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WEATHER Partly cloudy tonight and Thursday. Little change in temperature. Gentle to moderate winds. CIRCULATION Tuesday 1,654 Copies ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA WEDNESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 10, 1921 VOL. XI. FINAL EDITION FOUR PAGES NO. 185. SIX PRISONERS REACH ESTHONIA leased Will Delay American! Relief In Russia Atlanta r the club mmb" of Pa,sq"- j tank County who will take part In the Man Among Them I outing to Harveys Neck, Perquimans 'County, Monday to Friday ol next Riga, Aug. 10. Six American week, from this city by motor prisoners In Russia, released by the truck, according to G. W. Falls, Soviet, arrived In Esthonia in fair county agent of Pasquotank. The condition today. The fact that only truck will leave the Postofflce at six were released will delay the fam- Elizabeth City at ten o'clock Monday ine relief offered by the American or- m0rning, and all members, both the .ganlzation provided all prisoners grig an(j tne b0ys, expecting to at were sent out of Russia. Emmett tend this encampment should be on Kilpatrick, Alabama Red Cross offl- time. i er, was among them. PROPOSES GRANT CHANGEOF VENUE Small In Case of Governor Charged With Embezzle ment of State Funds Also Speedy Trial Springfield, 111., Aug. 10. The i j. ty rr ria tA nnnrlL auu s vy" tn ,f t ons on which to agree to grant Governor Small a change of venue for trial on charges of embezzlement of state funds, including agreement for a speedy trial. Hni,ainn. flmnll after rpsistiner ar. v,.. , . .fLtl!Lel.Wn,kS .0llhlP :t,ul executive immunity, Tuesday finally .submitted to. Sheriff Mester after the latter had besieged the State capitol with deputies for several hours. The Governor protested his arrest -until the last, charging persecution and asserting his innocence, but the sheriff of Sangamon- County was adamant and Insisted on taking the Governor from the executive mansion to the court house, where Abraham Lincoln used to practice law. before accepting the bonds. There the Gov ernor gave surety for $50,000 and went his way to await trial on the - charges- of defrauding the people of the State of some $2,000,000 while State treasurer, through alleged fail ure to turn over to the State the proper Interest on State funds. FUNERAL T. W. WILLIAMS, SR. The funeral of T. W. Williams, Sr.. who died at his home on Burgess street Monday morning at the age of 69 years, after a continued Illness, was conducted at the home Wednes- day morning at 10:30 o clock by uev. H. K. Williams, pastor of the de - ceased, and Interment was made in Hollywood cemetery. The pallbear- erg were Mr. Williams tnree oiaesi -sons. T. W. Williams. William F. which were scattered. "Williams and George M. Williams j u,th Score In First and L. S. Gordon. E. M. Stevens. Both teams scored two runs in the Miles Jennings. W. H. Matthews and flrgt inning on a hit, sacrifice, fleld A. L. Chessoo. ' ""I", er's choice and an error, but after the Besides a widow, Mr. Williams Is flrst inning both teams settled down survived by tour sons, the three ani tnere was no more scoring un named as pa:earys, and Ernest R. til the last half of the seventh, when Williams. All are residents of this tne ubg put across the winning run city. He also leaves one Droiner, J. B. Williams, of Elizabeth City. VIRGINIA WOMEN ADC rUrCP" ATFTi AKL LftrtiY 1 E.L Richmond, Aug. 10. All women candidates for the State Legislature were defeated, the House Clerk an nouncd today. TO VISIT CHINA Shanghai, Aug. 10. The Wood- "Forbes Mission investigating the Philippines for the United States government has accepted an invita- tion to visit China. COMMITTEE AGREES ON REPEAL TAXES Washington, Aug. 10. Repeal of the excess profits tax and income sur- taxes about thirty-two per cent, ef- fective as of last January first and all freight and passenger transportation taxes, as of next January first, was agreed on by the House Committee today, Majority Chairman Fordney announced. The committee also Philadelphia Athletics kept him wor agreed to Increase normal tax on rlet' 88 he I saving back his stuff to corporations five per cent. POLICEMAN KILLED IN BANDIT BATTLE Memphis, Aug. 10. Two police men were killed, another seriously , wounded In a battle with two masked bandits attempting to rob a mes