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VOL. XI.
FINAL EDITION
ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 15, 1921
FOUR PAGES
NO. 216
Road Across Knobbs Creek
Ready For Use By Winter
This The Program Of State Highway Commis
sion In Directing Pasquotank Highway Com
mission Begin Work
Highway
Work on the road to New
land will be transferred from
XT l ? - 1 '
me present scene oi operations
near Berea church, within the
near future, to the Elizabeth
City end of the road, it was
learned here shortly after noon
Thursday.
The change is the result of an
Inspection of the road made Thurs
day morning by Frank Page, chair
man of the State Highway Commit
fiion, together with State Engineer
Charles M. Upham, of Raleigh, Dis
trict Construction Engineer J. C.
Gardner of Tarboro, District Main
tenance Engineer J. B. McDaniels of
Tarboro, and Assistant Mainten
ance Engineer D. S. Hicks of Tar
boro. Following this inspection, the
Pasquotank Highway Commission
-was directed to make arrangements
to complete the Elizabeth City end
of the road as early as practicable so
that a paved road across Knobbs
Creek swamp could be opened to
traffic by winter. Last winter this
stretch of road was one of the worst
in the County.
Work on the paving of the Eliza
teth City end of the road w ill b9
begun as soon as the Pasquotank
Highway Commission can construct
A fill through the swamp so that the
force will not have to work in mud
and water. Work on the fill will be
begun as soon as County Engineer
Hlggs is furnished by the State with
the proper levels to which the fill i
to be constructed. While work or
the fill is golng.pn, paving will be
-continued at Berea; but as soon as
the fill is completed work on paving
this end of the road will immediately
begin.
Chairman Page and his party mo
tored here from Raleigh, arriving
Wednesday evening, and left return
ing to that city early Thursday after
noon. While here Chairman Page is said
to have made the remark that ho
thought it would be well, in view of
the fact that the bridging of the
Pasquotank is an engineering prob
lem, that agitation of the matter be
held in abeyance until the State en
gineer can make his survey and re
port his recommendations to tha
State Highway Commission.
Roanoke Institute
Opening Sept. 19th
The 25th annual session of Roan
oke Institute will open Monday, Sep
tember 19th.
"Along with the faculty of last
year which consisted of repre
sentatives of Roanoke, Waters, How
ard, Shaw, FIsk, Morris, Brown, New
England, there will be teachers rep
resenting Radcllffe College, Univer
sity of Chicago, Harvard, Va. N. I.
and U. of P., and it is hoped and ex
pected that good work will be done
in all classes. The co-operation of
parents and the public generally is
sincerely desired that the school
year may end satisfactorily," says
President C. F. Graves.
.Historic Building
To Be Torn Down
Winchester, Va., Sept. 15 (By The
Associated Press) The building in
which the late President McKinley
was made a Master. Mason during the
Civil War while a rhajor in an Ohio
regiment is soon to be torn down to
make way for a modern business
building. It is a low, two-story
structure ln the heart of the retail
district here.
Vassar Girls Honor
Memory Professor
Pasadena. Cal., Sept. 15. Unveil
ing of a monument in Peru by the
Vassar College Alumnae Association,
in memory of the late Professor
James Orton, will be attended by
ihe daughter of the explorer, Miss
B. Orton. She is head of a school
for girls here.
Dr. Orton, who was of the Vassar
faculty, died In Peru while on one of.
his scientific explorations of South
America.
On This End Of Paved
RACE TROUBLES
IN MINING VILLAGE
Several Wounded, One Family
Under Arrest, And Deputies
Seeking To Hold Irate Mob
In Restraint
-Chattanooga, Sept. 15 (By The
Associated Press )A negro family
is under arrest here today and other
families are fleeing while deputy
sheriffs are seeking to hold in re-
i
straint tne irate armea wuue uveng-
. n,.,t oh ,p, fhrao
CIO Ul UUUa JJO.1 UCU uu .....v.,
v ij i...
Slaters woo were wuuuucu ui6iit,
in shot gun firing by Jewel Clipper,
nQrQOO wh a a an snriniiH v
.
wounded, at Montlake, a mining vil-
,
lage near here.
Trained Supervisor.
