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InnGnnnTn
So ToTJorli-
Believed. That Neither
Roads Nor Shopmen
Can Reject Adminis
tration Plan
Washington, July 31 (By The
Associated Press) President
Harding was said today by
close personal friends and ad
visors to have received assur
ances from Chairman Cuyler of
the rail executives, Vice Presi
dent Atterbury of the Penn
sylvania, and B. M. Jewell,
head of the strikers, that they
-would support his proposal for
an immediate ending of the
strike.
Cuyler Denies It
Philadelphia, July -31 (By
The Associated Press) Chair
man Cuyler said, "It's not true
that the railroad
employers 5
have given assurances that they
6 ,
will support the President S
proposal for ending the Strike.
Chicago July 31 (By The Associ-!
ated Press) Strike leaders are ar -
Tiving from all parts of the country I
today for Tuesday's meeting-called to I
consider President Harding's plan!
for settlement of the railway strike j
and hopes are expressed that the men
-will be back at work beiore me ena
of the week.
The position of the striking shop
men was expressed by A. O. Wharton,
labor member of the Labor Board,
-who declared, "If either the railroad
executives In New York or the shop
crafts policy committee In CHicago
should reject Harding's peace propo
sal, the group that rejects it would
lace the full responsibility for con
tinuance of the railroad strike and
all that might result therefrom."
Hooper At Washington
Washington, July 31 (By The As
sociated Press) Chairman Ben
Hooper of the Labor Board, arrived
here today from Newport, Tenn., for
a conference with the President on
the strike situation.
Japanese City Has
Money And To Spare
Kobe, Japan. July 31. The city of
Kobe finds itself In the enviable po
sition of having a surplus of three
million yen from its 1921 municipal
budget. The city has always bud- i
geted liberally and collected taxes to t
cover the estimated expenditure to j
the last sen.. Therefore the happy
state of the city's finance.
TOWNSHIP CONSTABLE EMMETT
DIDN'T TAKE NEXT STEP
Thirty days on the roads for as
sault and thirty days for carrying a
concealed weapon was the double
sentence Imposed on Fred Harris,
colored, in police court Monday morn-i)n )he gurf :gjX months this store has won every
ing in connection with a difficulty; M(m7Q 8al(8man for a. Pr'ze ven by the Pender Stores,
which the defendant had with Town- p Toxey & c Elizabeth City 1 Edgar Towe of Chapanoke has been
ship Constable Emmett a little over, TwtA on'buslness. ' manager of the local store, since its
a month ago. Mr. Emmett testified ,clookey SaunderSi Ca taln nenjastablishn,ent here. Mr. Towe will
that the negro was raising a disturb-' . n . . , . ,f T ,.. 1 leave Wednesday for a week's tour
. , , , , ,
i n net. nn Wr n 1 nil f tlttat r r fi T n Q f UhOn
ance on Walnut street and that when
he threatened to put Harris under,
.arrest the darky drew a gun and with!
more emphasis than elegance threat-
ened to 'let daylight through the con -
stable If the latter advanced another
step. Unarmed, Mr. Emmett took
counsel of discretion and went home
for his own gun. When he got back
his darky was gone. Harris had not
been seen In these parts since until
Sunday, when he came home to visit
his folks and was arrested.
Rear lights, . or rather lack of
them, on motor trucks continued to
take toll of the earnings of truck
drivers or their employes. William
Morgan and Frog Miller, both col
ored, were taxed with the coBts,
amounting to HAS, for this offense.
J. B. Hickman was taxed with the
co-sts for turning his car around on
East Main street.
STAR SHOWS HIDING
SKILL IV PHOTOPLAY
Admirers of Pauline Frederick
their number is legion throughout the
world who have never seen her ride
hefore are going to be greatly aston
ished when they see her In her lat
est starring vehicle, "The Sting of the
Lash," produced by R- Pictures
Corporation and scheduled for screen
ing at the Alkrama Theater tonight.
