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REGISTRATION BOOKS CLOSE TONIGHT AT EIGHT Circulation Friday 1,854 Copies , THE WEATHER Partly cloudy tonight and Sunday. Probably local thunder storms in the interior Sunday. - vouxi. ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA, SATURDAY EVENING, MARCH 2G, 1921 NO. 72. 6 SAY COMMUNISTS ARE RETREATING Men Breathless After Running 25 Miles Bring Story of Guns Thrown Away -vi .11.. -. i- ...... ci ruUeUiUigUriuWuoa. chiidren as members of the church any, March 26 (By The Asso-:and the reception of adult members Ciated Press) Reports that' take place next Sunday. The o . i i i i i Epworh League will hold its meeting Communists who have beerJatP6:45 TJe choir win render spe- fighting in Eisleben have been Cal Easter music at both the morning driven out after three days bat-' and evening services. ji . v. i , , i men breathless with twelve miles. They said the were retreating Communists across the fields in good order, but had thrown away their guns. Uprising at Kazan Stockholm, Marah 26. An I anti- Soviet uprising is reported at Kazan, ' evening at 7:3o. - The Woman's 500 mlle9 east of Moscow. ! Missionary Society meets at three- Dispatches say that some members thirty Monday afternoon. The of the ettraordinary commission pblic ls most cordlally invited to at were killed and the commission's len(j aIj these services. headquarters burned. Many otherj Soviet officials are reported killed. Insurgents are reported masters of the city and have ordered general mobilization. ' Revolutionary movements are also reported in Western Russia and the Iflnnb nrlnn a i Minsk region. THINGS AS ARE i 1SIAT AC CUATIT l W? llUl ilu kJlHLILl DiJ I Grand Jury Brings In True Bill Against Provo Charging As sault and Criticises Manage ment of Chain Gang As a result of the grand Jury inves tigation of the management of the Pasquotank County chalngang a true bill has been found against Superintendent Provo charging as sault and a 'report Hied indicating that prevailing conditions at the convict camp are such as need to be corrected and that radical reforms in the system of management are need ed. The report was not available for publication when this paper went to press but will be published next week either in full or in brief form. DOY8 BEAT HERTFORD With eight men only, the Elizabeth City Red Socks defeated the fast' Hertford team Friday in a hard- fought, errorless game by the score, of 3 to 1. A better game could not be hoped for among the boys' team. It would be difficult to name any stars because every man on the team clayed good. Trueblood did good work pitching and Sedgwick made two pretty hits. The line-upis as, follews: E. City. ' Hertford. I Ballard e T., Towe Trueblood ...... p Owens A. Harris s. s J. Towe Jones lb Walker M. Harris 2b Sutton Skinner 3b Small Gray If Field , Sedgwick rf Reid! .cf Wlnslow I SHOULD GET TICKETS MEMBERSHIP BANQUET Preparation is being made for the ciety ot the FIrfit Methodist church Chamber ot Commerce membership announcing the revival ot the Llter 1 Tjanauet Thursday of next week and .ary and Devotional Meeting held preservations should be made imme- dlately, as tickets are selling rapidly and only a limited number can be seated. SPECIAL EASTER SERVICE All members of Griggs Command- and wlll conduct this meeting Mon ery, Knights Templars, will meet in jayi Marcn 28 at 4 p m at the full uniform in their hall at.7 o'clock home'of Mrs. Clay Foreman. It Is Sunday evening to attend the special hoped' that every niember wm take Easter service at Christ church. i the nnnortimit m h:im .onnaint. SPECIAL EASTER MUSIC There will be special Easter music at Blackwell Memorial Baptist rhurrh- RnnrlftT at both narrlctta At! the evening service the choir will sing "The Resurrection Hope," an Easter cantata by Adams. SCHOOL HOLIDAY MONDAY The Board of school trustees voted I Monday a holiday for the Ellxabeth City school children at Friday night's meeting of the board. I CITY CHURCHES I City Koud Methodist The session of the Sunday School will open at 9:30 by G. F. Sey ffert the superintendent. ' The pas tor, Rev. H. E. Myers will preach at 11:00 and 7:30. At the morning hour parents may present their children for dedication to God in in- rant nanusm. ine letusumuu m First Kaptlst