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ELIZAliKTII CITY, NORTH CAROLINA, W KDNKSDA Y EVHNTNd, APRIL 5, 11)22
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Huge Crowds Attended !
Dress Up Week Opening
Merchants Winning Prizes For Best - Dressed
Windows Were Duff Piano Company, H. C.
Bright Company And D. Walter Harris
Evening Was Success
Between five and ten thousand people, the buirest crowds
?een in the business distikt here in years, turned out for the
opening of Dress Up Week here Tuesday nipht.
The parade, the special fea-1
tures, and the window displays COUNCIL CHAIRMAN
all came up to advance predic- nriJ niinrrn
tions with the exception of the BEGINS NEW CAREER
street dance, which failed to .
materialize; and the general Paris. April 5 (Hy Ti.P Asriat,,i
. . Press) .Jules ( ambon, who has Just
consensus of opinion appeared reSjgne(1 t)ie chairmanship of the
to be that the opening night of Council of Allied Ambassadors, to
the week's celebration was a,whom was left the f
.questions left over by the Paris
complete success. ; Conference, begins a new career in
Winners in the window-dressing finance today, his 76th birthday. He
contests were the Duff Piano Com-, has Just become vice president of the
pany, which won first position for ; banque de Paris et des Pays Bas.
the most original and attractive dia-, M. Cambon began his diplomatic
play; the H. C. Bright Company, for career when he was 51 by his ap
the most artistic and refined appear- pointment as Ambassador to Wash
ance; and D. Walter Harris, with ington. He was extremely success-
first position for direct selling. S. C.
Shaw, window dresser of Ames-
Brownley, Norfolk, who judged the Governor in the important Region of
windows, declared: "Others in the North and of the Rhone, the
competition are deserving of honor- j -principal city of which is Lyons,
able mention, and much credit is due Then he became Governor General of
every contestant for the splendid ef- AJgeria and it was after that service
fort put forward to contribute in that he was transferred to diplomacy,
making this event the decided sue- While in Washington he also rep
cess that it' undoubtedly has proven resented Spain during the Spanish
to be." American War and arranged the pre-
The Duff Piano Company display liminaries of peace betwen Spain
is an exhibit of a new model gold and the I'nited States. He spent four
finish victrola of the latest modified years at Madrid and then in Berlin,
console type, emerging from a huge where later he became French Am
egg, and bearing a placard reading, bassador, the position he held at the
"Just Out." The H. C. Bright Com- beginning of the war.
pany windows were used to show Since then he has had' continu
beautifully and tastefully arranged ously an Important relation with
displays of jewelry. D. Walter Har-, French foreign affairs, having been
ris used the novel plan of displaying for some time Secretary General of
various of the newest suits on a liv-jthe Ministry for Foreign Affairs, a
ing model sent direct from Chicago, j post created for him and for nearly
The winner of the free $25 suit at his ' three years the French representa
store Tuesday night was Graham I tive and the presiding officer of the
Bell, and the lucky number was 115. Council of Ambassadors.
Beautifully decorated windows are
seen in every part of the business HOSPITAL NEWS
section of the city, and these, to- Miss Fannie Forbes, Old Trap, who
gether with the special feature stunts was operated upon March 27 for ap
intrigued the crowds nntll long after pendicitis, went home April 4th.
nine o'clock. Throngs flocked to Mc- Mrs. V. C. Midgett, Nags Head,
Cabe & Grlce's to enter the contest i medical patient. About a week at
there; and thousands of people1 the hospital. Went home April let.
went to the Savings Bank & Trust; Miss Katherine White, R. F. D.
