"MY BON,
deal with mem
who adTertlsa,
70a will never
lose by It"
Benjamin Franklin.
WEATHER
Showers this afternoon or tonight.
Colder Tuesday. West and north
west winds on the coast.
VOL. V.
ELIZABETH CITY. NORTH CAROLINA, MONDAY EVENING, MARCHfl920
NO. 76
16 YEARS OLD
HAS KILLED TWO
Ursula Broderick, Slayer Of
pather and Stepfather, Now
Facing Trial On Charge Of
First Degree Murder
(By Associated Tress)
St. Louis, March 2! Examination
of prospective jurors to try Crsula
ISroderitk. 16 years old, confessed
slayer of her father in 1 1 1 G, on char
ges of ha vini? killed lior stepfather,
Joseph E. Woodlock. April 14th,
llll'.l, was ordered to begin in Juve
nile Conn here today.
At the Cormier's inquest, the girl
testitii l she -hot and killed Wood
lock when he attempted to attack
her. I'Yaring him, she said, she
had slept with a revolver concealed
in the folds of her night dress for
.several week.-, and when on April 14,
hi' came to her bed and embraced her
she drew the revolver and tired.
After the shooting she surrendered
to thi' police, uikI last May was in
dicted for tir.st degree murder, but
lias been at liberty under $5,000
bond.
I'rusula liroderick was only twelve
years old when she shot and killed
her father, Thomas H. liroderick.
In that case a coroner's jury exhon
orated her after she had testified
that she shot him because he was
beating her mother and was about
to strike her with a hammer. Mrs.
Woodlock i.s charged jointly with her
daughter in connection with Wood
lock's death but will be tried later,
lioth Woodlock and liroderick were
plumbers
I'nder 1 lie Missouri laws, if the
girl is convicted of first degree mur-
tier her punishment may be the
same as if -lie were an adult. The
mini m 11 111 i- ten years in t he penit en
1 :;i i v I f, n,w ever, she is convicted j
el' any dt gree of manslaughter, she;
ill be sc nt t o an industrial school
until she is I! l . it was explained. j
chowacollege
GETS$300,000
K F. Aydlett returned from Ral
dgh Saturday where he went on pro
fessional business.
While there Mr. Aydlett attended
a meeting of the Hoard of Educa
tion of the Baptists Churches in
North Carolina to whom is entrusted
the duty of apportioning the money
raised by the Iiaptists in the state,
during the $75, 000,000.00 campaign
for educational purposes, which went
over the top. and considerably more,
last fall The amount raised in
North Carolina during the campaign
was one million and a half dollars.
Mr. Aydlett reports that the Iiap
lloard of Education has apportioned
$300,000.00 of this sum for the pur
pose of putting Chowan College
the list of A. colleges. With
on
this
endowment, the venerable institution
will takejjn new life, and the town
to which it may be moved, will reap
the benefits, educational: cultural,
religious, and financial, that will ac
crue from having a live, wide-a-wake,
up to date institution of learning In
its borders. "Now is the time for
Elzabeth City to wake up to the op-'set the disparity in numbers between
portunitv knocking at lts doors, and, the sexes.
make every possible effort to bring
Chowan College to her young wom
en." urges Mr. Aydlett.
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Coroner's, Verdict !
Death Accidental ,
in- Isaiah Fearing, coroner, tie-1
, 1 1 . .I after investigating the cause of
tV d'.i'h of Nathan Warren, the
, ,- 1 . I man who was killed near the
i;.,K Southern tiepot rsaiuruay
th.r ti" jury was Decennary In the
The mule Warden was driv
ing liVi;ine frightened and ran away,
Jerking Warden backward and break
ing his neck Heath whs instanteous.
and the afla;r was entirely accidental.
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Mills Are Closed
By Hif?h Floods
BoRton. March 2'.- .Swollen rivers
caused by mountain thaws continued
to menace river front property in
many New England citiN today.
