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VOL. XI. THREE O'CLOCK EDITION ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA, MONDAY EVENING, AUGUST 8, 1921
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Germans Plan to Launch
World Commerce Drive
ExDect To Regain Old
Years Or Leas Already Have Made Great
Progress In South American Trade
Berlin, August 8 German export
manufacturers are laying planB to
win control of 60 per cent of the
world's commerce by the time the
war indemnity is liquidated and to
do this, which they consider essential ;
it Germany is to meet promptly her
oblfgations to former enemy coun-
tries and remam economically suu-u.
lif.lon. hava hpn tlllt OUt for ne-
gotiatlons for extensive credit loans ,
in virtually every country once in-
terested or now attracted uy uermau
trade possibilities.
The German manufacturers,
w"
are understood to be closely cooper- ree &nd 6&nk, causing the death of
ating in plans to launch the cam- probably 48 persons, was split by
paign for world commerce, are hop-!an explosion of the ship's boilers
ing for special ' agreements with which threw passengers into the sea,
American manufacturers which would survivors brought here say.
not take into consideration in any Wireless calls for help were re
appreciable manner the proposal of celved by the steamer Anyox, iut be
the American Finance Trade Corpor- fore her arrival the Alaska sank,
atlon to establish a $1,000,000 buy-i The Anyox rescued persons strug
ing fund in the United States for gling in the water and those in life
Teutons. boats-
Already a number
Of tentative
agreements have been made between
German and American firms on "pre
war acquaintance and post war
money valifes," but the fluctuating
mark and the high cost of the dollar
have rendered any large deals on a
strictly cash basis out of the ques
tion. The delay in declaring the state of
war between the two countries at an
end also has embarrassed manufac
turers in both countries, a,nd even
now, that peace has been declared,
the situation is uncertain because it
is believed that many weeks must
elapse before the nationals of either
country know approximately what
the new relations will be.
The Germans are placing their
. . - 1n(i.na illK, yaiu me main ui me ii
nrincinal hope for favorable relations . , , , ,
principal uuc iui i .'recorders court here Mondav morn
with American concerns in a scheme
by which they would act as "Euro
pean agents" for the Americana, and
would manufacture in raany raw,
materials sent from the United States
and sell these manuiaciureu gyuuo i
the Americans' customers here on a
percentage basis. This scheme has
already been proposed to certain
American manufacturers. Concern
ing this plan an informant In close
touch with the German industrialists
said:
"Many German factories are now
working only half time not because
there is no market for their ' goods,
but because they are unable to se
cure raw materials at reasonable
prices. The cost of production in
ermany is so much less than it is in
America that the Americans, as well
as the Germans, could cooperate pro
fitably in meeting the European de
mand for manufactured articles. The
market for cotton goods, for agricul
tural machinery, for automobiles, in
fact all sorts of machinery, will not
be over-supplied, for many years.
"This proposal is particularly time-
ly now, when it is estimated that the (
world's surplus cotton crop this year , S held in connection with the mur
will exceed last year's by five and a jer 0f Mrs. J. B. Lee, who was killed
halt million bales. The European jjn her home supposedly by a burglar,
demand tor cotton goods has been '
decreased by the substitutes which
Germans especially have been forced
to manufacture, but it would prompt
ly revive if the goods can be placed
cheaply before the consumers. The
high cost of labor and the high value
of American money abroad makes it
next to impossible for the Americans
to meet this demand,
leel they could do it.
The Germans
"There Is another point which the
German industrialists are making in
their argument for co-operation with
American manufacturers the in
creasing output of the German mills
is bound adversely to affect the
American foreign trade, for Ameri
cans cannot compete with Germans
in many lines owing to the differences
in the cost of production. Coopera
tion would give the two countries a
virtual world monopoly on a large
percentage of commerce, and be pro
fitable to both sides.
"If no working agreement can be
reached in the European
trade the
Oerman plans call for the sharpest and Id the matter of quality the Ger
competltlon possible. German com-1 man manufacturefs have received
petition Is already making Itself tew complaints."
manifest in the South American Some German capitalists believe It
trade, where the Germans are rapidly will be 10 to 15 years before Ger
rcgalning their pre-war prestige, many again can wield anything like
1 know of one American concern her old time power In world com
whtch last year shipped 85,000 tons merce but the more optimistic are
of goods to South American countries jflgurlng on a shorter period.
