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VOL. XII. FINAL EDITION
- ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA, TUESDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 7, 192
FOUR PAGES
NO. 2G'
Harmony Again Supreme
On Highway Commission
Resignation Of Higgs, One Of , Two f Big Sur
. prises Of Meeting, Placates Minority And
Outlook Is That The Commission May Quit
Squabbling And Embark On New Era Of
Accomplishment
No verbal fireworks marked the
meeting of the Pasquotank Highway
Commission on Tuesday, and peace
and pure business marked the pro
ceedings. A veritable bombardment of ques
tions hurled at the chairman by P. G.
Sawyer could not shake the equa
nimity of that body for they had a
surprise in store for the people of
'the County, a surprise that may
serve to allay criticism of the Com
mission In some quarters.
Mr. Sawyer's questions came fast
- and to the point. His first question
-was, "Have the things that Engineer
Higgs borrowed from the Board of
"Commissioners, without the Commis
sioners knowing it, been returned to
Pasquotank County from Perquim
ans?" The answer was "no."
Q. Why not?
' A. Because we are trying to have
the stuff returned when the vessel
may have a freight both ways.
Q. Is that because Pasquotank
must pay the freight?
A. No, K is merely to make it as
easy on all parties as possible.
Q. Did not Pasquotank pay half
the expense of getting that equip
ment to Perquimans County?
A. No.
Here Mr. Bundy intercepted the
questions to say that it could be
proved that this County did pay half
-of the expense of handling and
shipping the equipment to the neigh
boring county.
Mr. Morris said that the Commis
sion did not know positively that this
' County had not footed a part of the
"bill in question nor had they any as
surance that Perquimans would pay
the expense of returning the equip
ment. A committee was appointed,
however, to ascertain Immediately
Tiow much equipment this County had
In Perquimans and arrange for its
Teturn af once.
Then came the surprise. The
chairman placed the resignation of
"T. L. Higgs before the Commission
and it was accepted.
Knobbs Creek bridge came up for
discussion because of the bill that
-was presented to the Commission for
driving the piling for the base for the
concrete piers.
It should be stated that according
to the Board the bargain for the driv
ing of the piling was made between
the contractor and State Engineer
Tates'and was ratified by County
Engineer Higgs, and that there was
nothing left for the commission to
tlo but pay. Here came the next sur
prise of the meeting: the price for
driving those piling alone, for two
piers about 30 by 9 feet was over
11200.
Regarding the Mt. Hermon road,
"Mr. Foreman said, "Labor is scarce
and there has been nothing done on
the road for several weeks. With a
tull force, however, the road, I be
lieve, could be finished In three
months."
WALSTON-WOOD
A very quiet marriage was solemn
ized Tuesday afternoon at two o'clock
when Miss Winnie Wood became the
nride of Mr. Paul Forbes Walston,
The ceremony was performed in
Corinth Baptist church by Rev. R. F.
Hall. The church was beautifully
decorated in white and green. Mrs.
J. J. Hughes played the wedding
inarch.
, The bride is the daughter of Mrs.
H. C. Wood and resides near Eliza
beth City. The groom is the son of
Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Walston. He
las been in charge of American Rail
way Express Company's office in
TSlizabeth City for the last four
years.
Only a few friends and relatives
-witnessed the ceremony Tuesday.
After a short trip, Mr. and Mrs.
Walston will make their home with
Mrs. H. C. Wood at Corinth.
1 fl I '" I rt I IV4 I
""l W"i
Spangler, Pa, Nov. 7 (By The As
sociated Press) Five more bodies
"have been taken from the Rellly
w' tc to a temporary morgue bringing
I ' !' '1 V " n d"ad to forty.
i -i li'ivn been t alien
i v ' r i vt ex-
Superior Court
Rambling Along
As Always When Judge Kerr on
lk-neh Docket Being I)iNpmel Of
Willi Efliciency and Dispatch
Just before court took recess for
lunch Tuesday Henry TUcCleese, col
ored, wag arraigned for first degree
murder in the killing of his wife,
Annie McCleese.
Charged with receiving stolen
goods from Joseph Smith, Mary Ea
son, alias Mary Mansen, alias Hulda
Brosia; Willie Raymond and Sarah
King were placed on trial in Su
perior Court on Tuesday morning.
