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VOL. XI.
ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 17, 11)21
NO. 41.
'Cooke's Bridge Bill Killed in Committee
fv
Track Clear For
Morrisette Bill
Measure Would Put Total Cost Of
Bridge Across Pasquotank River
Oi Camden County And Provide
Tolls From All Except Camden
Residents
Representative Cooke's bill
across'the Pasquotank River at a
with sixty-five per cent of the
County and thirty-five per cent by Camden County, introduced
on Tuesday and referred to the House Committee on Roads
and Turnpikes, was killed in committee Wednesday afternoon.
This gives a clear track to'
Representative Morrisette's bill,
introduced a day earlier and
put on the House calendar
Monday morning, providing a
free bridge for residents of
Camden County only and pro
viding for the charging of tolls
to any persons using the bridge
besides bona fide residents of
Camden County; and also au
thorizing the issuing of $100,
000 in bonds to pay the cost of
constructing the "bridge and
for acquiring such property as
may be necessary to the
bridge's construction.
This situation is the outcome of a
. long-drawn-out fight between Rep
resentative Cooke and Representa
tive Morrisette on the personnel of
the proposed bridge commission.
For, a long time the deadlock waB
unbroken and no bill whatever wasjliiB and who were on the train this
introduced looking toward a free j morning blamed Mr. Cooke's uncom-l
bridge across the Pasquotank con-' promising attitude and his bitter
nesting the two counties. 'personal attacks upon Mr. Morri
sette, rather than any weakness In
On last Friday, however, the two hig bin or any lnfluenee of theirs
representatives at last got together upon the commUtee for Mr Cooke.g
ana agreea on tne Dill introduced by
Representative Cooke on the follow
tag Tuesday and killed In commit
tee yesterday afternoon.
Skirts Clear, Says Cooke
"My skirts are clear," said Mr.
cooke yesterday afternoon, appar
ently bitterly disappointed at the
defeat of his measure.
and borrowed a large sum of money
"I introduced the bill that had when legitimate borrowers with Lib
been agreed upon and made the erty Bond collateral were being told
hardest fight I knew how to for ft. ' that the bank had rro money to
speaking before the committee for j lend. Morrisette denied the allega
over an hour. But -lorrisette and tion. Mr. Cooke charged Mr. Meek
.hls Camden friends, assisted by j Ins with having said that he did not
Colonel Meeklns, of Elliabeth City, know whether he had any Influence
beat me.. Now the way is open for with Morrisette now or not; but
the passage of the bill that Morri-'that he used to have some when" he
sette sneaked back up here and in- had Morrisette under financial obll
troduced in my absence. Un-. gation to him.
less my constituents let me know "What you are saying Is as false
that they are anxious for meto do as what Annanlas and Sapphira told
so I am disposed to think that I the Apostle Peter," said Mr. Meekins.
shall not even fight it." "I beg your pardon, I must have
misunderstood vou." Mr. Cooke is
But
Representative - Morrisette
tells another story. He admits that'
Mr. Cooke's bill, as introduced was
agreed upon by both representatives
.last Friday.
But he says that it was also un
derstood that Mr. Cooke was to make'
arrangements to have the bill Intro
duced last Saturday while the mem
ber from Pasquotank and the mem
ber from Camden were both absent
and that Mr. Cooke failed to carry
out this agreement, leaving Raleigh
Friflay without making any arrange
menta to have the measure Intro
duced. Finding that Mr. Cooke
had failed to have the bill Introduced
as agreed upon, Mr. Morrisette,
considering the agreement as all off
and despairing of ever being able
to reach another agreement with
Mr. Cooke, Introduced his own mea-
providing for a free bridge
cost not to exceed $150,000,
cost to be borne by Pasquotank'
sure, putting the entire cost of the
bridge building upon Camden
County.
Morrisette Was Conciliatory
Yesterday morning Morrisette's
forces were still hopeful of compro
mise. They" would be willing, they
intimated, to drop the fight if Mr.
Cooke would withdraw the name of j
his brother, J. E. Cooke, from the
bridge commission. In the committee
hearing, they say, they ottered to j
drop the fight If Mr. Cooke would!
agree to put the matter of the build-.
Lug of the bridge in the hinds of the
Pasquotank Highway Commission
and of the Camden Highway Com-
mission. Hut Mr. Cooke stood out ,
against any compromise whatever,
holding that having once agreed to
the. measure as it had been intro
duced, Mr. Morrisette should stand
by it.
