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CIRCULATION
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VOL. XI.
FINAL EDITION
ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA' TUESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 9, 1921
FOUR PAGES
NO. 184.
People May Have Modern
High School at Weeksville
Citizens Of Weeksville and Nixonton Townships
Will .Vote In Autumn On Plan To Enter
Present High School District
By Ralph Tool
One o the finest rural high schools
In North Carolina, with a fully equip
ped standard high school department
.almost from the very opening of the
school; or a much smaller school,
with few possibilities for develop
ment, and with a very limited high
school department these are the
two alternatives that the people of
Lower Pasquotank must dispose of in
the forthcoming school election, to
be held some time in the fall, to de
termine whether or not the part of
Salem township not ... now in the
Weeksville High School District shall
come in, and to fix the location of the
school, should they vote themselves
Into the present district.
If the proposed high school is loca
ted at the center of Salem township,
there will be small opportunity for
-anianrin the school by bringing in
a part of the adajacent Nixonton
township. On the other hand, with
Weeksville as the location, It will be
possible ultimately to include in the
district nearly all of Nixonton, and
jill of Salem township. Dr. L. C.
Brogden, of the' State Department of
Education, a trained and disinterest
ed observer, declares that nowhere in
the State Is there a better prospect
for the highest type of rural high
' school.
Salem Township Alone
Figured upon the basis of census
returns of Salem township for the
last school year, and upon the enroll
ment in the six small schools now
' r conducted in the township, one finds
. that the best the township alone can
.hope for is a school of seven or eight
teachers. This will mean a limited
number of teachers for the primary
and grammar grades,, and a high
school faculty of not more than two
teachers, one of whom might have to
devote part time to instruction in
music. For the year 1920-21, the
.census records show 299 children of
school age in the whole of Salem
township, of whom 266 were enrolled
in the schools. Of this number ap
proximately 225 attended school reg
ularly during the session.
The school census for Salem town-
ship, together with the Simonds
Creek, Bayside and Brothers school
districts in Nixonton township, give a
total of 637 pupils of school age. Of
these 437 pupils attended school
during the year 1920-21. Figured
upon the basis of 30 pupils to a
teacher, it is found that such a dis
trict will justify the establishment of
a school of fourteen to fifteen teach
ers. In other words, the school
practically doubles the other in size
from the start.
The Bigger High School
What type of school would the
larger institution be? In the" first
place there would be adequate ln
struction for the lower grades. No
teacher would have more than one
grade to handle, and there might'be
several primary rooms, assuring
every beginner the firm foundation
'upon which the success of his later
work depends. Time and facilities
for music, domestic science, agricul
ture and related subjects would be
provided. The graduate of the
grammar school would go into the
high school adequatelyand efficiently
prepared for the advanced work.
- In the high school grades of the
larger type of school made possible
by the consolidation described, there
would be departmental teachers. In
other words, the Instructor in math
ematics would he one specially train
ed in this subject. The English, his
tory and science departments would
each be conducted by a teacher fully
equipped for each particular depart-
ment. Debating, athletics and other
associated school activities might
ready be made part of the student's
schocH life. The big school would
soon win prestige and standing thru
out North Carolina, which would for.
ever be denied the smaller school.
Per Capita Cost Iewi
The cost of the bigger school to
the individual taxpayer would be pro
portionately less than that of the
umaller, for the reason that the
equipment would be made to serve a
larger number of pupils, and the en
tire expense would be distributed
over a larger number of property
1 owners. From the standpoint of ef
ficient education,, the larger school
would be Immeasurably less expen
sive. Graduates from it would go
direct to the colleges of the State and
Nation without being compelled to
oubmlt to the ordeal of entrance ex
aminations; while with the smaller
cchool, yean would elapse before it
MINERS INSIST ON
WAGE DEMANDS
Editor of Union's JoWnal De
clares Organization Is In
Best Position In Many Years
to Enforce Its Policy
Indianapolis, Aug. 9. Expiration
of wage agreements of both anthra
cite and bituminous miners at the
same time, March 31, 1922, gives
added weight to wage demands to be
made at the biennial convention of
the United Mine Workers of Am
erica which opens here September 20,
Ellis Searles, editor of the union's
official journal, sid here today.