Company to inspect the jar of pen- two, minor operation, at hospital
nies and stlmate their number with , just a few days. Went home April
a riew to winning the $5 gold prize 2nd.
offered. Selig's, where another con- Miss Mary Cox, Old Trap. Opera
te is on, to close Saturday, was an- tion March 23. Doing well. Will go
other focal point for the crowds, as home soon.
was the store of M. G. Morrisette & Leroy Boyce, Powell's Point, oper
Cimpany, where novelty enameled ated on for abscessed appendicitis.
broom racks were given away
The reception at the grocery store
of the M. P. Gallop Company drew
its share of popular attention, and a
thousand blocks of chocolate covered
Winekream were given away in less
t Man an hour, along with a myriad of
tasty Sunshine biscuits. Finibe's
band, at Turner's, was an original
foature that attracted great often-
tion; and the ever popular Flat's Or-
chestra pleased multitudes at Weeks
& Sawyer's. Flat himself was there
with his mammoth bass viol, which
lie was enabled by popular subscrip
tion to redeem from pawr Tuesday
afternoon. The viol was badly
broken tin !n nn "automobile ship
wreck" at Plymouth several months
ago. when Flat's Orchestra was
plunged into the water of the river
while on an orchestral expedition.
. ,
1 A 1. .U n fnn'.il'Ol it U.TU1 1 M
-anu uie inc.. " .i-m- -
not turn the instrument over to rlat
until his pay was forthcoming.
The automobile and farming lm-
plement displays in tne ropeu-ou
-area on Main street between Martin
,1 Poindexter were seen by thou-
(anus Ot spectators, anu imp u.him i-...-certs
on the principal corners of the
. . l 1 i l, nnll
downtown section were a pleasing
feature of the celebration. hver
thing considered, Elizabeth City's
Dress Up Week opening was a suc
cess.'and local merchants are already
considering plans to make it an an
nual event here.
Nobody guessed either of the cor-
ject numbers In the McCabe & Grice
contest. The winner of the two Earl
& Wilson shirts was Herbert Wins
low, who guessed 201, and came
nearest to the right nunvber, which
was 19!). The winner ot the silk
" HS ,"' r,a"K ll"on- 01
uiis city, iter guess was za7, the
correct number being 276.
Dress l'p Week will continue
-,., nuay. hm.i on u.:u uay , ,,,. f()r t))p K()nl (1,,t ,,()mPS
-ah prizes of ten dollars each will ,hp grPatest distance. All vehicles
he awarded for the vehicle coming n)uat 1)p )lark(M, jn ,ip v.1(,.ln, Ht
the greatest distance to the cele-hra- the rear of the First & Citizens Na
tion, the one bringing the largest tlonal Bank hetween the hours of
number of people, and the one that two and three o'clock Saturday af
te most dilapidated. Special prlzei ternoon. and the awards will be
for Ford owners are offered by the ,ade at the latter hour.
f ul as Civil Administrator in France,
having been Prefet or Departmental
Will soon go home.
Jim Mitchell, colored, 5 1 f
("ale
street, wno was nun wime worKing
near a pile driver, is much better.
Went home April 4th.
Andrew Wilson, of Gregory, col-
"red, medical patient, will soon be
able to go home.
Mary Collins, It) Bunnell's ave-
niie, colored, was operated on March
31st.
John Singo, an Indian about 70
years old, watchman, working on the
new brick road, operation April 3rd.
DEMOCRATS WIN
III KANSAS CITY
Kansas City, Mo., April 5 (By The
Associated Press) Frank H. Crom
well, Democrat, and the rest of the
" v it, i" iiiui ifll, a
Democratic ticket were swept into
()(Ii(lp n the munl(,ipal Plt,,tiona tn.
(.iy JpffprS()I1 ntv I)Pmi)rralg elpft.
, fm1. ()r iVR ,,an(li(atpi, f()r
men. Returns from St. Joseph in
fliciited the election of n T? mm lit inn n
,.,.,. ,uuI tlip rpst of (hp tUM wh
two exceptions. Democrats elected
mavors at .Macon, llutler. Fulton,
c.irtMllKH , Sedalis.
UNEMPLOYMENT ALLAYED
Washington, April 5 (By The As
sociated Press l Employment con
ditions continue to show Improve
ment iicciirdine to renorts received
,)V hp .psident's conference on un
employment.
