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VOL. XII. FINAL EDITION
ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JU NE 14, 1922
FOUR PAGES
NO. 141
AWL ( i 'd ;
oi Yet
Brewer Says U. S. Is
Biggest Bootlegger In
World, And Shipping
Board Answers
St. Louis, June 14 (By The Asso
ciated Press) Charging that the
United States Is "incomparably the
niggest bootlegger In the world." a!
letter written by August A. Busch, 5,j
president of Annheuser Busch, Inc., j
while enroute to Europe aboard the,
steamship George Washington, and
which was forwarded to President j
Harding and made public here today,
together with an accompanying let-
tor by Adolphus Busch, third, his'
son, and a third letter by Annheuser I
Busch, Inc., addressed to members of
Congress requests an investigation of
the enforcement department of the
Government in relation to the pro
hibition act. .
Chairman Lasker Replies
Washington, June 14 (By The As
sociated Press) The Shipping Board
holds that neither the Volstead act
nor the Eighteenth Amendment ap
ply to American ships outside the
three mile limit. Chairman Lasker
declared today, in his letter to
Adolphus Busch of St. Louis. Lasker
said the Board approved the custom
of serving liquors both from the
standpoint of legal right and the
standpoint of the life and security of
our national merchant marine.
DR. YEN REAPPOINTED
Peking, June 14 (By The Associ
ated Press) Dr. W. W. Yen, former
foreign minister, has been reappoint
ed to that position by the new Cen
tral Chinese government of President
Li Yuan-Hung. Yen has also been
named acting premier, and General
"Wu Pei-Fu has been named minister
of war.
FORD IS ALLOWED
TO REDUCE RATES
Washington, June 14 (By The As
sociated Press) Proposals of Henry
Ford to reduce coal rates on his rail
road, the Detroit, Toledo and Ironton,
originally suspended by the Inter
state Commerce Commission, were al
lowed to go into effect today by the
Commission.
Kecltn-Whit Wedding Announced
The first formal announcement of
the approaching marriage of Miss
Marion White, attractive young so
ciety girl of this elty, to Mr. James
N. Keelin, Jr., of the firm of Cohoon
& Keelin, on Wednesday, June 28.
was made at an announcement party
iven in honor of the bride-to-be by
Mrs. Cllnnie Hayes, at her home on
Fearing street, Wednesday morning
from ten to twelve o'clock.
The hall, reception rooms and din
ing room were tastefully decorated in'
green, pink and white, and the color;
scheme was followed In attractive
favors presented to the honor guest j
of the occasion. A large wedding)
cake was cut, Mrs. Clarence Haley
drawing the ring, Miss Margaret
Bondurant, the money, and Miss An
nie Love, the thimble. Delicious re
freshments were served.
Those present, besides the guest of
honor, were: Mrs. Norman White
hurst, Mrs. Clarence Haley, Mrs. M.
L. Sanderlin, and Misses Louise
White, Elizabeth Kramer, Elizabeth
Hathaway, Dell Fearing, Elizabeth
Nash, Margaret Bondurant, Margaret
McCabe. Annie Love, Annie Harris.
Mattie Whitehurst. Willie Fearing.
Eloise Chesson. Elolse Cohoon. Fan
nie Owens, Margaret Foreman, Lil
lian Hooper, Dorothy Jones and Isa
bel Meekins. Those who assisted in
entertaining were Mrs. C. W. Galther,
Mrs. Zenas Fearing and Mrs. J. D.
Hathaway.
Tersonnls
Captain John Allen Mldgett, Jr., of
Rodanthe, passed through the city
Tuesday en route to Norfolk.
J. W. Shannonhouse and son, Ger
ald, of Durants Neck, were In the
city Tuesday on business.
Mrs. T. G. Shannonhouse of Dur
ants Neck was in the city shopping
Tuesday.
Miss Lizzie Burnham passed thru
Elizabeth City Tuesday on her way
to Greenville to the Summer Train
ing School.
Mrs. M. C. Jones of South Mills
spent Tuesday In Elizabeth City
shopping.
Miss Stella Hathaway and Miss
Bertha Spear of Creswell are here
attending the summer school for
teachers. '
Miss Blanche Griggs of Poplar
Rranch Is visiting friends in this
'dty.
