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VOL V
ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY EVENING, OGDZii 23, 1920
NO. 247
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BOOSTERS SPEAK
McGirt and Kirkpatrick Tell
'Em What North Carolina
IMJ. . nAmA m ti
tractive State In U.iion
W. A. McGirt of
Wilmington,
resident of the North Carolina '
Landowners Association, and T. L.
Kirkpatrick, of Charlotte, president
of the North Carolina Good Roads
Association, addressed a small crowd !
of good roads enthusiasts at tho
court house Thursday night. The
public at large, wearied with attend-1
ance on the frequent political nieet-l
lngs of late, did not turn out in very
Pnnslitppnliln ntiinhorc buf thprp WHS
. i
no lack of enthusiasm among those lS Oct. 29 -The
. counsel for Alfredo Cocchi, charged
"North Carolina is destined," said illJ murder-ot Ruth Cruger in New
Mr. McGirt, to be the most attractive ork City m 1917 today admitted
and inviting Mate in the Union. We that Cocchi killed the girl but con
have every natural advantage-an tended that he was crazed with do-,
ideal climate, a rich soil, adequate 1 estlc troubles and wine.
rainfall and natural streamsj I '
"We have a number of unneces-; Threat Or General
sary handicaps and disadvantages.
"One of these is our excessive!
death rate. In 1918-19 there were
10,000 cases of typhoid fever in
North Carolina and 1,000 deaths.
Typhoid fever is an unnecessary dis
ease. Its prevention is largely a
matter of sanitation. I have a re-
port of one rural community before
me that is typical of conditions in
many sections of North Carolina. In
it were 600 people and 6 surface i
toilets, all of the most primiive and
unsanitary tvne. It is conditions
like that that the North Carolina
Landowners Association has been or- 1
ganized to change. j
"Another handicap is malaria.
There were 600 million cases of ma-1
laria in the United States last year.
Of these North Carolina had its
share. Malaria is a preventable dis
ease and the North Carolina Lund
owners Association is engaged in a
campaign to educate the people of:
the State as to its cause and preven- J
tion. You are familiar with the ;
campaign this year and the award of,
prizes for the best essays on the
cause and prevention of malaria to j
children in the public schools in each
county. Such educational work will
be continuod.
Another handicap is the cattle
tick, which makes the raising of
pure-bred livestock impossihle ami
prevents the development oi t ne
cattle industry. Iowa has 89 cattle
where North Carolina ha eight.
This fact has an important bearing
on the excessive infant death rate in
North Carolina a death rate twice
as high among ' infants under two
years of age as in the total registra
tion area. Perhaps half of these in
fants die through want of an abund
ance of pure, fresh milk. God meant
that mothers and their babies should
havp an abundance of it. North
Carolina mothers and babies will
never have such an abundance as
long as the cattle tick remains with
us. Moreover, we can never get our
agriculture on a sound basis in
North Carolina and free our farm
.. . .
ers from the evils oi me one crop
gystem except by the development of
the cattle industry.
"Let's get the spirit of California
and give North Larouna ner rigni
(, Vi.nh Carolina her right-
ful place among .the States of the
Union." " j
Kirkpatrick Mvp Wire
President Kirkpatrick talked good
roads and he was full of his sub-;
ject and though his audience was!
small, his speech lacked nothing in i
enthusiasm. He explained that the
North Carolina Good ltoads Associa-,
tion is for a system of modern hard-j
m,rf,ir0,i i,t,.'.w;ivs connecting county '
.seats and i at"." "'
from east to v
through higli v
a central high,-1'
Bern, a north--
Elizabeth City
way from V!! 1 '
elation would w!j
p,prn! tiro Siatt i
Of these ma'n
i here ara. three:
siaruiiK ul .,
hlehwav from
; southern h?
