North Carolina Newspapers

rtpufiirn i k-i I 1 Uni ltleJ weather with prcl lly showers tonight and Tuesday. Somewhat lower temperature. CIRCULATION Saturday 1,777 Copies v nJ i. (- f '3 VOL. XII. FINAL EDITION ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA, MONDAY EVENING, SEI'TKMBEK 11, 1922 FOUR PAGES NO. 21G i Pasquotank Has 32 Miles Paved Highway This Includes Paved Elizabeth City Streets j And Scott Makes Plea Which Had Beginning 21 Years Ago In Bel- For Motion Of Dis gian Block Paving On Poindexter And Three missal Years Later "Brick Street" With the first twelve miles of the Elizabeth City to Winton highway paved and with the 9.3 mile brick highway to Weefcsvllle completed over a year ago, Pasquotank County now has, Including the paved streets of'the city, over 30 miles of paved thoroughfares. To be exact, the paved mileage of streets and roads in the County, as nearly as the cor rect figure can be arrived at, Is 32 miles. It has been 21 years since the pav ing of the first hard surfaced street in Elizabeth City was laid. A ven ture of high importance was the $30,000 bond issue asked by the city for the paving of Poindexter street throughout its length from Burgess street to Church. At that time both the passenger station and the freight depot of the Norfo(k Southern rail road were on Pennsylvania avenue, and Poindexter bore the weight of the principal business as well as- the heavy hauling traffic. In. those days, according to the eld-timers, it was no novelty to see horse-drawn drays stuck in the muck between the freight depot and Main street. A hue and cry for a remedy to meet this situation went up, especially from those compelled to use the street continually, but the bond Is sue to provide funds for its paving, when the matter caime up before the city authorities, encountered con siderable opposition from opponents of "high taxes." It Was Rough Going However, the bond issue went through and the street was paved. The money for the paving was bor rowed on the understanding that it should be returned by the city with interest so as to reduce the prin cipal by one thousand dollars per annum. Without hardship to any body this regime has been followed until today, as a result, there is a balance of Just $9,000 due on the construction of Elizabeth City's first 'paved street. But though Poindexter street was paved the paving was not of such a type as to. make paved streets popular. The paving material used was Belgian blocks, and though this paving put an end to stalled drays on this thoroughfare It rather added to the discomfort of traffic over it. Moreover, the din of the passing drays and other vehicles over the rough pavement was a feature that did not make this type of street ap peal to folks- living on quiet resi dential streets. It was not until 1903, three years after the paving of Poindexter, that Elizabeth City got its first brick street, and for so long did this re main the only such street in the city that it came to be and even now, sometimes, ia called, "Brick Street." Credit for, the paving of "Brick Street," or ' West Church, belongs entirely to private enter prise. W. M. Baxter at that time owned most of the property abutting the west end of Church street, r. Baxter, with the co-operation of his brother-in-law, A. T. Selden, of Bal timore, formed the West End De velopment Company, composed of West Church street property .own ers, of which Mr. Baxter was presl- rtpnt and XT. R. Griffin was secre tary. Funds for the paving wereiat ttle Community Building a i aa jk secured by placing a of 116,000 upon the UU11UCU UCMk property of thn Btnckhnlders of the deve OD- ment company. Here, then, was the real beginning of paved residential streets In Elizabeth City, and credit for It must go to Mr. Baxter and his associates. Paving Cnnie Hlowly Even then the idea of paved streets for the main residence and business districts of the town came Blowly. But it came surely. "Brick Street" was popular. This was be fore the era of the general use of the automobile, but to anybody who had any sort of a pleasure vehicle jo drive, "Brick Street" became very popular. , Anybody out driving Just for pleasure -drove over "Brick Street" both going and coming. Any body driving Into town from the; west Bide of the city made It con-; venlent to drive In by "Brick Street." j In the spring of 1911 Elizabeth City was In the Tidewater League and of the crowds of fans attending the game those who rode drove home, no matter what part of the town they happened to live Jn, over "Brick Street." But In the early spring of 1911 "Brick Street" was still the only paved residence street. The other streets of the town were of Pasquo- May Wed Kaiser i ! 