The jury took the case" at 12:30 and
shortly afterwards brought In a ver
dict of guilty.
A large part of the Superior Court
session Tuesday morning was taken
up in the trial of Joe Smith, colored
Elizabeth City's wholesale burglar.
Smith came Into court charged
with six burglaries in this city be
ginning in July, In which he looted
by wholesale the homes that had
been vacated for the summer or a
part of It.
It will be recalled that Smith was
apprehended in Norfolk after a neat
piece of police work on the part of
the Elizabeth City police force and
as evidence of his guilt there was
displayed at his trial a small moun-
tain nf u'parinir annnral Lhat ha hail
Smith was tried on one count and
when he found what a network
Irrefutable evidence the State had
gathered against him he submitted
on the other six charges, and re
ceived a sentence oil five years on
the roads.
In the afternoon session of Super
ior Court on Monday, the first case
called was that of Bruce Puckett,
charging him on three counts with
the illicit handling of distilled
spirits. Puckett was charged first
with having In his posesslon, for
sale, alcoholic beverages, the sec
ond count was moving and
transporting said beverages from
place to place in the state, the third
count was for receiving more than
one quart withinflfteen days, which
is allowable under the law. Puckett
was discovered by Policeman Twlddy
poking around In a thicket near
West Church street extended among
the leaves and bushes and finally ex
tracting from a ditch under the
water, two Jars filled with Carolina
Hootch. Puckett had traveled
about fifteen feet from the spot of
his find, according to Twlddy, when
he discovered the policeman and
promptly attempted, by throwing be
hind him both jars, to get rid of the
evidence In the case. Only one of
the Jars was broken, however.
The distance of fifteen feet was
thought insufficient by the prosecu
tor to uphold the charge of moving
and transporting and that part of
the charge was dropped:
, The defendant contended that he
did not have the whiskey in his
posession for sale but that he knew
that the particular thicket that he
was caught in was a sort of repos
itory for several of the city's bootleggers.-
He contended that he had
no idea who left the whiskey there
but he was merely looking for a
drink and wanted one badly.
The Jury took the case at 12.30
and at' 530 had not returned a ver
dict when they, were liberated for the
evening to go into session at hall
past nine Tuesday morning. Tues
day morning they stood 8 to 4 for
acquittal and the State and defense
agreed to take a majority verdict.
Incidentally It was rumored Mon
day evening that the thicket on
West Church street had been leasee
and the lessees were rushing a ten
foot fence around It. The rumor,
however, could not be positive)?
confirmed.
On the charges of selling liquor
and of common assault, Vivian
rt tin nli rntnred. wax hrniiehf Inlr
court, making the second and las
i o i... n
ruse ineu iu ouyciiui uuii .nunuaj
The two state witnesses In th'
case, were placed on the stand am'
testified that they had bought liquoi
from .Vivian. Under strong crosi
examination by the attorneys for th
diffuse their story held together
inerrins Into each other as stralgh'
n r !T ,f t0 its mark. In fact 1
' i too stralrht, Vr !!
hnd pl.tc'd i ' !
Council Takes Step
for Beautifying Qtyl
There may be nothing ni'w under i
the sun but something new in Eliza -
c-em ury Happened Mondav neM
when the City Council in regular sea- i
sion took a step looking toward ttie !
boautlficationl of the city. If such an ,
order has ever been passed by this or
any prior City Council it has not been
chronicled, so far ashe recollection
of this scribe goes, in this newspaper. !
The particular order in question
authorized City Manager Ferebee to
use city labor in planting a privet
hedge along the Norfolk Southern
property on- Pennsylvania Avenue,;
between the railroad's property and
the sidewalk. The plants will be
furnished by residents on Pennsyl
vania Avenue. j
The privet hedge was chosen be
was chosen be -
cause a hedge of this particular type j neard 'lrom tne vote stood: Aberne
grows off rapidly and In two or three 4,h'- 3215: Hood, 283.
years attains a height of 12 or 15,1 1,1 the .Fourth, with 8 out of 109
feet. By the end of next Hummer, ac-1 precincts heard from Pou got 1693
cording to Buxton White of tho : to Hester's 201.
Buxton White Seed Company, such a In the Flftn with 23 out of 260
hedge would reach a height of six or harrt from, Stedman. received 5017
eight fret if set out Just now. ( and Mrs. Patterson, ,J606.
