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VOL. XII. FINAL EDITION
ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA, TUESDAY EVENING, APRIL 11, 1922
FOUR PACES
NO. 86
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a-raivior
ja Superior Court Jury here last No-j
;vember found him guilty of carnal
When French And Bel-Knowledge of a girl over 12 and un-i
f a i der 14 years of age. will be heard
PianS UPPOSe AamiS-ibefore the supreme Court of North
sion Of Russians And!Carolina at Ralelgh We(lnsilay-
I In accordance with the usual cus-,
(jrermanS Un LOITHtom of the State Supreme Court in
mittee At Genoa
Genoa, April 11 (Hy The Associ-
, . ., ,i,inot until a later Wednesday. Should
and German representatives on the . .
, . ... , . ..'Winder be successful in his appeal.
ji llini'ai iuiii ill nice ui itic ci-u"iii
conference was today strongly op
posed by the French and Belgians.
Pki.iii!(ii I ldvt P.flirfffl with Ppp-
. " . ""er viini top
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sc nanzer, 01 uaiy, nue. veueu, .
. .1 !!.., I School, Miss Francis Dowe teacher,
smoothing over the differences.!
which resulted in the admittance 0fjre')0tr's honr r 11 ,f"r the.p .
. , j r month; Margaret Meekins, Arvin
both Russians and Germans. - u.tr i n i o .
Basnight, Howard Twine, Brenton
Dempsey Sails For Europe
New York, April 11 (By The As-'.pupils,
.sociated Press) Jack Dempsey sail-j Several Improvements have been
ed today for Europe, carrying aboard 'made around the school, and the in
a eheaf of pamphlets on how to pre-8i(le of tne building has 'been treated
vent seasickness. He said he wasjWlth two coats of white paint and
not averse to accepting a reasonable; the lower portion of the walls paint
offer for a 'bout during his three1 dark. The paint was bought with
months there. j money raised at a social given by
s i the teacher, and the painting was
Leinon AllXlliarV To done by the members of the Forty-
Observe Mother's Day ,
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Indianapolis, April 11 (By Thej
Associated Press) Endorsement ot
the observance of Mother's Day on
May 14 by the American- Legion
Auxiliary was given by President:
Harding today
In a letter to . Mrs. f
Lowell Hobart, national president.
Will Open White House
Grounds Easter Monday
Washington, April 11 (By The As
sociated Press) President and Mrs.
Harding have given their consent to
open the White House grounds on
Easter Monday for an egg rolling.
RAILWAY RETORTS DIVIDENDS j senate of lead and four pounds of : Demonstration Clubs spent a busy
Chicago, April 11 (By The Associ- lump lime per 50 gallons of water, afternoon Tuesday at the home of
aten i-ress ine unicago, kock
tslanH & Parffi. Rflllwav'a annual
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.t?u.t luua; oiil"wttu a uaiauv.c ui
come available for dividends
$5,780,259.
of'
BANK SAFE IS RIFLED
THREE MEN ARRESTED
Catania. Sicily, April 11 (By The
Associated Press) Bank robbers
rifled the safe of the local branch of
the Banco Di Sicilla, obtaining
$486,000 today. The door keener
and two watchmen were arrested.
FEDERAL COURT NOW
IS IN SESSION HERE
Federal Court convened here
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Tuesday morning with Judge H. G.
i.onnor pressing. Judge L.onnor
lives at Wilson, and is the father of
George Connor, a Judge of Superior
Court In North Carolina. Federal
Court this week will deal with the
usual assortment of liquor cases and;in the amount of $G.50 and was given1
other violations of the Federal laws.! two montlls on that charge. He
I plead guilty of the embezzlement of
WIFE MURDERER DIES 1$41 from the Hospital Association.
...,..,. 1 m 11 ,r.. t'i... a 'and of passing a worthless check in
ciated Press) Granville Bunch, wife!1!6 fmou.nt of ? on Norman E11lott'
murderer, was electrocuted In
state prison here today.
