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VOL. XI. FINAL EDITION
ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 9, 1921
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RAID OPIUM DENS i
WORSTMICAGOj
Inspector With Dozen Assist-1
ants Arrests Thirty Chinese
And Confiscates Supply Of
Drugs
Chicago, Dec. 9 (By The Associ
ated Press) William H. Williams,
inspector, with a dozen assistants to
day raided the most elaborate, opium
'smoking establishment ever found
in Chicago, arrested thirty Chinese
and confiscated $200,000 worth of
drugs. , '
Expect Open Session
Early Next Week
Washington, Dec. 9 (By The As
sociated Press) Some conference
delegations regard . the situation so
ncouraging that they expect an
open session next week to announce
.agreement on the naval ratio and
quadruple Pacific arrangement.
AXTI LYNCHING BILL
PLACED ON CALENDAR
Washington, Dec. 9 (By The As
sociated Press) The House rules
committee today voted that the Dyer
anti-lynching bill was privileged to
status on the calendar.
henry Mcdonald dead
New Haven, Dec. 9 (By The As
sociated Press) Henry C. MacDon
ald, aged thirty-six, assistant supreme
'secretary of the Knights of Colum
bus, died here today after a brief
illness.
ARREST SUSPECT IN
WALL ST. EXPLOSION
Omaha, Dec. 9 (By The Associated
Press) Acting on an anonymous tip
the police have under arrest here to
day a man giving his name as Mike
Stine, as a suspect in connection with
the Wall Street explosion.
Charles Van Busen, chief of detec
tives, said that he was convinced
that Stine was here on the day of
the explosion.
Harvard Astronomer
To Return To Peru
1o Take Charge Of Observatory At
Arequipa, Harvard's South
American Station
Cambridge, Mass., Dec. 9 (By The
Associated Press) Harvard's as
tronomical work in Peru, the scope
of which has been somewhat reduced
In recent years, is expected to take
on new Importance with the return
there of Professor Solon I. Bailey to
take charge of the observatory at
Arequipa. Professor Bailey has
heen the acting director of the Har
vard College observatory here since
the' death of Professor Edward C.
Pickering in 1919 until the recent
appointment as director of Dr. Har
low Shapley of California. He ex
pects to sail for Peru within a few
months.
In addition to building up the
general work of the Arequipa sta
tion, it is expected that Professor
Bailey will find an opportunity to
push to completion the study of
globular star-clusters which has been
his own special contribution to the
astronomical research conducted un
der the auspices of Harvard.
It was Professor Bailey, himself,,
who first went to i"eru m 1889 on
behalf of the Harvard Observatory to
establish a South American station
for the observation of the southern
sky. The Harvard astronomers were
then, as now, engaged in what might
be called a comprehensive survey of
the millions of stars in the sky, with
special reference to the magnitudes
and spectra of the individual stars.
From (the observatory at Cam
bridge it is never possible to see
more than three-fourths of the heav
ens. Professor Pickering, as direc
tor, believed that to make the Har
vard work complete it would be ne-
cessary to establish an auxiliary sta-,
tion In the southern hemisphere, and secllon' or any suo-secuon thereor,
Uriah A. Boyrten, a Boston engineer, Bha!1 uPn conviction be fined fifty
bequeathed the funds which made i doIlars' and eacn Bale without 11
posslble the fulfillment of Professor inense BhaI1 constitute a separate of
Plckering's dream. fence-
So Professor Bailey went to PeruJ An law9 and ParU ot lawa con
The high altitude, dry cllmafe and fllct herewith ape hereby, repealed,
clear otmnanWo mnrio Arpmiinn n This act shall be in force from and
superb place for astronomical work.
The observatory
there has served j
continuously as an auxiliary station;
to determine the magnitudes and1
spectra of southern stars, and in Atlanta, Dec. 9 (By The Associ
other respects to round out the ated Press) Marshal Foch was hon-
studles undertaken at Harvard.
