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CIRCULATION
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VOL. XI.
FINAL EDITION
ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA, TUESDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 20, 1921
FOUR PAGES
NO. 220
High
William Pritchard Dies In Early
Morning Tuesday From Injury
Received Monday Afternoon Af
ter Having Been Kept Alive Thru
The Night By Artificial Respira-tion.
William Pritchard, 'not quite sev
enteen, the only son of a widowed
mother, after hovering between life
nd death with neck dislocated,
with the respiratory center para
lysed, and with the breath kept in
his body for more than twelve hours
by artificial respiration alone, died at
twenty minutes past five o'clock
, Tuesday morning.
The Injury was received In foot
ball practice on the high school play
ground Monday afternoon. It was
the first day of school and with a
hint of autumn in the air, the foot
ball squad was eager for practice.
For a week before school opened
they had been having a daily tryout
but the weather had been too warm
for arduous work. But Monday af
ternoon the youngsters were on
.their toes, keen for the fray. And
they went Into the practice work
with a vim that brought joy to the
hearts of their coaches. All were in
light spirits and there was not a
hintfof the grim tragedy that was to
bring the afternoon's sport to tragic
and' untimely end.
The afternoon waned. It was a
line scrimmage and nearly five
o'clock. The other side had the ball.
William was playing on the defen
sive. He went through the line and
made a low tackle, taking his man
below the knees. They went down
together, William on the bottom, and
.one or two more on top oi tnem. j
The practiced eye of William
Meekins, coach, saw something
-wrong in Prltchard's posture. He
ran in and pulled the other boys off
the prostrate form and as Pritchard
.remained motionless bent over him.
"Get your wind?" he inquired.
Prltchard's head made a motion of
-assent, and Meekins thought nothing
more serious the matter than that
the boy had got the breath knocked
out of him. He lifted him and turn
ed him over on -his stomach, em
ploying the usual tactics in such acci
dents but without result. There
was something uncanny in tneway
the boy's head rolled from side to
and In the helpless dangling of
vi. Consciousness, too, seem-
a oMiinr Alarmed, Meekins
patched messengers for a physician,
K,,t in nrevent undue aiarm uu
check the gathering crowd, kept up
r.cti- until nhysiclans arrived.
v . hsttiA roval for the
Ufa . that lasted until dawn
UUJ . I.I1
r wip durlne the long vigil
physicians thought that the end had
come. At otner umes meio
room for hope. But toward five
.o'clock Tuesday morning hope died
for the last time In the heavy eyes
of weary watchers as pulse flickered
ajid heart fluttered in the face of
their heroic efforts. The end came
twelve hours and a halt, almost to
the minute, after the accident oc
curred. ...
Physicians did not at once dis
cover the seat of the boy's injury,
though paralysis from some cause
. vident. Examination showed
that respiration extended no farther
than the throat and that if life s
4 a h unstained artificial respiration
niuBt be kept up. Perhaps, they
.v..nh nnrnlvBia would naSS Or its
cause could be ascertained and re
moved. So physicians and helpers
tirelessly worked through the wan
' rtav and all night long, hoping
.ininat hope for the best.
When Dr. Zenas Fearing, first to
arrive, reached the boy his face was
highly discolored as a result oi me
poisoning of the blood through lack
of oxygen. Recognizing the symp
toms, Dr. Fearing at once set about
producing artificial respiration and,
as he saw the lips assuming more na
tural color, thought, as had Coach
Meekins, that the boy's breath had
' been knocked out of him, and that
he had arrived In time to save him.
But as soon as the artificial respira
tion was given over the old symptoms
returned; and it was realized that
there was some serious Injury. 8oon
afterwards the undue proturbance of
1 the bone at the bark of the neck was
School Boy Killed
In Football Practice
discovered, indicating the displace
ment of the joint.
William Pritchard never spoke af
ter the Injury. Immediately there
after be was conscious and conscious
ness returned from time to time dur
ing the night, and he would open his
eyes and seem to recognize those
about him, responding to questions
with a nod of assent or negation. 'At
such times he would assent to the
question whether he wanted water,
but on one such occasion when Dr.
Walker gave him aromatic spirits of
ammonia he made a face and indi
cated that he would have no more
of it. Again when a physician asked
him If his head hurt and pointed to
the forehead the boy shook his head.
