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VOL. XII. FINAL EDITION
ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA, TUESDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 19, 1922
FOUR PAGES
NO. 223
Make final Appeal For
Help For Fire Company
Kiwanians Out To Raise $3500 For Remodeling
Quarters of Fire Department, Urge Hearty
And Generous Response to Appeal for Dona
tions Before Wednesday Night of This Week
There Is no denial offered to the,
assertion that the Elizabeth City i
Fire Department ts, without ques-,
tlon, as efficient as any of its size in;
the country today. This state of ef-j
liciency has been brought about by
hard work on the part of those whose !
only incentive has been civic pride j
and native, love of the city. The ap-.
paratus of the company ts complete
In every detail save a hook and lad
der truck and that much needed ina-;
chine will be in Elizabeth City and;
in operation in sixty days. All these!
things are tangible evidence of a!
spirit of protective affection that the;
Are department feels for the town, j
Almost like a fraternal society,
the Elizabeth City Fire Department!
Is amalgamated into a solid body of
willing co-workers.
It has taken ten years of unremit-j
ting toil on the part of the depart-j
ment' to bring It to Its high state of j
efficiency and the entire talents r j
the many men who have contributed j
,so largely to this upbuilding process j
have been given without thought of j
remuneration. General sentiment is'
to the effect that It is now about j
time that the people of the city didj
something for the department.
Today there are three salaried j
men in the employ of the depart- j
ment. Their salaries are nominal:
and the upkeep is so small that the;
tax rate Is as low as eleven cents.
But now comes the necessity Of re
pairs and refurnishing of the depart
ment headquarters. '
With these things in. view the Kl
wanisdub has started a drive to
raise the necessary funds for this
purpose. In speaking of this, drive j
Cliff. Sawyer, chairman of the drive
.committee, says: "We do not de
sire a raise in taxes to take care of
a condition tha't must be met at once.
When we raise the necessary funds
by donation that Is the end of it.
There Is no Interest, there are no in
stallments, and nil increase In back
payments. I , '
"There has bee raised to date,"
continued Mr. Sawyer, "a little more
than a thousand, dollars and at least
$3,500 is necessary. Teams are out
working now and we expect to hear
great things' from them, because
those who donate will know that
they are showing their full meajsure
of appreciation for the boys who
fight for our property and some
times our lives against the demon
fire.
"In all the annals of the fire de
partment there is no record of a
word pf dissatisfaction from any of
its members Uor a disposition to lay
down on their Job. It is a notable
fact that during their own' hours
they may be merchant or mechanic,
tailor or tradesman, but at the first
clang of the alarm bell or blast of
the whistle they are flremeth every
Inch of them, firemen of Elizabeth
City ready to defend life and prop
erty to the last ditch.
"What less can Elizabeth City do
than appreciate such a wonderful,
high-spirited, loyal body of men and
show that appreciation In a substan
tial manner.
"Those who may he so unfortun
ate as to be overlooked by the soli
citors' may make their donations to
Cecil F. Garrett, to Chief Flora.
John Snowden, or to any member of
the Ffre Commission."
EXFECf SOLVE
KYSTERY TODAY
New Brunswick, Sept. 19 (By The
Associated Frees) After three days
Investigation of the murder of Bev.
Edward Wheeler Hall and Mrs. Elea-
nor Relnhardt Mills, authorities ex-
)' press confidence that today's de-
velopments will bring about solu
tion of the mystery. Arrest9 are
expected. County officials declared
!hey knew who did the shooting and
where it occurred.
ANXIE IHE TO
OPEX ART CLASS HERE
Miss Annie Love is opening a be
ginner's art class and Elizabeth
City poople who are interested In
lessons In drawing, painting and
china decoration are Inviled to com
municate with Miss Ive. She Is a
Meredith College, girl and her traln
" ' been of the hlphest type.
Pershing Comes
To The State Pair
Raleigh, Sept. 19 (By
The Associated Press)
General Pershing has ac
cepted the invitation to
visit the North Carolina
State Fair October 18,
which will be celebrated
as "Military Day," it was
announced today.
