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4 CIRCULATION Thursday 1,603 Copies WEATHER Increasing cloudiness followed by rain Saturday. Warmer, fresh N. E. shift- ing to E. and S. E. winds. 'VOL. XI. FINAL EDITION ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 16, 1921 24 PAGES NO. 294 REPORTS GIGANTIC WET SYNDICATES Director Kohloss Tells Commissioner Haynes Moonshine Business Thriving In N. C. n Washington, Dec. 16 .(By The Associated Press) The operation of gigantic moon shine syndicates in North Caro lina was reported to Prohibition Director Kohios3 today. The federal comniissioner vgave In structions that every possible step be taken1 to break up the syndicates. ' ' Hard Coal Workers Will Soon Be Idle Scranton, Pa., Dec. 16 (By The As sociated Press) Nearly 50,000 workers in the anthracite fields will "be made idle in a few days unless there Is improvement in the demand for hard coal. ' SEVERAL DRAFT PLANS UNDER CONSIDERATION New Yerk, Dec. 16 (By The Asso ciated Press) Several plans for res toration, of draft satisfactory to the major and minor leagues are under consideration by the baseball advis ory council. ETHEL CLAYTON FINELY SUP PORTED IN "A CITY SPARROW" A cast of clever artists, playing the various supporting rojes, is one of the reasons for the brilliant re ports'of "A City Sparrow," the new Ethel Clayton starring vehicle tor Paramount which will be shown at the Alkrama theater' today. . . Ethel Clayton, the star, stands In the front rank of film stars and has a most enthusiastic following. The principal male lead Is por trayed by Clyde Fillmore, who ap pears as a noble-hearted countryman -who falls in love with Milly West, a dancing girl and persuades her to go to the country,' where their love ro mance develops. Walter Hiers, the fat comedian, is funnier than ever, in the role of Tim Ennls, a disappointed lover. Locked Up And Saw Face At The Window Mrs. OeorfeJ; Williamson Frightened By Strange Man Thursday Night While sitting in. her living room, Mrs. George Williamson, who lives on Dyer street, was much frightened ' TVlnrarlno t I tri f at llftlo attar eleven o'clock, to see a strange white man standing at a side window and look ing In at her. She Jumped up and ran out of the room to call her bus-1 band, noticing as she did so that the man ran too. Mr. Williams, with a p'lBtol in his hand, came into the room a few min utes later with his wife, not expecting to tee anything of the unbldded visi tor, and both were greatly astonished to find the man again at the window, this time in the act of raising it. Mr. Williamson fired twice in the general direction of the window, and the man ran away, Mr. and Mrs. Williamson both had a good look t the would-be bouse-! pad Sunday afternoon, breaker, and are confident that they j, Slgsbee Tillett returned from could readily recognize him, if they Elizabeth City Monday after spending should see him again. They say that two or three days there on busl he was short, stout, apparently not ness. over thirty years of age, and that he j Misses Mattle Ward, Mary Watts, wore a pair of khaki army breeches. Messrs. James Oasklll and Crowder The police made a careful search tor the man at an early hour Friday morning, bnt without result. House Adjourns Respect To Elston Washington, Dee. 16 (By The As- soclated Trees) The House ad- Davis and Robert Baum were at Man Journed today out of respect to Rep- teo Sunday. resentgtive Elston of . California,!, Tom Wle, of Stumpy Point, passed whose body was found last night through here Friday en route to the floating In the Totomac River. buoy tender on which he is em- Dr. Lorcnz Opens PubllC CliniC TodaV New York Dec 16 (Br The Also- clutn rre0 Dr. r 1 a f'.tr. !r U' Adolf Lorenx. Spanish Gunboat Captures ' French Sailing Vessels Were Carrying Arms To The Moroccan In- i surgents Madrid, Dec. 16 (By The Associ ated Press) The Spanish gunboat Bonifaz has captured two French sailing vessels carrying arms and munitions to Moroccan Insurgents and sank another vessel engaged in the same operation, an official report announced today. Mexican Stabbed Expected To Die Chicago, Dec. 16 (By The Associ ated Press) Additional policemen again were as3lg-ne?l to the stock yards district following a renewal of outbreaks by 6trike sympathizers on