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ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA, MONDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 12, 1921
VOL. XL
FINAL EDITION
FOUR PAGES
NO. 213
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Filming Of History Will
Commence Next Week
Fort Raleigh Reconstructed, Indian Village
Built, Old English Ship Completed, And
Work Of Making Costumes For 200
People Nearly Done
On Tuesday, September 20, will
begin the filming of those events
which three centuries and a half ago
marked the beginning of the English
colonization of the United States.
The majority of the moving pictures
will be taken on Roanoke Island,!
where Amadas and Barlowe, explor-'
ers sent by Sir Walter Raleigh, in
158,5, found a land of incredible
richness, where luxuriant vegetation
abounded, and Nature seemed to
have been especially generous with
her blessings.
The old fort, know'n as Fort Ra-
leigh, has been partially reconstruct-!
ed on its original site, and the Indian
village, which will play an import
ant part in the stirring episodes to
l,e pictured, has been completed ex-
cept the covering of the Indian huts, j
That ancient caravel, the Admiral, j
on which early explorers came to Am-;
rlca, has been completely recon
structed, and the work of making
costumes for the 200 characters in
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"" o. . ....... 0 .w ...0
completion.
Edenton'g part in the historical
educational drama will be the por
trayal of the coming of the Ralph
Lane Colony, the first colonizing ex-,
pedition sent by Raleigh after the
return of the explorers Amadas and
Barlowe. The story is as follows:
After hearing the glowing report
of Amadas and Barlowe about the
New World, Raleigh obtained an act
of Parliament confirming his discov
ry. He then arranged another ex
pedition. He put at the head of this
Sir Richard Greenville, his cousin, a
heroic, enterprising soldier. The
entnusiastic accounts ot Amadas and
Barlowe attracted many adventurous sociated Press) The government to
men willing to go into the new con :- (lay took gtepg to Ret the famous
try and settle there. One hundred T5ergdoll "pot of gold" when Alien
and eight men among whom were property Custodian Miller demand
Amadas and Manteo, in seven ves- ot the motner of the slacker fugi
sels sailed on April 9, 1585, from tive all property including gold
Plymouth. They arrived at Ocracoke, ' coin taken from the treasury" that
which they called Wocoken, on the belonged to her son before he fled to
26th of June. A messenger was Germany.
sent to Roanoke Island to notify j
King Wlngina of the arrival ftf thej
English fleet and Manteo was sent t0 Root Definitely
the mainland. During his absence j
Sir Richard Greenville, with a num-j Declines Judgeship
ber of his men went on an exploring
trip to Asquodoc and Secotan, where j Geneva, Sept. 12 (By The Asso
he was feasted by the Indians. The elated Press) Elihu Root today
English carelessly left a silver cup definitely declined to be considered
lying about. This cup was stolen for the position of judge In the in
juring the feast. The English when ternatlbnal court of Justice. John
in their boats ready to leave dlscov- Bassett Moore and Professor Roscoe
red the loss and going back demand- Pound are the other Americans now
ed the cup. On the failure of the being considered,
natives to return It as they had pro- j
mised, the English burned the vil - j -
lage and trampled down the growing the first party By this plan he
corn. This Incident was the begin- hoped to flnd a better harbor. The
nlng of unfriendly feeling on the part father of Skyco promised to furnish
of the Indians and the subsequent him wlth Ru(ieg. TnP re-lnforce-disasters
to the colonists. Manteo mpnts failed to arrive and about this
returned from his mission, bringing time Lane reailzed the growing
Granganlmeo, the old friend of Ama- treachery of Pemisapau and began to
das. He welcomed the English joy- watch him with cea8filess vleilance.
fully. Sir Richard Greenville sailed
for England on August 26, leaving
Ralph Lane, as Governor of the
colony, and Philip Amadas as ad-
miral of the country, to take charge
of the 107 colonists. ;
Frlenillr Mnt Hiim x
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The men set to work to build
themselves a fort and cabins In
which to live. They explored the
surrounding country. Manteo stay
ed with them and was of great assist,
ance In keeping them warned against
intended hostilities of the Indians.
