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WEATHER Fair tonight and Wed- nesday, no change in tern- perature. Moderate to freh N. and N. E. winds. CIRCULATION Monday 1,601 Copies VOL. XI. FINAL EDITION ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA, TUESDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 13, 1921 FOUR PAGES NO. 214 r-.T l; r -7 r hi 2 SMuWmfB Why The Lost Left Roanoke Island Miss Elizabeth Grimball, Pageantry Director, Believes That She Has Found Solution Of The Mystery That Has Puzzled Historians "Now I know why the Lost Col- j ony left Roanoke Island," says Miss .Elizabeth B. Grimball, nationally known pageantry director, who has ' been rehearsing the characters in the historical-educational film plcturlza iion of the first attempted English colonization of the New World. Miss Crlmball has been at work in the woods on the island, close by the ite of the original Fort Raleigh, and .small denizens of the forest mos quitoes, redbugs and the like have shown her particular personal atten tion. She is sure that the colonists left to escape being eaten alive Manv minor mlshans have attend- ed the work of rehearsing the many characters who will participate in the huge drama, and In other preparations for it. A few days ago, Miss Grimball, Miss Mabel Evans, W. C. Crosby, Eugene C. Brooks and J. B. Williamson, leaders in the un- dertaking, made a hurried trip to .,. t.J jk .in. patiitian jUHfniwiDO,i'i'" lo find a suitable place to film the Janding of Amadas and Barlowe, in which Elizabeth City people will 1afirolv flruro ... . . . u Tne party naa oniy a iew noum r for the trlD. and in order to save time, it was decided that they should land some distance south of the .Kitty Hawk settlement. The Gret -chen was brought as close to the hore as the permit, all divested themselves of shoes and hose and began to wade ashore. As they neared the beach the Tjarty found an underwater area cov ered with short grass, literally alive with crabs. Brooks, Crosby and Williamson, proceeding cautiously Ahead were making creditable speed, when they were halted by a call irom MIbs Grimball. "I'm afraid of these horrid crabs," he said, "and I'm going to put on my shoes." "No, don't Jo that," said William son, "you u ruin mem. "i aon i j mind carrying you ashore." , Miss j Grimball consented, and he picked 1 her up. Williamson, who is direc tor of mechanics for the School Ex tension Division of the State Depart ment of Education, is a strong man, and well able to carry a woman of medium anv reasonable distance under ordinary conditions. I How- Hospital directors are gratified at over, he Is afraid of crab and in t"e response of subscribers to the avoiding a particularly big crustacean flrst cal1 for real monev and belleve with outstretched claws, he stepped tnat the flr8t Payments on subecrlp into a hole and partly lost his bal- tions wil1 ln hand for tne most nce. The result was -that Miss Part br September 15th. Grlmball fell full length into the Subscribers who have not yet turn, -water with a resounding splash. . d In tnelr "ubscriptlons are earnest. One of the most stirring scenes in ly requested to do so not later than the film story Is an Indian attack on Wednesday. Fort Raleigh, in the course of which Plans for the opening of the hos a number of the settlers and Indians Ptal are now Progressing most sat are supposedly killed outside the for- kfactorily and apparently the open tlflcations. Many small trees have ,n of th Institution will take place been cut from around the scene of Planned without a hitch. action, and a number of stumps five or six Inches high remain. During recent rehearsals, it has been Inter-1 -estlng to watch the careful search of the terrain which the "wounded" j actors make before they select places to fall. A few days ago, one of the characters was particularly hesitant about taking his scheduled tumble, and Miss Grimball, who thought he was afraid of striking a stump, yell ed to him to fall at once "Huh!" he replied, "I've Deen coming up here every afternoon with clean shirt on, and have been falling out and messing up shirts until this is the last clean one rve Kt 