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ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 7, 1922
EIGHT RAGES
NO. 289
Many Attend Convention
Of Sunday School Workers
Are Well Pleased With Lectures On Methods Of
Teaching And Inspirational Addresses Ses
sions Continue At First Baptist Church After-
noon And Evening Through Friday
The Pasquotank County Sunday
School Convention, which opened
Wednesday, is being well attended.
The First Baptist Church of this ci
ty, where the sessions are being
iield, was almost full at the Wednes
day night session. The Wednesday
afternoon session was well atfended
Also;
Nineteen Sunday schools are rep
resented by 71 teachers, eight Sun
day school superintendents and sev-
'en pastors. A large number' of
leading Sunday school workers ex
pressed themselves Wednesday night
as being well pleased In every res
pect with the lectures on methods of
modern Sunday school work being
delivered.
- Besides several local people who
are taking part in the program, Dr.
E. B. Quick of Atlanta, anl D. W.
Sims and Miss Daisy McGee, both of
Raleigh, are speaking at each sess-
'ion.
My. Sims Speaks
"The Teacher Before the Class,"
was the subject of the lecture by D.
"W. Sims, general superintendent of
the North Carolina Sunday School
Association,' Wednesday afternoon.
He came with a -message of real im
portance to Sunday school teachers
and he drove home the telling points
with a punch that meant the reten
tion of the facts. The passage from
Continued from Page 5
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Lssted Five Weeks
Burlington, Vt.. Dec. 7 (By The
Associated Press) -An award of
4465,000 was made today by the Jury
which for more than forty hours de
liberated over the million dollar
-claim of Mrs. Dorrit Stevens Wood
house, of New York and this city,
in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Lorens Wood
house, of New York, and this city
for the alienation of the affections
of her husband, Douglas. The case
consumed five weeks.
7c"r;U:r.:nDurr.:d
tiiwii 4bgJ lAi
Edenton, Oct. 7. At Advance
achoolhouse, six miles from Eden
tton, two teachers, Miss Rosa Deans
of Coleraine, and Miss Nina Eason
of Gates County, were badly burued
.as a result of an explosion of an
acetylene lamp Wednesday night.
Miss Deans and Miss Eason were
making preparations for an enter
tainment at the schoolhouse when
the lamp exploded. The clothing of
both young women caught fire andi
with no one to assist them when the
accident occurred they were unable
to extinguish the flames. When help
did arrive both had been badly
burned.
MiBS Deans was taken to her home
at Coleraine, where this morning
she was reported Improved. Mis
ason was brought to Edenton and
placed under care of a physician but
this morning her condition was re
ported critical.
TODAY'S COTTON MARKET
New York, Dec. 7 (By The Asso
ciated Press) Cotton opened steady
at a decline Of one to eight points
owing to relatively easy at Liver
pool and reports continued dull trade
In Manchester. But after selling off
to 24.41 for January and 24.56 for
March, the market was steady on
covering.
New York, Dec. 7 (By The Asso
ciated Press) Spot .cotton quiet.
Middling 24.85. Futures closed
very steady. Closing bid, December
24.64, January 24.66, March 24.78,
May 24.74, July 24.42.
VOTE TO CONTRACT
OUT OF FREE STATE
Belfast, Dec. 7 (By The Associ
ated Tress) Both houses of the
Ulster Parliament today voted
unanimously to contract out of the
Irish Free State as permitted under
the Anglo-Irish treaty.
HARDWK'K TALKS V ' T
Washington, Dec. 7 (By The As-
-soefiited Press) Governor Hard-
-wlck of Georgia rapped prohibition
laws here yesterday, declaring that
the Government has gone too far In
the L'rbteeoth Amendment.
D. W. SIMS
Who speaks tonight at First Baptist
Church on "Steps of Progress In
Sunday School Work."
Amy Investigates
Airplane Accident
Newport News, Dec. 7 (By The
Associated Press) The Army Board
is gathering all available informa
tion to determine the cause and re
sponsibility of the crash of the Mar
tin bomber and Fokker scout in the
air Wednesday which cost the life
of two officers and six enlisted men
at Langley Field. A score of wit
nesses will be questioned in the at
tempt to place the blame for the
crash which clipped the tail 'from
the bomber and sent both machines
hurling to the earth.