Iter
I Officers Leave After
I Two Successful Raids
Elderly Man In Currituck County
Tried To Throw Prohibition
Officers Off The Scent
T. W. Snell, E. J. Culp, and J. C.
Crisp, special prohibition deputies
who have recently been working in
this section under Deputies W. J.
Manning and J. F. Rutledge, returned
to their posts in other sections of
the State Tuesday. In the course
of their recent operations, they went
to East Lake, Dare County, last Frt
dr.y night, and before nine o'clock
Saturday morning captured two sixty
gallon stills.
The five prohibition officers had an
unique experience In Currituck coun
ty while they were in that section.
When in the vicinity of a place where
they had reason to believe a still was
located, they were accosted by an el
derly man who described to them the
alleged location of two moonshine
stills further up the road.
Somewhat doubting the Informer's
good intentions. Officer Manning,
who commanded the squad .deputized
Officer Snell to remain where he
was while the other four officers
went to make a search for the stills
desrlbed by the old man. After
walking ,four or five miles they re
turned to their starting point, worn
out and discouraged, several hours
later, and found that Snell, in their
absence, had found and captured the
still they were originally searching
for, and had seized between 800 and
900 gallons of mash, the fermented
mixture from which whiskey Is
made. The officers believe that this
still belonged to the elderly man who
undertook to throw them off the
scent by his misleading directions.
They think that he hoped to keep
them out of the neighborhood long
enough for him to move the still that
was later captured by Officer Snell.
HOSPITAL NEWS
W. L. Horton, who has been at
the hospital for treatment, returned
home Thursday.
Mrs. C. L. Lister of this city, who
underwent an operation June 8th, re
turned home yesterday.
. Mrs. M. B. Jenkins of this city is
at the hospital as a medical patient.
James Evans of this city entered
the hospital Tuesday for medical
treatment.
Mrs. Callte Curlen of Parsonage
street is a medical patient at the hos
pital. W. F. Davis, who was hurt recently
in an automobile accident, went home
Sunday.
Patrick Whitehurst of Shlloh en
tered ,the hospital Sunday and was
operated on Immediately for appen
dicitis. Oscar Sanderlin of Kitty Hawk
had his tonsils and adenoids removed
by an operation Tuesday.
Mrs. W. L. Stanley on Hunter
street, who has been at the hospital
for treatment, is improving and will
be going home in a few days.
Mrs. J. T. Jackson of Durants Neck
was operated on last Friday and Is
getting along nicely.
Miss Ephralm Pritchard on Skin
ner avenue went home Tuesday after
being at the hosplta lseveral days for
treatment.
Mrs. Clarissa Turner of this city
will leave the hospital in a few days,
after receiving medical treatment.
LATE BULLETINS
I
Bay Minette. Ala., June 14 (By Thei
Associated Press) Probate Judge
Voltz of Baldwin County, was waited
upon by a crowd of citizens, Including
the town officials last Sunday, and
was ordered to leave town. It was
learned today. He left Monday and
his whereabouts are unknown.
Washington. June 14 (By The As
sociated Press) The House Elec
tions Committee adopted a report to
day declaring Representative Thomas
W. Harrison, of the Seventh Vir
ginia District, not entitled to his seat
and that the seat be given to John
Paul, the Republican contestant. A
general violation of the Virginia elec
tion laws was found by the com
mittee. Tifton. C.a., June 14 (By The As
sociated Trpss) A verdict of mur
der against Sim Lawhorn and Floyd
Lawhorn In connection with the kill
ing of S. S. Monk, 71. yesterday, was
returned by a coroner's Jury here to
day. Washington, June 14 (By The As
sociated Press) The administration
ship subsidy bill was Introduced In
the House today by Chairman Green,
of the Merchant Marine Committee.
The Democrats of the committee plan
to file a minority report.
Fire Destroys Montreal City Hall
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This photograph was taken at
treal, Canada, had teen burning six hours. Mayor Martin estimate the
losa at $10,000,000.. Historic documents and records were destroyed
D. Y. P. U. Meeting
Is Record Breaker
By Walter M. Gilmore
New Bern, N. C, June 14. The
State Baptist Young People's Union
Convention which met here last night
is a record breaker m ..nH.. nltrbed Tuesday afternoon and he
in enthusiasm.