0ne day last week the nartv di- a 7 ast wee a, tne party q; ctlng preparations for the moving cture. went over to Nags Head to confer with RiihPth ntr nd rec plct to confer - going up the pier at the Head, the hM wharf trnw . ' S without nltZZi - tnem wunout warning at full speed, .nu iu u.u ii young cugene Broom was compelled to dive headlong Into the water. Just as he was hat and 11. He Is a good swimmer and had no difficulty In getting ashore, where J A- .MIJ It L . quicaiy ariea The picture Is going to be an utter rail u re, said one literal mind- ed. strictly modern observer of ths preparations the other day, talking to a friend. "Why don't you know j n , iib.o a BuiKie automobile or flying machine In the wnoie inmg: ?v.'.. Z . ,re ,d Cn ln ber ZV. h , f . ?pU'n A - Cl9 - nt. who wl ak. .till picture, of ' " Pn" ,n l 1:ir tnr intern Colony TO TELL FARMERS OF THIS NEW PLAN Representatives Of State De partment Of Agriculture Here Friday To Explain Co operative Marketing Dr. B. W. Kilgore, of Raleigh, dl- rector ot tne extension service oi xne State Department of Agriculture, an- MCLrary, district super- vlsor' wil1 be in tne clty Frlday- September 16th, to inaugurate a campaign to enlist Pasquotank far-j " - operative marketing of the 1921 tullu" ""v "' " So"th' , . 0 , Dr. Kllgore and Supervisor Mc- , . . . : ' ' " " . "v . J -- ui ranquuwuiL tuuui; m me umuo of County Farm Agent Falls at ten o'clock Friday morning and explain in detail the adonted Diana for mar-t - rr.lnm M Omit h'n raA 1 4 m nn AW ft HAfl ""8 luo Yul" 6,cot wu on a co-operative commodity basis. Besides farmers, all business and professional men interested in the uuuu ,u Jsia r$ MjttVtstm A A Invrt Afl of ( Anil "In this section everybody must be Interested," says Mr. Falls, "be cause in one way or another every body Is affected by it." MONEY POURING IN FOR HOSPITAL NOW Prompt Response On Part Of Subscribers To First Call For Money And Directors Hope Will Continue A constant stream of hospital sub scriptions, due September 1st, flowed into the Sayings Bank & Trust Com pany Monday and the outlook is good for a continuation of this beneficent flood throughout the first half of the week. John tSaSSett IVlOOre Probably Be Judge Geneva, Sept. 13 (By The Associ ated Press) Delegates to the As sembly of the League of Nations to day predicted that John Bassett Moore would be elected Judge of the i Court of International Justice. slides and the like, as he strode to the prow of the Gretchen on a cruise through heavy seas recently. A moment afterward, a great wave camfl over the bow of the boat and completely drenched him, whereupon ho ratraataA tiaatllv fr iVia roKln an1 .w . J . 7 . Nashville, Sept. 13 (By me Asso- tnere rema)ned drying out during .latpH PrpoNoah W Coonpr th regt of the , elated Press) roan w. cooper i ,p,,e 0Lthe meagrenes. of the' aWyer "J1" "Pnent ! 9u"dablu( l. me85rene" - the.laws, today announced to the Ten- SSS'SKl.Sr Z Z ' the folki on Roanoke Island both 1 UP' lne IOIIt, on "oanoKe island, Dotn ilrTn '",d f aracter8-Bllke' are working sealously and patiently fori the success of the picture drama that win portray event, which opened the ong .tory of England's settlement 0f those uncharted wilds that have become the United States of America. The picture, when completed, will I- ' v iulv u I icDBf n l ll i mi u im ii u u vi i Diiun, mi: vvunruaii iu UV WIU first Of all be State history. Of and lnr nnr ( h nrl tnr mhlrh nni. unrraH im nnpint in K... t a for North Carolinians; but In a lar- ger sense the events portrayed are national history the beginning of the thirteen colonies and as such are of deep significance to every rtniri itu, wnemrr uv in mains or California, In Texas or Minnesota.! on Koanoke Island was written In tb' b'od of d,rlng Poneer at - C?,p;?r of that tory of the United states which is still In the making. Movie Actors Meet Tonight All local characters In the historic Roanoke Island motion picture are specially asked to meet Mlsa Elizabeth B. Grim- ball, director of the cast, at the Chamber of Commerce rooms at seven o'clock tonight. GOMPERS WILL INVADE SOUTH Seeks To Check Wage Cuts In Tex tUe Industries