In this production she does some rid
ing that would have taxed the ability
of an old range hand.
Svanson And Davis
Doth Sure Of Victory
Richmond, July 31 (Hy The Asso
ciated Press) 'Last minute claims of
managers for Senator Swanson and
former Governor Westmoreland
Davis, candidates for the Senate in
the Democratic primary tomorrow,
featured the closing hours of the
campaign today. Swanson's head
quarters claim that he will sweep the
state by 40,000 to 60,000 majority;
jUavis lieutenants claim the state by
Awning Fire Might
Have Been Real Blaze
Walking down toward the river
shore between seven and eight o'clock
Sunday evening a number of people
were amazed to see smoke and flames
apparently bursting from the build
ing occupied by the D. R. Morgan
Company and the Prln-Cae-Cola Com
pany on Water street. Little Susie
Crank was one of the first to see the
smoke and It was she who hurried to
a telephone and called the tire com -
nanv in tlio acene llv that time ft
crowd had gathered and it was dis
covered that only the bottling com-
I pany's awning was on fire. The awn-
ling was tightly rolled upagalnst the
building and was damp besides. It is
PP;ed lfhat a curette carelessly
tossed up from the street fell upon it
and iodge(i, starting the smoke and
finally the blaze. Given a little more
time the building would probably
have caught. The damage as it was
amounted to about $10.
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WANCHESE NEWS
Wanchesei July 27. Miss Sarah
R Towfi ,eft TUeSday to return to
her home at Garysburg, after spend
ing several days here the guest of
Miss Mary Scarborough. Miss Towe
is the daughter of Rev. William
Towe, a member of the North Caro -
Una Methodist Conference and at one: spirit of the times, Mr. Crow con-
time pastor of Dare Circuit, JusUtinued, Just as the horse and buggy
across the Sound from here. Mr. hs K'ven way to the automobile as
Towe, during his pastorate in this
county, was a great singer and was!
praised very highly as a music j
teacher.
After being away a short time vis-;
itlng relatives and friends at Rod-
anthe and Salvo, Bradford Payne re-!
turned to his home here Tuesday af
ternoon feeling highly honored, hav
ing received such courteous treat
ment from the people of the lower
banks during his short stay there.
MJss Trade Cahoon has been very
sick at her home here for the past
week but Is now Improving.
W. C. Twlddy, sales agent for the
jDayton Moneyweight Scale Company
of Dayton, Ohio, with offices at Eliza
: beth City, was here Tuesday In
I Interest of the company.
I Ira Thomas, little son of Mr. and
'Mrs. Harold Howard, of Norfolk, Is
'here visiting his grandparents, Mr.
'and Mrs. Daniel E. Davis.
A very enjoyable afternoon was
spent Friday when a crowd of girls
jand boys, numbering more than
: twenty-five, In honor of Miss Eugenia
'Sykes, of Berkley, Va., who Is here,
! visiting friends, went over to Bodies
; Island beach on an excursion at which j
bathing was the most Important sport j
; featured.
They report that the en
tire Coast, flnarrl crew at that station
went in bathing with them, which!5 Prhe last month for se!ling the
marto thom fool woii nmin.inH i,iiJmoBt Cleaiieasy Soap. For the last
mill fonnin, inilj J lliril, UULIICI
MIdeett and Reeeie Tlllett were at.
Tonto t0.h;
Tom rreef nno of th ia,ii
buslness men of Mant WM hgre
;Tueg(iay on business.
! Miss Laura Davis and her music
pupils with a few special friends
.spent part of the afternoon Wednes
day at Fort Raleigh bathing. Miss
jDavis has been promising her class a
I trip of that kind for some time but
not until this week had she found it
possible to make good her promise.
The crowd consisted of ladles only
with the exception of Eilis Davis, and
me oniy reason lor nis presence
reason
there was to drive the motor truck
in which they were making the trip.
