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CIRCULATION
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VOL. XI.
FINAL EDITION ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 30, 1921
FOUR PAGES
NO. 229
Bright Musical
H. S. Auditorium Tonight
Touhg Woman's Club
Love," Delightfully
Drama On Pitfalls
75 Characters
Lovers of fun, music, catchy
song and dance numbers,,
bright repartee, and the other
amusing and attractive enter
tainment features that enter
into a high-class twentieth
nniirv mneial cnmeHv will hp
J i"v. J
given a real treat tonight in
the presentation of the "Mi
crobe of Love" by the Young
Woman's Club of this city at
4-1 T T ! V. CaUaaI n ii1!f Afliim
me iiigu ociiuui auuuuiiuiij
At eight o'clock. Reserved
; seats are one dollar, general
admission 75 cents, and chil
dren 50 cents.
"The Microbe of Love'- is a mu
sical comedy in three acts and four
scenes. Seventy-five persons are in
the cast, which adequately represents
the best talent and beauty of the
city. The theme of the play is de
lightfully interspersed with a gener
ous assortment of the most popular
songs of the day, Including many of
the summer season's Broadway
hits.
The play opens with a session of
the Spinsters' Club, an organization
of young and youngish ladies in a
small town banded together for the
prime purpose of bagging husbands
for themselves. - The club members
are despondent, for the marriage
able men of the town show a decided
preference for the summer visiting
-girls.
In the midst of the discussion,
Madame Cupid, a charming stranger
with a newly-discwered and very
potent germ, appears on the scene,
and uiipu-psts a nlan whereby the
members of the Spinsters Clubinire
may unfailingly realize their cher
ished ambition. Her scheme is
unanimously adopted, and One amus
ing scene follows another as the Club
members promptly put It into effect.
Meanwhile the unmarried men of
'the town, hearing of the Spinsters
Club, have banded together in a
fraternity called the Bachelor's Club,
An organization to safeguard its mem
bers from the perils and temptations
which they may encounter as a re
sult of the activities of the Spinsters
Club, and to promote the enjoyment
of single blessedness among them
seves. They struggle manfully
against the wiles of the Spinsters
and have many remarkable and
amusing experiences before the fall
of the curtain on the last act.
For the last two weeks the 75
young men and girts who are to
present the "Microbe of Love" have
gone through nightly rehearsals un
der the direction of Miss Apphia
Jackson, of Albany, Georgia, a highly
accomplished musical comedy direc
tor who is a graduate of the Emer-
son School of Expression of Boston,
and who later taught dramatic ex
pression at the University of Alaba
ma. The "Microbe of Love" has
bee!! presented by local-talent organ
zationss in the North Carolina cities
of Greensboro, Charlotte, Durham,'
Plymouth, and Wilkesboro, as well
as in a number of South Carolina and
Virginia cities, and has delighted au
diences everywhere.
A company of fifteen graceful girls
.of the city's vouneer set will do a
series of dances which will prove a
revelation of rhythm, grace, and ar
tistic expression. . Mrs. Ada Burfoot
Lester, who attracted Statewide at
tention by the excellence of her pia
no rendition in. the Choral Society's
presentation of "The Bohemian Girl"
last May, has charge of the musical
scores of the "Microbe of Love." and
will render selections from old ballad
. favorites during tha Intermissions.
The leading lady In tonight's pre
sentation of the "Microbe of Love"
is Miss Dorothy Gregory as Madame
Cupid, whose remarkable microbe
works such havoc with the plans of
the bachelors. She Is effectively sup
ported by Miss Nannie Mae Long, as
' Miss Priscllla Prunes, president of
the Spinsters Club. Mr. and Mrs.
Henpeck, who furnish the riotously
funny situations throughout the play,
are respectively Mills. E. Bell and
Miss Lescelles Griffin. Harry Stoke-
ly as Billy Bachelor, president of the
Bachelors Club, Is an avowed enemy
of all matrimonial projects and of all
who further thin. Lord Tls Apity,
tli ' - ! f Cm pnt, la
Comedy At
Presents "Microbe Of
Entertaining Comedy-
Of Bachelorhood, Withlbel'epvef!hat he committed suicide.
Have Bags Ready
Saturday Morning
The Boy Scouts distributed
the paper bags for the Welfare
Council Tuesday afternoon and
householders are asked to have
their contributions " on their
front porches Saturday morning
so that the Scouts will not have
to ring door bolls. It is hoped
that contributions will overflow
the bags very generously.
