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VOL. XII.
FINAL EDITION
ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA, TUESDAY EVENING, DEC EM HER 12, 1922
EIGHT PAGES
NO. 294
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WANAMAKEIi DIES
AT PHILADELPHIA
Led In Creation Of De
partment Store As An
Institution In Ameri
can Life
Philadelphia, Dec. 12 (By The
Associated Press) John Wana
maker died at his home here today,
where he has been confined siilce
arly in November with a heavy cold
contracted at his country estate at
Jenklntown.
John Wanamaker led In the cre
ation of the department store as an
institution in American life. At the
outbreak of the Civil War in 1861
when he began business for himself
in a humble way in Philadelphia, re
tall merchandizing in this country
-was in a disorganized state, and, in
the opinion of the far-sighted young
.merchant, it was suffering a rapid
decline through practices that were
then general. Aside from his ambi
tion to make money, 'my paramount
purpose," , said Mr. Wanamaker,
"was to help save the mercantile
profession from lowering its flag
before other professions and occu
pations." There were in those days
no fixed selling -price for goods.
Business then demanded a thlrteen
"hour day from all its employes. Cus
tomers spent hours price-haggling
-with salesmen. Mr. .Wanamaer was
impressed with this waste of time
and to eliminate it he became a pio
neer In fixing a selling price for
goods. It was one of the beginnings,
of many mercantile reforms which
today are so generally followed that
the present generation can scarcely:
find anywhere a trace of the old
practices. fc !
Aside from establishing his one:
price policy and making a shorter;
business day, Mr. Wanamaker es
tablished in the new store two sys-i
terns, one of sales and the other of
organization. He learned It was
cheaper to manufacture some classes
of goods than to buy from manufac
turers and he became one of the first
retailers to do this. He found it
difficult to get employes who were
properly Instructed in their duties
and he organized - training schools
where his workers were taught the
"Wanamaker system."
Mr. Wanamaker interested him
self in many civic activities. He
-was the first salaried secretary in
America of the Young Men's Chris
tian Association, in 1858; one of the
lounders of the Christian Commis
sion during the Civil War, and one
of the organizers of the Centennial
Exposition in 1876. In the latter
year he began the development of
lis department store, establishing
the house of . John Wanamaker &
Company on Chestnut street, Phila
delphia, and twenty years later es
tablished a similar business In New
York as successor of A. T. Stewart.
It is estimated that during his en
tire business career Mr. Wanamaker
had distributed into American homes
merchandise reaching nearly a bil
lion dollars In value.
He was known as a great believer
in advertising, In newspaper adver-
tising above all other varieties. Hei
spent millions of dollars in it. One
of the features of his advertising!
campaign was ihls development or
' the "Store News Page," which he
led with an editorial over his own
signature, invariably written by
himself, to keep the public In touch
with "the policies of his business.
His friends oTten saw him writing
such an editorial on his way to the
store in the mornigT sfct&bllng it
on the back of an envelope 6r any
odd scrap of paper he had in his
pocket. ' r..
Other public institutions which
Mr. Wanamaker established were
the Presbyterian Hospital of Phila
delphia, and the First Penny Sav
ingfl Bank. Ha atao asHlsted in cre
ating the many Young Men's Chris
tian Association buildings In vari
ous cities, and contributed toward
college missionary institutions In In
dia, China and Japan. At the out
break of the World War he was one
of the first to assist In the relief of
the stricken Belgians, supplying two
ship loads of food for the Invaded
country.
Early in his career Mr. Wana
maker married Miss Mary B. Brown,
a sister of his original partner, who
co-operated with him In'much of his
philanthropic work. She died In.
August, 1920.
The second great tribute of his
mercantile career was conferred up
on him In 1921, to commemorate the
sixtieth anniversary of the founding
of his business. In a ceremony at
Independence Hall, Philadelphia, he
was presented wllh tin freedom of
(be ''', Pi','1 Infer t'-n ("uent of
'IV,.
American Consul
Shot And Wounded
Veletta, Malta, Dec. 12 (By The
Associated Press) Mason Mitchell,
American consul on the Island Mal
ta, was shot and wounded today.
His assailant escaped.
Lumber Yards Burned
And Business Block
Pontiac, Mich., Dec. 12 (By The
Associated Press) Fire in Pontiac
lumber yards today caused a loss es
timated at a quarter of a million
dollars before it was brought under
control. The blaze is believed to
have started from an overheated
stove. The fire also destroyed a
business block adjoining the lumber
yards.
REFUSE TO SEAT
WORKERS' PARTY
Cleveland, Dec. 12 (By The Asso
ciated Press) The first business be
fore the session of the conference for
progressive political action was a re
port of the committee on credentials
which decided that "since the work
ers party of America was not in har-
mony with teh principles of the con
ference, their representatives will
not be Beated." The report was
adopted.
