North Carolina Newspapers

WEATHER T,?in this afternoon and probably tonight. Satur- day generally fair and cooler. Fresh winds. CIRCULATION Thursday 1,639 Copies t,i ;.. t: (; ( (i VOL. XII. FINAL EDITION ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA. FRIDAY EVENING, MARCH 10, 1!)22 EIGHT FACES NO. 59 Trustees Vote To Front High School On Canal Superintendent Sheep Is Re-elected To Head Schools Another Year Says Decision On Frontage Of New Building May Be Rescinded At Next Board Meeting That the new Elizabeth City high school shall front on the present drainage canal, toward Main street, and not on Road street, was the decision reached by the Board of Graded School Trustees at a meeting held Thursday night. Some mem bers of the Board were absent, and among those present at the meeting there was a conspicuous lack of unity on the question, a close vote going in favor of the frontage decided upon. Prof. S. L. Sheep was re-i elected superintendent of the city graded schools, white and ; colored, for next year, and a: motion was passed authorizing an invitation to Prof. N. W. ; Walker, acting dean of the education department of the. University of North Carolina,! to make this year's high school commencement address. Interviewed on the site question Friday morning, Prof. Sheep stated; that the action of the trustees in lo-j eating the high school on the canal is not necessarily final. In fact, hei hinted that strong pressure would he; brought to bear to rescind that deci-j sion at the next meeting of the body. Meanwhile, Milburn, Heister &; Co., architects, are at work on the plans for the school with a view, iti is understood, to fronting the build-j lng on Road street. Prof. Sheep de-; clared Friday that they would be; authorized to make other speciflca-, lions adapted to the new frontage. Should the new building be erected in accordance with the decision of j the. trustees Thursday night, there i would be a wing with a handsome entrance on Road street with a front but slightly less in width than the entire front of the existing high 'school building, whereas the archi tects have pointed out that a huge and imposing new building directly facing the old high school would tower above it, and reduce it to com-! parative insignificance. j Earthquake Throws Furniture Around Los Angeles, Mar. 10 (By The As sociated Press) Earthquake shocks were felt at Los Angeles, Fresno and! Portoisvllle, Cal.. early today, but no damage is reported. Furniture was thrown around by the quake at Portoisvllle and the people rushed to the streets. Definitely Decided Must Arrest Gandhi Delhi. India. Mar. 10 (By The As sociated Press) The government has nllnKton- definitely decided to arrest Mohandas! The United States Government K. Gandhi, the non-cooperatfonist ; maintains a radio-compass station leader, jat Cape Hatteras to give their bear- ! ings by wireless to ships at sea, and enable them to pkirt around the dan Temperature Reached jfierous Diamond Shoals. The Luna - ID. Miel, it is understood, has no Astounding Figures j wireless equipment, and Uncle Sam's i special safeguard for shipping was Jh"l Who Registered 114 Decrees therefore of no advantage to her. In The Shade Is Cured Later Bristol. Eng. March 10 (Ry The Associated Press) The extraordi-, nary figure of 114 degrees Fahren-j heit was the recorded temperature; of a girl here, who was suffering 'I from the grip. When first summoned to see the girl the physician eald he was aston-i Ished to find that his clinical ther-i momp'ter recorded a temperature of 112 degrees but, thinking that the thermometer was out of order, he requisitioned two others only to find that they both recorded the same high point. During the night the patient's tem perature advneed two degrees. Ap propriate treatment was at once ap plied, the girl's temperature gradual ly subsided to normal or thereabouts, 1 and she is now stated to be in perfect health Medical journals here do not re cord an instance of such temperature being followed by the patient's re covery TO COX EE It OX RATES Washington, Mar. 10 (By The As-1 sociated Press) A conference be tween the Interstate Commerce Com-1 mission and representatives of the State Railway Commissions to dis cuss their respective jurisdiction over! rates as suggested by the Supreme Court In a Wisconsin rate decision has been arranged for March 17. Rocks Appear To Fall From Clouds Chico, Cal., Mar. 10 (By The Associated Presa) Police