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VOL. XII. FINAL EDITION
Will Appeal
Corporation Commission
City Council Decides Not To Accept Ruling
Raising Local Sewer Rate Without Legal
Battle Before Superior Court Edgar Wil
liams May Lose License
The City Council will appeal to
Superior Court from the decision of
the North Carolina Corporation Com
mission to increase the sewer rate
at Elizabeth City from $1.00 to
$1.50 a month. A motion was
pased at the regular meeting of the
Council Monday night directing City
Attorney Leigh to serve immediate
notice of such an appeal upon the
utility companies.
City Manager Ferebee was author
ized to offer George F. Wright fifty
dollars for furnishing a sanitary
concrete vault type toilet to the city
In accordance with the State specifi
cations. Mr. Wright had presented
a bill to the Council in the amount of
$144, in which was Included the
expense of manufacturing special
steel molds for the toilet vaults.
At the March meeting of Council, a
motion was passed authorizing the
payment of the bill, provided the
molds were turned over to the city.
This Mr. Wright refused to do,
pointing out that he held the patents
on them. The fifty dollar allow
ance was made Monday night on the
basis of the approximate cost of the
materials used, the labor involved,
and the expense of preparing wood
molds of proper dimensions.
Following a request from Chief
of Police Holmes, a motion was
passed directing the light company
to place an electric light at the jaii
at such location that it will shine
both upon the jail yard and the ad
jacent street. A proffered contract
from the Norfolk Southern Railroad,
allowing $100.00 toward the drain
age of the so-called "mosquito lake"
on Pennsylvania Avenue was reject
ed, and the railroad was ordered to
remove the pond upon its property.
Dr. Zenas Fearing, City Health
Officer, reported that two specimens
of city water had been tested during
March, and that no colon bacilli had
been found in either sample.
A motion was passed changing the
meeting hour of the Council from
7.30 to eight o'clock.
C. Edgar Williams was ordered to
appear before the Council on April
10 at 8 p. m. to show cause why his
jitney license should not be re
scinded. It was the sense of the
Council that William's lincense had
been upheld in Superior Court be
cause he had not been required to
appear before its members to show
cause as indicated.
A suggested change of the stop
law requiring motor vehicles to come
to a complete stop at the intersec
tion of Church and streets, and make
such stop at the crossing of Law-rence-Ehringhaus
streets and Road,
made by Councilman Williams, was
tabled. The members of the Coun
cil were notified of a meeting of the
U'iities Committee to be held at
four o'clock Tuesday afternoon.
SLAIN WOMAN'S
HUSBAND TAKEN
Mercer 'nsists That He
Has Not Been To
Ocean View In Sev
eral Years 1
I
Baltimore, April 4 ( Hy The Asso
c'ated Press) Edward T. Mercer,
, husband of Mrs. Ruth Mercer,
hose mutilated body was found
Sunday on-the beach at Ocean View,
Ya., was arrested here this morning
on a warrant charging him with his
wife's murder.
The accused was found in bed at
the Buddie Club. He declared in
sistently that he had not been at
Ocean View in three or four years.
Ill OTHER WORDS
IT'S JUST POLITICS
Washington, April 4 (Hy The As
sociated Press) Recent dismissal of
officials of the Ilureau of Engrav
ing and Printing hy the President
involved no desire to reflect upon the
character of any Government em-!
ployeo. .said Secretary christian to
day, !
Ti:i ACTKKSS VKKV MX
New York, April 4 (Hy the Asso
ciated Pre.ss) Miss Hose Cochran,
one of the most noted actresses of
the English p-aking stage, is crit
ically ill here, it was announced thisj
morning.
Up Week
II II
Decision Of
UNSELFISH AID
HIS FIRST AIM!
Thus Dr. John Saliba j
Characterizes Ideal
Physician In Banquet
Address Thursday
A fine philosophic discourse on
the physician's relation to his fel
low man is contained in Dr. John
Sabfba's address .before the doctors
of the First Councillor's District? de-1
livered at a .banquet at the Southern
Hotel Thursday night. Excluding,
the remarks complimentary to other i
speakers of the evening, the speech i
of Dr. Saliba, who is president of the
Pasquotank - Camden - Dare Medical !
Society, was as follows:
"Society 'is born of the action and;
interaction of social forces. These
social forces came into existence!
through the play of mind on mind.j
character on character, will on will. I
To produce them it was necessary to!
get men to live and work together.1
"Man likes the company of his j
fellow men. His mind is shaped fori
the pleasures and the profits of in
tercourse; he is marvellously re-;
sponsive, not only to thoughts and j
feelings but to suggestions; and he
is imitative. His nature feeds on j
social companionship, and the lonely i
savage is moved to ecstacy when he'
dances and sings and acts with a mul-!
titude of his fellows. This is na
tural; it is a sign of progress, a sign:
of enlarging sympathies and a grow
ing mind.
