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CIRCULATION
Tuesday
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VOL. XI.
FINAL EDITION
ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JUNE 1, 1921
FOUR PAGES
NO. 127.
JUDGE WINSTON
And Class of '21 Largest and
. Livest In History of School,
Will Receive Diplomas On
Thursday Night
Judge Francis D. Winston, orator
and statesman, who calls the little
town of Windsor home, but who is
Mown all over the State and muah
farther, will deliver the commence
ment address in the high school audi
torium Thursday night.
This has been without doubt the
biggest and best year in the history
of the Elizabeth City schools and
commencement has been a fitting
climax to the year, with Immense
crowds attending the exercises each
time, and it now remains for the
people to .show the Class of '21 on
Thursday night how really Interested
in their achievements they are and
at thn RflmA tlmo tn on tha dH.
dress ,by this noted son of Carolina
which is sure to be pleasing In de
livery and worth while In thought.
There is no admission
Thursday night and the
charge on
hl.
PU011C IB
most cordially invited to be present
promptly at eight o'clock, when the
exercises will begin.
The Seventh Grades will receive
their diplomas Thursday morning in
the auditorium, and the honor cards
will be distributed in the various
With the graduating exercises and
address Thursday night commence
ment comes to a close. Prof. Sheep
will go to Chapel Hill, where he
teaches in the Summer School, and
preparations will go on through the
summer for improved conditions in
the schools for the fall session.
' 'i
Is
Col. Meekins
After Bench Job?
' '
Rumors From Washington Are
That Fi;7htii r;tw Mn I
Already In Race
(Special Washington correspondence
to News & Observer)
Washington, May 30. To higher
heights would -Col. "Ike" Meekins,
of Elizabeth City, be elevated, if the
reports that have had a start here
are to be relied upon. Now holding
the position of general counsel for
the Alien Property'XJustodian, his po
sition such that in the absence of
Alien Property Custodian Miller he
becomes the acting custodian, the
Pasquotank man Is said to have his
eyes upon the bench. In short, it is
said that Col. Meekins has let friends
know that he desires to be the "suc
cessor to the late Associate Justice
of the Supreme Court of the District
of Columbia, Ashley M. Gould
While the position he holds now is a
good one, with a nifty salary. Col.
Meekins regards a life tenure of a
Judgeship as a far better proposition,;
and he is, therefore, not alone having
his eyes upon the position, but his
hands are reaching out after It. And
as Col. "Ike" is a hustler, we may
expect him to get very busy In his
pursuit of the Judgeship.
' With Col. Meekins In the race,1
North Carolina has two entries, the
first entry heretofore announced be
ing J. J. Britt, ot Asheville, one-time 1
Congressman and one-time Third As-;
sistant Postmaster General, who was
also an entry in the race to succeed
to the position vacated by the death
of Judge Pritchard. Whether either
of the North Carolinians will have a i
look in depends upon whether Pre6i-1
dent Harding will go out of the
District of Columbia to pick a man. :
CRISP HEADS CLOTHING
RELIEF FOR NEAR
EAST
Manteo, June 1. B. G. Crisp is
County Chairman of the Near East
Relief Clothing Campaign for Dare
County and has named Saturday,
June 4th, as Bundle Day for the
county. He urges all who can con
tribute old clothing to this worthy
cause to have their contributions in
his hands by next Saturday. Mr.
crisp made an earnest appeal for do
nations at the close of the morning
session of Superior Court Tuesday.
ROTARIANS LEAVE
TODAY FOR SCOTLAND
New York, June 1. Eleven hun
dred members of Rotary Clubs sailed
today to attend the International As
sociation Convention in Scotland.
SHOWS GRANDCHILDREN
WHERE MADE FIRST DOLLAR
Auburn, N. Y June 1. John D.
