North Carolina Newspapers

WEATHER Fair tonight. Tues- day cloudy. Moderate west and southwest CIRCULATION 1,551 Copies Saturday win ds. VOL. XII. FINAL EDITION ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA, MONDAY EVENING, APRIL 10, 1922 FOUR PAGES NO. 85 . . . c2 To Face Murder Charge If Wounded Negro Dies Party Of Five Men Headed By Officer Twiddy Who Are Alleged To Have Shot Negro In At tempt To Arrest Him Without Warrant Or Authority Will Be Prosecuted, Says County Prosecuting Attorney Murder will be the charge brought against Officer George Twiddy, of the city police force, Horatio Seymour, Pete Sawyer, Ralph Cuthrell and a fifth man whose name has not yet been disclosed, If David Overton, the young negro whom they are alleged to have shot Sunday morning a week ago, and who now lies In a critical condition at the Community Hospi tal, dies of his wounds. This was the statement made 'by r-osecutlng Attorney P. G. Sawyer to an dvance reporter Monday afternoon. "If Overton dos not die." Mr. Sawyer declared, "the five men will; face charges of felonious shooting, assault with a deadly weapon, and carrying concealed weapons. The whole affair is nothing more than an outrage. Twiddy had no authority tn rv after the man. In the first place. . . r, 1 He 'had no warrant ior uvenuu b , nH avon if ha hurt. theehootinK! 1 COl, HI1U " ' j wa entirely unjustified. As to who shot Overton, that makes o differ ence. They were acting in concert, and all are equally responsible." - The only statement of any member of the party that hag been ipublicly made was given out by Twiddy, and is a denial by the policeman that he personally shot the negro. No ac tion has yet been taken toward pro secuting the five members of the party, pending the outcome of Over ton's injuries. David Overton, who is declared to l)e 17 years old, and who lies In a serious condition at the Community Hospital, tells an Incoherent story of the affair. He says that on the Sun day morning in question, Just before day, he was Informed that a crowd was coming from Elizabeth City to 'Vftt" him.' He was staying in a house four miles from the city on Body road. He Jumped out of bed, and ran from the building Just a the crowd arrived. He says they be gan shooting at him, that bullets flew past him on all sides, and that presently cne struck him In the 'back. "It hurt mighty bad," the colored boy said, smiling grimly, "but I kept right on running. I didn't look back and don't know who shot me. I got away from them, and lay down In a ditch. After thev were gone, I was so weak I couldn't walk, and I stay-) ed in the woods three days, until I1 got better and was able to get to my father's home." ... n .1 I I J T .1 . .. snerin uea, interviews wuuuaj morning, declared that he had been lUUIUllg IUI JUUUg WVC11UII u year and a half, on a charge of steal ing a suit ,of clothes from another negro The boy, he said, kept out of sight until a short time ago. Re- pression is over and a gradual im cently, he declared, he has had com-, provement may be expected, declar plalnte from white people living In ed Dr. Hugh B. Baker, executive see the neighborhood of the elder David retary of the American Paper and Overton's home, alleging that the; puip Association today at the annual younger Overton, son of the former.! convention of paper manufacturers, had been guilty of some petty steal-! lng. The sheriff went to Overton's home a few days before the shooting, accompanied by Officer Twiddy, and made a fruitless search for the boy. Knowing nothing of the shooting, which had been kept secret all the week, he went out again Thursday, and told the father that he must turn his son over to him That night the elder Overton came to this city and working in the coal Industry in this informed Sheriff Reid that the boy state and tent colonies of strikers In was at his house, "shot all to pieces" Mingo County will not be maintained as he put it. The sheriff went to the after thirty days 1n compliance with home, arrested young Overton, who's temporary Injunction Issued today was plainly suffering from the by Judge McClintlc of the United wound in his back, brought him to States D!stritt Court, this city, and placed him In Jail. Tnv Early Friday morning Sheriff Reld BODY LIEUT. COL. BECK went to the Jail and found his pris oner evidently in a serious condition. He took Overton to Dr. Howard Combs's office, and an X-ray photo-' graph was made which showed that the bullet had lodged In a rib In the negro's chest. Overton was