The usso
out county lines
In the eonstnMm'i oi mese nign-
wnv .nri hnvo the'll rollSt rUCtpd by '
., a,,,. , .no state's expense in
llltj Otitic HI lit' t " y
co-operation with the Federal Gov- s as(pfi to give Hie Federal Farm ton while the world waits for Amer
ernment. Interstate roads should be Loan t,nnrd authority to issue an 1 lea to Join it. Warren G. Harding
built and maintained ' i'eil,',,! sell in the open market tihort term would keep the world In this rondi
Government entirely, inter-county ,,ccric! based on warehouse re- tion of uncertainty and expectancy
road 'should 'be built and main- CPll)K j until he can work out a new plan
talned by the State Government en- and form an s(ie!a!ion of nailotn
tirely.'leaving to the couti'ies all the 1 nv, ,,.(. ,.NK KACKS AT MIAM'lthut 'will nilt him and his col
county funds for the building nnO: Nl,w York. Oct. 29. The pecoiit' ' lc; t'ttes!" ' 1
maintenance of Intra-rounty roads.' hydroplairo race for the Carl Fi-he-- '
In President Kirkpatrlck's opinion. I rophy wi!l hp held this winter u.;
"The State novernment ut pres ;
. t t ..llnnlntf In !
ent, said ne, is noi ium"i'mn
.... I.,ntlnwr,f ,1 tl
tiin nunuing or nianiiuimnR u.
Ail that the Stnte does is to take the
automobile license money from the
,iunties and put It back In the
Continued on Tage 4
Tickets On Sale
For "Billy In Japan"
The dress rehearsal for the mu-
' sical comedy "Billy In Japan" will
be held Saturday night at seven
' o'clock at the high school. The
whole cast, including the children,
will be there. Everything Is In
readiness and a spleudid perforni
! ance is promised. The extra time
given to the play Insures a smoother
production. The play will be car
ried to Hertford Wednesday Novem
ber 3rd, the adult membe of the
t alone going. Tickets are now
on sale at Selig's Jewelry Store.'
Says Cocchi Was
Crazed By Wine
Strike In Alabama
Birmingham, Oct. 29. Resolu
tions calling for a general strike in
Alabama in support of mine work
ers was introduced at the convention
of the State Federation of Labor
ilore today and referred to a com-
mittee.
IMPROVING AT HOSPITAL
Evelyn Baker, who was taken to
St. Vincent's Hospital in Norfolk
Sunday, is rapidly improving after a i
successful operation for appendicitis,
VIOLENT SCENE
MAYOR'S BODY
Mourners Want It Sent Via
Dublin, Where Demonstra
tion Planned Sent Straight
to Cork
Holy Head, Wales, Oct. 29. Ship
ment of McSwIney's body direct to
Cork was preceded today by a vio
lent scene between officials and
mourners who wanted the body
!!.iU,-n . tlii'mipli Tlnhlin. whpve a
(,nmonstrat,on was p,aned.
After the first fist fight, officials
i,ft nnciQPRtjinn nf thp hndv and nlac-
ed it aboard the steamer bound for
Cork. The mourners refused to fol
low the body and will go to Dublin.
ATT KM) KDKNTOX TAIK
Mrs. Cliff -Wood. Mrs. Wilson
Walker, Mrs. Caleb Walker, ms .
Kmily Walker and Mrs. Charlie Lane
motored to Kdenton Wednesday to
attend the Fair.
Bank Robbers Escape
With $15,000 Cash
!
Oct. 29. Five men en-'
Detroit
4 r. linnlr linra tnrl'iv nrtiii nulluil
u-i-u ""
four employees ana seven pairons 10
ace downward on the floor and
obtained $15,000. They escaped in
an automobile. :
FARMERS SEEK
I h llHlMI MM I'.on GXt Tuesday and discussed the
1 LiUkJilrLi llLilJl I issues of the c;..-.--:tn both state
Urge Congress to Give Farm
Loan Boards Authority to Is
sue Short Term Securities on
Warehouse Receipts
Washington. Oct. 29. The Farm-
rrs - rotuerelire nere louay aaopien
resolutions urging that all crop-i lie
latl.eted as th- demand requires,
, I'd that Congress conduct an inve'-
; r. , if the Interest rates charg-
p. i i. l .kn. '
AU farmers are urged to join the
...n. - ketinir associations and Congrer
Mlam
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KPKCIAI-S VOll .SATCUDAY j
Twenty per cent off on all Men .;cnty will be hold Friday night, Nov
Hats, the hat without a headache
Get a new one for Sunday at T. T.
Turner ft Co. Adr.
BALLETS. WARD
TALKS TO WOMEN
Discusses In Vigorous Fashion
. , r . ,
w-.---h-bu ouiore
Llizabeth City Citizenship
Club at Moose Hall
"With a world calling on us to
come to its relief, William Jennings
Bryan sits with folded hands refus-
to lift a linger to prevent the
uv.a.-Hb ll wuii4.o ili, VUA UCLHUoC lilt) -1 1.. VT -a r-
.. , , ciety on November 18.