Cooke Falls In Line
On Second Hand Bill
Wires That Ills Meut-ure In In Full
Conformity With Request Of
Council
"All . 1 1 Ktlla nnnr nnnttniv n (
'strict conformity with the request of
Board of Aldermen," wired Repre
sentative Cooke, now in Raleigh at
tending the special session of the
General Assembly, to The Advance
Friday morning. Mr. Cooke sent
similar telegrams to Mayor W. Ben
Goodwin and to the Merchants' As
sociation. Thus another developments re
corded in the fight being waged to
force second hand dealers out of
Elizabeth City. The bill sent to Rep
resentative Cooke and Senator Grif
fin. prirlnrqaH hv tha Mnrrhnnta' As.
sociatlon' and recommended by the
uuy council,
entitled "An Act to
Amend the Charter of Elizabeth
City," is reprinted in full, as follows:
The General Assembly do enact:
1st That sub-section 26iof sec
tion 125 of the chapter 341,'of Pri
vate Laws 191, be and the same is
hereby repealed, and the following be
substituted in the place thereof:
"On each person, firm or corporation
who conducts a so-called pawn broker
orloan office who carries on the
business of loaning money on wear
ing apparel, household and kitchen
furniture, or other personal property
by pledge, hypotication or otherwise
shall pay in advance an annual li
cense tax of two hundred and fifty
dollars.
2nd That sub-section 54 of sec
tion 125 of said chapter 341, Acts
1915, be and the same is hereby re
pealed, and the following substituted
in lieu thereof: Any person, firm or
corporation who shall carry from
place to place any goods, wares and
merchandise and sell, barter or offer
for sale said commodities, or any of
them shall be deemed to be a pedler
and shall pay a license tax as follows:
Each pedler on foot $50 per annum;
each pedler with horse, mule, ox,
with or without vehicle, or with ve
hicle propelled by any other power
a license tax of $100 per annum; each
pedler of drugs, medicines, nostrums,
&c, whether on foot or with horse,
mule, ox or pther mode of convey
ance shall pay a license tax of $150
per annum, all of said licenses shall
be paid in advance.
b. Each itinerant merchant or
dealer, whether as proprietor or as
agent who sells or offers to sell bank
rupt or Are sales of any kind of
goods, wares or merchandise shall
pay a license tax of one hundred dol
lars per week, in advance.
c. Any itinerant merchant, or
salesman selling or offering to sell as
agent or principal, any kind of goods,
wares or merchandise or shall ex
hibit same for sale, upon any of the
streets or sidewalks of the town, or
upon any vacant lot, or In any al
ley, or in any show room, or under
canvas, or in any other kind of
structure, rented for that purpose,
shall pay in advance an annual li
cense tax of $200.
d. For the purpose of Interpret
ing and enforcing sub-sections b and
c of this act, any person, firm or
corporation, that does not list his
poll or property for taxation in Eliz
abeth City, N. C, shall be deemed to
be an itinerant merchant, adn sub
ject tothe license taxes stipulated in
the two foregoing subsections b. and
cl as they respectively apply, and
each and every other class or kind of
itinerant not hereinbefore enumera
ted, or designed shall pay an annual
license tax of double the amount last
above mentioned, in advance.
e. Every person, firm or corpora
tion, who as a dealer, sells or offers
to sell or barter, either as principal
or agent, upon any vacant lot,
street or alley, or In any house or
show room rented for that purpose,
or under canvas, any second hand
wearing apparel, underwear, hats,
boots, shoes, caps, or any other sec
ond hand article worn by men or wo
men, boys or girls, shall pay a li
cense tax of fifty dollars per annum,
in advance.
Provided, nevertheless, that none
of the above provisions shall apply
to the sale of periodicals, printed or
sheet music, books, fuel, ice, coal,
food or the products of the farm,
garden or dairy.
Any person, firm or corporation
vlolatlnS nny f the provisions of this
after its ratification.
FOCI I AT ATLANTA
cod here today.
IMUSCLE SHOALS
I IMMENSE PROJECT
i
J Henry Ford Continues Nego
tiations To Secure Properties
In Alabama Recently Re
surveyed The Place
Florence, Ala.. Dec. 9 ffiv The
Associated Press) Henry Ford's bid
for Muscle Shoals, submitted July 8,
1921, the first bid for the properties,
contained these principle features:
Outright purchase of nitrate plants
Nos. 1 and 2 for $5,000,000.
Payment of approximately ?1,G80,
000 annual "rental" as interest on
capital invested for waterpower
rights.
Reimbursement of $40,000,000
spent by the government on Wilson
Dam.
Reimbursement of $8,000,000 to
be spent by the government in build
ing and equipping Dam No. 3.
Outright expenditure of $15,000,
000 by the government in erection of
three locks in connection with these
two dams.
Muscle Shoals begin at Florence
and extend eastward up the Ten
nessee River thirty miles, having a
fall in that distance of 130 feet.
Navigationaround the shoals has
been provided by means of the
Muscle Shoals Canal, a waterway
sixteen miles long and containing
eleven locks. This canal was begun
about 1820 and by intermittent ef
fort was partly completed in 1890,
when it was opened for navigation.
