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VOL. XII. FINAL EDITION
ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY EVENING, MAY 31, 1922
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Bootlegging No Longer
AT -C'i-ll T ,ithe North Pole" i9 the tltle of thei tat. May 31 (By The Aasoci-
J; rOIlL9, Die JDllSineSSisP,1Kht,' cantata' to be presented by'ated Press) Sir James Craig. Ulster
the seventh grades of the Grammar Premier, and the Marquis of Lon
' School at the High School auditorium i donderry, Ulster minister of educa-
Former Retailer of Moonshine Whiskey Gives
Views On the Subject,
. . . . . rr-i fy,
ne is Leaving ine uame up 10 me wmer
Fellow
"Yes, I quit selling liquor a month
ago because the business Isn't prof
itable any more. I made enough mon
ey in two years at It to buy a nice
little farm, and now I'm done. Next
year, I'm going out on my farm to
live, and I never expect to handle
another pint of the stuff."
The foregoing statement was made
by a man who says that he sees the
doom of the bootlegging business a ;
business, he declares, in which small
fortunes have been made here, while
bigger ones were accumulated In Nor-,
folk and other cities In all parts of
the United States.
"Why is the bootlegging business
no longer a lucrative one?" this boot
legger was asked. He answered
quickly, "Because there are too many
people now who make liquor in this
section and sell direct to the con-,
sumer. When a man can take his,
car, and go a mile or less from Ell-j
zabeth City, and there buy whiskey j
for $6 to $8 a gallon, he won't buy
the same grade of whiskey from usj
at $2 to $3 a pint or at Hie ratej
of $16 to $24 a gallon.
"In the early days of moonshine,
liquor making In this part of the!
country, the makers, as a rule, were!
afraid to deal directly with the pub-!
lie. They didn't know how effec-j
tively the law would be enforced, and
they were afraid that they'd be In-!
formed on and that the officers!
would get them. And, besides, they j
were making a handsome profit as!
it was. The stuff sold for $7.00 to j
$10 a quart retail, and the bootlegger j
was willing to pay half that much for j
it. The cost of making a gallon of j
corn whiskey is considerably under j
fifty cents, varying, of course, withj
the fluctuations in the price of corn
and sugar.
They couldn't kick on
that.
"Those were the days of real prof
it to the bootlegger. He controlled
tlio hiiainnoa lTnr mAFO than a vpflr
... ... . . .. .
he had easy sailing; but as the out-,
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put lncreaseu, me unco icii. i uc
bootlegger didn't realize what smooth
sailing he had. As a class, he be
came greedy. He tried to force the
"wniie 1
whiskey maker's price down
he held his own price to the buyer
as high as he possibly could.
"This drove the moonshiner to
approach the buying public direct
ly. By cutting under the bootlegger's
prices, he was able to make a bet
ter, profit for himself than he could
by wholesaling his output. He be-!
came less apprehensive of comlngiated Press) Winston Churchill, sec-
into uncomfortable contact with the retary of the colonies, asserted in the !
law; and now he has practically put ' House of Commons today that the;
the bootlegger out of business. AUBre' ment reached between political
the bootlegger's fault, of course
More Moonshiners Than Ever.
"I do not hesitate to Bay that to
day there are more makers of moon
shine corn liquor in these North
eastern North Carolina counties
than there ever have been before.
The leniency of the courts toward
convicted offenders is, of course
is
one reason; but the big reason
that the demand is Increasing all
the time. I believe that there are!
more people in Northeastern North ,
Carolina today who drink liquor
than . there ever have been before.'
From observation, I know that more
young boys drink whiskey Individ-
nti anA in nnintitio. r,r.
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than was the case twenty years ago. ;
when I grew up.
