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VOL. XII. FINAL EDITION
ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY EVENING, MARCH 30, 1922
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NO. 7G
goal SfrikG
Hush of Idleness Seems
Descending on Union
ized Coal Industry As
Negotiations Fail
New York, March 30 (By
The Associated Press) The
I 1 f Jl A AllV
v iiusii ui idleness tccurcu
Elizrfready descending upon the
the choiv(jzed CQa mdustry, as the
mouS'hea1 f te miners and the op
week ind Ed subcommittee on wage
this week thj.t negotiations aban
SSSS all hope of settling the
v strike set for April 1, and en
trenched themselves for a long
struggle over the conference
table.
Five hundred and ninety
five union miners will lay
down their tools at midnight
tomorrow.
Snoot Talks Bonus
With The President
Washjngton, Mar. 30. Legislative
matters, including tariff and a bonus,
were discussed with President Hard
ing by Senator Smoot of Utah, a
member of the Finance Committee
before which the bonus bill as passed
by the House is pending.
Senator Smoot said following the
conference that he would urge revis
ion of the measure o as to provide
taxation funds sufficient to meet the
payments to former Boldiers.
Loral Wake Forest Alumni
Effect Permanent Organization
W-Ith tha ghimnl hrM&nt fill thp
way from the class of '79 to that of
'21 The Elizabeth City Wake .Forest
Alumni Association, following a ban-
quet at the Southern Hotel Wednes
" day night, effected organization
with the following officers: E. F.
Aydlett, '79, .president; T. J. Mark
ham, '05, vice president; J. N.
Keelin, '12, secretary; Mills E. Dell,
treasurer and Herbert Peele, '08,
director of publicity.
An executive committe was ap
pointed by the chair as follows: Dr.
S. W. Gregory 86, W. L. Cohoon,
'98, George R. Sherrill, '21, Roland
Sawyer, '13, and J. D. Alderman, '15.
Among other matters the execu
tive committee will have in charge
arrangements for the annual or semi
annual banquet of the association to
be held at a future date.
The roster of the local association
is as follows: M. H. Jones, '15,
George J. Spence, '06, P. G. Sawyer,
'09, R. M. Sawyer, '13, Herbert
Peele. '08. E. F. Aydlett, Sr., '79,
E. F. Aydlett Jr., T. J. Mark
ham. '05, James G. Gregory, '90,
Dr. S. V. Gregory '86, W. L. Cohoon,
'98. J. B. Alderman, '15, George R.
Sherill. '21, John Spruill, I. M.
Meekins, '95, R. F. Hall, '18, Geo.
W. Brothers, Jr., George F.
Wright, M. B. Simpson. '14, C.
H. Spencer, '69, J. X. Keelin, Jr., '13,
M. B. Sawyer, '0 2, C. H. Gregory,
Mills Bell, R. M. Davis, Dr. R.
L. Kendrick, '06, A. R. Combs,
'09.
EXPECT PROMPT RATIFICATION
Washington, March 30 (By The
Associated Press) Ratification by
the Senate or two arms conference
treaties limiting the navies of the
great powers and restricting the use
of submarines and poison gas has
cleared the way for the debate today
of the general Far-Eastern treaty.
Leaders expect ratification within
the present week.
AUTHOR AND ARTIST
FIGHT (iU)VE DUEL
San Francisco, March 30 (By The'
Associated Press) Harry Leon Wil
son, author and playwright, and
Theodore Crfley, artist, fought a
duel Saturday, according to the Ex
aminer's story. They used riding
gloves as weapons. Criley won..
PRAYER MEETING FRIDAY j
The McAdanis parly will hold a
prayer meeting Friday morning at!
Cartwrlght's Bicycle Shop on North (
Poindexter street. The public Is
invited.
Larry Skinner, Jr., who has been
111 fur the past week Is able to sit
tip and hopes to be able to go to
Hertford and win the debate from
Edenton Friday ntjrht.
STRANGER APPROVES
DRESS UP WEEK IDEA
Says Other Progressive Cities
Make Annual Holiday Sea
son Of Spring Openings
"Elizabeth City Is getting in line
with the progressive industrial and
commercial centers of the United
States in inaugurating this celebra
tion," said a traveling man here
Wednesday morning, when he was
told of the plans for Dress Up Week,
"I think I may safely say that this
is the best evidence I have seen
here, in recent years of a new spirit
of enterprise and progress among
your merchants. Dress Up Week
celebrations in other cities have
proved so successful that they have
beeii adopted as annual events, and
are looked forward to by the public
with as much enthusiasm as the
Fourth of July and othe national
holidays."