The mlllg at Lawrence. .Massachu-
setts, are closed by the floods which
SAY WOMEN MAY
OUTVOTE THE MEN
Suffrage Leaders Admit Men
Numerically Strnnar Ruf!
j e -
Believe Women The Most In
terested Washington, March 29 Ballots
cast by women in the coming Presi
tlental clecton will fall short of the
potential men's vote by over
L'.IiOO.uoo provided the suffrage
amendment is ratified and state re
gistration laws enacted in time to
permit women all over the count ry to'ihar and simple, and by
participate, aocording to estimates ' 1 hem Elizabeth City can keep the re
by the National Woman's Party 1 potation it enjoys of being one of
With the 1910 census as a basi
the Woman's party estimates th
number of men eligible to vote at
29, 577,61m, and the possible woman
voters at 26,883,566. In 11116,
however, the actual vote cast for all
various peresldential candidates .
was 18.528,743, omitting ballots
thrown out for cause, which leaves
over 11,000,000 possible votes un-1
registered If as large a proportion 1
of men voters remain Indifferent in -
the coining election, women political;
leaders here say that the eagerness of
women to exercise their newly ac-;
quired privilege may more than off-
I
states, moreover, j
In Ave of the
wonnieu of t he voting age out number
the men. Massachusetts lias the
greatest prcpoiidcrenre of women
"voters" with TiS.264 more women
than men North Carolina in next
with women's majority of lii.NN and
South Carolina with lll.aMi? Is third.
O
SHOT GIRL THEN
KILLEDJHMSELF
Travelling Salesman Crazed By
Her Refusal To Marry Him
Kills Miss Ethel Hirsauler
In New Orleans
New Orleans. March 29 In full
view of hundreds in the financial dls-
trlct here (h morning. A. W. Fav.
alora traveling salesman, shot and
klHe(1 MlRB Carle Hirsauler, 22 yean
old. and committed suicide.
The g-Irl's relatives say Favalora
wag craiea by her refusal to marrj
THIS WEEK IS
CLEAN UP WEEK1
City Manager Commander!
Asks Co-operation Of All
The People In Campaign
Against Dirt And Disease.
l iiy Mandager .1 C. Commander is
askig the citizens of Elizabeth City
to co-operate with the civic authori
se this week in a city- wide Clean
Campaign
The town ordinances regarding
cry sanitation and cleanliness are
observing
1 lie cleanest and best cared for towns
m the state. Especially
in regard
tn the ordinance concerning the
placing of garbage, should the house- j
holders be careful. The City Man -
ager has had the regulations In r.-- '
gard to the
rubbish and
garbage 1
printed In circulars which are being
distributed all over town, and he en -
joins the public to carefully observe
the same at all times, and especially
thruout this week,
Chickens must be kept off the
street, and out of the neighbors
yards, and unenclosed lots; lime
should be freely used, breeding
places for mosquitoes, who love old
tin cans partially filled with water,
low places, any place where stagnant
water accumulates, for their habitat
in breeding season- all these
should he thfne away with, that the
niotiiito may be no more heard in
the lanfl
Vines and shrubbery I
should be pruned, and fences and till
out houses wh ite washed.
"We claim that Klizabelh City is
inn- of. if not the prettiest towns in
He' state, now b 's make it the clean
e-t. and ids do it this week, and
evry week in the year." fays Mr.
Comma nder.
n
Submarine Force
Was Inadequate
Washington. March 29 The Navy
submarine force was entirely Inad
equate to meet the demands of war
with Germany and It took nearly two
years to Eet the Navy Department to
realize the Importance of building
suhmerslbles capable of combatting
the 800 ton German U-boats, Rear
today be-j
Ing com-(
Admiral Grant
for the Senate
testified
investigating
PALM SUNDAY WILL
BE REMEMBERED
As Great Day In History Of
First Methodist Church Be
cause Of Evangelistic Servi
ces Palm Sunday at the First Metho
dist Church was a day that will long
linger iM ilr memories of the hun
dreds of people who participated in
the services of unusual inspiration
morning and evening.
