North Carolina Newspapers

: : u-4i I, WEATHER ProLably showers to- night and Saturday. Little change in temperature. Moderate shifting winds. CIRCULATION Thursday 1.G45 Copies t: (. r r VOL. XII. FINAL EDITION ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY EVENING, MAY 26, EIGHT PAGES NO. 125 ?'n 'ill . 1 i 1 t-. t i -V' "I - ' v. t r. C..VV.; n r.; r, a i in. ) Tells Of Progress In Southern States Secretary Treasurer Directs At tention To Remarkable De velopment Textile Industry Washington. May 26 (Ry The As sociated Press) Five hundred tex-! tile manufacturers are here today for the opening sessions of the American w C . ..A. A nnnni'ltlritl cotton .anuiaciurei uw i(1()cka on Wpst church street, Fri-1 James A. Emery, general counsel, afternoon at one O.t.lock at tUe of the National Association of Manu" ?3 aftpr an ()f facturers, in his address declared 1!urUll sprvi(,PS will lu! that the recent Supreme Court . Aecl- ron(lucted at ,,, mamlt'ord Ceme Mon holding unconstitutional t'loi(e Petersburg, Saturday after- child labor tax law made it Po9-;noon M!)le by use of the magic word tax , IIamptollij to break down the constitutional lim-1 n i8g3 . nations upon me ' " ". j" ! grer-s anu mas me urnm v::. t:; of th sovereignty of states. V H. Adams, secretary-treasurer said that the convention would serve ,n..t attention to the very re- markable development of the textilo industry in the South. Farm Loans Made Easier By Bank Just Organized Harry (J. Kramer, of this City, Is Eppes, of Richmond, Va. Director In Institution Organized j Mr. Shelton is survived by one At Raleigh Thursday j daughter, Mrs. F. G. Jacocks, of this city; by two sons, C. C. and A. W. Loans for farmers, strictly at six Shelton, both of Norfolk; by one sls per cent interest, with the Red Tape ter, Mrs. Drury A. Hinton, of Fhila of the Federal Farm Loan Bank i defphla; ud by several grandchil- practically eliminated, are promised , hy the Atlantic Joint Stock Land IJank. which was organized at Ral-J eigh by a group of North and South I iliuiliia uauncia inuiouaj. nnj G. Kramer of this city was elected a director in the hank's temporary organization, and the business of the institution in this section will be con ducted through the Savings Hank & Trust Company. The Atlantic Joint Stock Land Bank is chartered with a capital of half a million dollars. Loans will be made on approved farm property, to be repaid on the amortization plan 0f in installments over a period five to thirty-three years. Contrary, 1811 akki, uu.. V.UB.. to the practice of the Federal Farment throuh wIthout any, speaker Loan Bank, the borrowing farmer is,""" t0 be PPted or for a mo not required to live upon the property ent ,osin the thread ' decla; which he puts up as security for a mation a matter commented on most loan. The new bank will operate favorably by the several white people throughout North and South Carolina wh attended the exercises four of and is closely affiliated with the First !w hom acted a These were Carolinas Joint Stock Land Bank, of Mrs- J- G, Fearing. Mrs. Larr, Ennis Columbia, South Carolina, which has! Sklnner' Mlss Catherine Albertson followed the same plan with great and Editor Herbert Peele of The success, it Is declared. In both States, j Daily Advance. . The capital of the new bank has! Tne Judges awarded prizes as fol already ben subscr'bed in full, andiloWB: , ., money for loans will be ovoliohiu within 60 or 90 days. Bankers of Charlotte, Asheville, Pinehurst, Wil mington, Raleigh, Goldsboro, Smith field and Elizabeth City are the sub scribers. PAR FOR LIBKRTIKS The announcement of the First & Citizens National Bank offering tO 1 accept Liberty Bonds of all issues at par for deposit in the savings depart ment appears on page four of this issue. Instead of having to remain on deposit for a period of six months, as indicated yesterday, the bank's formal announcement makes tho Ho. posit period three months, thus add- in? tn Hip attractiveness of tha nrn. position. Fought Over Game of Checkers