Rockefeller today showed its grand
children where he earned hit first
dollar.-
Seventh Grades
Pleased Crowd
Operetta Presented By Class of j
'25 Was Delightful Success
Tuesday Night
The high school auditorium was
packed Tuesday night when the
Seventh Grades presented "Princess
Chrysanthemum," an operetta, re
plete with pleasing music, colorful
costumes and harmonious stage set
tings. The solo parts were surprisingly
well rendered by the young girls and
boys who v took the leading parts,
but it was the harmony of color,
rhythm and song of the entire per
formance that most pleased and im
pressed the audience. Every dainty
moonbeam and each little sprite of
the night added a charm and grace
that was indispensable to the suc
cess of the operetta and demonstrat
ed delightfully the meaning of
"team work" that grownups like to
talk about, but that it takes the little
pelle to. really put across
The entertainment was but an
other evidence, too, of the ability of
' yuwya. iroll and
urammar school, anaof the teachers,
. - t,,
"u " A I f
1,ottt- n! Mlsf Ethel Jon,e8' wn0
assisted her in the training of
the children through the year and for
the commencement operetta.
RED MEN WIN
I IN CLOSE GAME
Score Was Three to Two In
Tuesday Afternoon's Base
ball Game
The Red Men defeated the Elks
Tuesday afternoon by the score of 3
to 2. The game was quickly played,
J it being about the fastest of the sea
son, yet the cool weather seemed to
take all the pep out of the players of
'. both teams as well as the spectators.
The closeness of the score fails to
indicate the listless flaying of both
teams.
Elks Field Badly
The Elks' infield was very much
off form. With one out In the first
inning, Lowry singled, stole second
and advanced to third on Evans'
throw to catch him off second, the
throw going to left field. Higgins
walked. Davis hit a fast grounder
to Reid, who threw wide to first
base, Lowry scoring. Beveridge let
Perry's grounder go through him,
Higgins and Davis scoring.
Ijowry Hitting Star
The Red Men only made four hits
off Evans, three of which went to
Lowry. The other hit was made by
Ferrell. The Elks made three hits,
two of which could have been handled
by fast work. Reid, Henderson and
n'inton garnered the trlo o ,nglei
for the Elks.
Both Pitchers Good
Both Woodley and Evans pitched
a good game. After i,he first inning,
when one hit, one base on balls, and
netted the Red Men '
three errors
three runs, Evans had a compara-!
tively easy time using his slow curve
ball almost
entirely.
Woodley's '
Bnpnri waa nt eonrl vantage hr the
rtav wo triflfl dark and hfi was 1
never in danger. Whenever a man
got on base for the Elks, Higgins
would get him on an attempted steal.
Higgins gave a good exhibition of
base throwing, throwing with deadly
accuracy, while Henderson, for the
n(j
Elks threw Just the other way
now there is rejoicing in the camp
of the Red Men.
Score by innings:
R.
02
x 3
H. E.
3 3
4 3
Elks 10 0 10 0
Red Men 3 0 0 0 0 0
Batteries Evans and Henderson;
Woodley and Higgins. Struck out by
Woodley, 6; by Evaus, 7. Base ou
balls off Evans, 2. Wild pitch
Woodley. Umpires Wright and
Traenkle. Time of game 1:05.
STANDING OF LEAGUE
Elks 8 3 .727
Red Men 6 6 .500
Cubs 3 8 .273
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DISTRIBUTE
FOOD
TO MINERS' FAMILIES
Birmingham, Ala., June 1. The
Federation of Labor today distribut
ed over 23.000 pounds of meal and
5,000 pounds of meat among miners''
destitute families. .
LIST YOUR TAXES
On account of the delay In recelv
ing the Township tax books, the time !
for listing your taxes has been ex
tended until June third Inclusive. By
order Chairman Board of County
Commissioners.
CHAS. CARMINE,
31-St County Tax Supervisor,
WAGE CUTS ARE
MADE BY BOARD
Declining Living Costs and
Lowered Wages In Other In
dustries Influence Decision
For General Decrease
Chicago, June 1-Wage reductions
ordered by the Railroad Labor Board
today resulted from a combined
hearing involving railroads which
filed petitions to cut the wages of one
or more classes of employes. The
hearing began on April 18 and the
labor and railroad representatives
; were each granted one week to pres
ent their cases. The final date for
submitting evidence was set for May
16, and the board has been at work
constantly since that date.