Ohio To Vote On Sale
Of Wines And Beer
Columbus, Ohio, Sept. 19 (By The
Associated Press) Ohio at the No
vember election will vote on the
state constitutional amendments to
legalize the manufacture and sale of
wine and beer. The State Supreme!
Court today ordered Secretary of!
State Smith to place the proposal on
the ballot in the mandamus action
brought by the association opposed
to prohibition to sponsor the amend
ment after the secretary refused to
certify the amendment for a vote.
The Anti-Saloon League will appeal
to the United States Supreme
Court.
Says Would Mean
Increased Rates
Atlanta, Sept. 19 (By The Associ
ated Press) Application of ship
pers for the proposed uniform class
rate mileage scale would mean In
creased rates in North Carolina and
Georgia, a slight reduction in South
Carolina and about the present
levels In Alabama, Harry T. Moore,
traffic manager of the Atlanta
Freight Bureau, declared in his tes
timony before the Interstate Com
merce Commission of investigation
today.
England Will Fight
Alans If necessary
London, Sept. 19 (By The Asso
ciated Press) The British cabinet
takes the attitude that England will
undertake military action alone if
necessary to protect the freedom of
the Dardanelles. '
HOUSE PREPARES
TO HEAR HARDING
Washington, Sept. 19 (By The As
sociated Press) The House pre
pared today to receive President
Harding's message vetoing the
bonus. It was indicated that the
message Is practically completed and
will be transmitted to Congress af
ter he discusses with the cabinet.
House leaders arranged In the event
of a veto to defer until tomorrow
the move to repass the bill. Friends
of the bonus appeared confident tha'
more than the necessary two-thirds
majority could be obtained in the
House, but did not seem so confident
about the situation In the Senate.
The President's message vetoing
the bonus was completed In the fore
noon and sent to the House before
one o'clock. ,
Judges U:rp Power
Columbia, Sept. 19 (By The Asso
ciated Press) Restriction of Fed
eral Judiciary was urged upon Con
gress In a resolution adopted by the
South Carolina State Labor Federa
tion which brought the annual con
ventlon to a close here today. Th.
resolution charged that Judges ire
"usurping powers and authority
never contemplated by the founders
of the Government."
"REIHFORCEMEUT" !
IS BAPTIST SLOGAN
Itt'v. It. T. II j1 I , Local Organizer, To
Wind I'p Year's Work
Successfully
Rev. Romulus F. Hall left Mon
duy night for Raleigh to attend a'
meeting of the Baptist State Board
of Missions for the launching of a
Reinforcement Campaign. Mr. Hall
has been named leader and organiz
er of the campaign in this associa
tion. The purpose of the Reinforcement:
Campaign, which is Southwide in
scope, is to reinforce the Seventy-!
five ..Million Campaign. North Caro-i
Una's quota for the five years, be
ginning October 30, 1919, was,
$6,140,000, or $1,228,000 a year.j
The third year of the Seventy-five'
Million Campaign closes with No-,
vember of this year. But since the
beginning of the campaign Baptists
In many sections have suffered finan
cial .depression, some have died,Jand
there have been other reasons why
pledges could not be collected.
There remains to be collected by No
vember 30 the sum of $700,000.
Now It is estimated that only
about sixty per cent of the Baptist
membership took part In the Seventy-five
Million Campaign. Also,
there have been many additions to
Baptist churches in the last three
years. The Reinforcement Cam
paign, therefore, will put the ma
chinery In motion to collect old
pledges, to enlist new members In
the campaign, and to line up the
forty per cent' who failed to take
part three years ago.
Mr. Hall will have the task of
organizing this association . in the
Reinforcement Campaign, and each
Baptist pastor In the association will!
have the task of organizing his!
church. Missionary societies, B. Y. !
P. U.'s and similar organizations wiil
also have their part in putting over
successfully the Baptist cause
BLACK WELL GIVES RECEPTION
TO TEACHERS FRIDAY XIGHT
Public announcement was made
at the morning and evening services j
of Blackwell Memorial Baptist j
church Sunday morning of an invi
tation which had been extended to
the superintendent and teachers of
the city schools the previous week i
by a committee from' the Sunday
school through the proper channels
to a reception to Se" given in the
Blackwell annex on Friday night at
7:30 o'clock. All of the teachers
are cordially Invited, and a pleasant
evening will be enjoyed with a suit
able program and refreshments.