EMBASSY NEAR
BEING CLOSED
Economy Policy Of Congress
Reduced Appropriation of U.
S. High Commissioner's Es
tablishment Constantinople, Sept. 30 (By The
Associated Press) The establish
ment of Admiral Mark L. Bristol, the
United States High Commissioner
here, which is still referred to as the
"American Embassy" barely miss
ed being closed as a result of the
cost of living and an effort by the
State Department to introduce eco
nomies. Admiral Bristol has had an extra
allowance of $125a month and $15,
000i a year for the maintenance of
the "embassy." The former sum had
to cover the cost of social entertain
ments and the latter paid for clerk
servants, messengers, tele
phones, cabling, repairs and other
expenses connected with a large of
fice and residence. Sometimes .Ad
miral Bristol has had to use his sal
ary to meet his bills.
Recently the J15.000 was reduced
by the State Department to $9,000.
It seemed that the closing of the
"embassy" was the only solution.
Many devices were suggested for in
creasing the "embassy" income so it
might keep open. One jocular sug
gestion was that a charity benefit be
held.
After a good deal of correspond
ence with the State Department,
showing that the pre-war $15,000
had lost much of its value due to the
high cost of living here, an increase
of $5,000 was allowed and the "em
bassy" Is still open.
HARDING ASKS SILENT
PRAYER ARMISTICE DAY
Washington, Sept. 30 (By The As
sociated Press) President Harding
asked the nation today for a silent
two minute prayer at noon on Arm
istice Day when the unknown soldier
will be buried at Arlington
PROPOSES MAN'L'EAtTritERH TW -
Washington, Sept. 30 (By The As
sociated Press) A manufacturers
tax of three per cent was today pro
posed by Senator Smoot as a sub
stitute for the number of war taxes.
Senator Simmons of North Carolina
charged that the finance ' committee
revisions are solely in behalf of cor
porations and citizens with incomes
of over $66,000.
played by H. A. Brownley; Wesley
Woodley takes the part of U. B. Care
ful, an ultra-conservative bachelor
determined to avoid all pitfalls laid
by the fair sex; and Evans Blades,
In the role of Very Bold, a cavalier
of venturesome disposition who gets
Into all sorts of difficulties, Is kllling
ly filnny.
Miss Pauline Skinner as Lovie
Long, a staunch member of the Spin
sters Club, handles several bright mu
sical numbers In a particularly pleas
ing manner.
Taken all In nil, the "Microbe of
Love" is an Imposing production for
an amateur cast to undertake, and
the members of the Young Woman's
Club who have gone at the Job of pre
senting a big musical comedy with
the same pepv enthusiasm and per
sistent energy that they have used
In tackling otiier difficult proposi
tions, deserve great credit for their
ent"'-!f And Initiative.
JRev - V'iwP Dead
Oxford, N. C, Sept. 30 (By The
Associated Press) The body of
Rev. R. C. Craven, pastor of the
First Methodist church here, was
found by a searching party today
about a mile from Oxford with a
bullet through his temple and a pis
tol lying at his side. The authorities
telling his family that he was going
to the Masonic Orphanage on the out
skirts of the city. He rode his bi
cycle to De La Croix Spring, near the
orphanage, and the bicycle has been
found there.
The body was 300 yards from the
bicycle with the coat, carefully wrap
ped as a pillow, under the dead man's
head. There was no sign of a
struggle.
Mr. Craven was apparently in good
spirits yesterday.
More Strikers Now
Than Since War
Washington, Sept. 30 (By The As
sociated Press) Secretary of Labor
Davis, reported today that 69 strikes
are in progress, the largest number
since the war ended.
PLEASED WITH PATRONAGE
E. M. Raper who opened the Hln-
ton Building Cafe to the public
Thursday is pleased with the patron
age on the first day and is on the
job to give better service constantly
as time goes on.
VOTE AGAINST MOTION
Indianapolis, Sept. 30 (By The As
sociated Press) The convention of
the United Mine Workers of America!
today resumed its voting on the mo-
nun ieiuuius uiureis m repay pari
of the sixty per cent salary advances
paid since July, 1920. The early
vote was heavily against the motion.