"As I said a while ago, there are:
more makers of liquor In this sec-'
tion than there used to be; but on
the other hand, the quality of the'
stuff they manufacture apparently j
grews worse instead of better from!
month to month. There's a reason:
for that, too. In the beginning, the
fellows who made the liquor were
Continued on Page 4
Euel Inn CIhhs Meets
The Enzellan
Class of Blackwell
Memorial Sunday school
was enter-
talned by Mrs. C. S. Swain and Mrs.
W. T. Harrison at the home of Mr
Swain on Greenleaf street Monday j
evening. A committee was appoint-
ed to purchase Bibles for use In the
class room and after other business
matters had been taken up, delicious
refreshments were served by the hos-!
tpHBa. Those present were: Mrs.
Lem Jackson. Mrs. C. E. Richardson,
Mrs. C. E. Ward, Mrs, A. B. Combs.
Mrs. W. M. Blount. Mrs. Brantley
McCoy, Mrs. L. B. Prltchard. Jtfrs. D,
C. Martin, Mrs. Robert Sawyer, Mrs.
Nell Lister. Mrs. Bertha Simpson,
Mrs. S. C. Newbold, teacher; Dr. and
Mrs. J. h. Thayer and James Henry
Thayer, Jr.
And Tells Reason Why
t T1 TL AlL
Gets 30 Days for
Contempt Of Court
Bob Elliott, Originally Fined A Dol
lar And Costs, Receives Jail Sen
tence Before Court Clones
;
"Everybody's guilty in this court," j
remarked Bob Elliott, young white,
man of this city, after he had been
fined a dollar and costs in recorder's
court here Wednesday morning on a
charge of riding a bicycle after!
nightfall without a light, as re
quired by a city ordinance.
"You can Just take thirty days in
Jail for that remark, for contempt
of court," Trial Justice S pence im
perturbably remarked, "He's in your
custody, Chief."
Elliott had previously admitted on
the witness stand that he had had a
drink of whiskey that morning,
which he said he had bought in Bal
timore in 1912. He showed great
astonishment when the
thirty-day I
sentence for contempt of court was federate veteran, died here today af
imposed upon him. 'ter a long illness.
Elliott was released from jail at i
5:30 o'clock. ; Alken- s- c- Mav 31 Bv Tne As"
George Gordon, charged with soclated Press) James C. Garvin,
speeding, was fined ten dollars andiknown as "Uncle Jimmie," an eccen
costg trie, Is dead. He left $40,000.
Lucian Morrisette, who had been j Wa8hinKton, May 31 (By The As-
Buinuiuueu 10 appeal on a inaige
operating his automobile without a
munier, uui wno lauea to snow up,
was placed under a bond of ten dol
lars for his appearance in Thursday
morning court.
Probable cause was found in the
case of John Henry Heckstall, ai
negro charged with housebreaking, j
and he was held over for Superior held up three men at Long Island
court under a bond of $300. Heck- City today and robbed them of
stall was accused of breaking into a $15,000 payroll belonging to cer
the home of. Lizzie Price, Green tain silk dealers.
'street, and stealing a second-hand
. . .
! graphophone, two records and a
, ,
clock
Charles Bailey and Henry Daniels,
colored boys, were found guilty of
cutting flowers in the Episcopal Cem
etery on Lawrence street ana were
fined five dollars and costs each. '
STRIKES DIRECTLY AT
ANGLO-IRISH TREATY
London, May 31 (By The Assocl-
tactions ot boutnern ireiana striKes
directly at the provisions of theweek you w;n receve thousands of
Anglo-Irish treaty. It seemed prob- vote8 le8s for your subscriptions than
able he said that the Irish people !yo(1 wlI1 this week It ls vitally ne
would not be able to give free ex- ,. that vou make a eood reiort
pression to their views as a conse
quence of the agreement.
Member English Oar
Executed For Murder
a.i
(By The Assoc!-1,
London, May 31
ated Press) Maior Herbert Rowse
Armstrong, leading Welsh solicitor,
Convicted of Doisoninr his wife was
.. ' .
