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WEATHER Rain tonight. Friday fair. Strong northerly CIRCULATION Wednesday 1,844 Copies -f? r.f-f.r 1,844 Copies w inch. VOL. Xlh FINAL EDITION ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 21, 1922 EIGHT PAGES NO. 225 Dok (Saris ' r,; Efeuo Up! r I' . Outbreaks Of Violence Occurred In Birming ham Railroad Dis-, tricts Last Night ' Birmingham, Sept. 21 (By, The Associated Press) Out breaks of violence on Birming ham railroad districts last night caused renewed energy, of port authorities today in anj effort to put down the use of high explosives. Rigid inquiry is being made in connection, with the blowing up of a box! car used as a bunk house in the yards of the Louisville & NasK-! ville Railroad. The explosion j smashed the car to pieces and xne man, Clarence Jones, was severely injured.- Sua In Eclipse In . Australia Today Scientists Testing Einstein Theory Of lUhitivity In This Five y .Minutes The Einstein,' theory of relativity will be on trlajl today, when a test will be made by expeditions during the five minutes eclipse of the sun in Australia. But One -Week More Of. Fair Campaign "Folks, you have but one more week in which to secure your season ticket to the Albemarle District Fair, which conveaies the 10th, lltfi, 12th and 13th ol;Octobe, only a jew days away. ' The campaign for the sale of season tickets will close Sep tember the 30tb,'or only a week from tomorrow," says the contest man ager. "Beside saving money, you still get a chance- to win an automobile, for on each- season ticket you buy, there is a guess tub, on which you write a number between one and five thousand. A certain number, between the above figures, has been drawn, and sealed, and placed In the vault of a local bank. On the 30th of this mon.th that number will be taken from the vault in the pres ence of as many people as desire to be present; and the person having the guessing stub on which has placed his guess, which is nearest the lucky number, will be awarded a handsome 1922 Ford coupe. "Tickets are on sale in all the principal retail stores of Elizabeth City, and a large number of contest ants over this territory will prob ably give you a chance to buy it you fail to get a ticket 'n one of the stores." - - Railway To Issue Stock Washington, Sept. 21 (By The As soclaed Press) The Interstate omm,erce Commission today grant ed authority to the Tennessee, Ala bama & Gcorzia Railway to issue 1200,000 common capital stock ftnd $400,000 preferred, and assume ob ligations for $97,000 promissory note STORM MOVES NORTH Washington, Sept. 21 (By The As sociated Press) The South Atlantic storm central this morning off Cape Hatteras is moving northeastward, the Weather Bureau reported today. Storm warnings are displayed all along the coast from Hatteras to Boston. EHGLf-riD'S INTEREST IS FIFTY ULLI0I1S Washington. Sept. 21 (By The As sociated Press) Great Britain's pay ment of Interest on her war debt to the United States, due October 15, will amount to approximately fifty millions, according to the belief to day of high treasury officials. CAPPER-TINCHER BILL SIGNED BY HARDING Washington, Sept. 21 (By The As sociated Pi-eM) The Capper-Tlnch-cr bill providing for regulation of tracing In futures In the grain mar- ! f v. HiiMioil by tlm President to- Iff' ft. ti. tx. !' r Thirty-six hours after the Rev. Edward W. Hall, rector of Protestant Kuiscopal church of St. John the Divine at New Brunswick, N. J., and Mrs. James Mills, wife of the sexton and choir singer, had disappeared their bodies were found lying several feet apart on a deserted farm two m'.les from New Jrunswick. Both had been shot, but no revolver was found. Between the bod: s were severaL letters in a woman's handwriting. Above are shown the rector, Mrs. Mills and the New Brunswick c'urch where he had preached for ten years. WAS PLAYGROUND OF CHILDHOOD: Old Farm Where Murder Occurred j Whs Fnmilinr To Wife Of j Dead Man New Brunswick., Sept. 21 (By The1 Associated Press) The Old Hill Top: Farm," where the murdered bodies of Rev. Edward Wheeler Hall and the j leader of his choir, Mrs. James Mills, were found Saturday was a playground for the minister's wife , uTieTT's child. Every nook and cor ner of the house and 'on the place j was familiar to-. Mrs. Hall and her eccentric brother, Willie Stevens, whose movement on the night of the murder have been