Auto & Gas Engine Works, of this
pltv nluii mi Sntimlav. Thev will
,. ir. a..,,,.,),., ii'.tD,.
Ing wheel, to be given to the pur-
chaser of the newest Ford from the
company here; a $10 automobile tire
to be awarded to the owner of the
oldest Ford; and a ' siioiligbt or
Fishermen Putting
Nets In Condition
Arc Making Repairs After Hani
Wind Storm Thai Wrought 1
Havoc lew Dajs Ago
Wunchese, April 4 (Special)
Many of the fishermen of this place
hiivc just gotten their nets back in
a lit condition for catching fish after
they were torn down by the hard
shift of wind about two weeks ago.
Not until a few days ago had there
'been any weather suitable to do the
work necessary to get them back in
to a condition to fish.
The Mission Study Class met in
regular session Tuesday afternoon at
the home of Mrs. Carrie Daniels.
Much interest is manifested in the
class which is composed of a large
number of the leading ladies of this
!ace, both married and single, by
tile attendance and work being done
in a helpful way. Those present
were Mrs. Evelyn Davis, Mrs. Mattie
Midgett. Mrs. Sallie Gaskill, Mrs.
Sallie Daniels, Mrs. Cleopatra Dan
iels, Mrs. Sophronia Tillett, Mrs.
Lucy Midgett, Mrs. Minnie Hingerty,
Mrs. Isabella Hooker, Mrs. Edith
Baum and Miss Rena Baum. After
the business the class was delight
fully entertained by the hostess who
also served very tempting refresh
ments. Mr. and Mrs. O. H. Daniels, Mrs.
Cardell Daniels, Miss Helen Tillett
and Edna Daniels were at Manteo
Tuesday night to hear Governor
Morrison, who delivered an address
there at the court house, after which
lie and his friends, members of the
Fish Commission Board, were given
a grand reception at the home of
Theodore S. Meek ins.
Mrs. Sybil Fields of Lagrange,
Va., and little daughter Betsey, who
are visiting Mrs. Fields's father, Dr.
F. 1 Gates, at Manteo, Mrs. John ('.
Evans and little daughter Mary
Mann and Mrs. Monsie L. Daniels, of
Manteo, were the mid-week guests
here Wednesday of Mrs. M. R.
Daniels.
Alonzo Daniels lias accepted a po
sition with his brother. M. L. Dan
iels, in the store at Manteo. Begin
ning Saturday, April 1st, Mr Dan
iels's address will be Manteo, N. C.
but many of his friends here have an
idea that It isn't at all because he
specially likes the work he is under
taking, that he is going, and the rush
and ways of a town will soon over
balance any reason that he has for
accepting the position and he will
soon return to his home here.
J. S. Seeley, Jr., salesman for A.
B. Seeley & Son, Elizabeth City, was
here Thursday on business.
Mrs. P. D. Midgett and Mrs. E. G.
Tillett of this place were at Manteo
Tuesday.
.Successful l'lay at Wanclicst'
Wanchese, April 3 There was an
entertainment given at the Acad
emy Saturday night, April 1st, by the
eighth and ninth grades of the
Wanchese High School under the
direction of Misses Mattie Ward and
Mary Watts, consisting of a play
entitled: "Josiah's Courtship." The
actual time of the play was about
one hour and thirty minutes.
Ellis Davis, acting the part of
Jeff, the colored servant of old Jo
siah. was the most important char
acter in the whole play. It can
easily be said and will not be dis
puted by many that witnessed the
performance that "Jeff" was one of
the funniest men this side of the'
nuthouse and that the person who
was tickled at his part of the playj
had sheet iron ribs. George Albert
Daniels playing the part of Josiah.
an old widower with young ideas,
was not far behind Jeff in impor
tance. The piny was a great success and .
the amount of money taken in was,
surprising. i
Wancliouc ItrleN
Wanchese April 3 Messers Fit 7. '
Etheridge, Charles Daniels audi
Buddy Boo Gallop were at Manteo:
Wednesday night on business.
