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CIRCULATION
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VOL. XI. FINAL EDITION ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY EVENING, AUGUST 4, 1921
FOUR PAGES
NO. 180.
TALK PELLAGRA IN
CLOSEDJESSION
State Health Officials
, Meeting In Washing
, ton Today With Surgeon-Gen.
Cumming
Washington, Aug. 4. The
pellagra situation was discuss
ed in closed session today at a
conference between health of
ficials from a dozen Southern
States and Surgeon-General
Cumming, of the.Public Health
Service.
Some State officials said be
fore the conference that they
would dispute any claims that
the disease had reached serious
proportions in their territory.
They said that the govern
merit's information was incom
plete and inaccurate. Dr. Cum
ming said that he hoped to get
the first hand facts.
ULSTER'S REPLY
NOT FAVORABLE
i t jbeen cleaned up. Mr. Ferebee says
And Full Meeting of Irish Re- that It Is not his intention ti work
-..li:.... P.1.'.mnt Will Be'n undue hardship on anyone, but
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Called In Consequence
Dublin Report
Dublin, Aug 4. (By The Associated
presg)A full meeting of the Irish
Republican parliament is to be called,
It is reported here to-day. The reply
of Ulster to overtures by Sinn Fein
has been received and is not favor
able. CAPTAIN OF ULSTER
FORMERLY LIVED HERE
The self -propsUiiJiWfifi, Ulster,
with 30 tons of freight aboard' con
signed to Elisabeth City merchants,
docked at the Woodley wharf Thurs
day morning on the first freight trip
alnce the Institution of the barge ser--vlce
to this city. Two hundred tons
of freight for Washington and New
Bern comprised the major part of
the big oil-turner's cargo. The ship
-was scheduled to leave for Belhaven,
"Washington and New Bern Thurs
day afternoon.
Captain Thomas J. Mann, com
manding officer of the Ulster, was
torn and raised at this city, and is
the uncle of Luther Mann. He left
here nineteen years ago, and had
not been back until a month ago,
-when he put In Elizabeth City for
repairs to his ship, while on the or
iginal government barge service
run. Captain Mann states that he
has traveled down the entire Atlantic
seaboard, and he says that Eliza
beth City is one of the cleanest, most
attractive and most progressive cities
that be has ever visited
Expect See Bottom
Quaiyy Wednesday
Raleigh, Aug. 4. "Provided
everything goes well, the bottom of
the Rock Quarry will be seen by next
Wednesday morning at thl latest,"
is the opinion of Charles, 1. Farmer,
superintendent of the mechanical de
partment of the State Highway Com
mission, who Is supervising the work
now in progress at the quarry.
The statement made by Mr. Far
mer comes as the result of sufficient
work being done Tuesday and Wed
nesday to warrant an estimate of the
time required for the huge pond to
be completely drained.
Following . the caving In of the
tunnel that was at first counted en
as the means whereby the quarry
would be emptied, a new ditch is be
ing dug and Thursday morning will
In all probability find the connecting
link from the Rock Quarry to the
ditch, which will lead the water to
Walnut Creel, completed.
The tunnel had collapsed at a dis
tance of about two hundred feet from
the edge of the quarry and it is
from this point that the new ditch Is
being cut, which will be of a depth
sufficient to reach the tunnel. Then
there will result a cavity In the
earth about six feet wide and In the
vicinity of eight feet deep; since the
lower ditch that Is being cut will In
clude the old tunnel that has been
topped up. The beginning of the
tunnel, which is lined with a granite
aurface and celling, will aerve to
carry the water from the quarry to
the newly-made furrow which will
connect with ths ditch that leads di
rectly to Walnut Creek,
Freight Rates
Are Unreasonable
From Knoxvllle to Carolina Points,
Rules Interstate Commerce
Commission
Washington, Aug. 4. The Inter
state Commerce Commission held to
day that freight rates on cotton seed
meal and like meals from Knoxville
to Virginia and Carolina points was
unreasonable and prejudicial.
