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VOL. Xi.
FINAL EDITION
ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA, SATURDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 15, 1921
FOUR PAGES NO. 242
RAILROAD STRIKE
SEEMS IMMINENT
Date Is Set And Strikes
Will Be Ordered In
Units Of Ten Roads
Say Officials
Washington, Oct. 15 (By The
Associated Press) President
Harding brought together
three representatives of the
public on the Railroad Labor
Board and Interstate Com
merce Commission today to
consider the threatened rail
road strike and the whole
question of readjustment of
rates and wages
Chicago, Oct. 15 (By The
Associated Press) Sixteen
railroad unions voted to auth
orize their officers to order a
strike.
C. J. Manion, president of
the order of Railroad Tele
graphers, announced that at a
joint meeting including the big
brotherhoods officials consid
ered the latter's plan of action.
High union officials - said
that the date of the strike is set
and the brotherhoods selected
ten roads for the first day of
the strike. It is understood
that strikes will be ordered
progressively in units of ten
roads. Union officials ended
their two weeks' conferences
without calling the strike".
Chicago, Oct. 15 (By The Associ
ated Press) The Brotherhood chiefs
today Indicated that an" immediate
walkout at least on some roads was
under consideration as 'leaders of
Tailroad brotherhoods assembled to
consider the challenge of railway
executives in proposing a further
wage reduction of approximately ten
per cent in the face of the strike vote
Just authorized by railway men be
cause of the twelve per cent reduc
tion of last July.
Ninety-seven per cent of the
United Brotherhood maintenance of
way employes and shop laborers to
day voted in favor of a strike. J.
C. Smock, vice president of the
Brotherhood, announced that War
ren Stone, grand chief of the Broth
erhood of Locomotive Engineers, and
W. G. Lee, president of the Brother
hood of Railway Trainmen, have
announced that they will leave to
night for the Cleveland headquar
ters, Indicating that a decision on the
strike would be reached soon by the
officials of sixteen unions now in
session there.
Earthquake Recorded
In The Jdiddle West
Chicago, Oct. 15. (By The Asso
ciated Press) An earthquake of
moderate Intensity lasting two and
one-half .hours was recorded by the
government seismograph here today.
The center of the quake was over
2,800 miles west of Chicago.
TO ENTOURAGE EMIGRATION
Tokio, Oct. 7 (By The Associated
Press) On account of the decrease
In emigration to South America the
government is reported to have de
cided to grant an annual subsidy of
100,000 yen ($50,000) to the Over
sea Industry Company, Interested in
Japanese emigration. This Is on the
condition that the company will sub
sidize every prospective emigrant to
the amount of 50 yen ($25).
While Japanese emigrants to Bra
zil numbered 8,000 in 1913, the num
ber fell to 1,000 In 192p. The policy
of the government Is to find an out
let for the growing population.
LOAN' TO CUBA ENDORSER
Washington. Oct. 15. (By The
Associated Press) Officials here to
day said that the United States gov
ernment Is ready to approve a $60,
000,000 loan to Cuba by a group of
New York bankers.
RE AY-FREEMAN
Archie F. Seayiand Mrs. Fannie
Freeman, both of Norfolk, were
married here Friday afternoon by
Justice of the Peace T. B. Wilson.
Friends of Mrs. Harry Upton, of,
Camden, will be glad to learn that,
she Is up and out again after a se
vere illness. She was in the city'
shopping Saturday morning.
Knpav:dCBrchfu,l8
County Engineer Higgs Stales That
Work Of Filling In Is Now
Under Way
j "The road from the foot of Road
j street through Knobbs Creek swamp
(will in all probability be completed
land opened to the public before
Christmas," stated T. L. Higgs, engi
neer of the Pasquotank Highway
commission, in answer to a question sociated Press) Birmingham's
Saturday. Engineer Higgs also birthday party, celebrating the fit
stated that work on the fill through tieth anniversary of the city, will be
the swamp is already under way, and i made an even greater occasion
is progressing favorably. Some 'through the first official visit of the
8,000 cubic yards of material must President and Mrs. Harding to the
be used in the work on this swamp South since the inauguration,
road, and It will take several weeks' The celebration will be featured
to complete the Job. by the historical pageant depicting
Mr. Higgs stated that the Newlandthe fifty years of the city's history
paved road, of which the Knobbs and stressing the fact that Blrmine-
creek road is a segment, will prob
ably be finished and ready for use by
the first of April. Approximately
six miles of this road from its north
ern terminus Is already completed
and has been opened to the public.