Wanderer Dies
With Song On Lips
Chicago, Sept. 30 (By The Asso -
dated Press) Singing a popular I
song, Carl Wanderer, convicted mur-' callllg a strike ln February, accord
derer of his wife, unborn child and lng t0 report8 to the headquarters of
a ragged stranger hired to stage a
fake hold up, was hanged In Cook
County jail this morning at 7:19
o'clock. He walked to the gallows
with a firm step, repeated a short
prayer after the minister, and was
singing when the trap dropped.
FUNERAL MRS A. L. SAWYER
The funeral of Mrs. Annie Lee
Sawyer, who died at her home, 225
Fearing street, Thursday at 12:30
o'clock, will be conducted at the
home Sunday morning at ten o'clock
and the remains will taken to
Plymouth on the mornln train for
interment.
Mrs. Sawyer was 61 years of age,
and had been In poor health for sev
eral years. For the last six weeks
she had been confined to her bed.
She is survived by two sons, J. B.
Sawyer, of Norfolk, and Charlie Saw
yer, of this city; by three brothers,
F, M. and J. H. Davenport, of Rocky
Mount, and Edgar Davenport, of
Pineville; and by one sister, Mrs.
Emma V. Bateman, of Columbia.
WANT ANTI-REER VOTE
Washington, Sept. 30 (By The As
lsociated Press) Champions of the
I anti beer bill today threw an ob-
tiat ions for a treaty vote on October
14th by insisting that provision be
made for a vote on their measure.
RECOMMENDATIONS READY
FOR UNEMPLOYMENT MEET
Washington, Sept. 30 (By The As
sociated Press) Tentative recom
mendations for providing work for
the Jobless were completed today for
submission to the unemployment con
ference based on the principle of
solving the' unemployment problem
for communities with Federal and
State governments aiding.
ANNOUNCES SPECIAL RATES
During the 1921 District Fair, to
be held at this city Tuesday, Wed
nesday, Thursday and Friday of next
week, the North River Line will al
low special rates, both on meals and
fares. The one-way fare from all
points In Currituck County served by
the company will he 75 cents, instead
!of one dollar: and meals will be fifty,
cents, instead of at the regular price
of 75 cents.
in oraer tnat its patrons may
have full opportunity to. attend the
Fair, the steamers of the line will be
held oer each afternoon until five
o'clock! Instead of leaving at the
usual heduled b"r of two o'clock.
PRESIDENT WILL
SEE MANEUVERS
Will Go With Mrs. Harding
And Members Of Cabinet To
Fredericksburg, Wehre Party
Will Be Officers' Guests
Washington, Sept. 30 (By The As
sociated Press) President and Mrs.
Harding expect to leave tomorrow by
automobile for-Fredericksburg, Vir
ginia, to witness the field maneuvers
there and to remain for the night as
guests of the officers In charge of the
maneuvers.
The President will review the Ma
rines Sunday after the sham battle
Saturday. Secretaries Denby and
Wallace will accompany the Presi
dent. Wilderness, Va., the Marine Corps
of the East Coast Expeditionary
Force, including regiments of Bel
leau Wood fame, are maneuvering
this afternoon for a direct attack up
on a series of redoubts.
Interest In Liquor
Overshadows Fatty
San Francisco, Sept. 30 (By The
Associated Press) Preparations for
the prosecution of Fatty Arbuckle on
a manslaughter charge in connection
with the death of Virginia Rappe
have been overshadowed for the time
being here by the federal investiga
tion into the supply of liquor at the
comedian's party.
E. Forest Mitchell, Federal prohi
bition director, expresses the belief
that a large smuggling ring Import
ing choice liquors from Canada and
Mexico has been uncovered.
Kansas Coal Mines
Are Reported Idle
Pittsburg, Kansas, Sept. 30 (By
The Associated Press) All the Kan
gas district of coal mines Is Idle co
incident with the appearance at Co
lumbus of Alexander Howatt and
(August Forchy, union president and
ivlce resident respectively, to begin
.vinlr uonton-o nf ir mnniha fnr
tne operators association here
JOSEPH LAWRENCE DEAD
Joseph Lear Lawrence, 80 years
old, died at his home in Berkley, Va.,
Wednesday afternoon at 3:30 o'clock
after an illness of four weeks. He
was a son of the late Joseph and Mrs.
Elizabeth Kesler Lawrence, of Eliza
beth City, but had lived in Berkley
thirty-four years, being one of the
best known citizens of Berkley.