CUBS DEFEAT ELKS
IN BENEFIT GAME
The Sykes Davis benefit baseball
game between the Cubs and Elks
Wednesday resulted in a win for the
Cubs by the score of 8 to 3. A large
crowd was present, the gate receipts
being over $60, which went to Davis,
who broke his leg in a game last
Saturday.
Norris and Twiddy were in the'
box for the Cubs, while Falls was
pitted against them. This game
was not one of the post-season series
between these two teams.
FEREBIlE SAYS PEOPLE
MUST CLEAN UP YARDS
City Manager Ferebee states- that-
he has notified all the property own
ers in the city to ffiean up their lots
by the last day of August, and he de
clares that the law will be enforced
on those who fail to comply. The
fine Is $5, with one dollar for each
additional day until the property has
that he is determined to see that the
law in this particular is enforced.
TRUEBLOOD-CLIFTON
Miss Bertha Clifton, of this city,
was quietly wedded to Mr. Add True-
blood, of the Dry Ridge section of
Lower Pasquotank Wednesday even
ing at six o'clock. They were ac
companied by Mr. and Mrs. J. P.
Halstead, of Salem. Rev. E. L.
Stack tas the officiating minister,
and he performed the ceremony at
his residence on Ehringhaus street.
Tha, bride is the attractive daughter
of Mrs. Noah Garrett, "who lives on
Feartng atreet, in this city. The
groom is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
Nathan Trueblood, of Dry Ridge.
The young couple will make their
home in the Dry Ridge neighborhood.
GIVE HARDING
PUBLIC WELCOME
L
Lancaster, N. H., Aug. 4. Resi
dents of tha White Mountain coun
try assembled here today for a pub
lic welcome to President Harding,
who is, Wisitlng at the summer home
of Secretary Weeks. Harding made
a short speech.
tG RANGE MAN LOSES LIFE
Llnston, Aug. 4. Floyd Barwick,
prominent citizen and business man
of LaGrange, was drowned in Sut
ton's mill pond, two miles from that
place, late Tuesday in an effort to
save one of his sons who had called
for help. The boy was saved, but
Mr.. Barwick, who Jumped hito the
pond without removing clothing and
shoes, was seized with cramp and
sank out of sight. His lifeless body
was recovered at ( o'clock Tuesday
night. Surviving Mr. Barwick are
his wife and four children.
ANNOUNCE WAGE REDUCTIONS
Lynn, Mass., Aug. 4. Wage re
ductions affecting 12,000 employees
of the General Electric Company's
plant were announced here today.
STREET CAR SERVICE
SUSPENDS IN DES MOINES
Des Moines, Aug. 4. Convey
ances of every description are In ser
vice here today for transportation
following cessation of street car ser
vice. BANDITS BLUO MESSENGER
St. Louis, Aug. 4. -Three bandits
slugged a postofflce messenger here
today, taking three mail pouches
which it is believed contained $60.
000 in currency.
IMSCU8S NEW AGREEMENT
Quebec, Aug. 4. A draft of the
new arbitration agreement between
'the International Typographical
Union and American Newspaper
Publishers' Association will be con
sidered at the union convention next
week, Vice President Barrett an
nounced today.
MEN AND BOYS
Tou aren't yet getting the best
values possible until you see what we
offer you in Clothing and Furnish
ings. T. T. Turner ft Co., the Store
For Dad and ths Boys.
EVERY CITIZEN IS URGED
ATTEND MASS MEETING
COURT HOUSE TONIGHT
Miss Mabel Evans, of Manteo, whq will direct the
characters and the assembling of equipment for the
huge motion picture pageant to be staged along the
Carolina coast in September, arrived in the city Thurs
day morning, and will address the citizens Thursday
night on the participation of Elizabeth City and the
surrounding section in the great drama of the State's
early history. She will speak at a mass meeting to ve
held at the County Courthouse at eight o'clock Thurs
day night. - "
A pleasing touch of color and beauty will emljAlish
the mass meeting, inasmuch as the executive commit
tee of the Young Woman's Club will' occupy ti ros
trum with Miss Evans. Every perjson in this city,
young or old, is especially urged tofittend thDmeet
ing, for, as Miss Evans poirtfs out, Ihe succesV'of the
moving picture production is dependent upoB the as
sistance ana co-operation of all. f y
4 t "
Tegive an idea of the magnitude of the tastf under
taktf, Miss Evans stated Thursday jnorningllnat 700
long poles will be required for the stockad,e around
oneIndian village 'ajone. Nine Jndian huts will be
mad of burlap ancLrushes woven together. A num
ber of settle' cabins must also be built, ancVit is pos
sible that trt caravel of Amadas and Barftwe will
have to bejJeconstruAed a decidedly difficult ship
building fe't, since this type of vessel went out of date
hundreds of years ago.