under the In quiry of detectives FORD PLf.liTS TO RE-OPEN FRIDAY Detroit, Sept. 21 (By The Associ ated Press) The plants of the Ford Motor Company in Detroit, the dis trict closed last Saturday because of the coal situation, thereby throwing a hundred thousand workers out of work in different parts of the coun try, will re-open tomorrow, it wa officially announced today. Orders for re-openlng the plant were tele graphed here by Edsel B. Ford, president of the company, who ts fn Cincinnati. Haturalist Dis At Cclsrado llrae Denver, Sept. 21 (By The Asso ciated Press) Enos Mills, natural ist and author, died at his home at Long Peak, Colorado, today. A. B. SAWYER DEAD A. B. Sawyer died Wednesday night about 9:30 at the Naval Base (Marine) Hospital after about two months illness. Mr. Sawyer was formerly of this city and has been in the Government's employ for the last three years. His body was brought out on the 11:35 train Thursday morning and taken to the home of his mother. Mrs. W. I. Sawyer, on Cherry street. Besides his mother, he is survived by one sister, Mrs. T. H. Thurston of Wilsorr and a half brother. M. B. Sawyer of Danville, Va. New Tariff Rates Effective Tenteht Wahlngton, Sept. 21 (By The As sociated Press) The President to day signed the tariff hill of 1922 making the new rates effective at midnight tonight. UCKXSK FOR POWER PROJECT Washington, Sept. 21 (By The As sociated Press) License for a power project on the Choctowhat chee River was granted to the city of Dotham, Ala., by the Federal Power Commission today. An eRrth dam about one mile long will br built. Nectar And Choir Lead er Mysteriously Slain V.f , - it j L-w i MOTOR ACCIDENTS ' ARE INCREASING Larger Cities Are Wag ing War On Speeder1 In Endeavor To Les-:, sen Danger i . ... i Chicago, Sept. 21 (By The Asso ciated Press) DespTte the passage of numerous ordinances and the adoption of traffic regulations In. the1 larger cities' of the country In an 1 effort to curb accidents from motor i cars, reports from more than dozen of the metropolitan cities ,rtf the Middle West show an Increase' in the number of accidents for the-first nix months of 1922, compared with the same period of 1921. This Increase has caused city of ficiate to prescribe drastic rules in governing motor traffic in' an en-, deavor to lessen danger In modern traveling. Several of the cities are shown to be waging war on the speeder. In many cases imprison ment being added to fines by muni cipal Judges. Adoption of rules n, turning at street Intersections, ellm- j inatlon of glaring headlights ami , duoatlonal campaigns -are other j methods used in many cities in the campaign against accidents. i In Chicago In 1921, deaths attri buted to motor accidents totaled 575 as compared with 475 In 1920. Non- fatal accidents totaled 8,657 in 1921 and 7.0R5 in 1920. During the' first four months of 1922, non-fata! j accidents totaled 2,533. j Forty-thre1 persons were killer i and 1.055 Injured In automoblle ac ! cidents In Cleveland 'from Februarj 1 to August 1, 1922. To offset tlus : workhouse sentences have been im-1 posed upon speeders and reckless drivers, no one under 18 years of age: may drive a car and second offense : (or failure to have lights burning re nults in arrest, no matter what the. circumstance. j To curb accidents in St. Louis j where sty-two were killed duringj the first six months of this year anc( 1,327 were injured, an educatioua' j campaign has been started, one-way j traffic has been established in con-j gested districts durinc business ; hours, automobiles must come t , complete top at all boulevards.: must not pass a street car discharg 1 'ng passengers and must not exceed i eight nrles an hour In the congeete' j districts and twenty miles In tlx : refidenti.il districts. j Detroit's attempts to increasi I safety are the adoption of the tower j system of regulating traffic and the ! establishment of safety zones for i 'treet car passengers. Another or-1 dinance requires all persons to bt ' able to drive Hn automobile ttndei ' all coedltlon before Jelng granted stite driver's license. Seventy per sons were killed there during th irst s'x months of 1922 and 1.92' were Injured. Strict enforcement of speed laws nd frequent Jail sentences for fpeeders and reckless drivers ha lfen the method adopted In Indian apolis for Increasing safety. In down-town sections traffic officers di ret pedestrians