He was an active member of Me-i
morlal Methodist church, and Is sur
vived by his widow, Mrs. Mary E.
Lawrence, one son, Joseph M. Law
rence, four grandchildren, C, G.
Lawrence, M. N. Lawrence, Mrs. E.
E. Satterfield and H. P. Lawrence,
and three great-grandchildren.
The funeral was conducted at
the above residence Thursday after
noon at 5 o'clock by Rev. S. J. Bat
tin, pastor of Memorial Methodist
church, assisted by Rev. It. D. Step
henson, pastor of the Berkley Ave
nue Baptist church.
The body will be shipped over the
Norfolk Southern Saturday morning
at 9:25 o'clock to Elizabeth City,
where burial will take place on ar
rival. U. P. C. PARTY SUCCESS
The U. D. C. contribution card
party given in the Klks Hall Wednes
day was " very successful an! fifty
dollars was cleared for the charity
fund. The Daughters wish to thank
all who helped, especially the mer
chants who contributed prizes and
Mr. Pendleton, who has charge of the
Elks Hall and was especially kind
and thoughtful.
The occasion was most enjoyable
socially. After the games the
drawing for prizes was great fun.
The prizes were wrapped so cleverly
as to conceal their identity and great
merriment ensued when the prizes
were unwrapped and beneath the
i many wrappings the great variety of
! articles was disclosed, The hall was
j beautifully decorated In autumn
, flowers and delicious refreshments
were Berved.
NEGRO MI RDKKERS DIE
Richmond, Sept. 30 (By The As
sociated Press)- -Raleigh llaskins
and Judge Griffith, negroes, were
electrocuted here today, for the mur-
der of Stephen G. White, Harpers
Home merchant and postmaster, on
! July 14th.
ROnitERS RAID'CIA'II ) '
Chicago, Sept. 30 (By The (Asso
ciated Tress) Robbers ralde.j i
club here today, taking over t '
hundred dollars. . J
Sewer Question Up Again
For Disposal By Council
Date Of. Expiration Of.Last Extension At Hand
And President Crook Of Utility Companies
.Here For Conference Saturday Or Monday
Reichstag Ratines
Treaty With U. S.
1
Berlin, Sept. 30 (By The
Associated Press) The
Reichstag today passed a
bill ratifying the treaty
with the United States,
none but Communists dis-
senting.
VOLCANO IS READY
PRESS CONGRESS
indications Are That Kilauea
Will Stage . Brilliant And
Awe-Inspiring" Spectacle As
Newspaper Men Gather
Hilo, Island of Hawaii, T. H., Sept.
3ft t By The Associated Press) One
of the world's greatest spectacles of
nature demonstrations of volcanic
activity by Kilauea volcano on this
Island will very possibly be unfold
ed before the eyes of delegates to the
forth-coming World's Press Congress
sessions in Honolulu ln October, ac
cording to L. W. Devis-Norton, secre
tary of the Hawaiian Volcano Re
search Association and an authority
on the Hawilan volcanoes.
The lava colifmn within the vast
fire-pit of Kilauea has been rising
steadily, according to reports from
the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory on
the rim of the great crater directly
overlooking the volcano. The mol
ten lava lakes within the great fire
pit are increasing their area so rap
idly that the shoals and lava rock
Islands which were conspicuous ob
jects upon the lake's surface are dis
appearing one by one as the molten
floods overwhelm them.
The Itinerary for the Press Con
gress delegates, calls for their arrival
here on the evening of October 12
and It has been arranged that the
next two days will be spent by the
delegates at the volcano among the
wonders of America's latest national
park. All in8lcations point to a cul
mination of Kllauess' activities about
that time, the Observatory reports'
and If these conditions 'materialize
the delegates will witness a scene of
marvelous and awe-inspiring Brilli
ance, Mr." DeVis-Norton said. A
gigantic mass of rock Is being forced
steadily up from the depths and Is
already rearing its crest high above
the white hot torrents that lap its
base.' The continuous movement and
the vibration of this great mass is
causing heavy avalanches to rush
down its sides. The result Is that it
has scaled .off until the rock mass
has taken form of an extremely sharp
pinnacle towering high above the
lakes. '
Another phenomenon in evidence
Is causing considerable comment.