MOUNTAINEERS ?
TOE UNARMED
?
Mrs. Hatfield ind Mrs. Cham-
bers Accuse Sheriff of Fail-'
. ure to f rotect 1 heir Hus
bands Who Were Killed
I C
Matewan, W. Va., Aug. 4. Sil
Hatfield and Ed Chambers, Mingo
mountaineers, who were killed on
Welch court house steps, were un
armed, their wives told newspaper
men here today.
Mrs. Hatfield and Mrs. Chambers
accuse the sheriff of failure to pro
tect their husbands.
JURY LIST FOR THE
SEPTEMBER COURT
f
The following is the Jury list for
the September term of Superior
Court in Pasquotank County, which
is scheduled to begin on September
19:
C. R. Tarklngton, S. B. Pritchard,
J. T. Perry, M. B. Sawyer, M. L.
Perry, W. T. Brlckhousa, J. A. Hoop -
t u rrtaA -at r co
Andrew Sanders, Ellsha Riddick, Ly-
man Armstrong, W. L. Sawyer, Wil
liam Sanders, J. L. Sharber, A, L.
Aydlett, J. A. Spence, S. E. Sawyer,
J. A. Tarklngton, W. C. Riggs, J. H.
Scarborough, G. W. Parsons, H. M.
Seeley, John Sexton, W. L. Owens, J.
B. Sanders, Joe Self, J. B. Quldley,
Clyde Seymour, J. Rufus Sanders, S.
B. Parker, S. a Newbold, J. R. New
born, J. T. MoCabe, George W.
Brown, G. F. Seyffert.
New Store Opens
Here On Saturday
W. E. Cole, Well Known
Former
Manager of Ten Cent Store In
Business' For Himself
W. E. Cole, formerly manager of
the Five and Ten Cent Store here,
will open Ms new store for business
Saturday.
Mr. Cole is well known by the rentT inat n" oeen circulating ior
people of the community and has a near'y "rtr of a century on this
'great many friends here. He will be l8land-
I located on the corner of Road and 0nY American paper money Is
I Matthews streets next to Stokely's circulated In Cuba and the govern
loll station. In a new bulldln. with ment'8 offer 1'mlted to one and
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new stock of groceries and other
goods. He announces that he will
featura low nr rp anil mako h i store
a place that the people will be anxi -
ous to patronize.
ON TRIP NORTI1
Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Melick and
little Miss Suzanne Melick left Wed
nesday for a northern trip during
hlch Mr. Melick will purchase goods
for his big store and Mrs. Melick and!
little Miss Melick will visit friends
and relatives. I
i THRONGS AT JEND
CARUSO FUNERAL
' 'but the selection he referred to most
Patrician and Plebeian Naples, "ften was the reference "that every
A - , mm j
Assembles to Honor Uead
Singer The Royalty Also Is
Represented
XT -1 A J T)A.lAn .rA
famous tenor, who died Tuesday.
The royalty was represented.
Caruso's property was held by
court at Mrs. Caruso's request nntll
the, claims In behalf of his daughter
are' adjudicated. His will made he:
fore his marriage bequeathed the
whole estate to a
sons
brother end two
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Cartwrignt Adds
To His Equipment
Cartwrlght's Bakery ia,keepjng u&
with 'the times, for Mr.' Cartwrlght
has just installed a machine that
' wraps his bread In sanl-wax paper.