When the doctor pointed to the back
of the head the answer indicated was
yes. It is believed that as Pritchard
went down the back of his head at
the base of the brain must have come
in contact with some hard object with
terrific force. Perhaps it was his
opponent's knee. At any rate the
blow must have dislocated the neck
and perhaps caused a hemorrhage of
some blood vessel in the back of the
brain. This would account for the
paralysis of the respiratory center.
But it is possible to explain the
paralysis on other ground than that
of hemorrhage of the brain. Dr.
Zenas Fearing is of the opinion that
as the head was forced forward out
of the neck socket the spinal cord
was crushed between the dispiacea
bones of the joint. Had there been
hemorrhage, in his opinion, the
paralysis would not have heen so
complete. Not so much as a reflex ac
tion could he obtained from any
muscle below the boy's neck.
Hope for the boy's recovery after
the seriousness of his Injury was
recognized, ran highest from one
o'clock to three o'clock Tuesday
morning. It was during this period
that he had his longest period of
consciousness. Plans were made at
this time to take the local yard en
gine and carry the boy to Norfolk
to a hospital. But a freight was in
the way between here and Norfolk
at the time and when it had passed
the tide of life was so low that it was
apparent the boy would not last to
get there.
Artificial respiration and heart
stimulants hypodermlcally adminis
tered kept William Pritchard alive
through the night. But for this it is
believed he would have been dead
within a half hour or so after the
accident occurred. The fire depart
ment's pulmotor was obtained in the
hope of obtaining better results; but
it did not work so satisfactorily and,
though twice tried, In each Instance
return was made to the pumping mo
tion of the boy's arms to expand the
lungs and to pressure on his chest to
expel the air from them. When thli
ceased for a moment the neck would
begin to throb convulsively as tho
patient labored In vain to breathe.
It is believed that the pulmotor
is built to work with the lungs filled
with poison gas or water; and that
this explains why it did not give sat
isfactory results in this case.- The
machine was In perfect order.
Fire Chief Flora was sick In
bed when the pulmotor was sought.
He got up and dressed and was one
pf the most ceaseless laborers at Wil
liam's bedside, remaining with him
to the last and doing most effective
work In keeping up the artificial
respiration. Coach Meekins and
a squad from the fire depart
ment stood by to relieve him, and
their tirelessness is shown In the
length of time that life was pro
longed.
The work of attempted resuscita
tion was begun on the school ground.
As the body grew cold a cot and
blankets and hot water bottles were
brought out. As darkness came on
the boy was removed to the home of
Will Morgan, Just across Parsonage
street from the high school building,
and there it remained till death end
ed the long vigil.
To carry the news of the boy's hurt
Series Of Lectures
At Christ Church,
A1I People Interested In Children AreiBlon appeared In San Francisco today
Invited To Hear Miss Cooper
Next Week
Miss Mabel Lee Cooper, of Mem
phis, Tenn., supervisor in the Ten
nessee State Normal College, will
give a series of talks in Christ
church next week, Tuesday, Wednes
day and Thursday, September 27th,
28th and 29th.
"Being thoroughly acquainted with
the inestimable value of Miss Coop
er's lectures, I would like to invite
all the people of Elizabeth City who
are in any possible way Interested in
children to attend these lectures,"
says Rev. O. F. Hill, rector of Christ
church.
"Her subjects will be as follows:
Christian Nurture, 10-11 a. m.;
Teacher Training, 4-5 p. m.; Child
Study, 7:30-8:30 p. m. The subject
'Teacher Training' applies not only
to all kinds of teachers but to all
persons who in any capacity deal
with.. children, especially parents.
"Miss Cooper has taught school 20
years and has given' her life to the
study of children and Is acknowledg
ed as one of the most helpful writers ,
and speakers on the subject. She.
has been loaned to the church by the
Tennessee State Normal College for
a short time to aid men and women
elsewhere than those attending the
Normal In an understanding of child
nature.
"She comes to Elizabeth Cit at
my own specific request and her mes
sage is not for members of any par
ticular church but to all who are in
terested in children. Please invite
all your neighbors to hear Miss
Cooper and come expecting to be
greatly benefited by same
Miss Cooper will not tell you how
to raise your children but will give
you a thoroughly practical and psy
chological Insight and understanding
of their nature, taking In detail the
various ages with their own pecu
liarities, as to make you know how
to know them better. Her work is
to give people a thorough understand
ing of children, and she will, at all
the lectures, be ready to answer any
question regarding same."