Special inn-ic wa.; rendered bv the
ureal volunteers choir under the lead
ership of Mr Huffy. One of tin
most effective numbers was the duet
by .Ir.s J W Foreman and Mr.s
Thorhurn Dennett, the choir loinlng
j u. (-ii0rus
Th(, lonling service was especially
for Sunday School. The pastor
sakl U l. hilV(, ,.lk,.n (he 1)08 d;ly
;iml t h,. best hour in the series of
(.Vange
stic meetings for our Sun-
,ay school
He then read about
the man who built his house on the
shifting sands and the other whol
founded his on a rock, and preached ,
a sermon from the text "Itmeniember
now thy Creator in the days or thy
youth " Few preachers can '-!'
fectively talk to little children, bv
Mr. Orinond is a master of that dilli
cult art and he held the close atten
tion of tin- adults as well.
Anion;, ciier,- tiling- he said- "To
build a h ni.-e one needs a foundation,
materia . '"ols and a plan. Just so.
in tbe building of a life there must be
a plan,
great h:
and tie
tool s ,
and tie
given In
dalion i
iud .I'-sus Christ is the
lo i lei after. The
soul are the material
only
bod y
The
1 1 r i i
hand . school, ch u rdi.
o'her human and (!od
nd the only sure fonii
di'iice to God. The bov
or gill
ohserv
rock 1 1
w-i Im .iis Cod's .sayings and
in-ill builds upon the one
it i more enduring than eter-
nal hills And in order that ho may
not have to tear down and rebuild In
Inter years the Creator should he re
membered, respected and obeyed In
one's yout h."
it the evening service the sermon
was a powerful appeal for "Life
vestment " So effective was it that at
its close nearly every hand went up
when the minister said "Let eery
One who now purposes to more com-1
pletely dedicate his life to the ser- j
vice of God and humanity raise his
WIRE COMMUNICATION DEMORALIZED
AND DEATH LIST STILL INCOMPLETE
Thousands Homeless In Six States Following
Terrific Cyclonic Storms Sunday. Fire Fol
lowed In Wake Of Storm At LaGrange
Lagrange, Georgia, March 29 Fifty per
sons were killed and 125 injured in this sectioain
yesterday's tornado, the latest reports show.
Property damage amounts to half a million.
Hospitals and public buildings here are filled
with the injured.
SWEEPS CENTRAL STATES
('h'u-agu, March 2!' With wire communication demoral
ized, the known death list stood (i 1 today with hundreds in
jured, and property damage amounting to millions of dollars
from the tornado that swept the Central States yesterday, but
l'orehodinj-' rumors eame in today I'rotn Michigan and the rural
districts of Indiana and Ohio, which are said to 1)0 in the
twister's path but are cut olF from communication.
Increasing Interest
In Revival Services
Blackwell Memorial Baptist
Church Last Night Crowded
to Overflowing. .New Addi
tions To Church
Pastor Evangelist G. T. I.umkin will
continue to preach thruout this week
at .'!.'!() in the afternoon and al 7
at night at Itlackwell Memorial
liaptisl Church.
To a crowd partly sealed in the
annex of the church tint preacher ap
pealed Sunday night for personal
work on the part of every Christian
in what he tor d the "Crisis" ot the
III ee I i I V
From the text "Due thing thou
I o k 1 . t " In-. I ,u in k 1 n at the Sunday
nighl '-ei ice j r 1 . 1 ! 1 1 1 1 on the Mili-
j.-'-t
Wh.i
I-
i 'i" Cli ri -I i. in I, ilo' Wort h
I'a.V to i- 1 1 '
' i v o 1 1 1 1 g i 1 1 1 1 r , " Mr. I.iiiii
catne to .I.--H.. ;i n x ion-1
:' lo- should im to inherit
Inn In- went ;i way .sorrow -'
In- w;is to.' willing to pay
In- i i 1 1 1 1 1 not give lip In,
Tin' young in, in was 1 1 1 -
''I'lio i i
Km .-;n, I
,i ;, . nj; w
.-, - mil in
to' becall.s
Mi i i. .
I I ' lies.
right, honest, pure, frank and posc.ss
oil high mural ,iiali; v . Vi t w it !i
a 'I this splendid life Christ told him :
line thing thou lurke-i '
"There arc only two dii..ohs in ihis
and ii'iicc tonight- not the rich and
Me poor or the intelligent and the
ill i'i rale - but followers of S ean
and believers in Christ
"The reason hai l of every sail
life, of every story of crime, of ev
i t v disgraceful can-i t is summed up
in lie- words 'one thing thou lackesl.'