suspicion that they were strike break ers. A Mexican who was stabbed ma y die. s BOTH HOUSES RATIFY TREATY London, Dec. 16 (By The As sociated Press) Both houses of British Parliament today ratified the treaty creating an Irish Free State by pverwhelm ing majorities. London, Dec. 16 (By The Associ ated Prss) Labor Leader Hender son supported the treaty when the debate on the Irish-British settlement was renewed in Parliament today. Capital Ship Tonnage Outstanding Question Washington, Dec. 16 (By The As sociated Press) Announcement of the final agreement between Great Britain, .the United States and Japan over the naval ratio left the Question of capital ship tonnage to be alloted France and Italy the outstanding matter to be determined by the naval committee of fifteen. Had Irresistible Murder Obsession New York, Dec. 18 (By The Asso ciated Press) Mrs. William B. Nal len, who killed Dr. Abram Bllcksteln in his office may face a Jury artd de fend her life on the ground that her act was the result of an "irresistible murder obsession." WANCHESE NEWS Wanchese, N. C, Dec. 13. Mr. and Mrs. Carl S. Pugh, little son Carl, Jr., Miss Eula Daniels and Casper Meeklns motored up to Fort Raleigh Sunday afternoon. Alonzo Midgett. salesman for A. F. Toxey &. Co., Elizabeth City, N. C, was here Tuesday on business. Mrs. Cardell Daniels and Miss Helen Tillett left for Elizabeth City Saturday After spending a short time there they will go to Norfolk", where they will spend a few days be fore returning to their homes here Miss Dora Lea Jordan and one of the other teachers of the Stumpy Pplnt public school passed through here Friday en route to their homes to spend the Christmas holidays. They were accompanied as far as here by Messrs. Russell Nixon and Frank Meeklns. Misses Alma Etherldge, Nancy Montague, Messrs. John Cndworth and Billy Tillett motored up to Pear- Davis motored to the north end of the teland Sunday afternoon by way of'Callboose. - J. B. Hooker, who has been kept away from his work" for several days with fish poison In his hand. Is at Manteo today having it attended to. Messrs,' FItzhugh Daniels, Leamon Melson. Wesley Daniels, Maurlre j ployed Messrs. Tol.e Tillett, Clooky Kannrtora toff Itsivman and On Til. lett was at Manteo Sunday. I Rev. J. Bascom Hurley, the newjnt the First Methodist Church, now pastor, preached here Sunday morn- in progress. All memtiprs of the Ing for his first time and had a very n. tartar open- large attendance. It is believed al r the supervl- ready that he Is going to he liked "irfment. 'tery well as a pastor. IFRENCII WANT TEN NEW SHIPS Vew Proposal For Naval ' Increase Upsets The Whole rlan OayS 1 he The Advance that the mill with which RrifieVi ndorrsitJrtr ;he ls conne(lted fr some years has DriUSn teiegaiion placed at the disposal of farmers and ' others owning cotton which they1 wish Washington, Dec. 16 (By t0 hld- a art of the company . ' , warehouse for storage purposes, 1s- The Associated Press) The suIng for 8Uch cotton negotiable re French delegation has present- ceipts which are acceptable as col ed a proposal for SO great an lateral for loan.' .t the banks Notes f , secured by these receipts, he says, increase in the Strength of the are re-discounted by the Federal Re French navy that the British serve banks of the country. declare such program if carried ' Mr"0rurrlng a p.?rt l T yT " 6tT , , Mr- Gregory, "we had on storage be- OUt Would Upset the whole plan tween 1,8B0 and 1.900 bales of cot for "five-five-three" naval re- ton owned by some 220 different duction. The French want to build ten big battleships. Arthur J. Balfour, head of the British delegation, gave notice today that Great Britain would propose to the arms conference the total aboil- tfon of submarines. ' FUNERAL MISS SIMONS The funeral of Miss Ida Virginia Simons, 19 year old daughter of Mr. . and Mrs. W. R. Simons of Burnt Mills, Camden County, was conduct ed from the home Thursday after noon at two o'clock by Rev. R. F. Hall and Rev. E, F. Sawyer. Miss Simons died Tuesday after a five weeks Illness. Besides her mother and father, Miss Simons is survived by three ters, Bettie, Martha and Mary, and by three brothers, George, William and Joseph. She was a member of Berea Baptist church of this County. . FRENCH LAW SEEMS