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VOL. XI.
FINAL EDITION
ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA, TUESDAY EVENING, JULY 1!), 11)21
FOUR PAGES
NO. 1GG.
Are Canvassing
In Second Ward
Members of Young Woman's Club
Give Full Co-operation In Drive
Now On For Community Hos
pital y Here .
PERSHING AND WEEKS
ARRIVE AT PORTSMOUTH
Portsmouth, July 19. General
Pershing and Secretary Weeks ar
rived here today from the army and
navy maneuvers off the Virginia
capes.
REPORT ON EXPORTS
Washington, July 19. Exports of
breadstuffs, cotton seed oil and min
eral oils Increased substantially dur
ing the last fiscal year over the pre
vious year, .while cotton exports fell
off over 1,500,000 bales, and meat
and dairy products declined more
than $300,000,000, according to the
Department of Commerce report today.
MEETS AT WASHINGTON
Members of the Young Women's Club are today beginning
a house-to-house canvass in the Second Ward to secure stock
subscriptions to the Community Honpital.
'This energetic band of young j
business women is busily en
gaged on this latest job, and
good results may safely be an
ticipated. "I have subscribed to the hospital
fund. Have you"?" Is the legend
which a handsome card bears In red
on a white background, and which Is
presented to those who have signed
up for stock In the Institution. A
number of these ards have already
been given out, arid some may be seen
In various offlcs and stores of the
city. ,-'
The committee to look after the
automobile dealers, garages and ac
cessory men in the hospital drive is
made up of 'Miles L. Clark and C. W.
Gaither. A. II. Nicholson and C. H.
Brock will approach the transporta
tion companies.
Hospital stock has been sold in
blocks of from one to 25 shares. No
limit is placed' on the amount that
anyone iuay buy, for the reason that
the stock has no voting power, ana Washington, July 19. The Tinted
is simply a bona tide investment in a jstate8 was rf,,,reSnted at the Inter-
greatly needed public beneficiary
here.
Committees have been appointed
from the Red Men and from Eliza
beth and Achoree Lodges of the Odd
Fellows. Other organizations are
expected to fall in line at an early
date.
Public confidence in the new hos
pital venture is Increasing daily. One
prominent citizen, who at first was
not convinced that the institution was
effectively organized in plan, on
Monday dropped his doubts and
bought a good-sized block of stock.
Others who may wish additional in
formation on the community hospital
should be present at the mass meet
ing of the Merchants' Association
Thursday night at eight o'clock, at
the association offices on the second
floor of the Hinton Building. All are
Invited to attend, whether or not
members of the organization.
Meanwhile, every day patients are
taken to Norfolk hospitals for treat
ment, their chances of recovery often
dangerously impaired by the weari
some railroad trip, and the transfer
ring necessary both here and there.
It i essential that the hospital drive
be carried promptly to a successful
finish, say Messrs. Job and Duff,
leaders in the undertaking, and this
is only possible by the co-operiAion
and support of every citizen of Eliza
beth City and Pasquotank County
DIG GAME TODAY
Cm
irc-
i
11 1,1 I II
and Blackwell
will play
ine cny Itoail
Memorial baseball teams
this afternoon at 5:30. The Black
well team defeated the City Itoad
INVESTIGATING
ACTIVITIES IRWIN
Church Officials Probing Con
duct of Preacher Who Was
Tarred and Feathered by
Florida Mob Sunday
rf'nGURES ON OUR
Small Child HmJIy Injure,! When
Little Brother Jerked Hoi-no
To a Walk
Miami, Fla., July 19. Church of
ficials here are investigating the ac
tivities of Hev. Mr. Irwin, who was
aggregation in the ilrst game, and the , tarred and feathered by unidentified
alleged
latter are out for revenge today.
A largo crowd Is urged to 1m; on hand
to root for their respective teams.
OLDEST DOG DEAD
men here Sunday for his
preaching of social equality.
The Dade County grand Jury,
which convened yesterday, also be
gan an investigation of the kidnaping.