And Says Organized Labor Must Be Recognized New York, Sept. 13 (By The Asso ciated Prees) Samuel Gompers will invade the South in an effort to check the wage cuts in the textile mills of Georgia, Tennessee, Norths-Carolina, South Carolina and Alabama, he told the convention of United Tex- tile Workers of America in session here today. ' Mr. Gompers added that the textile lnduBtry will have a fight on its hands unless organized labor Is rec- ognlzed. Kepresentative Iaylor Dies At Washington Washington, Sept. 13 (By The As- anl.atoA Pre1 npnrflntMve Z " Tm t7vY, -h i. of . Arkansas, who nag been in congress since 1912, died here early today. MYSTERY CLEARED IS THE BELIEF NOW New Arrests And Alleged Con fessions Will Throw Full Light On Double Murder Officials Say Chicago, 8ept. 13 (By The Assoc! ntort PrpwO Authorities believed to- ri.v that th mvntnrv surroundln the murder of B. J. Daugherty and of , The Associated Press) Beaten Into Carl A. Ausmus, automobile gales-, insensibility by two negroes who es men, will be cleared up with the ar-leaped, H. Johns and wife, aged rest of Leon Parks and Clarence Wil- couple, living at Vaughanville, are In der, alleged accomplices of Harvey a serious condition. The man is not W. Church, arrested as the chief fac- j expected to live. Robbery was the tor In the case. Confessions have been obtained from all three, it Is alleged. Fate OfN. Y. Mayor Depends On Women New York, Sept. 13 (By The As- sociated Press) Women voters for the flrst time will today participate ln the mayoralty campaign primaries; ' here. It Is conceded that they hold .pjfjh Avenue Does tne Daiance or power. HARDING PLAYS GOLF New York, Sept. 13 (By The As sociated Press) President Harding and his party sailed from Brooklyn Navy Yard today aboard the Mafr-i flower for Glencove, where they will Indulge In golf at Piping Rock Club, . .. . ..... - aner wnicn me presidential yacm will be turned toward Washington. Must Go To Work If Want Rehearing Chicago, Sept. 13 (By The Associ-iAll must go, they assert, if the sve ated Press) Until all striking nue, turning from home life to busl workers return to their jobs, there ness, Is to retain its dignity, will be no rehearsing of tha wage dls-1 So the Fifth Avenue Association is pute award, Judge Kenesaw M. Lan- preparing to ask the legislative char dis, arbiter, announced today ln an ter revl&ion committee to make effort to adjust the controversy changes which will permit the city which for four months has tied up authorities to banish signs on the Chicago's building Industry. Noah W. Cooper To Run For Senate Nashvltle, Sept. 13 (By The Asso- :""J"L L u . . broth er of L eutenant-Governor W B. Cooper, of North Carolina, J $10,000 Purse For Noted Trotters 13 (By The Asso - Syracuse, Sept. ten thousand dol- ed trotters will compete In the Em- pire State stake for I:1J trotters bringing together Jeanette Rankin. leading money winning trotter of (he year. Grey Worthy snd Betty! Taylor and four others 1 Captaln Ralph T. Crowley, super- Intendent of the Seventh District of women to dem the United States Coast Guard. left,through Creat B Monday for a en-d.y inspection tour here today by .pea of the district. Methodist conferen ALLEGE PERJURY INARBUCKLECASE District Attorney Scores Meth od Employed To Balk Jus tice Fatty Declines To Make Statement San Francisco, Sept. 13 (By The Associated Press) The District At- ' tinrnpv Inanori a Btatamant tnHov al leging perjury by one of the wlt- nesses in the Roscoe (Fatty) Ar- buckle grand jury investigation and Intimated that arrests may follow. The foreman of the grand Jury in vestigating the case announced that he jury felt that additional evidence was necessary before rendering the indictment. The district attorney scores the methods employed to balk 'Justice through perjury alleged on the part of the witnesses. Arbuckle said that he would decline to make any statement when before the grand Jury. No date has been set for a further Jury hearlne. Senate Approves Repeal Profits Tax Washington, Sept. 13 (By The As sociated Press) Repeal of the ex cess profits tax effective next January 1 instead of last January 1 was to . . "ay appr0Vea Dy 109 benai 'maDCe iijomraittee. Verdict Is Guilty In Trial Of Kirby Columbia, Sept. 13 (By The As sociated Press) "Guilty" was the verdict of the Jury here today ln the case against S. J. Klrby, flrst of the three men to be tried for the murder on August 9 of William Brazell, taxi driver. Aged Couple Are Beaten By Robbers Greenwood, S. C, Sept. 18 (By motive. Reply Lloyd George Made Public Tonight Dublin, Sept. 13 (By The Associ ated Press) The Dall Erleann reply to Lloyd George's conference propo- sal for an Irish settlement may be made public here tonight. Not Want Signs New York, Sept. 13 (By The Asso- dated Press) Broadway can nave its electric signs famous the world around, but Fifth Avenue will have none of them. According to merchants along this .1 ....).. It l.n'l A 1 nr, (An4 iamuu iiiuiuuRinaio u u's" for kittens to play, with skeins of silk atop skyscrapers in the fashionable shopping district, even if kittens and silk be only of electric lamps. Not only do the merchants object to signs in motion but also to signs at rest. historic avenue. $100,(M)0 FIRE IX Ul'SSELLVILLE Russellville. Ala., Sept. 13 (By The Associated Press) Seven bulld- lngs In the center of the business district were destroyed by Are here today at a loss of $100,000. Say Relief Worker. Trv Destroy Soviet London. Sept. 13 (By The Associ ated rress) An attempt to over- row Rnvtat rulo waa r1laAnAAr1 following the arrest of the Russian (Famine Relief Committee, says a , dispatch from Moscow. Letters showing the conspiracy to be wide- found In possession of relief worker . I Vn L. Ur6C tngllSll Women Demand Prohibition London, 8ept. 13 (By The A.si- elated Press) Appeals to English and prohibiten Britain were made peakers In the world ce. Sixteen Pure-Bred Gows March Down Main Street Posed Tuesday Morning For Picture In Front Of Bank, And Will Be DistributedTo Farm ers At New Fair Ground W c nesday Afternoon PUBLIC HEARING HERE WEDNESDAY People of Pasquotank, Camden And Currituck Asked' to Discuss Together Matter of Pasquotank Bridge Site A public hearing on the question of the site of the pro posed State bridge across the Pasquotank River is to be held at the court house here on Wednesday afternoon at one o'clock. Chairman A. B. Houtz, of the Pasquotank Highway Com mission has been requested by District Highway . Commission er Hart to notify ' people in , , f ., Camden and Currituck as welij as those in Pasquotank of the! 'hearing, and Mr. Houtz has ! .. , . , , mailed letters to persons of prominence in both counties ad- in order to promote the advancement vising them of the meeting andiot the lndU8try- the First & citizens . , , , . , National Bank Is taking the lead ln has also asked this paper t0iinakmg available to the farmer, on give the meeting publicity. f. ta fair basis the carload of cattle Just, The question is one of inter-1"0'- ' v ' t M , , , , , i All the cattle have been bred and est to the people of all three the herd ,8 at pre8ent belng Kept on Counties and a large attend- the farm of A. E. Cohoon near this ance at the hearing is expected.' ; Meat Dealers Want Damage Made Good i i ni a. i Hundreds Of Pounds Of Hteaks And (liops Spoiled After Alb(rton Left Market Due to Inadequate refrigeration the butchers occupylns stalls In the xaiV ! wi uo v nov sunt ill en W U J spoiling estimated in value various- ly at from seventy-five to one hun dred and fifty dollars. At a special call meeting of the City, Council held at Mavor flood w In nfflco Mnnrinv afternoon, the meat dealers present- ed bills for the amount of their loss, which the Council passed over to the City Attorney, who will pass upon them. i Shortly after the flrst of Sept em - ber, John Albertson, who has long allow as much as 12 months credit had charge of the refrigerating plant t0 tno8e not conveniently able to pay at the City Market, and who has cagh for the cows they buy. The given the meat dealers better ser- proposition Is entirely a non-profit-vice than any other since the estab- making one for the Bank, other than llshment of thes market, was dls- anv Indirect benefit the Institution charged. The City Council employed may Bain