carried. volver or rifle, was extracted Gilbert Godfrey, a prominent white farmer who lives In the vlcln-l ;ty ot the house where the shooting occurred, declares that the party of five men who are alleged to have' shot the negro passed hte house early that Sunday morning going at least of foreign affairs In the Dail thirty miles an hour. He says that he heard fifteen or sixteen ehota fired a few minutes later. ! Sheriff Reld and Chief of Police and the general Impression was given Holmes poth declared positively that the whole affair was trivial in Monday morning that they had not nature. Not until the soriouness of ent Twiddy after the negro, and the negro's condition became gener tht thpy had not In sny way auth- Hy known was It possible to get . ' ' , t ' --vo. 24 ARE KILLED III EXPLOSION Berlin, April 10 (By The Associated Press) Twenty three French soldiers and one German foreman were killed and ten were injured In an ex plosion at the Huetten Smelt ing Works in Upper Silesia to day. FUNERAL O. K. LANK The funeral of 0. E. Lane was conducted at the home at Tyner at ; .7 . V 7 V ut i remained faithful for the rest of his J. F. Midgett, pastor of Center Hill!.,. MnlhnHlst hiirh auulstori lV mem , ( bera of the Quaker church. Large i crowds attended the funeral from the .... I . community and from a distance. The body was brought to Elizabeth City and Interment was made in Holly wood Cemetery at three o'clock Sun day afternoon. It was while driving a tractor over a bridge Friday afternoon that Mr. Lane was killed. The front wheels broke the bridge In, while the plow In the rear caught fast hold, and Mr. Lane turned on more gas, the trac tor turned, over backwards, Mr. Lane's neck was broken and his skull fractured. He was Instantly killed. RESOLUTION AUTHORIZES WORK AT MUSCLE SHOALS Washington, April 10 (By The As sociated Press) A resolution cre ating a Government owned corpora tion and authorizing the Secretary of war, pending its organization, to begin construction of Dam Three and to complete Dam Two at Muscle Shoals was Introduced in the Senate today. Venizelos Says Reports Ridiculous Washington, April 10 (By The As sociated Press) Reports that he had been asked to return to Greece to resume the Premiership were pro nounced ridiculous by former Pre mier Venizelos today. DECLARES BUSINESS DEPRESSION IS OVER New York, April 10 (By The As- sociated Press) The business de- Savs Union Must Not , , nflinptltlfln IIIIIUVI viiij.v.... - Charleston, W. Va., April 10 The Associated Press) The miners union was forbidden to interfere with free competition among men TAKEN TO ARLINGTON Oklahoma City. April 10 (By The Associated Press) The body oi Lieutenant Colonel Paul Ward Beck slain April fourth by Jean P. Day, a wealthy oil man and lawyer, ts en tery. An Advance reporter heard lat week that a negro, charged with petty larceny, was In the city Jail, suffering from a bullet wound. Re ports were contradictory, police of fleers Interviewed on the subject had little to say other than that the matter would be given an airing In police court hearlnr In a few days, J. H. Morrisette Dead J. II. Morrisette lled Monday morning at 2:10 at his home on Burgess street. He was 75 years old! U ,J 1 ,.! . l 1 for the last four weeks. I Two weeks ago his condition be Icame very critical, and for a time I the end was momentarily expected. : But he rallied ard up to Sunday night made such marked improvement that death seemed comparatively remote and there was even hope that he might get out again. SuncVy night, however, came another attack and It was the last. J. H. Morrisette wa3 born In Cam den County. He was a young man when in 1871 he embarked in the mercantile business at Shiloh on rather slender financial resources. For twenty-four years the business prospered, at the end of which time he was able to retire. He continued to live in Camden County until four teen years ago, when he moved his family to Elizabeth City and Invest ed his money in Elizabeth City real estate. Here he became a member of Blackwell Memorial Baptist church during the pastorate of Rev. I. N. Loftin and soon afterwards was elected a member of Its board of! i deacons, a stewardship to which he "J. H. Morrisette was a man of exemplary Christian character," said one this morning who had been the dead man's lifelong associate. "Un assuming and modest, but of unas sailable integrity, I regard him as one of the finest men I have ever known. His good name is a herit-1 a ere of which hk chiiHr hav right to be