we ati i:: .
-k pprty cloudy tonight
end .; Wednesday. Little
change in temperature.
Moderate winds.
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ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA, TUESDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 3, 1922
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NO. 235
y.miDgiiiiuay My
Two More Members Resign Following Heated
Argument, Mutual Re criminations And Spec
tacular Display Of Verbal Fireworks At Oc
tober Session Of Highway Commission
Two more members of the Pas
quotank Highway Commission have
resigned
They are O. L. Bandy ami
F. F. Cohoon.
The commission, or-1
, i
iginally composed of seven members,!
Is now reduced to three. They are
J. J. Morris, J. W. Foreman and A
J5. Jones.
A question asked by newspaper Une maxlmum fare for a one way
mail present at the regular meeting .r,p ghal, be ten cent and that no
of the Commission Tuesday preclpl-jrTep under sixteen years of age
tated the heated argument that cul-shal, carry pa3gengerg under this
minated in the resignation of Mr. ! exemption
Bundy and Mr. Cohoon. j The 'Directors ot tUe Falr Associa-
The question that caused thejtion are anxious that all who have
.trouble was: "Does the Pasquotank j rarg a;3jat jn getting the people to
Highway Commission conscientious-1 an(i rom the Fair Grounds during
ly believe that T. L. Higgs can de-the Fair, as the number of licensed
vote his time to the work of two jitneys Is totally inadequate to take
counties and give Justice to either?"; car8 0f the traffic.
The foregoing question was!
prompted by the report of the grand
Jury at the September terra of Su
perior Court held here two weeks
the fact that' Engineer Higgs was
-employed on a -part time basis by
Pasquotank at a salary but very
little less than what he got when he
gave his. whole time to the County
.and that, including wages ot 80
cents an hour paid one Mr. Elliott,
supervision was costing the County
considerably more than when Mr.
Higga wag in entire charge of road
construction work in the County .'.
J. W. Foreman's answer to the
question. asked at the meeting Tues
day morning was in substance as
Jollowa: . "The arrangement by
which Mr. Higgs was employed by
Pasquotank County waa due to the
fact that he had built up a wonder
ful organization and we did not de
sire to see ' that organization dis
rupted. A new engineer would have
meant the practical rebuilding of a
big machine at great expense to the!
County."
Here F. F. Cohoon Interrupted to
cay that while It was true that good
progress, was made on construction
work when Mr. Higgs was himself
on the job, it was also true that
when Mr. Higgs was away from the
-scone of operations he had never
seen go much loafing and idleness as
where the construction gangs were
supposed to be working.
At this Juncture O. L. Bundy pre
sented a motion that a committee
be appointed to engage an engineer
to replace Mr. Higgs, and with that
. . . tin i
auV cloudburst of verbal fireworks
ensued. ' After more
houfc'sr" argument and
than an'
. . j
recrimina-
tion in Me course of which
meta I
phorically speaking, the sparks flew
until onks very hair was singed the
motion to- replace Higgs was put to
a vote and killed. Those voting for
the motion were Bundy and Co
hoon. Those against it were Mor- ed Press) A new agreement main
ri?, Jones and Foreman, Morris as talnlng old rates of pay, rules and
chalrnwV breaking the tie. working conditions was signed by
Immediately after the vote had representatives of approximately
been caslT Bundy arose and placed ; forty-nine railroads, Brotherhood of
before the chairman his verbal resig- Railway Trainmen and the Order of
nation to be followed by one in writ-' Railroad Conductors,
ing. Cohoon did the same.
Pertinent to the question as to of our scrapers. It must be remem
what property Perquimans County ( bered that we, likewise, are now
was using that belonged to Pasquo- using a large grading machine that
tank, Mr. Cohoon asked the board if is the property of the State,
there were not two vessel loads of, Q. Is It true that besides Mr.
railroad iron In Perquimans County Higgs salary, a Mr. Elliott is being
that belonged to Pasquotank. No paid 80 cents an hour by the County
one on the board except Mr. Cohoon ' to carry on Higgs' work In his ab
seemed to know anything about It. sence.