Time Power In Ten
BOILER EXPLOSION
: SPLIT STEAMER
jii Explanation Which Sur
. Passengers Give of
"6
Sudden Sinking of Steamer
Alaska Drowning Forty-eight
Eureka, Cal., Aug. 8. The steam-
er Alaska, which struck a submerged
Vile nuuurou nuu biaij-dia buihy-
ors have oeen Drougni nere.
LIGHTX1XG STRIKES BARN
A barn belonging to a Mr. West,
between Woodville and Chapanoke,
was struck by lightning one day last
week and burned to the ground.
NEGRO FARMER SUCCESSFUL
W. II. Case, industrious negro
farmer of Jarvisburg, Currituck
County, sold 116 barrels of potatoes
on the Boston market last week at
511 a barrel.
MONDAY POLICE COURT
L. W. Caulk, charged with speed-
ing.
. Calvin Lamb, colored, found guilty
of operating an automobile without a
Ughted Jjght wag Uxed
,,.,,,
n 11.U l II VUO ID J L t IIVHl lll)
Garfield Simmons, colored, charged
with being drunk, was fined 5 and
costs.
L. Perry, for failure to display a
rear light on his car, was taxed with
the costs of the case.
Costen Cherry, colored, for oper
ating an automobile in the city lim
its with the cut-out open, paid the
costs of a hearing.
Gideon Ivey was sentenced to
thirty days on the roads for trespass
Judgment was suspended for one
year upon condition that he pay the
costs and refrain from troubling his
brother and the brother's wife.
Troops Ready To
Quell Mob Violence
Jacksonville, Fla., Aug. 8. Troops
I are held here in the armory as the
result of threats of mob violence
against Henry Hamilton, negro, who
Hawaiian Taxes Are
. Highest Per Capita
Honolulu, August 8 Hawaii pays
the largest per capita income and
miscellaneous taxes In the nation, not
PXCPntlne Npw York " oernrHlnir in
Colonel Howard Hathaway, collector
of internal revenue at Honolulu.
He reports tnat 18,645 persons
made returns here last year and that
the money they paid in taxes aggre
gated $20,676,778. Of this amount
$18,839,082 represented income
taxes.
but In the next twelve months will
send less than 12,000 tons. The
Germans have sold the other 23,000
tons.
"The trade problem Is now and al
ways will be simply a question of
where to buy cheaply, as long as the
t quality Is approximately
tho same,
HOSPITAL HONOR. ROLL
An Honor Hull, bearing tlio
names of all who Lave subscrib
ed to Elizabeth City's Com
munity Hospital, is now in
process of preparation. . When
it is complete, it will be per
manently placed in tho hospital,
as a record of the public spirit
edness of those who were re
sponsible for the establishment
of the institution.
APPOINT DANIELS
STATE CHAIRMAN
Former Secretary of Navy In
Charge of North Carolina
'Fund For "Endowing Wood
row Wilson Award
New York, August 8 Appoint
ment of Josephus Daniels, of Raleigh,
formerly Secretary of the Navy, to
serve as chairman In North Car
olina for the Woodrow Wilson Foun
dation, was announced today by
f ranklin u. Roosevelt. Mr. Roose
velt is national chairman of the
committee in charge of raising a pop
ular fund for endowing an annual
award in ex-President Wilson's
name. The appointment was said
to have been among the first for the
forty-eight state organizations which
are to present an appeal to the pub
lic late in October.
Mr. Roosevelt also announced that
;he specific purpose of the Founda
tion and the award, had been defined
by the executive committee in the
following terms:
"Created by public subscription in
recognition of the national and Inter
national services of Woodrow Wilson,
twice president of the United States,
who furthered the cause of human
freedom and was instrumental in
pointing out effective methods for the
co-operation of the liberal forces of
mankind throughout the world,
"The award or awards from the
income of the Foundation will be
made frsm time to time by a nation
ally constituted committee to the in
dividual or group that has rendered
within a specified period, meritorious
service to democracy, public welfare,
liberal thought or peace through jus
tice." Hamlliton Holt, editor of the In
dependent, who is acting as executive
director of the Foundation, is carry
ing on the work of organization along
non partisan lines, aiming merely to
provide an opportunity for a public
tribute to the cause of liberalism.
