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WEATHER Cloudy tonight and Sat- urday. Warmer. Mod- erate southeast and south winds. CIRCULATION Thursday .. n D f IT 1,591 Copies VOL. XII. FINAL EDITION ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY EVENING, APRIL 7, 11)22 EIGHT PAGES NO. 83 Sin Bio Air Uracil Paris To London Aerial Express Airships Col lide In Midair Near Thieulloy Paris, April 7 (By The As sociated Press) The Paris and London aerial express col lided in midair over the village Thieulloy, seventy miles from Paris, today and both planes crashed in flames. The pilot, mechanic and three passengers were in the French plane, but only the pilot was in the British plane. AH six were killed. Bestcity Bebaters Won In Preliminary Initial Victory Of Affirmative Team Gave Them Place In Second Contest Friday Elizabeth City's affirmative team in the Triangular Debates now In progress at Chapel Hill won out in the first preliminary contest, held Thursday, according to a telegram j received here Friday morning, and thereby become eligible to compete j in the second preliminary Friday, by which the be' affirmative and the , best negative teams were to be se- j lected. I The members of the affirmative team from this city are Misses Aana belle Abbott and Ellen Melick. They i debated against Pleasant Garden J High School, the winner of the cup; several years ago. This school usu- j ally places a strong team in the field and It is believed that the local de baters won against determined op position. Lloyd George Leaves For Genoa Conference London, April 7 (By The Associ ated Press) Lloyd George headed the party of twenty which left today for Genoa, the scene of the interna tional economic conference on Mon day. VEHICLE CONTEST PRIZES PLACED ON DISPLAY HERE Thirty dollars in new one-dollar bills, fresh from the mint, the $15 Superior lock steering wheel, the $10 automobile tire, the $5 spotlight and the $5 Klaxon horn, which will be the prizes awarded Saturday after noon at three o'clock in the vehicle and Ford contests to be held in con nection with the Dress Up Week celebration here, were placed on dis play in the show windows of the Apothecary Shop, on Main street, and are attracting much attention. The' money will be divided Into three prizes of ten dollars each, to be awarded respectively for the vehicle that brings the largest crowd to the city, the vehicle that comes the great est distance, and the vehicle that ar rives in the most dilapidated condi tion. The Ford prizes, awarded by the Auto & Gae Engine Works of this city, will be given for the new est Ford bought from the local com pany, the oldest Ford, and the Ford that conies the greatest distance. All entries in the two contests must be made between two and three o'clock Saturday afternoon at the ex hibit grounds back of the First & Citizens National Hank. The prize awards will be made at three o'clock. Outbreak Of Disease Cost Million Pounds London, April 7 (By The Associ ated Press) The total cost of the outbreak of foot and mouth disease In Great Britain, which began at the end of January Is about 1,000,000. Of this one-half will be paid from Imperial funds and the remainder from local taxation accounts. Coal Strike Hurting The Steel Industry Youngstown, Ohio, April 7 (By The Associated Pres) Further ef fect of the coal strike on the steel In dustry was felt here today when the Republic Iron & Steel Company can celled orders for resumption of work ln a Bessemer plant. Cattle Tick Ban Back Into Effect The cattle tick quarantine placed on Pasquotank County March 10 was revoked 'by the State Commissioner of Agricul ture effective Thursday, April 6, according to a letter received Friday morning at Chamber of Commerce headquarters here from William Moore, State Veterinarian, who offers assur ance that the State Department of Agriculture and co-operating agencies will put forth every effort to quickly and com pletely eradicate the cattle fever tick from Pasquotank County. The lifting of the quarantine means that no more cattle can be shipped into the County from tick-infested ter ritory. Raleighites Are Using More Milk Intensive Publicity Campaign He Milts In Greatly Increased De mand At Dairies And Fountains Raleigh, April 8. So effective was the recent milk campaign con - Hnpfort In th fitv nf Ualeieh that laleigh tnat me lmpunauuii ui a amount of milk from points in Vir- ginia was necessary for a few days the importation of a considerable j- i .!, ,i.,l ...Ml'tvhnAl hnnrH nrp nnpaltnna prnprtprt ... mut. w ; UC...