Friends of Mr. Morrisette who
were prcent at the committee hear-
dejeat
Cooke Was Personal
Mr. Cooke charges Mr. Morrisette
I with being the tool of the private
Camden Ferry interests. He charg-
'ed In the committee hearing, it is
Isaid, that Mr. Morrisette,' with C. O.
.'Robinson's endorsement, had gone
to the First & Citizens National Bank
quoted a9 replying.
However, after the hearing Mr.
Cooke did not seem chastened; or
repentant, or convinced. "I showed
up Meeklns and Morrisette both," he
said.
In answer to the Cooke charge
that Morrisette is subservient to the
Interests of the Camden Bridge and
Ferry Company, Morrisette points
out that In so far as the point of
crossing the river Is concerned, his
'bill and the Cooke measure are prac-
tlcally Identical, the point of cross
ing in each case being left to the
discretion of the State Highway
Commission.
Morrisette does not undertake to
charge Cooke with ulterior motive on
the bridge project, but says he would
like to have explained Cooke's de
termination and insistence not only
Cooke Denies
Broke Agreement
Raleigh, Fob. 17 (Sprclul)
Representative Cooke emphat-
it-ally denied today the report
that his agreement with Repre-
sentative Morrisette, of Cam-
den, on the bridge bill Intro-
duced by Representative Cooko
was made on the understanding
that the bill would be Intro-
duced when he and Morrisette
were absent.
"Positively no," said
4r.
Cooke in reply to a query from
The Advance correspondent.
The member from Pasquo-
tank tod.iy introduced the bill
to strengthen the State prohilii-
tion laws 'and put the enforce-
ment of these laws under the
office of the AUorncy-General.
' The measure was drawn by I.
L. Davis, superintendent of the
Anti-Saloon League. t
Visits Schools
Washington Co.
Mrs. Fearing Finds Splendid
Work In Progress Schools
Remembered Last Lesions
Mrs. James G. Fearing has been
visiting the schools in Washington
Cottty this week, organizing Safety
Leagues.
Mrs. Fearing felt very much gra
tified to find a great ntuuy Leagues
already organized and doing splen
did work.
The county superintendent said,
too, that the very schools .Mrs. Fear
ing visited lat April are still doing
the things that sh". suggested that
they do. They ii ive put in metal
mats under their heaters, they have
held clean up campaigns, and have
kept up -their inten d and pride in
these things.
At Mackeys Scho.. Mrs. Fearing
found the hone- Demonstration
Agent, Miss Julia Warner, and the
Community Service Agent, Miss-' Alice
McQueen, teaching (Jood Citizenship
from the Safety League program. It
was quite a coincidence that these
three fine workers should meet in
this way. Mrs. Fearing then told
who she was aifci dlstrlbutedMiew
Safety League programs and litera
ture. on naming the Pasquotank members
of the bridge commission, hut also
on putting on It J. E. Cooke, of
Camden County, his brother.
State Highway Commission Decides
It Is true that as to the point of
crossing the river the two bills are
practically in effect Identical.
Here on this point is the wording
of Morrisette's bill:
"The State Highway Commission
of North Carolina Is hereby author
ized, empowered arid directed, as
soon as practicable after the ratifi
cation of this act, to choose and se
lect a point in Camden and Pasquo
tank Counties respectively from
which the said bridge shall connect.
The said terminal point so selected
shall be at the most practicable, eco
nomical and convenient place, r l
such selection shall be entirely
within the discretion of the said
State Highway Commission. The
said State Highway Commission shall
decide what territory Is necessary
and advisable to he purchased and
acquired as approaches to said
bridge and as terminal points far the
same. The said State Highway-Commission
shall also decide whether it
phall be necessary or advisable to ac
quire along with the said approaches
and terminal points, any existing
bridge and approaches thereto across
the said Pasquotank River. The
said State Highway Commission
shall, after full surveys and ap
pra'sals by its engineers, decide what
Continued on Page 4
ONE OF SIXTEEN
BIGGEST FIRES
New Quarters of Savings Bank
& Trust Company Ranked
Among January's Heaviest
Losses
Raleigh, February 17 The Insur
ance Department of the State, will
have puid into the State treasury
from all sources by the end of the
i fiscal year a , round round million
dollars is the estimate of Commis
jsioner Wade. The entire force is
ibusy now mailing out blank applica
tions for licenses from more than
J IS, 000 agents -of the .various coiu-
Inanies, doing bus'ness ia the
State i
Most of these are renewal?, hut an
unusually large number uf the new
companies and agents are on the
i applicant lile. The next, tiscal year
.begins April 1st and by tha; datoi
'all of ;hse IS, 000 wio have quali
jfied. will have their lice: in hand
I signed, countersigned, and license
fees receipted for, from tlte Insur
ance Commissioner.