A thnn.-nH.
are here and the New Bern people
are making an enviable record In the
matter of entertainment.
An outstanding feature of this
morning's session was the address
by Dr. A. Paul Bagby. of Wake For
est on "The Finished Product of
Manhood or Womanhood." Secre
tary T. C. Gardner, of Texas, made a
vigorous address on "The Modern
tf. i . r. u." as did also Rev. A. C.
Hornby, of Raleigh, on "Aspiration
and Progress."
MEXICO CITY WITHOUT
STREET CAR SERVICE
Mexico City, June 14 (By The As
sociated Press) Mexico City Is with
out street car service today, bankers
are not working and the suspension
of light, power and water supply ser
vices is expected momentarily 'as the
result of the strike initiated by street
car men shortly after midnight.
Elaborate precautions have been
taken to prevent violence.
PLAN BIG COTTON MILL
NEAR ASHEVILLE, N. C.
Washington, June 14 (By The As
sociated Press) The proposal for;
development of 10,000 horse power to!
operate a proposed cotton mill neari
Asheville is contemplated by the Ca-'
rollna Power Textile Company under ;
application filed with the Federal j
Power Commission today. '.
W. R. Dlggs of South Mills with
his mother, Mrs. T. S. Diggs and sis-1
ter, miss Susie uiggs, were
In
the
city on business Tuesday.
Clubs This Week Are Keys
To Success In Campaign
Center Your Efforts This Week On Obtaining
Every Available Subscription That Has Not
Been Promised You, And Look About For
Those You Have Been Unable To See
There's no getting around the
fact that energy this week will work
wonders with your vote total. Per-
haps votes right now do not appeal
so very strongly to you, but rest as-
sured that on the last night, you one else will, and you will be out I
will think of a few wasted moments your time, as well as the votes which
when you could have been at work otherwise would have been yours,!
securing subscriptions, which would and which perhaps might mean a cur!
have earned, perhaps, the needed to you. j
margin of votes to win. The last Here's something to think about: j
night Is a poor time to secure votes. There are three grand prizes, viz: Aj
You'll want the car, and want It had-' handsome Ford sedan; a nifty Ford!
ly then, and lt will be too late for roadster; one hundred dollars liii
you to do anything about It You rash. There are six In the race who;
will have to content yourself with have every chance to win anyone of!
congratulating another contestant ' then prizes. It's a toss-up betwe-n
who did realize that a few moments those six right now. Will you let:
work a day would profit her to the,3ome other contestant come along
extent of a handsome Ford sedan.
The more energetic ones In the
race are fast closing In on thoBe who
have not paid up their subscriptions.
or wno nave not yet subscribed for ter harken unto these words of wis-
the first time. In' that number nfidom, and get a move on this week,
people, you have your friends who Go after subscriptions right and left.
nave promisea you their subscrlp-
tlons. Those friends take It for
if
J".J . ; .1' . f i -
, ' ,-'" 'ft
daybreak after the city hall at Man
Fire Chief's Report
Was Much Mistreated
Showed Kire Ixws Iess Than Five
Ter Cent Of Laid Year's But
Was Published For May
Fire Chief Flora was much dls-
naa a r'K" lo c
at his copy of The Advance and saw
il. .. I 4UA I."M I Yw. t L rlf Pirn
U1B repuil Ul uio B"u
Company for the year ending MayjwUJ yary Jn ,ength Many ot the ar.
written as if it had been simply
for the month of May. It was too
good a year's (report to be treated in
any such fashion.
Just how good a report it was, and
L. .. .. ..I nt.. 1 1, Hn1nn ) 1. n
11UW UUUVIUUIIlg.J II
really splendid service
reflects the
of Elizabeth
City's volunteer firemen, Is evidenced
by a comparison with last year's fire
report. For instance the fire loss
during the year ending May 30, 1921
was (141,170. For the year Just
ended it was H.722, or lust a frac
tion under five per cent as great!
Yet there were ten less fires in 1921
than In 1922, the totals being 86 and
96 respectively.
The past year's fire damage was
less than half as great as that of the
year ending May 30, 1920, a year in
which there were no big ires, when
the loss totaled $14,121. This Is
additional evidence of the increasing
efficiency of Elizabeth City's excel
lent Are fighting machine.