To Direct Teacher
In Kmplojment Of Miss Addie White-
hurst, Pasquotank Joins Hanks
Of lrogresslves
Pasquotank County this year is
employing a rural supervisor whosul
!job it is to go from schoji to f-clucl,
assisting the teachers in their pio-
blems, suggesting improvements in
methods of teaching and discipline,
and generally serving as a field as
sistant to the county superintendent
of education. The supervisor em
ployed is Miss Addie Whitehurst,
and her time since she began work
on the first of August has been large
ly used to familiarize herself with the
local school situation, and to help
the superintendent and various
school committees of the County in
the selection of teachers.
Twenty-four North Carolina coun
ties now have supervision. Gates is
the only county in this part of the
State, except Pasquotank, in which
one is employed, though Miss Har
riet Nixon, assistant superintendent
In Perquimans County, does work
practically Identical with that of the
supervisor. The Pasquotank Coun
ty Board of Education adopted the
supervisor plan at the June meetingj
f tita vaqi anri Ulna WnltahupDt a-QO
this year, and Miss Whitehurst was
employed to serve until January 1.
when she expects to return to North
Carolina College for Women for
further training in supervisorship,
by which she will receive Master of
Arts degree next summer.
Miss Addle Whitehurst Is a l'as -
quotank County girl. She received
her elementary education at Eliz-
V, u o ! n . n X- u - 1 : '
abeth City, entered North Carolina
College for Women in 1914, and
graduated with the degree of bach
elor of science in 1918. She then did
emergency war work in Jones and
Duplin Counties for a year and dur
ing the school term of 1919-20 was
principal of the Sharpsburg graded
school, in Nash County. Last year
she was assistant principal of the
Newland High School, where her
work was ot such a high order that
her selection for the supervisorship
of the county educational system was
the natural result
For the last two weeks, Miss
Whitehurst has been very busy help
ing the teachers of Newland, Fork
and Riverside schools get their work
under way. The plan of work which
she has adopted calls for actual class
room observation of work and sug
.1
gestion of methods on every school
uj. ju naiuiuajs ene win aired.
the work of the county teachers')
reading circles, and confer' wlth;Tr Ewimon Hurt
teachers who
ma luiue iu see nt?i
about problems
them.
that are troubling
PARCEL POST FOR RUSSIA
Washington, Sept. 15 (By The As
sociated Press) The opening of a
parcel post service in Russia Is an
nounced today at rates ot 12 cents a
pound plus the transit charge.
MEETS TONIGHT
The Elizabeth Lodge I, O. O. F.
meets tonight at 7:30, corner of
Mala and Polndexter streets.
Odd Fellowi are invited.
All
SPORTSMAN SHOT
TO DEATH IN CARv
Shot Fired From Another Auto-
mobile And Husband Of
Woman With Sinclair Being
Questioned
,B. Tho .
tuy ine as-
Akron, O., Sept. 15
sociated Press) Harry Sinclair, aged
40, sportsman, was shot to death to-
Hav urhllA rotnrnlnp frnm Plevplatlri
..u " ' "a ""Tu"
wiiu iwu wuiucu auu auuiun uiau iu
an automobile.
The shots were fired from another
car. Mrs. Lotta Frlddle, Miss
Louise Friddle, her sister-in-law, and
Russell Smethers were in the car
with Sinclair and are being held as
witnesses. Marshall Frlddle, the
husband of Lotta, is being ques
tioned.
Pleased At Prospect
ror Meet s success
i
C. M. Cooper Receiving Encouraging
Indications Of Full Attendance At I
Livestock Meet and Poultry Show I
C. Kimrey, of the animal hus-
l J ,H.,l,.lr, f lha Otutp riermrt-
uaum; umoiu- io .
. , . t I Ua
ment nf Aericulture. who was in the
... .
n Wpnnpannv rpnreapn Hn a the ex-
vnj v.... ..v.-j - a
tension service of his department,
. . . u -
marine Drenminary preparaiious iui
- - - -
the State Livestock and Pou try
Meet to be held here on NovemDer
29 30 and'December 1 left Wednes-
,1 ihf 1-r.r R.Toirh '
aay nigni lor XvaieiB".
Within the next few weeks Dr. B.
-u-u
rs divis rSSSSS
5r8( culture, who is now at the Hague at-
. U' thn flrat wnrirt Pnnltrv Ex-
IC11U1U6
hibltlon, is expected here to make
. . ,u i,r
especial preparations for the poultry,
show to be held in connection with
the meet.