here are baffled by showers of rocks which are reported falling on a warehouse here for three weeks. Spectators declared that they apparently came from the clouds. Rewards have been- offered for an explana tion. . JrOrmer bllD Chaser T C:il A f UaftArn 15 JUU AC naiieraS Captain of I.iiiiu I). Miel Erred In Calculations And Struck Dia mond Shoals The 110-foot former sub chaser now registered as the Luna D. Miel, of Panama, which was stranded two miles off Cape Hatteras last Friday night in a fog, when her captain mistook Hatteras light for the one at Cape Lookout, and drove his ship upon Diamond Shoals, when he thought he was headed for a safely sheltered anchorage in Lookout Bight, is still upon the fateful shoals, and will be in imminent dan- ger of breaking up and sinking in th(? famous "Graveyard of Ships' if a storm comes up before she can be towed off. The Luna D. Miel's clearance papers show that she left Nassau, Bahama Islands, for New York. Any suspicions that revenue officers may have had regarding the nature of her cargo were dissipated when Coast Guard men from station 183, at Cape Hatteras, went aboard the vessel Saturday, and found her hold empty. The Coast Guard cutter Seminole went to the Luna D. Miel early this week and found the sea too rough to tow the ship from her precarious position atop the shoal. The Sem inole is on her way back to the stranded vessel now, and will, It is indicated, tow her into port at Wll- Three members of the ship's crew passed through this city Thursday en route to New York. They were as sisted In securing transportation by the local Red Cross organization $20,000 Ring Lot Ml Virginia Huckschcr, P!ila, dlllla socl'jty girl whose $20,000 diamond engagement ring disap peared bortly after It wal given her by Barclay McFaddcn. 7 . . ; ;'7 "My y ' f Heiress to Wed limn ''y'','jijyy??r:TyV77'T m The engagemeent of Mathilda McCormlck, 19, daughter of Harold MeCurmick (shown ubovei, president of the International Harvester Co., und Biandduutjliti't of John D. Rockefeller, to Max Ostr, 48, ownei of a livery stable at Zurich, Switzerland, has been formally announced. Know Him? ' Thla ex-sailor has traveled over the United States for two years hoping that someone would recog-j inize nim. He suffered a skull frac-l ture and loss of memory when thei U. S. S. Susquehanna was torpedoed In 1918. He enlisted as Harold Pay-j ton. He is now at ths military1 Qomeja Dayton, Oj Operators Refuse Meet With Miners ! some, teacher Doris Jones, May Indianapolis, Mar. 10 (By The As- IIassell and Edward Westcott. sociated Press) Hope that the coal . Fifth Grade Vernon Davis, Delia strike will be averted by the govern- Teele and Balfour Baum. ment's appeal seemed to have van-! Sixth Grade, Miss Fannie Ted ished among mine workers' officials ' Long, teacher Wilbur Mldgett, Nel today because of the refusal of some lie O'Neal, Webb Etherldge. Mary operators to meet the miners to ne-j Davis Westcott, Warren O'Neal,) gotiate an inter-state wage agree-Ralph Davis and Juanita Forbes. ment- Seventh Grade, Carrie Carter' SAID TOOK MONEY TO MAKE MOTHER HAPPY Philadelphia, Mar. 10 (By The As sociated Press) Walter A. Unger, I former assistant treasurer of the Thomas W. Evans Dental Institute iand Museum Fund, is held on a $50,000 bail charged with stealing : $190,000 of the fund's securities. He said he took the money to make his mother happy. j VIOLATED ZONE OUDIXAXCK i Leroy Bell, found guilty of driving an automobile through the school filled. The people liked the play so zone at a speed greater than five well they were persuaded to give it miles an hour, paid the "osts of a0Vf,r aKain """'lay night, and there hearing In recorder's court Kri,iay f was a Kreat number present. morning. E. Hassell, colored, who was fined! ten dollars and costs for crap shoot ing along with four o"i-r negroes Monday morning, was brought Into court Friday morning for f irthtr court action on his rase. Hassell lus been In Jail, unable to pay hi' fiiie, ever since his arrest and conviction, though the others have paid theirs. land have been released. lie told the trial Justice that he was anxious ,to go to work and pay his fine. In default of a job for the negro, Trial ; Justice Spence sent him back to Jail i for another day. Horseman V i SEEKS TO PUT END TO BOOZE PALACE New York, Mar. 10 (By The Associated Press) Ralph A. Day, prohibition enforcement officer, has gone to Washington to confer with prohibition