People living in Newland and
Providence townships adjacent to the
Newland paved road will be greatly
encouraged to learn that the road
through Knobbs Creek swamp will be
completed before the worst of the
winter sets in. This swamp road
has often been virtually impassable
during previous winters, and even
in the best of seasons is one of the
roughest roads to travel anywhere
in Pasquotank County.
There is every indication that the
main roads of this section will be in
better condition this winter than
ever before at the time of the year.
The State Highway Commission al
ready has crews at work in Camden
County on the main highways, and it
is understood that the Desert Road
will be graded in the course of the
next few weeks, all the way from
Elizabeth City to Hertford.
Makes Playground
For The Children
Civil War Veteran Crippled And
Wind Wants Children Playing
About Him And Helps Them
Medway, Mass., Oct. 15 (By The
Associated Press) Elmer L. Vi
detto, a veteran of the Civil War,
crippled and partly blind, has laid
out a playground near his home here
so that he may listen to the voices of
children.
For years Videto visited the
schools and told the pupils war
stories. When after the most re
cent of several accidents he was
obliged to give up active work as a
stone mason, he conceived the idea
of bringing children to him. He
purchased land across the street
from his home and although the in
firmities of 75 years and his injuries
made the work slow, he cleared
away the underbrush, and built seats,
swings and tilting boards for his
child friends.
Here the children gather each day
while Videtto sits on the veranda of
his home or mingles with them to
tell again the stories they love to
hear.
File Suit Against
Carpenters' Council
Chicago, Oct. 15 (By The Associ
ated Press) Eight wood-working
and lumber companies today filed
suits against the Chicago Carpen
ters' District Council, charging that
it is a monopoly, and asking a tem
porary injunction.
CLUI1 ROOMS ARE OPENED
The Club Rooms at Miss Lou Mor
gan's, corner of Main and Road
streets, were formally opened for the
1921-22 fall and winter season Fri
day night. The rooms are most at
tractively decorated in soft tones of
red, and by night are rendered beau
tiful by the subdued radiance of
softly shaded red electric lights, clus
tered about the interior. Harry
Stokely opened dancing classes there
on Friday night, which will be con
tinued till next summer on Tuesday
and Friday nights.
NEWLAND PRINCIPAL IN CITY
R. C. Lotspeich, principal of New
land High School, was in the city
Saturday. He reported that the
work of the school Is progressing
most favorably.nnd that the enroll
nient Is the largest ever recorded
there. Prof. Lotspeich also announ
ced that the Stafford Chautauqua,
a series of lectures Illustrated with
stereopticon slides and motion pic
tures, will be held at the school
auditorium on Monday. Tuesday and
Wednesday, October 17-19, In after
noon and night performances.
BIRMINGHAM TO
HAVE GREAT TIME
Biggest Day Of Anniversary
Celebration Week Will Be
Day President And Mrs.
Harding Visit The City
Birmingham, Oct. 15 (By The As-
ham is the largest, city of its age in
America, being the only city in the
200,000 class which was founded af
ter 1870, and one of only a few cities
of its size which were not in exist
ence during the Civil War.
The celebration will continue
throughout the entire week October
24 to 29 but the biggest day will be
wciuuer o wnen rresment ana Mrs
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Harding will be the official guests of
the city and state. Assurance has
been given Senator Underwood by
the President that he will remain in
.... ..i.uniiuiii inv.u.uii; it- uuuia auu
that he will participate in all the
functions and ceremonies which the
committee has arranged in his honor.
Arriving on a special train from
Washington at an early hour on the
morning of October 26, the Presi
dent will be met at Pell City by a
........ jMum.m-u, cu-ns m
mi iiniiKiium ana Aiuuama. upon
his arrival he will head the parade
in which will participate practically
all the civic, fraternal, patriotic
military and semi-military organiza
tions of Birmingham and many from
other cities. In addition to the na
tional guard units, there will be a
guard of 1,000 members of the Am
erican Legion In uniform and a spe
cial guard of honor composed of vet
erans who were wounded overseas.
The grand marshal of the parade will
be Brigadier General R. E. Steiner.
Another feature of the parade will
be the 67 young women representa
tives of the different counties of the
state, selected for their beauty and
popularity, each of whom will have
an elaborately decorated automobile
in the parade
The President will
make the principal formal address of
the day In Capitol Park. A lun
cheon will be tendered him at the
Tutwiler Hotel where several hun
dred citizens will be present.