As stated in Wednesday's Issue of
this newspaper, all lectures and dem
onstrations In connection with the(
meet will be given in and around the
! County courthouse. Negotiations
are now under way to secure a suit- tension Service, will be in the city
able building in the city, not too Friday to explain to the farmers the HARDING AT WEST POINT
far removed from the business sec- State plan of marketing cotton. They
tion, to house the poultry exhibits will be at the office of O. W. Falls, New York' SeVt- 15 (By The As
nnri thp nfflclal headnuarters of the' County Demonstrator.-at ten o'clock sociated Press) America's future
poultry show. Some livery stable al- in the morning, and all farmers and defenders hope to be reviewed today me nrsi year includes Latin, arith
so must be secured to house the pure- business men of Pasquotank County by President Harding who continued tnellc, community civics, and Eng
bred livestock that will be brought are urged to avail themselves of the hls yachting cruise by coming from sh- In the second year it corn
here in connection with the meet. j opportunity to become familiar with Southampton, where he played golf Prises Latin, algebra, ancient history
i i j t. t t i r i art1 h.nirlluli Thn tkl. 1 1 i
r 1 rnnner. secretary of the lo-
cal poultry association, thVough
whose interest and activity, very
largely, the meet was brought here,
enthusiastic about the nrosnect for
its success, and he is taking especial
interest in the poultry show. He has
received word that the State meet-
ings of the National Barred Ply-
mouh Rock Association and of the
United Ancona Club will be held here
and he hopes that the State meeting Kllgore and Mr. McCrary on Thurs
of the National Wyandotte Club may day addressed the farmers of Cho-
be bro here the Bame
time. These meetings will increase
the entries of Barred Rocks and An-
conas; and of White Wyandottes
also, If that club can be Induced to
hold Its state meeting here at this'
time.
Charles Nixon, of Washington,
New jergey, who has acted as Judge
ln ieading poultry shows of the coun-l
trv including the shows at Madison
.....
Square Garden, will Judge the poul
try exhibit here.
De Valera Replies
To Lloyd George
London, Sept. 15 (By The Assoc!
ated Press) De Valera's latest let
ter to Lloyd George declares his wll
lingness to enter the proposed con-
Xerence at Inverness, but only as a
representative
state.
ot the
sovereign
HANGED FOR MURDER
Centerville, Ala., Sept. 15 (By The
Associated Press) Clyde Thomas,
negro, was hanged here today for the
murder of a fifteen year old girl
on AugU9t nlnth.
In Goldsboro Fire
Ooldsboro, N. C, Sept. 15 (By The
Associated Press) Fire destroyed
the Edgerton building, Brown Drug
Store and several other buildings
here today with damage of $100,000.
Two firemen were injured.
FIRE AT ROCKAWAY
1 Hill on East Main street and will
New York, Sept. 15 (By The As- conduct her dressmaking establlsh
soclated Press) A block ot hotels, ment ln the same quarters. Mrs.
bath houses and amusement places Lewis' work Is always In demand and
at Rockaway Beach valued at halt a
million dollars was destroyed by lira
today. Two men are missing.
Bank's Cow Venture
Is Working Out Well
armors Take Majority Of Pure
Ilred Guernseys On First Day
Of Distribution
, "Very satisfactory indeed
is the
comment of Vice-President
W. G.I
Gaither, of the First & Citizens Na-'
jtlonal Bank, on the sale of the pure-
Dred Guernsey cattle brought to this
,. ...
gttut0n for
., t. . ,
J - - f - u q vuu a V 1 U
distribution at cost
among the farmers of the section.
..
Nearly all of the nineteen
choice
cows and heifers were distributed at
the New Fair Grounds, a mile from
the city on the Weeksville paved
road, Wednesday afternoon at two
o'clock. There are still a few left,
according to Mr. Gaither, and these
may be examined by prospective
purchasers at the A. E. Cohoon farm
near this city.
Livestock growers who bought one
or more of the fine cattle included
A. J. Jennings, W. J. Meads, M. C.
Meads, R. C. Lowry, Sr., J. D. Sykes,
Mills E. Bell, W. L. Cohoon, A. S.
