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VEATHZIl . Partly cloudy tonlLt and Vedlaesday, proLaLly showers near the coast. Gentle to moderate winds. .. 11 i: Yd o CIRCULATION Monday 1,702 Copies y. -van ... s v-vv. VOL. XI. FINAL EDITION ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA, TUESDAY EVENING, JULY 12, 1921 FOUR PAGES NO. 1G0. vvj. m V V . CONFERRING VfTlI Secretary Job And C. O. Robinson In Balti- more Tuesday to Deal With Officials x Secretary Richard C. Job, of ' the Chamber of Commerce, and C. 0. Robinson left Monday af-j ternoon for Baltimore to con fer with Vice President E. G. Warfield and other officials of the New York Canal and Great Lakes Corporation with regard to the bringing of the com pany's barge line to this city. There is much local interest in the Is understood to have bought the gov barge proposition made 'by Mr. War field in behalf of the company which ernment barge line operating between New Bern, Washington, Norfolk and Baltimore.' The only hitch that has . thus far developed is on the matter of the $100,000 revenue guarantee that the corporation sks of Elizabeth .City as. an inducement to bring the barge line here. v Opinion differs greatly on the value of such a transportation line to the city and section. W. J? Woodley, a leading wholesaler here, is very en - thusiaetlc In advocating it. He says that he Is quite willing to guarantee his pro rata share of the amount ask ed, for with such a line, operating on a reasonable freight rate basis, he would be able to get shipments from Baltimore and Philadelphia on which the freight is now prohibitive. J. H. LeRoy, general manager of the Albemarle fertilizer Company, Interviewed Tuesday afternoon, stat ed that a barge line to Baltimore would be of great value to the com pany he represents, In the handling of bulk shipments of fertilizer to points North. J, B. Baker, superintendent of the North River Line, declared that his company is entirely neutral in the matter of the establ jhment of the barge line. , He declared that he did jiot believe that the line would, be In any large sense a competitor of the North River Line, but in his opin ion, the quantity of freight which the barge line w6uld handle would not justify the $100,000 guarantee. A. ft. Nicholson, agent of the Elizabeth City Boat Line, said substantially the -same thing, adding that he thought that the class of freight which such a line would handle would necessar ily be limited to bulk consignments ot commodities which would not re quire quick delivery. "WAGE REDUCTIONS IN PAPER MILLS Kalamazoo, Mich., July 12. Wage reductions amounting to approxi mately 'two million dollars yearly went into effect in all paper mills in Southwestern Michigan today. About 8,000 workers are affected. French Anxious Discuss Armaments Paris, July 12.---The French gov ernment will accept without reserve any Invitation to a conference on limitation of armaments, It is stated in a letter sent the American em bassy here toy the government for President Harding. WILLIAM MOUNTAIN RULER OF ELKS Vallejo, Cal., July 12. William W. Mountain, of Toledo, Ohio, today becomes Grand Exalted Ruler of the Elks, the convention now being In -progress hera Irish Leaders Leave For London Dublin, July 12. Irish Repub lican leaders left today for participa tion in a conference with the British government Thursday at London -over the Irish problem. They were De valera, Arthur Griffith, AuBten Stack and Robert C. Barton. Towner Pleads For Better Babies Washington, July II. The heavy death rate in maternity and infancy cases is due to ignorance and poverty. Representative Towner, of Iowa, told the committee today, urging action on the better baby bill. DATE FOR CAMPING t HAS BEEN CHANGED I Miss Marcle Albertson, home dem- nnatrntlnn nepnt. asks the boys and' IglrlB to take notice that the date forj their camping trip nasDeen cnangeo from July 8th to July 15-19. The: place chosen Is Harvey's Neck, Per quiuians County. Many Killed By A Falling Wall Dax, France, July 12. Many per sons were Willed here today by a falling store wall. Eleven bodies were recovered. Kiddies Sbot While Eating Watermelon Albany, Ga., July 12. Robert and Isaiah Temple, aged ten and four, were shot to death while eating wa termelon by an