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CIRCULATION
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VOL. XII. FINAL EDITION
ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY EVENING, MARCH 8, 1922
FOUR PACES
NO. 57
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MUCH INTEREST IN
CHILDREN'S HOME
President C. O. Robinson Of
The Chamber Of Commerce
Makes Practical Suggestion
At Welfare Council Meeting
; recorder's court here Wednesday !
The interest and energy of the morning to two years on the roads
Central Council of Public Welfare i3:eacni and the two girls in the case;
now concentrated upon the matter of i were ordered to be sent to Saraar
securing an institution for children 1 can,i Manor, the State reform school, j
here. anj to be kept there until, in the
At the meeting Tuesday night a ' opinion of the probation officers in
letter was read from the home in 'charge, it is advisable to release;
Union County, which is the first I"- j tliem. The defendants gave notice;
stitution of its kind in the State, andt)f an appeal to Superior Court, and1
at the next meeting figures from va- were piaced under bonds of $500
rious children's institutions in theleacn Vpon fanure to give their j
State will be brought to. the atten-1 uondSi they were remanded to jail, t
tion of the Council and further dis-Lpp overman, a fifth defendant, was
cuss ion and plans for securing such j released upon the statement of
a home will be taken up. ! Prosecuting Attorney Sawyer that he'
President C. O. Robinson, or tne C()uld not ask for bis-conviction, in
Chamber of Commerce, who was view of the evjQence,
present at Tuesday night's meeting, j Thus ended the most sensational
made a very practical suggestion to p()Hce court trial o reeent montng
the effect that there is a movement , in this clltv The person8 involved
on foot for the counties of this sec-,eft here in a gtolen automobile
tion to combine their County Homes ;Sunday nignt and their whereabouts
for the Aged and thus save expense. ; were unkn0wn locally until their ar-
Each county now has such a home rest on cnarges of prostitution at
and in some counties there are only i the home of a colored family on Rum
one or two inmates. Mr. Robinson j road Tuesday afternoon at two
thought that by combining these in-1 o'clock. Those in the party were
stitutions, the building and grounds ;.charlie and Uoyd Crank, Otis
of one of the vacated homes could at : I?Iand Lee overman, Mamie and
once be used for the children's home, ; Egsie Harrtei all ot this ckv,
which would in that case be used by ,.,,
,, i. .. .. Many Morbid Spectators
all the counties of the section.
There are now at least thirty chil- Recorder's court was packed Wed
lren in Pasquotank County, it is de- nesday morning with morbidly
clared, who need to be sent at once ; curious spectators whose appetite for
to such a home, and the institutions the sensational was fed with the sor
throughout the State are already did details of the shame or two young
overflowing. Union County's ex-, Kirls, and of the four youths with
ample of taking care of these ckil-jw'iom they fled from this city Sun
dren right in the section where they n'sht in a stolen automobile,
are found seems a forward step that : Lloyd and Charlie Crank, Lee Over
is worthy of emulation by other I man, and Mamie and Essie Harris
counties. If Pasquotank can make j were the defendants named in war-
a beginning it is believed that such j
a home can be made to serve this en
tire corner of the State, and that
many little lives will be saved from
unfortunate surroundings and made
an asset to the community.
The matter of endorsing Col. I. M.
Meekins as successor to Judge Con
nor was 'brought before the Coun
cil, but it was the unanimous opin
ion that politics should not be en
tered into iby such an organization.
It was brought out, too, that mem
bers of the Council would doubtless
have ample opportunity to endorse
Mr. Meekins through other organiz
ations. The splendid work done for the
under-nourished children of the Pri
mary School has already attracted
the attention of other counties in the
State and the work done by the Wel
fare Department of this County this
year has placed it in the front ranks
in welfare work. But those who are
Interested in this work feel that they
have only begun to labor. The need
Is so great. All about in city and
County there are little children suf-:
ferlng because they have been de -
serted by one or both parents, be
cause of sickness in the home, 'be
cause of immoral conditions in the
home, or Just plain heartrending pov-
erty. Spasmodic donations do notkhat 'he f(Jund 0Ug H,and and Lee
relieve such conditions. They help
temporarily, that is all. The Welfare
Department wants to go farther and
accomplish more.
Here are a few pressing needs at
present, which Elizabeth City people
are asked to help:
Opportunity No. 1
Contributions are needed for the
milk fund. These may be sent to
Mrs. D. Ray Kramer, to Mrs. Anna
Lewis, or to Miss Beasley, principal
of the Primary School.
Opportunity Xo. 2
A woman deserted by her hus
band, with small children and a
mother dependent on her, is ill and
unable to work for some time. Needs
help. See the Welfare Officer at
once.