Both the State of Alabama and the
Federal Government participated In
this work.
In 1910 government engineers rec
ommended that navigation and power
should be Jointly developed "at
Muscle Shoals and in 1914 an appro
priation was made for diamond drill
borings which proved the sufficiency
of the foundation for proposed dams.
A survey was made of lands that
would be inundated and options
were taken by citizens of Sheffield
and Florence in the name of the
government. '
When the war began, the govern
ment, seeking a site for great ni
trate plant, turned to Muscle Shoals
and the erection of nitrate plant No.
2 was started January 8, 1918. It
began operation October 25 of the
same year and before the armistice
was signed several thousand tons of
ammonium nitrate was turned out.
Operations were suspended after the
armistice, but work was begun on
Wilson Dam and this work continued
until May 1, 121, when the appro
priation was exhausted. The dam
then was said to be about 50 per cent
complete.
Three great concrete mixing
plants, one of them said to be the
largest in the world, was constructed
and operated for the building of the
Wilson Dam. Quarries were opened;
residences for employes were built,
with office buildings, schools, as
sembly halls and complete sewage,
lighting and water systems. A fleet
of barges and' dredges were provided
to bring sand and gravel from the
river channel below the dam. Wharf
and unloading facilities were con
structed, with a line of railroad three
.miles long extending from the wharf
to the dam site.
All of this equipment was put in
"stand-by" condition May 1, 1921.
On one siding 45 locomotives now
stand covered in grease paint.
Wilson Dam, completed, would be
the largest In volume of material
used of any single construction pro
ject in the United States, army engi
neers say. From river bed to top
drlyeway over the dam, the height
would be 133 feet. The available
powerhead of water impounded above
the dam would be 95 feet. The
length of the dam would he 4,600
feet.
The original, plans for the work
called for the installation of tur
bines and electric generators capable
of producing 600,000 electrical horse
power, more than is now represented
in the combined hydo-electric de
velopments in the States of Alabama,
Georgia. South Carolina, North Caro
Una and Tennesee, according to army
engineers.
Dam No. 3, proposed in Mr. Ford's
hid would be one mile and a quarter
in length, fifty feet high, and would
have an available waterpower head
of 42 feet. There would bo Installed,
under the Ford plan, turbines, elec
tric and electric generators in this
('.am capable of developing more than
2TO,no0 electric horsepower. This
dam would bo 17 miles above Wilson
d.im and navigation through the two
dams would be affected by means of
two locks in Wilson dam and one
lock In Dam No. 3.
Negotiations between the govern
ment and Mr. Ford have been In pro
gress for several months. His recent
tr p with Thomas A. Edison to
M 'cle Shoals was for the purpose of
DR. H. M. POTEAT
SPEAKS TONIGHT
Ragtime Or ItoIiR on Is Subject 11.
Y. P. V. Training School
Comes To 'loso
Dr. Hubert M. Potent of Wake For
est College will speak tinight at 8:110
at Blackwell Memorial Baptist Church
on "Ragtime or Religion." Tha pub
lic is cordially invited to hear Dr. I'o-
teat, who besides teaching boys Greek
and Latin, is a real musician, too.
and what he has to say should be of
interest to old and young.
Classes in the B. Y. P. U. Training
School convene tonight at 0:30. The
school closes tonight after a week's
training, which has been of great help
o the young people taking the courses
and hearing the inspirational addres
ses. Watson Threatens
Slap Army Officer
Washington, Dec. 9 (By The Asso
ciated Press) Senator Watson at
the meeting of the Senate sub-committee
investigating his charges that
soldiers were hanged without trial in
France today threatened to slap the
face of an army officer In the audi
ence and the meeting was nearly
broken up In a row.
Watson shook his finger in the
face of Major George W. Cochau and
threatened to slap him "if he looks
at me again that way." Chairman
Brandegee demanded the Senator to
take his seat'or retire. Officers
among the spectators were sent from
the room. Watson presented sixty
three names, he 'desired fd have sum
moned. -
DAIL EIRANN TO
ACT WEDNESDAY
Ratification Will Be Moved By
Griffith As Chairman Of
Plenipotentiaries, ' Not As
Cabinet Decision
Dublin, Dec. 9 (By The Associated
Press) Ratification of the treaty
between Ireland and Great Britain
will be moved before Dall Elreann
Wednesday by Arthur Griffith as
chairman of plenipotentiaries not as
a cabinet decision, Eamon De Valera
announced today.