The Advance Is regretful of the In
excusably unkind treatment accorded
Fire Chief Flora's 1922 report In
Tuesday's Issue, for If there is a
single institution In this city that is
100 per cent worthy of the support,
admiration, and whole-hearted hero
worship of the citizenship, that in
stitution Is the Elizabeth City Fire
Company No. 1.
ICE CREAM SITPKK
There will be an Ice cream supppr
and parcel post sale at the home of
Dennis Pritchard on Newland road
about three miles from this city.
Given by the Woman's Missionary '
Society of Berea
church, Thursday!
night, June 15.
granted that you will call again if
you did not obtain the subscription
the first time you went. If you do
not go after these "promises," some-
and secure enough subscriptions this
week to take the lead, while you are
waiting for next week, when the
; "grand final rush" takes place? Bet-
Take advantage of your competitors'
, slow-up this week.
rlarding Hasn't Changed
His Mind About Bonus
At Least Newspaper Correspondents Think He
Hasn't, Although Republican Leaders Are
Dead Sure He Is Going To Have A Change
Of Heart And Follow Them
By DAVID LAWRENCE
(Copyright 1922 by The Advance)
Washington, June 13. The bonus and the tariff are get
ting intertwined. To make way for the one the progress of
the other may be dangerously retarded.
Yet the bonus will win out
it will be passed by the Senate
during the present session of
Congress whether or not con
sideration of the tariff is in
cluded. All thought of jamming the bonus
through In a few days is being aban
doned. Senators who oppose the
measure do not wish to filibuster or
otherwise delay Its passage but they
do want an opportunity to tell their
Iconstltuents why they are against the
proposal. Usually it takes a member .colored, to siao me omer negro m
of Congress more time to explain why the arm at Wilson Babb s store In
he Is fighting something than why he j Pochard Town, on Rum road, last
favors it. Especially is this true; Sunday a week ago. according to the
With a measure such as the bonu8tory that Banks told at a hearing In
which Interests so many thousands of recorder's court here Wednesday
ex-service men. The senator who is! morning. at whlch Turner was uel(1
1, C n n .... Un Aalmlnni AItl
olannine to vote against the bonus
wants to explain comprehensively all
There are
al iB ,hlrtv nt(.ri who will vote
Nearly every one
against the bonus.
,U! mike a Bnmwh
Tim nddresges
. . anRWpred bvjBabb's store, and treated the crowd
' gponHOrlng tne bllli Thoaewho!of hangers-on to "partridge" ham.
favor lt will also want to show their .cakes, and cigars. He spent more
j ..,,,... hn, nrMvelv thev rham-'than a dollar, he said, and was about
: . A th,g takpg tme xhls
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means mat ll me larin gives way on
the calendar to the bonus, the lat -
or mv ak thrpf, nr four weeks to!
pass through the Senate.
Should the tariff be sidetracked
for three or four weeks it will be dlf-j
flcult to get back the momentum al-.
ready achieved through night ea -
slons in the last month. Relatively1
little progress has been made thus
far. The interjection of the bonus
debate will delay final action on the
tariff bill so that Congress will be in
almost continuous session.
As for the debate on the bonus,
there is talk of a Presidential ad
dress to the Senate when the mea
sure reaches the floor of the Senate.
Mr. Harding waited last year until
the bill iwas in the Senate and it was
finally reported back to the commit
tee after he made his plea
Mr. Harding has let It be known a
half dozen times recently that his at
titude toward the bonus has not
changed since he asked the House to
drop the matter if the sales tax could
not be enacted. The House Ignored
the President's wishes and the Senate i nlngs until Thursday. The warrants
has before lt a bill substantially the! against their alleged assailant, Tur
same as the one adopted by the ner, charged him with felonious as
House. Close friends of the Presl-;ault with a deadly weapon with In
dent In the Senate, Including Jim tent to kill. In which serious Injuries
Watson of Indiana predict that Mr. not resulting In death were Inflicted.
Harding will eventually sign the, Wilson Babb. the colored store-
nn-is bill, hev nolnt out that Mr.