White Han Sent To
Roads Fcr Stealing
Two major cases were disposed of
in Superior Court Tuesday morning,
one charging larceny of a sum of
money In excess of $80 and fte other
charging violation , of the liquor
laws. J. H. Rogers was defendant
In the larceny charge and, found
guilty, was sentenced to 12 months
on the roads.
Ethertdge Forbes of Old Trap was
the defendant charged with trans
porting and having in his possession
liquor for the purpose of sale; but
he was adjudged not guilty.
In the case of W. R. Lambert.
charged with operating an automo
bile without displaying the proper
license number, Judgment was sus
pended on payment of costs.
A decree of absolute divorce on
statutory grounds was granted in
the case of J. H. Casper vs. Pattir
Casper.
The following cases were disposed
of Monday afternoon:
Sonhronia Brooks, colored, charg
ed with larceny and receiving sto'.ei.
goods was found not guilty.
John Henry Heckstall, colored
for housebreaking and arson, wa
found not guilty on the forme
charge, but guilty on the lattet
charge, and was given six months or
the roads.
. Milfofd Murden. colored, was giv
en 18 months on the jroads 'for big
imy, and for assault with deadh
weapon was given six months on the
roads.
George Griffin, colored, for lar
"eny, whs given four months In th
County Jail to be hired out by tin
commissioners, the cost of the action
In his case to he taken out .of hli
hire. "
Simon Douglas was granted a dl
force from Sarah Douglas.
Following is the grand Jury:
C. M. GriKKs. foreman; E. F. Spen
cer, Israel Lister, C. W. Overman
F. J. Hooper. R. K. Forbes, C. I)
Sprulll, W. H. Keats, J. A. Tattim
L B. Jennette. J. XV. Webb, G. M
Spence, 7.. F. S pence, J. W. Ballanre
V. M. Hooper. N. P. Jennings, J, ('.
thom pson, W. R. Jones.
What One Man Does
To Support a Title
London. Sept. 19 (By The Asso
ciated Press) It is hard to be rela
tively poor, yet compelled by the cir
cumstance -Of birth to hide the fact
and even play the liart of a mad-cap
spender.
A certain lord writes to a Lon
don newspaper:
"I have to wear a tall hat and the
tail coat of conventionality. I have
'.o tip well and cheerfully, and at
the same time count every penny.
When friends from abroad come to
towu I have to entertain them
which is a pleasure, but oh! the
plotting and the planning and mean
little economies that I have to prac
tice! Without a title I should be a
comparatively happy man. But I In
herited It and I cannot shed it.
"A wealthy American once said
to nie, 'You British peers have a
jolly good time!' I tried to explain
to him that we too had responsibil
ities, but he countered this by say
ing, 'I would give anything to be a
man of title.' And I would have
given a great deal to be plain 'Mr'
with all his money."
SOUTHERN SHOPMEN
RETURNING TO WORK
Columbia, Sept. 19 (By The As
sociated Press) Southern Railway
shopmen today are preparing to re
turn to work here under the agree
ment signed by railway officials and
union officials. None of the men re
turned today but it was said at the
shoos that all expected to be back
tomorrow.
Statement Issued I
The Southern Railway later issued!
the following statement, i"Sp em
ployes who have been on a strike i
will be restored to work as rapidly
as this can be done without disturb
ing the orderly working of the shops.
Under the terms of agreement all
old men with the exception of those
guilty of violence are to be put back
within thirty days. The men come
backr to Work at the reduced wages
set by the Railroad Labor Board,
against which the strike was di
rected." .
Not All Back Yet
Charlotte, Sept. 19 (By 'The As
sociated Press) The striking shop
men on the Southern Railway here
did not return to work today. E. L.
Barkley, secretary of the local
union, said: "A hitch has been en
countered which men Insist on being
cleared up before they go back to
work." He added that the same
situation existed among 1,700 shop
men at Spencer.