National headquarters have been" es
tablished at 150 Nassau Street, New
York.
Choral Society To
Begin Work Soon
Will Present First Concert of Season
On Second Tuesday In October
The first rehearsal of the
Choral!
Society In preparation for the season
of 1921-22 will be held on tho first,
Tuesday in September, according to
an announcement made by Director
F. R. Hufty Saturday morning, and
the first concert of the season, the
sacred operetta "Esther" with a fan
tasy from Faust,, will be rendered on
the night of the second Tuesday In
October.
The Choral Society now has be-
tween 125 and 130 members. Others
wishing to enter are requested to at
tend a membership meeting to be
held In a week or ten days, and which
will be regularly announced through
the newspapers. Any who cannot
attend this meeting should give their
names to O. W. Brothers, Jr., secre
tary of the society.
The music roiios ana opera scores
for the annroacning musical pro-
grams of the Choral Society alone
cost over three hundred dollars. With
the increased membership, the ex-
perience of the last year, and the
more suitable financial condition 01
the Society, it Is confidently predicted
that the six big-'musieal numbers
rendered during the coming season
will far eclipse any previous perfor-
mances of the organization.
CHINESE FILM COMPANY
IS
Tur vmv I ATFST
ani - -
Los Angeles, Cal., Aug. 8 A
Chinese film company, financed by a
Chinese merchitnt here, and having at
business and acting staff composed1
almost exclusively of Chinese, with a
Chinese lending woman, has joined
the ranks of the producing concerns
here
The director is an American, how
ever, and there is a lone American
actor ln the cast.
The picture will be titled in Eng
lish and In Chinese for use here and
In China.
BILL TO SURVEY
E. CITYHARB0R
Congressman Ward Introduces
Legislation For a Govern
ment Survey of the Pasquo
tank River at This City
The following act, entitled "A bill
for the survey of the Pasquotank
River at Elizabeth City, N. C." wae
introduced in Congress last week by
Representative Hallet S. Ward, of the
First Congressional District, and has
been referred to the Rivers and Har
bors Committee:
"Be it enacted by the Senate and
House of Representatives of the
United States of America, in Con
gress assembled, that the Board of
Engineers for Rivers and Harbors be,
and is hereby , directed to cause a
survey to be made and a report
thereon of the Pasquotank River at
Elizabeth City, N. C, with a view to
the necessity of dredging and the
improvement of facilities for
navl-
gation."
Congressman Ward's bill comes as
the result of recent efforts made by war on his recent London speech,
the transportation committee of the The letter said that "practically
city Chamber of Commerce. Water! all the reputable newspapers In the
transportation here Is considerably! United States are in thorough ap
hampered by the presence of an ex- proval of our condemnation of ac
tensive sand bank in the city har-1 tivitles of Sinn Fein sympathizers in
bor, extending out from Machelhe's
Island, and by other bars and shoals;
that are a serious impediment to
navigation.
SHERIFF DOUBTS
WOMAN'S STORY
Says Statements Made to Him
Burrh Do Not Tally With
Tluwe of Mrs. Obenchnin
Ity
Las Vegas, Nev., Aug. 8. Deputy
Sheriff Nolan is here to return Ar
thur C. Burch to Los Angeles in con
nection with the killing of John B.
Kennedy, insurance broker.
The deputy sheriff says he will
confront Mrs. Madalyne Onenchaln
with statements claimed to have been
made by Burch differing from her ac
count of Kennedy's death.
Nolan said Burch admitted going
to Los Angeles at Mrs. Obenchain's
request and visiting her in her rooms
at the hotel.
FUNERAL MRS. TRIM WHITE
The funeral of Mrs. Trim White,
who died Friday night at 7:05
o'clock at a Norfolk hospital, was
conducted at Blackwell Memorial
church Sunday morning at ten
o'clock by Dr. G. W. Clarke and Rev.
H. K. Williams. Immediately af
ter the funeral
service the-remains!
prp taken to Hertford on the morn-
ing train, and interment In the fam -
lly burial ground followed. The
ill,oarnra wpro W T T.nvi. Rr .. t
a r.rnrv Tt T VmitArs Tit n tJ
Kendrlck, Dr. W. W. Sawyer, E. F
...
lAydlett, Willis N. Gregory ana J. w.
