Sun
day, February 8th, to tit. Geo. W.
Clarke, Elizabeth City, N. C.
It is desired that committees from
every rural Baptist church in Pas-j
quotank, Camden and Currituck
counties appoint committees to at
tend the meeting of Chowan College
trustees to be held at Edenton in the
near future.
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TRUCK RUNS INTO
STANDARD PHARMACY
The delivery Ford truck of Cohoon
& Jackson was badly smashed up
when it ran Into the corner of the
Standard Pharmacy Just back of the
glass window on the corner of Main
and Poindexter Streets Friday morn
ing. R. A. Garrett, and Morris Gas
kins and Mrs. William Boettcher
were on the sidewalk near the phar
macy and barely escaped being run
6ver: ' The truck was driven by the
colored delivery driver for Cohoon
& Jackson.
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CHAIRMAN PAGE
INSPECTS ROUTE
m. Cmintv Hhrhwav Com.
mission And Investigates
Proposed Road to Gatesville
Chairman Frank Page of the North
Carolina Highway Commission ar
rived in the city Thursday night and
met the members of the Pasquotank
County Highway Commission at the
Southern Hotel in conference Friday
morning.
After the meeting Mr. Page with
members of the County Highway
Commission left the city at about
half past ten o'clock to inspect the
proposed road to Gatesville.
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RAPID PROGRESS
IN GETTING JURY
(By Associated Preas)
Grand Rapids, Jan. 10. . Rapid
nrntraaa in the selection of the Jury
tor the trial of Senator Newberry and
the II J others charged with violation
of. the election lews led to the pre
diction this morning that the Jury
boi will be filled and the way cleared
for the Introduction of evidence oe.
fore adjournment. '
EARTHQUAKE SHOCKS
, ' ., IN PUEBLA STATE
" (By AmorUtrd Vrrm)
Meilco City. Jan. 10. Earthquake
shocks, were felt in 'the vicinity of
Cballchloma In Puetila state last
sight, sccordlsg to reports received
here. -,,,, -
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FOR TUS BE3T CAR 8 Eft VICES
call Keotx-y Crsak, Those III, ltp
'.v 'L-
Fl-i- - -.r'Atr-i: J fox
With sugar selling at to cents and tJP elsewhere, It goes as much as yon can haul home- .
for 13 nts the pound In the sugar beet district of western Nebraska, The pictures show the-beets
loaded on freight cars la the Platte Valley, Nebraska, and. the interior 1 a bolUag room, with sugar
boilers lined up for the earner. ; c
ROLCHAK ESCAPES
Reported to be Hiding fa Man
churia. Italian Soldier De
fends His Country Against
Insult
(By Associated Press)
Honqlulu, Jan. 30. Admiral Kol-
chak is reported to hate escaped
frnm tho RnlshRvtVI anil in hfl in
hiding in Manchuria, according to a
Toklo dispatch to the Japanese news
paper here.
The social revolution which oc-
curred in Irktitsk and which ousted
Kolchak transferred the governmen-
tal powers to the Bolshevik!, the
cable added.
One Italian soldier clashed with
Slav and German sailors aboard the
steamer Africa at Singapore recent
ly when one of the sailors Insulted
Italy, according to a message to Hie
Messagero. None were seriously in
jured. The soldiers were en route
home from Siberia.
says"faSers
notsatisfied
Predicts Decreased Farm Pro
duction and Increase in Cost
of Living This year
(By Associated Press)
Washington, Jan. 30. Decreased
farm production next year and con
sequent increase In the cost of liv
ing due to the dissatisfaction of the
farmers was predicted before the
Senate Postofflce Committee today by
Fourth Assistant Postmaster Gen
eral Blaksee.
More than 40,000 answers te 200,
000 questionaires sent to farmers, he
said, indicate that conditions are
disquieting Snd portentous of disas
trous results.
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WOMEN PERMITTED
SELECT DELEGATES
Jefferson City, Jan. 30. The State
committee has decided that women
will be permitted to select their own
delegates and have equal represen
tation with the men in Missouri State
Democratic Convention at Joplln on
March 31st.
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BASKET BALL GAME SATURDAY
There will be 4 basket ball game
Saturday night, between the local
High School girls team and the Eden
ton Highs. ,
The game will be called at eight
o'clock. ,
Admission fifteen snd twenty-live
cents.- Reserved seats will sell for
thirty-five cents. '
' Come out end boost your home
town team snd see 'em beat Edenton.
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K i. SCOTT DEAD
Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Scott left on
Thursday afternoon for namstoa,
Vs., where they will sttend the fun
eral of Mr. Scott's brother. Mr. 8, 3.
ScoU, of thst place. The funeral will
be held Friday snd Mr. sod Mrs.
Scott will return Saturday. . " .