I Reduction In the wages of labor
ers in other industries and the de
. clinlng costs of living were set forth
by the railroads as the basis for their
I plea for lower wage scales. The
winter slump in business materially
i hastened action In the endeavor to
cut down the country's railroad pay
I j U i. U J Wl
I roil ana many railroad omciais ae-
dared before the board that their
roads would be in the hands of the
1 receivers unless immediate relief
was provided.
The campaign for lower wages was
begun in February when Brig. Gen.
W. W. Atterbury, vice president of
the Pennsylvania lines, first demand
ed the right to hire unskilled labor
at the rate prevailing in each road's
territory. Gen. Atterbury brought
his demand to the board during the
hearing on rules and working con
ditions, which the board has not yet
disposed of. At the same time Gen.
Atterbury demanded Immediate ah
rogation of the national ship crafts
agreements which, he declared, would
further reduce the railroads' labor
bill by $300,000,000.
The board, however, took no ac
tion on the demands at that time
and it was not until the following
month that distinct wage cases came
to the board's attention. The Erie
Railroad and the New York Central
Lines then took steps toward a re
duction by presenting the matter to
their employes. No agreement was
reached, however, and the disputes
finally reached the labor board.
Provisions of the Transportation
Act of 1920 require that before any
dispute is referred to the Labor
Board, both employes and employer
shall have made a sincere effort to,
effect a settlement. In case no agree
ment can be reached, the case may
be referred to the board by one or
both parties. The board then sum
mons the disputants and holds a
hearing at which both sides are given
opportunity to present their argu
ments. Following their hearings, the Erie,
, which had already put a reduction
In force, was ordered by the board to
restore the former rates and the New
York Central was denied permission
to make an immediate reduction,
pending a hearing of the merits of
"le dispute. Defeat of the efforts of
h0,n roads t0 cut w&e was tnen
the signal for a delude of cases which
uesan to pour into the board's of-
nces. ueauzing tne luiimy or at-
tempting a separate hearing on each
dispute, the board combined all thn
cases for the hearing which result
ed in today's decision.
After, only one day's deliberation,
the board made public a resolution
on May 17, stating that prevailing
conditions Justified, a readjustment
I aownwara ana tnai a new wage or
j dor would be issued on or about
i June 1, to be effective July 1. The
j decision, however, is not as com
prehensive as that which granted the
$600,000,000 wage increase to rail
way workers on July 20, 1920. Re
ductions under today's decision will
be effective only for the classes of
employes named by the railroads
which filed disputes prior to April 18
and which appeared in the hearing
beginning on that date. The Increase
last year affected all so-called Claps
1 roads, Including nearly 200 of the
larger rail systems of the country.
I A new hearing will be begun June
6 to include all disputes filed with
the board between April 18 and June
6 and a speedy decision is antici
pated in the new case, members of
the board stating that today's deci
sion would set a precedent for sub
sequent decisions.
Under the Transportation Act,
seven factors are prescribed for
consideration in determining "Just
and reasonable wages" of railway
employes. The board's wage Increase
decision declared all these factors
had been given consideration .and
that the rates established were con
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There will be t game of baseball
this evening at 6:30 on the West
Main street diamond between the
Cubs and Elks.
TROOPS RUSHING
TO QUELL RIOT
Seventy five Dead Report
ed Whites, and Blacks
Wage Battle Across Railroad
Tracks In Oklahoma Towa
HAS DECLARED
MARTIAL LAW
Oklahoma City, June 1.
Governor Robertson de-
dared martial law in
Tulsa, where a race riot is
raging. The police chief
told the Governor that
seventy-five persons were
killed.
Tulsa, Okla., June 1. Six
whites and 50 negroes are re
ported dead and there is a
heavy list of wounded.
