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VOL. XII. FINAL EDITION
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ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA, SATURDAY EVENING, JUNE 24, 1922
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NO. 150
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OE'ciianPGrolrairJliDiGter
Jnnv
Instantly Killed As Was Entering Autcaobile
To Drive From Residence In Suburb To
His Office In The City.
Berlin, June 24 (By The Associated Press)
Dr. Walter Rathenau, German Minister of
Foreign Affairs, was assassinated today.
fv.M lie tv as oiiui aiiu 111
stantly killed as he was
leaving his residence in
Grunewald, a suburb,
for the Foreign Office in
an automobile. The as
sassin escaped.
The official announce
ment of his death has
been made in the Reich
stag. The murderer, who
was driving in a motor
car, slowed up as he was
nearing Rathenau and
shot twice. . Putting on
high speed the assassin
then escaped.
Rathenau was guest
at a dinner last night of
American Ambassador
Houghton and this
morning the Embassy
promptly lowered its
flag to half mast on ac
count of the assassina
tion. V
Uproar In Reichstag
News of the assassin
ation Caused pandemO- t,ce the courts concerning the le-1 I1RITIKH MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS
. gality of strikes for certain unusual!
lllUm tO break OUt objects," Dr. Ryan said. "For ex-! London, June 24 (By The Assocl
among the VarioUS party amPle- m08t ot the lodges that have ated Press) The Federation of Brit-
. . D lT : passed upon the question have pro-sh Music Industries has been dis
gTOUpS Ol the KeiCnStag. ,nounced illegal a strike for the en- cussing the best means of starting a
In thp Prtmmi&ftion On ' forcement of tne closed shop. The
in ine UOmmusiUIl W"jSuprelIle Court o Massachusetts sua-
Taxation which had JUSt! talned an Injunction against a strike
t . Qrkil wnlcn 80UBnl 10 compel an employer to light a huge bonfire or old pianos.
Convened, tWO OOCiai- t0 deal collectively with the union. That, he says, would only be follow
IStS jumped UP Shouting About tne only comprehensive prin- Ing the excellent example set by the
PI l l n If L clple which the courts recognize for music trade in America. "It would
tO Lr. fvarl rlelieriCn their guidance is that a combination make the finest sort of a display ad
"YoU are the assassin." t0 CP3Se WOrk an illegal 'conspir-;vertisement," he adds, "for it would
U If 1 l i 1 r acy when the injury done to the em- show the country that the old pianos
Helferich hastily left ployer is direct, primary and Inten- with which we are overstocked are
Vio rnmmittoA
e committee room.
Struck In Chin
The fatal shot struck
Rathenau in the chin.
Half a dozen other bul
lets perforated his back.
His assailants also threw
hand grenades injuring
his body. Following the
assassination it was an-
nounced this afternoon 1,nlfiue in thls assumption. Men
. . ;who wish to organize co-operative
that the government, enterprises have found the general
lArmilrl immfdintflv de-! rporation laws unsuited to their.
would immediately ae jpnrposp and havp 0l)talnpd a Bpecal
cree the establishment; form of incorporation.
m. I! , 'To ,mnnsp Pn ,ahor nions the;
Ul CAirauiuiiioi y
for the trial of the na
tional plotters.
Puritnn Is Wrecked
Pert Crew Missing
Halifax, June 24 (By The Associ -
ated Press) The schooner Puritan
out of Gloucester, prospective con-
tender in the International fisher
men' races next fall, has been
wrecked on Sable Island. Advices
received here state that seven men
reached shore but that fifteen are
missing.
AT TICK OOMMl'XITY HOSPITAL
Miss Madeline Jackson ot Cam
den had her tonsils removed by op
eration Friday and returned home
Saturday.
Miss Matilda O'Neal ot Aydlett
was operated on , for appendicitis
Friday. ;
in
WM. ROCKEFELLER
PNEUMONIA VICTIM
;
Iving
Brother Of
Dies At
Oil
-p .
1 arrytOWn
Home
After Very :
Brief Illness
y A
scribed as "a co-operative effort to
Tarrytown, N. Y.. June 24 (By The ghow what an American community
; Associated Press) William Rocke- can do tQ increase the heaUh and
feller, oil magnate and brother of Btrength o( lt8 next generation."
John D. Rockefeller, died here this The demonstration, Mr. Urown
morning shortly before seven o'clock , gakI would be earrled on by a small
from pneumonia. He had been ill:staff ot trained workers, who are
since Sunday but word of his condl- i makinir . Rtll(iv 0f the health needs
tion had not been made public.
Practically the entire Rockefeller
family were assembled at his bed
side. Sees Heed Of New
Strike Legislation
Providence, R. I.