David Green, cojored, was fined $10.00 and coBts In recorder's court here Friday morning for an assault upon Wiley Rlddick, also colored. The altercation grew out of a dispute over a game of checkers, in the course of which Riddick slapped Green, and Green struck Ridlck over the head with a bottle, Inflicting a painful wound. KIWAXIS CLUB MEETS The Elizabeth City Kiwanis Club meets tonight in the rooms of the Merchants Association in the Hinton Building. Blair-DoverControversy Before President Again Washington, May 26 (By The As sociated Press) The Blalr-Dover controversy in the treasury, describ ed yesterday as closed by Secreta -y Mellon, was again laid before he President with the presentation of a petition signed by the members of the Ohio delegation to Congress asking for the reinstutemeht of r r r-hiu. of Ohio, former supervisor of collec tions of the Internal Revenue Bureau. Dr. J. H. Thayer has returned from the Sauthern Baptist Conven tion at Jacksonville, bringing with him Mrs. Thayer and James H. Thayer Jr., who have been visiting relatives In Louisville. Spanish-American And i World Wars Featured Richmond, May 26 (Hy The Asso ciated Press) Scenes from the1 Span.sh-Americau and World Wars featured the parade ut the opening: of today's program of the Virginia: historical pageant. CHARLES II. HHKLTON 1KA1 Charles II.. Shelton died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. F. G. Ja- the age of fourteen years, he entered the Civil Engineering Division of the 'Confederate Army, and served jintil the close of the war. He was a mem ber of the A. P. Hill Camp, United Confederate Veterans, Petersburg, until his death. Mr. Shelton spent practically his entire life in the steamboat business, being for many years the agent of the Clyde Line, at Petersburg. Afterward he moved to Norfolk, and for the last fifteen years he has made his home here. In 1877 he married Miss Elizabeth dren. IntCrCStinfif UOIltCSt At State Normal A most interesting recitation and declamation contest was staged Thursday night at the State Normal School auditorium. With nine speakers, the declaim ed essaying such difficult numbers as, VBen Hur's Chariot Race." President Wilson's Armistice Day speech before Congress, and Webster against Brit- Jjeciamaiion ; rni, nuonn Shields; second, John Doles; third, Nicholas Meeklns. The decision was announced as unanimous but John Doles, Nicholas Meeklns, Joseph Rob 'inson and John Spencer were very close contenders, and if the Judges ad announced their decision with out consultation Joseph Robinson "uulu 1'iuuauijf iia,c iiau l u with Meeklns ror second or tnirn place. Recitation: First. Ruth Hudgins; second. Elvora Council; third, Ruth Branch. It was the opinion of the judges that two other deelaimers, John Sl,pncer and char,es Fayton, deserv I eu nunoiauie meiuioii Eleven Miners Dead Birmingham, Ala., May 26 (By The Associated Press) Eleven miners, five of them white, were killed In an explosion at the Alabama Fuel & Iron Company mine today. HARDING EDITOR AGAIN 7 Washington, May 26 (By The As sociated Press.) Warren G. Harding took his old title "Editor of the Marion Star" today to tee off with three score newspapermen in the first annual tournament of the Washington Newspaper Golf Club. BISHOP KILGO BETTER ; Memphis, May 26 (By The Asso ciated Press) Bishop John C. Kilgo 'of the Methodist Episcopal church, who has been 111 here, Is reported I better today. Explosion Kills Eight Emporium, Pa., May 26 (By The Associated Press) Elfht were killed and two seriously Injured when three packing houses at the plant of the Prlncella Powder Company at Slnna- mahonlng blew up today. Rev. Josiah Elliott of Hertford has returned home after a visit to Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Ward on North Road street. . , Proving Kipling f X -v.' I . . I" i ('' - ? 