STRANGE I Trial Americans At Landru's Noted Many Differences Be tween French and American. Customs Versailles, Dec. 16 (By The Asso elated Press) Americans who at tended the Landru 'trial, and they were many, could not refrain from ! warehouse here, the whole transac commentine nnon the radical differ-, tlon would have been carried on lo- ence between the French law of evl- cally." dnce and manner of conducting a The Advance ls entirely willing to trial for murder and the American concede that the foregoing statement courts. was hardly fair ln view of the ser- Returning to Paris after a partlcu-) vice that the Elizabeth City Cotton larly stormy sitting of the court, an Mill has for some years given the American resident of the French cap-; farmers of this section. Indeed. H ital noticed a stout man alighting at 1 would never have passed the eye of Mudon, in deep conversation with a The Advance censor but for the'facl woman. j that the story was handled la the rush of the Christmas season when "Why, there goes one of the Jur- Tne Advance was busy not only m ors!" he exclaimed. 'laying hold of all possible seasonal Jurors ln France are not escorted business but also had its. force taxed by uniformed policemen and every wlln work incident to getting out the night they returri to their homes in Elkg Booster iBi the midst of the complete freedom havirg taken the Christmas ruBh, and when the cdl oath "not to discuss the case with tor-g mIn(j wag B0 engrossed ln busi any one." They are chosen with neM detail that for the moment the more rapidity than ln either America part that tne Elizabeth City Cotton or England. Mill has had in helping local cotton The prosecution and the defense gr0Wers to hold their cotton was for have 12 peremptory challenge each tne moment lost sight of. and no more. Thus 36 names chosen j However, the credit due the cotton from the electoral list of the depart- mm for lt)l ervice to the farmer in ment are thrown into a hat and 12 no way makes less apparent the need are picked out. Should the prosecu- tlon and the defense both choose to exercise their prerogative of chal- lenglng 12 Jurors, there always re- mains enough names In the hat to swear in a Jury. The Landru Jury was chosen in 15 minutes. Neither the prosecution nor the defense chal-, .....,-. . .c lenged a single Juror. WANTS SELL BONDS "You swear to testify without hatred or fear, to tell the whole truth Washington. Dec. 16 (By The As and nothing but the truth; raise sociated PTess ) The Souther Rail your right hand and say: 'I swear road has asked the Interstate Com- It;' says the Judge to the witness as the latter advances to the bar. There Is no Bible In evidence. "Tell your own story," continues the Judge, and the witness goes on to relate how he or she met Lnndru In the company of Madame Cuchet. Gulllln or Heon during the year 1916. WKLFARE MEETING MONDAY' er Eastlake. charged with wire mur The Welfare Council meeting .... ,i,rno ,r wit- srheduled for Thursday night was postponed to Monday night at the tif. Chamber of Commerce quarters, at; 7:30 o'clock, In order that the mem-. 17:30 o'clock, In order that the mem - ),ir nf thn rnnnrll nilrht hnvp the 'ers of the Council might hare the opportunity of attending the lectures ' Welfare Council, and all others In- terested In the progress of the work here, are nrged to attend the meet ing Monday night. E. City Cotton Mills ! Store Farmers' Cotton And Issue Warehouse Receipts Thnt Are Negotiable At Tlie i Banks James G. Gregory, secretarv-treas- urer of th Eubeth city cotton people. We have on storage now 1,260 bales belonging to 88 people. The entire crop of Pasquotank County this year is approximately 2,750 bales. You can see, therefore, that there has been actually on storage during a part of this year approxl- , mately 7 O.per cent as much cotton as jwas raised In the County in 1921; and there is now on storage with us about 46 per cent, or nearly half as much coUon th8 County produced' 111,8 year- wun rererence 10 me proposed storage warehouse, Mr. Gregory says: "I wish it understood that I am making the foregoing statements' with no desire to oppose the estab lishment of a bonded warehouse here. Indeed, I think we ought to have a i "ueu rs prepared 10 xane sis-,car6 of a11 kinda of commodities." I Mr- Gregory's statement follows an artIcle in Monday's paper referring to the establishment of a bonded ware- ihouse at thl cit ln whlc0 tDe need of such a warehouse here was set forth in considerable length. The statement to which Mr. Gregory notes an exception was as follows: "At present there is no bonded warehouse at this city. The Eliza beth City Cotton Mill for several years has rented part of the firm's warehouses for the storage purposes onlv' and those who have wished to . . . 