Opportunity Xo. 3
A two year old child has been
sick all its life, has never walked,
needs a carriage or cart so that a
sister can take care of it in the fresh
air. The mother is a widow and do
ing all that she can to take care of
five children.
These are only a few rases. The
Welfare Officer can always give the
people an opportunity to help If they
will let her
know that they arejt0 a farnihoue and phoned "Riddle'
willing to help
The next meeting of the Central
Council of Tublic Welfare will be'.... , .i
held on the last Tuesday of this
month, and that will be the regular
meeting time hereafter Instead of
the first Tuesday of the month.
ENFORCEMENT OFFICER HERE
Captain John A. Nelson, of More
heat; City, the enforcement officer of
the North Carolina Fisheries Com
mission Board, was in the city Wed
nesday morning.
crank coiifesses
theft of machine
Defendant lii Larceny And Prosti
tution (use Plays Havoc With
His Lawyers' Plans
Found guilty of prostitution, Lloyd
and Charlie Crank were sentenced in
rants charging larceny and violation
of the State prostitution laws. Otis
Pland, the sixth member of the party,
escaped prosecution by turning
State's evidence.
F. A. Crank, nicknamed "Biddie,"
was tried on a warrant charging him
with abetting a violation of the pros
titution act and was found not
guilty. He is the jitney driver
who brought the party of six from
Weeksville to the home of John and
Mary Eliza Sawyer, colored, on Rum
road, two miles from this city. The
Sawyers, man and wife, were also
found not guilty on a similar
charge.
Attorneys representing Lloyd and
Charlie Crank, and Lee Overman,
charged with larceny of an automo
bile from W. C. Riggs, of this city,
had secured a continuance of the
case to Thursday morning when
Charlie Crank, on the witness Btand
in the trial of the Sawyers, declared
that he was the one who had stolen
the automobile, and that he was
ready to make a full confession. The
attorneys then withdrew from the
case.
fliarlie Crank's ConfeKslon
In his confession, Charlie Crank
declared that he stole the. car Sunday
nicrhf nnf linnwinp whnap it Wilfl nnrl
i Overman, and asked them to accom
pany him and Lloyd Crank on a trip
to get married. They were, he said,
to marry the Harris twins, and were
on their way to Hertford or Edenton
to have the ceremony performed.
Meanwhile, according to the con
fession, Lloyd and the girls had
walked to the passenger depot.
Charlie and the two other boys went
there in the stolen Riggs car, picked
them up, and proceeded on to Wood
ville, Okisko and Belvidere, getting
stuck in the mud time after time on
the way. From Belvidere, Crank
said they went on to Sunbury, still
trying to make their way either to
Hertford or Edenton. Finding the
roads worse and worse the farther
they went, they came back to this
city, arriving here at four or five
o'clock Tuesday morning.
The party stopped at the store of
S. L. Sykes, on Culpepper street,
bought something to eat, and struck
out for HVeeksville. Two miles be
low the Weeksville school, on the
Pailin's Corner road, their gas gave
out. Muddy from head to foot and
utterly tired out, they decided to
come back to Elizabeth City and
give themselves up. So they went
Crank to come after them, telling
litm th.it T l,v1 unit f'hllHin Pranlf
j nun me Harris gins rie niiii iieu.
"Iliddie" Clank's Part
Charlie Crank declared that they
had "Biddie" carry them to the
house of the Sawyer woman, on Rum
Road, in order to wash up and put
themselves In a presentable condi
tion before surrendering to the
police. They reached the house in
the midst of hard rain at noon Tues
day, and were waiting for a friend
in the city to come after them when
Ku
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The Ku Klux Klan is still enrolling members for its "invisible empire." On the coldest night of the
year an initiation of a large group was held in a corn field Just outside of Washington, D. C Here a new
'clansman is kneeling before the cross of fire to take the oath of allegiance.
Methodist Ladies
Complete Big Task
Society Paid $5,000 Pledge, nought
China And Utensils, And !
Has Money Left j
The local Aid Society of the First
Methodist Church met at the home of
the President, Mrs. Clay Foreman,
on Monday afternoon at three-thirty.
The meeting was opened by Mrs. N.
H. 1). Wilson who read the 125th
Psalm. Much interest was mani
fested at this meeting over the final
'payment of the pledge of five thous
and dollars, which the society pledg
ed toward the new church less than
two years ago. There was a large
attendance, $14.50 dues were col
lected, and thirteen new members
were added to the roll. Much mer
riment was enjoyed over the rhymes
which were read telling how some of
the members made the alent money.
A total of $174.01 in talent money
was turned in, and $136.17 in pro
ceeds from the show recently held at
the High School auditorium.