" '
i.vvaj. Ilc was ine nisi
member ot the
English
Bar to be
' executed for
murder.
Favorable Report
On McCober Plan
Washington, May 31 (By The As
sociated Press) The bill commonly
known as the McCumber soldier
bonus plan was ordered favorably re-1
ported by the Senate Finance Com-jtion, for you can win. and will win,lMra jtettle Lamb, Helvldere 66,700
'mlttee today by a vote of nine to ! If you work. Without work, you 'Mrs. W. E. Bogue, Chapan
four. The effective date of the bill cannot win. , 0ie ftoute i 172.900
was changed, however, from next Oc-I
tober one to January one, 1923,
.after Senator Walsh, Democrat, of j week, there will come a big decrease,
'u.G.Di.hitiu.it li! tnM the mntnritvland if you have not worked this
that it would take fIx months to get! week, you will find yourself doing
the bonus machinery In operation. twice as much work to get the same
The Smoot plan providing for paid .number of votes as If you had
up life Insurance Instead of all other! worked only a little this week,
forms of compensation was defeated ! t'P to Saturday night at nine
today by a vote of elKht to five. o'clock, a club . of five yearly snb-
scrlptlons, or the equivalent, will
earn a bonus of 400,000 votes, In ad
WINS DERBY RACE idltlon to those regularly earned on
j subscriptions, as jhown by the vote
Epsom Downs, Eng.. May 31 (By!lle, Never nfter 'that time will
The Associated Press) Captain
Cutle won the Derby Race here to-'
day. Viscount Astor's Tamar was
second, and O. Walker's Cralgan-j
Rower, third. Thirty horstjs a.
GRAMMAR SCHOOL CANTATA
AT HIGH SCHOOL TONIGHT j
"Arctieanla. or Columbia's Tiin to!
tonight. Admission Is 20 and 35
cents. Choruses by the Nymphs of
Boreaiis, snownakea of Boreaiis
Train, Amazon Guards,
Maids from
.School, and Columbian Guards will
jadd measurably to the harmonious
j melodies '' the cantata. The ac
Icompanylng instrumental music will
ibe rendered by the High School Or
chestra and Miss Ethel Jones. A
treat is promised those who attend.
School and Columbian
L. C. WEST DEAD
After an illness of two weeks, L. C.
West died Wednesday morning at five
minutes to one o'clock at his home.
3 1 5 Parsonage street, v He was 73
years of age, and is survived by one
son, H. C. West, of Hertford; one
daughter, Mrs. T. E. Morgan, of this
city, and nine grandchildren,
The funeral will be lield at the
home Thursday afternoon at three
o'clock. Rev. H. K. Williams officiat
ing, and Interment will be made In
Hollywood.
LATE BULLETINS
Savannah, May 31 (By The Asso
ciated Press) L. Gourdin Young, a
native of South Carolina and a Con-
soclated Press) Chief Justice Tafti
, , ghort, f England to
leave shortly
study the Judicial system with a view
to determining Its characteristics for
the expeditious settlement of legal
trials and Issues.
New York, May 31 (By The Asso-
elated Press) Seven auto bandits
Few Subscriptions Will
Decide The Prize Winners
Diff erence Between Success and Failure Will Be
Represented By Difference Between Votes
Given Now And Those Given After Another
Decrease Takes Place
'
( Thig l8 tne time to plan upon win
ning thp For(1 8e,ian. Tomorrow o
next Ve(,k is not as good, For ntxt
this week. If you don't, someone
else will, and you will find yourself
down In the race. It is easy to keep
In the race, but once you get to the
bottom, It is good night.
You can't stand still and expect to
win. Others will replace you If you
are imable to secure votes. The
t do is to work, and work
, ... k . vnl. n PBRiv
fep .1 l!' v7J
inn i.ic .-..u. .... "-'.
.'"tneres nomine mat succeeds line
"thnrA'd nnth no that ai1POOria 1 1 U o
success" was never more true than!
it is in this race. If you will work
hard this week, and take a command
ing lead In the contest, you will find
it much easier to Recure subscrip
tions.