The aggregate loss by fire In North
Carolina for January according to
reports filed with the Insurance
Commissioner., was $617,000.00. Of
this loss 616,00i).ti0 was the. total of
1G (ires where the danriign was $10,-
000.00 and over The heaviest of
these were Itaieigh, damage to Tuck
!er Building and stock of merchan
dise $00, ono. oo; Whitakers, Oil Fac
tory lo0.o00.00; LaGrange Tobacco
j Warehouse and 250,000 pounds of ; g
. tnl, :. !. 10(1 (100 no- K!;za 1 l Pit V. '
100,000.00; Kllzabvih CHy,l;I1, wh.xh all can wl.L
.Bunk Building and fixtures
i 00 : Greelisbo.'O lo'.! is '
.(10(1.- I
r
number of losses, there huh?.
in th" major class aiweE'.it ug
lour
Km. ot . The total December lire
loss was $1,025,000.00.
; The month's fires, show an un
; usual number of negro settlement
I fires. These occured twice at New
hem and Goldsboro, once each at
High Point, Durham and Chapel
Hill. At Moontown, High Point the
thickly populated section was saved
by the fire company. At Durham,
"Walltown" beyond lire apparatus,
va3 saved by a bucket brigade of
I Trinity College students. At Chapel
illill, the I'niversity student bucket
; brigade saved another negro set
tlement, fire starting from a lamp
explosion in a negro church, entirely
destroying it and an adjacent dwell-1
ing before
ganized.
the students got or-
! Another interesting feature In his own during the night. While
! these fire loss reports for January, not minimizing the danger, physi
savs Commissioner Wade, is the dam- ; ciana indicated that if he passed the
age or loss of dwellings occupied by crisis today he had a fair chance of
professional men of prominence. ; recovery. He slept some last night
Among these are Harry Howell,
Superintendent of Rilelgh City,
Schools, Dr. Foust, President of the
State Normal College, Rev. Dr.
i
Mvers, 1st Presbyterian church,
Greensboro.' Dr. Cheesburv. Ashe
vllle. Mrs. Vestal. Sanford. In every
case, exceot the las, which was
caused by explosion of an instantan
eous heater, foul or faulty flues pro
duced the loss. Fire prevention lit
erature or nietheods evidently never
interested them. ,
"
q R L-
savings oanK
SayS Thank YOU
Following Is the letter received
by the Fire Department this week
by the Savings Bank and Trust Com
pany: Mr. J. B. Flora,
Chief of Fire Department,
Elizabeth.. Qt, N. C.
Dear Sir:
We certainly appreciate the splen
did and efficient work of your De
pnrtment at the Fire In the Savings
Bank & Trust Company building on
the 23 of January, dnd In token of
pamo, we herewith enclose you our
check for $100.
Respectfully yours,
H. O. KRAMER,
Vice-President and Cashier.
Teaches Kiddies
To Play the Game
A Jolly Fine Came Which All
All May Play And In Which
All Can Win
Mrs. Martha 1). Dinwiddle, Health
Specialist, from the Bureau of Edu
cation, Washington', D. C, who has'
spent the last three days in the j Washington, Feb. 17. Twenty
County with Superintendent M. P. 8tates will Jo'n Wisconsin in chal
Jcnnings, left Wednesday night for longing before the Supreme Court
Greenville, where she will speak to ,i)e rgi,t ot tilt Interstate Commerce
tho students uf tin East Carolina i rninmisMliin t. roiiliit railroad
Teachers Train.'n. it School.
During her stay' in the county she
spoke to the teachers and students
in pract'eaily. every white school, in
par' of the colored Rchools; also to
st intents or me unz-
abe ii t'i'y il .;h Si-ho-il, to lite stu
dents of Roanoke Institute and the
Stat" Normal.
Miss Dinwiddie also spoke to a
ra rent -U,,ehors meeting at Salem
ru....tl i night.
1,1 .m l, f 1,-.- o1,rt nn, .,1.,..n,l
ii, ...... ,.w u. . t,,,,.,.... u
the
of tile Health Game which
are the following: A full bath morel
than once a week; Brushing the I
tenth at least once every day; sleep-
ing long nours wnn winaows open;
Drinking as much milk as possible,
but no coffee or tea; Eating some .
vegetables or fruit every day; Drink-j st. Augustine, Feb. 17. Problems
Ing at least four glasses of water, 0f various kinds to be solved before
for very small children, up to eight! the Inauguration were talked over
glasses for grown ups, a day; Play-! today by President-elect Harding
ing part of every day out of doors! and Hairy Daugherty, of Ohio, who
and a bowel movement every day. 'managed his campaign for the Presi
She encouraged the children to!(!encv last snrlnt: and who Is exnect-
K.sn
at once to play the game
in which ail can play, and a
Hi
laiks wore very much appre
eve; y ph.ee 'the went.