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Miss Rensle Torbes of Sbfloh was
In the city shopping Friday.
FROMBOLSHEVnu
Funeral Friday of
Mrs. John C. Perry
The funeral of Mrs. John C. Perry
was conducted from the home on
First street Friday afternoon at three
o'clock by her pastor, Dr. Geo. W.
Clarke. Interment was made - (n
Hollywood. The . pallbearers were
deacons of Blackwell Memorial Bap
tist church of whloh she was a loyal
member.
Mrs. Perry died Thursday morning
at half past ten o'clock. She had
been in ill health for some time. Last
fall she went to. Florida for her
health but grew no better and re
turned to her home here early In
January where she seemed to im
prove but later became critically ill
f and last week hef daughters were
summoned to her bedside. Once' more
she seemed to be better but early on
Thursday morning she grew worse
and this time did not rally.
Mrs. Perry was 64 years old and
her death occurred on the 35th an
niversary of her marriage. Before
her marriage she was Miss Mary
Louisa Harris and lived In the Fork
section of this county. She had'been
a member of Blackwell Memorial
Uaptlst Church for the past ten or
twelve years. Before that time she
and Mr. Perry were members of Be
rea Baptist church near the city. Mrs.
Perry was a woman of quiet faith
fulness in home and church duties
and was deeply loved by all who
knew her.
She is .survived by her husband,
Mr. John C. Perry; by four daugh
ters, Miss Callie Perry, of this city,
Miss Gertrude Perry who has been
teaching at Llncolnton, Miss Ver
neena Perry who has been teaching
at Loulsburg. and Mrs. A. C. Twlford
of this city; and by one son, Lloyd
Perry, of this city. She Is also sur
vived by four brothers and one uls
ter. The sister Is Miss Virginia Har
ris of Fork. The brothers are David
Harris of Pinecastle, Florida; Rich
ard Harris of Camden; and S. J. and
Oranbury Harris of Fork.
A profusion of floral offerings and
many Wets of kindness tendered the
family expressed the sympathy and
regard of s large number of friends
In the city and county.
The choir sang softly at the ser
vice "Nearer My God to Thee" and
"Asleep In Jesus'."
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CARS COLLIDE ON
CHURCH AND MAIN
The cars of Dr. J. H. White and
W. G. Ferebee were damaged consid
erably Thursday afternoon when they
collided on the corner of Pensse and
Main streets. Mrs. Walter Small
was driving th car of Dr. White and
as she turned Into Purse street the
front wheel of Mr. Ferebee's csr ran
Into the rear wheel of the White car,
knocked It off and damaged the fen
der. The spring opposite the right
wheel on Ferebee's esr was broken.
Nona of the occupants of either car
were injured. A number of cars were
on the street st the time snd Mr.
Ferebee did not see Mrs. Smsll's.slg
nal until It was too late to stop bis
csr snd another car going toward the
depot kept him from driving to the
left out of the way of the White car.
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VISITLNO JKR. WILLIAMS
. Rev. J. A.' Ansley of Pensaeola,
Florida, ii visiting Rev. 11. K. Wil
liams on West Main street. He will
leave Saturday for . Portsmouth to
fill the pulpit Sasday mornlpg snd
evening of Calvary Baptist church.
FATHER ALFANI
SCOFFS AT RUMORS
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Says William Marconi Should
Sue For Libel Man Who Mis
quoted Him on Planet Wire
less (By Associated Press)
Florence Italy, Jan. 80. Father
Alfani, director of the Xlmenian Ob
servatory here, said today that to
spread rumors relative to the interchange-of
wireless messages between
the planets is "absolutely scanda-
Vr aa a u , wiinm .i
He added that William Marconi,
Inventor of the wireless system,
should sue for libel the man who in
terviewed him recently and misr
quoted him as saying that the faint
signals picked up by wireless stations
might come from some sources out
side the earth.
MICH. DEMOCRATS
ASK FOR HOOVER
File Petition With Secretary of
ir XHU N,me on
(Uy Awtoclatcd Pifss)
LanalnK. Jan. 30. Petitions to
place the name of Herbert Hoover
f i ha lint nr the Mlfh-
l(?an Presidential Preference Primary
on April 5th were received by the
Sucretary of State this morning.
The petitions lacked the required
U m 4 .. r, r.x Kit Inrvlnatarl
that add tonal signatures would
folloi
PROTEST AGAINST
PRO-aON POLICY
Pope Receives Memorandum
From Arabians Saying Jews
Can't Have Palestine
(By, Assoc1 tatod Pre)
Rome, Jan. 30. The Pope has re
ceived a memorandum from the Ara
bian tribes in Palestine protesting
against what Is called the "Pro-ZIon-Ut
policy of Great Britain and For
eign Minister Balfour s statement
that Palestine must be for the Jews.