-..U u arrangements couiu oe n.aue iui ee- curing an Increased supply from far- mers of Wake County. The retail business of the Pine State Creamery jumped irom ap-, jana. ivannas, .u.a. proximately 200 to 400 gallons a day. against his jurisdiction in an action One cafeteria has been using almost brought on behalf of Alice Hansen Ave times as much milk ince the; and Maude Buchanan. Vinland high campaign as It used before. Every ;school pupils against the board. soda fountain In the city taa noted, Alice and Maude are 15 years old a marked increase in the sale of milk and both are farmers' daughters. drinks and ice cream. Results of the campaign in Ra- leigh compare favorably with the results of the campaign at Wineton- Salem several months ago when the three lncnee neiow me Knees, neciu demand for whole milk was increas-, ed that the skirts of Alice and Maude ed 40 to 50 per cent. In other cities did not meet specifications, and ex- similar results have been noted. The dairy home economics and health experts who have put on these campaigns in cooperation with the ; civic 'Doaies ana .oca. ho rit wh eh have had them, have ' brought home to the people the value j ana u. iuii solutely essential part of the diet of ; every child and every adult Dr W. S. Rankin, secretary of he State Board of Health, has declared em- phatically that it is lnpoHlble to Krow a physically perfect man or. grow jMijron.au, i , woman without milk. It Is nothing else than a crime, 1n his opinion, to attempt to raise children without Supporters of the school board said their minimum of a quart of milk a the board was right, that three day. It is a crime not only against Inches below the knees was a liberal the child himself or herself, but allowance for skirts. Others, par agalnst future generations. ticularly friends of the girls' moth- The experience of those who have worked in the milk campaigns con- ducted in the State recently tend to costumes in question at home, knew fanner, whose five sons were hacked today that a surprise would be co.st of setting up a distillery. The bear out Dr. Rankin's apparently more about what was right and mod- Wln an ax Tuesday, was found dead 'sprung tonight at the inquest Into moonshiner must have barrels boil radical statement. It is said that an est for girls to wear than any three today at the home of a neighbor, j the death of Mrs. Ruth Mercerjers, fermenters, and other equipment expert finds no trouble in a school men in the county, school board di- where he had been staying since the 'whose body was found on the ocean if he is to do 'business on an exten room in picking out those children rectors or not. crime. ; beach last Sunday morning. Kd- sive nrale, and all this costs money, who drink milk and those who 1o Judge Means was made the recip- x0 trarP of poison was found. Ex- ward F. Mercer, husband, and Frank It Is probably the case In many more not. They can even, with some er- ient of much unasked advice and perts had put him through a grilling McKntee will be the chief witnesses, instances than most people realize rors, tell from the grades made by commendation, from hundreds of rr0Ss examination in connection with Detectives said they had new evi- that moneyed interests are backing the individuals which of them drink milk. States. Nutrition experts the country over Serious minded women wrote to are coming more and more to the him gravely, pointing out the merits unanimous conclusion that the cow of short skirts from a sanitary stand is not only the foster mother of hu- point. manity, but that it has played a part Others feared the drcadence of na- in the develonment of civilization tional morals, and still others were second to no other animal. Girl Kills Father St. Louis, April 7 (By The Asso ciated Press) Miss Maud A. Ritchie, aged 18, today shot her father, whom she asserted was abusing her mother. Helpful And Nnjoynble Department Meeting Tonight A helpful and enjoyable meeting has been planned for the Adult and' Young People's Departments of Iilackwell Memorial Sunday school to be held In the annex Friday night at 7:30. Members of these classes and all officers of the Sunday school are very cordially invited. "The Needs of the Department" will be the subject, with speakers from each de partment, and