of ficials in an effort to prevent the establishment of a "floating booze palace" outside the three mile limit with ferry service to New York. MAXTEO HONOR ROLL Manteo, Mar. 9. Following is the Manteo high school honor roll for February: First Grade, Miss Iva Jennette, teacher Vera Mldgett, Mary Isa bell Quidley, Gaston Meekins and Saint Clair Tlllett. Second Grade Annie Louise Davis and Beatrice Mldgett. Second Grade, Mrs. E. R. West cott, teacher Hesse Williams, Syble Austin, May Gray and Addle Gould. Third Grade Sheldon O'Neal, Robert Mldgett and George Roley Westcott. Fourth Grade, Miss Essie New- Evans, Hughes Hoyle, Beatrice Dan- , iels and Matilda Etherldge. Ninth Grade Susan Mldgett. i Tenth Grade Gladys Cox and ,'Mary Baum. Eleventh Grade Selma Oree, Holmes. Manteo Briefs The tenth and eleventh grades of Manteo high school have been pro gressing very rapidly in their sludy i of biology under the supervision of i Miss Helen Askew. They are now- preparing to build window boxes for the laboratory and try their skill at raising flowers. The eighth grade gave a play at the school building Friday night. Notwithstanding the inclemency of the weather, the auditorium was The senior class will soon begin practicing their play, "The Trials of Mary." With Miss Lo.a Winters Mid-J gett as the heroine and Mr. Wllll ford, the prlncipa,l, as hero, the play Is expected to be a great success. Alpheus Holmes of East Lake was in Manteo Monday on business. Miss Mabel Evans. County Super intendent of Public Instruction, re turned from Elizabeth City last week, bringing with her a new Ford coupe. Miss Janle Shannon has been spending -a few days at Buffalo City with her sister, Mrs. R. F. Smith. ! Scores Of Princes Seek Regular Hone Moscow, Mar. 10 (I!y The Associated Press) Little Prin ces and princesses by the score are available in Russia for adoption by wealthy foreigners; the parents, where t here are any, being anxious to let them go because of inability to pro vide for them. Recommend Control Of Wireless Stations j Among the .scire facias cases Washington. Mar. 10 (By The As- cases which have been called at va- sociated Press) The allocation of rious preceding courts, anil in which I twenty wave lengths among the va- the defendants failed to appear is ; rious classes of wireless telephone that of Benjamin Shannon, for al ! senders and Government control of leged wife beating, and Charlie the establishment of all commercial Crank, for assault. Lloyd Crank, for wireless telephone transmitting sta-, false preten.se, and James Brinson. tions was recommended by three for abandonment, have first place up S committees of the Government Radio on the regular docket. Conference and made public today. HARDING PLAYS GOLF St. Augustine, Fla., Mar. 10 (By (The Associated PrestO Golf is first : on the program of President Harding today, beginning his week's sojourn in Florida. This afternoon hewill ; motor to Ormond and board E. H. McLean's houseboat for a short , cruise. Fifteen Killed When I Unnrl OkahiiiIiia rvHAJ. 1)01111 of $3,000. Winder's appeal j lianU UrCllaUCS CXpiOUB to the higher court is scheduled to ! . bo acted upon during the week of ! Constantinople, Mar. 10 (By The Anl'n 12 alul Pending the outcome, Associated Press) Fifteen of thetlie ()tll(,r charge will not be pushed. crew of the Bolshevik transport Gor-i Mordecal Klliott, C. C.Harris, ki were killed and many WPre;Vannle C'srtwrlRlit, D. R.Russell ; wounded when a cargo of hand gre- 8,1(1 frank Basnight, Pasquotank i nudes exploded at Trebizond. The farmers who plead guilty at the (town was also damaged. , November 1921 term of court on a charge of failure to dip their cattle TO ISSl'K PAPAL DECREK '. in accordance with the law, and for ! Rome, Mar. 10 (By The Assoc!- i whom prayers for judgement were jated Press) A papal decree Is soon continued, must appear at the March i to be published extending to fifteen court and present satisfactory evi j days the interval between the Pope's (lellce that they nave slnce complied ! death and the beeinnlne of the S.nrrerl with the law. College to elect the successor. Dpmanrlc D.,,m.i UenanU8 raymeni .Occupation Expenses . Paris, Mar. 10 (By The Assoclat- ed Press) The United States has demanded the payment of $241,000, - 000 for expenses in connection with 1 Esther Holly, colored, assault with the occupation of the Rhineland be-ta deadly weapon; Trannle Crank, fore any reparations are paid at a I false