-Mrs. Sarah Frances Daniels re
turned to her home Wednesday from
Manteo where she has been spending
several days with her two sons, Mon
sle and Alonza Daniels. Mrs. Daniels
reports a very pleasant trip and seems
to like the town verv well for a
short time hut for a home 8heitrooPs-
chooses the country every time.
Mr. and ,Mrs. J. H. Hooker left
Monday mornlnc on the steamer
Trenton with their daughter, Ellz--
abeth. for Norfolk where the latter!
will undergo an operation at Sarah
Leigh hospital. Mrs. Hooker
take treatment there also.
will
Mrs. J. W. Poole and family are
spending several days at Nags Head.
RALEIGH BANKER
QUOTES ST. PAUL .
E. B. Crow Tells Farm
ers All Will Suffer
Unless They Learn
Value Of Co-operative
Marketing
Halifax, July 31 The Bible and
co-operative marketing of cotton go
hand in hand, declared K. H. Crow,
prominent Ilaleigh hanker, in an ad
dress in the interest of the cotton
sign-up drive. Like St. Paul on the
road to Tarsus, the Kaleigh finan
cier got a vision when he went to
California last year, and that vision
is to build a civilization in North Car
olina that will take women and little
children out of the cotton fields.
After making a thorough investiga-
tion of co-operative marketing In :
California, Mr. Crow said that he re-
turned home determined to do his
part to establish a similar marketing.
system in mis Mate. i ne naieign -
bank wh has ,ned a 8tate.wide
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reputation as a Sunday School
teacher, went to the Bible to seek
light on the subject. He wanted to
ground his faith so firmly that there
could be no doubt about I he said.
Scriptural evidence for co-operation
he found in plenty but it was the
twelfth chapter of First Corinthians
that furnished his text for his address
here this afternoon.
I "And .whether one shall suffer,
' all the members shall suffer with it,"
I said St. Paul. No banker, or mer
chant or manufacturer has a right
to say that because I am not a far
mer, I have no interest in the far
mer," declared Mr. Crow in making
a modern application ;o the Apostle's
message.
An outworn system of selling and of
i financing sales of cotton should give
ay to one mat is in accord witn tne
a modern means of traveling. S ..As to tm, reproduction of the
It is a sound financial proposition gound( tn ia possible because of the
or else the government would not j photo-electric cell, invented by Pro
have backed the Cotton Association fessor Kunz," the statement contin
in this State to the extent of approv-!ued. cen is inliar n shape to
ing a loan or ten million dollars, he
said and he could see no reason why;
any cotton grower should hesitate to
sign a contract to Join the Cotton As -
sociation.
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BRITISH TROOPS GO
TO AID OF FRENCH
Constantinople, July 31 (By The
tne Associated Press) British troops to
jday are being transported across the
Bosphorus from the Asiatic to the
European side, crossing Constant
inople on the way to the Tchatalja
line to reinforce French troops.
Local Pender Store
Wins All The Prizes
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-wral Cl.anKos Made In Personnel
This Week Edgar Towe (
To Henderson
The local D. Pender Store won the
J I tlnn I 1. TlnnJAM C r
01 "'"l"'1 ul U,K
of North Carolina
and after that
' time will be manager
or the render
Store at Henderson,
Winton Rogers of the local store
antl PP,llar turner ror tne uea .Men
and Ellth City All-Star baseball
teams will go to Goldsboro as man
ager of the Pender Store at that
place, and Victor Griffin, who was at
one time with the store here, will
come back as manager. He will he
assisted hy Claude Ferrell.