Democratic nominee s views on pro- -n t i . ... ,
,,,,,,, j , , Tlie Inited States Marine Ore hes-
hibition do not measure up to the , ,, , .
..,, . . itra has been secured for the enter-
standard of The Great Commoner." Unment anJ orchestra music
Bryan has permuted his zeal for a ; nIone wlH ,)e worlh the ice of U)e
great moral issue to bo warp Ins lkk severa, m
udsment and blind his vision that This is the first concert by the
he Luis to recognize and come to the j ,.,, S()ciet and ,t , h
help of the greates moral ssue that; thfi honle town wil show f(s .e.
the American people have beeiuca,!-. c!atlon of BncU organiza(io. by
ed upon .0 decide.- 'J hearing this musical treat.
do not know whether Cox will ; The choral Socit,ty wiu have
be defeated or not, but I do know ; Bm.lule Memb(irs ti(.lu,u 0 tjue n,,xt
that the Democrats could win in a i week Associate nu;mbers gct two
walk if we could disfranchise the t'(.i.-n.0 tn ft(111,t ,, i ti.
German-American vote. The K -
liuuucaus are reixing upon uie same
vote that opposed the war and that
lougnt. me government s war policy
to put Harding in the White House.
Wisconsin and other doubtful states
of the Middle West would go for
Cox if we could eliminate the vote
Of men who were disloyal to their
country in time of war.
"AgaiiKl know that the Demo
crats could win if we could disfran
chise the negro in the North as we
have in the South. Republicans are
relying upon the solid negro vote to
carrv such doubtful states as Ohio
and if we coult- disfranchise the
negro in Ohio that state would go
for Cox by a majority of 80,000."
"The United States Army and
Navy is now cost ins the State of
North Carolina $37,000,000 a year;
enough in four years to cover the
entire state from Murphy to Curri
tuck court house with a network of
hard surfaced roads in four years
and yet 1 do not so much stand
aghast at what we are now spending
as at what we shall have to spend if
this competition in armaments con
tinues. The only way to stop it is
by a league of nations."
"The Democratic party is standing
(Hi :iie highest plane and occupies the
best strategic position that it Iris
held since Thomas Jefferson was
laid in his grave. I do not say that
;;-o i xr'tion of James M. Cox is sure,
but what a great thing, my fellow
clti7-e,,s' 11 is ,0 be, rifh
These were the high lights in the
speech of llallet S. Ward, Demo-
cratic nominee for Congress from
the First District Thursday after
noon before the Citizenship Club of
the women of Kli.abeth City.
"We read in the papers," he said,
'"that an American woman Is about
i to become the Queen of Greece.;
American women are reaching out to
'thrones and empires. Where will;
they stop? j
' "Woman suffrage came out of the
I fact that women liud to go tt work. ,
As a result they demanded larger (
,.,. anf, nnw thig Ereat moral
. .
movement lias swept me race oi me
earth with my early training I
could but oppose it- Now that lt
,las (.ome , am,,,t lt am, welcome
; you to the duties and privileges of
tn ,,.
citizenship."
The speaker explained tflo amend
ments to the constitution to be voted
a . i ration ui.
!
i
, "It is a mystery to me." he de-
dared, "that a just God has per-
mltted tiro people ofNorth Carolina
to live all this time under the old
and lntqi1'oti3 - Bvitpur nf taxation
that bus prevailed until this.y.-.ir
Hid tlvit II has suffered the natioe.i
(jf ()e cprth () s(at)(. al, ,.)(,.(,
w..houl ., leaK,, () TU,ions.
"Niw at last that s;i h a league
has been formee. with fbrty-thn-e
nations filready in it, with our mr-
chants unable to sell their goods and
th" farmers unable to sell their cot-
I ( lIORAIi ril.UTK 11 I'OSTI'OM.D
Since Tuesday- Is election day the
regular practice of the Choral So-
ember 5. It is absolutely necessary
for e-very member to be there, says
Mr. Hufty. I
Cox Back In Ohio;
Speaks Twice Today
Youngstown. O. Oct. 29. Cox if
back In Ohio speaking here thi'
mornlng and at Akron nlghi wiu-i
.lie will reply to Harding's statement
about being "unpledged" and
un-
bossed
"The Holy City"
November
18
Gaul's "Holy City" will be render-
1 rogular price of the concert' tickets
iiviti.i 1 iy nn, iwiiuil 1U1 f 1, 4 lit;
.;, be 011e dollar eafn
. The choral Soclety llow
has an
active membership of over seventy
members and under the direction of
F. R. Hufty have been practicing for
the past several weeks for the con
cert to be given on November 18.