Slight Decrease
In 1922 Enrollment
Kx pin I ned Ity Kmc! Tlmt Country
Children Are Not Admitted
This Year '
The opening enrollment of the pri
mary, grammar and high school this
year totals 1,438, which Is slightly
under last year's opening total of
1,514.
In the primary school the enroll
ment Is 518 as compared with 600
last year; In the grammar school 610
as compared with 615 last year; In
the high school. 310 as compared
with 299 last year.
These figures, while showing a
slight general decrease, show an In
crease In the high school enrollment.
In the primary school there are
138 brand new first graders who are
going to school this year for the very
first time in their young lives. Last
year these numbered 150.
Of course, new pupils will prob
ably come tot all the week, and the
total will be swelled. There are still
enough pupils to keep everybody
busy and two Bhlfts of the lower
grades. Also there are about forty
country children clamoring to enter
high school, having completed the
seven grades at home and now hav
ing to go somewhere else or stop
school entirely.
No country children are being ad
mitted to the grammar and primary
schools at all, andtonly old pupils
from the country are being admitted
to the high school.
This explains the slight decrease,
and-It. can be readily seen that tin
total enrollment would mount above
last year's if all these pupils from
the County were admitted.
TO KXTEHTAIX TEACHERS
The B. Y. P. U. of the First Bap
tist church will entertain the out-of-town
teachers at a Gypsy Tea Friday.
September 22nd. They will meet at
the church at 6:30 Friday after
noon and from there will go te
Monte Carlo In automobiles for i
picnic supper.
Sure, 'Twill Be
Just Same It
Automobile Is Going Begging And People Are
Buying Fair Tickets Direct' Because Workers
Are.n't Really Canvassing The Community,
And It's Perspiration That Wins
MINERS DEAD
WHEN FOUIID
Jackson, Cal., Sept. 19
(By Associated Press)
Forty-seven miners died
in the Argonaut mine on
August 28. The town
waits today the bringing
of the bodies from the
tunnel that has been their
tomb for three weeks. It
is California's worst mine
disaster in one of the
greatest gold producers.
The first of the 47
bodies will be brought to
the surface in the Ken
nedy mine in the after
noon of today. The crew
in charge and Govern
ment engineers went down
in the tunnel at 8 o'clock
this morning.
Chowan County Farmer
Held Under Marin Act
'
Sordid Story Of Marital Won Ami
Aliened White Slavery Aired He.
for I'. S. ComniiMHloner Wilson
B. J. Ashley, of Chowan County,
I apparently about 40 years of age,
t was held for the Federal grand Jury
by United States Commissioner T. B.
, Wilson when he was brought before
Commissioner Wilson Monday even
ing for violation of the Mann Act.
Ashley Is now out under $400 bond
for appearance at the next term of
Federal Court, which convenes 'here
October 10. '
Ashley, already once divorced,
lives with h!ls parents in the Green
Hall section on the George Goodwin
piace, nines irom Eaenton. In a
New York boarding house, it appears
from the evidence; he met a Mrs
Maude Powell, wife of Clarence
Powell, New York optometrist but
an Englishman by birth and still a
dltizen of that country, never having
taKen out naturalization papers.
here. Each seems to have made a
favorable impression on the other
for, shortly thereafter, Mrs, Powell,
following an exchange of telegrams
with Ashley, left her husband, by
whom she claims she was mistreated,
and came down to live with Mr. Ash
ley and his parents. There was evi
dence that Ashley met her In Nor
folk and, talcing her home, Intro
duced her as his wife. It ts the con
tention of the defense, however, that
the woman fled to Ashley's home
only for asylum from the mlstreat-
ment she had received at the hands
of her husband and that there has
been no improper relation between Coupe, free. In other words, some
them in tlie home of the Ahleys, season ticket holder, at the price of
Mr. Powell, husband of the wo-$2.25, will receive four 75c admlss
man, contends that bis wife had had I ions and a Ford Coupe, ant be
previous experience as an attendant , happy ever after.
