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VOL. XII. FINAL EDITION
ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY EVENING, APRIL G, 1022
FOUR PAGES
NO. 82
City Council Authorizes
To Mark Lusitania's Grave 5
Camden Ranks Third
In Per Capita Wealth
Big Bragging Counties Like Mecklenburg, Rob
eson And Sampson Must Yield First Place To
Alleghany And Tyrrell When The Average
Wealth Of Citizens Is Basis Of Comparison
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Second Survey Of Plants
McCrary Engineering Company, of Atlanta, To
Prepare Figures on Worth of Existing Utilities
Cost of Extensions, And Expense of Con
structing Adequate New Plants
The City Council in special session
Wednesday afternoon following a 1
Joint meeting with the I'tilities Com-'
mitt ee. passed a resolution to em
ploy the J. 1!. McCrary Engineering
Company, of Atlanta to make a sur
vey of the light, water and sewer
Vlants of Elizabeth City, and to fur
nish approximate valuations o( the
existing properties, along with esti
mates of the cost of improving and
extending them to meet the needs of
the city. The company will also be
directed to supply cost figures on the
erection of new plants.
The McCrary figures will be used
along with the Maury survey, made sociated Press) Plans for pressing (
a year ago, as a basis upon which to the work of organizing the non
arrive at a reasonable estimate of union West Virginia miners to sup-'
the valuation of the local utilities, port the nation-wide coal strike were
It is the disposition of the I'til- considered In a conference here to
ities Committee and the Council, i day between William Green, eecre-i
as expressed by members of both, to tary-treasurer of the Mine Workers
offer the companies every dollar that Union, and Lawrence Dwyer, of
their holdings are worth, and not a Beekley, W. Va., a member of the
-rent more. It the alternative of their union's executive board. Financial
refusal to sell at what appears to be matters, and the sending of more
a reasonable figure, Committee and union organizers into the fields were
Council members say that the city also discussed, It Is understood,
will probably build its own plants. Strike Situation dearer
"It is pointed out that, should the Charleston, W. Va., 'April 6 (Hy
city construct. utility plants of its The Associated Press) The strike
own, everything would 'be brand situation In the. southern districts is
new, the plants would be fully ade- becoming gradually clearer, the
quate to meet the existing needs.-claims of operators and miners be
and would be so built as to take ing le.ss conflicting. The former
care of any future requirements, 'maintain, however, that the daily
and could be operated far more tonnage is being held, while union
economically than the present util- chiefs report steady accessions to
Hies. A considerable decrease might their ranks from the unorganized,
be expected in cost of maintenance, New York, April 6 (Hy The Asso
and replacements to say nothing of ciated Press) Week-end sessions of
the elimination of vexatious delays the anthracite miners and operators
to 'the public necessitated by the sub-committee on wage contract ne
breakdown of machinery and boilers gotiations were agreed upon today
long past the-state of effective use-
fulness.
As a result of the mot'on passed j
Wednesday afternoon, the McCrary
Company will be authorized to make;
immediate surveys and recommeiida-:
tions with a view to settling Eliza-1
beth City's utility problems as
is feasible. The cost of the survey
is fixed y the company at $1750,
with the understanding that this Kramer Building at this city on
sum will be refunded in full should j Tuesday and Wednesday of next
they be employed to handle the en- week, April 11 and 12. The exam
gineerlng end of a possible construe- inations will begin promptly at nine
tion of municipal plants here later, o'clock each day, and all applicants Bottles And Sliced Oranges and girls expressed great interest ! a,)le 10 Pfly rr milk they receive, cotton and tobacco sections, and Is
are required to be present promptly1 Scattered About Room Where in the mechanical perfection of the Donations amounted to $57 for three no less an indictment of the Intel 1 1
ion the hour. Examinations must be! Beck And Woman Struggled ! Linotype machine, the Ludlow typo- months, and a total of $90 was con- gence of the farmers of these sec-
State Clinic Opens
First Week In MaV:tained from eounty superintendents,
3 of from the State Department of ,
Willl Treat Defective Tonsils And
Adenoids Of School rhihh'cii
Of' Three- Counties
Thp tnnjail-nrlanrfcirl rlinin tn lie '
held by the State Board of Health
at Elizabeth City for the treatment
of white school children in Pasquo-
tank Camden and Currituck Conn-
ties, will open on Tuesday, May 2,
according to information' received
ThnraHav hv Pnnntv 5..nnrinto,.,imt
M. P. Jennings, of Pasquotank. A
nominal fee covering the actual ex-
pense of the operations, and hospital ,
care overnight, will be charged for
children whose parents are able to
yiry. Xo charge will be made for
other children.