Householders of the city are re
minded that National Clean Up
Week comes this year simultaneous
ly with Dress Up Week, and every
one is urged to put forth special
efforts to renovate homes, clean up
premises, paint up where paint is
needed, and otherwise put his home
and home surroundings in the best
and most attractive condition. In
this way, it ts pointed out, the peo
ple can contribute most effectively
to the success of Dress Up Week in
Elizabeth City.
The following merchants have
signed up to participate in Dress Up
Week:
Rucker & Sheely Company,
Owens Shoe Company, Benton &
West, II. C. Blight Company, Albe
marle Pharmacy, Spencer Company,
Gallop & Toxey, Sharber & White,
McCabe & Grice, Louis Selig, Quinn
Furniture Company, Spence-IIollo-well
Company, Buxton White Seed
Company, D. M. Jones Company, M.
Leigh Sheep, D. Walter Harris,
Standard Pharmacy, Mitchell's De
partment Store, M. P. Gallop, Sav
ings Bank & Trust Company. Apothe
cary Shop, Carolina Banking & Trust
Company, First & Citizens National
Bank, Weeks & Sawyer, M. G. Mor
risette Company, P. W. Melick Com
pany, Carolina Potato Exchange,
Flsher-Morrisette Produce Company,
City Drug Store, J. H. Aydlett Hard
ware Company, Auto & Gas Engine
Works, Coca Cola Bottling Works,
T. T. TurnfT & Company, Southern
Gas Improvement Company, J. Il
McMullan, Elizabeth City Motor Car
Company, North River Line, Duff
Piano Company.
Elizabeth City Boy Is
Making Good at W.F.C.
' "Your man Lowry is making good
in every department of college life,"
State Secretary T. D. Collins of the
Wake Forest Alumni Association
told the group of old Wake Forest
men who gathered around a table in
the dining room at the Southern
hotel Wednesday night to eat to
gether, talk together and together
sing the old songs in which they had
joined under the stars on the cam
pus in college days.
"You can well afford to be proud
of Lowry," Secretary Collins contin
ued, when the murmer of approba
tion had subsided. Lowry has dis
tinguished himself in athletic, in
the class room he Is making a good
record, and socially he has the re
spect and esteem of the entire stu
dent body."
Later in the evening George J.
Spence, who took the initiative last
fall in the matter of providing a
way for young Lowry to o to Wake
Forest this year, took occasion to
call the attention of the members of
the association present to the fact
that not all the pledges that were
taken toward defraying this Eliza
beth City boy's expenses this year
have been paid and that even when
all the pledges are paid there
will still be a deficit in the amount
needed. George J. Spence, A. B.
Combs and Dr. S. W. Gregory were
accordingly appointed a committee to
collect the pledges and secure the
additional pledges needed. This
committee plans to make a canvass
of those who have pledges outstand
ing Friday, and the members hope
to meet a prompt response to their
appeal. They are anxious also to
have any person who has not pledged
anything but would like to make a
contribution to this worthy object to
communicate with them.
ATTEMPT FLIGHT FROM
LISBON TO I'ERNAMRH'O
Llbson. March 30 (By Th" Asso
ciated PresH) . The attempted
flight from Lisbon to I'cniambiioo.
Brazil, was Marled today by naval
Captains Sacadura and Coutinho,
who hope to make the distance of
over four thousand .miles In sixty
hours, actual flying time.
Miss Frances Williams
Wins Debating Laurels
M'ss Frances Williams, of this
city, winsome Senior at Randolph
Macon College, was the recipient of
a signal honor this week, when she
w,s chosen as one of the four reg
ular debaters to represent her col
lege in debates with Agnes Scott
College, Atlanta, on April 8, and
Sophia Newcomb College: New. Or
leans, later.
From the entire college student
body, the six 'best debaters were
chosen in a competitive contest.
These six then 'contested for places
as regular and alternate debaters.
The result of the final debate was
the -selection of two regular allirnia
tive, two regular negative, and two
alternate debaters. Miss Williams
won a place as a member of the reg
ular negative team.
Miss Frances Will'ams Iras made
a brilliant record at Randolph
Macon College during her four
years there. She is a (laughter of
P. H. Williams, of this city, presi
dent of the Savings Bank & Trust
Company, and one of the city's most
successful business men. Mr. Wil
liams himself stood high as a debater
in his college days, and won medals
by his forensic abilities.
MISS STONE WEEPS
New York Mar. 30 Miss Olivia M.
P. Stone wept today as she took the
witness chair in her fight in the Su
preme Court of Brooklyn to escape
the electric chair for the slaying of
Ellis Guy Kinkhead, former corpo
ration counsel of Cincinnati, to re
sume the testimony recounting the
story of her life.