Residents of Pennsylvania Avenue1 111 the Sixth, with 26 out of 131,
plan to have the plants ready to be
set out within the next few days.
HARDING TO ISSUE
CALL TO CONGRESS
Washington, Nov. 7 (By The As
sociated Press) President Harding
expects to issue a call Thursday or
Friday for a special session of Con
gress convening November 20, It was
announced at the White House today.
DR. 8, H. TKMPLEMAX TO
TALK OX BIBLE STUDY
Dr. Samuel H. Templeman, pastor
of First Baptist church, will deliver
an address on "Bible Study" at Cal
vary Baptist church tonight at 7:30.
A i i ,
r . f''"
S;Saw Lfgs Protuiing
Firm Sack Lien Carried
Moscow, Nov. 7 (By The Associ
ated Press) Police at Simbirsk who
are Investigating the disappearance
three weeks ago of Philip J. Sheild,
American relief worker of Richmond,
Va., are holding the woman who told
them she saw two men on the night
Sheild disappeared lugging a sack
from which two human legs pro
truded. stand responsible witnesses to tes
tify that the character of Vivian
Bunch was good while the charac
ters of the two states witnesses was
bad, the court inquired of the pros
ecuting attorney, what he wanted to
do about it. The answer was char
acteristic. The prosecutor said, "I
don't believe there is any sane man
in the country, that would believe
those two state's witnesses." The
Judge discharged the case without
the Jury's leaving the box, and court
adjourned until 9.30 Tuesday morning.
Friday Night Is Set
For Utilities Hearing
City Council Gives Affiliated Companies Oppor
tunity To Re-present Their Case But In Mean
time Have Employed Consulting Engineer
Who Is Expected To Arrive In City This Week
Friday evening, November 10, has
been set as the day for a hearing by
the City Council of a representment
of the case of the affiliated utility
companies with a view, on the part
of the companies, to re-opening, If; the establishing of municipal utility
possible, negotiations looking toward p,antg M &
the purchase of the utilities by the
Council as a nucleus for the proposed Council Monday afternoon William
municipal water, light and sewerage C' Isen f Kins on was elected con
niar,t. w n,o ritv t. nronarln to I 8U't'n8 engineer to have charge of all
construct.
A petition for the hearing was
presented by the utility companies
through their attorney, M. B. Simp
son, at the Council's regular meeting
Monday night, and the motion was
made and unanimously carried to
give the companies the hearing asked
for. "No petition was necessary,"
said .Councilman P. H. Williams,
after the motion had been carried, to
Mr. Simpson. "This board Is ready
to hear anybody at any time, from
hunchbacks up." It so happened
that a negro hunchback had Just
been before the board to ask permiss
ion to operate a pedlar's push cart
f r'ropt without lSrensa.
irll, however, H rut re
Democrats Srccp
0d Umh
; Win Solid Delegation In Con-
gress and Carry State By
Big Majority
Charlotte, No.r. 7. (lly The Ass:c'i
ated Press) Unofficial returns to
il rht indicated that all ten Democra
tic Congressmen in North Carolina
have been elected by big majo'iMe3.
Unofficial returns earily this even
ing from the First Congressional
District, with 22 out of 140 precincts
heard from, gave Hallett S. Ward
1956 and Kramer 257.
In the Second District Claude
Kitcliln had polled 4,297 votes with
32 out of 116 'precincts heard from.
! w'i " oui oi iaa
To ttn -ri.l-.l I.l. nn i - c r
Lyon got 3418 and McDonald 978.
In the Seventh, Hammer had 9998
to Love's 2450, with 53 out of 217
heard from.
In the eighth, Doughton got 6210
and Campbell got 3639, with 29 out
out of 159 precincts heard from.
In the Ninth, 55 precincts out of
210 gave Bulwlnkle 7812 votes and
Shutord 1123.
In the Tenth, Weaver, in 32 out of
237 precincts, polled 4162 votes to
Fisher's 1668.
State Ticket Majority 22,000
Raleigh, Nov. 7 (By The Associ
ated Press) Scattering returns
from today's election compiled Ty
the News and Observer early tonight
Indicated the election of W. T. Lee
for Corporation Commissioner and
W. J. Adams for Associate Justice of
the Supreme Court, both Democrats,
over their Republican opponents.
i ",cl
These and the.. legislature were the
only State offices to be filled. Re
turns compiled by the News and Ob
server eartly tonight Indicate for the
Democratic State ticket a majority of
about 22,000.