While your competitors are slow-
lng up, speed up yourself, and be in
front at the fln'sh. To say "Oh.
what's the use? I can't win," will
weaken you, and weaken the confi
dence of your friends. And what's
more
It Is certainly without founda-
This ls your last chance to get big
'votes for your subscriptions. Next,
subscriptions earn so many votes by
thousands and thousands, so do your
big work this week.
iHstrlct XiunlK-r One
.Miss Gladys Adams .' . . 28,400
TO LONDON TO CONFER
QN IRISH SITUATION
! tlon. are going to London tonight at
'the British government's Invitation
to confer regarding the Irish situa-
tlon.
Belfast, May 31 (By The Associ
ated Press) Tension along parts of
the Ulster Free State border still ran
high today, although little addi
tional lighting had been reported up
till noon. Each side was apparently
occupied with taking measures for
protection against possible attacks.
Asks Court Prevent
Mathilde's Marriage
Chicago, May 31 (By The Associ
ated Press) Mrs. Edith Rockefeller
McCormick will ask court action to
prevent the marriage of her daugh
ter. Mathllde, to Max O.ser, Swiss
horseman. No objection will be
made to the appointment of Harold
F. McCormick, her divorced husband,
as Mathilde's legal guardian.
INTRODUCES BILL TO
MEET NEW REGULATIONS
Washington, May 31 (By The As
sociated Press) A new bill for regu
lation of the future trading on grain
exchanges, designed to meet the re
cent decision of the Supreme Court
holding the present trading act in op
eration in part was Introduced in the
Senate by Senator Capper, Repub
lican, of Kansas, today.
RECEIVE HONOR CARDS
AND CERTIFICATES
On Thursday morning at the High
School the seventh grade will receive
their certificates and honor cards.
There will be an Interesting program
and the public is cordially invited.
On Thursday evening Dr. N. W.
Walker from Chapel Hill will deliver
the commencement address and the
High School Seniors will receive
their diplomas. It is hoped that the
auditorium will be tilled for this
event.
Miss Goldie Sanderlln ..... 38,800
Miss Estelle Silverthorne '. . 41,600
Miss Aurllla Strahl 179,450
Miss Edna. Sanders 180,200
Miss Pauline Skinner 179,600
Miss Anna H. Bobbin 71,200
Miss Sallle Bright 178,800
Mrs. Edwin Ferebee 169,600
Miss Mattie Spruill 172,800
Miss Dora Manchard 109,600
Miss Bessie Mae Twlford ..178,800
Mrs. C. H. Sanderlln 167.900
Mrs. Lloyd Brothers. R. 4 . . 59,400
District u in her Two
Mrs. Julian HUt.iJ, Weeks-
vllle, Route 1 112,600
M' C" StanU'y' R ' ' ' ' 18M"
Airs. L,ioya iiaisieaa, weens-
: ,,, . n . -
t vine 121.0UU
iMrs. Calvin Halstead, Weeks
ville 120,400
Miss M. 'Stetson, Collngton .. 1 10,950
Mrs. J. J. Morris, Weeks
ville, Route 1 180.200
Mrs. J. Jennings, Weeksville 19,400
Miss Luclle Jennings, R. 2..
64,900
Miss M. Baum, Poplar Branch 79,600
District Number Three
Mrs. C. C. Bright, Chapun-
oke i 181,600
Miss Sallle Miller, Hertford,
Route 3 179,800
tiHS Marv r Stvpns. Tniliiin-
town fiR.400
! Miss Mollle Jordan. Shiloh .. 1 19.600
.Miss Edith Cowell, Rhlloh
Miss Lucile Pugh. Belcross
,120,400
, 62,800
.164,300
. 64,550
Miss A. Ferebee, Camden
Miss M. Cutrell, Camden .