The old friend of the English Grang
anlmeo had died shortly after his
visit to the ships, also his old father
anotheh and Wlngina the King nev-
er very friendly, became extremely . .. uj - ,,. .
. , . ' ., , . was anchored off the coast. Drake
tl l h lh fhanKe(1j,,i9 lPve a Bhln' V"- ts and pro
I n met0 p7'"!u- Th visions or he would take the whol.
St he reprTnted UW 'ark England. Th, men
Linp. . , f 6, lm,nnf:ly trlrh wlled to take the first offer a, thrv
mines In the Interior and when Lane wan,od , flU R hp , ;
Z "I I'lll" ll very stormy and they , on,y
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wlh
iwa.iic iiii,-n. i emis.uiau was
therefore greatly surprised when
Lane returned safely bringing with
i h t a u-1
a h vt t ,u PemlBapau- warn-
iiMir0 f l.the EnRllHh had
very little rear or him. suspended his
By this time Lams had discovered
that Roanoke Island was by no
means an Ideal place for a colony,
He was expecting a re-lnforcement
from England, so he divided his men,!
sending some to Chesapeake Bay and, vainly looking for the colony and the with Miss Nash must register for of prompt handling of their shipments Frank Chambers. Emmett Brlck-I For salt at a bargain three see -planning
to take the others to the supply ship, landed fifteen men and hours Tuesday, September 13th. and are enabled to take advantage nf house and Stanley Brlckhouse were ond hand gas ranges. Apply to M.
mainland up Chowan River to mt also went to England. from fire to six o'clock. Adv favorable market quotations. fined $10 and costs each for affray. O. Morrlsette Co., phone 148.
SECOND MATEWAN
TRIAL IS BEGUN
v
Opened Monday Morning With
The Taking Of Testimony In
The Case Against Chambers
And Burgraff
Williamson, W. Va., Sept.
. 0 n T, AnpiotPll Prens I
-The second Matewan battle
trial was begun totlav with the
ki f testimony in the case
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of Reece Chambers and tred
Burcraff, charged with the
1,111! f W T Fpro-nn nnp'1 H, hp
killing of W. J. Ferguson oneCOrner the, wrong side ot the
oi seven caiuwm reus ueiet-
',. i . . ... i!Li i ht
Livca riaiii in a uiiiiiii ct j.hc
tewan in May of last year
when ten men were killed.
MILLER DEMANDS
BERGDOLL GOLD
Alien
Property Custodian
Takes Steps To Get The Fa
mous Pot Of Gold From
Slacker Fugitive
Washington. Sept. 12 (By The As
ThP rapidly decreasing supplies fore
ed hln t0 dlvlde hlg men lnt0 gmall
part ies and send them exploring for
f0()di pemlsapau quickly saw the
advantage of this condition to his
plans. Under pretence of celebrat-
lnB hls father's funeral ceremonies,
he assembled several hundred men
who would at a given signal destroy
the English. The plot failed because
he placed too much confidence lr.
Skyco, the hostage of Lane. Skyco
Informed Lane who trapped Peml
sapau with eight men and put them
to death.
Francis DrnUe Comes
A few days later a messenger
hrnitcrht Oio ncwa that D.qlrn1. fl .t
received the ship without the provl-
sions when the storm drove Rome nf
the vessels to se i. These vessels
werP not seen again until the, rnach.l
,(1 England. Drake then renewed his
offer to take the colony to England
and thev accepted. They sailed on
thp 1Sth of junP, and rcaclted Eng.
1 1 j t..i.. ir.ee du.ii-
'land Jnlv. 1 .1 S 6 .
vessel'fitted out with supplies bv
Raleigh readied Roanoke Island Rnd
finding no colonists, returned to Eng.
land. Sir Richard Greenville then
arrived at Roanoke Island and after
'Twas Narrow Escape
For Wilson Sanders
Twelve Year Old Boy lfeully Crushed
Sal unlay WIh'ii Kiiii Down By !