senger of the Ford Motor Company plant on the street at eleven o'clock this morning. Later one policeman was killed and three others wounded "by a posse mistaking them for ban-dlU. Club Members Will Leave Next Monday Good Times Are IVomised All Who Attend Midsummer Club En- ....... ....w... t u t Uupvitvil I If Arrangements have been made to Mr. Falls asks that , each club member bring the following articles: One tin plate, one knife, fork, and spoon; one tin cup, two towels, one sheet, one blanket or quilt, bathi.ig suit or old clothes to wear while in bathing. Each member will be ex pected to pay $5.00 or its equivalent for expenses while at camp. The cost of conveying the members to and from camp will be divided between the members attending. All should take lunch for noon Monday, since the first meal will be served at six o'clock in the evening. About sixty members of the boys' and girls' clubs of Chowan, Perquim . , . . . ans and Pasquotank Counties are - -" Every arrangement ' " ' , . . lias uctil uiauc lui a live auu iiiLCl' jesting program for the five days, and a g00d time may ba anticipated by 1,1,8 "w. all who participate, according to Mr! and determination as it led th Falls and the other camp organizers.; 1 Twenty-four reels of moving pic tures and a number of slides have already been secured for the evening programs at camp. Interesting lec tures will be given on various agri cultural and home economics topics, and these will be interspersed with games, water sports, singing, and other diversions. Fathers and mothers need not be uneasy about their children, states Mr. Falls, be cause the water at the Harveys Neck Beach is very shallow, and special at tention will be given to each club member. , CUBS WIN SECOND VICTORY OF SERIES Woodley Has Easy Time With Badly Injured Elks Kramer Davis Star The Cubs won their second game of the post-season series Tuesday . when by a last innjnK rany. they de ,feated the Elks by the 8core o 3 t0 2. Woodley was on the mound for the Cuds and pitched a good game, auwing only three singles, all of , with one out. In this inning Norris ied off with a slnele. He was safe on second when Perry made a hit through the box. Norris was forced a' tnir 011 Lowry's grounder and with two strikes on him, Cooper singled over second, winning the game. Elks Greatly Handicapped The Elks team was greatly handi capped by the absence of three of their reeular nlavers. muklnir It ne- 'cessarv to Dlav Kid Glover on first. and two recruits In the outfield. Kramer Davis held down right field and performed creditably. When he came to the bat in the second Inning he drew rounds of applause, this be ing the first time the fans have had to express their appreciation of Davis' work since June, 1920. when he did a Job similar to the one. which Casey did with the bases full. He also played an errorless game in the field but he was relieved by Lane later in the game as he developed a Charley horse, j Falls Nervous Having so many new men back of him caused Falls to be a bit nervous. Also a scout in the stands from the. show before the Giants scout here next week. Score by innings: R. H E Elks 2 0 0 0 0 0 02 3 2 Cubs 2 0 0 0 0 013 5 2 Batteries Falls and Bell; Wood ley and Caddy. Umpire Hlgglns. Time of game 1:10. PHARMACY HAS NEW SIGN The Albemarle Pharmacy has a new and attractive sign which was Just painted Tuesday. Mrs. William Raper from Panams Is Tlsitlnf relatives here. SOUTH WILL FIND SOLUTION Says Rev. W. W. Alexander, of j Atlanta, Speaking of the! R.r. P-nMm f I.wm4.n''i8 Conference Today i Lake Junaluska, N. C, Aug. 10. j The next big forward step in the so-1 lution of the race question will come from the (South, Rev. W. W. Alex- ander, of Atlanta, secretary of the Commission on Inter-Racial Co-oper-'and when his term of office had ex ation, predicted here today at thepired he thought he was entitled to Laymen's Conference of the Metho dist Episcopal Church South. ,"I say this with absolutely due re gard for the friendship of the negro in other sections and with the full est and unstinted gratitude for all they have done in philanthropy and was born in Elizabeth City, but be education, in church and state," Rev. ! fore he left Pasquotank his father Mr. Alexander said. "Nevertheless, ' moved to Newland. This is Mr. the next big step in the inter-raclal Heath's first