Mann, W. H. Lambert, W. T. Harris,
M W. Saunders, and John L. Wil
liams. The cows were bought from
livestock raisers of Chester County
v- 1,1 U,B ,musl 01 lne ooma L'ar-
S
uanjr
vino uaiiv cuunirv. i npv wptp
lino
--rf
i" iis tuy ny j
H. Barber,
QUO Qf jh lflB(l(ni. rnnr0rB f
UUJ luaQln8 growers OI
cattle in that section.
lunilQDCIB ui L'UIILIU UT inf rV P W
-
r air uround Wednesday
- - -"7
-
torily settlinB "P the cattle they
i wished. to buy, and the auction sale
'rnnlamnlptnH In oo A
1 , "L
was found untlrely unnecessary. The
S H f"'" J -imals e,
""J?' 80 GhIy T he pur;
pose of encouraging the development
, lmnr.v.,.nl . ... ,., . .
. 7""'" '"T ,.
dustry in this part of North Carolina,
r
WILL EXPLAIN
MARKETING PLAN
Dr. B. W. Kllgore and O. F. Mc-
Crary, of the State Agricultural Ex-
the work ne of the D an whereby the
cotton growers of the County may re-
ceive a larger return on their crop.
This is the first occasion upon
which the State marketing: nlan has
'been brought to this section ot North
Carolina. The plan has been gener-
ally adopted throughout the Central
and Southeastern parts of the State,
and will, it is believed, prove of
great benefit to the farmers. Dr.
wan and Perqulmans Countles at
. .
n.denton and Hertford respectively,
They will speak at Camden Court
House Friday afternoon at two
o'clock, and at Moyock at 7:30.
Farmers that have cotton for sale
or ln the field are particularly urged
to attend
one or
another ot these
meetings,
Arbuckle May Face bandits attack woman
First Degree Murder nishee, Ariz., Sept. 15 (By The As-
' sociated Press) A band of Mexhan
San Francisco, Sept. 15 (By The raiders attacked a woman ranch own
Associated Press) Following the er, tried to cut out her tongue and
charge of manslaughter returned by escaped.
the coroner's Jury, Roscoe (Fatty)
Arbuckle, charged with the death ot TODAY'S COTTOX MARKET
Virginia Rappe, will know today New York, Sept. 15 (Special)
whether he is to face the more serl- Cotton futures closed here today as
ous charge of first degree murder,
The district attorney Is seemingly de-
termlned to press the charge.
Arbuckle will be prosecuted, as a
violator of the Volstead act if the
evidence shows that he transported
liquor for his party. Prohibition
agents are investigating the situa
tion. A Inrlcpv
American JOCKeyS
Lead French Turf
Paris, Sept. 15 (By The Associ
ated Press) Three American Jock
eys, Frank O'Neill, of St. Louis,
Matt McGee, of Sheepshead Bay, and
Guy Garner, of Kentucky, with a
string of winning mounts, led the
riders on the French turf today, as
racing was resumed on the metro
nolitan tracks.
BUYS MILLINERY STORE
Mrs. R. E. Lewis has purchased
the millinery business ot Mrs. M.
old and new customers will be pleat-
ed with her new and convenient lo-
.cation.
Boys And Girls Back To
School Again On Monday
Crowded Conditions Will Necessitate Extension
Of Relay Plan To Include First Five Grades
Of School This Year, Says Superintendent
S. L. Sheep
GREAT RAILROAD
STRIKE POSSIBLE
'
Representatives Of Half a Mil-
lion Shopmen Said To Favor
Walkout To Be Considered
In Approaching Meeting
Chicago, Sept. 15 (By The Asso-
ciated
Press) Decision a tn
whether the nation will face a gen-
prni rni rnnri otrfia vn
- - - vuu dii inc ma t i rnu 1 1 iiiii
two important meetings which are
fine impending. Representatives of 500,
000 railroad shomnen will meet hern
TIRirr Klltllav an1 raiipaiiitiitnt nn n
i-ioiiiau.M ui
- s cnmen
" w,w ,Cci. oeineniuer
22. Unofficial reports say that the
men favor a strike.
"
Thinks M
Hear V
"ear V
en Would Go
Women Preach
Chicago, Sept. 15 (By The Asso
ciated Press) "If there were more
women In the pulpits there would be
more men In the churches," Miss
Srr'SL'irrwl
Preachers, told the convention here
n,,. . I 4. .
today.
buib "P u nuuson to west
ini.