proud.' Mr. Morrisette married In 1881, and Is survived by his widow who, before her marriage was Miss Addle Virginia Wright. He is survived by five children, H. W. Morrisette, C. B MorrlBette, L. L. Morrisette, J. H.: Morrisette, Jr., and Miss Mae Morri sette. also by one sister, Miss Sophia Morrisette. The funeral will be conducted at Blackwell Memorial Baptist church at 3:30 Tuesday afternoon by Dr. James H. Thayer. Janitor Posed As Chcr.i:r Secretary And, Strangely, Beaulac Got Away With It At Edenton For A Week j O. C. Beaulac, formerly Janitor at i earlier in the season ibecause, for in j the Chamber of Commerce quarters I stance, when trying to set a net with i here, who disappeared a week ago ! the wind and tide working against after having given several checks al-leach other and both seems to be leged to be worthless, was arrested working against the man, the aver I Sunday night at Washington, N. C, age person is more than apt to say jand will be 'brought back to this city; things that would not become him, for trial. !in the presence of a preacher. Beaulac, it appears, made his way ! Anyway all seemed to enjoy the from this city to Edenton despite the vigilance of local police officers who. were on the lookout for him. There he represented himself to be F. A. Jones, secretary of the Elizabeth City Chamber of Commerce, with such succ. it Is declared, that he was able to cash about eighty dollars worth of checks. On Sunday night Beaulac left Edenton for Raleigh. One of his i. mnnMli l,o,,r,,o suspicious and had called a friend in T 1 V. 1 1 1 1 1 o , 111. u 1 1 " ii i iij , ii ti ii iii;v.v.i.ii this city by wire to learn who the I Chamber ot Commerce secretary here Is. The police immediately were no tified, and Beaulac was taken off the (y'liviin at Waahlnrinn Reports from Edenton indicate that any Elizabeth City Chamber of Commerce secretary who may go there at any early date will be re quired to produce complete and con vincing testimonials upon his ar rival. Beaulac, it is understood, spent a week at that city, and in view of the fact that numerous Eden ton citizens are acquainted with Sec retary Job, of the local Chamber of Commerce, it is considered remark able that the fake secretary was able to escape detection. Irish Captain Is Fatally Wounded l London. April 10 (By The Assocl - ated Press) The police barracks In the county of Clare, occupied by of - ficlal Irlsii Renublienn army units. were attacked this morning, accord- lng to Limerick advices. The cap - tain In charge of the barracks was fatally wounded. AT THE TKXT Mr.. McAdW .uhlec. tonight! will be "The Empty Mare." Splen did services were held on Sunday, Tuesday morning .t ten o'clock prayer meeting will -be held at R. Abbott. warehouse, at the end South Water street. The public InvlfH. MAKING SPEECH SEIZED BY MOB Member Dail Eireann Cabinet Dragged rrom rlatrorm By; Men And Women Tullahoe, Ireland, April 10 (By The Associated Press ) George Gav - an Duffy, minister of foreign affairs in the Dail Eireann cabinet, was seized by a crowd of young men and , women and dragged from the plat-! form where he was making an ad- dress at a pro-treaty meeting today. The disturbers shouted "Long live De Valera! Long live the republic of Ireland." ENJOY OUTING AT BIG FISHERY Professional Folk (iuesU Of Honor And Learn About Elher- men's Trials Wanchese, April 7. It has been; customary for several years for the women of this place, both old and ; young, some time auring me biihu fishing season after their husbands , or parents have gotten their nets all ' set and the weather has gotten warm, to get together and spend all day at the fishery So on Saturday, Anrii 1st with Rev. and Mrs. J. Bas- com Hurley as the Invited guests, Mrs. Mamie Cahoon, Mrs. Isabella Hooker, Misses Trade Cahoon and Elizabeth Hooker spent the day at the Cut-Through, one of the largest! fisheries near nere. Rev. and Mrs. Hurley had 'been Invited by Mrs. Cahoon to spend the week-end with her so that they could Join them In the day's outing at the fishery, and learn something about the pleasures and hardships also, that a real pound-net fisherman has to experience. The pastor and his wife were not the only persons of profession In the party for Leslie J. Brand-well, profes sor of the high school here, and Miss Daisy M. Garrison, a teacher of some of the smaller grades of the same school, were also present, but as they had been on several such trips during their stay here since last September, the pastor and wife had more real experience