l nurcn I Rev. H. K. Williams, pastor. fcun- running day School at 9:30, S. G. Scott, sup erintendent. Preaching at 11: a. in. and y:;su p. m. Dy tne pasior. ine morning theme: "The Dangers of In- ' sincerity." The night theme: Bol- shevism versus Christianity." There will be special music at both hours. The B. Y. P. U. meets at 6:45 Sun- i uay evening. iuc icguiar miu-ncca . I ; n.i. prayer meeting is on Wednesday Church of the Good Shepherd Pearl street. Sunday School at 10 a. m. Preaching Dy tne pasior, uev. G. Studson DeLano, at 11 a. m. Spe 1 cial children's service at 4 p. ra. unaflilnor hv tho nastnr at 7:20 n. m. rtc cordially ,nvited. lilackwell Memorial Baptist The pastor, Dr. G. W. Clarke, will preach at 11 o'clock Sunday morning from the subject "The Resurrection, Its Sign and Assurances." The even- ing servce wiU be Biven over 10 the Easter cantata under the direction of L. E. Skinner. The public Is cor dially Invited. i Cann Memorial Presbyterian i The pastor, Rev. Win. Mc. Miller will preach at 11 o'clock Sunday ' morning from the subject "The Sin Unto Death" and at 7:30 Sunday evening from the subject "The Christian's Possessions." The pub lic Is cordially invited. Calvary Baptist Sunday School meets at 3 p. m., preaching at 7:30 p. m. by the pas tor. Rev. R. F. Hall. The public is cordiay invited. Christ Church Rev. Geo. F. Hill, rector. Easter Day. Celebration of the Holy' Com munion. 7:30 a. m. Sunday School practice for Festival, 9:45 a. m. Morning prayer, Holy Communion and sermon, 11 a. m. Sunday School Easter Festival, 4 p. m. Spe cial Easter service for Griggs Com- mandery, Knights Templar, 7:30 p. m. Special Easter music at all the Easter services. You are cordially invited to attend all these services and you will be heartily welcome to them all. First Methodist Everybody ls invited to all the services at the First Methodist church tomorrow, March 27th. The Sunday School will meet at 9:30. At the 11 o'clock worship parents who 80 desire may have their infants bap- ze(l ailt candidates for church mem- bership will be received into full connection with the ckurch. The Epworth League will meet at 6:45 in the annex. At live o'clock the choir will render an Easter concert, and this will take the place of the usual evening worship ; MEETS MONDAT AFTERNOON WITH MRS. CLAY FOREMAN Cards have been mailed to mem bers of the Woman's Missionary So- every fourth Monday The committee is endeavoring to make these meetings both enjoyable and profitable. Just at this time Miss Mae Edla 'Smith, president of the State Wo man's Mlaslnnarv finr'plv In here ed with Miss Smith. KERVICE TONIGHT IS ESPECIALLY FOR WOMEN The revival continues at City Road Methodist church with fine results. This evening at 7:30, the pastor, Rev. H. E. Myers, will deliver s sermon which will be ot especial in terest to women, though every one is most cordlally invited. Mrs. E. F. Sawyer is greatly im proved after a long illness at her home on Cedar street. EASTER Build high Ihe tower and make It so strong That time shall have ceased ere it passes away; Bind the bells thereon and measure their song To all of earth's love, on this Easter day. With all of earth's loves and heaven's combined, With halos of joy, and banners of flame, And purified tears, let the tower be twined The tower we build in the Saviour's name. The tower of lives made pure by his pain; The tower of hopes re born from d.'feat; The tower heaven-high, to bring down love's rain On hallowing tears, where God and man meet. Peal! Peal! All ye hells! That all men may know How Jesus came forth from the tomb on earth; Forever to tell, forever to show, That death is always continuous birth. Ceo. Studson DeLano, 2n Pearl St. Church or the Good Shepherd. BIG CROWD AT POPLAR BRANCH And This Year's County Com mencement Gratifying Suc cess With Every Contest of High Order of Much Interest Spite of wretched roads and more or less agony in getting there, all of Currituck County was represented at the County Commencement at Poplar Branch High School Friday, and In the crowd attending were numbers of people from Pasquotank and Camden Counties as well as from Currituck. The spacious auditorium of the Poplar Branch High School, probab ly the largest and best rural school auditorium in t h i h State, was filled