.Harry Boland Injured
Trying Evade Capture frequent trips to New York City, ob-
serving all the style tendencies of the
Belfast, July 31 (By The Assocl- fall season, and buying new goods
ated Press) Harry Boland, formerly for his three stores here. Mr. Gil
representative of Dall EIreann In the bert will, tell the readers of The Ad
Unlted States, Is In a critical condl- vance from time to time some inter
tlon in a Dublin hospital as the re- estlng things about the autumn fah
sult of wounds received In attempt- ions, and believes that his observa-
ing to evade capture by national army
'AC KWELL
: HAS
II. V. P.
MEETING
TONIGHT
The Senior B. Y
P. V. of Blackwell
church will hold
evening at eight
i-'temorlal Baptist
its meeting this
O'clock In the church annex. A fine E, F. Sawyer at his home on Pearl
Program has bepn arranged and a street. Walter Bryan Frlzzell and
8 "d time is promised all who attend.! Mrs. Mabel E. Frlzzell of Norfolk and
A watermelon rutting will follow thejB. L. Richardson of this city wlt
nieetlng. jnessed the ceremony.
Can Photograph Both
Sounds And Pictures
niv'rsity Of Illinois Patents Second i
Of lis Inventions I or IVotluTilifJ
Talking Movies '
I'rbana. 111., July :!1 ( Hy The Asso
ciated Press) Prof. Joseph T. Tyko
ciner of the I'niversi of Illinois,
after ten years' work, has construct
ed a machine which not only photo
graphs the usual moving picture. as
seen on the screen but at the same
time and on the same film photo
graphs sound. It was announced by
the University today. So far have
the experiments gone that the ring of
a bell, the slam of a door, and the
human voice are reproduced in the
laboratory tests, it was stated.
With the patenting of this machine,
the University has obtained the se
cond of its patents on apparatus
fundamental In the art of talking
motion niot nre.s. Six months ago!
,ha( ll)1(tltlltl()n announced another
of ,tg saff ProfeBHOr Jakob Kunz.
had pel.f(,r(,(, Brtenlum celi which
unike lts 1)miecessors. It was stated,
d,d not sll()w any fatlRuft through
Th. ,. 11SP(1 .... nnolo.
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Braptl sounds.
The apparatus which is working
daily at the 1'nlversity takes moving
pictures simultaneously with the
photographing of the speech of the
acting persons. The machine is
equipped with a mercury arc of spec
ial construction. The intensity of
light varies in accordance with the
speech of the actlnff person; and the
light from the arc is forussed upon
the moving tilm by a sound recording
instrument. The sound record is a
narrow hand of varying transparency,
running along the edge of thp film.
As the film passes through the camera
about two-thirds or three fourths of
it is exposed to the scene being photo
graphed. The remainder of the film
Is given over to photographing the
various sounds. In this manner eve
ry section ami every sound is repro-
;dnmi ja corresponding places on the
record guaranteeing synchorism of
, visual and sound Impression, the
university statement said.
an electric light bulb. When light
passes through it sets up an electric
'charge. Although the amount of the
electricity thus generated is small In
jamount, It Is amplified to the point
Inecassary where sound waves are pro-
Si"" ""'
poplar Branch Team
Plays Here Tuesday
The Poplar Branch nine which
played in Elizabeth City last Thurs
day will meet the local team here
again Tuesday. The line-up on
both teams will be the same as last
(Thursday. The game last Thursday
iwas one of the best seen on the local
(diamond during this season and fans
iare promised a close and interesting
I game Tuesday afternoon at five
o'clock.
ADRIANOPLE IS
HOW THRIVING CITY
Adrlanople, July 31. Adrianople,
which has been one of the harriers to
peace between the Greeks and Turks,
has become a thriving city under
Greek military occupation. The
Turkish shopkeepers and traders
never were so prosperous. The
Greeks have decorated every store
witn a Greek sign, whether the owner
be Greek, Turk or Armenian.
WILL LEAVE WEDN'KSDA V TO
SPEND MONTH AT ALLEN III HST
O. F. Gilbert, with Mrs. Gilbert,
Mary Mitchell Gilbert and (). F. Gil
bert, Jr., will leave Wednesday
morning to spend a month at their
summer home at Allenhurst, New
Jersey.