unknown murderer. HOUSE ADOPTS SPECIAL RULE ON TARIFF BILL Washington, July 12. The House adopted over an almost solid Demo cratic opposition the special rule gov erning consideration of the Fordney tariff bill today. COTTAGKOPKNS JULY 15 Announcement is made that the LeRoy Cottage, at Nags Head, will be open and ready for visitors by Fri day, July 15. This has long been one of the most popular boarding places at the well known seaside re sort, and many will be glad to learn of the opening of the cottage for the summer season. ALKRAMA TODAY May McAvoy, who portrays the Inexperienced boarding school miss, who is quite taken off her feet and hurried into marriage in "The Truth About Husbands," which comes to the Alkrama theater today, Is in real life Just a dear little girl still in her teens weighing less than a hundred pounds with big blue orbs and a lovely smile that goes right to the heart. This WhitnQn Bennett pro duction Is released through First National. North River Line Runs Boat Sunday Giving Elizabeth City People Op portunity to Spend Cool Day at Nags Head The North River Line will run a steamer to Nags Head Sunday, leav ing the foot of Main street at eight o'clock Sunday morning and return ing about nine o'clock that night. There will be refreshments on board and the company will make every! provision possible for a happy com fortable day. PERSONALS Rev. H. K. Williams left Tuesday; afternoon for Virginia Beach for a short vacation. He plans to return ; In time to conduct the regular Sun-' day services at the First Baptist church. Mr. and Mr3. II. O. Godfrey and family motored to Norfolk Sunday, Mrs. Godfrey's mother returning with them for a visit, and the Misses Godfrey remaining for a visit in Norfolk. , Mrs. I. Harry Jones, of Baltimore,! is visiting Mrs. Walter Cohoon on) West Church street. i Miss Ella Jennings, of Norfolk, Is visiting Miss Lou Davis. Miss Louise Wllkison, of Fort Royal, Va., Is visiting Miss Henrietta Clark, on East Burgess street. Mr. and Mrs Jesse Love, of Wash ington, D. C, are visiting W. T. Love, Sr., on Ehringhaus street. Mrs. R. W. Debnam. of Norfolk, and little son and daughter, are vis iting C. H. Brock at his home, 203 North Road street. R. G. Shackel, of Tarboro, is in the city looking over the situation here with a view to making Elizabeth City his home. Miss Adelaide Dunstan has gone to Windsor to visit relatives and friends. j SAYS MEXICO'S CLAIM GENUINE r. 1 A...:--, S..,. M-;- Willing For America Have Islands In Return For Foreign Credit ouu "" tentlons upon which Mexico may Wnnn knM nlnl t a f a nil m nOf fT 1 SL " uc' V"T" Z ' V Zu, wTa'terward wen o" trip down to Hat- jailUB ttCI UOS HID vuwoi wi vnniuiui- in the Pacific Ocean, which are now occupied by Americans and are un- ... . . aer tne control oi ine unuea siaies, are summed up in a report made to President Obegon by General Amado Aguirre, sufb-secretary of Agricul ture and chief of the commission making a study of the islands, accord ing to an account in Excelsior, pub lished in Mexico City. The report declares that the claim of Mexico to ' the islands is indisputable, but that the Mexican government is willing IOT U1B 1S1BUUS IU iciuoiu umici iu American flag in return for foreign credit, the amount of which was not st'pulated. Included in the group of islands is Santa Catalina, of which William Wrigley Jr., of Chicago is the sole owner. Others are the Farallones, San Miguel, Santa Rosa, Santa Var acruz, Anacapa, Santa Barbara, San Nicolas and San Clemente. , The arguments of General Aguerre in favor of Mexico's claims to the Is lands, as published in Excelsior are: Thn TTnitart State. U not occunv- ing them by right of discovery. forltion Vrnlt have been ordered seized they were discovered in the 16th cen. I and forfeited, George W. Ashworth. tury by the Spanish navigator Oa-It of the treasury, customs dlvl brillo, who gave them the names glon- announced today. which they now bear. "They are not occupied by right of purchase, as Mexico has never sold them to any person or nation. "They are not occupied by right of conquest for they were never con quered. "They are not occupied by terri torial Jurisdiction because the in ternational code of the United States sets the principle that the ter ritorial Jurisdiction