visit to his native heath readjustment is to come from the and boyhood haunts since 1883, when South, and the reason for this is he was called here by the death of Washington, Aug. 10. The tobac perfectly apparent. his father. co crop during July improved in "The South can afford to do it, Victoria is a prospering little city North Carolina, and states to the and what is a great deal better, of Southern Texas with a population south of North Carolina, but suffered there is a growing conviction here of about 7,000. It owns its own utili- in Kentucky and Tennessee. ' based upon a sense of justice and fairj ty plants, and Mr. Heath says that' The Department of Agriculture re play for all men. Then, too, the' his sewerage bill for the three houses'port shows loss of 43,000,000 pounds South has social prestige to do this, that he owns in the town, two of them in prospective production for the Tho anplnl mioetlnn fifrnraa larpdlv .... ..nu.v,u in the race question. So the South can wnen u w111, take the leadership m international co-operauon. "I believe the South will assume I this leadership, with the same sort of 'nation in the overthrow of the rum traffic. "It has been the universal jopinion of those who have come in close touch with the question that negro leaders do not desire or seek social equality. They have asked for po-i lice protection, better housing, bet ter sanitary and living conditions, better educational facilities, and a chance to develop into useful Ameri can citizens with every determina tion to maintain their own social life and the purity of the two racial stocks. "The reasonablenest and intelli gence of negro leaders greatly en courages the white men who have come in contact with them. The fact that Southern white men and wo men have manifested their interest in negro welfare has gone far to al lay the unrest and pessimism which was so rapidly spreading through great sections of the negro leader ship In America." Merchants May Give Excursion to Head Are Talking of Plan to Charter Steamer To Return "Recent Out ing By Salespeople Many leading merchants in this city are considering a plan to give an excursion for both employers and nmnlnves nn Labor Dav. as a return of the deliehtful outing given by the, salespeople to them recently. As'Spurgin, alleged defaulting banker, j Chicago, Aug. 10. Marshall Field discussed, the plan is to charter alwho is reported arrested in Mexico, & Company today ordered all girl steamer for an all day trip to Nags I returned to Chicago soon to face the clerks with bobbed hair to wear nets Head, the boat to ieave this city 'charges in connection with his bank's until their tresses grow. One refus early in the morning and return by!faure and violation of the prohibl-jing was dismissed. pn nVlnrk In tho ovenlne. It is pointed out that Labor Day, a bank ana government noiiany. comes on Monday, and at a time when, It would work little, if any hardship expelling bpurgin as a "pernicious on the merchants to close their j foreigner." stores. No definite action has yet been taken on the project, and those IX COl'KT WEDNESDAY who favor ItVre ready to listen to a Jlin Tashjian, charged with be better suggestion from any source. inK drunk and disorderly, was fined $ 1 0 and costs in recorder's court IN NEW QUARTERS he Wednesday morning, and was SEIZE SCHOONER J. Claude Perry and W. C. Twiddy, re(lll'1'e,l to have replaced two win-! Philadelphia, Aug. 10. The two agents for the Dalton Adding Ma- ('ow lights in the city jail which he Itlasl(1(l American fishing schooner, chine, the L. C. Smith Typewriter and was charged with having broken out Thomaston, bound from the Bahamas DPtrott automatic scales, nave estao- lished themselves in new quarters In the new Savings Bank Building and now have a most attractive show window on Poindexter street. FIRST SHOWING FALL KUITS The first showine of fall suits for men now on dlsplav in the windows of the E. S. Chesson Company. attracts considerable attention. The prices would seem to Indicate that clothing for men will be lower in price this season. CARPENTERS AT WORK IN HMtwn niK orMtTKim FORMER HANK Jl Altl MW arpenter, are at work remodeling the former quarters of the Savings Bank and Trust Company for the United States Army store to be open, ed here about August 20th. Says Carpentier Will Beat Gibbons Denver, Aug. 