"Each individual is sometimes in- j
clined to work only in the interest
of himself or his group. Some
times his aim is intensely and natur-j
ally selfish. In the general struggle
for the means of livelihood there i
obtain all kinds of individual com-1
petition. !
"The human passions, desires and I
interests which form the energy of i
society are continually in conflict.!
When the primal wants of the indl-t
vldual are satisfied new wants arise, j
When men are sure of their bread j
and butter they begin to struggle
among themselves for Jam. j
"The interests of men often work
at cross purposes, and sometimes to
no purpose, clashing against one an-!
other in a way that would end In j
common ruin if there were no means
of harnessing their energies. i
"These facts which apply to en
ciety in general apply also to the
medical profession in particular.'
Our first and chief aim and interest!
in our profession is service to our
feJlow men. No nobler aim could be;
conceived or put to practice. j
"By means of our County, District
and State Medical Societies we liar-'
ness our energies, and by the in
teraction of our forces we bring
strength, equilibrium and stability
to our profession.
"Man is a social outcome and not
a social unit. The social acts of an
individual are his because they are
first society's; otherwise he would
not have learned them, nor have had
any tendency to do them. A person
horn in the woods and deprived of
the companionship and influence of
his fellow men would have no
language, but would grow to mew
like a cat, bark like a dog, bray like
an ass and mimic like a monkey,
"Similarly a physician Is the out
come of the medical profession and
not a unit of it. Everything that he!
knows a bout disease and its treat-!
ment is learned, copied and assiml-i
latPd from his fellow physicians
past and present.
"A physician cannot help being
part of the medical profession, even
when he ranges himself against his
fellow practitioners."
Million Dollar Oil Fire
R?ging Unchecked
Sfipulpn. Okla., April 4 ( Hy The
Associated Press ) Fire flghicrs are
making no appreciable headway to
day toward control of the last of
three blazing oil storage tanks of
the Rapulpa Refining Company. De
struction of the entire refinery,
valued at a million dollars, is mo
mentarily expected.
Opens Tonight
ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA,
Champion's Newest Trophy
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Winter snortsmen, fishing for tarpon and other big: fish in Florida
waters, look with envy upon Charles Thompson, of Miami, considered by
many the champion fisherman of the world. Photo shows him with his
latest catch, a great hammer-head shark.
Lecturing Prince
For the first time in history the
eon of a reigning m rch becomes
a public lecturer. Tiiia la Prince
William of Sweden lecturing at
Denmark on his experiences as an
African game hunter. He is also
a poet and explorer.
SHOT III ARMS OF
ANOTHER'S WIFE
Lieutenant Colonel In Aviation
Corps Meets Death In Fash
ionable Residence
Oklahoma City, Okla., April 4 (By
The Associated Press) Lieutenant
Colonel Paul W, Bee, attached to the
Fort Sill aviation section, was shot
to death at the fashionable resi
dence of .lean P. Day, widely known
oil operator, today. The latter is
being held pending an investigation.
According to the statement of R.
W. Dick, Day returned home after
escorting home guests his wile had
entertained. He found Mrs. Day
struggling in the arms of Colonel
Heck. Day is president of the Four
some Producing and Refining Com
pany. Heck was one of the first four
aviators of the I'nited States army
and a widower.
Boob Kills Three
Budapest, Anril 4 (Hy The Associ
ated Press) Three were killed and
thirty were injured by a bomb ex
plosion at a business men's banquet
today.
Four Cars Derailed
Savannah, April 4 (By The Asso
ciated Press) Four cars of the Sea
board Air Line Florida Limited were
derailed at Ford. Georgia, today.
Nobody was seriously hurt.
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P.OKN. A D.M'UHTKK EvunsvUle, Ind., April 4 (Hy The
Horn to Mr, and Mrs. II. F. Associated Press) Benjamin Bos.se,
Daniels Saturday, a little daughter, mayor and Democratic state chair
Martha Ella. I man, died of pneumonia here today.
At Half
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TUESDAY EVENING, APRIL
IUNI0N OFFICIALS
GREATLY PLEASED
Hail Reported Accept
ance Of Strikers' De
mands As First Break
In Ranks
1 New York. April 4 (Ry The Asso
ciated Press) Strike leaders an
nounced today: that the Anthracite
Miners' General Policies Committee
wilL-TOWt here tomorrow to act on
the reported offer of'.- several inde
pendent producers to grant the strik
ers their nineteen demands Immedi
ately, if they would return to work.
The acceptance of these offers is
hailed by the union as the first break
in the ranks of the operators, and
may result in negotiations. for sepa
rate contracts and reopening of the
mines, according to union official.