London"! Dec. fi f Rr Thn Asflnrlnteri i
Press) Eamon De Valera's repudia-,men boarding at the house went up
tion of the Irish Free State- agree- and Bsked Davle" ,f e ?nte1d
mnf 1,. ,..,',, .Jthlng to eat. "No, I'm burning tip
iiiviiv aims juioovi ucobiuiio uci c am iu
tha offo ha oM.t nt
wn.,i,i nn nn TTirann'. .ti
and upon the British government's
upon
and Parliament's attitude.
PROTEST TO LABOR BOARD
Chicaeo. Dec. 9 (Bv The Assocl-
ated Press) Protests by the South-
western Express Company employes
are before the Labor Board today,
civti717 iinvnDrn
SIXTEEN HUNDRED
PRISONERS RELEASED
By The Associated
mndred nriannpr
Belfast, Dec. 9 (
PrpRH Sixteen hundred nrlnnneri
(ntorno1 ot Rail vlrlmlav Pqmn w
released today under the amnesty
proclamation. ,
BANDITS GET PAYROLL
Augusta, Ga., Dec. 9 (By The As
sociated Press) Two bandits held
up the office of the Sibley Manufac
turing Company today seized the
$8,000 payroll but were captured a
few minutes later after exchanging
bhois wun me pursuers.
'
GETS HIGHEST CONTRACT
EVER OFFERED COACH
Dallas, Pec. 9 (By The Associated
TreBs) A contract believed to he the
highest ever offered a coach, $35,000
for five years, was Bnt "Bo" Mc
Mlllin, Centre football ftar, by the
University of I) illas Athletic Council
today.
making a ro-.-'iirvpy of thn property
nt the suggestion of government of
ficials with a view of clarifying and
reconciling, If poMlble, differences r.
Mr. Ford's estimates and those of
army engineers concerning comple
tion of tho work. The greatest com
plication is understood to have been
the dlfferenre In estimates of the
cost of -completing Wilson dam and
the construction of Dam No. 3.
-l43BbD92UtSKudiM
"Esther" Proved Pleasing
And Up To Expectations
Opening Production Of Great Sacred Opera De
lighted The Real Lovers Of Good Music With
Wonderful Vocal Harmonies, Fine Orchestra
tion, And Rich Costuming
The opening presentation of the sacred opera "Esther" at
the city high school auditorium Thursday night fully equalled
every expectation of those who attended. The singing was ex
ceptionally fine ; the orchestration was the best in any Choral
Secicty production thus far; and
were all that had been promised for them.
j The great sacred opera will
Birth And Death In '.be presente r t the high school
Home In Single Night in a ser jn(1 Performance to-
night. Yho curtain will rise at
It. M. Davies Dies A Suicide A Few
Hours Before Baby Is Horn To
Mrs. Upton
it. m. Davies, fifty-one years oid,'0f the S3ason will have another
a house painter who nas been nere
since the middle of September, died
Friday morning at 1:30 o'clock at
the boarding house conducted by
Mrs. J. A. Scott, on Shepard street,
after having drunk a half pint of de-
natured alcohol at an early hourher" was that the number of people
Thursday morning, supposedly with t who turned out to see the show was
suicidal intent. Two and a half
hours after the death of Davies,
girl baby was born to Mrs. Albert Up-
ton, another boarder at the same
house. Mother and child are doing
nicely.
Davies Is thought to have come
from Washington, D. C, where he
had told people here that he has a
niece living. He had been working
with LeRoy Brothers, a well known
painterv of this city, for several
months, and save for the fact that he
drank occasionally, is said to have
been a quiet, steady, industrious
worker, going his own way, and pay
ing little attention to the affairs ot
others.
Mrs. J. A. Scott, at whose home
Davies was boarding, told a reporter
Friday morning that he arose very
early the day before, and had her fix
hini a light breakfast before leavln
to go to work a little after six o'clock.
At about ten o'clock he returned, and
asked the cook at the Scott home to
fix him a cup of hot coffee, saying
that he wasn't feeling well. He
then proceeded upstairs to his room,
and went to bed.
At dinner time, one of the other
. u j
Inside," the man replied.
'Please
. bring me Just a little soup.