FOUR CHILDREN
BURNED TO DEATH
Chicago, Dec. 7 (By The Associ
ated Press) Four children of Jos
Budak were burned to death and
the husband and wife and two oth
er children were seriously burned
In a fire at their home today.
Rcbtls Take Barracks
Cork, Dec. 7 (By The Associated
Press) Two hundred rebels cap
tured Ballymakeera barracks yes
terday, killing one, wounding fifteen
and capturing ninety. The prison
ers' barracks was occupied by the
Nationals after the prisoners were
released
Edgar Williams Up
On Old Charge Again
C. Edgar Williams was In police
court Thursday morning charged
with operating a jitney in the city
without the required bond or license
and found euiltv bv iurv trial. The
court withheld Judgment in the caseK''r. n- G 2 00-
till MnnrtHV mnrnintr I "Smith, Charles
AuciifttiiR Williania pnlnrpri whr
put under a suspended Judgment of,P-
HO ilava in lail on navment nf costs
aftpr heine artlndepd eiilltv nf nn an-
sault on his wife.
riH,. u.uio M,,,
Vernon fireenrv. Steadman Fletrh -
er, Edward Moore, D. C. Chappel, W
L. Jones, Marvin Rogers and Ed
ward Flora were taxed with the costs
for operating motor vehicles without
displaying the proper lights. The
same penalty was meted out to the
following colored offenders on the
same charge: John Shannon, James
Overton, Ellsha Robinson and James
Rogers.
Parker Morgan was fined $10 and
costs for speeding.
ARMOUR rillMJPS FREED
Los Angeles, Dec. 7 (By The As-
soclated Press) Armour Phillips
has been released. There Is no trace
of his wife, who broke Jail
STONE IS PRESIDENT
OK FARMERS'
UNION
Salisbury, Dec. 7 (By The Asso
ciated Press) R. W. H. Stone has
been elected president of the North
Carolina Farmers' Union.
Many Published
Books This
Yeat
.Miss Palmer Gives List Of Conti Mo
tors To North ('a roll iiu
Literature
Raleigh, Dec. 7 (By The Asso
ciated Press) North Carolina had
twenty-eight authors who had books
published during the year 1921-1922,
according to the blbliagraphy read
by MIhs Mary B. Palmer, Secretary
of the State Library CoinmlBsioiii,
before the Xorth Carolina Llterarjr
and Historical'Association in session
here this afternoon.
The bibliography follows:
"Adams, Randolph Greenfield,
Political Ideas of the American Re
volution; Britannic-American con
tributions to the problem of imper
ial organization 1765-1775. 207
pages, illustrated. Trinity College-
Press, Durham, 1922.
"Bond, Paul Stanley and Sherill,
Clarence Osborne, America in the
World War; a summary of the
achievements of the great republic in
the conflict with Germany; a ro
mance of figures complied from
official and unofficial sources.
"Brown, Ricffard L. History of the
Michael Brawn Family of Rowan
county. 190 pages., The author,
Salisbury, N. C. j
"Daniels, Josephus, Our Navy at
War. 390 pages.
"Dargan, Joseph Gregolre de
Roulhac and Knight, T. W. Making
of Citizens, National Social Science
Series. 146 p., McClung, 1922,
$1.00.
"Dargan, Olive (Tllford) (Mrs.
Pegram Dargan) Lute and Furrow
(poems) 140 p., Scribners, 1922,
$1.75.
"Hamilton, Joseph Gregolre de
Roulhac, ed. Selections from the
Writing of Abraham Lincoln; for
school use. (The Lake English
Classics) 424 p., Scott, 1922, $1:60,
"Harper, William Allen, Church
in the Present Crisis. Introd., by
Peter AInslie. 272 p., Revell, 1921,
$1-75.
"Hoskins, Joseph A., comp., Presi
dent Washington's Diaries, 1791 to
1799. 100 p., J. A. Hoskins, Sum
merfield, N. C, 1922. $1.75.
"Jackson, Walter Clinton, A Boy's
Life of Booker T. Hashington. 147
p., il., McMillan, 1922, -iic.
"Knight, Edgar Wallace, Public
Education in the South. 4S2 p.,
Ginn, 1922, 12.00.
"Koch,. Frederick Henry, Caro
lina Folk-Plays. 10 p., 11., Holt.