Carl S. Piigh. one of the leading '.
merchants of this place was out of.
his store part of the time lust week i
working on his farm which en's to
show that even if he is a lir r' lniM
he doesn't mind outdoor work who.
such is necessary.
Douglas Tillett. who has been em
ployed at the Quarantine station on
Craney Island for the past few
months, left Monday after I'tiding
a few days with his parents. Mr.
end Mrs. W. D. Tillett.
Mrs. E. G. Tillett returned to her
home here Monday after spending a
few days at Bodies Island with Mrs.:
Fred Creef, where Mr. Cieef is in
the Coast Guard service,
Miss Elizabeth Midgett. a student
of Manteo High School spent the
v.erk end here with her parents.
Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Midgett.
IlKSOKT TO MASS PICKETING
Lawrence. Mass., April 5 (By The
Associated Press) The Lower Pa
cTlc Mill affected by the textile strike
was a special object or mass picketing
at the opening hour today.
TO INVESTIGATE
DEATH OF BECK
Authorities Preparing Three
Probes Into Circumstances Of
Shooting Of Army Officer
Oklahoma City. Okla., April ( By
The Associated Press I Preparations
are being made here today to launch
three separate investigations of the
events surrounding the death of
Lieutenant Colonel Paul Ward Beck,
pioneer army aviator and assistant
commandant at Post Field, Fort Sill,
who was killed by Jean P. Day.
wealthy oil operator ami prominent
Oklahoma attorney, at the hitter's
homo early yesterday when, accord
ing to Day, Heck was found strug
gling with Mrs. Day.
A civil Investigation by county au
thorities to determine the charges to
be filed against Day by the Military
Commission of Post Field is expected
Friday to probe the killing.
The State Prohibition Director to
day began a check to ascertain
whether liquor was involved in the
party prior to the killing.
The coroner's inquest is scheduled
for Saturday.
Thousands Pigs Die
For Lack Vitamines
Birmingham, Ala., April 5 (By The
Associated Press) Pigs valued at
over $50,000,000 died this spring as
the result of diseases resulting from
insufficient vitamines in the food, ac
cording to J. S. Hughes and H. B.
Winchester of the Kansas Agricul- younger men are turning to athletics
tural College in a report presented to as a means or breaking the nionot
the Biological Section of the Ameri- ()ny; others are planning long fishing
can Chemical Society today. trips; many have left for visits to
their old homes in Europe, 90 per
OLIVIA STONE'S ATTORNEY
SAYS SHE'S GOOD GIRL
New York, April 5 (By The Asso
ciated Press) Summing up the trial
of Miss Olivia Stone, nurse charged
with murdering Ellis G. Kinkead at
Brooklyn last August, counsel for
defense charged that the gang that
rules the city of Cincinnati, of which
Kinkead once served as corporation
counsel, is trying to swear away the
life of his client. He dared anyone
to take the stand to testify that his
client, "this good Southern girl,"
lied.
Debater Slightly Hurt
On Way To This
City
His nose badly lacerated as the
result of a minor automobile mishap
on his way to Elizabeth City, Frank
Mullen, one of the South Mills de
baters who will compete In the Tri
angular Debate at the University of
North Carolina Thursday and Fri
day of this week, found it necessary
to stop over here for medical treat
ment Wednesday morning.
Mullen was sitting with Thimnan
Forehand, another South Mills de
bater, on the back seat of the car
when the machine struck a bad bump
in the road, and both boys were
thrown into the top. Mullen's nose
was painfully cut, and Forehand's
forehead bore a bruise the size of a
hen egg when lie reached this city.
The two plannd to continue to Chape
Hill on the night, train Wednesday.
Linwood Gregory and Gaston John
son, the other two debaters, took the
morning train, accompanied by Prof.
Frank Eason, principal of South
Mills High School.