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GREEK BANK CLOSES
Washington, April 11 (By The As-
sociated Press) The closing of the j en to jail. night
Bourse and National Bank of Greece; Brought from Washington Monday Councllmen wmiams, Twiddy. An
was reported In cable dispatches to where while enroute to Raleigh, he-d stevens and Weatherly-flve
the Commerce Department here to-; was errested Sunday night upon war- . c niembprganrt
Williams was represented
Nude Body Of Vonan
Found In Tenement
New York, April 11 (By The As
sociated Prees) The Ripper murder
added to Its list of crimes today
when the nude body of Nellie Tracy,
forty, was found In a tenement house
on the East Side stabbed apparently
with a razor. pRrt of her clothing
lay near by.
AT THE TEXT
Mrs. McAdamg will preach tonight
on "Eore-Ordlnatlon and Pre-Destin-atlon."
On Wednesday morning at
ten o'clock prayer meeting will be
held at Mr. Corey's place of business
on Matthews street. The public is 1 Federal agents of Income tax returns ! this technicality might lie complied
invited. of Governor Len Small; Vernon Cur-j with.
-" tin. 'banker; Frerf Steeling, former f Apparently the Monday night de
Clyde Stevens returned Monday State Treasurer, who are facing trial clslon of the Council settles the case
from a three-day business trip toion charges of embezzlement of statejand gives Williams the right to op
Richmond, 'funds, was begun today. 'erate a Jitney business here.
WINDER CASE BEFORE
HIGH COURT WEDNESDAY
The appeal of L. L. Winder fori
commutation of the sentence of three
years at hard labor In State's prison j
Imposed by Judge J. L. Horton after.
rendering decisions, it is not e.x-j
pected that a verdict will be made
public in the Winder case before the
following Wednesday, and perhaps
there is still a charge of attempted
rape hanging over him.
NORTH KM) HONOR UOI.Ii
Manteo, April 7 North End
Twine. North End School has had
a very lively year and will close in
about three weeks. It has sixteen
IZl.
siderable help in the community dur-
l"S the winter and spring. j
"
p . nitiirnc OllAin
FARMERS SHOULD
CIPR A Y TRFFS NOW
lounty kciit runs Lives rorinuia
Ami Directions For Prevention
ur insect iiamaKe
livery iarmer in rasquoian
County should spray his fruit trees,
this week," says County Agent Falls, !
"to prevent the curculio from de-
stroying his peaches and the codling !
moth from destroying his apples. j
"The spray material should con-,
sist of two pounds of powdered ar-;
u b..uu.u ue lct,c,leu ...
"The above Solution Wil nrevent
lvnr M,h annie anH ni,,. from i
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being destroyed by the above insects
and therefore will increase your food
supply by increasing your production
of good fruit."
GIVEN TEN MONTHS
ON THREE CHARGES
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Ileaulac Placed In Jail With
Trouble, Hut Police Hiul Difficulty
In (Jolting Him Out
An aggregate sentence of
I months in jail, to be served upon the
i roads, was imposed upon O. A. Beau-
la(. formerly janitor of the Chamber
o commerce and collector for the
pa8quotank Hospital Association, at
a hearing in recorder's court here
Tuesday morning.
Reaulac was found guilty of beat-1
1 )ng a board Din at the Southern Hotel
,,Jof this city, and was sentenced to
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iour montns on eacn 01 tnese inoici
ments. He entered notice of appear.. . ,,.,. . ,n. ntv c.oun.
to the September term of Superior
Court and was placed under $500
bond In default of which he was tak-
, :Z . , .ry
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reason of the1
Jamming of the lock on his cell door, i
At one time it appeared that there;
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rants against Reaulac here were not
1 1 r.'OrU. I' m 11 w Vr iuvui vuui vo
through with him. Beaulac will
rled at Edenton on charges of pass-
ing worthless checks at that city, it!
' stated.
BEGIN TO INVESTIGATE
INCOME TAX RETURNS
Chlcaeo. Anrll 11 (By The Asso -
ciated Press) An investigation by
was 110 way n cuiaci 1.1111 except ny ,,, , ... ,, n-j 1 1 ; ... a
. .-i .u u t. jWeathery voted to permit Williams
sawing out several of the bare, but . ; , , , D , ,,.,!,, 1;
vi-ih-j n.hp. ,o, . to operate under his September 11-
Chicago "Ponzi
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v. A receiver (or Raymond J. Blj
choff, 25, has been appointed br
Judge Landts. The court declared!
that 5500 Investor In Blschoff en-j
terprises would receive ten cents on)
the dollar for their Investments,
which totalled more than J 8, 000,000.