The
i man ew steadily worse through the
I aiternoon, ana Hiiuur u tiuti mio.
i Scott sent for Dr. R. L. Kendrlck,
who reached the house In a few min-
utes. When questioned by tne pny
sician, Davies admitted that he had,
drunk half a pint of denatured alco-1
hl- Asked if he knew what he was
about, he said, "Yes."
t BV that time the powerful poison
jhad been absorbed In the doomed
man's circulatory system, and all
'jpe 0f saving1 his life had passed,
He grew weaker and weaker through
vat ij uuuio ui biiv uib '
completely blind about three hours
before he breathed his last at 1:30
In the momlng. The
remains are
being held at Zlegler's undertaking
- " r". 1."- - T::;7".
OI inquiries lurwarueu iu n'"'ii6
ton, D. CT In the hope of locating
relatives. v
The death of Davies from drinking
denatured alcohol Is but one of a
multitude of similar tragedies all
over the United States, following the
enforcement of national prohibition.
Of the four kinds of alcohol listed In
the National Pharmacopeia, three
are deadly polgonS- They are niedi-
cated( denatured and wood alcohol.
Medicated alcohol Is grain alcohol
that has been treated with bichloride
of mercury, formaldehyde, phenol
(carbolic acid), cresol, tannic acid,
or some other Ingredient that makes
it unfit for beverage purposes. t is
used for rubbing in cases of Inflam
mation, stiffness and the like, and Is
applied externally In absolute safety.
Denatured alcohol is grain alcohol
wlh which has been mixed wood ul-
twl.o; benzino or one of half a dozen
other poisonous substance. It is
used for technical purposes namely
In automobile radlutors, paints and
for other commercial purposes, and
Is entirely unfit and dangerous for
either external or Internal ue by hu
man beings.
Wood, or methyl alcohol, is de
rived, as its name implies, from va
rious kinds of wood. Its uses are
largely Identical with those of de
natured alcohol, with which It
sometimes mixed as a denaturing
agent, and It Is the most powerful,
and dangerous poison ot the group,
the richly elaborate costumes
a 1ft awl nil t!iw FJizkhpth
j City folks who last night missed
ithe rarest local musical treat
., , .,
opportunity to enjoy it.
i The one thing that perhaps cast a
.damper on the spirits of those In the
Choral Society who have worked for
months to assure the success of "Es-
, disappointingly small. That hun-
a'dreds of seats remained empty
through the two hours of really
choice musical entertainment was
a great disappointment. Those who
did attend, however, were entirely
pleased with the show, and it is
freely predicted that a larger crowd
will turn out tonight.
As was announced a week ago,"
children will he admitted to "Esther"
tonight at the special price ot 75
cents each. The admission for
grownups will-remain at $1.25.
Eleven Packers To
Try Open Shop
St. Louis, Dec. 9 (By The Aesocl-
8ted Press) Eleven independent
'packing companies today signed a
published notice that they would es
tablish "open shop" on January 2
and reduce wages.
Chicago, Dec. 9 (By The Associ
ated Press) Precautions against
strike disorders are being taken by
the authorities In the large Middle
West packing centers.
Notorious Bandit
Makes His Escape
Little Rock, Dec. 9 (By The As
sociated Press) Tom Slaughter, no-'
torlous bandit, under death sentence
for killing a prison farm guard, es
caped today with six others from the
penitentiary here. Slaughter con
trolled the prison yard five hours
preceding his escape and offered
freedom to all
j sis Phillips County negroes under
death sentence In connection. with
an uprising in 1919 refused to es-
cape. With a pistol Emuggled to
him, Slaughter outwitted the guards.
imprisoned the warden and his" wife,
bum auu tvru uaufiii lcid in uirj ucaiu
cell, and escaped In the automobile of
the warden's wife. Passing through
Benton he exchanged shot with the
city marshal
Sir Arthur Pearson'
Drowned In Bath
London, Dec. 9 (By The Associated
Press) Sir Arthur Pearson, former
publicist, was drowned today by fall
ing in his bath.t
Hadley Electrocuted
At Richmond Today
Richmond, Va., Dec. 9 (By The
Associated Press) Dr. Wllmer Amos
Hadley was electrocuted here today
for murdering his wife.
Regarded Certain
France Will Accept
Paris, Dec. 9 (By The Associated
Press) France's acceptance of the
quadruple agreement for the Taclf.3
is regarded ns certain In official
circles hero today.
A few tesispoonfuls are likey to cause
blindness and death in a few hours.
Orasn alcohol, which is no longer
sold to the public, is employed as -a
preservative for various drugs, medl-
ls.clnes
flavorlngs and the like. It Is
the active Intoxicating agent In whls-
key, snd, while a poison like the oth
ers, is not as direct In Its action.