This simultaneous conclusion of
agreements puts the organized min
ers in the best position in years to
support each other in their demands,
Mr. Searles said. The miners will
not permit any wage reduction, ac
cording to John ,L. Lewis, interna
tional president.
It has been the custom of the an
thracite miners to frame their wage
demands and have them adopted by
a tri-district convention, comprising
the three anthracite districts, after
which they were reported to the
union's national convention for ap
proval. This year, however, the
procedure is reversed. Anthracite
delegates to the national convention
will prepare their demands for ap
proval by the national body and the
tri-district convention for ratification
will be held afterward.
In this manner, it is pointed out,
any general policy with reference to
wages that may be adopted by the
national convention will govern the
miners in their negotiations in the
anthracite region as well as in the
bituminous coal fields of the country.
Nationalization of mines and adop
tion of the six hoar day and five day
, week also will be tefore the conven
' tion. These matters were favorably
' reported on at the union's convention
in Cleveland two years ago.
j, Approximately flfteam hundred
delegates will attend the convention.
; according to Mr. Searles. Two years
jago there were 2,044 delegates.
I The decrease Is due to depression
in coal Industry and desire on part of
locals to cut expenses, Mr. Searles
added. Local unions chose delegates
on a paid-up per capita basis but two
or more locals if they desire, may
unite and send one representative,
thereby saving the expense of addi
tional delegates. Mr. Searles said this
is being done in a number of in'
stances.
Mexican General Is
Shot And Killed
Mexico City, Aug. 9. General
Jose Alesslo Robles was shot and
killed today while riding in his auto
mobile by five armed men.
General Jacinto Trevlno surrend
ered to the police. The killing is
said to be the result of a newspaper
controversy.
could become a standard accredited
high school, whose graduates the
colleges would accept without exam
ination. Ready Tranxportatlon
In the matter of transportation,
but one or, at the most two more
motor trucks would be required were
the school located at Weeksville than
were It placed near the center of
Salem township. Normally, the
next paved highway to be built in
lower Pasquotank will extend from
Weeksville past Salem Church to or
toward Sound Neck. This road
would be a leading artery for the
transportation of children direct to
the larger modern high school at
Weeksville. It would be of little or
no advantage to pupils going to a
high school in the center of Salem
township.
Schools are not built for today
they are erected for the future, with
the best Interests of future genera
tions in mind, as well as those of the
present day. PaBquotank county
has the opportunity to develop In
Salem and Nixonton townships an
effective modern high school unsur
passed In North Carolina, and It is
up to the people of the section involv.
ed to say in the approaching school
election whether or not they want it.
MYSTERY SHIP
OFFHATTERAS
New York, Aug. 9 An-
other mystery ship, sus-
pected of being a rum car-
rier, appeared off the At-
lantic coast south of Cape
Hatteras today.
ELKS CAPTURE THE
FOURTH FROM CUBS
Wineke Pitches Second Two Hit
Game of Series Both Teams
Play Fast Ball
Wineke pitched his second two hit
game of the series Monday and inci
dentally the Elks won their fourth
game from the Cubs by the score of
3 to 0. The game was the fastest
played of the year, it requiring only
55. minutes to play the contest, and,
for the third straight game, the um
piring has been to the general satis
faction of the teams as well as the
fans.
Wineke Gets Stronger
Wineke seemed to get stronger' as
the game progressed. In the last
three innings he struck out eight
men. He was given good support by
his teammates, only one error be
ing!; made and that of no conse
quence. Only one Cub reached sec
ond, only four reaching first, and the
Elks were never in danger after, the
third inning. .
Davis Relieves Dixon
The Elks scored one in the third
when Reid's double over Norris's
head was followed by Beveridge's
single. In the fourth the Elks added
two more when Henderson singled
and Falls brought him in with a
three base hit to deep right, the
ball's progress being halted by the
automobiles outside the fence. Lane's
single over second brought in Falls
with the last run of the game. Car
rol Davis went In the box for the
Cubs in the fifth and the Elks were
unable to do anything with him.
Henderson singled In the sixth, this
being the only player to reach first
during the two innings he was in the
box.
Good, Clean Game
The game was witnessed by a
large crowd and it was one of the
cleanest games of the year. Both
teams seemed full of pep and were
on their toes all the time. The Cubs
have strengthened theiij infield by
the addition of Lowry,who played
his first post-season game yesterday.