1 1 . . 1 ittKe aavamage 01 ine oonueu wa re house plan have regularly shipped their cotton or other products to Norfolk's warehouses. Having his goods stored at Norfolk, many a far mer has negotiated his warehouse re ceipts at a Norfolk bank and has spent his money with Norfolk mer- chants, where, were ther a bonded Jf a bonded warehouse here, which would, if necessary, be in a position t0 gerve a iarger number of farmers ad to afford storage facilities for commodities other than cotton, cm ?TUri!I R All ROAD merce Commission for permission to Issue and sell thirty million dollars in gold bonds. rROSECTTIOV TO ItKST CASK TODAY IV EASTIjAKK TRIAL Montrose. Ya., Dec. 16 (By The lAssoclated Prr..) The prosecution planned to rest the caie against Rog iiLt wuri " ""' ....... .... nesses today. . WH'TINIMJ MIH.WM.K Th lrwiilk on the Wet tie Of Perse Btreet for 200 feet back from the Intersection of Main street is nov- being widened by City Manager Fere- bee to a uniform breadth of seven feet. The work Is being done in re - sponse to a petition ' dents of the street. signed by rcl- Butchers Announce Lowering of Prices Two Dealers In City Market Make Announce ments Effective Immediately Following Reso lution By City Council Friday Morning Defin ing "Green" Sausage As Fresh Meat MILITANT WOMEN TO BE ARRESTED While National Guard Patrols Coal Fields Attorney Gen eral And Prosecutor Issue Warrants Pittsburg, Kan., Dec. 16 (By The Associated Press) While National Guardsmen patrolled the coal fields today Attorney General Hopkins and Prosecutor Burnett studied the avail-, able evidence with a view to issuing warrants in connection with strike disorders earlier ln the week. According to Mr. Burnett some of the warrants will be for the women who led the crowds of militant wo men. ELEVEN MILLIONS FOR WATERWAYS Major General Beach Recom-; mends This For Rivers And Harbors In Eleven Southern States Washington, Dec. 16 (By The As sociated Press) An expenditure of approximately 111,000,000 for rivers and harbors in eleven southern states during the next fiscal year Js recom mended by Major General Beach, chief of army engineers, ln his an nual report today to the Secretary of War. This total Is exclusive of a proposed $7,600,000 for the Muscle Shoals, Ala., project In the Tennes see River, and $6,670,000 tor the Mississippi River Commission (flood control) and represents about one fourth of the sum proposed for the entire country. Principal harbor project for the South are Norfolk, $500,000; Savan nah, $1,025,000; Brunswick, Ga., $200,000; Jacksonville, St. Johns River to sea, $588,000; Tampa Bay, $148,600; Tampa and Hlllsboro Bays, $300,000; Mobile, $300,000; Hous ton Ship Channel, $400,000; Galves ton Channel, $250,000 and Port Ar kansas, $200,000. Principal waterway projects are: Southwest Pass, Mississippi River, $1,136,000; Intracoastal waterway, Mississippi River to Bayou Teche, $100,000; Inland Waterway, Norfolk to Beaufort Inlet, North Carolina, $400,000; Cumberland River below Nashville, Tenn., $424,000, and Ouachita and Black Rivers, Arkansas and Louisiana, $300,000. Aside from those mentioned, pro jects proposed for North Carolina are: Cape Fear River, at and below Wilmington, $90,000; above Wil mington, $15,000; Beaufort Inlet, $46,500; Beaufort Harbor, $24,000; Scuppernong River, $15,000; Pam lico and Tar Rivers, $17,000; Neuse River, $12,000; Trent River, $2,500; Inland Waterway, Beaufort to Jack sonville, $20,000; Waterway Core Sound to Beaufort, $2,500; Cape Lookout Harbor of Refuge. $5.ono: Northeast ' River, $3,000 and BJaiu River, $2,000. Ent"Vii S. S. (! Mrs. G. S. H.idglns and Mrs. A. M. Midgett entertained 0. F. SnyKprt's Sunday school class of City Road Methodist ehur-i at Mro. fHudgins' home from 7 t ) H p. m. Tuesday. After a short jininois