NEAR RIOT Ifl
i HAGERSTOWN, MD.
s
I Hagerstown, Md., Mar. 30. After
a night of near-rioting, during which
a passenger train was virtually held
: prisoner for . over two hours, peace
j was restored today after a conference
j between Western Maryland striking
hopmen, railroad officials, and the
police.
Traffic Officer Injured
In Accident Wednesday
The case of David Horton, colored
I driver of the city mail truck, who Is
under indictment on warrants charg
ing assault with a deadly weapon, to
, to wit, an automobile, and reckle:;j
I driving, which was scheduled to be
j tried in recorder's court here Thurs
j day morning, was continued to Frl
iday morning by reason of the non
: appearance of the defendant.
! Horton, it appears, ran into
Qeorge Smith, traffic officer of Pas
quotank County, in front of the
jpostoffice shortly after noon Wed
nesday. Smith who was riding the
County motorcycle, was thrown to
i the curb, and sustained painful In
juries to his fight leg., Horton was
turning Into the postoffice driveway
I just as Smith was passing it.
! TEXTILE STRIKE WORSE
Lawrence, Mass., March 30 (By
; The Associated Press) The strike
of the textile operators gained
ground today. It is estimated that
only 3,000 are working, whereas
. when the week closed Saturday
night the mills had 21,000 on their
! payrolls.
No mills will be operating Mon
day, strike leaders said today.
Officials on the Pacific Mills said
that they had enough working force
to continue operation for some time
but admittedly on a one-fourth basis.
FORMER EMPKUOK II I
Funchall, Madera, Mar. 30. (By
The Associated Press) Former Em
peror Charles of Austria-Hungary is
gravely ill, it Is announced today.
He failed to maintain the improve
ment noticed In his condition yester
day. Barely Escape Death
Syracuse, March 30 (By The As
sociated Press) Five buildings
were destroyed and eight persons
barely escaped death In a village fire
at Cicero today.
AT ALKRAMA TOMORROW
A bit of wholesome advice lo
brides, neatly disguised in a delight
ful film drama, Is contained in "Her
Face Value", a feature at the Alkra
ma Friday night.
Miss Mary Louise Skinner, who Is
a student at Chowan College (his
year spent several days here with
her parents, Mr. and Mr3. L. E. Fkln-
nr Sr. this week.
Chowan Associations
Are Right In The Lead
Ki pii(s to V. I. U. Convention ill
lunlolte Show Gi-catesl fUm
V. W. A.'s Organized
; By Walter M. Gilmore
Charlotte, March 30 (By Special
Wire) The Baptist Woman's Mis
sionary Convention which has been
i in session here since Tuesday night
will close tonight. In point of at
tendance, the character of the ad
dresses, and the spirit of the meet
ing this session has not been surpass
ed in the thirty-two years of its his
tory. Wilmington. Goldsboro and Dur
ham are making strong bids for the
next session of the Convention. The
matter will be decided late this
afternoon. Also the matter of se
lecting the successor to Mrs. W. H.
Reddish as Corresponding Secretary
of the Convention will come up at
the same time. Miss Mary Warren
of Kinston, pastor M. C. B. White's
assistant, is prominently mentioned
ih that connection. She Is thought
to be eminently qualified for this
highly important position. This
morning's session has been featured
by addresses by Miss Kathleen Mal
lory, of Birmingham, haud of the
Wonians Missionary Union work of
the South, and Mrs. C. K. Dozier, re
turned Missionary from Japan.
The Five Divisional Superinten
dents and piirty-four of the Associa
tion Superintendents made their re
ports, the Charlotte Division under
the leadership of Mrs. T. H. Henry
of Wadesboro, leading them all.
At the Wednesday morning ses
sion of the W. M. U. Convention Un
reports of the different departments
of the State work were presented,
which revealed substantial progress
along many lines and very gratifying
results along all lines in view of the
financial depression throughout the
country, to which the women have
not been altogether Jminune, though
their work has felt it le;s than the re
ligious activities of the men.
Miss Elsie K. Hunter's report' as
office secretary shows that the Bap
tist women of the State have given
to all missionary objects during the
past year the substantial sum of
$298,698.24. This does not include
about $8,000 given to Russian relief.
As compared with the record for last
year, $314,004.00, the figures fall
short $15,309.79, or five per cent.
But in view of the severe stringency
in money matters, that Is considered
by the ladies as a marvellous report.
The Re'dsville W. M. S. leads the
State this year with a contribution of
$9,064.99, the Raleigh First W. M.