with a round table discussion. There will also be mu sic, and the program will be followed by a friendly hour and refreshments. Stock Market Prices Continue Upward Trend New York. April 7 (By The Asso ciated Press) There was no let up to the broad dealings of the preced- Ing seselos of the week at the ac-1 tlve opening of today's stock market and the trend of prices again was upward. WATKINS' PLEA President Mine Work- ers Speaks Against Separate Wage Con tracts In New York New York, April 7 (Py The Asso ciated Press) President Lewis of the United Mine Workers, speaking hpfnrp thp Central Trades and Labor) Council today answered the rlea of""ars wi e awar(lp1 to 1 " T. H. Watkins, a bituminous oper- j l,w,"'r "f tlle vellide that C011U"S ,1,e fator, for negotiation of separate ; l"" A'Mmra to enter the contest, iwane contracts by districts, by say - ing "It is no far cry from separate agreements to the feudal system of individual contracts between oper - ator and worker. Organized labor then would become helpless." DO SHORT SKIRTS DISTURB PEACE? Supreme Court Of Kansas Will Pas I'pon Proper Length Of School (jirls' Dresses ; Lawrence, Kan.. April 7 (By Hie Associaiea rressj now snort a Associated Press) now snort a girl's skirt must be to be a disturber (,,... . --v '" of echolastlc peace, and when, if ever, it becomes the concern of a I::..;: V; "7 iu uc mm mc u.v of Kansas, following the recent ac - ( tion of District Judge Hugh Means 1 in sustaining a demurrer of the Vin- court action was orougut i.y j. r.. Hansen, father of Alice, when the Vinland school board, after adopting a rule requiring pupils to wear skirts pelled them until such time as their skirts would be lowered, On application of Mr. Hansen, Judge Means Issued temporary or -' " Z Dermit the glrla to return to their studies. They did so, without res- - -- - length. Then the schoo board filed . demurrer to Judge Means Juris- diction which the judge upheld and Hansen s Utorney announced an aP - , peal to the Supreme Court. The act on of the school board stirred up a hornets' nest in the usu- ally placid community of Vinland. ers, said they believed Mrs. Hansen, and Mrs. Buchanan, who made the ' persons in all parts of the United concerned over the peril to national liberties if school boards were to be permitted to determine styles. The most voluble adherents of short skirts among Judge Means', correspondents were women. One woman said that morals and, skirt lengths had no connection, that! it was all a question of the purpose and Intent with which clothes were ; worn. Another declared skirts any- where between the knees and the shoe tops were entirely proper. - - 11 j l f.1211 UHuCr AHS! Was Conspirator , t, , Los Angeles. April 7 (IW The As- sociated Press) Herbert S. Ilockin. under arrest charged with h.vlng tried to influence veniremen in thelNorfolk on business Wednesday. second trial of Arthur C. Huron fori Mrs. J. E. Lane of Nixonton was In the murder of J. Helton Kennedy, wan Raid bv rrwirt attache toil a V to be one of twenty-e'gbt men convicted at Indianapolis oeveral years ago of conspiracy to ship explosives. KIJZAHKTII (1TY MS LINK Seating arrangements as to the ladles was first with me In placing j order for this type of bus. You wlll ' notice It meets every requirement, lt-pd EDGAR WILLIAMS. SATURDAY FEATURES OF DRESS UP WEEK Entertaing Vehicle and Auto mobile Competitions And Contest at Selig's One of the most entertaining fea tures of Dress I'p Week, now in full swing in this city, will be the con tests to be held Saturday afternoon at the rear of the First & Citizens National Hank. Casli prizes of ten ;1"1 - '-, - ... : crowi1 to ,lu nt-v' an(1 tlie one tl,at , replies the exhibition ground in the, 1 ml dilapidated condition. j ru'u '""'Y put on by the Auto & Gas Engine I "l,IKS 1,1 uus l:u- n l i-'" l iock steering wueci win ok nnaiunu OCK Steering Wlieci Will OR awarueu: the nosessor of the newest Ford ! u purciiuseu irum me vumiaujf neir, a. 10 automobile tire to the owner or u,n,.iv frlher reductions in men's the oldest Ford, and a $5 spotlight or((.ultHi offerlll)? vulue8 a8 nlB UB 30 horn, at the option of the winner, f()r $J2 )g Ihvitlng the attention of for the Ford that comes the greatest i lhe la(,.p8 ,oday , some es,)edal disUnce TUeKe contPBtB will be held between two and three o'clock. The penny-guessing contest at the savings lianK & lrusi i.ompany was;. Mitchell's