EXPLAINS CHANGES
IN UUUK UF rKATtli
NW Vnrlr ,..,, ,MvThP As
sociated Press) Explaining the
! changes which the commission on
the revision of the Book of Prayer
will recommend to the general con-
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! women in nearly all respects are the
i"j0wn3 fipien(ii(1 and extensive repair
and marriage vows should be recip- tuilwavs w,
rocal.
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NKWHKlTN ClXll MKMItKllH
SPKM) IUHY AFTERNOON
Members of the Newbegun Home
"V
mg oi roils was ueiiionsiraieii, men
nrhiia lha la vnro rlainir tnmo ni
while the rolls were rising, tome of
the members cut out patterns for
making children's clothes, eome
made potato salad, while others
made salad dressing of the cooked
and uncooked kind.
The young girls made organdie,
taffeta and ribbon flowers for their
hats. Even the tiny tots were busy,
.ruse!6 big l5ackyard they
The home demonstration agent
waa present, directing the various
phases of the work. Everybody was
jso busy learning to do new and in
Iterestlng things that the hours flew,
ten nd soon it was time to go home.
Hut the delicious salad had to be
entpn first and there was much dis
cussion over the merits of the two
kinds of salad dressing. At the next
meeting every member will make an
organdie hat for summer wear.
EDGAR WILLIAMS GIVEN
RIGHT TO RUN JITNEYS
That Edgar Williams is free to
operate upon the license issued him
l:it Rontptu her. in suite nf the action
toward the annullment of it which
was taken last December by the spe
Mul Wnlfaro f'nmnilttep. was the fie-
cl, mem,,er8 prespnt at. a gpeclal
meeU e)(, a (he chamher of
., ory,o qoqo11i1v ,.nmilK M,inf,av
hy Attorney E. F. Aydlett, and
i brought numerous character
wit
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1 cense and Messrs. Williams
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perlor Court, and the case came up
at the last special term. It was
ruled out of court by Judge Bond on
the ground that Williams had not
been called before the Council to
show cause why his license should
not be revoked; and the hearing
1 Monday night was set by the Coun-
ell at Its last meeting in order that
Shippers Arc Urged
To Attend f.lecting
i
A movement of vital significance
to shippers and receivers of freight
in every part of North Carolina, ac
cording to Secretary Job of the
Chamber of Commerce here, is the
effort of the railroads and certain
shipping interests to have the Inter
state Commerce Commission author
ize increases in intra-Stale freight
rates on a scale of from 25 to 40 per
cent.
j. Every shipper in Elizabeth City
and the surrounding section, and
everyone interested in freight trans
portation costs, is urged to be prea-
ient at a meeting to be held Wednes
day afternoon at four o'clock at the
Chamber of Commerce quarters.
i Methods to fight the proposed in
creases will be discussed, and a dele
gation will be appointed to meet with
! the North Carolina Tradie Associa
tion at Raleigh on Thursday, April
20.
i With reference to the increases
for which the shipping interests are
working, M. It. Beaman, secretary
I of the North Carolina Traffic Associ
ation, says: "The agricultural, in
Jdustrial and commercial interests of
""in v iiiumia nave never 111 ineir
history faced so serious a matter. I f "
I the plans of the railroads, co-operat-j
ling with certain shipping interests in I
I the Southeast, are adopted, it means,
j bluntly speaking, that North Caro
lina shippers and receivers of freight
j must discontinue buying or selling in
; the territory west of 1'ittsburgh."
Germany Bids For
Business Of Austria
Vienna, April 11 (By The Associ
ated Press) Germany's bid for
business is illustrated by the fact
tnat the Alistrian railwav adminis
tratio announces it is sending loco-!
,m)tives and other rolline stock there i
. renalr
Although the state
t he work can be done cheaper in
Germany.
MILLIONS OF HERRING
AND MORE COMING'
Millions upon millions of herring,
the largest numbers in ten years or!
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IIltllK. Hit I t )
antl rlVeTS
of Northeastern North
Carolina this spring. In Newbegun
creek, eight miles below this city,
fishermen with boats and nets are
catching thousands eve'y day. Her
ring just out of the water can be
bought for a cent apiece at Weeks
ville now. The season Is not yet
more than half over.