AiKoindl.il.' May Kocover
'Wilson Sanders, twelve-year old
son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Sanders,
of this city, is in a Norfolk hospital.
with his right arm dislocated at the
shoulder and the shoulder Joint
crushed and splintered, with a fresh-
iy sei ien-.ii.uiu.-, ,....... - " " '
broken r b. a s ehtlv cut forehead
and a much-bruised body. An X
rav examination at the hospital dis
closed no internal injuries, however,
and it is believed he will recover
without permanent deformity.
Wilson on his bicycle was run,
down by an automobile at the cor
ner of Pool and Matthews streets
Saturday evening shortly before six
o'clock. The car was driven by Joe
Collins, colored youth who acts as
chauffeur for Dr. F. ('. Cooke, negro!
dentist. The ear was Dr. Cooke's
and it was not the first time that it.
hit fiini red in an accident. Hut Tax
. ..... , ,r when
the accident occurred, exonerates
the driver of all blame, ne sas
that the negro was on the right hand,
side of the street, driving at a very
moderate speed and that he stopped
hie car in half its length.
Ho aavn
.u .J ct.i.tor! In Tilt tllP
- - ;'r ; have avoid-
leann iiiai nip mi vuuiu
ed him.
The boy
, . . ,
was on Pool street and
riding toward Matthews. He was
going at a pretty good clip. The
chauffeur was on Matthews street
driving west. The city hall obscured
their view each of the other, until
Uhey were within a short distance of
the Intersection.
The two saw each other apparently
11
at about the same time. The chau-l
feur threw on his brakes and the car
skidded past the corner. The boy ap -
parently tried to check his speed and
at the same time turn in the direc-j
tion in w en t ne auiomo, ne was
ing. uui .us i
him in making the turn and he fell
directly in front of the car and was
pinned under it, between the front)
wheels, as it came to a standstill. ,
1 ne mcycie was oemunantu, ami ."
fact that boy and bicycle were both
under the car doubtless added to the
number and the seriousness of the
boy's Injuries.
Onlookers at the fire engine sta
tion rushed out and lifted the car
from the boy's broken body. Blood
was streaming from a cut in his head.
The bone of the right arm stuck out
through the torn flesh. The joint,
subsequent examination by physl-
cians snoweu wiieii iinuu u.iu n.t
taken to his home on East Burgess
, !.! TTvMnA-.l, n.lKnnnl.
street, nao: neen turnea compieieiy
over, so that the upper part of the
. ...i,!, mav fool when ho1
"T ' . ,
places his hand on another heul-
der, was down on a level with the
armpit.
Physicians worked over the young
sufferer for long hours, while loved
ones waited, racked between rear oi
the worst and hope for the best.
Fearing Internal Injuries, physicians
decided that it would he best to take
the boy to Norfolk to a hospital,
where an X-ray examination could be
made. The trip was made Sunday
morning. Cheering news came from
Norfolk later In the day that the ex
amination had been made and no
sign of internal Injury had been
discovered.
Tim A ia l.a t 1..ft u), mi 1 toi 4n(nt
was set before Wilson left home, but!,',ay?tI
.. .... .i ,u.
tne torn hiki siiHiieiu riiii nirauiucr
cannot be set until the Inflammation
has been in some measure overcome.
It Is not believed that the operation
can be undertaken before Wednes-
day.
' .
News Monday morning was that
the boy was getting on as well as
could be expected under the clrcum-j
stances.
Joe Collins, the negro chauffeur,
is under $1,000 bond, pending the
outcome of the boy's injuries.
Taken To Lexington
Under Heavy Guard
... 7Z .. .
Tlireo Men Allel To Have Killed
Taxi Driver Karly In August
lmlii mm
Columbia, S. t .. Sept. 1- ( lly Hie
Associated Press) Jesse Cappins.