One Mine Working
New York, April 4 (By The Asso
ciated Press) C. J. Golden, presi
dent of District Nine. Shamokln,
Penna., says that at least one anthra
cite mine In the countrv is operating,
regardless of the Btrike, at Locust
Gap, Penna., In the Philadelphia and
Reading mine, where for three
months thirty men have been dig
ging frantically in search of a miner,
Stanley Qullskl, who disappeared un
der an avalanche of hard coal last
January.
Miners Irf'ttving Country
Wilkes-liarre, Pa., April 4 (Hy
The Associated Press) 'file fourth
day of the coal strike in the anthra
cite fields found many of the 150.000
I striking miners seeking employment
in local industries, and others are
preparing to leave for their old
homes in foreign countries, each de
parting train carrying Its quota who
withdrew their savings from the
bank, saying that they never expect
ed to return.
Lewis Claims 100 Per Cent
Washington, April 4 (Hy The As
sociated Preds) The miners strike
in all union districts, .both anthra
cite and bituminous, is 100 per cent
effective, John L. Lewis, miners'
president, declared after going over
reports of union leaders today.
Henderson To Succeed j
Edward R.Shaughnessy
Washington, April 4 (Hy The As-1
sociated Press) President Harding!
will send to the Senate soon the
nomination of Paul Henderson, of-
Chicago, to be second assistant post
master general, it was learned defin
itely at the White House today.
Henderson, a son-in-law of Chair
man Madden, of the House Appropri
ations Committee, Is to succeed Ed
iward R. Shaughnessy, who died of
'injuries In the Knickerbocker dis
aster. 1 CUT CAMPAIGNING
Wanciiese, April ' (Special)
.Melvin It. Daniels, a promising young
man of this place who has entered
(he race for the nomination for elec
tion to the office of sheriff of Dan
County, subject to the action of the
Democratic, primary to be held on
Saturday, June I'.rd, was at Manteo
Friday night on business.
BENJAMIN r.OSSK DEAD
Past Seven
4, 192S
Weeksville Folks Want
Traffic Cop On Again
Question Is Whether The Highway Commission
Should Or Shouldn't Employ Such Officer
Committee Will Ask Advice Of State Attor
ney General On The Matter
The County Highway Commission,
faces a dilemma in the matter of po-'
lice protection of traffic on the'
Weeksville paved road. Action was
taken by the County Board of Edu
cation and the Board of County
Commlssionerg at their March meet
ings to discontinue the employment
of a traffic officer on the road, be
ginning April 1st, and nothing was
done at the meeting of either Hoard
Monday to alter the situation. Of
ficer George Smith, mounted police
man on the road was relieved of i
duty last Saturday, and there is now '
no regular traffic officer on it. '
People living at points In lower
Pasquotank County have registered
a vigorous unofficial protest against
the removal of police protection on
the road. The matter was taken up
at the regular meeting of the Pas
qootank Highway Commission Tues
day morning, and a committee made
up of Chairman Houtz and Commis
sioners Morris and Foreman was ap
pointed to confer 'with the State At
torney General for advice as to the
properly authorized body to employ
such an officer.
Section 14 of Chapter 126 of the
Public Laws of North Carolina, 1915,
under which the Pasquotank High
way Commission was created, spe
cifically provides that "The High
way Commission shall have full
power to prescribe rules and regula-,
tions governing the use of any pub-
lie road within Pasquotank County,
and any violation of such rules and ;
regulations shall be a misdemeanor." j
Nothing is said of the responsibility
of the Commission to provide police!
authority for the enforcement of the
regulations, and Chairman Houtz of
that body declares that, in his opln-i
Ion, the Highway Commission Is not!
burdened with that responsibility.
"The money collected from tax
payers in the County," Mr. Houtz,
says further, "and entrusted to us
for road work, is specifically for the
construction, maintenance and im-j
provement of the roads. I do not 1
believe that we have the right to
spend a part of it, for traffic pro-!
tection." As a further basis for his
contention, Mr. Houtz quotes section
2600 of the Consolidated Statutes of!
North Carolina, which deals with the
enforcement of traffic legislation, j
and provides that the officers em-;
powered to arrest violators include:
"Every police officer, marshal,
deputy marshal, watchman of any!
incorporated village or city, every
sheriff, and all other lawful officers
of every county, and every constable
of any township."
Commissioner J. J. Morris, of
Weeksville, insists that it is neces
sary to put a traffic oftieT-r on the
Weeksville road. "We are spending
money," he says, "to safeguard the
lives or our cattle by eradicating the
cattle fever tick. I thoroughly ap
prove of thlswork, and have sup
ported it from the lieglnnlng. We
are spending money, too, to protect
our hogs from the dangers of chol
era and other diseases. I think this
Is 4i good thing.