while others direct "treet traffic in Oklahoma City most of the ma'n traveled streets have been dealtyiat "i boulevards and before crossing . V V i 4 - v ..... $ :: 'L.IZ3 4 Russian Opera Star 4 J Here 'a Feodor Chaliapin, Russian Urltone-basso, . who is to receive $2,500 every night he sings at the .Metropolitan Opera House In New York City during the coming sea son. It is said that he is scheduled for lifteen performances and will follow the opera season with a con cert tour. LEAGUE COUNCIL ADDS MEMBERS Geneva, Sept. 21 (By The Associ ated Press) The Council of the League of Nations decided today to Increase the non-permanent mem bership of the Council from four to six. Thh will make the Council members!) 'p ten with non-permanent members In the majority. Anatolia Wants No More U. S. Schools Constantinople. Sept. 21 (By The Associated Press) According to the newfpaper Tevhld Efkiar, the offi cial organ of th Kemalists, the Council of Ministers refused to grant any further permission for Ameri cans to establish schools In Anatolia. This measure does not In any way affect the existing American colleges at Tarsus and Marslvan, ami other missionary schools In the Interior. WEATMKH CHAXGKS PARTY KOIl Ot'T OK TOW X TKACHKItS The B. Y. P. U. of the First Bap tist church announces that on ac count of rain the "Gypsy Tea" wagon will not attempt the trip to Monte Carlo Friday evening, but those Invited are expected and urged to meet at the church at 6:30 re gardless of weather, as there will be ts and fun galore. these motorists are required to come to i complete stop. Heavy white "Stop" sign painted on the pavement at thee Intersections re mind the driver. Araminta's Jealousy Cost Pretty Penny I Slu Curved I n Minnie Howe V illi A Kii.m , And 1'ApeiiM's Made Sill lll'isllle. To) III "I should have fell inclined to lie I lenient w.tli you had you told the !e;;act truth," Judge Kerr said Thurs 1 day morning to Aruminta Powell, found guilty of assault with intent !t' kill .Minnie Howe, both colored, j "but instead of admitting that you i carved up Minnie Bowe, you tried to plead self defense." She was ro- qu'rnl to pay Minnie's hospital lull and doctor's fees and $10 in cah. upon which condition prayer for i Judgment was continued upon pay ment of cost.-. This is the final chapter of the se jqiicl to Baxter Hell's loss of $.r00 In currency on the streets of Kli.abeth j inj in liiiiri i'.iii ui iiie mi iii- Tii er. Minnie Howe and Aramlnta j Powell found the money and eventu jali Mr. Hell, who is clerk of Su I perlor Court for Currituck County, I recovered the money. The grand Jury failed to find a true bill against i Minnie and Aramlnta. In her hus ! band's store Araminta attacked Min ! nle with a razor and when the case was closed in Superior Court Thurs day, the assault had cost Araminta , quest, are concentrated outside I $ 1 1 2.50 in addition to lawyers' fees. . ... , D. N. Sawyer was granted abso-!the neutrI "n impatiently lute divorce from Myrtle Sawyer, un-!waiting word from the Pasha jder the statute making five years ' to advance. I separation legal ground for divorce,' the wife being at fault. William P. Skinner, charged with I operating an automobile without; ! proper license, submitted and paid: !the costs. Sentence was suspended.' , The contention of the State was that the car was being operated un- der a dealer's license after it had been sold. ! L. B. Perry, on a similar charge,: contested the case, and was found ! not guilty. Prayer for Judgment was con tinned in Cleveland Godfrey's case, on a charge of failure to support his'1 lildren, with the provision that $25 j lie paid to his children for their -sup port and with the promise of God frey's attorneys that civil proceed ings would fie Instituted In Novem ber court for recovery of the chil dren from the mother, The case of Harry Paulos, for sell ing ice cream on Sunday, was con tinued. ike McPherson, colored, was ab sent when his case was called. His bond was declared forfeit and a ca pias Issued. McPherson was charg ed with larceny. His bondsman will have to stand the loss unless Mc Pherson can be brought before Su perior Loan nere ai us nexi crnn- Inal term. Bondsman for Asburyi Williams, colored, is In a like pre- j dlcament. Carney Howard, colored j youth charged with assault, also failed to appear. ! Duke Fisher, charged with oper (atlng an automobile without proper license, contested