'1 ' "s an" s' J' Klrny e "
1 on ,rlHl ttt '"Kton today for al-
,,Ke'1 klll""1! (,f William Brazell, taxi
llvp'. wn" wa stabbed to death
pur v last mom n. ip nrmonprH
wpn ,B,"n "n(pr hPavy K"anl from,
( ,,l,lmf,l t0 IxlKton.
All pupils wishing to study music
MURDER CHARGE ,
World's Most Famous Fat Man
C 7 ?
Jail In
in oan rrantisto jau m
Connection With' Movie Ac-
tress's Death
San Francisco, Sept. 12 (Hy The
Associated l'ress ) Koscoe "Fatty"
Ar,,uck,e wno was plaml mAer ar
, , , .
rul ln.rii mi n pli-ll'ire nf liinnlof 1 ;1 1
, . . . -,i
Saturday night in connection with
the death of Miss Virginia Rappe,
still continues to refuse to talk or
see visitors, except his legal counsel.
Twenty witnesses will go before the
grand jury here tonight for a pre
liminary investigation, and a coro
ner's inquest into the cause of Miss
R'appe's ileal h is called for Thurs
day. Miss Rappe, who is a well-known
movie actress, died Friday after hav
ing been taken from Arbuckle's
apartments in a local hotel last Mon
day following a party, in a critical
condition. Physicians said that
death, was due to peritonitis superin
duced by an internal injury.
She was
25 years old, was born in Chicago,
nnil firut nttrnetpH attention In thllt
nrKHn.,1
jwunn " vw "
mpthnMS flf nmVIn? a lIVinr She
living. She
" "
was then making $4,000 a year as a
(raveHng an moM ghe gald MlM
RaPPe came t0 San Franclsco m
131&, and for some time designed
gowns and wore them as a model,
n , . , Q .
1917, and has sinc taken leading
parts in several.
"Fatty" Arbuckle Is 3 4 years old.
He was born in Kansas, and gained
his first motion picture experience
as an extra man for companies pro-
ducing slapstick comedies. After-
wurrt h fnrmprl his nwn rnnin:inv
hag 0(,uce(, m fm ,
, hM aowable tQ a
j
. .
I pending the outcome of the investl-
s-.ga,ion jnt0 M,M Rappe.g death
The showing of films featuring
I r,pt,0 woro rn.
cellehprp followlng 8lmilar
Medford, Mass., and Mem-
.
Plunged To Death
From Hotel Roof
CJirl Who Fell From Parapet Said To
Have ueen jroiimm uvrr
IiOVi Affair
Winston Salem. N. C.. Sept. 12 (Dy
The Associated Press) Believed to
naVfi n(.pn despondent over a love
affari M,M Linian Mi,chen, 0f WaN
nut rovp , fpn Sundav afternoon from
. parapet on the roof of a new twelve
. ... ., . ....
i810'' no,el nfire lo lne l 01 lne
ballroom, ten 8torl;8 beloWi and was
n(,tantly killed. She Is reported to
have told a friend that she was In
,ove wh a man who loved but could
not marry her.
MISS EMERALD SYKES
WILL OPEN STUDIO HERE
ports about $17,000,0(10 during Aug-
Miss Emerald Sykes will open her ust as compared with July, the De
studio here next Monday In the Din- partment of Commerce announced
ton Building and wishes pupils to today.
register on that date.
Miss Sykes Is a musician of un
usual ability and her talent has at
tracted attention wherever she has
Her training has been of
the highest order. She studied at
, , ,, , , , ,
Meredith College for a number of
aml ,!,,'n Bdnate.l n piano
aml Pine orn nt '"V't'eville con-
oc, 7
l 1 " "7 K'-1"
n aaua. tli.it olio ii' M 1 nimntii In liar
"'
home town this year.