.The wrappers are printed in red let-
tlrm 1m ilka tha. roal Ht TiakArio
'do it, and the inscription thereon is
u.. . i,...u h)m tQ return t() h8 fomer home
plebeian Naples assembled today tojbare h)(J f and th(8 )g whgt hj
attend the funeral of Enrico Caruso, L d w
"Ask your grocer for home-made outcome? Mr. Jackson says, how
bread, made by Cartwrlght BaTtery." ever, he is taking no Interest In what
Mr, Cartwrlght has installed, other is to become of him hereafter so far
up-to-date machinery which ' gives as this world is concerned, that he Is
him splendid. equipment for his bus!-1 only Interested in getting right with
ness. His bread is now made and God, and In trying to turn others
wrapped without being touched by from the error of a sinful life,
hand at all, and he sees no reason Quite a few shook hands with him
why Elizabeth City people should and commended him upon the course
not be proud of this home Industry, he had taken, while others express
j the opinion that he has become so
"I Tr a nrci iirrc wrought up with religious fervor
LUtJA DloL.lK.Lo I that his mind Is not right.
"FILTHY LUCRE"
Havana, Cuba, Aug. 4. "Filthy
lucre" actually If not metaphorically,
will disappear from Cuba If those
who have been tilling the vox pop- c HPalth Service hospitals at Aug
ull" columns of the papers with dla-'.... Qa.. and Oteen. N. C for the
tribe "gainst soiled bank notes take
advantage of the government's offer
t0 exchange bright new nickel and(
P'ece Ior unuea mates cur-
... kill, ivhlnt. It .o.
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turn to th Lnlted States treasury.
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,1'00 are 80 M"?- torn nd Patched
as to be unrecognizable.
NOW THEY JAZZ UP
BY DRINKING COFFEE
New York, Aug. 4. Coffee drink
ing has increased one hundred cups
per person In the United States since
prohibition, tha Coffee Association
announced here today.
CONDUCTS TWO
FINE REVIVALS
Dr. G. W. Clarke Does Splendid Work
In Caiiidfn County With
Church Xow Without Pastor
Dr. George W. Clarke returned
Wednesday from Indiantown and
Oak Ridge Baptist churches in Cam
don Count", where he has been hold
ing revival services.
There were 35 additions to the
town churches and tha communities
were greatly revived. Unprecedented
crowds attended, especially at the
Oak Ridge meeting. Dr. Clarke bap
tized the new converts, as these
churches have no pastor. Twenty
four were baptized, nine Joined by
letter, and several united with the
Methodist churches of the com
munity. Meeting Is Changed
To Friday Night
The welfare meeting announced for
Friday afternoon will be held at
elgltf o'clock Friday night In the
Chamber of Commerce rooms. It is
hoped that a large number of Eliza-
beth-City people will show their
terest in this work by attending the
meeting.
Avden Man Makes
Sensational Confession
Ayden, Aug. 4. Thomas Jackson,
whq now lives near Greenville, came
In town Saturday afternoon and an
nounced that he would preach at the
Seminary auditorium Sunday at 3:30
p. m., and also confided to some
friends that he wanted to make a
public confession to the burning of
a pressing establishment he was pro
prietor of here some years ago. In
spite of the fact that the union meet
ing of the Christian church was In
progress there was quite a number
out to hear hlmwhile with choked
and faltering voice he recited the
hidden things of his past life.
- His text was somewhat scattered
nucu ilium uuw ana every tongue
confoM Jackson says that since his
conviction last fall under McLendon
in Greenville he has been unable to
hear any peace of mind, and that his
rnnaMoTlPO haa lAntlnnoilv arnn A a A
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not restrain, with a voice broken
with emotion, he told how he had
gone to Greenville several years ago
and taken out Insurance on the build
ing, how a few weeks after this he
had gone to his place near midnight
nrmAfl wliYi a rlflo fnllv Intanrilnir to
km Myon( wn0 might recognlze him
should he be caught, how he had
poured gasoline over the floor of the
building and set it on Are, all for the
sum of four hundred dollars in in
surance which he carried.
He also referred to the making
and selling of liquor, but said he had
'never been a success at either of
these.
Those who saw and heard him
make this public confession all agree,
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asking the question, what will be the!