"At least 550 school children in
Pnsnnotank Conntv." savs Sunerin.
'lafinntunu riiinrv " unva simprin.
tendent Jennings, "will receive the
tonsil-adenold treatment, and pro-
bably a corresponding number from
Camden and Currituck. The ong-
inal arrangement of the State Board
of Health was to allow two weeks
r.ir the work In this county, but
later it was decided to hold the clinic
here for the other two counties as
were lor ine ouit-i iwu cumiues oa
well, and it is probable that the
work will continue over a longer
period." .
Dr. J. M. Boyette, dentist employ-
ed by the State Board of Health to
treat the teeth of Pasquotank Conn-
ty whjte school children, expects to
finish his work here sometime early
next week. He has done dental
ork free of charge for about 400
cnnoren, many of whom otherwise
could not have had the treatment,
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Approximately 160 children In the
rural schools have had work done,
ana in every school except one Dr
Boyette says that he has had excel
lent co-operation from teachers,
pupils, and parents.
ACTO 1,1 XE TO NORFOLK
Are you expecting company? If
so, Inform them of Edgar's Auto
Line leaving" Norfolk 4 o'clock, ar- Lisbon, April 6 (By The Assorl
rlvlng here 7 o'clock. Isn't that ated Press) Eighty syndicalists
better?. went on a hunger strike against Im-
ltpd EDGAR WILLIAMS, jprlsonment here today.
STRIKE LEADERS
DISCUSS PLANS
Will Likely Send More
Union Organizers In
to Coal Fields At An
Early Date
Indianapolis. April 6 (By The As-
by both parties in an
endeavor to
i settle the ha-rd coal strike.
Teacher FxAm Joined in the tribute in memory of.
cic"Cr ... i Rear Admiral Robert E. Peary to-;
Here Next Week day at the memorial unveiling at his
" I grave in Arlington. j
State examinations for teachers1 i
will .be held at the office of County; m I
Superintendent Jennings in the'Cjnrne flf StfUfTPlB
taken strictly according to the pub-j
ilished schedule, which may be ob-1
Public Instruction, at Raleigh.
Grammar grade, primary and high
school principals' certificates can no
longer be obtained solely on the
basis of examinations, and, accord-
,0 tne rulwi' no PaPprs will be
accepted which contain simple gram-
niatlcal errors, or are written in poor
English. Only academic credits are
issue(1 011 tlie basis of examination,
T1,e professional credits now re-
auired of teachers applying for ele-
mentary certificates can oe oDtainea
'by three five-hour courses at an ap-
proved summer school, or by four
courses at a county summer school.
The academic credits required for
the elementary certificate, and which
may be obtained by examination
must include grammar anu composi-
Lion. rjiiKiisn and a lean iiicici-
tion, English and American litera
ture, arithmetic, geography, Ameri-
can history, North Carolina history,
an(1 civics. Two subjects must also
be selected from the following three
groups, and each subject must be
chosen from a separate group. The
first group takes In English history,
general history and European hls-
tory. The second Is made up of
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Latin. French and German. The '
third comprises chemistry and gen-
eral science, physics and biology.
The group plan of examinations
has been abandoned. Applicants
"lusl Ilow f"'"8 " u,e P,ulre.
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period, and a grade of less than 70
on anv "Jecl means i"ure on mej
entire examination For further In-,
formation, prospective iri-.mi .or(
examination are advised to get in
i..m-ii with Snner ntendent Jennings
touch with Superintendent Jennings
at thl8 cl,v
Jl'RY TAKES MI RDKR CASE
New York, April 6 (By The Asso
ciated Press) The case of Olivia
Stone, charged with the murder of
Ellis D. Klnkead, of Cincinnati, went
to the Jury before noon today.