Whtlo aa-av Mr fMlhort wilt niflkn
tions will be of real value to Eliza
beth City shoppers.
EKIZELL-PAItKER
Albert C. Frlzzell and Miss Mil
dred Parker, both of Norfolk, were
married here at noon Monday by Rev.
Horth Carolinian
Killed Near Coblenz
Coblenz, July 31 (By
The Associated Press)
Privates Harry Long, of
Logansport, Indiana, and
Fitzhugh Langston, of Au
burn, North Carolina, were
killed at Ehrenbreitstein
today when a machine gun
truck skidded and over
turned. Oklahoma Ku Klux
Puts Out Model Ticket
Oklahonia City, July 111 (Hy The
Associated Press) The Ku Klux
Klan issue today still held the center
of attention In tomorrow's primary
election. This was esneclally true In
the three cornered race for the Demo-: producing fields and it was ex
cratic gubernatorial nomination, , nected that orders could be
w'th J. C. Walton, mayor of Okla
homa City. It. H. Wilson, State Sup
erintendent of Public Instruction, and
Thomas H. Owen, former Justice of
the Supreme Court, as candidates.
Wilson's name headed the "Model
Tii'Uwt " nnrnnrterl to have been
drawn by the invisible empire" "'
distributed generally yesterday. j
TUBERCULOSIS ASS'll
MEETS AT GOLDSBORO
... .. , , 'Building on the opening day.
Important 1'lmso Of Public Health ; Thfi ,.,,.,.,, f()r th po.
Work Is BeiK Slu.lie.l By !,. wiU ,)e K. H. Kot, vice presi-
,,',M'r,s !dent of the A. I. Root Company, Me-
' 'lina, Ohio. Mr. Root is one of the
Sanatorium, July 31.-1 h- execu- fort,lm)st lul,,1()ri(,s on ,. Clllture ,
five committee of the North Carolina. the ,.led st(,tPH an(, th(J ,,ek(!epm
Tuberculosis Association met Satur-!()f N(.,h Calllnu r,irtlinnte , gp.
day at Sanatorium to make prelim- (,uring hm for the convention,
inary arrangements for the annual ... lnt(,r(li.tin nmrilm u, ,,
North Carolina Conference on Tuber
culosis, which will he held early In i
.October. An Invitation from th - Interesting to the school children and
Chamber of Commerce of Ooldsboro nattire lovprs of Uale,Kn The UUpi
to hold the sessions in that city wasjot the plcture8 arei ..Through tUe
i unanimously accepted. Home of the Honey Bee" and "Bees
ur. Li. i. ...m.ajrr., maMsu.n ' -
rector oi tne association, was appomi-
ed chairman of the sociological sec
tion and he has promised some im-l
iportant and Interesting papers deal -
ing with the relation of tuberculosis
;and public health work. Dr. Charles
jL. Minor of Asheville was appointed
i chairman of the medical section,
which assures a fine program for that
section. Dr. Minor Is especially well
qualified as chairman for this section,!
having spent a number of years both
in this country and abroad in the
sti)dy of tuberculosis and his message
will be valuable and authoritative.!
Dr. J. W. Dickie of Southern Pines,
was named as ylce chairman of the:
medical section. Dr. Dickie Is sup-1
erintendent of a well equipped sana-: Washington, July 31 (By The As
torlum in Southern Pines and thor- sociated Press) Efforts are under
oughly conversant with tuberculosis 'stood to be contemplated by Senator
work. Mrs. Gordon Finger of Chan-Dial or South Carolina to have the
lotte, president of the association, j President withdraw his recently sub
will preside over the seal sale session ; niltted nomination of Joseph W. Tol
andMrs. Charles K. Whi taker of Hen-j bert, Republican national committee
dersonvllle, vice president of theji"nof South Carolina, to he -mar-association,
will conduct the modern j shal of the western -district of the
health crusade session. 'state.