1 V "'-yXf.'' ' 7 S' 7 : if1' East is eaet and west is west . . i Rftn Francisco Chtaei merchant, and Miss Lerue Webster, onrt, S?hSm Tthey arewiU Captain McGrath .who married them on hi. ship SSsS thV KSuTe iS a .Ut. law prohibiting their marriage In California, Seniors To Present A Bright Comedy Tonight rroeeods Will He I'sert To Help ! Defray Excuses of $1,300 Hitch School Annual, "The Spotlight" Tonight at eight o'clock, the cur-! tain in front of the Hlsh School I stage will' rise upon the opening act of the breeziest, snappiest three-act J comedy that has perhaps ever beeni presented to the Elizabeth City pub-j lie. It is the Senior play, entitled j "Men, Maids and Matchmakers," and it carries a lr ugh in practically every line. An evening of real merriment is promised to all who attend. The: admission is 20 and 35 cents. The characters with one exception are high School Seniors. Those in the cast are Mlsse's Annabelle Abbott, Mattle Spence, Leona Lewis, Augusta Sample and Messrs. Clyde Gregson, Leslie Sherlock, JoySykes and Larry Skinner. The exception is Sammie, la large cat, around whom much of the evening's fun Is centered, j The proceeds of the play will be jused to help defray the expenses of (the High School Annual, the 1922 "Spotlight," an attractive volume, bound in black leather, that cost the Seniors Just about thirteen hundred dollars to publish. ! A note of sadness is introduced in a page at the front of the volume, stating that It is dedicated to Wil liam R. Pritchard, deceased, bearing his photograph and the legend, "To our fellow student, whose untimely death robbed the future of a prospec tive genius; whose smile never failed to lighten olr burden, and whose memory we will always hold sacred, we lovingly dedicate this volume of The Spotlight'." Otherwise, "The Spotlight" is bright and whimsically humorous throughout. The por traits of members of the Senior Class are exceptionally well executed and ' displayed ; and the general get up of the volume is unusually good, i Cartoons by Wilborne Harrell and G. P. Hall, in a wide variety of orig inal designs, add much to the attrac tiveness of this year's "Spotlight." Everything eonsidered, the Annual Is without doubt the best ever gotten out by a local High School class. New Plan Develop Muscle Shoals How Washington, May 26 (By The As- Isociatfd Press) A comprehensive j Plan for the development of Muscle jsnoais may ne repor.eu m v s, , by the House Military Committee I next week, it was announced on good authority today. ! 28 DEATHS IN BELFAST 1 ! Belfast, May 26 (Ry The Associ ated Press) Twenty-eight deaths have occurred in disorders since Sat urday. Trenches have been dug east or neirast and the inhabitants are fearing an attack. During sniping at East End four were arrested. Num erous houses were searched for ammunition. mer American minister lo China, by Mrs. Sam Hastings of Norfolk, who 'the French military court In Damas has been visiting her parents, Mr. and ens for Inciting riot, It was stated to Mrs. William Silverthorn, returned day. Trouble In Syria was provoked home Friday. She was accompanied by Injudicious talk by Crane, offl by Miss Maud Whlfhurst. who will clals said, but they had no informa be her guest for several days. Ulon of any condemnation. Was Wrog and the twain ave met in Gin Sing. .-a vrtaa Trni Webster, t "nd. Uuaio Headdress AXter wearing the radio-receiving et all day the modern woman feels 1U ' at eaae without It at night Hence the radio headdress of pewla 1 th newest atyle elty.. Five Seamen Injured Aboard Submarine H-3 Los Angeles, May 26 (By The As sociated Press) Five seamen were njurwi ... an e.p.oHiun uiuay auoaru II 1 ! IT It L II. . me Buuuiar.iie 11-.5 wnne on pairoi dntv off Correnado Island. fnrtv miles from San Diego. Talks Optimism To g The Geonna Bankers Atlanta. May 26 (By The Associ ated Press) An optimistic view of business conditions throughout the country was expressed In the ad- 'dress of Eugene Meyer, Jr., manag- ing director of the War Finance Cor poration, before the Georgia Bank ers Association today. What Will Mathilde Do? i I til ' f& r - .;: v -I H i i t interested In it because directly bene- livestock which all railroads In