'.and when asked about It, Mr. Higgs A. Mr. Elliott is being paid 80
stated that he had borrowed the iron cents an hour by the County as a
Jrom Pasquotank, pending a ship- foreman and not as a substitute for
ment that he was expecting, and also Mr. Higgs.
stated that the borrowed Iron hadj Q. Is It true that the Weymouth
never been used and was ready for road has had no work done on It in
return to Tasquotank County at any three or four years?
time. 1 A. Yes, but It Is also true that it
Mr. Higgs was Instructed under Is not a recognized public highway
motion of Mr. Foreman that he and has never been condemned and
should not transfer any more Pas- taken over by the County,
quotank property without permls- Q. What ratio of salary doeg Mr.
sion from the chairman of the Higgs receive from Pasquotank
Board. County as compared with Perquim-
The charges of the grand Jury, ens?
concerning the highway commission A. Perquimans County pays Mr.
were taken up in detail as follows: Higgs $150 a month while Pasquo-
Q. Is It true that Perquimans tank County pays him $200 a month
County is using road building equip- and this Is based on an agr-t ent
ment belonging to Pasquotank with Perquimans County that Mr.
County without payment therefor? , Higgs devote one-half of his time to
A ( y Morris, chairman) It is the Tasquotank highways.
n the grounds of court -
' nii ii-n .1. una rer-
!' y was loaned a few
taj . .
llVd UIUlCV LlUCIidU
The City Council Monday night
i itu vi vuunvii .'louMii; iiiiiv
dur,ng !
line Aioemarie District fair ior inose
I who will take pa.-sengcrs to and
from the Fair Ground, uiovlded that
WOMAN SUCCEEDS
SENATOR WATSON
Atlanta, Oct. 2 (By The Associ
ated Press) Mrs. W. H. Felton of
Cartersville, Georgia, became the
first woman member of the United
States Senate today when the was
appointed by Governor Hardwick to
fill the vacancy caused by the death
of Thomas E. Watson until his suc
cessor is elected in November. -
Mrs. Felton who is eighty-seven
years old, announced her acceptance
of the appointment. Governor Hard
wick in a statement said he offered
the senatorshlp to Mrs. Watson, wi
dow of the late senator, and that she
declined by reason ot ill health and
aversion to public station.
Realists Evacuate
!:utrcl Territory
Paris, Oct. 3 (By The Associated
Press) A Havas dispatch from
Smyrna, Turkish Nationalist bead
quarters, says the Kemallsts have
evacuated the neutral zone along the
straits of the Dardanelles.
rAn.fanttnnnlo ll.il 9 I D "TPTn a
A,anpiatH p Th T,nh
cavalry has retired from advanced
positions in the Chanak area, de
creasing the danger of conflict there.
RESTRAIN PUBLICATION OK
senator vatso'm i.4iKii
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Waynesboro, Ga., Oct.
3 (By The
iaanolotail t)raaa A lamnnna.a In
Junction restraining further publica-
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nv vuiumuia ucihuici, ia(ici
edited by the late Senator Watson,
' . , . . ,
Mnn . f tha Pnlnmkln C .... t ! .... 1 nanA
grained in superior couri nere
loaay Dy judge nenry nammon.
MANY BROTHERHOODS
SIGN NEW AGREEMENT
Chicago, Oct. 3 (By The Assoclat-
WS
; Mr. Higgs' salary, when he
nui ume bounty .engineer ior in-
quotank, was $275 a month.