The last general meeting of the as- j
sociation neiu in Greensboro was1.
productive or much good. The Inter-;
est developed In tuberculosis work as!
a result of the meeting gave the ne
cessary impetus to carry a victorious
election to provide funds for a much
needed county sanatorium and It Is' New York- JuIr 31 ,,v The As
hoped that this year not only Wayne 8clatp(l I'ress) The price of Ger
but many other counties will profit as "lan lnarls dipped to fourteen and a
a result or the meeting.
The association has adopted a pro -
'gram for nutrition work to be Inaug-
united at once among uiider-nourlsh-;
ed children. Fully thirty ner cent of'
jthe children in this state are nial-! Flying Sqiiad Raids
i nourished, as has been shown by sur-j .1 . r' l " r
veys, and in such condition are espe- Atlantic Vlty CafeS
cially subceptible to tuberculosis.
Hy establishing nutrition classes un- Atlantic City, July 31 (By The As
jder the direction of competent phy-! soclat"d Press) Fifteen cafes along
'slclans and nurses, the association i ,hfi bwdwalk and other sections of
i hopes' to bring a large number of the citv WPre raided yesterday by a
! these boys and girls up to par. This flvlnK gn,lu1 of Prohibition agents and
;work will he launched with the co-!ll(luor va,l,f1 at 110.000 was seized,
.operation of the State Board of;
Health and If results Justify, will be
extended to every county in the!
State. Many tuberculosis experts
contend that practically all tubercu-
losls In adult life Is the result of
childhood Infection and If we can
keep the children In good physical'
condition during the growing period,'
they will not develop tuberculosis In ;
later life. The nutrition work Is a
step In this direction and who knows
i how far-reaching the results might;
h"?
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I Miss Nlta Benton left Monday for ,
i Nags Head, where
guest of Mrs. W. II.
she will be the
Jennette.
-SgehI Geo
States Already Request
Fuel Effecting Or
ganization To Make
Immediate Delivery
Washington, July 31 (By
(The Associated Press) Re
quests from the governors of
the states for coal have already
begun to come in to the Federal
Fuel Distribution Committee,
Secretary Hoover stated today.
He said the states ask particu
larly for fuel for public utilities.
Fuel Distributor Spencer to
day was effecting1 the organiz
ation of regional committees in
forwarded to all district within
48 hours.
BEEKEEPERS MEET AT
RALEIGH WEDNESDAY
Raleigh, July 31. The summer
convention of the North Carolina
State Beekeepers' Association will be
held at State College on August 2nd
and 3rd. The meeting will begin at
nine o'clock In the Animal Husbandry
arranged including two motion pic
ture films which sb
jH0w They Work and Live
These
flmg
will be shown
Wednesday
evening, August 2nd.
A number of valuable nrlie win
1 be glven away durlng the conventlon
j each beekeeper having an equal op-
portunlty to win
I j. E. Eckprti Becretarv of the Bee.
keepers' Association, reports that
, considerable Interest has been shown
i the mm in ,
expecting a large attendance.
ASKS PRESIDENT TO
CHANGE J0MINATI0N
GERMAN MARK DROPS'
TO HEW LOU RECORD
nalr ren,s P,,r hundred, a new low
jre('"nl' 1,1 early lpll"K8 on the
"reiKn PX('hanBe today but rallied
ldu r ,met " ni a quarter,
On Trip To At!lriuln-k
Dr. Claude B. Williams with Mrs.
Williams and children, Robert and
, Rennle, left Monday for a short stay
I In the Adirondack mountains. En-
I route they will stop over In Balti
more and New York.
HERE FOR OPERATION
Mrs. E. L. Smlthson of Norfolk Is
here visiting Mr. and Mrs. J. M.
Weeks on West Main street while her
Jtte daughter, Blanche Weeks
Smlthson. Is at the Community Hos-
j pltal for an operation for the removal
of her tonsils.
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