the Chicago, May 26 (By The Associ-', n,p'1 b-v tnp construction of the road. Southeast proposed to put Into effect ated Press) Speculation over the j A reporter of The Advance spent June 1 and which the Commission result of the seventeen-year-old Ma- several hours Friday morning ques- said would Involve substantial In thilde McCormiek's engagement to , "fning citizens of Elizabeth City and , creases. An investigation is to bo Max Oser, Swiss riding master, was 'Pasquotank County as to their opln- conducted before September 29, when renewed today following the an - pointment of her father, Harold F. McCormlck, head of the International Harvester Comnanv. n her enarrfi.m Th 0 ..,,.. .,.. . u.,thoP . I McCormlck made the move to pro - vide an eagy way 0U ()f thp PllKage. ment or to ha((tpn the marriaf,e . Minister To China Did Talk Too Much Say French Officials, But Deny Report He Was Convicted For It In Court Paris, May 26 (Hy The Associated rress) The French foreign office has no knowledge of the reported conviction of Charles It. Crane, for 1 1 le incjif&atiGi flues1 Pioai! Mm Talk On Streets Indicates Possible Injunction Against Mt. Hermon Road Project Rotary And Kiwanis Clubs Expected To Take Stand On Matter Friday N'ght Merchants, farmers, manu facturers, business men, law yers, doctors, business and pro fessional men jrenerally and ; others representing practically! every walk in life in this city.-' 'and County, are expressing in dignation over the action taken ,by four members of the Pas- (juotank Highway Commission in authorizing the immediate paving of the Mt. Hermon road, accord with the best Interests of the The wrath of the public is di- r""ly' say,s ?e8He J- f10"'?'.! 1 i Weeksville, who Is a member of the rected unmistakably at Com-Commission, "for a section of the missioner J. W. Foreman, be- County, practically cut off from the- cause Of his activity in pushing ilTSt i""taln seasons by nearly Im J ' " passable roads, will be linked up through a project in which he wfth thp county and State hardsur- lis avowedly a directlv intpr- iested party. "Are our Highway Commissioners elected to serve their own personal interests, or those of the people at large?" one highly Indignant tax payer queried Friday morning. "It is an outrage, and a slap in the face of the public!" another vehemently declared. "It is the most bald-faced maneuver that has been pulled off here In many years," was the opin ion of a third, a man who stands high in local business circles. There was strong talk on the streets here Friday , of bringing in junction proceedings restraining the Pasquotank Highway Commission from building the Mt. Hermon road. Should such proceedings he brought, J. W. Foreman, O. L. Itundy, A. E. Jones and J. J. Morris, holding as they do the reins of power on the Commission through the circum- stance tnat tneir votes constitute a majority, might give bond, and go ahead with the construction of the road; but in the opinion of one In fluential business man here, they would find it difficult, and likely Im- : 1. 1 . , , l, Biauu on me mi. itermon niarnway ; protect Dy tne notary and Klwanlg r'l.tl.Q kn(k m.1,11. 1 .1..1.J "'i" "i wmh;ii ivue scneuuieu 10 meet h riday nignt. In view of the PBBiu,e, lo llnu a uonun.g company c,ty he arKuegi ..w1, not 8Ua,ly that would become surety for them, have nluch difflculty Kettlng to the in view of the determined opposition 'd atreetgi but wnat about the of Chairman A. B. Houtz, F. F. Co.fellow who gtI1, five or gx mlleg noon and O. F. Gilbert, the other from a paved road that wlll glve members of the Commission, to th8;h,m a cnanfe to gPt t0 town? , be. road project under fire. 