Anti-Blues Score
Great Triumph
llegiiinlnK Nt't Sumliiy Soft Drink
And Tobam May IU .-ally
Soltl On Sunday
Friends of the closed Sunday idea
were caught napping and enemies of rre81 01 Joe '-s'.
the so-called Sunday blue-laws, on:witn tl,e murder of Gt'orse wilson;j
the books in Elizabeth City for the Kame warden, who was shot and j
last six years or more, scored a trl- killed Saturday while sc-arching for
umph Monday night when, without
warning beforehand, the City Coun -
ell, by a four to one vote, amended'
the ordinance regulating the sale of
merchandise on Sunday so as to re
lieve from all Sunday restrictions
every restaurant, hotel, drug store or
news Btand in the city. The only
member of the City Council voting
l-
agalnst tne actlon was councilman
P. C. Cohoon. Other members pres
ent were Stevens, Weatherly, Jen
nette and Anderson.
This means that, unless the Coun
cil reconsiders its action, beginning
next Sunday drug stores in the city
may remain open on Sunday just as
on week days, restaurants and news
stands may openly sell candy, soft
drinks, cigars and tobacco; while
the hotels may over their own coun-
ter supply their patrons with Sun,- sion began. That the crowd had got: this will not happen if our folks will
day smokes or chewing gum with-! what it came for was seen again j familiarize themselves with condi
oot fear of having a police officer when it melted away following ac-jtions existing elsewhere and then
stroll in to hail the unhappy clerk j tion by the Council on the petition compare their findings with our ex
up in police court Monday morning. presented by Mr. Thompson. ! periences here. It is Interesting to
' This Wag the best news since the j As regards drug stores, however, ! note the effort displayed by the
Armistice to opponents of the closed i it Is but fair to state that at a meet
Sunday and on the street following ! ing of the retail druggists, following
the meeting Monday night many ex-! the action of the Council, Sunday
pressions of jubilation were heard closing houra were promptly adopt
that at last the Council had agreed
to permit the boys to have a good
time on Sunday.
The petition for the lepeal of the
so-called blue law was presented by
C. E. Thompson, who argued that
there was no more reason in pro-
Mrs. Olesen Will Hardly
Be Elected To Senate
Dear Little Woman Makes Nice Speeches, And
Is Perfectly Sincere, But Senator Kellog Will
Get The Votes In Minnesota, With Henrik
Shipsted Running Second
By DAVID LAWRENCE
(Copyright 122 by The Advance)
St. Paul. Oct. 2. She's a dear little woman, makes nice
speeches and is absolutely sincere, but she will not be elected
. .
to the United States Senate.
The woman in the case is,1
Mrs. Annie Dickie Olesen, per-
haps the best candidate the;
feminine sex has put Up lor
1 ... u. ,.,v, v.a
- . , to j
ll;e ttI1JfvvllcIC, uui. w.v
jpeople 01 Minnesota think Ot
Mrs. Olesen in the Senate ana
rhPti think of Senator Kellosr
then think ot benator Keiiog,
4-1. n -f rtrt 1 mn fnof iha
mey can t nciy iCC..wK -..general lanosime ior naruing Aof the city two hun(ired and fifty
i i4 ...,,1 U r. afTnnfiva Rpnuhllf.an whn ran win bv 75.000ii j j..h r nmi
lauci nuuiu uc uiuic tiiwu - - uniuuuu uuuars viou,uuu) was
in rpnrpspntinff their interests ,n 8 year when the DemocraU nearfor the purchase of the entire hold
in representing their merests y captured the state (strong :lnggof the comb,ned utmtle ,ec.
Tkof to hoirl if anv n nil It T illHT .u 4- t. - .1 n 1 l UI
Mrs. Olesen is handicapped ny ner;ra)1 for wnle one encounters here
Women voters will support
her to some extent, oui u is proua-
ble that the majority of women will
vote for a man.