through the larger proe others t,o do the work, but none gave per'ty of this section by the raising satisfaction, and they wired the fac- ot better livestock, tory, asking that an expert be sent to run the refrigerating plant tem porarily. Meanwhile many pounds of meat were spoiling dally. I A man was sent, and he also had difficulty ln operating the plant. As a last resort, the Council offered Al-1 bertson his Job back, but Albertson wuuiuu i aixepi. r many, me UOUn- cll made an arrangement whereby the refrigerating company hired Al bertson, and he Is now on the Job. Meat dealers who have lost much of their meat by the improper oper-' New York, Sept. IS (Special) atlon of the cold storage plant are Opening at a slight advance over determined that they shall be re- ye.terday's close, cotton futures lost paid for their lose. It is understood ground .lightly today on early trad that the bills presented to the City ,ng, and after var0us fluctuations Council on Monday were figured at duPng the day October closed at a varying rates, and It Is believed that galn of 29 points over this morn the Council will pay damages to the lng', opening and of 38 point, over butcher, as soon as they can arrive yesterday's closing figures, at an equitable price basis. , Spot cotton cloged at 2 3Q a The City Council also considered gain of 50 points from yesterday's tt closing of Dyer street south of close. The tone of the market was Church, In order that the Robinson property In that section, which Is divided by the street, may be con- verted Into a single area. The vote on the plan was three-three, and Mayor Goodwin cast the deciding vote against the closing of the street. This property Is under consideration by the City School Trustees as a pos sible site for the new school build ings to be erected when the recently authorised $400,000 school bond Is sue la sold. Councllmen Foreman and Jennetts were not prpat ai tce meeting. People on the streets of Eliz abeth City Tuesday morning saw the unusual sight of a herd of fine dairy cattle driven up Main street to a point in front of the First & Citizens Na tional Bank, and there posed for the cameri. These cattle, sixteen in number, comprised the greater part of the herd of nineteen pure-bred Guernsey cows and heifers bought by The First and Citizens National Bank in Chester County, South Carolina, for distribution among the farmers of Pasquo tank County at cost. This Is the flrst large herd of fine dairy cattle brought to this section. Heretofore, it has been next to im possible to keep fine cows in this County because of the cattle tick. Th? eradlcatlon f the early enforcement of the State- wlde stock Law, prohibiting free range in nearly all of North Carolina !wIH ake p088lb,e tne grow,n of 'blooded cattle to a larger degree than over before in this section, and clty- Tn tnree C0W8 not exhibited In this city Tuesday mornlne have young calves. J. H.. Barber, one of the leading cattle raisers f Chester County in the middle of South Car olina dairy country, brought tha herd to this city, and says that ft l ,A. - '. ., . . ., cattle that he has ever seen. The cattle will be distributed at the New Fair Ground Wednesday afternoon at two o'clock. Nearly all of them have been spoken for ' Jlal , . , . fnd. " nf 1?1?,CuIty.uls ln the distribution, they will be put up at auction, and sold with the un derstanding that if they bring more than they cost, the difference will be i divided pro rata among the purchas ers. The cattle cost from $65 to' $165 apiece, and range in age from a year and a half to six years. , All are of equally high grade stock. By a special arrangement, the First & Citizens National Bank win COTTON QUIET ON THE EXCHANGE But Spots After Some Fluctu- tions Closed At Advance Of,' Fifty Points Over Yester day's Closing Figures quiet. Closing future quotations were as follows: October 19.99 December ........ ,J0. 04 January 19.88 March 19.60 May 19.48 Norfolk. 8ept. 13 (Special) Nor folk.spots closed steady at 18 cents. Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Tasker and Major Morrlsette have returned from an automobile trip to Colonial Beach and Wanh.'rrfon, D. C.