1 1 p jr fir i IIHHIIIIlllllllllllIIIHQIlIMUII limit William Hohenzollern will wed Princess Hermine in October, ac cording to cable reports from Lon don. She has learned the watch maker's art since the death of her husband, the Grand Duke of Saxe Meiningen this interesting dispatch further states. Sentenced To Roads Fcitss Ictcs Appcsl Etheridge Forbes, of Old Trap, picked up by the police Saturday with more than a lawful allowance of Intoxicating liquor In his suit case, was found gU'ilty by Trial Jus tice Spence In the recorder's court Monday morning on a charge of transporting and sentenced to four months on the roads. He noted an appeal. - William Overman was taxed with the costs for riding a bicycle at night without lights; and two colored boys, Frank Nixon and Will Robert son were given the same Judgment on the same charge. Tom Jones, colored, for cruelty to animals was fined $10 and costs. MARYLAND VOTERS AT THE POLLS-TODAY, Miss Arnette Hathaway left Fri-; iday to take up her work as teacher Baltimore, Sept. 11 (By The As-jln sociated Press) Maryland voters went to the polls today to chose can-; didates for senator and congressmen. The Republican contest was fori the Senate, Senator France being opposed by John W. Garrett, secre- tary of the Washington Armament Conference. The Democrats had a three cornered fight for the Senate j nomination and contests In five Con-, gressional districts. I. I). C, Meets Tuesday A call meeting of the D. H. HIUhKn 8Pn,,f1 here- ' Chapter of the U. D. C. will be held Mls Kate Blanchard returned t four i o'clock Tuesday afternoon. Business " of importance Is to be discussed and "'6 i i.ieseut tank. dirt. Holes were patched with oyster gnellgi if thege were avalabl e, or, If not, with scrap-ends of timber from the lumber mills. From the frequently traversed streets which brought out of town visitors Into the city rose, In hot, dry weather. Incessant clouds of dust that sifted through screen doors or windows into the homes along the street. And In winter when It was wet street crossings wjpre frequently negotiated jwlth difficulty. The Beginning Of l'rojjrws But the spring of 1911 was the last spring of unpaved streets. Slowly and surely the demand for better streets had grown stronger and more Insistent. And early In that year a $100,000 bond issue was passed to provide funds for such streets. Then arose the question of the material to be used In the pav 'Ing. There was some sentiment in favor of Belgian blocks; consider able sentiment. Indeed, surprising, as this fact may now seem. Harmony was finally achieved, however, by an agreement that In the wholesale dl trlct Belgian blocks should be used, Continued on Paga 3 JUDGE TO HEAR STRIKERS' SIDE Attorney For Jewell Chicago, Associated Sept. 11 (By The Press) Argu- the Government's merits on motion to make permanent the temporary injunction against rail strikers opened at 10:35 this morning before Federal Judge Wilkerson. Blackburn Esterline, assistant to the At torney General, opened the argument for the Government, reading a list of the defendants on whom service has been ob-(- seranton. Sept. ll (iiy The Asso tained. Donald Richberg, at-' elated Press) a contract that sent . - t nf t ,u j ! 