In a hospital and that she claimed to "One of the advantages not gen
want to no back to work In order ! orally known In the purchase of a
take her mind off of grief at th" season ticket Is the fact that the
death of a sister. When she left ticket Is for four admissions and
home he thought she had left wi'h can be ued as the owner desires,
this idea In view and lost nearly He can take four people one time,
three months looking for her at ho- two people twice or one person four
pitals all over the country. Powell limes or as he sees fit to use the
who has a decided English accent, four admissions. No one h"s sold
admlltted having struck his wife on enough tickets, we are glad to say,
one occas'on; but said that he acted; to be so far ahead of the many who
under "treat provocation." As to are going to start this week, as to
the nature of the provocation he dll have the edge on the new sellers,
not go Into particulars. iThey will, every one, therefore.
The arrest was made by Deputy j have an equal chance for the can to
U. S. Marshal J. W. Wilcox, 15, be given to the ticket sellers. Those
miles from Edenton. Ashley Is; who desire to embrace this oppor
belleved to have left home seeking tunlty of seeing how quickly a little
to avoid arrest. work can be turned Into a tremen-
The defendant was represented by dous leturn, should start at once."
C. R. Pugh of this city and by Her-
bert Leary of Edenton, but the vlg-i
otous arguments and eloquence of!
rr tinsel could not shake Commls- Th,. y, W. A. of the First Bap
sloner Wilson from h'ls opinion that, tint church will meet Wednesday at
Ashley should be held. j 6 o'clock In the church parlor;. At
this time the mission study books
' " 'will be given out and all members
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Llnwood are urged to be present. All young
Jennings, Euclid Heights, Tues-jwomen of the church are extended a
day morning, a son, Llnwood, Jr. cordial Invitation.
Given Away
Means Work
j Once upon a time there was a 1 it
I tie bit of a man, not much larger
than a great big boy and he was
Scotch, and canny and thrifty. Th
little bit of a man had a great, big,
; wonderful faculty fo'r'maklng piles
and piles or money out of everything
'that attracted his energies. It seem
ed that this overgrown boy-man had
lots of play things that he had ac
quired since childhood, and one of
them, that he thought more of than
any of the rest was a big steel plant.
It was named after him, therefore It
was called the Carnegie Steel Com
pany. After a while the steel works got
so thundering big and were spread
out over so many towns that little
Andy, having no seven league boots,
like Jack the Giant Killer, could not
oversee the workings of his mills as
he should.
He let It be known, therefore,
that he needed a few lieutenants and
he told all of his under bosses to
work like fury and show whjjh one
was best. Some thought he wanted
at least a half dozen good ones and
that he would probably pick this
number out of the tensor twelve
thousand men he had working for
him, but out of this gang of men
who made steel, he found JuBt one
who was willing to apply himself
hard enough to the job to become a
millionaire. Therefore, arrived
Charlie Schwab.
That Is the whole doggone story of
Charlie Schwab becoming one of the
greatest Industrial captains of the
world. When Charlie Schwab was
asked about a year ago, how ftfwas
j that the Bethlehem Steel Company
j was given to him, he answered, "It
wasn't given to me, I made It."
"By what inspiring genius," he
was asked, "were you attended In
making the Bethlehem Steel Com
pany what It is?"
"Inspiring genius," he snorted,
"the genius that I used was one
fourth inspiration and three-fourths
perspiration, and it any man gets
anything nowadays, he works for It."
-"That," stated Buxton White, sec
retary of the Albemarle Fair Asso
ciation, "is the status of the dona
tion of the automobile that we are
giving away, to be won by the per
son that sells the most season
tickets. Of course," he continued.
"from us it Is a gift, but whoever
wins it will win it by merit because
those who are already selling tlcketj
are working hard. There are not
enough persons selling, however, ft
make the contest what it should be.
Why there are lots of people who ars
purchasing tickets direct from the
management because none of th-1)
ticket sellers have called on them
and they are afraid that the allot
ment of season tickets will be sold
before they have an opportunity to
buy. Evidently someone is losing a
mighty good chance to win that
automobile."
"What inducements are you offer
ing," Mr. White was asked, "to
those who do not get the automo
bile?" "We are paying 10 per cent com
mission on all sales," answered Mr.
White, "and besides that, someone
who buys a season ticket is going to
be paid just seventy-five cents for
the pleasure of receiving
a Ford
TO MEET. WEDNESDAY