The preacher especially appealed
to the young people to take Christ
with them In their career. "Morality
is lieaut iful, virtue is pralseworty ;
hut 'there Is no other name under
heaven wherehy men can be saved.'
What value are a few victories in the
battles of life If at last you have a
Waterloo and a failure "
At the Sunday night services In
addition to the special music by the
, choirs the congregation eiijoyt l a
'quartet by Dr Clarke. Mr Lumpkin,
I Mr l!urges.s and Mr Skinn-T
At the morning service Sunday
.Mr. iaimkin'.s text was "Heboid tin
Lamb of iod that Taketh Away tin
Sin of
Christ
the Wot-id1' II.' presented
s Cod s expression or love lot
world; as the I i v substitute
t-.r h" sinner; as tie adequate and
w ,: ug .sinbearer of tin- world II"
iVd to the Illls. iv -! to look to
I In., Jesus and In- saved Those kit.
t, ii additions In ' be i bun h al the
morning service and a large number
i.f
iiu'-rs
Ills
it 'he Siinay miiooi
1 1
;. 1 1 1 1 1 v I and r '-pen - A
'.tided tie- .service Satiuu iy
1 three candidates lor liap
. received.
very one that sayetn unto
I. ord. shall enter into the
of Heaven" was the text
y I he preacher Saturday
"Not .
M- -l.ofll
Kingdom
llioe-ll b
night
Win ii Christ lived on earth.'' Mr.
I.uniiikin-ald. "He was grieved very
In-imuch that more did not heed his
' teaching.-; w"8 compelled to say
Ye would not come unto me.
The preacher pointed out
to his
audience that every man wan either
building hi lif' "P"" "e golld rock
or upon the sands of Satan. Men
and successful In
Thousands are homeless and
relief is necessary in a number
of places.
Twenty-nine were killed in
the Chicago district, eight in
vicinity of Toledo, eight at El
gin, seven near Liberty, India
na, five at Zulu, Indiana, and
lesser numbers in smaller
towns.
Lima, Ohio March 29 Sev
enteen persons were killed in
small towns nearby in last
tonight's tornado. Property
damage is immense. Interurban
trallic is suspended and wire
communicat ion paralyzed.
HITS SOUTHERN STATES
Atlanta, March 2!) Thirty
six are known to he dead from
the tornado in Alabama and
(ieorgia yesterday, but it is esti
mated that the list will reach
7(1 when full reports are in.
.Many of the hundreds injured
were seriously hurt and hun
dreds of dollars of property
damage was sustained.
LaGrange, (Ieorgia, where 21
bodies have already been re
covered; West Point, Georgia,
with ten reported killed; and
Agricola, Alabama, with the
loss of live lives, are the heav
iest sufferers.
Three hundred residences
were destroyed at LaGrange
and fire followed the tornado,
destroying many frame build
ings. The Red Cross rushed from
here to the stricken towns.
Property was damaged by
the high winds also at Macon,
Washington, and Warrenton,
Georgia.
RAINS FOLLOW WINDS
Macon, Ga. March 29 The
Ocmulgee River overflowed its
banks today as the result of the
torrential rains that followed
the windstorm last night.
One death in this vicinity i.s
,.(,j)()1.t,.(t that of a negro struck
! hy lightning.
Property loss is
several hundred thousand dol
lars. Wires are down and there
are no reports from outlying
sections.
I.ATKST HUPOKTS
Latest reports show the following
t ornado deat h H .1 :
(Ieorgia. i 1 ; Alabama 1 . Ohio.
:',!!, Illinois '.; hull ma 27. Michi
gan, fi , Wisconsin. 1 . Mi --ouri. 1.
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Mmsos Kva Mi'Mullan and Nell Pal
mer spent the week end in New Hope,
the guest of Miss Alice Palmer.
business but If they are not taking
Christ Into their business they will
fail when the cloudy day comes.
When we build our lives on the Solid
Hock Christ become our architect
and he will never fall you when the
storms come "
The public is Invited to Hie services
tonight and each evening and after-
re the highest In many years. hm A
mlttee.
(may be popular and successful
1 non during the week.
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