1922. 11.76.
"Lanier, John J. Washington.
The Great American Mason, Macoyf
Pub. Co , 1922, $1.50.
"LIchtenstein, Gaston, From
Richmond to North Cape. 160 p.,
11., William Byrd Press, Richmond,
1922, S2.00.
"Newsom, Dallas Walton, Song
and Dream (poems). 174 p., Strat
ford, 1922, 2.00.
"Pogue, Joesph E., The Econo
mics of Petroleum. 375 p., Wiley,
1921.
"Pollock, John Alfred (Ronleigh
de Conval, Pseud.) Fair Lady of
Halifax, or Colmey' Six Hundred.
402 p.. The Author, Kinston, N. C,
1920, $2.00.
"Porter, Samuel Judson, Gospel
of Beauty. Doran. 1922, $1.25.
"Poteat, Edwin McNeill, Wither -
ed Fig Tree; studies In stewardship.
74 n.. Am. Bapt.. 1921, $1.00.
"Poteat, Gordon. Greatheart of j
the South, John Todd Anderson..
- - 4 n i il T -v i
Aieuicai Missionary, i,. p., ....
ran, 1921, li.so.
"Poteat, Hubert McNeil,
tical Hymnology." 130 p., II.,
Prac-Bad-
Alphonso,
ed.
Selected Stories of ' O'Henry.
255
il., Doubleday, 1922, $1.25.
"Smith, William Alexander. Fam-
,ly Trce I'ook'
304 p., 11., priv. ptd..
11922.110.00.
"Spence, Hersey
Everett.
'. J1 to ,he f the n?.
; iiiDie. 1 1 o l'.. i
College
Press, Durham, 1922.
"Van Landingham, Mary Oates
(Spratt) (Mrs. John Van Landing
ham) Glowing Embers. 307 p.,
priv. ptd. The Author, Charlotte,
N. C, 1922.
"Weaver, John Van Alstyne, Jr.,
In American. 80 p., bds. knopt
1921, $1.50.
"Weaver, John Van Alstyne, Jr.,
Margey Wins the Game. 9-110 p.,
bds. Knopf, 1922, $1.50.
SECURED EMPLOYMENT
Raleigh, Dec. 7 (By The Assocl-
j atod Press) a' total of 435 persons!
was placed In connection with posi
tlonB, according to the report of ac
tivities for the week ending Decem
ber 2, Issued today by M. L. Ship
man, commissioner of labor and
printing.
Mrs. I. N. Thomas left Monday to
visit relatives at Norfolk.
Turkey Between
Devil and the Sea
Lausanne, Dec. 7 (By The Asso
ciated Press) Turkish delegates, to
the Near East Conference today fac
ed the difficult problem of deckling
whether Turkey in formulating her
plan for control of the Dardanelles
should cast her lot with Russia or
with" the Entente and the United
States. It Turkey goes over to the
Entente she fears the Irate Russian
army on her eastern frontier and on
the other hand If she sides with Rus
sia in demanding complete control
of the waterway she fears the Brit
ish navy.
Farmers Should
Raise More Food
Washington, Dec. 7 (By The As
sociated Press) Farmers should
produce more of their own food
stuffs and buy less of that which
muBt be brought to them by rail
road, according to the survey of
opinion among twenty-five thousand
farmers made public by the Agricul
ture Department today. Nearly 30
per cent of the food consumed on
the farm generally is not grown by
them or in their immediate vicinity,
whereas it is estimated that 79 in
stead of 70 per cent of their needs
could.be produced locally.
Beer Saved Lives
Of Mountaineers
I'ttllfornliins Caught In Snowstorm
Hni'iu'Micd Wild Animals To
HklU
Qulncy, Cal.", Dec. 7 (By The As
sociated Press) Six California
mountaineers, caught by1 an early
heavy snowfall In the high Sierras,
captured twelve wild deer, harnessed
them together with ropes and belts,
hitched them to an improvlshed drag
and broke a trail back to civiliza
tion. The men were working early in
November .building & summer camp
at Cold Lake, a point far up in the
mountains. When a heavy snow
storm came up unexpectedly, they
found themselves with only a few
provisions and without snow shoes or
skils. Help could not reach them,
ahey knew, before several days.