Tk ,m HMHilitm rlnnnti noes Ihsh
,.nnrt iw th. Bolshevik Jew have
report that the Bolshevik jews nave,
been given permission to settle in
Palestine and declares that the Arabs
will never permit, the Zionists to take
possession of tbe country.
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CAPTURE ODESSA
IS ANNOUNCED
(By Associate! Pram) ,
Vienna, Jan. 30. The eapture of
Odessa by Ukranlan forces was an
nounced by tbe Ukranlan Press Ser
vice today.
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COXTlXrES SERIOUSLY ILL
' The little son of Mrs. Frank Wll
llsms continues seriously 111 with dlp
therls st the home of Mr. and Mrs.
J. C. B. Ehrlnghsus on Main street
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FOR THI BEST CAR SERVICES
eaU Keeney Crank, Phone 111. ltp
CONFERENCE IN
RALEIGH FEB. 4TH.
For Purpose of Stimulating In
terest in The Collection of
WaY Records in Eastern
North Carolina
Ralelgh, Jan. 30. The North Car
olina Historical Commission will hold
a conference in the Senate Chamber
on Wednesday, February 4th, for the
purpose'of stimulating interest in the
collection of war records In eastern
North Carolina. This conference will
be followed by a similar one, perhaps
in Salisbury, at a later date, for the
western part of the State.
The Historical Commission has at
present thirty-four representatives In
eastern North Carolina, and of these
the following will attend the confer
ence: Miss Llda T. Rodman, Wash
ington; Mr. R. C. Deal, Elizabeth-
town; Hon. Francis D. Winston,
Windsor; Rev. R. B. Drane, Eden
ton; Mr. K. B. Council, Wananish;
Mr. T. W. Costen, Gatesville; Mr. J.
E. Debnam, Snow Hill; Mrs. E. L.
Whitehead,. Enfield; Mr. L. T, Roy
all, Smithfleld; Mr. R. D. Dixon.
Trenton; Mr. G. V. Cowper, Kins ton;
Miss Catharine Albertson, Elizabeth
City; Mr. J. W. Noel), Roxboroj Mr.
W, R. Coppedge, Rockingham; Mr.
T. M. Plttman, Henderson; Col. F.'
A. Olds, Raleigh; Mr. Brodle I
Jones, Warrenton.
All of the other representatives la
the eastern part of the State have
been notified, snd it Is expected that
a number of them will he present,
sltbough they have not yet definitely
accepted the invitation of the His
torical Commission.
This conference will outline speci
fically what particular war records
should be preserved In each county
of the State, and will endeavor to
obtain representatives In each county
of eastern North Carolina to work
out this system of preserving war
records.
This work is following up efforts
made in the first part of the war by
, . , . .v-
cil of Defense to obtain in eaon
county a representative to preserve
historical data. This Historical Com
mittee was unable to obtain rapre-;
sentatlves in each county, but among
,the representatives obtained are
those named above. The work of U .
these has been faithful and patriot
tic. It is under the specific direction
of It. B. House, Collector of 'f War
Records for the Historical Commls-"
sion, who was appointed under a law
growing out of this early work of the'.
Council of Defense.
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ARMENIAN DRIVE
BEGINS SUNDAY
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Help Orphans Who Are
Facing Starvation Because of
Loyalty to Christian Faith "
Raleigh, N. C, Jan. 30. In re-
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clothing and a chance to live, she
people of Pasquotank county have
Been asked to adopt 83 homeless Ar
menian orphans who are today fac
ing death In a land where hopeless
natives know nothing but sorrow.
Beginning Sunday, February 1, a
campaign of relief will be waged, in -the
county under the dlreotion of
W. O. Saunders as chairman of the
drive. The campaign will run for.
three weeks.
It Is not a war fund that the peo
ple of this country are being asked '
' to raise. It Is only an act for hu
manity's sake. Nearly 300,000
naked, starving boys and girls are
weeping and walling for a chance tb
live. They are homeless and parent
less. They are suffering because
their parents were murdered and
their comforts of home destroyed
yes. all because the Armenians would '
A" ol,card tBelr Christian faith for
h.,t,.,nu.
that of the cruel and barbarous
Turks.
Under the leadership of State
Chairman George H. Bellamy, North
Carolina will conduct its campaign
for tbe adoption of 3,334 orphans id '
the Near East. 160.00 will provide
tor one orphan for one year. Prac
tically every county In the State has
been systematically organised for the
campaign -and indication now point
to a successful drive In every conn-'
ty. Some have already raised their
quotas. Others are prepared to adopt -all
their orphans during the first
week.
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miss blaxd LMrnoyixo
News wss received from Harold
Overman Thursday, stating thst Miss
Msttle Bland U Improving snd that
there is hope for her recovery.
Mr. Overman wUr stay ovef until
Saturday In Baltimore.