In fact. It Is generally concedea
that Mrs. Olesen will run third In
the race and that Henrik bhlpsted,
the Independent Republican candl- one Ill-advised speech In which she
date of non-partisan league aflllia- cited various votes of Senator Kel
tlon, will run second. Senator Kel- log on Senate Amendments which, If
log's re-election is a certa'nty. taken by themselves would have
This Is due to a combination of made his record bad one political
reasons and would be true no mat- y. The newspapers have attacked
ter how strong the Democratic or in- her for these liRlf truths, however,
dependent candidates were. It's be- and have cited the detail of Mr.
cause Mr. Kellog, recognizing that
this is an agricultural state, has
l ua
played the game for the farmer and
either fathered or supported every
measure which the organized farm
1. nnnrikl n ' a a Yi I n 0 1 nil
UllCirWIO MOID nuuRin ill iiiinmiiftwti.
For this he will receive the active
help of the farm bureaus and their
numerous workers.
Senator Kellog, by the way. Is
not a popular type of campaigner,
He didn't seek the nomination six Hon. Mr. ShipHted's campaign, how
years ago and didn't come here ever, in not well organized or well
to make a single speech for himself financed.
In the primaries In which he was so Speaking of finances, Mrs Olesen
overwhelmingly renominated. He believes in getting the money direct
conducts a quiet dignified campaign, from the people. She tell them
He begins this week a series of ad- frankly that she Is a lone campaign
dresses. He never discusses his op- er and that her funds come from
ponents, confining himself to the Is- popular contribution. Collections et
sues. Labor Is more or less hostile her meetings have been sufficient to
to him for his vote against strikes finance her campaign. She Is good
when the Emli-Cummlns Transpor- looking and well-liked by her audl
tatlon Act was being debated and ences but for representation In a
there are a few here and there who
remember tint Mr. Kellog favorei
American entrance Into the Leimue
or Nations. The people of this Ststc.
hoi
iwevt.r. are for the mo-t part apx-
6UARDSon duty
Montgomery, Alii.. Oct. ?. (By The
Associated . Prejs) 'lliriu com
panies of national guardsmen me on
duty ,U the jail here follow. ng dis
orders las', n'ght in which one negro
d
was killed, a score attacked, an
one white nun hot, following the!
a ,u's' ''Beu i
ert Sansom, city policeman.
hibiting a hotel from selling a pat
ron a cigar on Sunday than there
would be in prohbitiug it tioni sell
ing him a meal on Sunday. The
blue-laws weie almost without a
lilt
cna
friend and altogether without a
amnion among those that sat by
and saw them done to their death,
for though before putting the mo
tion for the proposed
Mayor Goodwin called
sion from any member of the Coun-
cil o( from any outsider not a voice
rose to champion the existing regime. ,
That something of an unusual na-
ture was up at the Councils meet-1
ing was indicated by the unusual
crowd in attendance when the ses-!an(i
ed so that the stores would not be
open Sunday during Sunday services
at the churches, The Sunday hours,
as will be announced In an adver-jof
tlsenient in this newspaper tomor-
row, are from 9 to 11 a. in., and
from I! to 7 p. m.
loug for International co-operation
and they listen sympathetically to
Mr. Kellog's contention that he has
i i ..k N
0I-;aiways lavoreu mrps 1.11 wuuiu i.e.p
' prevent war.
. ... wh(,n senator Kel-
log was elected by 75.000, the state:of private property. In
carnen ior mt. nugnes S:-m
Presi(1,,nt Wll8,,n by le83 thaa 400
voteg M,nneiota parllclpated , the
li . mi.i ii a
the same drift of dissatisfaction as
run8 through other states, it isn't
deep-seated enough to cause a pollt-
ileal upheaval.
Mr. Kellog's friends
are far more concerned about the
candidacy of Mr. Shipsted than Mrs
Olesen. As for the latter,
she made
Kellog'a votes so that if anything
. , , . .