The herring, of which there are
more than sixty different species
.1
known in various parts of the world,)
spends most of its life In salt water.)
At spawning time, however, the fiHh!
comes into fresh water to deposit its)
eggs in shallow water, preferably on
rough, gravelly ground. The her-1
ring grows very rapidly, ordinarily
: robing full maturity in four or five! neers today reported that the White
l. ,1... in, t .11
; nionths
HERTFORD BRIEFS
Hertford, April 8. Mrs. J. E. El-j
liott spent last Thursday in Norfolk;
shopping. I
Mrs. T. J. Wilcox of Norfolk Is vis-
iting her parents, Mr. and Mrs.- T.
K. Winslow on Market street. ; A civil ,erm )( guperor Court will
B. G. Koonce and family havej))fi nej,i at Currituck Court House
moved into the house on Market
street lormeriy occupied ny .Mrs. a.
A. Butler.
Miss Marie Westcott of Norfolk isi
visiting Mrs. W. E. Elliott.
Rev. R. H. Willis, presiding elder
for Elizabeth City District, will oc -
cupy the pulpit at the Methodist
church Sunday night.
Mrs. George Newby left last Tues -
day for New York City to accompany
Mrs. Clinton Toms to California,
where she will spend some time via-1
iting her son, G. B. Newby. j
News came here today of the death
n,nin ,.t m. t-..i vhit'
U-oter. Mrs. White was called to j
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count of her mother's Illness.
F. H. Hunter of the high school
facility accompanied the Hertford
high school 'baseball team to Eliza
beth City Friday afternoon.
Rev. and Mrs. J. R. Mldgett were
visitors in Hertford Frlduy.
rVrxonals
C. E. Pierce, of Greensboro, was In
the city on business Tuesday.
.1. P. Jessup, postmaster ut Hert
ford, spent Tuesday at this city.
W. G. Pool left Tuesday to attend
the State Republican convention at
Winston-Salem as a delegate from
Pasquotank County.
Wesley Sawyer and daughter Mlssj
Blanche Sawyer of Hertford are the j
guests of Miss Elizabeth Matthews j
of Mt. Hermon. I
Tight Jam
f 5 'jv (.:...; v - i - '' , 1
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St. James street, Montreal, la scj
narrow that fire trucks had to be'
run on the sidewalk to fight the fire
in the Standard Building. Loss
amounted to $1,000,000.
Tariff Bill Today
Presented Senate
Washington, April 11 (Hy The As
sociated Press) The administration ,
tariff bill as rewritten by the Senate
Finance Committee, Republicans, on
the basis of foreign valuation with
provisions for flexible rates and pro
claimed American valuation, as
President Harding recommended, was
J presented to the Senate today. It
Was announce(1 tnal il wiu ,,e takt'n
i up nprn iii. n .our urui . p.e-
dieted. Taken as a whole, experts
say, the bill averages slightly higher
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. man u.e ray iie-tt.uritii law
DAl'GHTEU NOTED FAMILY
DIES AT HKiH BRIDGE, . J.
New York, April 11 (By The As- '
sociated Press) Mra. Florence!
Marlon Howe Hall, eldest urviving
daughter of the late Samuel Grldley
Howe and Julia Ward Howe, died to
day at High Bridge, N. J.
LEVEE BREAKS AND
WATER COVERS FARM
Memphis, April 11 (By The Asso
oiated Press ) United States engl
iiiver levee, ioiiy nines rduiii 01
Helena, Arkansas, had broken and
that they feared the water would
cover approximately liny square'
lnlles 01 rarm
,
Civil Term Of Court
At Currituck In May
during the week beginning Monday,
jay si
;j0W9:
j O'Neal
The calendar Is as
fl-
Monday
vs. Banks.
Defendants
protests,
i Newbern Produce Co. vs. Gllden.
j Wood vs. Snowden.
Flora vs. Flora.
! Culpepper & Pappendick vs. J
Baxter (not to be called 1efore Tues-
, day. 1
Va. Carolina Chemical Co. vs.
C. Newbern.
Boyce vs. Baiim.