District NiiiiiImt Four
Miss Emma Forbes, Bertha. . 32,950
Miss Bettle Stanton, Nixonton 31,000
Miss N. Midgett. K. Hawk .. 152,650
Miss India Ilsrtlett, S. Mills 29,700
Mrs. J. P, Barnard, Shawboro 181,600
Miss Lucetta Grlgg", Har
binger 29,S0O
rR, m, Hathaway, Moyock.
Mrs Dnllv C.rnv Colnlock
74.600
79.800
31,600
18,100
34,600
-'Miss H. Sykes, Columbia .
Miss Maude Perry, Tyner
(MIss Atmo Poyne, Mamie
FULTON LOWRY
ESCAPES AGAIN
Fulton Lowry, the nio.-t pic
turesque denperado that Eliza
beth City has produced in a half
century, has escaped rrom the
State penitentiary again. This
information is contained in a
telegram received Tuesday af
ternoon by Chief of Police
Holmes from George Ross Pou,
superintendent of the State
penal institution at Raleigh,
who Is offering a reward of one
hundred dollars Tor his recap
ture. Details of Lowry's es
cape are lacking.
Captured, convicted and sen
tenced to twenty-live years in
State prison in the spring of
1918, after a scries of daring
robberies here. Fulton Lowry
escaped a few months after he
was taken to .prison. Nothing
more tangible than rumors
was heard of him until Janu
ary of this year, when he was
arrested In Hamlet as one
John Fulton, and was taken to
Tarboro for trial for the theft
of an automobile at that city.
The Tarboro authorities sus
pected that the man under ar
rest was Fulton Lowry, and
they sent for Chief Holmes, of
this city, who immediately
Identified him.' Fulton Lowry
was Sentenced to ten additional
year In State's prison. John
Lowry, who was arrested In
1918 at the time his brother
Fulton was, then received a fifteen-year
sentence. He escaped
from the city Jail here, and has
not since been apprehended.
There has been a rumor current
to the effect that he died of the
flu in 1919.
Forty Persons Killed
111 Macao righting
Hong Kong, May 31 (By 'The A!
j soclated Press) Forty persons were
'killed and over a hundred wounded
i , .
In recent fighting on Macao Island
j resulting in the declaration of mar-
; tlal law. Macao Is a Portuguese con -
Icesslon. The trouble is said to have
! arisen when Chinese women were in-
suited by African police employed
by the Portuguese.
WILL TAKE STATE COl IWE
Miss Marcle Albertson, Home
Demonstrator for Pasquotank Coun
ty, will leave Friday with her sister,
Miss Catherine S. Albertson, for a
week-end visit to friends and rela
tives at Portsmouth. Afterward,
Miss Marcle Albertson will leave for
Raleigh, where she will attend the
State Home Demonstration Course.
She expects to be away about two
weeks.
First
Potatoes Shipped
From Weeksville Section
j The first shipment of early Irish
I potatoes from the Weeksville section
j passed through this city Tuesday,
jenroute for Northern markets. The
shipment comprised 112 barrels,
j which were dug Monday by D. B.
jWalston, a leading farmer of that
! section, from eight barrels planted.
Mr. WaLstou stated Tueiulay after
noon that he expects to dig again
Thursday.
Why Do They Do It?
What makes people fill one
theatre night after night for 443
nights for one play and stay away
from another theatre with another
play, as though it were a plague
spot?
One play is doubtless as widely
advertised as the other and the
casts of both are probably equal in
ability. And yet the crowd goes
to one and stays away from the
other.
Of course the answer is plain.
One has merit; the other has not.
The play which is to be given on
the Chautauqua program is one of
the few good ones, the few which
have had exceptionally long runs
in New York and Chicago, this
proving without a doubt that "they
have the goods."
"Turn to the Right" ran 4i:i
nights in New York and 319
nights in Chicago. It is called "the
comedy that will live forever." It
has the heart interest of the ever
compelling story of mother-love. It
is clean. People who are familiar
with the Chautauqua type of play
agree that this is a fine exumple
of the type.