Ten square blocks of the ne
gro section are burning. Two
'thousand negroes have been
, rounded up and placed under
guard. State troops have ar
rived. i Tulsa, Okla., June 1. Fifteen
dead are already reported as the re
sult of a race riot here, said to have
begun when armed negroes surround
ed the Jail where a negro alleged to
have attacked a white girl was
placed.
Armed whites gathered and the
riot is continuing with whites and
negroes faring each other across the
railroad tracks and firing continu
ously. Troops are rushing to the
scene.
Five Men Killed
Ten Others Injured
Washington, June 1. War De
partment is waiting the report of
investigators sent to Aberdeen, Md
where the explosion of an aerial
bomb yesterday killed live men and
wounded ten others.
First Installment
Paid Through U. S.
New York, June 1. The first in
stallment of the German reparation
payment to the Allies was made
through the United States amount
ing to $35,000,000 and was placed
in the reserve bank hero.
WOULD AROMSII POOL
New York, June 1. Abolition of
the liiiseball pool will be one of the
chief objects of organized baseball
according to Judge Landis, baseball
commissioner.
INVESTIGATE REPORTS
EXCESSIVE FEES CHARGED
Washington, June 1. The Depart
ment of Justice will investigate re
ports that wounded war veterans are
being charged excessive fees by law
firms when seeking advice on obtain
ing government assistance, it is in
dicated by Acting Attorney General
Goff.
AMBASSADOR JUSSERAM)
AT UNIVERSITY VIRGINIA
Charlottesville, Va., June 1
America is one of the leading na
tions in the vanguard of civilization
as regards learning and discoveries,
declared the French Ambassador
Jusserand, at the University of Vir
ginia centenial celebration.
ROB RANK MESSENGERS
Minneapolis, June 1. Two men in
an automobile today held up mes
sengers of a bank here and escaped
with $16,000. The bank is located
directly in, front of police headquar
ters. HUMORIST WINS DERBY
Epson Downs, Eng., June I. Hu
morist won the English derby here
today.
STRIKE BEGINS
IN CHARLOTTE
Charlotte, June 1. The strike of
textile mill workers was begun
throughout North Carolina today
when members of the local establish
ments all walked out.
ATTACK RESIDENCE O'BRIEN
Dublin, June 1. Armed men to
day attacked the residence of Ed
ward O'brlen, wounding one person.
Big Program For
Life Savers Meet
Surf men Here June 28-29 Will Give
Thrilling Demonstration of Life
Saving Methods Used in Service
With a two-hour program that eclipses anything of the
kind ever before pulled off here, the Twenty-Second annual
meeting of the Surf men's Mutual Benefit Association at Eliza
abeth City on Tuesday and Wednesday, June 28-29, promises
some real thrills for sport lovers, and a genuine good time for
everybody.
HUGE TENT IS
GOEVGUP TODAY
Everything Fast Being Made
Ready For Elizabeth City's
Seven Joyous Days Of Chau
tauqua The big tent for Elizabeth City's
1921 Chautauqua arrived Tuesday
night, accompanied by a crew,
and is being erected on the High
High school grounds, thus guaran
teeing that everything will be in,
readiness from the opening of Chau
tauqua Friday afternoon at 2:30
o'clock.
The wo young ladies who will
service as Junior leaders for Chautau
qua here this year have also arrived
and are arranging the preliminary
details of the pageant which will be
presented on Chautauquas closing
day.
W. Ben Goodwin, chairman of the
ticket-selling committee, stated
Wednesday morning that season
tickets for Chautauqua have been sel
ling fast, and that, from the reports
he had received from various guar
antors, he believed that the guaran
tee had bee"n oversold already. Those
who fail to buy season tickets before
settlement is made with the Chau
tauqua advance agent Thursday
morning will be unable to secure
them, as the sale of such tickets will
then immediately be discontinued.
Any who have been unable to get
tickets elsewhere should see W. Ben
Goodwin at his office in the Hinton
Building at once.