1 5"i ,0(10 miner back to work at torney, for B. M. Jewell andithe;r o(1 formaUy Blgiw, John Scott, called attention to today by representatives of miners the motion he filed Y nday,, . . i. 1 f 1 1 ' asking dismissal oi me injunc tion as it relates to his clients. I Over the objection of Ester line, the judge ruled that he j would hear the strikers' attor ney on the motion of dismissal. CONDUCTOR KILLED train Tunns OVER iMacon, Ga., Sept. 11 (Dy The As sociated Press) Conductor B. It. Lasuier of Vldalia, Ga., was killed and three other persons were seri ously injured when the Macon, Dub lin & Savannah engine turned turtle near here today. RESTORE PROPERTY TO BAPTIST D0ARD lirn akin ,rtn Cnnl 11 I J3r TKo ll.l """""6"' y sociated Press) -The niunlcipality 01 !aiiiiio, Mexico, nas resiorea tolnK with the patient's temperature I tne roreign Mission uoaro oi me Southern Baptist Convention virtu ally all the property confiscated In 1917, Acting Secretary of State Phillips Informed Senator Harris of Georgia today Hertford Personals Hertford. Sept. 9, 1922 Miss! j Evelyn White left Friday for Selma.j j where she will resume her work as I teacher In the cltv schools there, i the Greenville High School. j Mr and Mrs. Robert L. Fritz, Jr. arrived Friday on the early morning ! train. Mr. Fritz will be principal in the Hertford High School. j Miss Lucy Lee Morgan of Coro-j peake, N. C. returned to Hertford ! Friday to teach in the graded school ' here. Miss Helen Newbold left Friday, for Vanceboro, to teach in the school V,?,?.e . . i .vir. waiter uaney, jr. or saiem, Va., arrived In Hertford Friday to ! begin his work as teacher in the i borne Friday from a vacation to I Virginia Ueacn Thomas Nixon, Jr. has returned from Nags Head where he has been on a vacation. s Miss Alethla N. Felton of Beau fort, arrived In Hertford Friday to begin work as teacher in the high school here. Rev. T. M. Grant has returned home from a visit, to relatives In Kinston and will hold regular ser vices Sunday. 4 Under the management of Meade Fields Jr. a big dance was given at the Rex theatre Wednesday night in honor of the young people of the town who are leaving for school this- week and next. About two hundred land fifty were present among whom were fifteen or twenty honor guests from Elizabeth City and Edenton. Jones Jazz band furnished the music and a delightful evening was spent by those who participated. County Agent L. W. Anderson went to Norfolk Tuesday on busi ness. Mrs. Hugh Elliott nd daughter. Ellzabeth. went to Elizabeth City uy to spend tne ween and. I Miss Annie White and Miss Hazel j Hughes left Saturday night for Greensboro where they will attend i the state College for Women. Injunction Stands Is Rumored Here A report from an ap parently reliable source, but which could not be confirmed as this news paper went to press, to the effect that the Su preme Court had sustain ed the injunction restrain ing the County Highway Commisrion from building the Mt. Hermon road leached Elizabeth City today. BACK TO WORK AT OLD WAGES and operators. STUDY PSYCHOLOGY OF NAVAL OFFICERS Kure, Japan, Sept. 11 (Ty Tin Associated Press) With a view of placing naval officers in positions to which they are best suited the psy chology of each candidate is to be studied. Experiments have been ! carried out with 10,000 sailors and j the results are said to have been sat isfactory. MRS. HARDING MAS A IfFSTi-lll f RHT Washington. Sept. 11 (By The Associated Press) Mrs. HardliiK spent a ''fairly , restful night but EHzubeth City Is shocked and the there was. no marked change in nery(lnK man parents, are, stunned condition. Secretary Wallace was in- formed at the White House when hebv the discovery of the alleged called shortly after eight o'clock this! defalcation. The father, J. D. Sykes, morning. Secretary Weeks, who al-1 sr., held in high regard throughout so called early at the White House, j.i.p mmmnnltv as a citizen and as a .... , J :saia tnat tne sugni improvement j whlch get in yesterday was continue- j eeHiine nearer normal Brigadier Qpneral Sawyer Issued bulletin shortly after 10 o'clock say- j Ing, "last night was less restless, elimination has Increased and com plications are subs'Iding, general ap pearances Indicate Improvement. Operation procedure Is deferred." Demands Impeachment Of Atinmv f;.-.