Mrs. Olesen lost
111116 6rounn D'
her speeches.
campaigner. He damns his opponent
...1,1. !. !.. .1
n I ft u lailll p 1 U I W ttlld U IH U If l II It
bly will poll a big vote, gathering to
his fold radical, non-partisan, leag-
uers, socialist, discontented labor,
and other elements which naturally
form the protest vote In any elec-
powerful body like the United States
they prefer the vigor of Kellog,
whose memhemhln in Imnnrlini
committees gives him an advantage
over any newcomer, male or female,
Mayor Goodwin Replies
To Utility Companies
Presents Cit;: Council's
Response To Advertisements Of Light, Water
And Sewerage Companies Recently Appear
ing In The Elizabeth
Mayor W. Hon Goodwin gave out
the following statement to the press
Tuesday:
"Until now, I have refrained from
saying anything through the press
m repiy .o uie y.u ; n,ty Ho8pital and tie hospital advis-
whirh have been appearing In the ; ory commttee of the Pasquotank
local papers for the past several 1 Camden-Iare Medical Association
days; even now, although urged by; directed Secretary Job Monday af
many citizens to state the city's side ! ternoon to place an order for an am-
nt Hip nrnnnuit inn I hesitate to do !
amendmentig0 because a controversy Is repulsive ;
for discus-i to my nature and I cannot believe
the advertising propaganda which is 1
"being conducted by the public ser-'
viCe corporations of Elizabeth City
will cnange the view point of any
citizen to one favorable to these com-
punies with their excessive charges
poor service. I am certain that
utilities companies toward courtlhg
the public's favor, when just a short
while ago their attitude was one of
stolid indifference. This special in
terest In the public at this, the elev-
! enth hour, carries no weight and
J comes with poor grace. The effort
the utilities companies, in their
advertising campaign, appears to be;
to convince our citizens that their!
(properties are worth more than,
what the city has offered to pay
therefor and to Justify their excuses
In failing to give our city the service
tp which It is entitled and must have.
We take no issue with the utilities
companies as to the correctness) or
Incorrectness ot their mass of figures
showing valuations, operating ex
penses, profits, etc. What these
properties are worth to the city as a
nucleus for the development of
modern plants, adequate for fte
needs of many years hence and cap
able of operation at the minimum
cost, Is the basis of the offer made
by the city for the acquirement of
these properties. This basis wag ar
rived at by engineers of undisputed
reliability and takes Into considers
very liberal allowance for
tion a
"g""rt wl11" or
Much is mi
going value."
ade of the city's offer
of fifteen thousand dollars (115,000)
. . ..
fnr Iha Sum or (Vimnunv' hnlillnira
. . . . , . . ,
and the fact that this is less than
! th(j valuation placed thereon by the
engineers. The utilities companies!
would lead the public to believe that
this action is so high-handed as to
constitute a simon-pure confiscation
this nilsln-
j terpn tatimi or evasion of facts the
; utilities companies are unfair. It is
;
iiftut, nvn aim iirr nci i J uu
request of the companies, and for
i ni,ti irnouiio nauiru, VlllO Ul Iglliai
offer was divided Into three parts
I hut. when done, thp rnmnnlta whta
j nformed that the 8eparate offers
were not to be understood as being
made for any one or two of the util-
itles because the purchase of the en
j tire holdings of the three com
! panies was the only proposition
i which would be made or considered,
j As stated before, the original offer
I was based upon figures prepared by
i a reputable engineering company and
i was for the entire holdings of the
utilities companies. If the offer for
,. . . ..,..,. ,...,
HIV BfWfl wim iirau nit? vaiunilllfl
i placed upon same by the engineer,
' ihn ,fftnroa tT hVorntnn uran aAAaA
properties.
,i,iu
" ' ""lr"J
iar n r ar V n I n li A H
was cut from the
sewer
was added to the water and
liv. 1
' able to Indictment. The necessity,
"II ls H w"" knowu fact lllat tneln case of fire, to pump water into
PreHpnl pwpr ytem does not cover he mains direct from the source of
more th"n one-fourth of the terrt- ( HUppiy constitutes one. Another I
lory emnracea in me ci.y iiinui; u ,he failure to protect the water-shed
Is equally well known that this , rpqlIire( by State law. Dead anl
small amount of sewer Is Inadequate ,,, placed upon the- water-shed by
to serve the territory it covers or unscrupulous persons have been left
else is In a deplorable state of re- there to finish their decnmnn.lt. nn
pair. This point Is emphasized In
the reports of the engineers who
made the surveys and appraisals and
are on file at the office of the city,
where public Inspection Is Invited.,
"Repeated efforts on the part of
the present administration and of
our predecenHorg to secure extension!