SENATOR CALDER
TO SPEAK HERE
For Opening Address of North
Carolina Building and Loan
Convention on Night of Tues
day, June 14.
Assurance was receIvedTiiesday by
W. Ben Goodwin, secretary of the Al
bemarle Building & Loan Associa
tion, from Senator William M. Cal
der. of New York, that the latter
will be here to deliver an address on
Tuesday night, June 14, the opening
night of the 1921 convention of the
North Carolina League of Building
and Loan Associations. The people
of this city and section will be life
guests of the association at Senator
Calder's address, which will be de
livered at the County court house at
eight o'clock, immediately after the
speeches of welcome and' the re
sponses to them.
Plans are fast being perfected for
the entertainment of the convention,
and the tentative program includes a
boat excursion down the Pasquotank
River, an automobile ride over the
new brick-concrete road to Weeks
vlile, and a banquet under the aus
pices of local business men's organ
izations. The Building and Loan League
convention will bring to Elizabeth
City a group of leading business and
professional men front all parts of
North Carolina, ""presenting par
ticularly the banking, real estate and
Insurance Interests of the State, with
their wives and families In many in
stances. It is specially urged that
the people of the city co-operate with
the Albemarle Building ft Loan As
sociation, the Chamber of Commerce,
and the . Merchants' Association in
looking after the entertainment and
comfort of the visitors, since the im
pression they get will determine
whether they go sway as knockers or
boosters ot Bestcity.
Tuesday, the first day of
the meet, will be a general
field day on water. The
various life saving apparatus
will be put to actual tests un
der conditions simulating the
rescue of passengers from
ships in distress, and the skill
displayed by Uncle Sam's he
roic life savers will be of the
kind that is gained but by.
long practice and experience
under the stress of the terrible
storms of the Carolina sea
board. The Surfmen will then take a
regular schooner, anchored In the
Pasquotank river, in plain view of
the spectators, and will demonstrate
the manner In which, the crew of a
ship in distress j taken off and car
ried to safety, with beach apparatus,'
and without the use of, lifeboats.
Two crews will compete in the con
test, which will take the form of a
race. Another feature of the first
day's program will bo a race be
tween two aurf boats, propelled by
oars, over a course approximately a
mile in length, eight oars to each
boat. The thrilling part of the
race will be when the crews purpose
ly capsize the boats, swim back to
them, right the craft, bale them out,
and continue with the race. Great
skill and discipline of a high order
'are required to successfully carry out
this stunt.
i
j Another method of life saving will
i then be demonstrated. A Coast
Guard hydroplane will carry shot
lines to the beleaguered schooner, to
' enable her crew to attach a line to
the vessel and thus provide a way
for the latter to reach the shore In
safety. The airship is now being
used In life saving operations where
the sea Is too rough to permit the
successful use ot boats or other ap
pliances. Remarkable Races
A race between a hydroplane and
a super-power motor boat, the hydro '
plane to remain at all times upon the
surface of the water will be another
feature of the first day's events.
Both craft will make around 45
in ilea an hour, and a contest full of
thrills I1', promised. It is expected
that crews of the Fifth or New Jer
sey District will bo here to compete
with the Seventh, or North Carolina
District, und much friendly rivalry
Is anticipated.
Besides the above races there will
be swimming races in which a num
ber of expert swimmers will vie for
tho championship of the Life Sav
ing Service; a duck race in which a
number of ducks released In the
river will be chased by the swimmers;
a tilting race between canoes, armed,
with long poles, and bent on capsiz
ing the boats of their opponents; a
tub race, with the contestants sail
ing In tubs, and desperately pad
dling with their hands In an effort
to worst their adversaries. The
latter races are the leading mirth
provoking features of the day's activ
ities. Oliver F. Gilbert, Dr. J. D. Hath
away and M. P. Hlte, members
of the entertainment committee
for the big celebration declare em
phatically that then will be no de
lays In the program, that It will be
gin promptly at the hour set; and
that it will be snappy throughout.
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