T. B. Austin vs. C. Barco.
Tuesdny
Thos. Jones vs. W. S. Newbern.
Perkins. Adtn'r. vs. Harrison,
oawyer Ac Turner vs. Hughes.
J. A. Case vs. Louis Sawyer.
VedneMliiy
Gallop vs. Milling Co. (first case
this day after the conclusion of any
pending case.)
Grandy vs. Grandy.
Powers vs. Jones.
O'Neal vs. Lee,
Grant Baxter vs. E. H. Banks.
Thursday
C. D. Newbern vs. H. D. Newbern.
M. C. S!mons vs. McHarney.
N. C. Newbern vs. J. M. Newbern
et als.
Friday
In Re Will of Wilklns.
J. C. Gallop vs. D. W. Llndsey.
Edmond Snowden vs. Express Co.
Sears vs. Barnard.
Brlggs et als vs. Baxter.
ASKS EX-SERVICE
i MEN TO GO HOME
McNider Tells Jobless
Veterans To Stay
Away From The
Larger Cities
Indianapolis. April 11 (Hy The As
sociated Tress) Ex-service men are
asked to return to their home towns
to get Jobs in an appeal which Han
ford MacNider, national commander
of the American Legion, asked the
Associated 1'res.s to broadcast to
Jobless veterans who lie said are
congregating In the larger cities
where unemployment is becoming
worse.
WOODRUFF IS AFTER
ATTORNEY GENERAL
Washington, April 11 (By The As-
sociated Press) Representative
I Woodruff, Republican, Michigan, said
in the House today that if the At
! torney General did not look to the in
, terests of the Government in the
, pending claim suit against the Lin
coln Motor Company, he would con
sider him guilty of misfeasance and
move his impeachment.
Soviet Delegation
Issues Statement
I Genoa, April 11 (Hy The Associ
ated Pre.su) George Chitcherin,
head of the Russian Soviet delega
tion of the economic conference, Is
I mind a statement today declaring
j that it Is useless to discuss the re
construction of Europe without also
, discussing disarmament.
Radicalism Is On
Increase In Mexico
Emissaries From Many Countries,
IncliidiiiK .America, Are Active
There
Washington, April 11 (By The As-
sociated Pres) Ofllcial advices re-
ceiveu nere indicate revolutionary
and bandit activity In the states of
; Vera Cruz, Jalisco and Nayarit,
Mexico, has spread and radicalism
'continues unabated, according to re-
porta, with impetus being given the
', movement by emissaries from vari
;ous countries Including the United
States,
STRADIVARIUS
SELLS FOR $9,000
In 17:15 Violin's Maker lt It Go
For Small Sum Of HO
I'liincH "T
-i,
Paris, April 11 (Bv The Associ
ated Press) A Stradlvarius violin
(for which the maker, Antonius Stra
dlvarius, leceived SO francs when he
made it at Cremona In 1735, has just
.,,, sokl nere for 103.400 francs In-
.i:n i. . ,QV T),u
m emiiva-
,,llt at rurr,.nt rates of exchange to
il;)0lj $9,000.
The violin was for a long time the ,
I property of the late Charles La
nioureux, founder and conductor of
the famous Lamoureux orchestra.
The recent tests which seemed to
establish that modern-made violin!-
cann"t be distinguished from ancient
0,los ''-v their tone do not seem to .
I llavp affected the price of ancient In
siruments, 11 tins sale can he taken
; as a criterion.
Navy Department
Develops New Device
Washington, April 11 (By The As
sociated Press I A new device just
developed by the Navy Department
1 and which makes possible the accu
N. rate measurement of any depth of the
ocean, possibly will result, hydro
'grapliers said today, In the charter
ing of spots In the sea which have
! never been measured because their
'depth was too great for the old
: methods of sea sounding work.
The new device was said to em
ploy sound apparatus similar to that
used during the war for detection of
j gbmarlnes. The principles of It
use Is that of creating a sound on the
sh'ip and listening for the echo of th I
sound from the bottom of the ocean,
measuring the time between the cre
ation of the sound and the return of
the echo.
;Ford Builds Tractor
! Factory In Ireland
' Cork, Ireland. April 11 (By The
! Associated Press) The city corpor
ation today granted Henry Ford a
I site for a tractor factory here In tee
I simple.