June 24 Exist-
ing state and Federal laws governing
strikes of labor unions leave too
much liberty to the opinions and es
timates of the individual judge and
should be clarified by specific sta
tutes, Rev. John A. Ryan, of Wash
ington, D. C, director of the Na
tional Catholic Welfare Council, said
today in an address before the Na-
tlnnal rnnfprpnpp nn Snctnl Work
h ,
"Whlle It is now a settled prln -
ciple ot our laws that a strike Is not
in itself unlawful, there is consider-!
able diversity of opinion and prac-
tlonal, and when the benefit to the
....mil.-; .in, wiv, I.,,, in, imiu-
inite." '
Since the United States Supreme
Court in its decision on the Coro- Such rubbishly tinkling bundles of Council today unanimously approved
nado case declared labor unions tn discords do incalculable harm to the the quadruple treaty recommended
be suable, even though not incor- music taste of the public. A child at the Washington anus conference,
porated there would seem to be no taught on one of them has all his The treaty was sent to the Prince Re
good reason remaining for continued musical instincts outraged and g(,nt for ratification and he has prom-
opposition by the labor unions to In
corporation, Dr. Ryan said. It was
probable, however, that the ordinary
laws of incorporation were not suit
able to labor organizations.
- "A special form of incorporation
law seems to "be necessarv," said Dr.
Ryan. "Nor is there anything
standard form of incorporation, un
modified to suit their peculiar na-j
Iture and purpose, would be to insist
upon an arbitrary and unjust kind of j
; equality."
XAOS HEAD KXCl'RSIOX
The steamer Annie L. Vansclver
will run nn lh first Vin Upart p.
, cur8lon nt the gea80n Sunday, leav -
,ng thg N()rth RWer Llne dock at the
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IUUI Ul UUIfil ED OH' V, HI 1 .n..bUV. .....
.U- l n rt.t In.vln. Vm.ll
Head late in the afternoon. Indlca -
itlons are that the popular resort will
have the biggest season of recent
i yearn thin nmmer.
I
Special Program Sunday
Sunday Is Christian
Educatlon
Day, and a splendid program has been
prepared tor Sunday morning at
niackwell Memorial Sunday School
under the. direction of Mrs. L. E.
Skinner, who has worked for two
weeks training those under her
charge.
JllKiKS SKI.KC'.'KI) l-'OK
closing iti; campaign
Following are the names of
the gentlemen selected as
Judges tor the great "Every
body Wins" Campaign of The
Daily Advance. These men will
count the votes of the various
contestants, and name the win
ners, according to the votes and
rules of the contest and district
divisions:
Bill C. Sawyer, of Weeks &
Sawyer.
U. B. Sheely, of Rucker &
Sheely.
W. M. Martin, of McCabe &
Grice.
Mansfield To Show
What City Can Do
Providence, II. I., June 24 (Hy The,
Associated Press) A child health;
demonstration in Mansfield, Ohio, se-
lected as a typical American coni-
hnunity, was described by Walter H.
Brown or the National Child Health
Council, in an address today before
the National Conference of Social
:Work here. The experiment was de-
and resources of the community and
planning methods for health educa
tion in the schools and medical and
nursing care for children. The
policy includes insistence upon ap
proval and participation of the local
community in all plans and pro
grams. A sum of $200,000, supplemented
Dy fumls "rom ,ne community, was
!set aside t0 carry on the donstra
l"' tt ul ",c - ll,c
speaKer sain. Aiansneid, a town ot
30,000 Inhabitants, was chosen as
the site from among 80 applicants.
The National Child Health Coun
cil is made up of representatives from
the American Child Hygiene Associa
1 on- American ea Lross,
Child
Child
Health Organization, National
Labor Committee, National Organlza-
'on for Publlc Health Nosing and
NatlonaI Tuberculosis Association,
.
WOULD START A IUXM FOR
boom for British musical
ments. Joseph Riley, of Birmlng-
'ham, thinks the best way would be
not worth having.
v c I Hum fanny i:uili"i:i ifll lliuu-
snnd of them," he said in an inter-
vi w, "and nobody would miss them.
grows up, musically speaking, a sor-
row to his prematurely aged parents
Great "Everybody Wins"
Contest Closes Promptly
At Nine O'Clock Tonight
. T- v
Your Last Minute Reports May Win For You A
Handsome Prize. Do Not Stop Working Until
The Very Last Minute, For One Subscription
May C o m p 1 e t e a Club Which Will Win
For You
Promptly at nine o'clock tonight
the great "Everybody Wins" contest
of The Daily Advance comes to a
, close. Strive for a margin of votes
lover your competitors. lie sure to
1 complete everv cluh von have started.