The Elks are using Falls on first
since Pinner's injury and Elwood
Weatherly is in center while Hlnton
is on the sick list. The Elks will
probably use Wineke again today In
the hope of winding up the series.
Score by innings: R. H. E.
Cubs 0 0 0 0 0 0 00 2 2
Elks 0 0 1 2 0 0 x 3 6 1
Batteries Davis, Dixon and Cad
dy; Wineke and Bell. Umpire Hlg
gins. Time of game 55 minutes.
GROUNDED ON
SAN, PABLO REEF
Steamer San Jose With Thirty
three Passengers and Sixty-
' six Crew Sends Out Wireless
Calls For Aid
San Francisco, Aug. 9, The
steamer San Jose, with 33 passengers
and 66 members of her crew aboard
is grounded on San Pablo reef.
The wireless calls sent out said
that the ship was listing but holding
out. Steamers are rushing to her
aid.
LIGHTWEIGHTS ARE TO
FIGHT SEPTEMBER 21
Philadelphia, Aug. 9. The Benny
Leonard and Lew Tendler world's
lightweight championship bout will
be held in Philadelphia on Sep
tember 21.
HOY. PARTY THURSDAY
TJhe Rebekahs will give a lawn and
box party Thursday night at 8 o'clock
at the Disciple church on Parsonage
street for the benefit of the orphan
children. The public Is invited.
Continue To Search
For Shotgun Used
Los Angeles, Aug. 9. The search
for the shotgun used In killing John
B. Kennedy continues today. Mrs.
Madelyn Obenchaln and Arthur
Burch are still held. Both refuse to
talk.
PREPARE AGAIN
CLEAN NEW YORK
State's Republican Legislators
But Follow Precerent Long
Established and Oft Repeat
ed In Big City's History
New York, Aug. 9 (By The Associ
ated Press) New York State's Re
publican legislators, in deciding re
cently to unsheath their paring knives
and dig for black spots in that fam
ous political apple, the administration
of New York City followed many ex
amples of the olden days. Poking the
official finger of scorn into local gov
ernment is a diversion that has re.
suited on several occasions in expo
sure of scandiijs devoured in huge
gulps by newspaper readers, and even
now condensed into sinafl doses for
those who peruse books of history. :
Of the several inquiries since that
which smashed the Tweed ring, the
best known is the Lexow investiga
tion of 1894. The legislative commit
tee which conducted it reported that
graft permeated the entire adminis
tration, that the public treasury had
been robbed and that police protect
ed criminals while all the people suf
fered from incompetence and igno
rance in their government. The com
mittee issued 3,000 subpoenas, heard
700 witnesses and brought about in
dictments against scores of city offi
cials and employes.
Despite sensational testimony
heard by the investigators from day
to day for eight months, the inquiry
did not bring many convictions.
Some persons wanted as witnesses
fled to other states, 40 indictments
were dismissed and 35 never were
brought to trial. (
Five years later the legislature be
gan another search into municipal
practices. This one was known as
the Mazet Investigation, and it re
ported that Mayor Van Wyck had
"practically abdicated his powers,"
the real ruler of the city being the
leader of Tammany Hall.
The two Democrats on the com
mittee presented a minority report
dissenting from what they called the
"buncombe of the majority."
"We have but a single recommen
dation to make," they said, "and
that is that the people of the City of
New York be permitted to govern
themselves."
NOT REINFORCE
ALLIED TROOPS
Paris, Aug. 9 (By. The Associated
Press) The Allied Supreme Council
has decided not to send reinforce
ments for the Allied troops in Upper
Silesia.
French And British
Premiers Are Agreed
P.fris, Aug. 9 (By The Associated
Press) The French and British pre
miers are reported to have reached
an agreement privately on the parti
tion of Upper Silesia.
MEN ARRESTED
CONFESS MURDER
Columbia, S. C. Aug. 9. The body
of William Brazell, aged 19, taxleab
driver and college student, who was
killed near Leesvllle yesterday, was
found early to-day three miles form
Leesvllle.