of a nation can not extend further than a league from shore, and that the Islands in ques tion are at a greater distance from the shore of the United States. "The international code of the United States rejects the right of conquest by stating that not. all ter ritory conquered belongs to the :on querer, but only that part assigned by definite stipulation of duly au thorized treaties." Further proof of the claim o Mex- ico to the islands is cited in the de cree of the Queen of Spain in 1836, declaring that in the future all po sessions of the Kingdom of New Spain belonged to the Republic of Mexico, a sovereign nation. For many years, Mexico actually exercis ed control over the islands, It Is as serted. LCU. Tn nhstunHotUn i v. ...iif.i that Mexico exercised dominion over I i. -i-t.j ..t .u-t - decree was issued June 20, 1838, au- thnrteinr th trnvfirnnr nf OnHfnrnia to make grants of any part of the is-1 lands to Mexicans, according to the stipulations of the law of August 18, 1824 , and that the titles to parts of the Islands granted to Castillero and Carriol in 1839 and 1841 were nulli fied by later decrees of President Santa Anna in November, 1853, by President Alvarez In July, 1854, and by President Comfort March 10, 1857 Accidentally Shot Nlf Tki.n,irk A,.'Tuesday afternoon at one-thirty by ,- ..v-6 - Vernon Burgess, of Old Trap, Cam den County, Suffers Painful Wound When .22 Rifle Goes Off Word was received here by longi distance telephone from Old Trap Tuesday morning that Vernon Bur-1 gess, the 14 -year-old son of W. H. i Burgess, postmaster at Old Trap, and member of the Leary-Burgess Company, accidentally shot himself through the left arm with a .22 rifle Monday morning at ten o'clock at the home of Mrs. F. N. Pugh, a neighbor. , i Dr. W. L. Stevens, ot 8hiloh, was summoned, and found upon examin ation that the bullet had struck the bone and glanced. The boy's injury is not regarded as serious, and he was resting comfortably Tuesday morning. EDUCATORS MEET AT MINNEAPOLIS I Washington, July 12. Plans fo a four weeks conference of state sup- Iervlsors. foremen and teacher train ers to be conducted at Minneapolis, , Minnesota, beginning July 18 are an. nounced by Educational Director Hawkins, of the Federal Vocational Board. HI RIAL MRS. JAM KM LKARY Hurlal services over Mrs. James Leary, who died of appendicitis at Hatteras lajit Friday, were con ducted at the Episcopal cemetery there Sunday morning by Rev. George F Hill. The remains had been bronchi In a small limit tn Mantn. and thence to this city via the Wan- chese Line. Mrs. Leary, who before her last marriage was Mrs. Bertha Lewis, of Brooklyn. N. Y.. met James Leary. of Edenton, at Nags Head last summer were marrled Tlnth H' ay a tnnA V, rt n,nta. I -- sw.u " v I U 1UUU Ul HI O VV O LCI f 1 . mere. Mrs. Leary was stricken with i appendicitis last week, and died sud. denlv. &hA wan a vprv hpauHfnl wnmn nH ha nn.oH f- iu i and they decided to make their homelw,th violation of the bicycle ordl- brated artist, Howard Chandler ChrlsJpended on condition that he and his ty. Her grandmother Mrs. Hln-wife settle lhe,r differences and live richs, lived for many years with the family of D. B. Bradford here. HARDING COMPLETES MESSAGE ON BONUS Washington, July 12. President .Harding has completed the prepara tlon of his special message which he expects to read to the Senate on bonus legislation. The document is less than 3,000 words. LIQUOR ORDERED SEIZED Washington, July 12. All cargoes of intoxicating liquors shipped into the Un"d States Without a prohlbl- Great Increase In Merchant Tonnage Washington, July 12. American merchant tonnage has Increased by more than 131 per cent since the be ginning of the war, according to the statement issued today by the bureau of navigation. Lumbermen Seek Lower Freight V Memphis, July 12. Lumbermen from virtually every hardwood pro ducing Southern state met here to day in a conference of directors of the Southern Hardwood Traffic As sociation, planning an appeal to the Tnrafatata Pnmmnrfla iPnmmloalnn fftit downward rev,sion of frelght ratea on low grade lumber. Moonlight Excursion Wednesday Night I A moonlight excursion down Pas I nimfnntr TJIvpr and hnrk will hn Mil- I " " ..... 