-.! i VJI attorney vcneri Washington, Sept. 11 (By The As sociated Press) Demand for Im peachment of Daugherty for "high crimes nd misdemeanors" was ( I made in the House today by Repre-, tentative Keller of Minnesota, who auugui iiuuimmm , Immediate action on the resolution for' Investigation, uy an overwhelming vot,e the Hu re" ! ferred the QuWtion to the Judiciary ; . JAPAH CLEANS UP MICE EVERY YEAR Tokio, Sept. 11 (By The Associ ated Press) Under order of the 4 chief health officer of the city every, householder during July of each year must have a general house cleaning. Kverythlng in the house must be turned out, chiefly Into the streets, and given a thorough dusting and scrubblng. .The rubbish that has gathered during the year is thrown this newspaper carried a story about Into heaps to be carted away. Thus a prize won by this catch in a na- wTtlr a poor cartage system thejtlonal contest sponsored by the; streets of Toklo are littered for , sportsman's magazine. Field and weeks with the flotsam and Jetsam Stream. of her Inhabitants. Other cities; Little could one have Imagined at : have other cleaning periods, even that time that the next newspaper the smallest village having to dls-;Htorv in whfch Svkes would figure pose of Its trash at least once a year. COMES TO PLEAD CAUSE OF FRANCE Paris, Sept. 11 (By The Associ ated Pres) Georges Clemenceau Is going to the United States primarily to plead the cause of France, he told the correspondent of Petit Parl- to-iRien. ne expects to start In Novem - her Bnd de-llver four lectures. Miss Alma Wlnslow has returned from Norfolk and Newport News, where she visited friends. m r i llnnvnon 11 Ell UI3 Highly Respected And Popular Young Man Skips Town Leaving Shortage Of More Than $20,000 At First & Citizens National Bank Loss Up To Bonding Company John 1). Sykes, Jr., city collection teller of I lie FMrst & Citizens Na tional Hank and World War veteran, is missing and an investigation by the bank has disclosed u shortage of somewhat more than $20, (lot) in his accounts. This report, current here in rumor form for the last 4S hours, was confirmed at noon Monday In a statement given out by Charles H. Hobinson, president of the bank, I which, while it does not disclose the j amount of the shortage, declares that the bank Is protected by a surety bond of the fidelity & De posit Company of Baltimore in the sum of $25,000, which will prevent1 any loss to the bank. I John 1). Sykes, Jr., familiarly I known to his friends as "J. D.", left! Elizabeth City on Sunday morning j before Labor Day without giving an inkling to anyone here, so far as can be learned, that he was leaving j for anything more than a holiday ; Jaunt. Even when he failed to re-1 turn to his work on Tuesday, and a! check-up of his records was institut-i ed, no undue alarm was entertained by the bank officials, as there had been nothing in the young man's j conduct to arouse the slightest de gree of suspicion. He was modest, Industrious, quiet and frugal, ap parently living well within his means, and thoroughly normal and sane in everv resnoct. To those who knew him moat intimately, he was the last young man whom they; .......1,4 v....,,. f ti, f..itr..f ,illge of dishonesty. Family Htiinnl By Hlwck amj grieved the mother prostrated iari) ig ,me of the best known men in tne community nd Is a proml- ntMlt iaymah of the First baptist church. Mr. and (Mrs. Sykes have five other children, one son and four daughters, all of whom are doing well. Tin family name In this County is heretofore without stain, i. To the lather the son's conduct Is Inexplicable. "I have never found the faintest shadow of dishonesty In any of J. D.'s dealings," he declared Monday morning, "and I cannot con ceive that in his right mind he ould ih . ,rrnalv have been guilty of a grossly dls - honest act can beiiev Neither of the parents their son was himself when he left the city. Indeed, in the light of the experience through whlch they are now passing, theytlon wag perfected. Practically every realize that his conduct hag not . ava-llable seat in the church was been normal for six or eight weeks, taken tuo im-par nuri nt vn .rn. "We noti 1 a change in the boy," gadd thg fatllHr When he came back; f rom the World War. But as time : WK)re on egpeclaliy tnig year, when he went back Into the poultry business on mr little farm, I thought 1 Mrs. Clarence Tattim, president; he was once more getting to be the! Miss Margaret Gordan, vice presi. old J. D.. ami continued to think so! dent; Miss Reubell