EIGHTY OX HI XGER STRIKE
4 s; ,
This is a model of a statue proposed to mark the spot oft the Irish
Coast where the Lusitanla was torpedoed. It Is by Georges DuBois,
noted French sculptor. Frenchmen who propose the monumenfvould
have it set on a floating raft representing wreckage and anchored at the
scene of the disaster. Cables to shore would permit Its illumination at
"ifiht.
Jailbird Flirts
Though Censored
Wilmington, Del., April 6
(By The Associated Press)
Flirtations 'between men and
women prisoners at the New
castle County workhouse have
reached such proportions that
Warden Plummer has estab
lished a Jail postofflce and a
board of censorship to pass
upon all love letters.
Honor Memory Gf
A A m I.n1 ),.
xVtlllllrtll A Ctiry
Washington, April 6 (By The As-
sociated Pressi President and Mrs.
Harding, members of the cabinet, During the morning, the party vis-' pounds; lour, tnree pounds; one, An analysis of the situation re
high officials and Arctic explorers Ited the First and Citizens National onp all(1 a halt pounds; five, one vals the fat that counties In which
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Where Officer Shot
Oklahoma City, April 6 (By The .
Associated Press) Various phases
of the slaying of Lieutenant Colonel
Paul Ward Beck at the home of
Jean P. Day developed today, county
officials declaring that they were in-
vestigating possible hidden angles of
the tragedy. X-ray photographs set-
tied the question of whether Beck
was shot, as fragments of a bullet
were disclosed In the head.
Coroner McWilliams announced
that bottles and sliced oranges were
scattered about In the room where
Beck and Mrs. Day struggled Day
saia naming stronger man non-aico
holic apricot cordial was served at
the party. ,
McADAMS MEETING IS TO
CONTIM'E ANOTHEIt WEEK
The McAdams nartv has been in-
7!1Kpth ruv un.
other week and the majority of the
pastors will co-operate in the last '
services. The McAdams party ),
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re" ,w"(l"u" m ",r
ami its momhpra iwiuro thm thpv or.
pect to do their best work during '
these last days. Prayer meetings l"lar" ' ' 's'ano. ir-
will be held all over town. On Fri- Killla; as c'oilst c,,',nl (,ltain at Vlr
day morning at ten o'clock the Klnia I,pacl; Superintendent of
., 10,,tin 11 lm lielil ( Inn.
tro
KING OF SEItltIA ILL
Belgrade, April 6 (By The Assocl
ated Press) King Alexander
of
Serbia is confined to his bed bv an
fhn nHt nt whlrh , ,
'
lxmiTFll K(m ,i,(;.AMY
- Anon,
"'v prpg,j0pnh Donald Graf -
clalea ress) josepn uonain urai-
ton, son of a
manufacturer,
Wealthy furniture
whereabouts
un-;
known, was today
charge of bigamy.
indicted on a
ARIU'i KLE DEFENSE RESTS
San Franc'sco, April 6 (By The As
sociated Press) The defense In tbe
Fatty Arbtickle manslaughter trial I
rested Its cshp tndiiv. The last wit-'
ness was Arbuckle himself.
Miss Lillian Gregory of Norfolk Is
visiting Mrs. Jack Newbold on North
Martin street.
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Shiloh High School
Studies Plants Here
Students Visited City Wednesday To
1 Observe Practical Business
' And Industrial .Methods
Thirty-five students of Shiloh High
School, accompanied by N. E. Ores- School Show Conclusive llcnclli are really more fortunately situated
'ham, principal, and Rev. Joel S. From Adoption of J'jHn in the matter of accumulated wealth.
Brown, assistant principal, spent , North Carolina as a whole, accord
Wednesday in Elizabeth City in an! An average gain of ten per cent In ing to the last figures published by
inspection of practical business and ''iBht is shown in the twenty-eight the Federal Census Bureau, ranked
industrial methods, as practiced retarded children for wl i the 4 7th a mong t he 48 states in the mat
here. The high school classes rep- mi,k distribution plan was speclli- ter of per capita wealth, being saved
resented have been giving consider- ('a"v undertaken in January at the from bottom position by the state or
able textbook study this school term 'primary schools for white children Mississippi this, in spite of the tre
to industrial education, and the trip at ,,liH fil'- The report for the meudous wealth which we produce
to this city was arranged by Prof. ; month of March, which has Just been
Gresham in order Hiat they might i '"ade public, aud which gives the
co-ordinate the theories studied with!we,Knl8 recorded, shows that two
the practical application of the prin-i lllIils gained five pounds; two, four
clples involved.