to the sewer system have been un-
' availing. At the present time It Is
nnlv thrnuvh hn Iclnrilv rnn.ldera.
tion of the State Board of Health.
granted under promise that stepj to
Side Of Controversy In
City Newspapers
Ambulance Is Ordered
The executive committee of the
I board of directors of the Comniu-
bulance for the hospital. Mr. Job
placed the order for the ambulance
.Tuesday morning and it is expected
to arrive In about four weeks
TO CONDEMN SIDEWALK
A committee was appointed by the
City Council Monday night to con
demn a sjdewalk on the north Bide
of the street skirting Hollywood
cemetery from Road street to Mar
tin. The name of this thorough
fare In the cLty directory is Harring
ton Road. It connects Road street
with the paved highway to Weeks
ville. sewer the entire city with as little
delay as possible would be taken,
! that Klizabeth City has not beea
called to account for its failure to
comply with and conform to the
State sr.irtary law which has been
in force for two or three years. The
entire city must be sewered and, in
this program, it is doubtful that the
existing unit can be used, certain it
is that not until it is repaired
throughout and in large measure
'.rebuilt, will It function properly anil
i give the service adequate to the
1 needs ot a growing city. "
j "The unexpected interference ot
Uhe "World War" period Is used as an
excuse or pretense for the failure of
the Sewer Company to extend it
service to the entire city. It is a
well known fact that repeated efforts
have been made by the Sewer Com
pany to unload Itg holdings upoii
the city; going go far with one ad
ministration, I am informed, ag to
tender Itg propertleg to the city with-
out cost, that it might be rid of the
! "white elephant"' which could not be
iiiuue iu erve uie aemanas cauea
for. Threats to close down the
SPWPr HflH thus laiva that r. n .ft r.9
a ' f
tn city served unsuppl ed, hag been
. rr ' v.n
imade several tlmeg and this is
a
demonstration of the Interest of the
company in the city's welfare. The
only reason why this threat was not.
carried out wag the fear ot the Sewer
I Company and its associated utilities
!of being thrown into the hands of a
receiver and the attendant Investi
gations which this action would en
tall. The Sewer Company is charg
ing an exhorbitant rate which Ellza-
',.
( Belli Lit
y people have to pay while
other cities are enjoying free sewgrj
age and associate advantages, 'it Is
plainly evident that an attempt is
being made to throttle our people In
their rights and the present admin
istration Is determined that this
shall not be done.
"Much can be said in refutation of
the statements concerning the water
which our people are forced to use.
On account of insufficient reservoir
capacity, faulty filtration or some
other reason, we must use water
which carries a large amount of sedi
ment. This Is eHpeclally true at the
present time. It may not be possible
to clarify Knobbs Creek water, but
It Is possible, through proper filtra
tion and the use of settling basins
and other treatment, Jt'tf eliminate
the mud which we musf how drink
or lse purchase 1120. . I am In-
fiirnmH ft I, u ft ...... . o 1 ....
"o r more cunaiuong
.aiming, in I'uiiiieuuon wun our wa
ter supply conatltutP An nffoni.
Whlrh lava ftlm fl'.l... f 1 1
......... UD uin finiri luinuuiiy 11-
Pig pens have been built upon the
wuter-shed snd served their tenantry
undisturbed. Other filthy sub
stances have been dumped where
they would (low freely Into the wa-'
ter supply and for all these offences
the Water Company Is guilty of
gross negligence or a positive dinre-
gard for law and the health of ilm
community. The monthly water
nntvU nmiln hv Iha Btato Tt,.nr,l i.r
! Health, frequently shown
JIO I
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Continued on Tn?"