'eve that ag far ag ,g reagonably The people of the city Friday were I p08slb)ei we ghould put every regl. looking forward to the taking of adent 0f the County within two and fact that prominent members of both,,, tne clty wants roa(!s ()f thig klnd clubs expressed unqualified dlssatis- 1 au,u" i"""n l;,K,, y tfour recalcitrant Commissioners, the . f..n!..n .IU il. .1 1.. ... opinion generally expressed was to the effppf thnl hoth i,ri ,. I,, 1 1,.,, ,, j .... ....Ill .UhBll,,ttU1fllO woi,,d iine "p squarely with the min. ority, opposing the immediate con struction of the road. Public sentiment here, as express ed on the streets Friday, Is not against the ultimate paving of the Mt. Hermon road, when highway projects benefiting more Pasquotank taxpeyers have been taken care of; but general resentment' is expressed over the fact that the project was lit- jerally forced through by J. W. Fore- soclated Press) The Interstate Com j man and O. L. Bundy, Commission- nierce Commission today suspended ers who have reason to be specially the new freight rate schedules on !,on of tne action taken at Thursday mornings meeting of the . High way Commission. He was not able to find a single one who endorsed It. There Is talk of calling out a mass 1 m'ting of the people of both the city and County early next week for a discussion of the matter, and In or-j der to get an adequately representa tive expression from the taxpayers as to their attitude toward it. KLE(TEI) IMIKNIDKVT OF KEMIXGTON TYPKWKITKIt CO. New York, May 26 (Ity The Asso ciated ' Press) The directors of the Remington Typewriter Company to day elected B. L. Wlnohell, presl- j dpijt. Dr. John Bell has returned" from Whltakers where he attended the funeral of his father, H. T. Hell. Vote for George J. Spence for Trial Justice. He will appreciate your support and vote. adv mm n n ra a HigL Tafien Commissioner Morris Stftes Views On Roads . .1. Morris, of Weeksville, Favors raving HighwayN Thai Will Reach Outlying Seel ions "The action of the Highway Com. mission Thursday morning Jn au thorizing the early construction of th! Mt. Hermon road is entirely in faced highway systems In this highway systems In this sec tion." "Then, too," Mr. Morris con tinues, "the four-mile paved road from Black Head Sign Post to Bundy's Corner will connect directly with the new dirt road constructed liv the PiiMnnntank Hiehwav Commis- 8f()n nn(, the perqulmnnB county Board of Commissioners, of which Pasquotank's part is already com pleted, and Perquimans's is nearly so. This road taps the prosperous Bel vldere section and, when the Black Head Sign Post road Is completed, will tend to bring the people of that section to Elizabeth City to trade. . "At present, the Perquimans au thorities are planning a new road from the vicinity of Belvidere up to the Gates County line. This should bring still another important com munity into closer touch with Eliza beth City, for the benefit of all con- cerne(j Mr. Morris is strongly of the opin ion that is is more Important to pave outlying roads than to build short lengths of hardsurfaced high way out from Elizabeth City. "A man living a mile or two from the ThpI1i aml not untll then 8hould we consj,ier ljuilding short paved roads building short paved a mile or so out from the city limits. in order to foster suburban develop- ment, let the city build them. Per- .,mlitv. t hp,,VH ,,,at thn hPl,wv money we have In hand should be spent on roads reaching sections not now closely contiguous to roads upon which hardsurfacing has been done or is authorized." Commission Suspends flew Live Stock Rates Washington, May 26 ( Hy The As- tho rates will he allowed unless fur- . ther orders are Issued. 1 i Babe Kutn Threw Dirt And Is Declared Ineligible Chlcago, May 26 (Hy The Associ ated Press) Ban Johnson, president of the American League, declared to day that Babe Ruth Is Ineligible to play until complete Investigation Is made of his actions in throwing dirt In the eyes of Umpire Hlldebrand in protest to his decision yesterday. Says Rate Cuts Not Affect Wage Decisions Chicago, May 26 (Ry The Associ ated PresR) Wage decisions of the United States' Railroad Labor Board affecting over 400,000 men, In the shop crafts and maintenance of way departments will be made independ ently of the rate cuts by the Inter state Commerce Commission, accord ing to Ben W. Hooper, Board chairman.