Hardina has never said nubllclv he
would veto the measure and that he
hasn't said "veto" in so many words He was convicted upon Banks testi
to members of Congress, he argu- mony, and naively admitted that he
ment Is made on capltol hill that had been in business here twenty
when Mr. Harding sees the over- years, but did not know that It was
whelming majority cast for the bonus against the law to do business on
he will gracefully bow to the man- Sunday.
date of Congress and sign the mea- Following an Investigation of tes
sure on the ground that a veto would tlmony given by Jim Buker, well
be futile. known dope addict of this city, In
But Mr. Harding has privately ex- recorder's court here Tuesday morn
pressed resentment against the Idea Ing ,S. L. Sykes, colored merchant of
that he wiggles and wabbles and Is Culpepper street, and W. H. Cart
reported to be getting ready to give wrlght A Son, retail grocers whose
a conspicuous example of consistency store Is on South Road street, were
by vetoing the bonus bill. convicted Wednesday morning of
Princeton University gave Mr. selling Hateman's drops for beverage
Harding a degree the other day for purposes, and were fined five dollars
his "quiet courage" In opposing the and costs each. They were convicted
bonus and It Is considered hardly upon Baker's testimony to the effect
likely that at this time he will re- that he had bought the stuff from
verse himself though It Is amazing them.
to see the absolute confidence which C. E. Williams submitted . to a
prevails among Republican leaders charge of operating an automobile
that Mr. Harding will have a change without the license required by law,
of heart and follow their wishes. and paid the costs of a bearing as did
So strongly entrenched has the also Charlie Ives and Wm. Perkins,
Idea become of having the President colored. Similar cases HgalnBt L. It.
follow instead of lead Congress that Perry, W. R. Lambert. Carter Perry,
capltol hill Imagines the President J. D. Fisher, and William Skinner
will find som ereason for accepting were continued,
the will of both Houses on the bonus.
If this Is to happen In Justice to Mr.
Harding let lt be said that he hasn't
given h hint of It to any correspond
ent. On the contrary he has assldl
ously cultivated th Impression that
he hasn't changed one lota on the
bonus and by Inference therefore
that It will not earn his signature.
Rev. Joslah Elliott has returned to
his home at Hertford after spending
'a few days vlsitlnc at the home of
Mr. and Mrs.
'Road street.
C. J. Ward on North
Defendant Carved Up
When Wouldn't Treat
rutlon llankN, Colored, Told Court
)1t Kelt Like He Had IWn Kufli
civntly (ii'lUM-ous Beforehand
Anger because Pruden Banks
would not buy him another cigar,
md would not go across the railroad
;witn nun. impenea rran rruue ..
over 'r l" oepieiuuc.
jf Superior Court
under a bond of
Ma
I "n me SUnaay murniiig in qurs-
tion. Banks stated that he went from
the farm or Mrs. Mary, i ommanuer,
where he is employed as a laborer, to
to leave when Turner accosted him,
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l.lcimati'llnfyfiirthartFi.nta flnH Wnu rwl
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up by stabbing him twice In the arm
with a vicious looking pocket knife
that he had secured from Octavlus
Johnson, who was in the crowd. After
Banks was stabbed, he went inside
the store, and Turner, he testified,
inen mrew ai
bottle through the
window at him.
Nero Jennings, a colored man who
claimed to be sixty years old, and
whose curiosity resulted In his be
coming Turner's second victim, next
went on the stand. He said that he
heard the first row and went down to
Babb's store to learn what the
trouble was. Turner, he declared,
promptly attacked him, tried to cut
his throat, and when Jennings trip
ped and fell, he burled his knife to
the hilt in the negro's left shoulder.
He went off leaving the knife in the
wound.
Shortly after the two assaults,
Banks and Jennings were taken to
the Community Hospital, where
Banks remained under treatment un
til the following Saturday, and Jen-
keeper at whose place the trouble oc-
curred, was fined ten dollars and
costs for selling goods on Sunday.
ERECT MONUMENT TO
FRANCIS SCOTT KEY
Baltimore, June 14 (By The Asso
ciated Press) Francis Scott Key's
memory was honored today with the
unveiling ot a monument to him
erected by Congress In historic Fort
McHenry. The event made the fort
, a meeca for thousands who gathered
there long before the hour fixed for
the arrival of President Harding who
i accepted the memorial for the nation
in an address this afternoon.