After paying the $5,000 pledge,,
and buying silver and kitchen uten
sils for the church kitchen, the So
ciety still has $127 left toward fur
nishing the new church parlor. A
very pleasant feature of the evening
was a reading given by Miss Grace
Parker, a teacher of expression at the'
Primary School. An Interesting
talk was given by Rev. N. H. D. Wil
son, who expressed appreciation for
the splendid work of the organiza
tion. At the close of the meeting
the President, Mrs. Clay Foreman,
stated in a brief address the wish
that the Society may always put God
first in the continuance of their
work.
The members of the society enjoy
ed a social hour at the close ofthe
business meeting. The hostess
was assisted in serving delicious re
freshments by Mrs. Harold Foreman,
Mrs. Delia Chandler, Mrs. Thorhurn
Bennett, and Mrs. Wesley Foreman.
MAY RUSH BONUS
BILL THRU HOUSE
Republican leaders Considering Plan
To Hasten Passage of Measure;
Ity Suspension Rules
Washington, Mar. 8 (ISy The As
sociated Press) Republican leaders
are now considering putting the
bonus bill through the House under
suspension rules, shutting off
amendments and limiting debate to
forty minutes.
they were arrested by Chief Holmes
and Sheriff Reid at two o'clock.
Crank explained his theft of the car!
by a statement that he had been,
drinking Sunday night. He stuck j
to his story that he and Lloyd made'
the trip with the purpose of marrying
the two girls. On the basis of his
confession, he was placed under a
bond of $750 for his appearance at
the March term of Superior court
here, week after next.
Mamie and Essie Harris are the
daughters instead of the granddangh-
ters of Mrs, Donnie Harris, as was
stated In Tuesday's paper. Their
mother says that they are only fifteen
years of age. Following a hearing
at the county court house Tuesday
afternoon, they were released in the
custody of their mother without
bond, and were not taken to jail at
any time. The five youths were
placed under bonds of $500 each, In
default of which they spent Tuesday
night in jail.
W. C. Riggs recovered his stolen
automobile Tuesday afternoon in a
thicket two miles below Weeksville.
One fender was badly broken up,
there were other minor damages, and
the car was smeared and bespattered
with mud from one end to the other.
Klux Klan Still Thrives
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Irene Castle haa Just adopted a
Bronx Zoo, New York. Photo shows
of .the 'Turtle Trot,", which she may
Big Fire Raging In
Cheboygan, Mich.
Cheboygan, Mich., Mar. 8 (By The
Associated Press) The downtown
business section is today threatened
with complete destruction by fire.
Two city blocks have already been
swept by flames.
INVESTIGATE STORY OF
RUSSIAN NOBLEWOMAN
Chicago, Mar. 8 (By The Associ
ated Press) Authorities ate inves
tigating the story of Madame Eliza
beth Glrenka, who claims that she
is a Russian noblewoman. She was
found employed as a scrub woman in
a barber shop.
ItOTAUV CIA It TO MEET
The local Rotary Club will meet
at the Southern Hotel Friday night
at 7:30 o'clock for the observance of
Guest Night. The speakers of the
occasion will be W. G. Galther, on
the State Normal School project, and
A. B. Houtz on the road situation in
Pasquotank County.
AMERICAN MURDERED IN
STATE OF VERA CRUZ
Washington, Mar. 8 (Ily The As
sociated Press) Alexander Math
erne, American, was murdered at Los
Naranjos, State of Vera Cruz, on
March five, the State Department was
advised today. His assailants are
unknown.
Rev. W. M. Huggins Takes
Charge Of Churches
Rev. W, M Huggins bus recently
accepted the pastorate of Providence
Baptist Church of Currituck County,
Pleasant Grove Baptist church and
Oak Ridge Baptist church of Cain
den County, arid bus begun work on
this field.
Mr. Huggins has been in evangelis
tic work for a number of years, and
is well known. These churches
have been without a pastor for some
time und already much progress has
been noted In the work of the
cliuirlie under Mr. Huggins' leader
ship. He Is making his home in
Currituck County near Providence
Church.
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700-year-old turtle, resident of thai
the turtle teaching her th itepa
introduce to the stage.
Wilson Stem Victims
; Will Probably Recover
Ten Homes And Many Ilnrns Were
Dent 1-oyed Damage Placed
About $75,000
; Wilson, Mar. 8 ( Ity The Associ
ated Press) The local hospitals
where nearly a score of injured were
taken yesterday following the storm
'reported today that all would re
cover. I Frank Ratts, his wife, and six
J children' were the most seriously In
jured. Property damage, including
the destruction of ten homes and
imany barns, may reach $75,000.