meeting Ice cream and cake v vre served. Rouse Succeeds Chairman Flood Washlngton, Dec. 16 (Dy The As sociated Press) Representative Rousp of Kentucky was todny elerted rhalrmnn of tli" Demnrrftic Con gresslonal committee to succeed the late Representative Flood. rolV-!IKNIEKSON' Joseph M, Cody, of Axhevllle. and Miss Flora C. Henderson, of Norfolk, ( were married here Thursday aftr- noon by Jntice of the rence T. n. Wi'.son. Following the passage of a resolu tion by the City Council Friday morn ing defining "green" or home-prepared sausage, as fresh meat, anl thereby bringing sausage under tli ordinance prohibiting the rale of , fresh meats by dealers except ln tho City Market or In markets In the special zone west of Harney street and north of Parsonage, C. C. Pap- pendlck and Pappendick & Culpepper, firms operating stalls in the City Market, r.nnounced reductions in re tail meat prices ranging from five to ten cents a pound at noon Friday, ef fective immediately. Other meat dealers in the City Market are ex pected to fall In line with the two named. The butchers In the City Market expect to meet the lower prices charg ed by dealers ln the special zone formed In order that people living In the second ward at a distance, from the Market might Inspect and buy their meats nearer at home, and with less Inconvenience, when the City Market ordinance went Into ef fect. Those who rent meat stalls in the City Market are, of course, able to assure their customers of strictly, sanitary conditions In the storage and handling of their meats. The City Council met Friday morn ing at eleven o'clock expressly for the purpose of dealing with the sausage proposition. C. C. Pappendick, speaking ln behalf of the men in the Market House, declared that they, having high rentals and licensee to pay, were not able to meet competi tion on all-pork sausage by small dealers all over the city who had neither equivalent rentals nor li censes for the eale of fresh meats. He called attention to the fact that in many case these dealers, either storekeepers or those who bought their meat in the country, ground it into sausage, and peddled it from house to house, frequently fall to ob serve methods ot sanitation In the handling and sale of thetf product. Furthermore, he contended, the City Council was working an injustice to the butchers, especially those In the City Market under a high overhead expense, In permitting anyone and everyone to compete with them. The ordinance committee of the City Council will meet Monday night to revise or Interpret the city ordi nances affecting the sale of meats ln this city.. There is a move on foot to compel farmers and others who bring meats to town to display and sell their products at a stall at the City Market, and this will likely come up for consideration, along with more stringent sanitary regulations govern ing the sale of meats outside the City Market. The resolution passed Friday morn ing Is not designed to affect the far mer or stock raiser who sells In small or lafge quantities the meats that he himself has grown. It does prohibit, however, the business of those who have made a practice of going through the country, buying up meats, and elllng them promiscu ously to consumers here. It also means that grocers and other mer chants here not licensed as butchers may not sell fresh sausage after the amendment prohibiting such sale has been published for seven days. Found Ten Quarts At Griffin's Home Man ArrcMed On Ilroml Strwt At Noon Friday Employed As Night Watchman Following the discovery of ten quarts of whiskey in and under his house on Broad street. Hoyt Griffin, a white man about 65 years of age who has lately been employed as a night watchman at various local mills, was arrested t noon Friday by Officers Twiddy and Anderson. The whiskey was .found by Chief Holmes, together with the ahofe- named officers, at about eleven o'clock Friday morning. Griffin was not at home atithe time, and was picked up by the policemen about sn hour Inter. He wjll be given a hear ing In recorder's court Saturday morning. Genrse C. Brothers, of Bethlehem. Pa.. Is here on a business trip, and is likewise spending some time with his cousin. Georgo W. Brothers. Sr.. on North Road street.
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