(Modlln.
Mrs. White Is survived by four!
children, T. S. White, of Hertford;
Mrs. J. L. Abbitt, of Norfolk; Mrs.
J. H. Aydlett, and Mrs. James M.
Weeks, ot this city, bne also leaves, nelfasti Aug 8 (Ry The Associated
a brother, J. J. White, of Elizabeth press) Fourteen Sinn Fein mem
City. ihers of parliament who were con-
! fined in an Internment camp here,
MRS. THORNTON' DKAD
j Mrs. Charles Thornton, aged 65
years, died Sunday morning at 8:15
o'clock at
her home on Southern
avenue after an illness of several,
months. She is survived by her hus- Washington, Aug. 8. The House
band. The funeral will be conducted ' of Representatives adjourned today
at the home at four o'clock Monday out ot respect for the late Represen
afternoon, and , interment will bo tative James, of Virginia.
made in Hollywood.
MRS. WARDEN DEAD
After an Illness of several months
Mr8 jonnson Warden died Sutur
j -to in nvwu ot hor hnmn
u,.,v Creek She wag 53
vpnr(1 f neR. anti l9 Burvlved bv her
nugDan4 flve sons, and four daugh -
terg The gon8 are Mark, Joe,
George, Quincy and Matthew War-1
dfin. tne daughters are Mrs. Noah
Godfrey, of Parksvllle; Mrs. Joshua'
Godfrey, Mrs. Ernest Brite and Miss!
Lydla Warden, all of the Hall's Creek !
! section. I
The funeral was conducted at the
home at four o'clock Sunday after-
noon by Rev. U. F. Hall, and inter-
. . ,, , , ,, .
mem ionowea in me iamuy uurini
groun,i near Corinth Baptist church.
ARMY STOKE HERE
Morris Bandas. of Newport News,
Va nag rente( tne former quarters
of tne Savings Bank & Trust Com-
,mny on p0ndexter street and In the
near future win open an Army and
Navy store here, handling goods
JUUIIUiauiul t-U lui 1110 ni 111 ur navjr Biuii in iuw caii iu no iuu
and purchased from the government, people are looking forward to the op
The date of opening, says Mr. Ban- portunlty which it will afford to buy
das, who Is In the city, will be an-j fresh country produce, home canned
jnounced very shortly. I goods, and so on. ,
ALSO 100 PER CEXT ACROSS
M. Leigh Sheep Company is
the third local store in which
the employes have mode, a 100
per cent subHcriptlon , to the
Community Hospital. The hun
dred per cent honor roll now
includes Mitchell's, McCabe &
Grlce and M. llgh Sheep Co.
Others will be heard from soon,
states Secretary Job, of the
Chamber of Commerce, who Is
working day and night for the
micccnh of the Hospital plan.
SIMS WRITES TO
IRISH COMRADES
Acknowledging Congratula
tions on London Speech Says
All Reputable Newspaper In
Country Agree With Him
Belfast, Aug. 8. A letter from
Rear Admiral Sims received here to-
day
from
acknowledges congratulations
Belfast comrades of the great
the United States." It said also that
it' would almost seem like the inci-
dent were about to be transferred in-
to an issue.
SPURGIN HAD BIG
PRIVATE STOCK
Rut Missing Ranker's Supply Con
fiscated and Many of His nuslnc
Associates Will Go Thirsty
Chicago, Aug. 8. The district at
torney said today he had been in
formed of the $10,000 supply of
liquor of Warren C. Spurgln, the
missing banker.
i The liquor was confiscated from
Spurgln's private vault which was in
reality a down town saloon for
j wealthy business men who patronized
lit on pretext of using safety deposit
vaults.
Spurgln's
Mexico.
trail has been lost in
HEADS CONFER ON
UPPER SILESIA
Paris, Aug. 8. Heads of various
government"v.delegatlons conferred
here today on the Upper SUeslan
question preparatory to the meeting
of the Supreme Allied Council.
T 1 i r m . , .
'" "rg conierrea wun rre-
mier Briand to adjust the conflict
:between the tw0 government!.
Am
bassador Harvey was present as the
.American representative.