' Steve Pezzola, the leader of the
crew, immediately set about making
sets of skils for himself and his men,
using such lumber as was available.
In the meantime the snow continued
to fall until more than five feet cov
ered the road and trails,
On the second night of the stornf,
a herd of deer, fleeing before the
snow, sought refuge in the camp.
Grasping the opportunity, Pezzola
and his companions herded the ani
mals in one of the rooms.
' The nexi morning the deer were
narnessed to a drag ana the six
castaways, mounted on the home
made skils and hanging to the drag,
Klartpfl rtff tnnjorita p v 1 1 19a t tnn Thu
! Hppr wpro ...,,. ,.a-a '..-hi I
I ,ho haA ,irVon ,.
Lom., .. , ,u ,., I
foreslR aB(, hfld arr)ve(, almost ftt
the ed of the ub, and where the
road gtartg ,iown out of ,he moun
tains.
There the animals were treated to
the mt sugar In the men's supplies
and were turned loose to return to
the forests.
A few hours later the men con
tinuing on foot, met a team and
sleigh loaded with supplies., making
slow progress up the hills to the
camp.
!KEI KOX OWXEH DENIES
TOROXTO HAS AX OPTION'
New York, Dec. 7 (By The Asso
ciated Press) Harry Frazee, Red
Sox owner, denies that Toronto has
an option on his ball club.
RAILWAYS SEEKS TO
SELL MORTGAGE BONDS
Washington, Dec. 7 (By The As
sociated Press) The Carolina.
Cllnchfleld & Ohio Railroad today
sought permission of the Commerce
Commission to Issue and sell
500,000 six per cent first mortgage
boml to TeW loan8 aggregating
$8,000,000 which have heen made to
It by the United States and to re
imburse Its treasury for a million
and a half dollars spent on addi
tions and betterments In Virginia,
and North Carolina.
Walter P. Wood has returned from
a visit to his brother, Capt. John
Wood, at Washington. D. C.
Spencer Heads
City Merchants '
Oihrw tor me eonnin jear wei'o
named by me newly eiecieu uuve
lors uf the .Merchants Association
Wednesday atieniuun us follows:
President, K. b Spencer; first
vice president, it. It. Slieely; second
vice president, Camden Blades;
treasurer, T. T. Turner; secretary,
Mrs. Kslella J. Cox.
The election of Mr. Spencer to
the olllce of president was in recog
nition of the fact that hardly a
member of the association has, since
its organization, contributed
more,
of his lime to its work than he. In
season and out of season, In good
times and bad, Mr. Spencer has, in
his wholehearted way, given the
work of the association his loyal
support and best efforts, putting in
to any movement on foot the vim
and energy that enabled him during
the war to engineer a Liberty Loan
campaign in this County to a suc
cessful conclusion.
At the same meeting of the as
sociation plans for the annual ban
quet to be held some time during
the second week in Jauuary were
discussed.
Those constituting the board of
directors, just elected by secret bal
lot, are: T. T. Turner, Frank Selig,
M, Leigh Sheep, J. T. McCabe, S. G.
Etheridge, E. F. Spencer, J. T. Stal
lings, Buxton White, Camden
Blades, J. C. Sawyer, O. F. Gilbert,
E. F. Aydlett, Jr., M. P. Gallop, R.
B. Sheely and C. W. Galther.
New Bern Relief
Gets Under Way
The New Beru Relief Commis
sion has been perfecting organiza
tion since Wednesday for the cam
paign for funds for the relief work.
Directors of the Merchants Asso
ciation Wednesday afternoon named
E. F. Snencer. Frank Selig and R.
B. Sheely a committee to work with
the Kiwanis and Rotary Clubs in
their canvass for contributions
among the merchants and the fra
ternal organizations of the city.
A big box has been placed at the
foot of the stairway leading to
Chamber of Commerce headquarters
in the Community Building tor con
tributions in the way of clothing.
Secretary Job has prepared a big
placard letting everybody know Just
what the box is for, and It is right
at hand tor a parcel should any one
wish to drop one In in passing.
Contributions that have been made
or have already gone forward should
be reported to Secretary Job who is
treasurer as well as secretary to
the commission. Secretary Job will
keep a record of contributions and
as soon as the campaign gets under
way publish a dally list of contribu
tors ot money. There will hardly b3
space in the newspaper for those
who give clothing.