F. J. Kirby, C. O. Fox and Jesse
Gappins were arrested. The sheriff
stated that Kirby said Fox stabbed
Brazell and twisted the knife around
while Brazell begged for mercy. The
men threw the body into the bushes
after robbing it and drove off in Bra
zell's automobile.
CASE OF MISS STONE
POSTPONED TO THURSDAY
New York, Aug. 9. The case of
Miss Olivia Stone. Cincinnati nurse
charged with killing Ellis G. Kink
head, former Cincinnati corporation
counsel, was today postponed until
Thursday. Her counsel intimated
that temporary insanity would he her
Dlea, said she did not realize what
she was doing that night and now
weeps and moans in her cell.
Fire Does Damage In
Columbus, Georgia
Columbus, Ga., Aug. 9.- Fire here
today caused damage estimated at
1200.000 In the Needham office
building after threatening a block In
the business district.
WANTED HOUSEKEEPER, MID-'
die aged woman. Good home for
right party, Apply to W, S. Cart
wright, 208 Broad street.
Reduce Personnel Of
The Coast Guard
Captain Crowley Received Orders
Monday For tho Transfer of
Vlfteen Men
Captain Ralph T. Crowley, of this
city, superintendent of the Seventh
District of the United States Coast
Guard, received orders Monday to
transfer fifteen men from the lower
part of the district to the Ninth Dis
trict, farther south. Captain Crowley
states that this is but the first of a
number of transfer orders that he
will receive.
The transfer of these men Is made Kaleigh, was virtually com
necessary by the fact that the gov-!pieted today wjthout disclosing
eminent appropriation for the Coast .. . , . ,, , . ,
Guard this year is not sufficient to any evidence of crime which
keep the service going- at its present prompted the State Buildings
strength. The personnel of the and GrouncJ Committee to auth-
Coast Guard must be reduced all . ., , . ,
along the line in the interest of gov-jonze the"WOrk begun a week
ernmental economy. j ago.
The 15 men to be transferred by The seVen million gallons of
this order will go from the southern1 . , , . ,
end of the district, from Hatteras water ln the lake. the acCUmu-
down to Cape Lookout. More will lation of years, has been pump
toiiow later. ' ed out by gasoline engines dur-
Coast Guard Station No. 172, at . ., , L , ,
Kitty Hawk, N. c, where the Wright mg the last week. ,Hopes that
Brothers conducted their first tests drainage of the lake would re-
with heavier-than-ir machines, has veaj clueg which mio;ht jead to
been practically abandoned. along , , ' .
with other life-saving establishments, arrests were blasted when only
because of lack of funds. mud, trash and scrap iron were
Four stations In the local district, uncovered
two of them, Nos. 167 and 169, be- (
tween Virginia Beach and Kitty, " '
Hawk and the other, No. 185, which
Is below Hatteras, are now closed. At ,
each only a caretaker is left.
The practical abandonment of the
Coast Guard Air Station at Morehead
City, N. C, is under way. Sii planes,
and sufficient personnel to keep them
in up-to-the-minute condition, had
been maintained. Now all are laid
up and only one pilot and a few en
listed men. sufficient to care for the
station, reniain. Two sub chasers,
the Mehalathos and Johansson, for
merly attached to the air station,
passed through Norfolk yesterday en
routa to Baltimore, where they will
be laid up.
Kitty Hawk,, though situated on a
narrow sand spit inaccessible and
barren, was, for a time, one of the
best known spots in America. It was
there that Wilbur and Orville Wright,
regarded in their home town, Day
ton, Ohio, where they ran a bicycle
repair shop, as a little light in the
head, sought to hide their folly from
the world. Out of the glider experi
ments conducted on the sand dunes
near the life saving station, where
they lived, was born the aeroplane of
today, ' ,
Kills Girl And Self
While In Jealous Rage
Oneida, N. Y Aug. 9. Frank Sa
ger today shot and killed Miss Pearl
Hook and seriously wounded her sla
ter, then committed suicide .while ln
a jealous rage.
LENINE APPEALS TO
INDUSTRIAL WORKERS
New York. Aug. 9. Premier Len
Ine has Issued an appeal for famine
aid. His appeal is addressed to the
'toiling industrial workers find agri
culturists of all countries," says a
Russian cable.
Arrest Ball Pitcher
For Tmbezzlement
Sherburne, Minn., Aug. 9. F. R.