Elizabeth City's entrants in the
Triangular contest expected to leave
on the night train Wednesday. They
are Larry Skinner and Misses Mattie
Spence, Ellen Melick and Annabelle
Abbott. They will be accompanied
by Mrs. C. W. Melick. as chaperon,
and Prof. L. W. Jarman.
Bust For Pulitzer
St. Louis. Mo., April ,j (By The As
sociated Press)- A bronze bust of
the late Joseph Pulitzer, owner of the
St. Louis Post Dispatch and the New
York World, has been placed on ex
hibition in Jefferson Memorial I'ark
here by the Missouri Historical So
ciety. Frederick Blaschke oT Buda
pest, Hungary, was the sculptor.
UNKNOWN' ASSAILANTS
COMMIT WANTON Ml lthKIt
Concordia. Kan.. April T. (By The
Associated Press I Theodore Trein
blay, farm boy. was slain with an
ixe and three younger brothers and
their father were Injured by unknown
assailants today. The brothers are
near death with their heads crushed.
Agriculture Committee I'iivoi-m
Itesiiiiic Work On Wilson Dam
Washington. April !l (By The As
sociated Press) Resumption of
work on the gigantic Wilson Ham at
Muscle Shoals. Ala., was recom
mended by the Senate Agricultural
Committee today.
Livestock Status Of
East Carolina Pitiful
One-third Farmers Drink No Milk, Eat No Butter
And Provide No Milk For Growing Children
According To E. C. Branson, Remembered
Here For His Address "Pasquotank Today
And Tomorrow"
LEWIS MOVES TO
NEW YORK CITY
Hopes To Speed Up Ne
gotiations For Settle
ment Of Strike In An-
thracite Districts
New York. April a (By The Asso
ciated Press) National headquar
ters of the coal strike were trans
ferred here today upon the arrival
of John L. Lewis, president of the
miners, who says that he will use
i every effrtrt to speed up anthracite
wage negotiat ions.
Hailed As Holiday
Wilkes-Barre, Pa., April 5 (By The
Associated Press) Suspension of
operations in anthracite fields of
Pennsylvania is hailed by the average
miner as an opportunity for a vaca
tion and most of them are planning
thoroughly to enjoy the holiday. The
cent buying round trip tickets, ex
pecting to return to work at the end
of the strike.
PLANNING ANOTHER
GETTYSBURG REUNION
Gettysburg, Pa., April 5 (By The
Associated Press) Civil War vet
erans have started a movement for
the celebration of the 60th annivers
ary of the Battle of Gettysburg in
another great reunion here In July
of next year.
MILS. SWIFT DEAD
Ghicago, April 5 (By The Associ
ated Press) Mrs. Louise V. Swift,
wife of the president of Swift &
Company, died suddenly today.
AllGENTINK MINISTER ItEKIGNS
Buenos Aires, April 5 (By The
Associated Press) The resignation
of Thomas Lebreton, Argentine
minister to the I'nited States, was
announced today.
Some By Special Train
And Some On Muleback
T'!k"geo. Ala.. April fl (By The
Associated Press) Transportation
method- ranging from special cars to
mule-back are being utilized to bring
here today whites and negroes to at
tend the unveiling of the statue of
Booker T. Washington, founder of
Tuskcgee Institute.
Got
Three Months
For Selling Booze
IScHsic McGco, Colored, In Trouble
PxTiiilse Alleged I'lirrhasrr Wax
Nal.lx-d With The Goods
Three months on the muds was
the sentence Imposed on Bessie Mc
Gee, colored, convicted in recorder's
court here Wednesday morning on a
charge of selling liquor. She gave
notice of an appeal, and bond for her
appearance at the next term of Su
perior Court was fixed at $100..
James Holloman, colored youth,
was the individual who gave th(! evi
dence upon which the McGee woman
was convicted. Holloman was on
his way uptown with his girl at nn
early hour Tuesday night, when he
was stopped near Olive Branch
church by Officer Houghton, night
policeman, who found upon search
ing the negro that the latter had a
pint of corn whiskey in a quart bot
tle fastened under his belt. Hollo
man told the officer that he bought
the liquor from the McGee woman.