Sanders, record up until the last few weeks." ing secretary; Lycurgus Twiford, It was hardly more than a year corresponding secretary; Mrs. Llzzje ago, on August 25, 1921, to be ex-j Davenport, treasurer; Howard act, that young Sykes burst Into the Jones, chorister; Miss Ella Simpson, office of The Advance editor, his face j pianist; Miss Ruth Cox, librarian; flushed with excitement as he held Miss Edna Sanders, group captain out a tremendous black bass for the editor's 'Inspection and admiration, He had Jnt caught the monster off Macheihe's Island, find It lipped the ' scale's at 7 pounds, the biggest bass of the season, if not the largest ever caught here. Jwo months later would be one Involving dishonor for himself, sorrow for his friends ana grief and heart-befak for bis Imme diate family. HlateiiH-nt By President The statement Issued by C. H. Itoblnson, president of the bank, at noon today follows: We regret to announce' that one of our trusted employees, John D. ' Sykes, Jr., who has bwn In our em- ploy for a number of years in charge of the Collection Department, has recently left town for parts un known. It develops that by means f false entries and other devices, he j has been able to cover up a short-' 'age In his accounts to quite a large j amount, but fortunately the bank Is! i fully protected by a surety bond of' fin n n ncJ v:??,' rnn WOMEN LOCATED ADD MAN CLEARED Macon, C.a., Sept. 11 (By The As sociated Press) Mrs. J. Garnett Starr, nineteen, and Miss Valeria Lamar, fifteen, sisters who were lo cated in Jacksonville yesterday after a nationwide search, In connection with which H. C. Graham was ar rested on the charge of abduction, were returned to their home here this morning. Mrs. Starr declared Graham Innocent of the charge and Warren Roberts, the girls' uncle, sa'id the charges against Graham would be dismissed at once. MAINE ELECTING STATE OFFICERS Portland, Maine, Sept. 11 ( Uy The Associated Press) The first state election of 19 22 Is under way m Maine todav with a senator, four congressmen and a governor heading the officials to be chosen. Eight wo men Bought seats in the Legislature, ten are seeking county offices. Sen ator .Hale Is opposed by former Governor Oakley Curtis, Democrat. ADC ft P 111x1-11 Til Vi I 00mmw0 IV GENERAL STRIKE Atlantic City, N. J., Sept. U (By The Associated Press) The nhop men's strike and the demands for a general strike against the Govern ment's Injunction were on the pro gram when the executive council of the American Federation of Labor resumed their conference today. Many members of the council, al though denouncing the injunction as a "blow to the rail crafts and a threat to all organized labor," ex pressed opposition to a general strike. CALVAKV B. Y. I. U. ORGANIZED The young people of Calvary Bap tist church were organized Into a Baptigt Young People's Union Sun .... t . . day ngnt.. The pastor, Rev. R. F. H&Ui delivered a Btirring message to tne younK people along the line of jj y. P. U. work. It was at the close of thi8 megsage that the organiza- eregation consisted of voune Deoole. The following young people were ejected by the church as the officers' of the B. Y. P. U. and were duly In- J stalled Into office: No 1; Mrs. Sam Hughes, group cap- tain No. 2; Miss Mary Davis, group captain No. 3; Mrs. Minnie Morgan, group captain No. 4. There were forty-two young people enrolled In the union. The first pro- gram will be given next Sunday night at 7:15 o'clock. Miss Edna .Sanders, group captain No. 1, wilt be in charge of the program. , r . To Plmlc Wwlriewlay The Junior department of the First Mpthoiikt Mrs. W, C. Glover Is superintendent. will have a picnic Wednesday after noon from -3 to 6 at the Old Park. I All children of the Junior depart ment are asked to be at the First Methodist church promptly at 2:45 Wednesday afternoon and from there they will be taken In auto 1 mobiles to the picnic grounds. r The Fidelity t Deposit Company of Baltimore, in the sum of 125.000, which will prevent any loss to th bank. Police are actively at work on the case and we hope to locate tb young man and have him In custody In a short time. First & Citizens National Bank, CHAS. H. ROBINSON, President.