Petails of the concert will be an
nounced next week.
BAILEY TRIES TO
FOOL THE WOMEN
Brilliant North Carolian Stingy
About Paying In Income
Taxes and Stoops to Con
quer 1
Josiah William Bailey, prominent
lawyer, politician, federal ofiicer,
Baptist, and so on, of Raleigh, Is
at this late hou, of the campaign
when there is little time in which to
correct the impression that his
propaganda makes upon the un
knowing, sending out circular let
ters to the women, explaining to
them Ti is "reasons'" for voting
against the North Carolina Tax
Amendment.
Mr. Bajlry is a Democrat, inore's
the pity. He is stiid to be one of (lie
wealthiest'' men in the Ftate having
made money ;yul married money.
But instead of just plain kicking
about his income tax, he is trjJng to
make the farmers' and the women,
and the tenants, and anybody he
i can. bi'Iieve that the burden will full
i on them.
I The Tax Amendment had already
been explained here by Governor
I Hicki it and (ommissloner Maxwell.
' On Monday night It will be explained
i by K. F. Aydlett at the court house.
Those who have received .)lr.
: Pailey's letter will do well to inform
themselves correctly about the Tux
.:m mlment before Klection Day.
. I 1
ffince raill IS
Proclaimed King
Athens, Oct, , 29. Prince Paul,
younger brother of the late King
Alexander, was proclaimed King by
the Greek parliament today.
VIOLENT EARTHQUAKE
,r- r. viintniicn
Valparaiso. Oct. 29. Violent
earthquake shocks occurred north of
here today, dunaging old structures.
Si: NT TO Kl'.KI.KV
C. Routt was sent to Keei
II.
Iti-'i'utp Thursday night. He w:is
acciijiiianied by Raymond F.van1,
w-'ii will see thai tlie proper a-i-i!i"e:!ients
nre ir :i K for his r-ite
there. Friends in the city are if
tribitHng to the fund necessary to
send him to such an Institution.
Routt was a likable fellow and h t I
held down a oil job w;th the Ai
krama for dome time. A f ' V monti "
ago he got hold nf too much lnu'-ri
and has never been the miiio ih 1 !
He was harmless but unable to !n' '
out for himself and his friends ho c (
th;it he ran be cured.
In asking for contributions fer
b'ni. ihose in rharrte noted mat Jf,
people who had been wiling enour'i
to 4telp Roint get "!lcker"'as l")it; t s
Mi inonev lasted had not no niurh r
a kind word for h!m when ho get j
down and nut. Instead they rursel j
him and Bald he might go where I n
pleased, lt was none of the,lr bus'-j
nr,gSi W'hlch Is but the way of the
"licker" lolks, of course.
Wilson Says Cox
WillWinElection
And Expresses Hope That Under
Democratic Nominee's Leadership
World Will See Wholesome
Strength of Democracy
Washinj?ion, Oct. 2'.). President Wilson wrote Governor
Cox today' expressing his confidence in the Democratic Presi
dential nominee and also expressed the hope that under Cox's
leadership "we carry the policy of the national Government
forward along the path of liberal legislation and humane re
form until the whole world again sees the illustration of the
sound mindedness and wholesome strength of Democracy,
and until we carry to all the earth the fruit of what the
founders of the Republic purposed when they set up this
great government."
Branch Post Office at
Washington Is Robbed 1
Washington, Oct. 29. An un
masked man robbed a branch city
post office In the exclusive residential
section near Dupont Circle here to
day of J5.10 and escaped. Ho held
up the woman clerk with a re
volver.
KKTl'ltVS FKOM IlKVlVAIi
Rev. 11. K. Williams will return
from Norfolk tonight, where he has
been assisting in an evangelistic
campaign and will conduct services
in his Ciiurch Sunday.
hoxds i ok ki;hki:.mi:.t
OF DKI'IJKClATi:!) (TKUKXCY
IVking, Oct. 28. The cabinet has
authorized the Ministry of I'Tnance
to issue bonds to the extent of $ti0,
OOO.OlMt to be used for retirement of
depreciated currency of the Hank of
China and Hank of Communications.