IF THEY ONLY KNEW
THE BRIDE AND GROOM
If the public only knew the bride
and groom In the womanless mar
riage at the high school Friday
night, everybody would make plans
to go, say those in charge of this
screamingly funny entertainment.
Just who the bride and groom
are no one will tell, but this much
was learned today about the wed
ding. The flower girls are Dr. W.
W. Sawyer, Leroy Brothers, John
Wells, and Grover Falls. Some of
the other attendants are Dr. Sam
Gregory, Clarence Gallop, J. B.
Leigh. The train bearer is W. S.
White.
ON TRIAL FOR MURDER
OF fi7 YFAR OI n RRinF
Seattle Sent 20 tBv The Assoc!
BeaUie, Oepi. ) (By ine A880C1-
ated Press) James E. Mahoney, 38,
was today placed on trial charged
with murder in connection with the
death
bride.
of his
wealthy 67-year-old
to his mother, Mrs. Jennie Pritchard,
was hard; but It had to be done.
Prostrated with the shock she re-
mained at her home on West Main
street, physicians and sympathising
friends ministering to her, until Wll-
Ham had been taken to the Morgan
home. There she saw him alive for
the last time; but the boy was un-
conscious and did not recognize her.
His father was the late G. B. D.
Pritchard.
Coming on the opening day of
school, at the beginning of the sec
ond week's training of the football
squad, William Prltchard's death
was a terrible shock to his com
panions and playmates, among
whom he was always populir, and
to the entire community, which is
today inexpressibly saddened by the
tragedy, while from every heart in
the city flows a tide of sympathy to
the heart-brokqn mother who hn
lost the apple of her eye, her pride
and her hope her only boy on th.9
very threshold of his manhood. .
The body was removed early Tues
day morning from the residence of
Mr. and Mrs. Will Morgan and taken
to the home on West Main street.
The funeral will take place Wednes
day afternoon at four oclock at the
First Baptist church. J
OFFERS SERVICES
TO HOME BREWERS'
"Expert Enologist" He Calls
Himself In Advertising In
San Francisco Papers To Aid
Heads Of Families
San Francisco, Sept,
20 (Dy The
new nrnfes-
Associated Press) A
in the person of the "expert enolo-
gist'' who advertised his services for
the benefit of heads of families who
are entitled under the law to manu-
I facture home brew. He says "let the
; expert enologist make .your two
MU11UICU t&UUUB
Vi i. n . .1 1 1 .. -
of wine and avoid
poor results."
Miss Alexa Stirling
Defeats Mrs. Whyte
Ottawa, Sept. 20 (By The Associ
ated Press) Miss Alexa Stirling of
Atlanta defeated Mrs. S. Whyte, of
the Royal Montreal Club two and one
in thfk flrnt rnnnH nf tha matth nlav
... uu
tor me uanaaian ladies open eoir
cnampionsnip.
VOLSTEAD'S LIFE
WAS THREATENED
So Declares Before Anti-Saloon
League Today Writer Of
Letter Said Would Never
Take Seat Again In House
Minneapolis, Minn., Sept. 20 (By
The Associated Press) Congress
man A. J. Volstead, author of the
prohibition act, told the Anti-Saloon
League convention here today that
his life was threatened hefore his
departure from Washington, the
writer of the letter saying that he
would never take his seat again In
the House.
,VigOrOUS Adv&nCe
In Cotton Price
New Orleans, Sept. 20 (By The
Associated Press) A vigorous ad
vance in the price of cotton today
carried October up to 19.97 cents a
pound.
; The Pied Pipers use barium carb
oy i onate to poison the rats, and this
IVlempniS 'method is Indorsed by the United
Fire In
Does Great Damage
i
Memphis, Sept. 20 (By Tho Asso
ciated Press) Fire destroyed the
plant of the Southern Boiler and
Tank Works and damaged other
buildings in the business section of
North Memphis today, entailing a
loss of $100,000.
Hear Testimony
Of Dr. Rumwell
San Francisco, Sept. 20 (By The
Associated Press) The county grand
Jury adjourned today until Monday
next for investigation of alleged tam
pering with prosecution witnesses in
the case of Roscoe Arbuckle, who is
held in Jail in connection with the
death of Virginia Rappe. The jury
also heard the testimony of Dr. Wil
liam Rumwell. who
ls said to have
Performed the autopsy of the Rappe
.