section of the to overflowing, I numbers of people having to stand throughout the exercises and more having to remain outside of the au ditorium altogether. Yet, a remark able characteristic of Poplar Branch audiences, the best of order prevail ed throughout the day, both on the fore entering the Army Capt. Wood grounds and In the auditorium. was employed In that profession. Conspicuous on (he rostrum was;Cant' Wod ha8 been relieve(1 of his the J. H. Zelgler band in uniform. : ?ther ltle8if Jo devote all of which with lively music lightened! his ,ime t0 ,the office. the program and prevented It from! The D'8trlct ?P.p:?nr'ation law.car' hon.tn, !, riea a salary of $3,600 a year for a The Commencement address was ' mKsIoI,erg probably Will take steps delivered at the close of the morning ( t0 fill the offlce aftor Mr Ashford exercises by Rev. J. M. Ormond, pas-'lia9 pft ,ne service. In the mean tor ot the First Methodist church of jtilllt, Captt Wood will be in charge of Elizabeth City, and at the close of the that depart ment. exercises in the auditorium in the af-' ternoon Mr. Ormond presented the still SEARCH FOR seventh grade certificates ot promo- MISSI.VO BALLOONISTS tion to seventh grade pupils from all pensacola, March 26. A naval the county. ' dirigible with two days food supply All contests were of a high order R tlay to search West Florida and the decisions of the Judges, rend- forests for the missing balloonists re- end without consultation, gave each contestant a square deal. Notable was the elementary recitation con test, in which so evenly mashed were the contestants that the three Judges each handed in a dtfllent name as winner and In this case had to retire for consultation before awarding the prize. Marjorle Fore- bee, Ruth Lewis and Elizabeth Wright each receiving a vote. Athletic events on the grounds fol lowed the exercises In the auditorium and class rooms and the day was one replete with pleasure for Currituck sen ;oI c;::h;i-sa. Needless to say for those familiar with the Poplar Branch community, the picnic dinner served on the grounds at the noon Intermission was nn epicurean delight, from the tur key sandwiches to the dessert. There was an abundance of everything, and prepared by Poplar Branch house keepers, everything was as good as It was plentiful. Prizes and medals were awarded as follows at Currituck county com mencement: High School Declalmer medal El don Aydlette, Poplar Branch School. High School Reciter medal Mil dred Doxey Poplar Branch School. Elementary Declalmer medal George Meigs, Colnjock school. Elementary Reciter medal 'Mar jorle Ferebee, Gregory school. Fourth Grade Oral Reader prise Blanche Walker, Poplar Branch school. Fifth Grade Silent Reader prize Ruth Lewis, Poplar Branch school. Sixth Grade Arithmetic prl CAPT. WOOD IN CHARGE OF ARCHITECT'S OFFICE (From Washington Star of Mar. 21) Captain J. E. Wood, assistant en gineer commissioner, today was placed in charge of tho municipal ar chitect's ofllce as a result of the an nouncement that Snowden Ashford expects to resign as head of that branch of the city government. Col. Charles W. Ruts, Engineer Commissioner, in making known this action, said there is so much Im portant work pending in the archi tect's otiiee that he felt some one should be made familiar with the duties of the department before the vacancy occurs. Although the fact was published everal days ago that Mr. Ashford id concluded to resign soon, his formal resignation has not yet been sent to the Commissioners. Captain Wood, who a few years ago was promoted from lieutenant, has been at the District building sev eral months, during which time he has had charge of the water and elec trical department. .The Engineer Commissioner se lected him to go in and take charge ! of the architect's office because' be- , municipal architect, and the Com-' ports late last night adrift over the C.ulf. The theory is advanci d that they cut away the basket to lighten their craft and drifted into the for est clinging to the rigging. IiVNAM $22,000 SHORT Boston, Marcli 20. Disappearance a week ago of Ensign Joveph L.'l.y nam. of Baltimore, assistant paynias- tor of the Scout Cruiser Chester, w.is followed today by the announcement that he left u shortage of twenty-two thousand dc lollaVs In n laval