Since these banks were granted a
moratorium at the time of Yuan
Shih-kai's monarchical fiasco, the
notes have been exchangeable only
at 40 to 60 per cent of their face
lvalue. It is the plan now to retire
till of these notes in exchange fur
bonds secured by customs revenue
surplus, bearing six per cent interest
and payable over a period of six
jeais from March, 1921.
i,
MONDAY NIGHT
Will Explain Amendments, Al
so Method of Voting, and
County Chairman Will
Answer Questions
Monday night ut the court house
K. F. Aydlett will explain the
amendments, the process of voting,'
and other election matters. P. G.
! Sawyer; chairman of the board of
elections, will be present and
answer any questions which new
voters may desire to ask.
The meeting, of course. Is Demo
cratic, for both gentlemen tire lead
ing Democrats In local, stato und
national aH'tiTS. However, the meet-
i!!g is
primarily to acquaint
new voters with the details of vol-;
!ng und to help nil who really wish!
to vote iiit elh;eutly to do so.
The public is cordially invited to
at'end tl.i-, meeting, m Tue.-day is
Flection Day, a nd this meet int givi
the la.!l opportunity to leurn how
vole Intelligently.
A -very t;pe;ial invitation i.-s
1 ituied t'.ie ladies.
OUIilillS KM'OKCK I.A'.V
W.-tiiitsion. Oct. 2!). Atturue
General Palmer In special Inst rue
tens to all federal law en fore In
i,u' Imrii ies orders them to give ran
re ifteti-i.m to v.oiiiimiH n e.ei.
liim itiws ihronjhnui the iciaiitr
and to show no leniency.
WORKS I OK MF.MIIKRS
K. U. Hell, of WJlmington, is ia
the city ln un endeuvor to iftleres.
H'fcabeth City business men In tho
j objects tif the North Carolina Land
owners Association,
The President said he had
followed Cox's course through
out the campaign with admira
tion and expressed the belief
that the Governor would re
ceive the emphatic endorse
ment of the voters of the
Country
CHAIRMAN HAYS
Predicts Republican Victory by
Largest Plurality Ever Cast
While Chairman White Is
Confident Also
I New York, Oct. 29. Will Hays,
j rhairnian of the Republican National
j Committee, Issued a statement today
paying that the official Republican
I survey indicates that Harding and
! Coolidge will receive the "largest
popultir majority ever cast'' in a
presidential election,
i Democratic National Chairman
George White said .that he "general
i political situation points untnlstak-
iibly to Democratic success." He
said "the Republicans are demoraliz
ed from the Canadian border to the
' Gulf and from the Atlantic to the
I'acillc and their forces are in full
retreat everywhere."
MEEKINS TO SPEAK
SATURDAY NIGHT
Col. h M. Meekins will speak at
the court houso Saturday night for
the Republican party. The public is
Invited.
The ladies are invited to hear Mr.
Meekins.
AlPOINTH K A I' KM A.N ASSISTANT
Washngton, Oct. 29. Attorney
General Palmer today appointed Jo
seph Kaufman special assistant to
the New York district attorney to
conduit federal Investigation Into
alleged combinations in the building
material market there.
THIRTEEN INDICTED
FOR THROWING SERIES
Ch
iK.l'.l
u'o, Oct. . 29. Indictments
;,!fK e ii persons weri"te-
turtle l
1 ! v I'm iT ind jury toii.iy in
on with throwing tho 1019
( 1,1111
Id's f-eries.
SHRINE BANQUET
ON FOR TONIGHT
The second annual banquet of the
j Klii'abe'b' City shrine Club will be
given tonight In the Masonic
j Hall ot 7:30 p. m. This nffalr prom
; i es to be the most elaborate of any
similar function ever held here. The
hall has been tastily decorated and
ntu elaborate m.enu prepared by tiro
, rommittee In charge. The pled Pi
pers orchestra of New York City has
been engaged to render the music
I for tho occasion. This orchestra is
'composed of all ex service men and
has played before many notables in
Europe.
Miss Alice Warren, of Cape
Charles, Va., Is here to attend the
Shrlners' banquet.