'riiiptpil hv thn North Rl vpt Line Wed- I jnesday night. One of the large Ltoamora nf tho inmnnnv will leave from the foot of Main street at eight o clock, returning before bedtime The band will be aboard, and a good tlme ,s promised. Refreshments will bfl Bold on the steamer. The tickets tr the excursion are only tmey cents. FUNERAL ROBERT HOLMES The funeral of Robert Holmes, who died at a Norfolk hospital Sun day afternoon at six o'clock, was held at the home on Beech street Rev H K Williams. Interment ln Hollywood cemetery followed., ine deceased Is survived by his mother, Mrs. Mary Holmes, and by two sis ters, -Misses Nellie and Hattle Holmes. LITTLE CHILD DEAD The eleven -iwonths-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Tadlock died, at the Tadlock home Sunday r , Z T T 6rV . Were'that of the City Road Wesley Bible held Monday afternoon at one. .;.,,,',,, o'clock by Rev. O. Spruill. . Inter- ment was made in Hollywood ceme tery. T MEETS THIS EVENING The Ladles' Wesley Bible Class of , City Road M. E. church will meet j with Mrs. G. F. Seyffert at her home ; on Pennsylvania avenue this evening ' at 8 o'clock. All members are urged to be present. DOLLAR DAY AT I. THURSDAY B. PARKER CO- Thursday, July 14, is Dollar Day at I. B. Parker Company's grocery. Watch for announcement of bargains tomorrow. ; MANY CASES HEARD BY JUDGE SPENCE TUESDAY Violator of Hpevd Iws Take Up Much Time In lUfordcr's Court Nowadays Stewart Alexander was lined $10 and costs in police court Tuesday morning for speeding. E. H. Spence, manager of the Southern Hotel, was flned a Me amount on a similar charge. Buck Llverman, colored, was fined $10 and costs for assault. James Williams, colored, charged nances, was fined $1 and costs. William Johnson, colored, in court on a charge of non-support. was dismissed. Judgment beinir bus- John Evans was found not guilty of violation of the State-speed law. Ike Williams was likewise found not eullty on an Identical charee. Wesley Morgan, charged with speeding, was found not guilty, the evidence tending to prove that the wrong man had been arrested. SHIPPERS AND CARRIERS DISCUSS FREIGHT RATES I boundaries were drawn and the in Atlanta, July 12 Conferences on tended d8trlct wa8 composed of what the proposed changes in freight rates lg now a large part of tne Weeksvllle to points in the southeast occupied, Dlgtrlct including Old Weeksvllle it the attention by representatives at Bat the shippers and carriers meetings here tday which are expected to con tinue through the week. ARMY SELLS SHOES . - for the new Nixonton-Salem Dlstrlcu Washington, July 12 Bids for the The Nixonton proposition being de purchase of more than a quarter of feated as foreseen the new district a million pairs of surplus army, was quickly formed and the election shoes were asked today by the war called, the rate of taxation being fix department, i ed at 30 cents on the $100.00 worth of property, that being the raaxl- Imum amount allowed by the law. OPPOSES GOVERNMENT This election resulted in the ad- CONSTRUCTING HOMES herenU ot the school winning out al- " " I most unanimously, there being flf- Chicago, July 12. Opposition to ty flve voteB ca8t for BDeclal ta a4 paternalism which would provide for onl one, ctuaHy cast against it. eovBrnmpnf i,ftB.t,rtinn f hnm0. Some time after this superintend- Iwas expressed by former President Judd in welcoming delegates to the annual convention of the National'1"" I"- u " " ' Association of 'Real Estate Boards here today." DEFENSE DISCREDITS CHARGE OF POISON, Cleveland, Ohio, July 12. state's contention that Mrs. -The Catherine Kaber attempted to kill her husband, Daniel F. Kaber, by poison ing was attacked by the defense to- day as the initial effort to discredit the state s case. REDUCES WAGES FURTHER: Youngstown, Ohio, July w.m.. Sharon Steel Hoon Company today took the lead among the independent steel rnmnnnlen in announcing fur - ther wage reductions. SAY STRIKE SETTLED Chicago, July 12. The strike of grain elevator employes here is ended , , , so far as grain cerned. operators are con- BLAKE-ROW E James Robert Blake and Miss Hal- JIe Sooson 0w6i both of Norfolk, were 'mnrrlB,i hBr. itA Mnndnv afternoon. Th raotored to Elizabeth City from 'the Virginia city. MOST EXCITING GAME OF BASEBALL FOR TODAY Lovers of baseball will