10. Jack Dempsey says Georges Carpentier will beat Gibbons In the approaching match. How One City Has Managed Sewerage Resident of Victoria, Texas, I'uld For Sewers In Installments I II; I?..r.f Isaac A. Heath of Victoria, Texas, another native of Elizabeth City who left Pasquotank in early man- !hooil and has made good in another state. Mr. Heath, now in Elizabeth City, left Newland township in 1876 and since that time has made his home at Victoria, Texas. He was elected may- or of his home town a few years ago a vacation, not having enjoyed one in forty years. And so he came back to Elizabeth City and Pasquotank Coun ty, and for the last few weeks has been visiting his brothers at Ports mouth and his sisters in, Newland. He!Report Shows Forty-three Mil- ol. .,l.lnnnn .1 v. ..ti.n. oia iuuiu icsmcntra nuu me Ullin ail eight room dwelling, is about $1.80 quarter. Every city, hethinks, should own its water and sewerage systems. I Victoria laid its sewers without a eibond issue, Mr. Heath went on to ex- plain. Each resident paid the cost of the sewer for that part of the street abutting his property and the expense: was credited against his sewer rent. in other words, the property owner paid no sewer, rent until the rental had balanced his account against the city for the laying of the sewer. j Mr. Heath has been a reader of The Advance from Us first issue, and be-; fore that was a subscriber to Colonel Creecy's Economist. He expects to be in Elizabeth City or this section until some time in October. He expressed himself as much pleased withjthe pro- gress and growth of Elizabeth City since his last' visit. "The new brick road to Newland, together with the high school there, ought to make that, one of the most prosperous and pro- gressive sections of the County," he said. Mr. Heath was a schoolmate of for mer Sheriff F. F. Cohoon of this city. SPURGIN MUST FACE CHARGES Arrested Near Chihuahua Cityit0 Western Morocco. Interest here Tuesday and Chicago Auth orities Arranging to Get Him Back For Trial Chicago, Aug. 10. Authorities have arranged to have Warren C t'on laws. Spurgin was arrested at a ranch near Chihuahua City. President Ob-1 reBn has been asked for an order ; w,clc Uw9Uj niKnt- r..nm.Mi yni.K puiu uie costs up - on a cnarge 01 operating an automo bile with but one front light. He submitted the catte. William Cotter was taxed with the costs of a hearing upon a charge ofj driving a car at night without a rear) I Charlie Patrick was fined $25 and C08tl, for Bumnh. He noted an ap. peal. Tom Harrell and Walter Broth- especially prepared to give relief un. ers were each taxed with the costs on dr such conditions has been pre the charge of assault. pared by a committee of progressive Walter Johnson, colored, for fall-' "eK farmers, negro extension ure t0 ll8t hl8 laxps' was squired to h 14 " ? HARDING TO TAKE EXTENDED VACATION j Washington. Aug. 10. If Congress recesses this month President Hard linir i pxnnptprl in take an extended vacation not far from Washington. jHe goes on a Southern speaking en gagement In October. Including Bir mingham and probably Atlanta and other Southern cities. Young Negro Fatally Hurt When Mules Ran Away Bruce Russell Hung Onto Terrified Animals Un til Thrown From Wagon And Run Over Died Of Injuries Half An Hour Later TOBACCO CROP HAS DECREASED lion . Pounds Less Than Last Month In Prospective Pro duction But N. C. Improves j 1.,. , . ., uuuiliry CUUipitreU Willi 1USI IllUlllll a estimate. Kentucky lost 37,000,000 prospee- tive pounds; Tennessee 3,000,000; while North Carolina improved 12.- 000,000 and South Carolina 2.000.- 000. , RIG GAME OF HALL ON THURSDAY AFTERNOON The baseball teams representing City Road and Blackwell Memorial Sunday Schools have arranged to play a series of nine games on the West Main street diamond. The first game of this series will be played Thursday afternoon at 5:30. How- ever, If the present series of the Twi- light League continues, the Sunday School game will be called off. In this event the flrst game will be played next Tuesday. There is a great deal of rivalry between these two teams and a good interesting series is looked for. Bothi'16 Auo & Gas Engine Works, but teams are evenly matched and play! the young negro held on, and with a good game of ball. The teams have ' Increasing speed the team tore madly gone to the expense