Hank, where all were shown the
many vaults and the extensive hook-
keeping department. The retail
business of the Quinn Furniture
Company was next visited, and after-
wards the students went to the Wine -
kream plant to observe the manu-
f'Hctnrln nrncpsspd iixert in mubinw
ice cream.
The shop of The Advance next
came In for Inspection, and the boys,146-40 was collected from pupils
graph, and the large newspaper
press, all of which were in operation.
After lunch, the party was planning
to visit various Elizabeth City mills,
wholesale houses, and retail estah-
lishnients.
The study of business and industry'
has now become a recognized phase
of the teaching of community civics
in progressive high schools in all
parts of the country; and by ohser-
vation of local enterprises, Prof.
Gresham, of Shiloh High School,
hopes to impress more strongly upon
his pupils the practical application of
the theories they have been taught,
Supt. Chadwick Dead
Supt. F)dgar Chadwick died Wed
nesday night at the Marine Hospital
In Buffalo, New York.
He had been 111 for only a week or
tp nays. nesuies lit;; wi.iow, lie
leaves five children, the eldest 17
years of age and the youngest two
'ears- Their names are Mary, John,
Margaret. Elizabeth and Kuth.
Sunt. Chadwick was horn at Man-
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teo. He entered the - Coast uuard
service and served as keeper of Coast
the Coast Guard District of Elizabeth
Itieioasi
City, and
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was at the time of his death
Superintendent of the Coast Guard
District at Buffalo, New York. ;
It was In 1915 that Supt. Chad-
,ck can,ft to El'bcth C ity and in
October, 1920, be was
t T 't n f Prrpfl fn
Buffalo.
Relatlves and friends here think
that his body-will 'be taken to vir-1
glnia Beach for burial, but when this
paper went to press no definite nn-
ouncement of the time and place for
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IRISH SITUATION
GROWS DANGEROUS
London. Anrll 6 ( Bv The Assoc!-1
ated Press) Indications that the
situation In Ireland Is becoming dan-;
eerous In consequence of a growing :
antagonism of the Republicans to-:
ward the supporters of the Free State
are given In dispatches to newspapers!
here.
MINE MULES MOW
ENJOY DAYLIGHT
Wilkes-ltane, Pa., April 6
(By The Associated Press)
Once taken into the deep re
cesses of the mines where cars
cannot penetrate, ni ne mules
are never removed except in
case they are stricken, their
average life underground being
lifteen years. These humble
beasts of burden are not wor
rying over the length of the
coal strike. Brought up thru
the shafts, they are seeing day
light for the first time In years,
romping about kicking and bit
ing each other go)d-naturedly.
MILK-FED CHILDREN
GAIN TEN PER CENT
WoijjhhiKs For March At Prinuiry
one-nair pounds; two, four
P'Junrt ; two, one-half pound. One
showed no gain, one lost, a pound by
, reason of illness, and two were not
j recorded, being absent when the
weighing was done.
1 Altogether, the sum of $231.43
was lent for milk for distribution
among approximately 175 Drimarv
school children during January,
i February and March. Of this total,
tritmted by the City Council, the
oi,y School Trustees, and the County
School Board. Then
band from the above
There is now on
sources a bal-
'"',,, f $61.97 over the total ex-
pended.
To indicate how the work of milk
distribution lias grown, it is inter-
esting to note that, whereas only
$39.20 was spent during January,
the February expenditure Jumped to
S.S.3(t, and Tor March the total
reached $103.93. And, too, from
the January total must be deducted
$11.40 which was invested In a
table, drinking glasses, dish pans,
and other essential equipment for
the work. Since January, the only mulation if they will evpn now adopt
money paid out other than for milk tbe common sense plan of raising
and crackers has been $1.80 for ad- their living at home as the first con
ditional glasses. siderallon of their farming practice.