"Jake," brown and .white English I Irwin's alleged doctrines of racial
seller belonging to M. N. Sawyer and 1 (.quality wero said to have provoked
reputed to be the oldest bird dog In '. the attack. In his charge to the
the cily, Is dead. In his prime a. jury, Judge liraiining said:
famous and mighty hunter and in I "The court suggests that while this
his old age faithful and loyal ser-1 c-ntnil ry allows freedom of speech,
vant, "Juke" w;:u a "good dog" and011(, exercising this constitutional
won the aff tK)n and regard that are pnviipX should advise himself or
a good dog s reward, lie had longj)H,iir ji,Fmiiid tlie time-houored tradi
heen a familiar figure at the comer of tlons or a. people."
Road and Cypress streets and was as
faithful in aliendance upon services
at Blackwell .Memorial church as his
master, though remaining decorously
always at the steps.
IN POLICE ( Ol RT
Parker Morgan was lined $10 and
costs in city police court here Tues
day morning on a charge of speeding.
I'TXKH.Wi MRS. MEGAIIAN
Cleveland, July 19. Delegates
froni practically every state are here
today for the annual convention of
the National Federation of Business
and Professional Woman's Clubs.
Protective legislation for women
"was the principal topic for discus
sion.
UNIFORM POLICY
ON COTTON LOANS
This Is End Sought In Confer
ence Between Governor
Harding of Federal Reserve
Board and Southern Bankers
national Congress for Protection of
Children meeting here today.
WOMEX AT CLEVELAND
TWENTY-SEVEN LOST LIVES
Washington, July 19. Twenty
seven persons are known to have lost
their lives in the Mingo, West Vir
ginia, coal fields since May, 1920,
Henry Olmstead, representing the
operators, told the Senate investigat
ing committee today.
The funeral of Mrs. M. Megahan,
who died at her home at Weeksville
fery suddenly Sunday morning, was
held af the home shortly after noon
TuesduV, and the remains were taken
to NorjMk on the three o'clock train
for interment at that cily. Mrs.
.Megahan had been in poor health for ' drat t laws.
about a year, but her sudden relapse
and death were entirely unexpected.
She is survived by her husband and
two sons, Jesse J. Morris, of Weeks
ville, and William Hyeth Morris, of
Jacksonville, Fla.
Although Irwin was given forty
eight Bonis to leave the country by
the ight masked men who seized
him, he declared that ho would re
main in Miami and continue in his
pulpit. "However," ha added, "they
won't find me so easily if they come
after me again."
Irwin told the grand jury that he
would not bo able to identify any of
the men. He is a British subject
from Bermuda", but declared that ho
had no Intention of reporting the
matter to the British vice consul
here, saying It would be an insult to
the American Hag if he appealed to
the consul for protection
Little Alice Elizabeth. the four
year old child of Mr. and Mrs. R. II.
Swain of the, Dry Ridge Bectlon, suff
ered a broken left arm and painful
lacerations about the face when sho
fell from a buggy early Sunday morn-
, ig.
Mr. and Mrs. Swain,
two children, Calvin and Alice Eliza
beth, were driving through the new
road near Raper's Corner on their
I way to the home of Mrs. Swain's pa
! rents, Mr. and Mrs. Augustus I'ot
' ter, who live in Elliott Town, when
' the hoy snatched on the reins, bring
ing the horse suddenly to a walk. The
little girl pitched headlong out of the
buggy, and the rear wheel passed di
agonally over her.
Mr. Swain brought the Injured
child to this city immediately after
! the accident, and her hurts were at
tended to by Dr. R. L. Kendriek. She
was showing improvement Monday
afternoon.
C0UNTYSCII00LS
A Few Interesting Statistics on
Enrollment, Teachers, Value
of Property and Money Spent
On Buildings
FIRST PICTURE
MUST SUCCEED
Miss Albertson Tells Young
Woman's Club That Unless
It Is Good, the Plan Will Be
Abandoned
Two Convicts Not
Accounted
For
officials at Washington to help ob
tain his freedom.