"If we have found it advisable to
expend our money for the conserva
tion and protection of dumb brutes,
why should we hesitate to make, the
relatively small monthly outlay ne
cessary to give reasonable assur
ance of protection to our wives, our
children and ourselves, when we use
the paved roads of the County? Are
human lives worth less than those
of hogs and cattle? As the situation '
stands, reckless automobile speed
fiends, drunk likely as not, are free,
tci go tearing iluwn the Weeksville1
road, menacing life, limb and prop-,
erty, knowing that they will not be
arrested. j
"A trallic cop is not put on a road;
primarily for the arrests that he will
make, lie Is placed there us a de-:
ferrcn t to speeders. His value lies
in the number of accidents, and of
violations of the law, that his pres.,
-nee prevents. Those Inclined to
disregard the traffic laws will drive
far more conservatively if they know
that they may 'be, arrested and re
quired to pay a fine if they are
can (lit speeding. As the situation
tarul.-i now, it Is positively unsafe
i for a woman or child to drive upon
the WcekHVllIe road. If we can
H.pcnd $7"i0,0(i0 for Improved high
ways in Pasquotank Conntv, surely
we can afford to spend a small add!-,
tionnl sum to make those roids safe,"
There has been some agitation of
a move to have the County Commis
sioners, the City Council and the
Pasquotank Highway Commission
defray each third of the cost of
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CIRCULATION
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PLANS FOR OPENING
TONIGHT ARE READY
Dress Up Week Displays, A
Street Parade, Band Concerts
And Dance Features
Elizabeth City's Dress I'p Week
parade will begin tonight at seven
o'clock at the corner of Main and
Martin streets. Thence it will pro
ceed down Martin to Burgess, up
Burgess to Road, down Road to
Main, out West Main to Perse, thence
to Church, down Church to Road, out
Road to Shepard to Front, then to
Church, and down Martin to the
starting point. The equipment and
apparatus of Elizabeth City Fire
Company No. 1, the firemen In full
regalia, the band, and many local
automobiles will be included In the
parade.
At half past seven the fire siren
will be sounded, officially opening
Dress I'p Week. Simultaneously the
curtains w.ill be drawn from the dis
play wimlows of the stores, the doors
of each establishment will he thrown
open, and the public will be Invited
to inspect the beautiful assortments
of seasonable merchandise of all
kinds. Twenty-minute band con
certs will be given at the corner- of
Martin and Main streets, Water and
Main, Matthews and Poindexter, and
In front of the Bradford place on
Main street.
M. P. Gallop will put on a Loose
Wiles demonstration of Sunshine
'biscuits tonight, and will serve Wine
kreain to visitors at his Btore. Pen
der's Grocery announces a National
Biscuit Company demonstration for
Saturday. Among other special
features for Tuesday night will be
the giving away of a $25.00 suit of
clothes by D. Walter Harris, a silk
umbrella and two Earl & Wilson
shirts by MeCaibe, & Grice, a concert
by Flatt's orchestra at Week's &
Sawyer's. Finebe's band at T. T.
Turner & Co., free white enameled
broom holders Tuesday night and
through the week at the M. O. Mor
risette & Company furniture store,
a guessing contest at Selig's to run
until Saturday, another at the Sav
ings Hank & Trust Company, and
other special celebration features to
be announced later.
Tuesday morning many of the win
dows of down town merchants had
already been curtained olT, and the
mysterious work of decoration was
going on full blast. Preparations
were being made for the roping off
of Main street between Martin and
Water at one o'clock Tuesday after
noon and generally the city was
beginning to assume the holiday air
of Dress I'p Week.
The street dance, with Flat's or
chestra to provide the music will bo
given at 9.30 tonight on the block
from Mitchell's corner to Wool
worth's Five and Ten Cent store.
This block will be roped off for the
dance. Much Interest has already
been shown In this feature of the
cclobration, which will lie a genuine
novelty at Elizabeth City, though
situilor dances have been held with
great success in other cities.
JAPS CLASH WITH
CHITA GOVERNMENT
Tokio, April 4 (Hy The Associated
Press) Special Vladivostok dis
patches report a clash between Jap
anese and forces of the Chita Gov
ernment near Spassk, following a
Japanese demand to disarm. Eighty
Chita soldiers are reported killed.
maintaining a trallic officer on the
County roads. It is suggested that
such an ollicer would lie available a
part of the time for service on tin
streets of the city, hence the Council
is included to pay a third of the ex
pense. No oilirial action, however,
has been taken on the plan by either
lit' I lie I h fee boa rds.
The -Pa.squotauk Highway Com
mission passed a motion Tuesday for
the appointment of a hoard of arbi
tration to pass upon a claim for
damages preferred by ('. H. Sawyer,
of DuruntH Neck, In the amount of
$200 for the death of a horse, al
leged to have died as the result tit
injuries sustained in a collision with
a Highway Commission truck.