than the teachers. It can easily be said without any contradiction that, after the nets are set and the hard work all done, is really a much (better time for visi tors, especially preachers than trip and are anxious to take another of the same kind Manteo at Wednesday for the purpose of ob- unbroken front, and the situation in taining a doctor's certificate which non-union fields becoming more fav h.. hP necessary for the nast few:rable to the union's cause, accord- months for a person to have before they would be Justified In going too far with their arrangements for, getting married. Mr. Davis states that he was successful In obtaining ! t ip rfN HcatA flnfl me Weaa'.llKWlll , - - - j take place some time next week. Guy Tillett has been unable to be about his work, fishing, for the past week, suffering with fish the hand. He was to poison in; the doctor Wednesday night and had it lanced but as yet it Isn t any better. AMIKIDSEN STARTS ; ACROSS COIlTlilEIlT Central Park, N. Y., April 10 (By, The Associated . . Press) Captain I Ronald Amundsen. Arctic explorer, j hopped off in an all metal mono I plane today for Cleveland, on the first Slap of the transcontinental flight1 j which will eventually take him to j .:.. tic, . her j he leaves June 1st ' :mi a drifting voyage to tlie North Pclar regions. kiteiuor oi kt term i week beginning may t.v I In order to dispose of the civil teases that the recent overflowing 1 criminal docket of the March term !0f Superior Court crowded out, a special erm of Superior Court will j be held here for one week beginning Monday. May 15. Judge C. C. Lyon. ' of Ellzabethtown. will be the presld- ing officer. m ivTov U AMTH INVESTIGATION Washington. April 10 (By The A. Preag) Representative . . - sociated Blanton of Texas Introduced a reso . lutlon In the House today to Inves-, England in 1 '1. again " " " C.tigste all matters brought up by him ou.t f ,,11 .ei of: and other. In connection wrih establish a republic I UVcharg.s relating to purchase fromously discussed I . "J the rotiTPIdni stationery room. Prize Winners In Various Contests Dress Week dosed Saturday. And May Become Aniiuiil Event In Elizabeth City ! Mrs. F. J. Tlmberlake, who before . l . - 1 l.i .. ! T . . . . n t diok. of ,nis citv. was the winner of tne ten-dollar prize awarded Satur- 'day at three o'clock for the vehicle 'that had come the greatest distance to Elizabeth City's Dress Up Week j celebration. She came with her husband from Youngsville, a dis- tance of 184 miles. The prize of ten dollars for the most dilapidated vehicle was won by ! Robert L. Grlftln of this city, witn : his ancient Maxwell, model No. 2. P. A. Pritchard, of the Corinth sec I tion, won ten dollars for the vehicle portant and significant since the Ver bringing the largest crowd to the eailles peace conference. Delegates contest. Mr. Pritchard had ten j expect conclusions to lead to the eco persons, large and small, on his fivejn0nilc reconstruction of Europe and passenger Ford, and the car was so : the rehabilitation of Russia partlcu heaivlly loaded that the fenders j larly. The formal opening occurred scraped the wheels. O. Fl Gilbert was the successful icontestant for the $15 Superior ' I lock steering wheel, awarded by the Auto & Gas Engine Works of this city for the newest Ford bought of; the company. Mr. Gilbert purchas- ,ea nis rora, a seuan, ai nve minutes to three o'clock. The contest was held at the rear of the First & Citizens National Bank, and was put on by the Mer chants Association and the Chamber of Commerce. Following the de- clsion of the Judges, the winning cars paraded the streets of the city, .bearing banners proclaiming the prizes won. The winners In the fllnnguesslng . cuiupeuuuu ai nciis no jamo 1 Gaskins, the $15 wrist watch, Ralph) ; Pool, the $8 Eastman autographic j ! vest-pocket kodak, Mrs. Jessie Skin-! ,ner, the $2.50 kodak, and Miss Geneva Roane, the $2.50 fountain i pen. The correct number of films in the case on display there through the week was 356. Gaskins and Pool, with guesses of 357 and 355 respectively, were tied tor the first nrlze and the former won on lha draw by which the winner was de termined. Mrs. Skinner's guess was 358, and Miss Roane's was 359. Dress Up Week, the (biggest and most pretentious showing of spring merchandise ever attempted here, came to an official close Saturday night. A record breaking crowd was on hand Tuesday night for the opening, and many came on Satur day, the closing day. Numerous merchants have expressed