The vote was very light.
On the face of scattering returns
the amendment to increase the pay
of the State -Legislators from four
to ten dollars a day has been adopt
ed, according to The News and Ob
server.
server. The vote on the amendment
was light.
Western Counties Democratic
Concord, Nov. 7 The Democrats
swept Cabarrus by a majority of
from 300 to 600, according to the
Tribune. J. B. Sherrill, president of
the North Carolina Press Association
defeated If. S. Williams for the Leg
islature.
Hickory, Nov. 7 According to the
DaMy Record, Catawba County went
Democratic by a majority of 600; and
Alexander, by a majority of 200.
SEXATOR BITKELKY DEAD
Hartford, Conn. Nov. 7. (By The
Associated Press) Former Senator
Morgan Buckeley died here last
night.
mitting the chance that there may be
further negotiations with the utility
companies to hold up its plans foi
construction work involved In the
establishment of the "proposed utili
ties, from drawing the plans of th
plants to the laying of the sewei
mains. He will be paid on a commis
sion basis of 44 for building new
utilities outright or 4 it thf
present utility plants are purchased
and remodelled.
IX POLICE COUHT
In police curt on Tuesday Milton
Ives, white, Ike Jones, colored, and
J. W. Perry, also colored, were found
guilty of evading the cattle dlppln
law and were taxed the costs of tlu
case', carrying a suspended and un
determined sentence .f r
fiittim conduct townrd t ! 1 v,
Un odd CJgu
Democrats Elect Senator And Gov
ernor In Empire State And Dem
ocratic Lead In Other Contests
Gives Promise of Landslide
New York, Nov. 7 (By The Asso
ciated Press) Five New York
newspapers, three of them Repub
lican, at 7:3U tonight had conceded
Smith's election as Uovernor. Smith
carried Syracuse, the home city of!
Miller.
Miller himself conceded his de
feat long before midnight.
Somewhat later the New York
State Republican Committee conced
ed the defeat of Senator Calder by
Royal S. Copeland, tne Democratic
nominee.
Lodge Lagging
Boston, November 7 (By The
Associated Press) Five hundred
and twenty-one precincts, including
245 BoBton precincts, give William
A Gaston, Democrat, a lead of 18,000
over Henry Cabot Lodge, Republican
i incumbent.
On the same returns John F. Fitz
gerald, Democrat, has a lead of
10,000 over Channing H. Cox, for
governor.
Edwards Leading
Newark, New Jersey, Nov. 7 (By
The Associated Press) Edward I.
Edwards, Democrat, has a slight lead
over Joseph S. Frelinghuysen, Re
publican incumbent, In the race for
the United States Senate; but Wll-j
Ham N. Runyan, Republican candi
date for Governor, hag a slight lead
over George S. Silzer, Democratic
nominee, on the basis of available
returns.
Hull Victorious
Memphis, Tennesses, Nov. 7 Cor
dell Hull, Democrat, is elected United
States Congressman from the Fourth
Congressional district over Wayne F.
Clouse, Republican, It was announced
early this evening.
Senator McKellar, Democrat, is
also leading Newell Sanders, Repub
lican, two to one, on the face of un
official returns from a fourth of the
state.
Austin Peay, Democrat, Is leading
A. A. Taylor, Republican candidate
for governor.
Donahey In Lead
Columbus, Ohio, Nov. 7 (By The
Associated Press) A. Vic Donahey,
Democrat, took the lead over CarmI
Thompson for governor toward mid
night tonight, but Simeon D. Fess
maintained a slight lead over Atlee
Pomerene for the United States Se
nate. Earlier in the evening Thompson
had been reported in the lead by
three thousand while Pomerene had
the better of Fess by the narrow mar
gin of 500 votes.
Pinchot Leading
Philadelphia, Nov. 7 Ninety-six
districts out of 8021 in Pennsylvania
give Pinchot, Republican, a three
thousand lead for governor over
John A. McSparran, Democrat, while
the two Republican candidates for
the Senate, David A. Reed and
George W. Pepper, have a two to one
lead over their opponents.