to buy equipment down the street toward the freight and it is hoped that the membership of the two Sunday Schools will sup port the teams by their presence at the games. HOSTILITIES SPREAD TO WESTERN MOROCCO Madrid, Aug. 10. Hostilities be tween Spaniards and Moors are re- nftrtArl tn Tinvo anmnil frnm Fuatu.n centers on a political crisis created by Spanish defeat In Morocco. Must Wear Nets Till Tresses Grow MOTHER AND CHILD rtROWN I1M I AKF t a m a mM m m- Mount Dora, Fla., Aug. 10. The bodies of Mrs. W. T. Thorpe and her five year old daughter were found In Lake Gertrude today. The coroner's verdict was accidental drowning. CUSTOMS OFFICERS t0 Atlantic City, was today seized By customs officers on suspicion of vlo- ,llting the clI8tomB regulations. NEGRO FARMERS MEET AUGUST 16 Greensboro, Aug. 10,-At this " depress on and discourage- ment among farmers, a program mWA by several experts of t, Department of Agriculture with prof R 1IudBon, ,tate agenti chairman, who believe It Is the most HKnntUal n ,1 (I U 1 1 1 nmVQ t II ll Q h A mogt helpful program ever rendered by the Farmers' Congress. 1 Prof. T. 8. Inborden, president, who has done such remarkable work In three adjoining counties, Edge combe, Halifax and Nash at the Junction of which the Brick school ls located, will deliver his annual address at the morning session, Aug - ust 18th. Bruce Russell, a 17-year-old colored youth, was fatally hurt Wednesday morning at eleven o'clock while trying to stop a pair of runaway mules that he was driving, when he was thrown from the wagon, and run over in front of the New bern Produce Company offices on East Burgess street. The boy was immediately taken to Dr. T. S. McMullan's office in the Hinton building by Joe Pin ner, billing clerk of the North River Line, and Dr. McMullan promptly dressed his injuries, which were of such gravity that the youth died in less than half an hour. . 1 Russell has been employed for the last few weeks by Korney Harris, a white farmer living near Camden Court House. With Russell, Harris came to this city Wednesday morn ing with a wagon and a pair of mules for a load of lumber, which he bought at Kramer Brothers' mill on Pennsylvania avenue. On the way back from the mill the lumber struck the mules in the rear, and badly frightened them in front of the Qulnn furniture store on Poindexter street. The animals wildly dashed off down Matthews street to Water and turn- ed north at a mad gallop at the City Drugstore corner, scattering lumber as they went. Seeing that he could not stop the mules, Harris jumped off In f.-ont of depot. At Rurgess street the mules swung sharply to the right, throwing out Russell, who was still trying to check them. The wagon wheels passed over the negro's chest, and literally crushed him. An instant later the rig collided with a tele- ' phone pole and was demolished. Korney Harris, interviewed shortly after the tragedy, stated that he had had trouble with one of the mules be fore, and that the animal was likely to run away at any time. He said that both escaped serious injury. Russell,, he declared, had proved a very valuable farm helper to him. The negro, he stated, had come to work for him from Virginia, but his home was at Moyock, in Currituck County. Russell's remains will bo held here pending instructions from his relatives. ADOPT ATTITUDE OF NEUTRALITY Allied Supreme Council Dis cusses Greco-Turkish War and Ambassador Harvey Concurs In Council's Decision Paris, Aug. 10. (By The Associat ed Pres) The Allied Supreme Coun today discussed the Graeco- Turkish situation and German disarmament, d ciding to adopt strict neutrality In the Graeco-Turklsh war. Ambassador Harvey concurred In the decision, saying that such was the attitude of the United States be fore ,the World War. DATE CHANGED TO SATURDAY. AUGUST 13 The meeting of the County Coun cil has been changed from August 20 to August 13 and all officers of tin home demonstration clubs and others Interested are urged to meet with Miss Albertson on Saturday of this week Instead of next. Delegates to the Farmers and Farm Women's Convention are to be elected and plans for the club mar ket stall are to be made. Women of the town are asked to visit the new stall on Saturday, talk with the club members and Miss Al bertson, and let their wants be j known, so that the market can b I made a success.