Pittsburgh, Ta., July 19. Officials
toefhy had accounted for all but two
conVjcts who yesterday rebelled and
set rije to a number of buildings "and
fought the guards in the! Western
Penitentiary.
ExOtement still prevails in the big
prisorf,and twenty-five policemen who
reinforced the guards have had their .,i)ln to thfl free ijst and increas-
hands full quieting the convicts. Ld the duty on citrC acid from ten
to twelve cents a pound In the tariff
bill.
v
"The Young Woman's Club has
been given a task of the greatest Im
portance," said Miss Catherine Al
bertson, able teacher and talented
historian of early North Carolina, in
' addressing the members of the city's
newest club at the Chamber of Com
i nierce Monday night on the work
which the club has undertaken in
'onueutlon with the movinffpicture
dramatization of the Stale's tlrst his
torical events, "and I believe your
club will live up to the trust im
Emma posed in it."
Tr'tIi f 1fi Yr i ti o to n Imuln nmnnir
told the House committee investigat- ne States today," continued Miss
ing the escape of Grover Cleveland - Albertson, "she is fourth In agricul
llergdoll, her slacker son, that she ture, second in manufacturing, and
gave live thousand dollars to Major ' though fourth from the lowest in
During the war Irwin was closely
watched by Federal authorities after
he was alleged to have advised Nas
sau negroes to resist United States
MRS. BERGDOLL
TELLS OF BRIBE
Washington, July 19. 'Mrs.
C. Bergdoll, of ,, Philadelphia, today I
Bruce Campbell, army officer at Gov- education until a year ago, the last
ernnrs Island, for use among high Legislature, by unusuullv generous
appropriations, has put the State fif
teenth from the bottom. North Caro
lina, however, has always been neg
lected in the histories of the United
CHANGE IX TARIFF BILL
Washington, July 19. The House states,
today transferred asphalt from the .,t ieadine university of the
North, I was recently astonished to
A normal Increase In the number
of rural school children In the Coun-
w'ith their (V 011 tllp ,,uhIh ot P"!'"'"""'! Is shown
in the report or ui county rurai
school jtysteni filed by Superintend
ent M. P. Jennings of Pasquotank
Comply Willi Stale Huprrintendelit
E. C. Brooks recently. The total
given by the nclmol census report
for I he year was 1 :i S 7 rural w hite
children as compared with i:M for
the preceding w-sion. Of tbU num
ber, there were enrolled 1146 pupil
in the rural while Mlnm's In thfl
County this year. The rcnu. shows
a total of 1.415 runt! i r',l children
of school age. of ttli'HH were
in the 16 rural colored s lumls.
Forty while teachers, three men
and 117 women, were employed, or
an average of one teacher to every
29 pupils, In round numbers. The 19
colored teachers, sixteen women and
three men, had an average of 61 pu
pils each enrolled. However, the
average daily attendance figures show
that actually each while teacher In
rural Pasquotank taught, on aeh day
only a fraction over 120 pupils, and
each colored teacher a little over 311
pupils, on a basis of a general ave
rage. Of the white teachers employed,
35 were natives of North Carolina,
and 2!i of Pasquotank County. Twenty-four
had had four or more years'
teaching esperience prior to tiie t . m
just past, four had taught three
...... c, ....... ...... I'll. 11. rill.l ..it.ltt u'ttrtk
.beginners. Fourteen were graduates
of collrges or normal schools. Ot tho
19 colored teachers, eight were col
lege or normal graduates.
The average term in the whit ru
ral schools was 129 days, or six
school months and nine days, and In
the special tax districts. U6 days, or
somewhat over a month longer. Kural
pupils in the seventh .grade wero 91
in number, as compared with 69 for
the year 1919-1920. Last year there
were no graduates from the eleventh
grade, but this year there were four,
with prospects that the number will
be doubled next year.