GERMAN MARKS REACH
NEW LOWEST LEVELS
New York, Sept. 12 (By The As-
sociated l'ress) German, marks
dropped to new low records here and
in London today. New York Is
quoting marks at 0.93 cents, nnd
honi,on' :!97'4 ,narkR lo u,e 1,(U""1
gteriinK.
I
iWII.LSKKVK COTTON (iltOWFUH
Wll.Ii KKHVK COTTON (iltOWFBH
A. It. Nicholson, agent of the KHz-
aheth Mtv Boat Line, announce iih
- .ni,r.,i Survir. in tlwiuu whn utuii
t0 illlse of cotton on the Norfolk
iarket, the line that he represents
, Iir(.,,iirf,d , r,.,.V(1 rotU)n sh!p.
I11Pnti, ,nr ,hHt rity by ,nrpp 0'clo. k
nrnnn,.n v, ,iu.(..i
Norfolk before noon on
the follow-
inR daVi
In this way, according to Mr.
i Nicholson, the farmers and others
who have cotton on hand are assured
Challenges Legal
Right Of Award
liina Will Dispute Action Of Yor.
saillt-s Council On Slianl uny;
Cession
v,.ki.. .,, i o in. ti uu,.i
ated Press) China will refuse to
entertain Japan's proposals for the
settlement of the Shantung contro
versy, on the ground that the Ver
sailles action in awarding the terri
tory to Japan was illegal, it is re
ported in dispatches from the Chi-
nesP capital
COTTON MARKET
NERVOUS MONDAY
Opening Above Saturday's Quo
tations Fluctuated Sharply j
Throughout Day Closed 75 j
Points Off Saturday's Figure
I
New Orleans, Sept. 12 (By The As
sociated Press) Karly trading in
cotton here today was sharp with
nervous fluctuations.
xew York, Sept. 12 (lly The As-
nnnl..n.l li..,..,n TV... nt.. .,..i,bnl
aim ii H KUiai,
Onanint, olw.va Cutnvl.iv'e il,.ciluar
"""'S uuiiiiMCjo . .uo.Mf,
quotations sharp fluctuations con-
thronBhopul thp ()ay and at
"'losing futures were quoted as foi-
lows:
October 19.60
December 19.69
January 19.28
March 19.15
May 19.05
Spot cotton closed at 19.89.
Norfolk, Sept. 12 (Special ) -Cot-
ton which closed at 20 cents on the
exchangp here Saturday at noon had
dropped to 19.25 at closing of the
exchange today.
AXXOl'XCES Sl'SI'KNSION I
In its Saturday afternoon edition
The Evening Journal editorially an
nounced suspension of publication
after seven weeks existence here,
Likely To Admit
Belgium - Holland
Washington, Sept. 12 (By The As- Rev R- L. Matthews ran down a
sociated Press) Admission of Bel- party of church goers on the Rlch
giuni and Holland to discussion of luond pe. Glaring headlights
Far Eastern questions in the anna-; wa8 the cause. J. W. Cummins,
'ment conference is likely to be per- Bjxty-one, storekeeper on Colonial
mjU(1(1
I
Tanker Explosion
Shakes Up Town
-
Halifax 8 Hept 12 (By The
Associated Press) The terrific ex-
.ii , .i,.. ..,
' ,i oil Comnmv rocked the town1
Perla' u" c ompany riM.Ki a ine town
of Dartmouth today causing prop
(,a ,)ut no ,og9 of ljfe
Exports And Imports
t A i
increase in nuxusi
Washington, Sept. 12 (By The As
sociated Press) Exports Increased
approximately $54,000,000 and lm-
Sells Stolen Goods
And Gets Caught
Colored Hoy Sold Flrwt loot To Met
Irey Woman And Went Bark
After Moro
For recelvlne stolen eoods. Mrs.