Frenick, baseball pitcher, former
bookkeeper, is returning to Kansas
City today with detectives. He Is
charged with embezzelment of $150,-
000 from Armour & 'Company.
J K N ' I XGS - T A YLOU
Llnwood Earl Jennings and Miss
Elvira Christian Taylor, both of this
city, were married Tuesday morning
at 6:20 o'clock by Rev. H. K. Wil
liams at his home on West Main
street. The couple was accompanied
by Miss Augusta Sample. Mr. and
Mrs. Jennings left on the early morn
ing train for a bridal trip through
Virginia. Upon their return they
will make their home here. The
groom is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
Lemuel Jennings, of Euclid Heights,
and the bride is the attractive daugh
ter of Mr. aud Mrs. W
this city'.
iayior' ot
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CALL MEETING WEDNESDAY
The Parsonage Society of City
Road church will hold a call meeting
in the annox after prayer meeting
Wednesday night. A full attendance
' desired.
DONOVAN MUST EXPLAIN
Philadelphia, Pa "Aug. 9. Wild
Bill Donovan can no longer act as1
manager of the Philadelphia Na-1
tlonals unless he explains the lettef
written to Judge Landis, the cllnb
president announced today.
BOTTOM DISCLOSES
NO TRACE CRIME
Old Rock Quarry In
East Raleigh Gives
Up Only Mud And
Scrap Iron
Raleigh, Aug. 9. The work
of draining Cemetery Lake, the
State's old rock quarry in East
pIlrr:rl, Qureeft
VurrilutK... JWeew
Need Kain Badly
Crop Yield ilelieveri Greatly Reduced
By Continued Dry Weather Dur
ing Growing Season .
Rain Is badly needed ln Currituck
County. As the result of continued
dry weather, the sweet potato crop
of the County is seriously reduced,
according to C. H. Brock, treasurer
and purchasing agent of the North
River Line, who spent Monday in the
sweet potato country. Mr. Brock de
clares that the stock shows some im
provement over that shipped early in
the season, but it is not as good as it
should be, on account of the lack' of
rain.
Ninety per cent of the Currituck
sweet potato crop is being sold to
buyers at the wharves. On Monday
4.50 to $5 a barrel was paid for No.
j 1 sweets f. o. b. the shipping points
at Jarvlsburg, Barnetts Creek and
Powell's Point.
North River Line officials report
daily consignments averaging 3,500
barrels for the week past. The sea
son's shipments to Tuesday reached
a total of 25,000 barrels, indicating
that probably one-fifth of the crop
has already been shipped.
Heavier shipments are expected to
begin the middle to the last of the
present week, and increase will be
noted until the peak of the crop is
reached, some time before the end of
August. The North River Line
steamer Appomattox has been over
hauled, and will be placed in the
sweet potato service Tuesday night.
TO
INVESTIGATE
TOBACCO
PRICES
, Washington, Aug. 9. The Federal
I Trade Commission was directed un
I der a resolution adopted by the Sen
ate t6day to investigate tobacco trade
conditions including prices to pro
ducers and consumers. Senator
Smith, of South Carolina, author of
the resolution, said that there is no
market for tobacco and the farmers
are usinS tobacco for fertilizer, but
prices of cigars and cigarettes are
still at the war time peak.
Frank White Held
For Higher Court
Young Negro CharKitl With Kntoring
Homii of Elbert Sp'nc and
Stealing Watch
Charged with entering the home of
Elbert Spence on Mcpherson street,
Saturdayyfternoon between five and
six o'clock, and stealing a watch and
chain belonging to Mr. Spence's son,
Davis, Frank White, colored, was
bound nvpr in !ninrin r, ..,,.!.,..
a 1300 bond in recorder's court here
Tuesday morning. Doc Lamb, also co
lored, was dismissed for lack of Biif
1 ficlent evidence to connect him with
the crime.
The robbery Is alleged to have oc
curred at a time when nobody was In
the Spence home. A colored girl who
j went there for the laundry saw two
young negroes leave the house, and
the arrest 0f White and Lamb was
the result.
Ed Wilson, colored, was placed un.
der a bond of iiko . m
at the next term of Superior Court on
charge of obtalnin, .-.i...
false pretense.
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