Inviting the "fel 8che(lulei t0 closP Friday afternoon nt thrpp o'clock and the name of the ; narenn .n .,, naaraa, . ,,P person who guessed nearest to me number of ppnnIps , the chewing Jar on dis.)lay (here wlll be an.: ...... no,,nce(1 ln tn,K newsl'al,er aionuay.. pne wnner will he awarded a of -5 ,n d prize The kodak film gues9ng contest flt Spjg.g win contjnue t0 4.30 o'clock Saturday afternoon. Every - 'b g e,Rmip t(, pnteri f()ur ; j7es wi ))e awarde(, for tnp 1)P8t timates of the nunvber of fllms ' ntalne(, Iu a glass case in this popular jewp,ry 8(ore Thp prlzps 1 arp. Klrs( a j15 wrjst watch; Be. fond an J8 Eastman vpst pocket fioda,. tnird an Eastman $2.50 nrownje Kodak; and fourth, a ladles' .50 fountain pen. Much credit is due the Merchants Association of this city for the ef fective and whole-hearted fashion in which Dress I'p Week was put on for the first time here. Credit Is due, too, to Secretary Job, of i : 8uggefit ed the Dress Up Week Idea, and was , . . . . . . . .. of material assistance In making it a success. Photographs of the win , gh windowg of . c Brlght taken Wed- ;torrapyner( and th8e three merchanU , bj attractively . j . , . . , . . mounted photos of their first honor di , j p y SUSPECTED MAN IS FOUND DEAD Concordia, Kan. Asoclated PrrMl- April 7 (By The H. Tremblay, the crime. Tobcfo Growvs Meet With Warehouse Men Raleigh, April 7 (By The Associ ated Press) Directors of the Vir- ginia-i. aronna nmacco urowers 10- operative Association and repreBen- tatlves nf the warehouse Interests of North Carolina conferred here today on proposals of the association to " or lease uie warenouse 01 me eastern section of North Carolina, The tobacco men say that If they are unable to secure sufficient ware- nouses uiey win erect meir uw.i. Personals Misses Matlie Spruce and Anna- belie Abbot, who left Wednesday ,0 H m win 'sV d W: k- nd 'I Hi I, wil spend the week enu ai "W ' and Mrs A G. Spence Harold Foreman, Frank Kramer and Noah Bnrfoot. Jr.. motored to the city shopping Wednesday. I vr f n;i,. Dr f tho In j trance 'department of the Carolina Banking & Trust Company, left Wednesday for a business trip of several weeks down the Sound. After an Illness which has confined h'm to the house for several days, T. T. Turner Is bark on the Job again at the store of T. T. Turner & Co. Miss Telia Harris, 301 Cedar utroet. was taken to the Community Hospital for treatment Thursday. Moonshining No Longer Lacks Danger Elements People Have Learned That Informers Are In Little Danger, Says Prohibition Officer Babb, And Are Making Capture Of Violators Easier Special Values For Bress Up Shoppers Many Elizabeth City stores are advertising special values for shop- ()n U)e ,.Lst day of 1)re8g Up Week In this Issue of The Advance. '! In a full page advertisement on j fl t, M , , h gn Com. ipany very attractively presents some . , l,'.,Ktnr nffprlnea nf snrinir b 1 lL ""L 1 ' iiirar, it-no a.... -.,.o. Mitchell's, which advertised yes- values in ladies ready-to-wear. This advertisement is on page seven. On i page three is another advertisement , , . . BI,r,"B '"e v;, , trpmpiv inw f , (.r .he hieh mices "nrpvailp(, ... hats for many Ulal ",lve 7"" " ' 'Seasons pJM McCabe & Grioe 8et forth the ad vantages of their suits for men in a verv attractive advertteement on page two. Pender's advertises the usual spe 1 rials , Natonal Ws(.un company ; J' ratio tontil (,em' " 3 ' c rorery has one day ' "e.;""',f'1 ZTmtow VT I on & Cy admtie l.oe. ?hp .J : l 3 DOUGIITOII HOLDS SEAT III HOUSE Washington, April 7 (Hy The As - sociated Press) The House elec- itnn. mmmittPP throw nut thp con - 'tM nf .Tamoa I Pamrvhfill. Renub- limn .rnlnR Tlpnr.pntat Ivp Doueh- ton. Democrat, in the FJghth North 1 Carolina District today, declaring j that the alleged violations do not , nonpar tn havp rh.nrM rpmiltft undl " I' " " vm.mm that the committee Is not Justified In declaring the seat vacant. Premise A Surprise At Inquest Tonight Into IMcctlvcs Hay Investigation Inl Death Of Mrs. Itutli Mercer Has Developed New Evidence Norfolk, April 7 (By The Associ - ated Press) Authorities announced (lence but declined to divulge It. May Place A Light On Miller's Point Congressman Wiml Writes Will Make KlTort Scenic Appropriation For Beacon In Pnsquotaiik ti,.,. i,n u-m inke an effort to so- c)re (ifi I)illwagp f an approprla- Hon to provide a beacon light at Miller's Point, on the Camden