Virginia Democratic
Richmond, Nov. 7 Senator Swan-
son and nine of the ten Democratic
Congressional nominees are reported
elected, while In the Ninth Congress
ional district early returns give
George C. Peery, Democrat, a sub
stantial lead over John H. Hasslnger,
Republican.
Jim Reed Wins
St. Louis, Nov. 7 (By The Asso
ciated Press) James A. Reed,
Democrat, who has been leading his
opponent R. R. Brewster, uepumi-
can. In the senatorial race, steadily
Increased his lead throughout the
evening until at midnight with a
third of the Btate heard from, It had
reached approximately the 15,000
mark.
Hitchcock Defeated
Omaha, Nebraska, Nov. 7 (By The
Associated Press) Gilbert M. Hitch
cock, Democrat, at a late hour to
night conceded victory to his oppo
nent, Ralph B. Howell, Republican,
for the Senate.
Close In Indiana
Indianapolis, Nov. 7 Returns
from 86 out of 3395 precincts in In-
diana gave Samuel M. Rallston, Dem- more than half the state heard Prom,
ocrat, 17,900 votes for state Senator William Cabeill Bruce, Democrat,
and Albert J. Bevertdge, Republican, j U lending Joseph F. France Repnbll
18,066. The first eight precincts j can In the rnce for the United States
In this county gave Ralston more pnnte. it:
VOTE IN COUNTY
WAS VERY LIGHT
Safely Democratic By
Overwhelming Major
ity But LignUst Vote
In Years
Pasquotank County went Demo
cratic in Tuesday's election by a ma
jority of perhaps 600 votes. Com
plete returns in the city with no
rural precincts heard from give the
Democratic State ticket a majority
of 400 and the Democratic County
ticket a majority of 424.
It Is the lightest vote that many
who have kept In touch with elec
tions here for many years can recall.
There was little or no scratching of
the State ticket, two wards, the First
and Fourth, voting the State ticket
straight without a single exception.
By some odd freak of chance, A. ,M.
Stack, candidate for Judge of the
Superior Court, practically unknown
here, led the State ticket, his mar
gin, however, being hardly more
than two votes.
There was considerable scratching
of the County ticket, mostly, appar
ently, directed at F. F. Cohoon. The
scratching was Ineffective, however,
Cohoon's majority being four times
Johnson's vote.
The City vote by wards follows:
For U. 8. .Congress
Ward Kramer
First Ward 93 18
Second Ward .,,..112 23
Third Ward 125 18
Fourth Ward 74 23
Totals ...404 83
For Uontitltutloital Amendment
For
First Ward 68
Second Ward ..... 67
Third Ward 107
Fourth Ward 38
Totals 280
Against
20
31
23 ,
41
115
For State Corporation CotnmiMHion
Lee
First Ward 97
Second Ward ..... 120
Third Ward 137
Fourth Ward 9l
Hoover
9
. 15
14
44
Totals 445 -
For County Ilepreiwntatlro ;
Cohoon Johnson
First Ward " 92 17
Second Ward 120 23
Third Ward 132 12
Fourth Ward 73 24
Totals ...417 . 76
than a two to one vote over Bever
idge. Hiram's Safe
San Francisco, Nov. 7 Partial
and scattered returns give Friend
W. Richardson, Republican candi
date for Governor, a lead over
Thomas Lee Woolwlne, Democratic
nominee. Hiram Johnson, Republi
can, led William J. Pearson, Demo
crat, In the race for the Senate.
Republicans Carry Detroit
Detroit, Nov. 7 Twenty precincts
here gave Charles K. Townsend, Re
publican, 1500 votes for the Senate
and hiB Democratic opponent, Wood
bridge N. Ferris, 806.
Lively In Connecticut
New Haven, Connecticut, Nov. 7 ;
Early returns from 20 out of 169
towns show George P. McClean, Re
publican, as having 36.000 and
Thomas J. Spellacy, Democrat 34,000
Rhonde Island Gone Wrong
Providence, Rhode Island, Nov. 7
With 9 towns heard from,, R. Liv
ingston Beekman, Republican Sen
atorial nominee, is leading Peter O.
Gerry, Democrat, almost, two to one.
Bruce Leadinsr
Baltimore Nov. 7 With a little