8
,
ChlCaiTO .Condemns
Jfo u ux Klan
Chicago, Sept. 20 (By The Associ
ated
PrPRs Resolutions condemn-
Ing the Ku Klux Klan and declaring
't "not necessary to augment the po
lice force with a secret organiza-
tlon" were passed today by the city
council.
.
SUBMARINE R-27
RECEIVES HELP
w h, ton Scpt. 20 (By The
,w.A..i.inn for
the American submarine R-27, which
Sunday night sent out distress calls
while enroute from Coco Solo, Pa
nama Canal zone, to Guantanamo
was received.
FORTY-FIFTH ANNUAL
CRICKET CONTEST TODAY
Philadelphia. Sept. 20 (By The
Associated Press) An all Canada
and all Philadelphia cricket team Is
matched today In the forty-fifth an
nual contest. ' The first was played
In New York In 1844.
CLOH1XO NOTICE
Our store wfll be closed tomorrow
(Wednesday) afternoon at o'clock
so that we may prepare for our Fall
Fashion Showing, which will be held
Thursday and Friday,
September
22nd and 23rd.
J M. LEIGH SHEEP CO
American Killed i
By Mexican Soldiers
Washington, Sept. 20 (By The As
sociated Press) Carl R. Tabb, Am
erican employee of the Mexican Pe-'
trolpnm Pnmnnnv mm ohnl arA nil '
ed Sunday night by Mexican soldiers1
In the oil fields near Tamplco, the
American consul at Tamplco reported
today. !
WAR IS BEGUN
j TO UCDr
Vill KA1 J rllLKiV
1
Tonight City Market Will Be Baited
Those Interested Call Mer- er, will be reached before Thursday,
chants' Association The Winder case, Solicitor Ehrlng-
'haus indicated Tuesday morning,
Indorsed by the Merchants' Asso- win not be taken up until Friday,
elation and by local health author!-1 Frank White, the colored youth
ties, Mrs. D. W. Staples of Roanoke, taken by Messrs. Brownley and Par
Virglnla, and Miss Anna May ker while In the house of G. R. Bar-
Wright of Portsmouth,vVlrgInla, are
beginning an intensive campaign
here against rats.
Tonight the City1 Market will be
baited and tomorrow morning bar
rels of dead rats, it is expected, will
be collected there. Such was the
" .. v I. vnj uininctB UL ivv- I
i. . j .n tn ,.t '
case when the city markets of Ro
attune ana oiner Virginia cities were
ripnnoH nn hv tha piuj
un
Pipers, as
thege enemies
to the rat are popu-
larly called.
Rats carry bubonic plague, Infan
tile paralysis, tuberculosis and other
ills, and their capacity for destroy
ing foodstuffs in America Is esti
mated by the United States Bureau
of Agriculture at more than $200,
000,000 a year. In the bulletin is
sued by the Bureau of Agriculture
the three following statements sum
up the undeslrablllty of the rat In a
clean and healthy town:
I "The rat is the worst animal In
the world.
"From its home among filth it
visits dwellings and storerooms to
pollute and destroy human food.
"It carries bubonic plague and
and has been responsible for more un
many other diseases fatal to man
timely deaths among helngs than all
the wars of history."
The rat Is the bane of good house
keepers, poultry raisers and whole
sale and retail grocers, feed and
seed merchants and others, and it Is
""I615 that tne People of Elizabeth
City will co-operate with the Pied
Pipers In this campaign for a cleaner,
better town.
Those who wish to secure the ser
vices of the Pled Pipers may leave
callB at the Merchants' Association.
sutes Publlc Healtn service.
Bootleggers Must
Pay Income Tax, Too
Superior, Wis., Sept. 20 (By The
Associated Press) More than two
hundred bootleggers, operators of
stills and others were arrested here
today for making and selling moon
shine liquor. They were rounded up
and told that they were expected to
pay income taxes on money derived
from the sale of such liquor.
LeDoux Abandons
Sensational Plan
New York, Sept. 20 (By The Asso
ciated PresB) Urban LeDoux today
abandoned his campaign to feed the
hungry, protect the weak and sell on
,,,, MnrV tha Hnfnrfiiiiafn
the auction block the unfortunate
Jobless of this city when he discov
ered that the police were determined
to prevent such practices, saying "I
know someone would be killed in
the terrific clash."