During the afternoon, the Presi
dent will appear at three fnnctions
and will make a short Informal talks
at each one. He will attend the in
auguration evercises of Birmingham
Southern College, where the degree
of L. L. D. will be conferred upon
him. The corner stone of the new
$1,000,000 Masonic Temple of Bir
mingham will be laid during the
afternoon and the president will
make a short address. Later, he
will go to the dedication exercises
of Underwood Park which is named
in honor of the Senator from Ala
bama,, at whose request President
Harding Is making the trip to Bir
mingham.
At a formal banquet at the Coun
try Club In the evening, the Presi
dent and Mrs. Harding will be the
guests of honor and the affair will be
attended by a large number of pro
minent women as well as men. The
President will be introduced by the
governor of Alabama, Thomas E.
Kilby. The , ball which will follow
and which concludes the program
for the visit of the President, will be
a notable social affair in the life of
Birmingham and will bo attended by
prominent people from all over Ala
bama and adjoining states.
The President and Mrs. Harding.
as well as the other members of the
presidential party, are expected to
board their train for the return to
Washington shortly after midnight
and the train will leave at an early
hour on the morning of October 27.
Four performances of the his
torical pageant will be staged in
which 1,500 persons will participate
and there will be a chorus of 50
trained voices. Several hundred
dancers will feature the presenta
tion of the pageant. Massed bands
and orchestras will provide such mu
sic as may be desired.
DR. CLARKE TO PREACH.
AT THREE IIURCHKS SUNDAY
Dr. G. W. Clarke will preach Sun
day, October 1 f.th, at Woodville at
11 a. in., Olivet at 3 p. m., First Bap,
tist church, 7:30 p. m. This will be
Dr. Clarke's last Sunday here.
(Associated Press) Spanish forces
Mrs. D.' B. Simpson and sons, Paul, In Morocco have collected the bodies
and'Braxton, returned from Norfolk of four hundred soldiers massacred
Friday after, attending the funeral .In the campaign against Moroccan
of Mrs. K. C. Robinson. tribesmen lastr1 August.
NOVEMBER SIXTH
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Ml W rKAifcli
Sunday Before Armistice Day
To Be Observed By Special
Prayer For Limitation Of
Armaments
Washington, Oct. 1. Sunday be-
fore Armistice Day, November 6, will
be observed by churches throughout o'clock. , commemorating the services of near-
the country as a time of special pray- In 80me way Mr sawyer lost con-lv -"'0,000 horses and mules attach
er for the International Conference tri nf his car, apparently, and the,ed to the American forces during the
on the Limitation of Armaments, j machine began to lurch wildly at the World War, over 68,000 of whom
The Federal Council of the Church-'come,. 0f Main and Martin streets, perished, was unveiled in the State
es of Christ in America today Issued
an appeal to the religious elements
of America to undertake a campaign
of education in behalt of a "real re-
duction of armament." The appeal
also calls on all congregations to hold
special services on November 11, at
the time of the opening of the con
ference and the memorial service to
unknown dead.
The call of the Federal Council
;goes to 3n communions comprising
?n nnn nnn mpmiiers in lr.n nnn mn.
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churches not officially affiliated with
the Federal Council will co-operate.
flnrinir Armiwtirp wpek nipptlnps
...j ..i.,... . ....., i
jrelation8( niPthodg for their 60lution
and discussion of a reduction of ar
niaments will be held by the
churches. Where it is impossible to
have these daily meeting. the pla.ij
calls for a series of mid-week ser-
ices.
United mass meetings on behalf of
limitation or armaments will be held
; by .the churches ill practically every
pltv in thp pimntrv tlip l'.iftor nnrl if
in,,. k. .i i. ' , m
vein her '
. m , , . , . . i commutation tickets to suburbanites.
Though the ofllcia ra is just be-j., . ... ,4 ...
. ,. . .. ... .. ., I But the commuters didn t like the
lug diRtributt il, in many sections thei,, , ,, ...
. , , . . . ., idea and they groaned as he cam
churches are already at work. Al
ready there are plans under way fori
meetings in Washington, Baltimore,'
Philadelphia, New York, Boston,!
Newark, Indianapolis, San Francisco,!
Atlanta, Minneapolis, Cleveland, De
troit, Rochester. Dayton, Hartford
Cincinnati, ilarrlsburg
Erie and Sacramento.