funds. I Miss Lottie Blanchard arrived In this city Saturday from Greenville Training School to spend the Easter holidays. Hilda Snow, Powell's Point school. Seventh Grade Speller prize El len Hampton. Poplar Branch school. Best Marching prize Poplar Branch school. Largest per cent enrollment line march, Powell's Point. Best school exhibit, Poplar Branch, not Included In contest, Currituck. Best map of North Carolina, Shaw boro school, by Lowell Duncan. Best map of Currituck County, Poplar Branch school by Ola Dale Lewis. Loving cup for most points In ath letics awarded Poplar Branch. Poplar Branch won over Currituck i in basketball. j Miss Agnes L. Whiteside, Green-1 vllle Training School; Rev. J. M. Or-1 mond and Editor Herbert Peele, of Elisabeth City, were Judges In the acclamation and recitation contests. REGISTER At noon (inlay revisit at Ion re ports were: Men First Ward 150 Second Wuril ... 1 Id Third Ward 8(1 fourth Ward . . .150 Registration books Women 52 HI 5(1 50 close to- ninlit at cli;li( and no one who has not registered in this regis tration ran vote in the school bonds election April H. It's up to (he folks, whether they'll give (he boys and gh'ls a square deal or not. If you're not .a slacker, register! He Improvement In Stock Market Noted New Tor!;. March 26. Despite ex tensive prniit taking further sub stantial recoveries are recorded on the stock market this week. Marked improvement in. steel and textile industries is reported and commodity markets nre more stable. MISS IDA MORRIS IS PRESENTED SILVER SWORD At the regular meeting of the White Rose Chapter, Easter Star, Friday night, Worthy Patron W. E Cole announced that as one of the members, Miss Ida Morris is leaving for Norfolk to make her home there next month, she should be presented a silver sword with which to protect herself. Miss Morris, who was great- surrounded the Spencer home, Wil ly surprised at this part of the pro-ji,;,ms. Ferebee and Captain Simmons gram, was led into the club room j Kng i, by the front way and Twiddy where the sword was arranged upoir and Webb by the back. Twiddy being a table in the midst of Easter deco- advance of Webb. As Twiddy en rations. To tho sword were attached I tered the back door, Spencer'started a number of ribbons at the end or j toward him with the evident inten which Miss Morris found lovely gifts : tion of making his escape. Twiddy and best wishes. Afterwards deli-j ordered the negro to halt and throw clous refreshments were served and ,HI his hands, but the latter kept on every one was presented with Easter 1 advancing, and, according to Twld favors. Iriv's version of tho affair, reached be NEW INDICTMENTS FOR THROWING SERIES Chicago, .March 26. Indictments were returned today against eighteen men after & second Investigation of the alleged throwing of the- World Series by Chicago ball players. The thirteen men formerly indicted were named and five others charged with participating in arranging the con spiracy. They are: Carl Zork and Ben Franklin, of St. Louis; Ben and Louis" Levi, said to be from Des Moines; and David Zcrler, address unknown. LIEUT. CONEY' PASSED COMFORTABLE NIGHT Nathez, Miss., March 26. Lieu tenant Coney's physicians to'day said he passed a comfortable night and his condition was the same as when he arrived last night with his tem perature a hundred. MRS. WRIGHT SEEMS SLIGHTLY IMPROVED Mrs. S. K. Wright, who has been so critically ill this week, 'now seems slightly improved and It is greatly hoped that she may recover. Her life has been hanging In the balance for several days. CROWN MAKES REPRISALS Mayport, County May, Ireland, Marcli 2i (By The Associated Press) Crown forces engaged in reprisals here today for the recent ambush near here. Continuous gun lire was kept up in Various parts of town. Houses and shops were wrecked with bombs and pandemonium reigned among the population generally. Many have been sleeping out doors for several days, anticipating re prisals. PERSONALS Miss Neva Owens Is spending a few days with her sister, Miss Ida Owens, in High Point. Lev Gurkln, of State Collego, is spending the Easter holidays with uis momcr, airs. .iae wiuey, on wutui I .1 1 1 1 1 t 11T,...i . ..lain mreet. Mrs. Irvfng B. Sawyer, of Norfolk, left Saturday afternoon for llelcrosH, where she will Join