Liquor Robbers Made
Raid On Warehouse
Frederick, Md., Mar. 8 (By Thej
Associated Press) Overpowering'
three guards and smashing down;
doors, a gang of liquor robbers, ap-j
proximately thirty, escaped with;
2100 gallons of whiskey from a
warehouse of the Outbrldge Horsey j
Distillery Company at HurklttsvilleJ
Liquor valued at $5,000 was loaded,
into trucks and automobiles. One!
r i
loaded Willi seventeen barrels was
later found abandoned.
CITY OF LIMERICK IS
QUIET AGAIN TODAY
Limerick, Ireland, Mar. 8 (By The
Associated Press) Large forces of
regular and Irish Republican army
troops are occupying six barracks
buildings and the local jail. British
troops are still occupying the new
barracks and ordnance building.
The city Is quiet today following the
Invasion Sunday by insurgent Irish
Republican forces who are still oc
cupying the principal hotels as bil
lets. Lady Astor Will Come
To Baltimore Meeting
London, Mar. 8 (By The Associ
ated Press) Lady Astor, says the
Pall Mall Gazette, will visit the
United States In April to attend the
Conference of Women at Baltimore.
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TWO HUNDRED
WITHOUT HOMES
In Mill Section About Augusta,
Georgia, Following Severe
Storm On Tuesday Five
Are Dead
i Augusta, Mar. S ( By The Associ
ated Press) Mill authorities are
; working to relieve the homeless and
'injured of yesterday's storm which
swept over the area between War
renville and Stitleton in Horse Creek
Valley.
Approximately two hundred are
j without .shelter. Funeral prepara
tions for live victims at Graniteville
are being made and seven of the in
jured are In a hospital at Aiken. All
are expected to recover except Harry
Munday. The others injured are
.Mrs. Josie Hardy, Rufus Boyd, Owen
Wood, Joe Green, Mrs. Henry Wood
and Frank Clark.
Doctor Arrested For
; Violating Narcotic Act
i Greensboro, N. C, Mar. 8 (By The
Associated Press) Dr. 1). D. King,
resident physician in a local sani
torium, and W. B. Todd, employe,
! were arrested today for violation ot
I the narcotic act. King w;i charged
specifically with selling narcotics
j valued at $1500.
'Fans Are Talking Of
New Baseball League
i feasibility Of I .ensile To Include
This City, Hertford, Kdcnton And
! Plymouth Discussed
! A few more active baseball enthus
iasts of tills city are discussing the
possibility of forming a league this
spring to include Elizabeth City,
Hertford, Edenton, and Plymouth,
! and negotiations with leading fans in
these nearby towns may be begun
within the next few days with a view
to ascertaining their attitude toward
such a plan,
i A four-club league taking in the
i towns named would have manifest
advantages over bringing this city
j into any existing league of Virginia
or North Carolina cities, say those
who are boosting the plan. In the
j first place the traveling expenses
i of the clubs would be materially
lower; and in the second place, the
. formation and maintenance of the
! baseball teams would be far less ex
pensve. One fan has in figured out that,
with a four-club league made up ot
this city, Hertford, Edenton and
Plymouth, a schedule of three games
a week could readily be arranged.
This fans says also that good players
for the various clubs could be readily
picked up at small salaries around
Norfolk, Portsmouth and other Vir
ginia cities, as well as in the towns
where the clubs would be formed.
Giuriati Heads The
Fiume Government
London, Mar. 8 ( Py The Associ
ated Press) Giovannia Giuriati has
been proclaimed head of the Flume
government to replace the over
thrown Zanella regime, says a Cen
tral News Rome dispatch.
TRANSPORTATION' WORKERS
AND MINERS NOW ALLIED
Indianapolis, Mar. 8 (By The As
sociated Press) The International
Executive Board of the United Mine
Workers have ratified articles of an
alliance between the transportation
and mine workers unions, John L.
Lewis, international president of the
miners, announced today.
'ONSTRCt TION ( OM PA N Y
TO DO RAILROAD'S WORK
Baltimore, Md., Mar. 8 ( By The
Associated Press) The Western
Maryland Railway today announced
that the Dickson Construction & Re
pair Company of Youngstown, Ohio,
would assume control of the main
tenance of way work of the entire
system. The plans are to retain the
railroad's present force of laborers
at reduced wages.
NOT ENTITLED BENEFITS
OF RETIREMENT ACT
Washington, Mar. 8 (Ity The As
sociated Press) Approximately
80.000 Government employes were
held not to be entitled to the benefits
of the retirement act, In the opin
ion of Attorney General Daugherty,
transmitted to the interior Depart
ment today, which administers the
act to the effect that only those hold
ing Jobs as the result of competitive
examination are entitled to benefits.