... , .. ""-
sptts Oh ri Vpnimvlvnnin and Cal -
. , , ' , .. , ,
fornia, church organizations have al
ready started to mobilize the entirs
state. It Is believed that special ser
vices and meetings will be held In
practically every city and town and
that there will be special gatherings
by individual congregations.
On Thanksgiving Day pastors will
be asked to urge "a real reduction of
armaments at this time as an impera
tive and Immediate step towards the
ultimate goal of a warless woild."
CUTS SUSTAINED BY BATHERS
IS BLAMED ON PROHIBITION
Boston, Mass., Oct. 15 (By The As
sociated Presg) Cuts sustained
by bathers are the latest woes to be
blamed on prohibition. In an of
ficial statement by the city park
commission upon the work of its life-1
savers at BostjOn beaches this season'
Is this paragraph:
'"Ever since prohibition came In j
the most frequent calls for first aid
assistance nave come lroin tne num
erous bathers who
are cut by brok-
prone to go to the shore for clande- milta.,on t,ckot an(1 th(,n
stlne indulgence They hurl the.rthem out ,)y (lfi ay at
(...Lt.ua uii cue in.acii aim aeciu
to take delight In smashing them.
"The beneficial milk bottle Is a
lesser but still gerlous source of
trouble. Many women who picnic
along the shore are apt to abandon
their empties with such vehemence
as to leave them shattered."
The ftatement adds that not a life
has been lost this season at any of
the beaches In charge of the park
department.
No Cause For Action
Against Tribune
Chicago, Oct. 15 (By The Associ
ated Press) Judge Fisher today
sustained the demurrer of the Chi
cago Tribune to the $ 10,000,000 libel
suit brought by the city of Chicago.
The Judge declared that the city had
ino cause for action.
U. D. C. MEETS TUESDAY
The D. H. Hill Chapter, U. D. C,
will hold their regular meeting next
Tuesday afternoon at .I.HO o'clock
with Mri. Will Perry on North Road
street. This Is the time for the
election of officers, and all members
are urged to be present.
COLLECT 400 IIODIFH OF SLAIN
. Madrid. Spain. Oct. 15. (By The
CarnTu ?r A
Driver Makes Turn
Dirk Sawyer Slightly Hurl In An i
dent On Main Street Friday
XiSl.t
Dick Sawyer, a traveling salesman
of tllia citv- na(1 a miraculous escape
1ea.,h ,r, ",3iy, Fri
t night, when the Ford roadster that
I he was driving turned over twice in
front of the Confederate monument
on
Main street a little after seven
'Numerous passersby, attracted by the'War 1,11,1 Navy liulldirtg today. The
(.ar's strange antics, stopped to tablet w:s presented by President W.
;watch am, were i,orr;iled to see It i - StUlnian of the American Hu-
B0 over twice n Mr. Snu-ver tnrnprt
into Pool street. He stayed in the
car until the second time over, and
was then thrown out on ills hands
and knees.
The car was damaged consider
ably, the windshield being smashed,
the top broken and various dents
made in the fenders. Mr. Sawyer re
ceived a dozen small cuts and bruises
but otherwise was uninjured. Dr. T.
S. McMullan dressed his hurts im
mediately after the accident.
Face On The Ticket
Worries Commuters
Xew Rule On New York Central
Went Into K fleet Till Month To
.Stop Scalping
Xew York, Oct. 15 ( By The Asso
ciated Press) The new faee-on-the-
tw'k-nl rnlp rf flip Mow ',til. f "Vr I 1
(Railroad has put a stop to the old
tiritcHcn nf ru n oforrln ir nr colltiiir
eras clicked.
Their protests were unavailing,
however, for the railroad decreed
that no more commutation tickets
would be issued after October 1, un
less a photograph of the holder was
attached to the ticket. The rush to
Paterson,!have )li(,tureg taken
during the last week of grace that
!a,mst every station along the rail-
.. . '
i''aos lines was converted into an
emergency photograph gallery.
All available photographers were
rounded up and posted at stations.
thus giving tho commuter an oppor
tunity of being "mugged" while wait
ing for his train to carry him to work
in the city.
After the first rush these photo
graphers no longer said, "look pleas
ant, please." The commuters said It
was impossible. An observing train
conductor remarked that it was ctiri-
joiu that many of the photographs
showed scowling countenances.
The railroad explained that one of
tho lirst effects of the new regtila-
lions was a tramendoiis falling-off In "le "a'aien rressj miss r.van
t!ie sale of commutation tickets at a gl'li,H' I!o(,tl1, commander of the Sal-,
(mail station on the West Shore dl- vati,)" Army in the United States,
vision. Although this station had I arriv,'d llele tody fur a two day"
only a corporal's guard of coniinut-1 stuv wl!1 dedicate the new Sal-
er it used to sell 41) commutation
t.V';eis every month.