A special single admission price
of 11.00 is announced for the at
traction, but. season ticketholders
will escape 'this extra tax. This
looks like an opportunity for lovers
f drams especially comedy-drama.
BABY CLINIC WAS
MOST SUCCESSFUL
I Total 169 Babies Ex
j amined, Of Whom 75
j Saved From Death
Or Invalidism
i
j The Baby Clinic, which closed here
j Wednesday afternoon at 4.30 o'clock
I with a baby parade, is described as a
jcomrlete success throughout. Dr.
IK. P. B. Bonner, the State physician
in charge, declares that, of the 169
j babies examined up to noon Wednes
day, at least 75 were saved from
(death or permanent Invalidism by the
(discovery of defects that were not
j previously observed, but that can be
! remedied.
j Of all the babies examined, the
'three that make the most marked
improvement during the next six
months will be awarded five dollars
in gold each. The prizes are given
by the three leading banks of the
city, and will be presented after a
corps of local physicians, along about
Thanksgiving time, have examined
the baby candidates, and have decid
ed the winners.
A total of $108.26 In receipts from
the sale of baby tags Tuesday had
been reported up to noon Wednesday.
Some sales had not been heard from.
The money thus raised will be used
by the Welfare Worker for the ben
efit of the babies themselves; to pro
vide necessities for sick babies whose
parents cannot themselves buy the
things needed.
Dr. K. P. B. Bonner, and Dr. Zenas
Fearing, City Health Officer, lectured
Tuesday night at the Community
Building on topics relating to the
care of babies, and were heard by an
' interested audience. They stated
I many facts of definite value to inoth-
ers.
I The Welfare Council Is expressing
sponse of the public to every request
that they have made. Without this
spirit of co-operation, members of
tne Council declared Wednesday
l,hat the Bal'y C'"nic coM "0t haVfl
i been made the success that It was.
'The Welfre Worker especlally
thanks W. C. Twiddy, local agent for
1 a popular make of scales, for the use
i of a set of scales during the clinic.
j
; BALLOONS READY TO
START ON RACE TODAY
Milwaukee, May 31 (By The As
sociated Press) Thirteen balloons
! today tugged at their moorings ready
' to start at 3:30 this afternoon in the
j thirteenth national balloon race to
Idecide on the three entries of this
j country for the International contests
! in Switzerland In August.
Six Million Starving
In Chinese Province
Shanghai, May 31 (By The Asso
ciated Press) Six million people of
the twenty-seven million in the prov
ince of Hunan are starving and hun
dreds of thousands. are certain to die
before midsummer, according to es
timates of mission workers. Canni
balism Is rampant.
Asks Operators To
Agree On Coal Price
Washington, May 31 (By The As
sociated Press) Secretary Hoover
today assumed responsibility for fix
ing a reasonable price on spot coal
during continuance of the present
coal strike. At the opening of the
conference here today of union and
non-union operators Hoover declared
that any .Agreement between operator-
looking towird fixing prices,
evf;i though In the interest of the
public, would be. Illegal, and there
fore he asked the Individual oper
ators to agree with him upon a rea
sonable price In their respective dis
tricts. SPKIN(i CARNIVAL PLEASES
The Spring Carnival given by the
Young Woman's Club at Mrs. D. A.
Morgan's, on Road street Tuesday
night from eight to eleven o'clock U
declared by those who attended to
have been fully up to advance pre
dictions. The trip around the world,
the foolish house, the booths, the
music, the dancing all were thor
oughly enjoyable.
Features of the evening were th3
classical dancing of little Miss Mary
Byrd 8a under and the Instrumental
music rendered by Graham Iledrlck
and Wllborne Harrell. A good-sized
crowd wasln attendance.
Vote for George J. Spence for
Trial Justice. He will appreciate
your support and rote.
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