The great subsidence that occurred
nfter the exnlos'ive eruntlon of last
March at Kilauea caused heavy ava
lanches to fall from the walls of the
great fireplt. These, crashing down
to the depths, formed talus slopes
which became covered with, debris
from above. During the past few
days a series of remarkable spouting
lava springs have broken out at In
tervals along the top ofthese debris
slopes, showing that an Irresistible
torrent of lava Is forcing Its way up
within them, Mr. DeVls-Norton said.
The various points of emergence are
high above the lava lakes and every
few moments, glittering and spec
tacular cascades of molten fire and
flame roar down over the slopes to
the lakes below. It Is "as though the
whirlpool rapids at Niagara Falls had
been turned Into flame" and the
snectacle Is especially striking at
night, Mr. DoVls-Norton said.
SATURDAY SPECIALS
We have been asked to run an
overstuffed suit as one of our Satur
day Specials. We are, therefore, of
ferlng this week an exceptional value
ln the latest t'eslgn a bluo and gold
overstuffed suit former price
$320.00. Saturday's price 1145.00.
Pm window display. M. Q. Morr
sette & Co.. Tc Main street rur
r '?, Eton." '
October 1st, the date UDon
, whjch the Elizabeth City Sewer
company has announced that
it will suspend operations, is at
hand; and all over the city
people are asking the question,
What is the City Council go
ing to do about it?
Mayor W. Ben Goodwin, interview
ed Friday morning, stated that How
ard E. Crook, president of the public
utility companies of this city, was
expected to arrive from Baltimore
either Saturday.or Monday for a con-
lerence with the Council relative to
the sewer company. Whatever the
outcome of this conference, Mayor
Goodwin is positive In his assertion
that the sewer plant will be kept ln
operation.
An Injunction restraining the
sewer company from a suspension of
Ha service is indicated by City At
torney P. W. McMullan as the first
emergency move to be made by the
City Council, should no agreement
be reached with Mr. Crook in the
pending conference. This will, ac
cording to Mr. McMullan, at least
temporarily keep the plant in opera
tion. Mr. McMullan was not nro.
pared Friday morning to say what
the next legal move would be.
The 'sewer plant Is said to be the
only one of the associated city
utilities operated here by Howard E.
Crook and his associates that does
not pay its way. It has been oper
ated at a direct financial loss for a
number of years, according to Mr.
Crook, who stated during a previous
visit to thl city that, in fairness to
the stockholders ln tho company, it
must be either sold to- the city, oV
closed down. The company gave no
tice in February that the plant would
discontinue operations on April 1st,
but later an extension was given to
July 1st, in order to allow tjme for
negotiations then in progress to be
completed.
In May, a new City Council was
elected. Nothing definite had been
accomplished by the retiring Council
on the sewerage problem, and the
Incoming Council asked for a further
extension in order. that its members
might have time to familiarize them
selves with the situation, and find a
way to keep the plant In operation on
a satisfactory basis. The date of
threatened suspension was advanced
to October 1st.
The City Council now in office has .
made the utility companies a tenta
tive proposal to enact an ordinance
requiring compulsory sewerage, pro
vided the mains at the eo'mpny be
extended so as to permit of its city
wide enforcement. Representation
has been made by officials of the '
utility companies that, on the basis
of this offer, they wenf to various
financial concerns and undertook to
borrow sufficient money for the ex
tensions required; but that they
could not get it. A small Increase
in the sewerage rate was also sug
gested at this time, but this did not
materially help the situation.
Briefly stated, the city adminis
tration Is unwilling to purchase the
sewer plant, a non-paying utility, un
less it can also acquire the light and
water plants, which are declared not
only to pay the expense of their op
eration, but a reasonable dividend
as well. It will be remembered that
negotiations carried on by the for
mer City Council with a view to the
purchase of all the local utilities
failed due to the inability of the
Council and the companies to get to
gether on the pOrchase price, just
prior to the expiration of the Coun
cil's term of tjfflce.
The people of this ctty will follow
with great Interest the courso of ne
gotiations Saturday or Monday be
tween Howard E. Crook and the pre
sent City Council. Whatever the
outcome of the conference, there Is
reassurance dn the reiterated state
ment of the Mayor that the sewer
plant will not be closed down In any
eventuality.
MOV ED JiKW QUARTERS
Wm. W. Sawyer has moved his
plumbing and heating establishment
to the building back of the Southern
Hotel, corner Matthews and Road
- jaireeis. as
polish, '
litis be will wash,