Buy Hospitals For
Disabled Soldiers
Washington, Aug. 4. Purchase of
he teg an)1 buildings of tha Pub
of disabled soldiers was today
autnorzed by. Secretary Mellon,
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Seizure
Of Ships At Sea
Washington, Aug. 4. United
States District Attorney Hayward, of
New York, will probably be summon
ed to Washington to discuss the
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""liure a" "i"0- muwler of the
Mnooner' nenry L, Marghall outside
the three mile limit, Assistant Attor
ney General Goft said today. OofT
indicated (bat efforts to seize foreign
ships at sea might lead to interna
tional difficulties.
11 SKll Al l, TODAY
There will be a game of baseball
this evening at 5:30 on the West
Main street diamond between the
Cubs and Elks. This Is the fourth
game Id the series, the Elks having
won the first three games.
SPURGIN ESCAPES
TO CHIHUAHUA
Missing Chicago Bank
President Safe In
Mexico Unless That
Country Expels Him
El Paso, Texas, Aug. 4.
Warren C. Spurgin, missing
Chicago bank president, is in
the vicinity of Chihuahua City,
Mexico, according to a tele
gram to the police.
The only method of obtain
ing his return to the United
States is for the Mexican presi
dent to order his expulsion.
America Receives
Formal Invitation
London, Aug. 4.-Formal Invita
tion for American renresentatives at
in-lthe meeting of the Allied Supreme
i Council in Paris Monday has been
received at the American Embassy,
and Ambassador Harvey will attend.
THREE BIG RACES
AT FAIR GROUNDS
Keen Rivalry Between Entrants
In Horse and Automobile
Racing Events at the Fair
Grounds Friday Afternoon
Two horse races und an automo
bile race will feature the midsummer
racing program to be given by the
Albemarle Agricultural Fair Assocl-,
ation at the Fair Grounds on the
brick road one mile from the city
Friday afternoon. The races will be
gin at two o'clock. The purse In the
first Is $60, the winner to receive all
ihe money, and the entries are Lee
W., entered by Lonnie Sherlock;
Tempest, by Isaac Gregory; M. H.
W., by Leslie Armstrong, and Rosa
B by C. C. Thompson. V
The second horse race, for a purse
of $25, will be between J. W., ewned
by Miles Williams, and Cuban Burns,
W. L. Davis, owner. In both events,
the best horse la three ont of five
three-quarter mile heats will be de
clared the winner. Keen rivalry ex
ists between the owners of the horses
entered, and fast races may be ex
pected.
The automobilo race will be open
to oars selling under $2,500, tor a
purse of $15, and an extra purse of
$15 will be awarded to any four
cylinder car that can beat an Essex.
This prize is offered by the local Es
sex dealers, Stevens & Son Motor Car
Company. The band will be on duty,
and excellent music is promised for
this, the most Important racing event
of the summer. Admission is 50
een wltu no, aaa,onw c", 8Y .,
parking or seats in the grandstand.
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NATION NLKUS
QUARTER BILLION
Congress Must Provide For
Raising This Amount at
Once or Taxes Go Higher,
Says Mellon
Washington, Aug. 4. An out of
order appropriation of $250,000,000
Is necessary In ordinary government
expenditures this seal year If addi
tional taxes are to be avoided, Sec
retary Mellon told the House Com
mittee today.
The estimated total cost of gov
ernment this year Is 14.550,000,000,
of which $3,830,000,00Qtvmust come
from taxation.
South Mills Team
Defeats Burnt Mill
South Mills, Aug. 4. A very In
teresting game was played Mosday
evening on the Burnt Mill diamond.
South Mills coming out at the big
end with a score of 5-3.
Burnt Mill taking the lead in the
first Inning, scored two runs on Slm
onds, forcing his retirement. Mil
ler, succeeding Slmonds on the
mound In the second Inning, allowed
only one run through the other eight
Innings, and strurk out 12 men.
South Mills batted N. Sawyer hard,
securing timely hits throughout the
game.
Batteries for South Mills, Slm
onds, Miller and Dlggs. For Burnt
Mill, N. Sawyer and Berry. ,