The enrollment in the otjier high'
sshool grades was 41 in tho eighth,
ten in the ninth, and eight in the
tenth.
All the rural school property in the
County is valued at $60,800, ot
which $46,600 Is invested in whit
EXCURSION WEDNESDAY NIGHT
NAMES SCHOOLS
ON HONOR ROLL
Washington, July 19. The War
Department names thirty-four edu
cational Institutions In the United
States as distinguished honor and
military schools respectively for the
year 1921. Among the number are
Clemson and Citadel, South Carolina,
Virginia Polytechnic, Virginia Mili
tary Institute, Augusta and Staunton
Military Academies ot Virginia. '
Washington, July 19. Formation
of a uniform policy covering cotton
loans during the coming season was
undertaken In conference here today
between Governor Harding and rep
resentatives ot five Federal Reserve
banks.
Governor Harding said that it was
necessary that the new loan scheme
cover all factors of extension neces
sary to credit such as terms, ma
turities and adequacy of securities.
GOLF GAMES
BEGAN TODAY
Washington, July 19. The open
golf championship of the United
States got under way here today with
a half record field and' two hundred
sixty entrants playing. The qualify
ing round ot the second half is to be
played tomorrow.
The North River Line will run the
Annie L. Vansciver on a moonlight
excursion Wednesday night, leaving
the offices of the line at the foot of
Burgess street at eight o'clock for an
enjoyable ride down the river and
back. Those who went on the last
trip reported a very pleasant evening.
MERCHANTS ASSOCIATION
TO HOLD MASS MEETiNG
First Annual . Outing
Next Friday Evening
Salespeople of This City AVill Enter,
tuin Their Employers on Cruise
Down tho River
find a professor of history who had j schools and $14,200 in colored. Them
are 38 scnooi nouses, containing
class rooms. One negro school is
never heard of Virginia Dare, and
was disposed to scout at the truth of
what I told him of her. He knew
nothing of the Battle of Alamance,
and was equally as Ignorant of other
facts in our great and wonderful his
tory. Make History Known
"It is your part and our part, to
make that splendid history known to
The first annual salespeople's out-"' W0!rI'1' for here on North Caro-
o-tvon nn the VnnRc ver "
Attention is again called to the
mass meeting of the members of the'
Merchants Association at the associa-.
tion offices in the Hinton Building j
Thursday night at eight o'clock, when
President W. P. Duff and Secretary
R. C. Job, of the Chamber of Coin-j
merce, will explain in detail the plan
for establishing a community hos-1
pital at Elizabeth City. Not only the ;
merchants themselves, but all others ;
interested as well, are specially urged
to attend this meeting, hear the dis
cussions and ask any questions that
they wish. ,
ing will be.
Friday evening, and by means of it
the employes plan to show their ap
preciation for the Friday afternoon
half-holidays given by the merchants
during the summer months. Invita
tions will be issued to all the mem
bers of the Merchants' Association
and of the Young Woman's Club.
tioa of America. Sir Walter Ua
leigh's colonies were the beginning i
of the Thirteen Original States, and
to Elizabeth City is given the honor
of picturing the first episode In thej
fulfillment of Raleigh's dream of ft1
great English empire In the Newi
conducted in a rented church build
ing. No new schools were built during
the year, but $1,283.96 was spent
for repairs, of which $1,09 2.30
jwent to the white schools and $191.66
to the colored.
The superintendent's report gives
the number of illiterates between the
ages of 12 and 21 as 43, of whom
but two are white. Of persons over
21 who cannot read and write there
i are, according to ine report ii in
the whole of rural Pasquotank. This
figure probably falls considerably
short of the actual number of adult
illiterates for the reason that correct
figures are very hard to obtain.
EXPENDITURES
HAVE DECREASED
CABINET MEETING POSTPONED
Washington, July 19. Because of
the absence ot cabinet members at
tending the bombing tests off the
Virginia capes today, the regular cab
inet meeting was postponed.