her husband and they will spend Sunday with rela tives In this city. E. L. Wright, of Retdsvllle, ar rived In the city Friday, having been called to the bedside of his daughter-in-law. Mrs. S. K. Wright. John Harney, of Rale'gh, Is spend ing the Easter holidays with h's mother, Mrs. T. S. Harney, on West Main street. SENATOR I)IKiE C1IAIRMAX REPUBLICAN STEERING COM. Washington, March 26. Senator Lodge, of Massachusetts, besides be ing Republican floor leader. Is to be chairman ot the Republican steering committee, which has a large part In directing party action, according to present plans. He will succeed Sen ator McCnmber, who was a mild reservations In the treaty fight. : i NOT GUILTY WAS TWIDDY VERDICT Police Officer Twiddy Freed of Blame For Killing Negro In a Whiskey Raid Not Guilty was the verdict of the jury which tried Police Of ficer George Twiddy on a charge of second degree mur der in Superior Court here this week. The verdict was brought In at 1:10 Saturday afternoon when the Jury had had the case for about an hour and a half. The defendant was represented by Aydlett & Simpson and W. A. Worth. The State was assisted in the prose cution by P. G. Sawyer. When the jury came out to in quire, during their deliberation, what the punishment for manslaugh ter was, many believed that the ver dict would be for manslaughter. The case was the resfflt of the kill ing of Henry Spencer, colored, by Twiddy on Christinas Eve night. The killing of Spencer was the outcome of a raid upon his home on North Harney street by Federal Pro hibition ollicers Williums and Fere- I txo, accompanied by Pollcemen i Twiddy and John Webb. The party hind himself ostensibly for a weapon. When Spencer paid uo attention to a second command to throw up his hands and halt, Twiddy, who had retreated to the edge of the porch, fired at him. Spencer still came on, and Twiddy fired again, the negro falling to the floor. Spencer with two bullets In his breast, died a few hours later. Investigation ot the Spencer kitch en revealed a ten gallon still boiling away merrily on the cook stove. It was a well constructed outfit, with a copper worm and this was exhibi ted at court during the trial. A blackjack was also found in Spencer's yard the next morning and It was the theory of the defense that this was the weapon that Spencer had In his hand as he advanced upon Twiddy, and that in falling he threw It out and from him. According to local police officials, Spencer served a term on the roads several years ago for carrying con cealed weapons, and was later arrest ed again for stabbing another negro to death. He was acquitted of In tent to kill In the second Instance upon his plea that the killing was ac cidental. White men by "whom he had been employed gave him a bad name and police officials testified that he had threatened to kill Twiddy if he ever got the drop on the officer. , It was also brought out by the de fense that Twiddy was reluctant to go when deputized to become one of the raiding party. The jury took, the case Saturday morning shortly before twelve o'clock. Tim following were the Jurors in the Twiddy murder case: - Martin Scott. L. E. Wilkins,-Gilbert Davis, J. G. Nash. K. D. MIdgett, G. A. Reid, J. H. Evans", Warren Bright, W. D. Johnson, C. D. Ferrell, Stark Harris, D. C. Twlford. Alfred Banks, colored, was given four months sentence for perjury in Superior court Saturday morning. Banks was up for vagrancy earlier In the week and swore falsely as to employment. He got thirty days for vagrancy, the four months term to beln when the vagrancy term has ex pired. f A decree of absolute divorce was granted In the case of Dance vs. Dance, colored. The court Friday morning con firmed the Judgment of the lower court In the Saunders affray easel Lloyd Crank and Lee Overman pleaded guilty to the charge ot op erating Jitneys witboiU license and were given until next' court to pay costs GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES Washington, March 26. A bill to fix the new wage standards for gov ernment employees will be one of the first measures considered at the ap proaching session of Congress. . Salary scales In general, according to the plans will be raised, but wages for several classes may be reduced.
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