be given an opportunity to witness a thrilling exhibition of the great game on the West Main street diamond this afternoon at 5:30 o'clock, when the team of the Blackwell Memorial Youn- Men.g BIble Clag8 wlll meet V-1UBB. UiftUT U1U-LUUB Will . ., . ... . ... ' seen in action in mis game lot iiib first time in years. The batteries tor the City Road team are Webb, Bray and Rogers. The' manager of the Blackwell Memorial aggregation Is E. E. Pritchard, and of the City Road outfit, E. L. Rogers. The regular ad mission fee will be charged. Former German Ships Will Be Targets New York, July 12. Two formor German warships left fo Virginia Capes today to be used as targets by American battleships. Mr. and Mrs. Fleetwood Dunstan have returned to their home in New York after a visit to Mr. Dunstan's parents, on West Church street. MORE ABOUT HIE WEEKSVILLE II. SJ S. S. Overman Explains Atti tude of School Committee and Tells How High School Plan Was Abandoned Editor The Advance: In your issue of Tuesday, July 6, under the heading, "Will Vote Away Weeksvllle High School In Order that the District may be Completely Re organized on a More Practical Basis for an Effective School," while the facts as set forth in the news item are substantially correct, yet they are not set forth in such light nor with ufflclent explanation to do Justice to the Weeksvllle project which is now being so ruthlessly abandoned. I would like, therefore, to give the public a few facts in regard to the be- K'nning of the Weeksvllle High cnool idea Just a little over three years ago J. T. Brothers and others of Nlxon ton township, under the splendid, leadership of Superintendent of Pub lic Instruction P. S. Vann, conceived the idea of building a consolidated school for Nixonton township. The However, strong opposition having developed It became apparent that what at first seemed an easy thing would eventually be defeated. Then' . It was that plana were put on foot ent J"-'" teTrm of offlce na,vlnK ex" f edf- Jennings was elected to- credit or Mr. Jennings that he ap peared to enter into the new school venture with some zeal. T 1 1 1 , . 1 a . L. , . u. i ar an urn w w UCJ St kJ13. Ul V ! 4UVi rig near the old Episcopal church ov. er in Salem township. The first setback occurred when a second election for voting a bond is- Eva'sue of $20,000 and indiscreetly low ering the rate of taxation, to IS cents on the $100 worth of property was held without taking account of stock, so to speak. i The idea being to make the bond issue of twenty years duration, the last to mature in twenty years it was deemed that the 15 cent rate would be ample to take care of the interest ana retire a bond each year, which iwas too late for correction found to 1 oe a mistaae. The result was another meeting ot the board of education and a com mittee appointed for the district. Various Ideas were expressed yet nothing satisfactory was hit upon, frtP nn nrta a a am t rl tn nan kat t aar f Vi . , , . . T, ... people to go out and vote a higher tax rate which was already unusually high. Finally it was decided to post pone the erection of a building until further developments, especially un til the cost of materials and labor was lowered which would eventually solve the problem. Thus time passed Continued on Page 4 NEWLAND WINS ANOTHER GAME Newland, July 12. The Newland baseball team won Its second game Monday, July 4th. The team has only played three mate-games this. season, winning two and losing one. The game last Monday was won from, the Berea team on the Berea dia mond, being a literal runaway for Newland, with a score of 19 to 2. OFFERS SONG Newland, July 12. T. Wana maker Balance, ot Route 8, New- land's high school boy song writer, announces that he is now prepared to fill orders by mall for his song "I Wonder How It Feels to Be In Love" at twenty cents per copy. Many people will no doubt be glad of the opportunity to secure a copy of this much talked of song', as several well known lingers are featuring it now In vaudeville. You may secure a cbpy by addressing, him as above. FIRST BAPTIST SUNDAY SCHOOL Excursion is Thursday, July 14. Tickets are now on Bale at O. W. Twlddy's Grocery Store and at Cul pepper's Hardware Company. np
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