S. coming second with $7,203.37.
The Mt Zion Association led in
j gifts. reporting 425,255.53. The
following associations have paid their
campaign pledges to date: Ashe, Eas
tern, Flat River, Montgomery, San
dy Run, South Fork, South River and
Transylvania.
There were 850 Woman's Mission
ary Societies reporting this year; 161
Y. W. A.'s; 149 O. A.'s; 523 Sun
beam Bands; 85 R. A.'s; total 1,768,
as against 1.G33 reporting last year,
showing a gain of 135. Of the soci
eties reporting every quarter there
was a total of 800, being a net gain
of 122 over last year. There were
five associations of the 55 organized
In the State In which every church In
them made a report, the Eastern
Kings Mountain, Mt Zion, Transyl
vania, pnd West Chowan.
There have been organized this
year 75 new Woman's Missionary So
cieties, 28 Y. W. A.'s 100 Sunbeam
bands and 27 Royal Ambassador
chapters, making a to!nl of 24, a
net gain of 23 over las' year.
In reaching the standard ? excel
lence cons'sting of ten point:'., tiK'rc
w-as very gratifying progress, 51 so-:
cleties having attained all lb - ten
pointi and bejng in Class A; 113
In Class B, reaching !l points, s:; in
ClassC, with 8 points; 50 In t'iass I),
with 7 points, making a total of
297.
Thej Easiern and South Fork ttsso
sociations made ten points on the
associated standard of excellence;
four others made !! points; and 9
made 8 pojnts. The Eastern made
the best all round record, a habit
Ibis association has had for several
years under the splendid leadership
of Miss Macy Cox.
The Y. W. A. report was presented
by the State louder, Mrs. It. N. Sims
of Raleigh, who gave a good account
of the work of that department. The
sum of $34,44 3.75 has been given by
the Y. W. A.'s and G. A.'s during the
past .fear, only about $2,000 less
than that of last year when times
were easier. This amount has been
given by 310 socieje, making an
average of $111.10 for each. The
G. A.'s niade a net gain of two per
cent in their gills.
The Rockingham Y. W. A leads the
whole Slate In the matter of contri
butions; while the Greensboro First
l.i a close second with $1,664.23, or
Potato Grading Plant Is
Under Construction Here
Means Most Important Advance Of Recent
Years In Marketing Of Early Irish Potatoes In
This Section Will Be Completed And Ready
At Season's Opening In May
Weary Willie's Foe
Weary Willy would have t 'get
over a mighty high fence to cscapo
,this dog. Here he is showing howj
blub a fence he can scale at the Los
I Angeles police dog competition.
Rumored Reading Resigned
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3 - Mill J'1"
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I
London, March 30 (By The Asso-, KralinK p1ulI'mPnt in a rotary ,n
ciated Press) It is rumored 8ays',ion' wiU t"tlcillly 8ort the P
the Pall Mail Gazette and Globe' that , tntoP" arron,inK ,0 Rra(le- Spouts
Lord Reading, Viceroy of India : Cfnnp;,P(1 with" tnp machines will
:has resigned. Austen Chamberlain' wur the Krade'1 PtatoPS directly In
acting head of the government says t0 ,)arrp,s for nea(,inK an(1 8P'pnt
jthe report is without foundation :Two railroad sm,rs running directly
i to the loading platform will expedite
j the handling of the product. Each
Facisti Outbreaks Renewed r ,ne two grading machines has a
guaranteed capacity of 1,000 bar
Rome, March 30 (By The Asso-'rel" ppr tpn-hour day- an(1 In the
elated Press) Renewed outbreaks hpiRht of thc IM)tato n,sh' the own"
of Facisti and Socialists are report- ers of ,he p,ant ,)lan t0 ln(,rp,a8e tl,ls
led in the various sections. Two have nt t 2'000 'barrels or more per
been killed and seven wounded as a
result of boni.b throwing.
KING ALBERT INJURED
announce that, except when their
London, March 30 (By The Asso-iow" requirements tax the plant lo Its
elated i'ress) King Albert of Bel- Iacity, if will be made available to
giuin Injured his right arm in a fall l,,il, growers of this section at a
in his room yesterday, according to '"""'""l f,'p n,t exceeding 15 cents a
the Central News. barrel of potatoes graded.
S. G. Scott, of the firm of Brock
& S40H, declares that he has been
FLOOD SITUATION GRAVE seriously considering the building of
a potato grading plant for more thaif
Helena, Ark. March 30 (By The two 'pf"'s- The company with which
Associated Press) Continued cav- llP connected, he Rays, will this
ing of the Mississippi River two miles 'oar '"a.rket all its truck potatoes un
below Oldtown near here is reported l1"r a distinctive trade-mark, and
as increasing the gravity of the flood w,u Rp1 ,llpm strictly f. 0. h. Ellza
menace. Torrential rains add to thP ''eth City. This, in his opinion, is
difficulties of the flood fighters.
just ten cents less. The Winston
Brown Memorial again leads the G.