County side of Pasquotank River a f( w M()W U(iH clVi ls tllP stirance given by Congressman II. S. Ward in a letter to Secretary Job, of the local Chamber of Commerce, received Friday morning. FiHiiermen and others who run their vessels up 1-asqnotanK uver u fVnlT.. " The Z Zl j . thev ; w,( P0nl ,lghli ' " o t distance outside Elizabeth a short distance ouis.ue r' ' VMy arbor -d ay out -- Hy "' ; "t h river channel and. they say, the danger of grounding their ves - sels upon it, especially on dark 7llghls' ' Very great" n W;11 U AnnUnZIO Will j Represent Seamen I Genoa, April 7 (By The Associated Press) Gabriel D'Annunslo will , participate In the Genoa conference as reoresentatlve of Italy's seamen, Italian papers say. 1 Moonshiners, bootleggers, and tra ffickers of Illegal beverages In gen eral, as well as the law abiding ele ment of the population, will be inter ested in the following statement ; made Friday by T. C. Ilabb, Federal prohibition agent working In this territory, with reference to the cap ture of whiskey stills and their operators. "It is growing Increasingly easier," ',,,,,; ,,,,,,,, "to capture . those who operate stills. The rea- u,m tu Mi'it inimv miimlo urhn fnmier- ' wouldn't tell on a moonshiner for If . . . ., rpflllat have fear that he would retaliate, have learned that the danger of vengence practically doesn't exist because the moonshiner usually can't find out who Informed on him. "Prohibition officers take great care to keep secret the names of informants, who are never brought " eyd or otherwlse used in the prosecution of violators ' 1116 proniouion laws. mis is J necessarily the eaBe because the offl- cer8 e"BaJ the enforcement of thse laws must largely depend upon information furnished them by pri vate citizens. "Then, too, there Is another phase of the situation that is making the moonshiner's life a hard one. He has lost the sympathy of a large number of men who, In the early ;days of prohibition were indignant , at the legislation, and were at heart j opposed to Its enforcement. The average moonshiner has alienated I this attitude of sympathy to a large j degree by his readiness to make and I well any sort of a concoction at the biggest price he could get, and to 'anybody who would take it, even to ; Immature boys." I In answer to a question as to what , class of prohibition offenders are easiest to catch and convict. Officer ! alb unhesitatingly replied, The moonsui.ier, every u.nr The boot- legger seiaom Keeps ins wa.es ai .us , , . 1.1 U!.. home or place of bu-siness. When a "4"or customer comes in he goes out ets the desired quantity for him. Uoth the bootlegger and the customer are on the lookout for I the officers of the law, as well as for people who might inform on them, and they are able to take better pre cautions than the man who makes 'the stuff." I With reference to the financial end of the moonshine liquor business, j Officer Babb said, "The usual copper 1 distillery costs the purchaser one dollar per gallon capacity, ln other words a hundred gallon still repre sents an Investment of one hundred 1 dollars, generally spealng. mat, by the way, is but a small item of the man who makes whiskey in quan tity nowadays." Ofilcer Babb does not believe that the iiMionMi'iie liquor business will ever be entirely broken up, but he says that already the output is g-reatly reduced, through the activi ties of the prohibition agents, and through the gradually increasing public sentiiient agaiiiHt the busi- ness. Kvcnniaiiy, no nays me siuu will become so scarce that it will be- come a curiosity to most of those who are now aoie 10 secure irequeui supplies. IRISH SMASH LIQUOR CASKS Belfast, April 7 (By The Associ ated Press) A hundred members of .1... T..I..1. T)nn..l.ltnnn P.l..f flWIaii , ''- '" "'" " '7 f - no "at" DubT lu M - smashed casks containing hundreds of thousands of pounds ,'ortk i wkhke,, Dispatches say the liquor is believed to have been , , ...... nPifaut .hipped front Be.faa. CHANTiKS ON CHI RCII PACK j p,owerB for Ell8ter are featured In the advertisement of the Apothecary Shop on the Go-to-Church page this week; while the wamer .i....e.jr Company announces new arrivals In bonnets for ladies, mlsse and chil- dren. ll Cucumber And Btrawberries R. L. Garrett, grocer, corner Lo- cust ana cnerry sirem. . i.c cucumbers and strawberries. Phone 698. Adr-lt-np
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