"i-I Oanqtret-v
Raymond Evans
Friends of Raymond Evans, Best
city's first Big Leaguer, are prepar
in; for a delightful banquet in hlsj
honor Friday night at the Southern
Hotel
Dave Robertson will he among
the distinguished guests. The com-
mlttee to prepare for the banquet is
niflde up 'of John Wells and Oliver , ftrIties of war' was !ven more im
Gilbert, and they expect tp make Portance than was warranted by the
the affair In every way worthy of
"Snooks," the honor guest.
Cai"U80 May HftVe
Chance To Recover
New York, Feb. 17. Caruso held
ana nis lemptyaiure is lower man
at any time since the serious heart
atta Tuesday night.
Investigate Last
Night's Lynching
Athens, Ga., Feb. 17 State and
county authorities today began In-1
vestigatlng the lynching last night!
of John Eberhardt, negro, suspected
jof the murder of Mrs. Walter Lee, a
i white woman.
I The negro was taken from the
' f liire County Jail here and burned
j nl the gtake nPar lhe gcmi9 ot tne
j alleged crime in Oconee County
Seven miles away. .
SMALL FIRE TODAY
The fire company was called to
the house on I'errso. Btreet occupied
by Elijah Franklin and owned by
V. T. Love, Thursday morning at
sevon-lhlrty. They found a chim
ney fire and there was no damage.
Tuesday night at 10:15 the fire
company was called to Pennsylvania
i Avenue where they found a chimney
'fire In the dwelling occupied by
John Taylor and owned by Mrs Mary
Commander. There was no damage
J. Raleigh Morrisette. of Phila
delphia, is visiting relatives here.
CHALLENGE RIGHT
REGULATE RATES
Twenty States Join In Chal
lenging Power of Interstate
Commerce Commission Un
der Transportation Act '
rates under the transportation act, it
was announced here today after a
two days conference otj the attorney
generals of twelve states.
I Took Six Sacks
j Registered Mail
I Toledo, Feb. 17 Sheriff Taylor
i and a nossee have surrounded sev-
! flf ,,oint piace 8x mlIei
north of here In search of Ave armed
,band,t8 whQ ear,y tQday fceld up
three clerks in the main postofflce
and escaped wilit six sacks of regis
tered mall. , The postmaster is un-
'ab,0to ay wMt the log ,nvolveg
TALKS
PROBLEMS OVER
a'ed to be Attorney-General In the
new cabinet. The final make-up of
the cabinet 1',-elf occupied the first"
place in their consultations. The
only cabinet posts not yet virtually
assigned are the Navy, Commerce
and Labor departments.
SAYS BATTLESHIPS
WON WORLD WAR
Saint lilaslen Baden, Feb. 17 (By
Associated Press)r Battleships won
he World War and will win the
,uture wars- ls the opinion of Ad-
mlral von iluz. tie aeciares jnai
the submarine, owing to the pecull-
1 facts.
i
SUSPEND IMMIGRATION
FROM CENTRAL EUROPE
Triest, Feb. 17 (By The Associated
Press) Emigration from Central
Europe to the United States has been
suspended and the eastern frontiers
nf Italy are closed pending the
cleaning up of the sanitary situa
tion here.
IN SUPERIOR COURT
The case of Love Bros. vs. Cul
pepper, the first taken up at this
term of court, went tcAhe Jury Wed
nesday and verdict was for the de
fendant In the sum of $283. 81.
Thursday morning the plaintiff
was non-suited in the case of the
Standard Manufacturing Company
vs. the Raeford Power and Manufac
turing Company.
The case of G. C. Jennings vs! W.
H. Jennings and A. C. Bell was be
ing tried when this newspaper went
to press.
TO RKOROU.MZE P.ARTY
Washington, Feb. 17. Reorgan
ization of the Democratic party ma
chinery preparatory to the Congres'
slonal campaign for 1922 and the
Presidential campaign of 1924 Is
the topic set for 'scnsslon at a
meeting here today of Chairman
White and the executive members of
the National Democratic Committee
recently appointed.
( OLLUCTIOX FOR RED CROSS
The collection for the local Rod
Cross amounted to $44.60. "There
were 12 dollar bills, thirteen fifty
cents pieces, G9.iiu'arters, 57 dimes,
103 nlckles and 25 pennies.