" .
I IO nOI let BTlVthlnir Vl 1 11 l U V Villi ITOH!
1 winning, after you have worked for
weeks. Put all the work you can
Into these last few hours, and emerge
winner.
Get your friends together, and
come In for a rousing finish. Show
your friends where It takes suhscrip-
tlons to win. Convince them vou
can win with their subscriptions. Get
the pep In your closing effort, and
stage a ninth Innlf.g rally that will
make you a winner.
All the work of the last six weeks o'clock. If you come In later than Ashevllle returned home Thursday at Hertford, but the trial wag post
will go. to some extent, to waste, if that, your efforts will be wasted, go after visiting Mr, and Mrs. I. M. poned on account ot the delicate
you fall to make the most of these far as the contest Is concerned. ' Meeklns on West Main street. health of the defendant's wife.
SET OUT
OF SIBEROfl1
I Tokio, June 24 (liy The Associ
ated Tress) Japan will evacuate
j Siberia by October 30 next, it was
; learned today.
Labor Against Soviet
! Cincinnati, June 24 (By The As- Carolina will have the facilities of a Government bonded ware
isociated Press) For the third suc- housg for the storage and handling of their crop. This, it is
Icesslve year the American Federation jstatetl b mjn nt cotton brokers 0f this fity shoull meiln
;of Labor went on record against ; ' .
I recognition of the Soviet Russian thousands of dollars in additional profits on the cotton crop for
i government.
FILIBUSTER 111 HOUSE
Wahhington, June 24 (By The As
sociated Press) Republican mem
bers of the House from the territory
east of Kansas now absent were or
dered back to the Capitol today by
Representative Mondell, Republican
leader, owing to a one man filibuster
conducted by Representative Voight,
Republican, of Wisconsin.
Speeder Convicted And
Two Cases Nol Prossed
Herbert Sharp, a colored youth of
Hertford, was fined ten dollars and j
costs in recorder's court here Satur
day morning on a charge of speeding.
According to Traffic Officer Smith.
who tralleu snarp on nis moiorcycie
before making the arrest Friday af
ternoon, the negro was making 48
miles an hour on the Weeksville
paved boulevard. This closely ap
proaches the record of fH miles an
hour set by a youthful speeder who
was arrested by Officer Smith last
summer.
The case of Tommie Mann, a
young boy charged with stealing a
sum of money from his grandfather,
was nol prossed with leave of the
court. The youngster disappeared
shortly after the theft charge was
brought against him, and the local
police have not been able to learn his
whereabouts.
A similar nol pros with leave to
prosecute was issued by Trial Jus
tice Spence in the case of Edward
Sulsslonskl, a barber charged with
carrying concealed weapons, and
with having liquor in his possession
for purposes of sale. The court or
dered that the liquor evidence against
Sulsslonskl be destroyed, and that
the gun found on him he retained
instru-'temporarily by Prosecuting Attorney
Sawyer.
4-PJy Pact
lo
EMifiGi
Toklo, June 24
ated Press) The
(l)y The Associ
.lapanese Privy
Ised that this formality will be
carried out.
last few hours. Do not stop for one
minute, but secure every subscrip
tion possible.
Get every "promise" you have.
Then go after those who have not
J' ,r "'"""Ibed
They will
help you If you show them you are
in earnest.
Avail
I)o not let a chance slip.
yourself ot everything that comes
y'ir wy- ror y cannot he sure or
winning until you have done every-
,lllnK your power. If you fall to
(' everything you can, and lose, you
wm a'way regret it.
Remember, have every vote and
subscription In the office by nine
Government Warehouse
For Cotto"CroP Here
Immense Resources of Uncle Sam Will Be Be
hind Bonded Warehouse Completed At This
City Within Ten DaysBy S. B. Parsons Full
Government Inspection and Protection
Thus Assured
Within ten days, the cotton
j the growers themselves, since they will thus be enabled to mar
ket the crop at the best advantage.
I" : ' Since March 1st, S. B. Par-
InvGStigaie
Atrocities
.
State Military Author-
itieS Begin Probe Of
Herrin Atrocities
Resent Interference
Herrin, 111., June 24 (By The
Associated Press) The State
military investigation of t,he
Lester mine massacre, which
took a toll of between 25 and
40 lives, was begun here today
by a Board headed by Major
General Milton Foreman of the
State Militia, acting under
Governor Small's orders, issued
when the chief executive be
came aroused over the failure
of local authorities to call on
officials to take steps.