Miners Meeting
At Indianapolis
Indianapolis, Sept. 20 (By The As
sociated Press) Delegates from the
coal fields of the United States and
Canada assembled here today at the
opening of the biennial convention of
United Mine Workers of America,
which will consider the wage ques
tion, unemployment, and nationaliz
ation of mines.
NEITHER CAN ATTEND
DISARMAMENT MEET
London, Sept. 20 (By The Associ
ated Press) Neither Lloyd George
nor Lord Curzon will attend the
Washington conference on disarma
ment in view of the impending de
velnpments In domestic politics.
Killed When Auto
Strikes Culvert
Detroit, Sept. 20 (By The Associ
ated Press) Charles H. Miller, 42,
president of the Detroit Typograph-
leal Union, was killed today when
automobile hit a culvert.
MINOR CASES FOR
FIRST TWO DAYS
Twiddy Case Now Scheduled
For Thursday While Case
Against Winder Not Be
Taken Up Till Friday
Minor cases occupied the first two
.In.... O lt - . . 1 I I
oupenur iouri mis wees:.
It is not believed that the case
nirnlnuf nffipaw Tn-I.U nnnAaiAj
from the declsion before the record-
row, and indicted for house-breaking
for this offense and also on the
charge of breaking Into the home of
Elbert Spence on McPherson street,
pleaded guilty to both charges and
was given nine months on the roads
in each case.
The boy's father made an earnest
appeal for the court's mercy on his
son; and the boy, crying, said he
would go straight if turned loose
this time; and the sentence was less
severe than Judge Horton usually
imposes for an offense as serious as
house-breaking.
James White, colored, also indicted
for house-breaking, was found not
guilty.
John Mitchell, for assault with
deadly weapon, was given six months
on the roads. John Is the negro who
shot his wife, Idoner Mitchell, a few
weeks ago and abandoned her. He
was caught at Hertford.
Willie Leigh, colored, for house
breaking and larceny, was given two
years on the roads.
A. J. Hartley for speeding was
fined $15 and costs.
Fanny Rogers, colored, for receiv
ing stolen property, was given twelve
months In State prison.
George Bennett, colored, got
twelve months for bigamy.
Paul Pritchard and Oscar Par
male were found guilty of larceny
Monday afternoon in Superior Court.
Pritchard and Parmale were charg
ed with stealing two cases of bose
from the Pasquotank Hosiery Com
pany last November.
Alfred Banks waB found guilty of
housebreaking and larceny in con
nection with the breaking into- of
Lewis Smith's pressing establishment
on South Road street several weeks
ago. Banks when apprehended had
on G. W. Falls' work trousers and
under his shirt and next to his skin
wore a dress vest, the property of
Dr. Bullas. Both trousers and vest
were part of the missing loot from
Smith's shop.
Alfred Banks and Wiley Grlffln
were convicted of larceny In connec
tion with the purloining of fowls
from a Pasquotank farmer.
Zach O'Neal, colored, Indicted for
simple assault, was found guilty and
fined $20 and costs.
Sherman Hollowell, charged with
assault with deadly weapon, pleaded
guilty and was fined $10 and costs.
Choose Successor
To Senator Fall
Albuquerque, New Mexico, Sept.
20 (By The Associated Press) New
Mexico voters go to the polls today
to choose a United States Senator to
serve out the unexpired term of Al
bert B. Fall, who entered the cabinet,
of the President.
MODEL BAKERY WILL
BE MODEL CAFE TOO
Morrlsette and Raper's grocery la
making another new departure, and
workmen are busily engaged In pre
paring for It. This Hinton Building
grocery, having added a bakery, will
now add a soda fountain and cafe.
There will be special tables for la
dies in the alcove and It is believed
that the new cafe will soon be pop
ular among shoppers and business
women particularly. The grocery
and bakery will be continued as be
fore, except that heavy groceries.
will not be carried.
Central Carolina
Tobacco Markets Open
Raleigh, Sept. 20 (By The Associ
ated Press) Bright leaf tobacco
markets In the Central North Caro
lina belt Including those In Raleigh,
Durham and Henderson opened to
day for the 1921-22 season.
UECEPTION CA LIED OFF
The reception which was to have
been given tonight by the Fidells
his Class of the First Baptist Sunday
school has been called off. (