themselves as highly pleased with the way the plan worked out, and there are in dications that Dress Up Week will be made an annual celebration here. Begin Second Week Of Big Coal Strike Indianapolis, April 10 (By The As- soiiated Press) The second week of the big coal strike got under way - with the union still presenting an t" 0 Le,w "' the. ""io"8 President who rMsheJ h, na; tiona headquarters here yesterday to direct the strike. APPIvr i-TJ-l. linn ' AT NEWPORT NEWS Vpwnnrt Nftws. Ai.rll 10 ( Bv The a..,,,,.,, PrpaThe eiant liner Ijev,atnlan arrved for reconditioning nere CHILDREN WANT HOMES The Children's Home Greensboro has notified Society at Mrs. Anni Lewis, Welfare Officer, that the fol- lowing children want li inu's 1 boy 3 months old. 1 boy 2 months old. 1 boy 1 month old. 1 boy 2 years old. , 1 boy fi years old. , 1 boy 7 years old. I 1 boy 14 years old. 2 g'l'H 8 years old. , 2 girls 12 years old Any one willing to give a home to : or .. or. of .the-e children should. notify Mrs. Lewis at the Elizabeth City Chamber of Commerce rooms, or Supt. John J. Thoenix, at the Chil dren Home Society, Greensboro, at once. i Celebrate : 1,Jr . . LaSter Uprising I Iondon. April 10 (By The Aso The question of elated Pres) - - i whether extremist Republicans of - . III I HUMB fV Ireland win ooerY ki uiiii"- - of the E.iKter week uprising agamm 1 circles of England and Ireland. ;GEioa'o Big boot Is 00 Representatives Of 33 Nations From Four Continents Have Al ready Arrived Genoa, April 10 (By The Associ ated Press) Representatives of thirty-three nations from four contl- nents In this ancient city today began efforts to restore to normal condi- tions at the great economic congress, generally regarded as the most Im- at three o'clock this afternoon In the historic palace St. George, built In the year 1260 I The conference was formally opened by Premier Facta of Italy, n-JjJ-U Tr0on Create Sensation Dublin, April 10 (By The Associ ated Press) The appearance of British armed troops on the streets of Dublin yesterday for the first time since the creation of the Irish truce caused a sensation. Three Victims And Father Are Buried Charlotte, N. C, April 10 (By The Associated Press) The three small children, Bronche, six; Aleeker. four; Hazellne, nine months, and John Helms, the father, who early yesterday killed them with an axe, later blowing his own head off with a shotgun, were iburied today. Helms supposed to have become tempor- amy UWIttllKWU. mi, iieniin auu two elder children. Ruby Lee, thir teen, and lima, eight, escaped. The tragedy occurred eleven miles from here at the farm house. DK11ATERM COME HOMK Misses Mattle Spence and Anna belle Abbott teturned home Sunday after visiting Mrs. A. G. Spence at Trinity College, following the debat ing contest at Chapel Hill. Mrs. C. W. Mellck and Miss Ellen Melick Btopped over in Washington on the way home. Prof. L. W. Jarman spent the week end with friends at Chapel Hill and returned Sunday. Larry Skinner, Jr., returned home Saturday. Misses Mellck and Abbott won out )n tne flrst preliminaries at Chapel um, jn the final contest the Aycock I Memorial cup went to Durham high school, and this being the second time that school had won the cup. they have the honor of keeping it. RIGHT WRIST BROKEN IN FALL NEAR MILL Thomas Norris, eleven years old. who lives on Fleetwood street, sus- tained a double fracture of the right wrist In a fall Sunday afternoon Sunday while he was playing with a number ' of companions near the plant of the Eastern Cotton Oil Company, at this city. The boy was taken to the Community Hospital, an X-ray pho tograph of his injuries was made. and the broken bones were set. He was reported to be getting along nicely Monday morning Mrs. M. G. Morrisette. of this city, was taken to the hospital Saturday. ' She underwent a successful opera I Hon, and is reported to be rapidly : Improving. I Ellas A. Albertson, for many years superintendent of the County Jail, land familiarly known here as 1 "Judge" Alberbson, was operated up ! on ut the hospital Sunday. He is declared to be getting better. An operation was performed upon David Overton, colored, pltal last Friday. at the hos- DAUGIIERTY 'AY drop cnr.r.GES Indianapolis, April 10 (By The Associated Press) Attor ney General Daugherty, who is here unannounced. Is declared authoritatively to be consider ing dismissal of the Indict ments pending in Federal Court which operators have declared msde Impossible a wage con ference to end the coal strike. P. a I n .-).