Comment on the streets ex-
pressed resent over the send-
ing of a military Board here.
i" J
BlS lilinCr tXOuUS
"
Carbondale, June 24 (By
The Associated Press) More
u ten e l u
than 150 miners from the Her-
rin District passed through
here earlv todav. froinsr out of
the coal fields. They are be
lieved to be union men.
Those that could be ap
proached would give no reason
for the exodus. The names of iy to the new warehouse, will facll
the men likewise were not lta,e prompt shipment of cotton
' available.
Wont Forloffll Tmnne
Il3ni rCUbial IIUUPS
Chicago, June 24 (By The
. .
Associated Press) Counsel of
the Southern Illinois Coal Com-
pany, whose mine was burned
Thursday and whose non-union
miners were slain at Herrin, to
day sent a telegram to Adjut
ant General Black, requesting
that troops be sent to William
son County. The attorneys
charged that the sheriff is still
refusing to do his duty.
'.IRISH apbusiiers
I GET WORST OF IT
Helfast, June 24 ( Hy The Associ
ated l'reHs) Four members of the
Irish Republican army were killed
and HPveni wrnnwleit nt ('hhIipti hull
County Antrim, when they ambushed
a party of military and special Uls
ter constables. The Crown forces
suffered no casualties.
Hegro Dies Of Burns
Silas Wheaton, the uged negro who
suffered serious burns when his
home on Persse street was practlc-
ally destroyed by fire Tuesday night,
died Friday night at the Community
Hospital. On the night of the fire, This is a question that has aroused
Wheaton wag found inside the much speculation, and that may be
house, lying on the floor with partly satisfactorily answered during the
burned quilts wrapped about him, trial. Attorneys for the defendant
after the Fire Company had practlc- are Meeklns & McMullan, and Ayd
ally put out the flames. lett & Simpson, both firms of thin
city. Sullivan was to have been tried
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Meeklns of at the March term of Superior Court
growers of Northeastern North
sons, a leading broker of this
city, and general manager of
the firm of G. W. Parsons &
;Son, has been engaged in the
erection of a community bond
ed warehouse at this citv. Re-
icently he undertook to make
the warehouse a Government
bonded depository for cotton.
and has just been notified that
final arrangements to this end
have been completed.
AJl cotton stored in a Government
warehouse is fully protected by the
Government against fire, loss, theft,
or damage up to the full market
value of the quantity on storage.
Warehouse receipts, countersigned by
a Federal agent, are Issued to grow
ers who store cotton In it, and these
may be rediscounted at any Federal
Reserve bank. The Government Is
responsible for the safe-keeping ot
the cotton, and every bale stored Is
graded and weighed by Government
experts.
; The warehouse, which is situated
at the corner ot Burgess and Water
fltroota In tha ivhftlnau la rllutrlrtfr i t
the ciiyt wllI have cost $50,000 when
it Is completed early In July. It has
. 18,000 feet of floor space for storage,
!wl" have 8Peclal hydrants with hose
'attached, heavy fire doors, and pro-
bably later a complete automatic
sprinkler system, assuring complete
Are protection. The warehouse is
of br)ck congfructloni and , beinR
built by J. V. Kramer, an architect of
th'8 clty- Mr- Parsons says that he
will add to It later, as need may arise
for Increased storage facilities, and
will likely build an auxiliary ware
house on the water front, accessible
to water transportation.
A railroad sidlne. rllnnin ilirct-
stored there . O'.her commodities,
too will be accepted for storage.
tlH'ugh the main function of the
warehouse is as a depository for the
",,r,l"n' rn"" rrH- ThR (,,,t""1
Growers Co operative Association.
wi,(.h naH manv ni(Mi,ers throughout
Northeastern North Carolina, will
use the (iovernnient warehouse for
cotton storage, to the exclusion of alt
other warehouses.
A cotton market will he operated,
.Mr. Parsons says, in connection with
the new Government warehouse; and
cotton will be bought and sold on the
floor. Tliis will mean that grower
and dealers in cotton in this section
will be assured of a valuable addi
tion to local marketing facilities.
DAILY REPORTS ON
THE SULLIVAN TRIAL
The Advance will carry dally re
ports of the progress of the If. C.
Sullivan trial at Hertford, for which
a special term of Superior Court is
called to convene Monday morning.
A representative of this newspaper
will be In attendance at the trial, and
IU A(lvi"' on
us disclosures ana developments
from day to day.
H. C. Sullivan, former cashier ot
the Farmers Hanking & Trust Com
pany, of Hertford, was indicted last
winter when an Investigation of the
affairs of that Institution disclosed
a shortage of more than 60,000 ill
the bank's funds. Judge V. M.
Ilond, of Kdentoit, will preside over
the special term at which Sullivan
will be tried.
What became of the bank's money?