Later in the night. Chief Holmes
went to the McGee home with a war
rant, and searched the premises, lie
testified that be was-ad in it t ed after
some delay, and found the place
smelling strongly of whiskey. Bot
tles, fruit jars, and a Jug or two, all
Impregnated with the odor of un
lawful beverages, were much In evi
dence, h said, and a stove in an
upper room apparently had Just had
,a quantity of the stuff poured into it.
I Raleigh, April f
Carolina imported
feed products of
( Special I - N'ort h
in 192(t food and
a value of more
than $2:. ono, nun
figures which have
according to
Just been com-
piled from census reports under the
direction of E. C. Branson, head of
the Department of Rural Economics
of the University of North Carolina.
The average prices of food produc
tion in 1920 were higher than at the
present time, but even at that the
recent conservative estimate by John
Paul Lucas that North Carolina was
sending out of the State not lesa
than $10(1,000.000 a year for these
products is shown to be ultra-conservative.
In fact, Lucas states
frankly that lie Is a "piker" when It
comes to estimating how foolish the
farmers of North Carolina have "been
in their agricultural policy.
The University News Letter of
April llrd Is featuring the "Llve-at-Home"
campaign and Dr. Branson is
quoting in his presentation of the
present situation in North Carolina
with regard to the production of
food and feed stuffs from studies and
investigations by Prof. F. S. Hobhs
and Miss II. It. Smedes.
In referring to the position of
North Carolina as fourth in the
value of our field crops, the state
ment is made that "we have con
fused crop wealth with agricultural
wealth because crop farming Is so
nearly universal with us. We are
not the fourth largest producer of
agricultural wealth, because as n
livestock State we are one of the
poorest developed in the entire
Union. Only about one-fourth of
our new tarm wealth created each
'year comes from the sale of live
stock and livestock products. The
status of the eastern half of North
Carolina, the great tenant, cash
crop area, as a livestock region Is
pitiful."
It Is shown that while there has
been something accomplished In the
way of breed Improvement In North
Carolina, the State is really no bet
ter off In the matter of livestock
production than it was in 1910, at
which time It 'was 75 per cent be
low the level of even a lightly stock
ed farm area.
One-third of our farmers eat no
butter and drink no milk, and of
course are providing no milk for
their growing children, because they
have no milk cows. Iowa with few
er farmers has four times as many
milk cows and these are of better
quality.
Less than half the farme.'s of the
State grow sweet potatoes for fam
ily use and a much smaller number
grow Irish potatoes. We import
more wheat than we produce and one
half the farmers in the Slate in 1920
produced no hay or forage for their
work stock.
"The simple truth is," says Pro
fessor Hobhs, "that thousands of ir
farmers do not begin to feed their
family anil livestock. People on
these farms live on short rations,
especially In lean years. Their diet
Is ill-balanced and Insufficient. 'They
are undernourished, their children
badly fed and their physical develop
ment st u nted."
"Farm people should be (hp best
fed of all people. They should and
could have a well balanced diet,
with just a little attention to food
production. Every farm In our
Slate should feed ifs'elf first. Our
farmers would produce surpluses
for sale in our towns and cities if
only our tirvns and citiis would set
tle the local market problem for
home ra i-ed food and feed supplies.
Instead Hie people of North Carolina
spend 2''i million dollars a year for
imported food and feed supplies.
Neglecting home-raised food crops
ami buying farm supplier of this sort
with cotton anil tobacco money is u
hopeless way of getting rich and get
ting on and up in the world. We
have tried it for Tn years and we
ought to know by this time."
"When the boll weevil comes,
we'll produce our own food supplies
or we'll go hungry In North Carolim.
It Is Hudson's choice."
Democrat Victory
In Connecticut City
Hartford. Conn.. April ! (By The
Associated Press ) Ulchard Kln
sella, Democrat, was elected mayor
and most of the Democratic ticket
was carried Into olllie In yesterday's
elections here.