pretense, and obstructing pub meeting of allied finance ministers. He Justice! John Crank, Jr., Charlie j Crank and George Midgett, affray; FIpvam Srirrlr iJohn Jackson, assault and being r .i -r Vr'it t drunk; Roscoe Simmons, colored. Fail To Kill NegrO viola'0" of the prohibition law; T. L. Riggs and Raynor Smlthson, tres- Llttle Rock, Mar. 10 (By The As-1 pass; Sam Baine and Dave Gibbons, sociated Press) After eleven at- itinerant merchants without re tempts to electrocute James Wells, quired license; Henry Samuels, col negro murderer by an Inexperienced ' ored, assault with a deadly weapon; electrician, the negro died under the twelfth shock in the State prison here today. flew York Police Make Drug Raid New York, Mar. 10 (By The As- sodated Press) Police today seized half a million dollars' worth of drugs ... ..... ...ufi fuu , , One man who was arrested had sav ings deposits of $161,000 made since a year ago. WANT WAGES RKDl'CED Chicago, Mar. 10 (By The Asso-1 fiMi"'i of court during week after elated Pres) The Southern and!n,'xt Southeastern railroads have pre-j sonted statistics before the Labor j KLKS MEET TOXIUHT Board showing increased cost of j railroad operation and claiming that wages should be reduced. Norris Has New Plan j For Muscle Shoals' Washington, Mar. 10 (By The As sociated Press) Chairman Norris of the Senate Agriculture Commit tee announced today that he was preparing a bill rreating a Government-owned corporation to develop and operate the Muscle Shoals prop erty. I ELL AND SPRAINED ARM Crossing Shepard street Wednes day afternoon, Mrs. H. E. Sanders, who lives on Burgess street, missed her footing at the curb and fell, with the result that, she sprained her arm. She was reported Improving Friday. Mrs. McAdimiH At Calviiiy Bnpllst .Mrs. McAdams and party will hold services at Calvary Baptist church Sunday afternoon at four o'clock, following Sunday school. CRIMINAL DOCKET With Little Over Two Days Allowed For Large Number Of Cases Session Will Be Busy One The criminal docket of March Su perior Court, which will be held here the week of the twentieth, is filled to overflowing with petty cases, and thus far includes for trial nothing bigger than the aggregate assortment of warrants against members of the j crank family. One sensational warrant on rec ord, which, however, will not come up at this term of court, charges L. L. Winder with assault with Intent to commit rape. The bill was found in September Superior Court last year, and the case was continued to the. November term. At that court Winder was sentenced to three years at hard labor in State's Prison upon conviction on a charge of carnal knowledge of a female over twelve and under fourteen years of age. He I noted an apical to Supreme Court, 'and was placed under an appearance j The case of Jack Wells, who was tried and found guilty at the March 11921 term on the charge of violation ; of a city ordinance, and who was let off wiUl tne costs, has never paid up according to the court records. The case is still carried along In the docket. 1 Among other cases are: Gus and Charles M. Barcllft, colored, forgery; Casper S. Lamb, selling fresh meats In the city without license; W. O. Saunders, violation of the traffic laws; Willis Smith, colored, house break and larceny; Joe Freeman, col ored, larceny and arson; Abe Saw yer, colored, assault on a female; C. Kiear Willlunm nnrnttn a lltncv ithot ,penM or ,,oml Tnere ig b1bo the case of Chare and LI -j Crank M , d Esae HarrlH, charged with prostitution. and Charlie Crank, charged with lar ceny of an automobile. With only a fraction over two days allowed for the foregoing criminal docket, indications nolnt to a busv ine iiisinci ueputy or Eastern Carolina will visit the Elizabeth City Lodge of Elks tonight. The Exalted Ruler desires a full attendance of members. Seems Certain Lloyd George Will Resign liondon, Mar. 10 (Ily The Associ ated Press) The removal of Lord Heading as Viceroy of India, It U believed In some quarters will be a denouncement to the publication of the Indian Government's note. The effect the affair will have on the po sition of Lloyd George Is considered momentous and some believe the chances that he will resign have been Increased. ; STOCKBROKERS FAIL j New York. Mar. 10 (By The As sociated Press) An Involuntary bankruptcy petition was filed against the Russell Securities Corporation. ! stock brokers, today. No mention Is I made of liabilities or assets.