Mary Mettrey, who keep, a small
.........
store on Polndexter street, was tinea
$25 and costs In recorder s court h-'e pr(.tty utile whlt boat, which with
.Monday morning. The evidence w:i. )tg engine Is worth two hundred dol
that she had bought two boxes of iargi wag gonei Ti, 1()gg n()t ony
cigars from a small colored boy Sat- meant two hundred perfectly good
urday at one dollar a box, which the diurB. but It also meant the loss ot
boy had Rtol'jJroin tlie store oT VV ill
Morris, on Matthews street.
The colored boy Is a son of Henry
Spencer, the negro who was shot and
killed last Christmas evj by Pollre-
man George Twiddy In u prohibition
ll on the Spencer home. The boy
w,,nt ,,ark to g-t another box of cl-
. MorrIl, gore and wag
caught. He was too
pnmri.i. Hp was too voune to be
tried In recorder's rnnrl. and will be
nivun u imurlnir In 1nvt-nltt court tie-
f... t...i.. v r eiv Thn null
penalty Imposed on Mrs. Mettrey was
bv reason of the small valne of the
p"0),.rtv.
John Pool, .colored, was sentenced
. t.... -iv,- k
for.
an assault upon his wife. Judgment
was suspended upon payment of the!
costs.
conditional upon the good be-
havlor of the defendant for the next
two years.
SAN ANTONIO
FLOODABATED
One Hundred Inhabitants Be
lieved To Have Lost Lives In
Flood But Only 47 Bodies
Ahe Recovered
San Antonio, Sept. 12 (By
The Associated Press) With
17 bodies recovered from the
flooded district, a majority of
whom are women and chil
dren, the dead from San An
tonio's flood are still estimated
at 100 at least, and the damage
is now estimated at eight mil-
lion dollars.
The waters are now receding
but two thousand homeless are
being cared , for by the Red
Cross.
Relief plans are under way
with the entire State aiding in
the work.
Houston, Sept. 12 (fly The
Associated Press) Reports
... .
p0lh.J hrn fn, nil fi.rr. To
"
or that forty Mexicans were
drowned there and, from
Ilearne that seven negroes were
drowned and that tremendous
losses of livestock, corn and
cotton resulted from the flood.
ONE KILLED AND
NINE INJURED
Glaring Headlight Cause Of
Accident Preacher's Car
Runs Down Load Of Church
goers On Richmond Pike
Petersburg, Sept. 12 ( By The
Associated Press) One person was
killed and nine injured here last
I night when an automobile driven by
Heights, is dead. The machine turn-
ed turtle. The injured are recover-
ling. ''
u tT 'a '
Harding Blames
Steamship Agents
Yrk' Sept' 12 (Hy The As"
, Prssv iiiHhnn ttii.m.
ship agents, President Harding told
j Hepresentative SK'gel in a letter to
i day, are, responsible for pathetic In
stances of separation of parents from
children In the enforcement of the
new immigration laws.
I
K.MI.KOtD MAN DEAD
Chattanooga, Sept. 12 (By The As
sociated PresB) ileorge A. Barnes,
aged 60, one of the best known rail
road meu In the South, died here
today.
Scoutmaster Venters
Loses Valuable Canoe
Is Offering Fifty Dollars Iteuuril For
, Information leading To
I lteeovery
I
When Scoutmaster Bryan Venters
uU,,i in ..,i i,iu ,,u im,i., nlu-dt
t0 ,end 8ome Boy Scouts for one ot
' "
tu,jr rt.gUiar week-end trijw, the
many good tm,.gj und Scoutmaster
Venters went to the police at once,
Armed with search warrants they
followed all clues in vain througa
Saturday and Sunday, and now
Scoutmaster Ventem k'nfrerini? lib.
,.ra reward for help In linding his
ran,,
MKKTS TIKSDAV AFTKHNOOX
The Parsonaife Aid Sorletv of the
First Mi.ilimllut rhnrch -rill Iwi un.
tertained by Mrs. Clay Foreman
Tuesday afternoon at 3:30 at her
,ome on West Main street In a fall
get-together social.
MEETS TONIGHT
The Young Woman's Club will
meet tonight at 8 o'clock at the Y.
M. C. A.
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