A.'s with a contribution of $534.
Clayton and Winston-Salem First
closely follow. The Mt. Zion Associa-
tion of Y. V. A.'s leads the State In
gifts, with $3,841.38, the Pee Dee
following.
The Pilot Mountain hold-
the ban-
ner in G. A. gifts, with $1,0
,
to their credit, while the Mt. Zion
and Roanoke come next. m,m'1' r - " "''both City.
There are 28 new Y. W. A.'s in the
Slate and 39 new G. A.'s The Eas
tern and West Chowan Associations DOCTORS OF DISTRICT
have led In the organization of Y.
W. A's, while the Pilot Mountain
and the Roanoke show the largest
number of new G. A.'s.
There has been marked Increase
in interest in Mission Study
in,l
Personal Service work among the "l Elizabeth City Thursday as the
girls and young women. More seals Ktiests of the medical men of the city,
and certificates have been awarded T!e ,,v''"1 lf meeting Is a ban
thnn ever before, hi, Ih in churches 'I'let al the Southern Hotel Thursday
and In Hie church schools. There night, at which Br. Hubert Royitter,
have been 27.". Y. W. A. seals given, president of the State Medical So
und !lfl (i. A. (-eais. 122 of these going
to the girls In Meredith college.
Miss Elizabeth N. Rrlggs. of Ral-
e'gh, for 2.". years superintendent of
the junior department, rend her re-
port, which was perhaps the best
given during her quarter of a cen
tury' experience with I he Juniors.
II or report showed that the Sun
beams had gone $.".500 beyond their
half of sub; criplions made to the 7.1
Million Campaign two and a half
years ago. Their pledge was
ffi'1.000 for five years.
! The most important step of recent
years in the marketing of early Irish
potatoes in this section was taken
Wednesday, when Brock & Scott
Produce Company, of this city, be
gan the construction of a modern
potato grading plant that will have
a capacity of 4,000 barrel every
twenty-four hours. The plant will be"
completed by the lalter art of May.
L. It. Perry is the contracting build
er. Failure to properly grade their
stock has cost truck potato growers
of Northeastern North Carolina
thousands upon thousands of dollars
annually. Eastern Shore potatoes,
systematically graded and properly
'marked, have regularly brought from
one to two dollars a barrel, on an
average, In Northern markets, more
than similar stock from this section
that was not as carefully graded.
Poor grading, it is stated by those
who are in a position to know what
!tbey are talking about, has cast upon
the Northeastern Carolina Irish no-
Itato a stigma that it will take years
of careful attention to grading to re
move. The Brock & Scott grading plant
will be located on track 16, at the
Norfolk Southern freight yards on
Pennsylvania avenue. The building,
which will be one story high, and
much on the order of a warehouse in
general construction, will be 30 by
100 feet, wilh a Six-foot loading plat
form on the east side, and a four-foot
platform on the west. Two grading
machines, equipped witli varying re
lays of wire meshes, will be Installed,
i and these will be operated 'by a pow
erful motor, which, keeping the
'a(,,lnp running day and nigni.
Fully equipped, the new potato
grading plant, the first to be pstab
lished here, will cost In the neigh
borhood of $3,000. Brock &. Scott
the only generally satisfactory way
to handle the crop.
Potato plantings this year In Pas
quotank, Camden and Currituck
Counties, in the opinion of one lead
ing local commission man, will av-
eraK '''n ppr ,fpnt ,)p,ow those of
1921, At nr,'Sf'nt. U i manifestly
'"'possible to predict the teason's
vl,',(1 al,y degree of accuracy;
l"'l('p forecasts Just now are
mostly guess work. A few potatoes
liavo 'sol(1 luM'e thl8 w,H'k at ?-2
VEET HERE THURSDAY
Twenty-five or more doctors of the
rst Councillor District of the
North Carolina Medical Society met
ciety, Is to
address the assembled
d.M'tnt's.
The First
Councillor District Is
made up of eight or fen Northeastern
Carolina counties., and the district
membership includes a majority of
the doctors in the terr tory it com
prises. Dr. Ben Halsey. of Roper,
Councillor of the Firs' District, was
expected to arrive on the afternoon
tra'n Thursday. The purpose of the
meeting Is slated to be live formluir
of a more compact and effective
ischenie of organ'zation.