The school authorities express 1" (,ver county and on every In
much gratitude to tbe Parent-Teach- dividual farm it Is not income that
ers Association for the loyal assls- counts, not gross Income.
tance of t,IB la,lipa in ", (lail' ,,iH-
iriMiiuon or me miiK. i neir worn
has helped to eliminate all confusion
and has altogether kept out any
additional expense that might nee
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cessarily have been incurred In this
phase of the Job, had no assistance
been rendered.
.Superintendent. Sheep, Miss Sallie
"eanley, supervisor of tbe Primary
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are enthusiastic over the results of
two and a half months of milk dis-
trilmtion. The children themselves
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-'inn uiiv- huiiit-u iu line iii 1 1 r win
never drank it before, and It Is be-
"v,' Umt th "KKregate benefit.
w "M,K"1 " i"u" wl" J,,,,uly
a'"'lal outlay many times over.
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French Delegation
To Go Uninstructed
mltted by the rules to speak what
Paris, April 6 (By The Associated was In Uieir minds every member ex
prPS8) The French delegation will cept one in the House would say
go to the Genoa conference without
full powers, according to Premier
I'olncare's final Instructions. This
decision U being much discussed in
political circles .where it Is looked
i upon as likely to develop complica-
tions In view of the powers to nego -
t late given to the Busslnn delegates.
I!) John I'niil l.iiciiN
Raleigh. April ti. What county
I in North Carolina lias the greatest
per capita wealth?
One would most naturally assume
that Mecklenburg, Guilford, Johns
ton, Forsyth, Sampson. Wake, Cum
berland, Edgecombe, Wayne, Kobe
son, or some of the other counties In
the State whose crop values each
year are high in comparison with
those in other counties would claim
the distinction. Such is not the
case, however. These counties pro
vince the greatest wealth, but their
purchases of food and feed stuffs
from other sections have always
taken the largest part of what they
have produced each year.
As a matter of fact, the counties
whose per capita wealth ranks high
est are not in the cotton or tobacco
belts at all. The, mountain county
of Alleghany has the post of honor,
and next In order are Clay, Tyrrell,
; Camden, Graham and Orange. Most
of the mountain counties and a few
In other sections which have often
been viewed with some degree of con
; doscension by the counties which
lVe considered themselves wealthier
. each year and which places us fourth
.among the agricultural states in the
Union and well on toward the head
of the list among the Industrial
states.
the production of food and feed crops
has been neglected and practically
all acreage and energy devoted to the
production of money crops are poorer
than the counties which ;by nature
are less fortunately situated and In
which the people, perforce, or from
choice, have ra ed their llvlne at
home.
' This situation Is an indictment
of the ordinary arm practice in the
tions. If the wealth which has been
produced In Johnston, Wayne, Robe-
son. Sampson, Halifax, Wilson and
some other counties which are so co-
piously hlest with soil resources had
been kept at home during these past
years through the simp!" expedient
of producing at home the food and
feed stuffs for which this wealth has
been squandered they would be rich
beyond their wildest dreams of 1919.
Land In those counties would be sell
ing at from $200 to $500 per acre.
ineir soli resources are ho great,
that, even at ordinary prices, they
will be able to make tremendous
strides In the matter of wealth accu-
MILLION JOBLESS
IN ENGLAND SOON
London, April fi (By The Associ
ated Press) Over a million persons
will he without jobs unless a settle
ment is speedily reached In the en-
gineering and shinbuildine Industries.
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of (,"'merce summary of business
, cn,Hlitl"ns 1,1 Kn(?lancl. Lancaster
cotton man u fact liters have served
notice of a 75 per cent reduction in
"'r standard price lists.
Garner Says Dlanton
Should De Kicked Out
Washington, April 6 (By The As
sociated Press) Representative
Garner, Democrat, of Texas, declar
ed In the House today that If per-
Representative Blanton of Texas was
a disgrace to the House ana ougni
to be kicked out. The statement
coming after Blanton had finished
; defending himself agalnBt a news-
, paper article, threw the body In an
! uproar, and the speaker's order pre-
vented a personal clash.