the case and the Jury returned verdict of not guilty. In the case of Sam Brown. col - ored, the State accepted a plea of('u"ty In a charge of assault with guilty of transporting liquor, and ! deadly weapon, was taken up In Su-. prayer for judgment was continued j Perlor Court Thursday morning, for two years on payment of costs; The case grows out of an attempt and on the defendant's giving bond on the part of Police Officer Twlddy in the sum of $200 to show good be-;and Ralph Cuthrell, Llnwood Cart havlor at each succeeding term of j wrlght, H. S. Seymour and Pete Saw Superior Court during that period, j yer to arrest Davis Overton, 16 A fine on a bribery charge was im-j year-old Pasquotank negro, one Sun posed In the sum of $25. Sam was i day morning last spring. out just $103.40 on the case be- sides his lawyer fees. Dave llorton, colored, charged with speeding and assaulting Traffic Police Officer Smith, was found not guilty. Jake Shields, colored, who stole three automobiles in hardly more than 4S hours, two of them in Elizabeth City, drew 12 months on the roads . for each automobile. When he has served that term he 1b wanted in Norfolk to answer for theft of a car in which he came; here. FOOTBALL STAR IS SUSPENDED Iluil Ningfonl At I'urniaii I'nlverwity In Trouble For Mn.liiK Fn-Hhli' Greenville, Sept. 21 (By The As sociated I'reHs) "Bud" Langford, star of Kunnan University's football (earn, was today indefinitely sus pended from college as the result of charges growing out of hazing fieshmen. The student body held a meeting and drew up a petition to liav Langford reinstated. I Mrs. Samuel If. Templeman and children are visiting Mrs. Shelton Scott on Selden street until Dr. Templeman's arrival as pastor of the ' First Uaptlst church. i bio i mm Concentrated Outside Neutral Zone Wait ing Word From The Pasha To Advance London, Sept. 21 (By The Associated Press) While al lied powers are feverishly en deavoring to arrange a peace , conference for a clean slate be tween Turkey and Greece to prevent more fighting in the Near Eastf rumble of impend ing hostilities continue to come from Constantinople and the Dardanelles. ' Relatively a small force of British troops is holding Cha nak, the key to the southern shore of the Straits. The Turks, eager for further con- BONUS FAILS FOR THE THIRD TIME r . .. Veterans Compensation May Become Issue Of Congressional Cam paigns This Falf Washington. Sent. 21 USy The As- soclated Press) For the third time bonus bill legislation has failed o; enactment. The Senate late yester day sustained President Harding's veto 44 to 2 8. The action of the. Senate makes Impossible veterans' compensation until the next session of Congress begins early In Decem ber. Meantime it is the purpose of some of Its proponents to continue the fight and the bonus may become the issue of coming Congressional campaigns this fall. TW1DDY CASE IS 7VrITJ SlAT TT) 1 A 1 iSKJVV JPi I tlALj Elizabeth City Police Officer Ami Three Men From 4'amltn In volver in AmnhiiH Charge What is generally know as the Twlddy case, involving Police Offi cer George Twlddy of this city and 'tnree young men from Camden It is alleged that Twlddy, without due authority, organized a posse of the young men named In the forego ing paragraph and found the youth. i they were after in a shanty on the Parker farm on Body Road, sevfiral miles from town. As the posse closed In on the negro, the State con- tends, that the boy ran and as he ran was shot at by the posse, one load taking effect In the boy's back. The posse returned without their quarry and It is said that the youth lay In the wrods, fields and ditches In hiding for foiir days without med ical attention. He was finally brought to the Community Hospital here and recovered, though for a time his life was In grave danger. What Twlddy's defense will be has not yet appeared. The court house was packed and the jury was finally impanelled at .1:25. IXJI'XCTIOV MADK PF.RMAXKXT Greensboro, Sept. 21 (By The As sociated Press) The temporary In junction of the Southern Railway against striking shopmen at Spencer restraining officials and members of the workers organizations from In terference . with Interstate com merce movement and United States mails was made permanent by Judge Boyd In FederaT Court here today. Mrs. R. M. Sawyer of Belcross was here Wednesday.
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