This was the explanation, accord
ing to the railroad:
The commutation rate from this
Ifitalimt WilH nnlv .19 npnlu u'lioro-iu
Hlei ,., ,.,, ,', ".
$2.7(1. Snin n fin n urua hn v n tr mn-
rates- $1.50. On a transaction of
this kind the passenger saved $1.20,
the scalper made $1.18 and the rail
road lost $2.22.
DRIVE
AGAINST RATS
IS ON IN CITY OF PARIS
Paris, Oct. 15 (By The Associated
Press) More than 570,114 rats
have been killed In Paris since the
offensive against them was started
a year ago. Bonuses have been paid
at the rate of 30 centimes a head.
In the first month of the campaign
tho bonus was paid upon delivery by
the rat hunter of the tall of the anl
may but a sewer cleaner became an
expert In the art of manufacturing
!rat tails out of leather and other
material at the rate of several hun
dreds per day and since then the
bonus hag been "per head" Instead
of "per tall."
HALF MILLION IS LOSS
IN PARIS, TEXAS, FIRE
Paris, Texas, Oct. 15. (By The As
sociated Press) A Iohh of over
half a million dollars was caused by
a fire which raged five hours In the
business section of the city today,
and spread Into two residential sec
tions. Mr. and Mrs. F. G. Jacocks, W. II. j
Zoeller and Rev. G. F. Hill have re
turned from attending the national
convention of the Brotherhood of
St. Andrew In Norfolk.
BRONZE TABLET
IS UNVEILED
Commemorating Services Of
Horses And Mules Who
Served As Patriotic Ameri
cans In The World War
Washington, Oct. 15 (By The As-
i related Press) A bronze tablet
Imane Association.
Tried To Play Safe
Was Caught Instead
Henry Spencer Figured That By
Calling Police He Could Avoid
Prosecution
"NevVr trouble trouble till trouble
troubles you," Is a hoary hut very
true saying that Henry Spencer, col
ored, failed to regard Friday nlght.y
with the result that he was put un
der $200 bond In recorder's court
here Saturday morning on a liquor
selling charge. He will be tried next
Saturday.
Upon his own testimony, Spencer
obtained some liquor for a white
friend Friday night. The friend got
drunk, very drunk, and Spencer
feared that he would tell a police
man where he got the whiskey and
thereby get him into, trouble. Think
ing that he was playing safe, Spen
cer called Chief Holmes and told him
that the man was drunk, but that he
Spencer had obtained the liquor
for him from Annie Hollowell, col
ored, who lives on Bell street. She
was promptly arrested.
The Hollowell woman vigorously
denied that she had fluid liquor to
Silencer on Friday night, or at any
other time. She told such a straight
story in court that she was acquitted
of the liquor-selling charge. Spencer
admitted on the stand that he had
bought the liquor for the white man
anil was thereby convicted upon
his own evidence of serving as the
agent for the seller.
With a road sentence staring him
in the face, Spencer Is now sincerely
regretting the excess of caution that
prompted him to call the police Fri
day night.
Dedicate Hall Of
Salvation Army
Spartanburg, S. C, Oct. 15 (By
vation Army hall.
Yorkjown Plans Welcome
For President Harding
Newort 'ews, Va., Oct. 15 (ByThe
Associated Presa) Yorlitown Is
planing to give President Harding
and party a great reception next
Wednesday during the'.r .stop here
while enroute to William and Mary
College.
Pennsylvania Pays
Tribute To Knox
Valley Forge, Oct. 15 (iy The As
sociated Press) Pennsylvania paid
tribute today to the memory of the
late Senator Knox at the funeral ser
vices In Valley Forge Memorial
Chapel. The Guard of Honor was
composed of former service men.
UNIVERSALISTS HOLD
MEETING IN DETROIT
Detroit, Oct. 15 (By The Associ
ated Press) Plans for a church
membership campaign and questions
of national Importance were discuss
ed at the annual convention oT the
Unlversallst church which opened
here today.
German Emperor Now
Is Chief Gardener
Doom, Holland. Oct. 15 (By The
Associated Presg The slump In
the value of the German mark Is be-
ginning to effect the former German
emperor. Ten members of his
staff have been dismissed, Including
the head gardener, whose place
William himself took.