'Iyd George denied the
report
attend
that he had decided not to
tha rllaarmamont nnn farcin no
" "
. . or mv t-rixTT-re
i 1 OUUN TEiriEI.0
ARE RELEASED
were released today.
HOUSK PAYS KKHPKCT
Babe Ruth Knocks
Fortieth Home Run
J New York, Aug. 8. Babe Ruth
today knocked the fortieth home run
of t,,e 8ea80n ln the tnlrd lnnlng ".Hampshire
'tne "Yankees-Chicago game
TO MEET AUGUST 20
DISCUSS MARKET STALL
Miss Albertson, home demonstra-
tor, wishes every member of her
county cnnncll to bear in mind the
fact that a very important meeting of
the council will be held at her home
... . y-,. . . , a .. .,..1 on ,
on neniviiurtn mioci uu "isi ".1
At this meeting plans will be made
; to open the stall ln the market house :
'where the women and girls of Miss'
Albertson's clubs will sell their pro-j
duce direct to the consumer. Theyj
will also make it possible for alt of j
the country people who wlBh to do so
to use tne stall.
The women expect to open this
SPANIARDS ARE
HARD PRESSED
Victorious Moroccan Tribesmen
Have Belilla In Panic and
Cabinet Crisis at Madrid
Seems Imminent
London, Aug. 8. Moroccan tribes
men are reported pressing the de
feated Spanish troops hard before
Belilla, where panic reigns.
The Spanish are reported to be
shelling the Moors from their war
ships, but ineffectually.
A cabinet crisis is reported In.
Madrid and King Alfonso is holding
a conference with political leaders.
T. W. WILLIAMS, SR. DEAD
T. W. Williams, Sr. died Monday
morning at 9:15 o'clock at his home
at the corner of Burgess and Poln
tlexter streets, after a continued ill
ness. He was 69 years of age, and is
survived by his wife and four sons:
T. W. Williams, Jr., William F. Wil
liams, and Ernest R. Williams. One
brother, J. B. Williams of this city,
also survives him, as well as a num
ber of nephew nieces and grand
children. Mr. Williams was born in Perqui
mans County. Early In life he moved
to'Currituck County, where he went
into the mercantile business, remov-
ine to this citv some thirtv venrn mro
He had been a member of the First
j Baptist Church of this city for the
I last 23 years, and previously belonged
!to Currituck Baptist Church,
j The funeral will be conducted at
the home Wednesday morning at ten
'o'clock by Rev. H. K. Williams.
Railroad Would Issue
Huge Stock Dividends
i
Washington, Aug. 8. The Louis
ville and Nashville Railroad Company
today asked authority of the Inter
state Commerce Commission to issue
$53,000,000 capital Btock for distri
bution as stock dividends.
LONDON MOB
FIRES YARD
i
Angered Over Failure to Ob
tain Work, Five Thousand
Men Start Incendiary Fire In
Lumber Yard
London, Aug. 8 (By The Associat
ed Press) Disappointed over their
failure to obtain jobs at a timber
yard here, five thousand unemployed
men set fire to lumber worth 1,000,
000 pounds sterling, and held back,
the fire fighters.
Negroes And Whites
. Fight Over Baseball
InmatcM of New York Mule Prison
HnguK' In General Affray In
Kxereixe Yard
Syracuse, N. Y., Aug. 8. Six In
mates of the State's prison here are
In the hospital, and thirty others
have been placed in solitary confine
ment as the result of a battle be
tween negroes and whites In the pri
son exercise yard. They fought be
cause the negroes rooted for an out
side baseball team.
HARDING EXPECTED TUESDAY
Washington, Aug.
Harding is expected
8.
to on
-President
arrive at
the yacht
Washington Tuesday
Mayflower, from his vacation In New
Governor Small
Not Yet Arrested
Springfield, III., Aug. 8. Governor
Small arrived here today, bul up to
the early afternoon no effort had
been made to arrest him on charge
of embezzling state funds.
r 1 f 11 f
Value IsOttOn VrOp
N0t Half Last Year's
New Orleans, Aug. 8. This year's
cotton crop is valued at approximate-
iy one billion and seventy-six million
dollars, or less than hulf last year's
by Secretary HeHter, of the New Or
leans Cotton Exchange, who said
that It Is remarkable how financial
institutions hold up under the de