Says No Break
In Irish Peace
Belfast, Ireland, July 19 (By The
Associated Press) Return here of
sir James Craig, UlBter Premier,
must not be taken for rupture of
Irish peace negotiations, declared
rnlonel Snencer. The secretary ot
1 the delegation thought that the dele
gatlon Till be recalled to London,
Mr,, and Mrs. Edward Griffin are
spending Bome time at Nags Head.
World namely, the coming ot Ama-
The Vansciver will leave the foot u"3 and Barlowe.
of Main street at five o'clock for a: "1 thhik that the Young Woman's,
cruise down to the mouth of Pas- Club Is of the greatest .value to Ellza
niintunk Itlver and back, returning to befli City. You are unselfishly band-
the dock between eigtit anrt nine ed together for the best interests of j Washington, July 19. Total gov
o'clock. There will be arVbundance your community, and you must give ornnicnt expenditures during the re
of refreshments aboard, arM plans are vour heart and soul to the work of I r(Mlt iR(.ai y,,ar dropped off nine bil
being made for a general good time. , making this picture a success. It 11on dollars compared with tho pre
By means of this typeiif outing, mnxt be a success, for otherwise no!v)ollH y0:iTi nccording to the annual
the salespeople wish to slOv a spirit lyore pictures will bo made. (Treasury statement. This represent-
ot co-operation toward "heir em-( "Koanoke Island was once In Cur-'ed a decrease of a billion three hun-
ployers, and they hope thus to bring rjtuck, one
about a closer, understanding with counties of
of the four original t dred eighty-seven million dollars In
Albemarle, tho colony i ordinary disbursements and a reduc-
them.
LARGE CROWDS
ATTEND TRIAL
Chicago. Jnly 19. Large crowds
here today witnessed the opening of
the second day's trial of the former
White Sox players and alleged
gamblers charged with conspiracy to
throw the 1919 world series.
Kermlt Kramer came up from Vir
ginia Beach Monday night to spend
a few days.
Subscription
TO PASCUOTANK .MUNICIPAL HOSPITAL
ASSOCIATION
I herewith make application for and subscribe to
shares of Preferred Stock of the Pas
quotank Municipal Hospital Association, at the par
value of $10 per share upon the. following terms:
10 August 1st, 1921, and 10 monthly thereafter
until the full amount of subscription has been paid.
Name of Subscriber. '
Address
Date ...1921.
mainly north of Albemarle Sound,
and the region in which North Caro
lina was first permanently settled.
In our own County of Pasquotank
many historical events in the school,
church and government of the State
took place.
tion of seven billion eight hundred
forty-six million dollars in payments
on public debt.
ground of the shore. Next will b
the religious ceremony, when the
Miss Elizabeth GrimbAll, director ! captains, Amadas and Barlowe. with
of the staging of the. pictures, has
divided the early story of North
Carolina Into three parts. The land
ing of Amadas and Barlowe will be
staged here, the Lane Colony at
Edenton, and the last part, dealing
with the White Colony at Roanoke
.Island. ' -' ""' '.'
Columbus's Ships Here
their crews, will come ashore and
take possession of the land In the
name of the great Queen Elizabeth.
"The visitors will next be seen ex
ploring the land, and marveling at
the bounteous array of grapes and
other, foliagod plants. Then three
Indians will appear in a boat, to wel
come the strangers. They will go
The three old caravels, replicas aboard the ships,' and will be wel-
of Columbus's ships, which were used coined with a feast. Later they will
at the World's Fair and have taken ' go away, and return with a boatload
ot fish.
"Cranganlmeo
part In naval pageants since, will be
', brought dovfn from the Brooklyn
Navy Yard. In Elizabeth City har
; bor, out at the park, the great mo-
tion picture will be made. The first
'scene will show the coming of the
jshlps, against the wooded back-
chief of Roanoke
Island, with forty or fifty Indian
braves, will appear on the shore. A
meeting of great good fellowship
will be held, after which there will
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