The banks and the newspapers of
the city have been authorized to re
ceive subscriptions for the relief
! fund and these subscriptions may be
I seiu in euner uy mail or Drougni in
i in person. A contribution will
ProDau'y
be acknowledged more
promptly if
it Is made directly to
Secretary Job.
Irish Deputy Killed;
Another Wounded
Dublin, Dec. 7 (By The Associ
ated Press) President Cosgrave an
nounced to Parliament today that
Deputy Sean Hales had been shot
and killed and Deputy Patrick
Omaille, deputy speaker, had been
wounded while on their way to the
Parliament session.
New Bern Has
Another Blaze
New Bern, Dec. 7 (By The Asso
ciated Press) Governor Morrison
and Commissioner Pago left here
last night.
. A new Are, a negro school, New
Bern Collegiate Institute, Wednes-
lav caused $15,000 damage.
Cf.n CONSULATES
AI!D P0ST0FFICES
Assocl-
Angora, Dec. 7 (By The
ated Press) The Turkish Nation
alist government has decided that It
cannot accept the continuance In
Turkey of consulates or postofflees.
MG1HGG
FiralGp'L
State Insurance De
partment's Report
Says 6,000 Homeless
Fire Accidental
Raleigh, Dec. 7 (By The As
sociated Press) Criticism of
the New Bern fire department
and the statement that many
ihigh explosives were found in
a negro chouse and even in a
negro church was made in the
State Insurance Department
report on last week's disas
trous fire.
The city fire department ar
rived on the scene only to find
it had not brought the nozzle
and after that was got dis
covered it was without the
wrench, said the report.
The report placed the loss
kit $2,550,000 and stated that
1500 dwellings were destroy
ed and 6000 were made home
Jess. The fire was accidental.
Verdict Expected
Late In Afternoon
Sensational Edenton Case To Jury
State Does Xot Ask Verdict
Criminal Assault
Edenton, Dec. 7 (Special ) The
jury took the case of State vs. Frank
M. Bond and Harry Sm:th at 12:55
this afternoon. A verdict is not ex
pected before late in the day.
Only one witness was examined
Thursday morning, Clinton White,
father of Viola White, one of the
prosecuting witnesses In the case.
Mr. White testified that on the
night In question his daughter,
Viola, was spending the night with
the Smiths with his consent.
Solicitor Ehrlngbaus has advised
the court that in view of the evidence
the (State will not ask for a verdict
of criminal assault; but will be con
tent with a verdict ot assault on a
female, the maximum penalty tor
which is Imprisonment tor a term of
two years. ;
Edenton, N. C, Dec. 7 (Special)
When court adjourned at 5:30 Wed
nesday evening all the evidence in
the case ot Frank M. Bond and
Harrv Smith, charged with criminal
assault on Mm." Arthur Edwards and
her friend, Viola White, had been
heard and argument by counsel be
gan when court convened at 9:30
Thursday morning.
The evidence of Miss White was
to the effect that she had accom
panied Edwards and his wife to the
fair grounds and that while thero
they were accosted by Smith, who
Continued on Page 8
Teachers Endorse
Certificate Plan
Raleigh, Dec. 7 (By The Associ
ated Press) One of the most sig
nificant actions of the recent session
of the North Carolina Education As
sociation here was the unanimous
endorsement of the certification plan
of the State Department of Public
Instruction, according, to Jule B.
Warren, secretary of the organiza
tion, who today reviewed the meet
ing. "It is significant," Mr. Warren ex
plained, "because of the attacks that
have been conducted, enpeclal!y In
the western part of the State, agalnHt
the plan of Superintendent Brooks. .
For some reason, several of the
Western North Carolina publications
have seen fit to condemn the plan.
"In order to set at rest the per
sistent rumors that the teachers
themselves are dissatisfied with the
plan, the association passed unani
mously the following resolution:
" 'That we, the delegates to the
assembly representing all the white
teachers in North Carolina, give our
unqualified endorsement to the law
governing the certification of teach-
jers and to the administration of the
: sarno hv the Dpnartmpnt nf Pnhlln
j Instruction and that we condemn
any-attark tipon this law or upon Its
administration as an attack upon
the educational policy M the Stain
and upon the profession which we
represent'."