Attorney General Daugherty Is
suffering from a slight touch of
Ptomaine poisoning, and George
Christian, Jr., the President's secre-
tary, confined with' two fractured
ribs, Is improving under the care of year of hlRh school with typewriting,
General Sawyer aboard the presi- shorthand, bookkeeping, and Eng
dentlal yacht Mayflower. ,,l8n; an(1 Includes In the senior year
: the same subjects with commercial
SHILOH HIGH SCHOOL
WILL OPEN ON MONDAY
I
Shiloh High School will open next
Monday wlthN. E. Gresham of
Bedlahville as principal and with a
faculty of six teachers. Two trucks
will be used for the transportation of
pupils, as was done last year. An
enrollment of approximately 150 Is
CApeLieu. :
follows:
October 19.30, December
19.52, January 19.46, March 19.35,
May 19.23.
New York spots closed
at 19.70.
JAPAN MAY NOT
ASK DISCUSSION
Immigration Problem Likely To lie
Left Out Of Deliberations Of
Con fore lire
corded in the history of the Ellza
Toklo, Japan, Sept. 15 (By The bBth my Graded Schoolg.
Associated Press) There are Indl-
cations here that Japan will not In-J
slst upon a discussion ot immigra
tion problems at the approaching dis
armament conference at Washington,
since the subject Is not mentioned In
the note from Secretary Hughes
suggesting the program for the con
ference. NKW PRESSING CM'H OVER
PEOPLES RAIMJAIX STORE
Guy Stowe of Washington, N. C,
formerly employed at Mltche'l's
Department Store here, has opened
pressing club over the People's
Bargain Store. The club will ipe-
clallse on ladles' alterations.
The 1921-22 session of the Eliz
abeth City Graded Schools begins
next Monday morning, and Johnny
goes back to his lessons after three
months of vacation time. He dreads
the prospects, of course, but he is
determined to make the bust of a
bad situation, and shows but little,
If any, of the anguish that he feels
at the early end of that summertime
of fun and freedom from Irksome
responsibility .which seems to have
been altogether too short as he looks
back upon It.
All high school pupils and those
promoted from the seventh grade are
Instructed not to come to school
Monday morning until ten o'clock,
in order that the auditorium may be
used for the organization of the
Kiailliuai K UUKH
The schools will
, -
; - " -
- - '"um
..facilities on account of the lack of
8Cno1 funds- Prof. S. L. Sheep, sup-
l printpnHpn. f .1 '
!,no77L, .1 u,Mn' dU"uunce8
I mm liiid car me nrsi nve grades
will follow the relay plan of alter
nating classes adopted for the Pri
mary school lust year. In this way,
each grade will have whole time
classes approximately every third
month.
The three courses to he taught iu
the High School this vp;ir lira iho
ttJSy "'"'"" "
wunes. m oruer mat the
parents may he sure that tuoir child
ren are getting the desired eourse-3,
blanks will be sent to each head ot a
family to be tilled out and returned
for filing at the office of the superin
tendent. The College Preparatory Course in
' nmu-year win
be devoted to Latin, French, Amer
ican history, algebra, and English;
and the fourth to Latin, French,
Geometry, Physics, and English. The
Business Course Is literally a two-
year course beginning In the third
arithmetic added.
The Scientific, or generul course,
begins the first year with general
science, arithmetic, community
civics, and English. The second
year, the pupil takes up physical
geography, algebra, ancient history,
and KncilHli. In )ip thlrrf voir a
choi(.e , K,ven BOtween Krencn aiv,
i. i.i ....... .. .
logv aIgebra and Engllsh for lho
i term's course of study,
dent In the fourth year
tprm'u run rap nf otnlv Tho otn.
may take
French, physics, American history.
. geometry or arithmetic, and Engllsh;
or else a course comprising physics,
American history, geometry, English,
and arithmetic.
All classes In every course are re
quired to take spelling, and fifteen
units are required tor graduation in
' any course. Pupils who plHn to go
to college are advised to take the
College Preparatory Course, nnd all
entering first year high school must
have the sanction of their parents on
the course they select.
Superintendent Sheep announces
that the offending sewer at the pri
mary School has been fixed, and he
believes that the Insanitary condi
tion long existing there has been en
tirely corrected.
Thirty-five of the 45 memhers of
last year's graduating class have
gone to college this year, or 77.7
. per cent, the highest percentage re-
BURG ESS-FORBES
Howard Burgess and Miss Mollle
Forbes, both of Camden County,
were married here Tuesday after
noon by Justice of the Peace T. B.
Wilson.
DURFRE Y-N Y K ES
James F. Durfrey, ot Norfolk, and
Miss Sarah Cowles Sykes, of Wll
llamston, N. C, were married here
Wednesday afternoon by Rev. j. M.
Ormond at the Methodist parsonage
on East Church street.