Organ Recital Tonight
At The First Methodist
The public is cordially Invited to
the recital at the First Methodist
church tonight at eight o'clock. U. G.
Davis, the organist, will be assisted
by Mrs. J. P. Greenleaf, soprano, anil
V. J. Menzel, violinist. An offering
will be taken for the organ fund.
Ambulance Here
Ready For Duty
The ambulance for the Community
Hospital is practically ready for
duty and will be delivered to the
hospital authorities this afternoon
or Wednesday morning.
The body arrived Saturday after
noon from the H. H. Babcock Com
pany in New York and the work of
assembling it upon a Ford chassis Is
being done by the Auto & Gas En
gine Works.
British Freighter
ftjrcj-d In Denser
San Francisco, Dec. 12 (By The I
Associated Press) The British'
freighter, Orteric, carrying fifty-five'
persons Is aground off Fish Rock on j
the California coast and is being
pounded on a steep rock while the j
El Segundo, Standard Oil tanker, is
rushing to her assistance.
MANCHUHIAN RAILWAY I
IS TO BE IMPROVED
Toklo, Dec. 12 (By The Associat
ed Press) A general policy of ex-i
tension and improvement has been,
adopted for the South Manchurian I
Railway by Mr. Takeji Kawamura, !
the newly appointed president of the:
company. Funds for the work, he
said, now are available although the,
company failed to raise a loan in1
America. i
"The 30,000.000 lopn repaymer;
which falls due l:i Djccujjer," l.ji
said, "has been renewed and when !
the proposed new loan of 10,000,000!
yen is floated the company will not,l
require any more capital this year." I
ON DUTY AT HOME
Mrs. J. II. Thayer la ill at her home j
on Burgess street, and James Henry
Thayer, Jr., has measles, so Dr. J. II.
Thayer, pastor of Black well Memor
ial Baptist church is kept at home
on duty Instead of attending the
Baptist State Convention this week
as he had expected.
country. Among the tributes of the
day were a gift and a message fr t
the Emperor and Empress of Japan.
Mr. Wanamaker governed his life
by many maxims. "Every undertak
ing," he once said, "Is made up of
the sum of past endeavors, plus am
bition and the new visions."
"Business must rest upon the un
crumbllng foundation of confidence
In one another."
"On every road there are some
young men coming on."
"Keep up the old standard, and
day by day raise them higher."
As to his own life he once said:
"T ' tr"-, tolling and trnst-
!-v."
Husband f.'ust Pay
For Wife's Defense
Kinuuhir Case Ik That la Which
Mrs. May Ford Is Clunked Willi
Attempted Murder -
Detroit, Dec. 12 (By The Associ
ated Press) Ney J. Ford, wealthy-
Wayne County farmer, today faced
the prospect that he would be re
quired to pay for the defense of his
wife, who Is charged with attempt
to hire a gunman to kill him.
Attorneys of Mrs. May B. Ford
planned to enter a motion that Ford
advance $1,000 for preliminary at
torneys fees and $3,000 for expense
of the defense should the woman be
held for trial.
The financial support of the de
fense, attorneys contend, is the hus
band's legal obligation.
Motive Of Murder
Mystifies Police
Richmond, Dec. 12 (By The Asso
ciated Press) The police are seek
ing the motive In the killing last
night of Mrs. Thelma Richardson,
stenographer, who was shot through
the heart.
Thomas Pollard, her employer and
real estate man, is under $10,000
bond on the charge of shooting her,
and J. Mosby West, with whom the
woman went to Pollard's home, is
under $500 bail as an accessory.
The police say the woman wasi
killed with the revolver she took with
her to the Pollard home to seek an
"understanding."
FUNERAL DR. MeMULLAN
Edenton, Dec. 11. The funeral of
Dr. J. H. McMullan was conducted'
Monday afternoon at Edenton Meth
odist church by his former pastor,!
Rev. H. I. Glass of Raleigh, assisted j
by Rev, J. V. Knight. The church I
was crowded, and stoves and banks'
closed during the service. Inter-i
ment was made in Beaver Hill Ceme-i
tery. . 'j
Dr. McMullan was 73 years old
and much loved throughout this sec
tion, In which he had practiced medi
cine and taken a prominent part In
public life for many years.
His death occurred at St. Vin-
cent's Hospital, Norfolk, Sunday
morning at three o'clock.
Four daughters and two sons sur
vive him: Mrs. J. Norfleet Pruden,
Mrs. W. O. Elliott and Miss Jessie
McMullan of Edenton, Mrs. William
Bond, Jr., of Denver, Colorado; J.
H. McMullan, Jr., of Edenton and
Harry McMullan of Washington; al
so two sisters, Mrs. George Newby
and Mrs. K. R. Newbold, both of
Hertford.
The honorary pallbearers were:
Doctors H. M. S. Cason, M. P. Whi
chard, J. W. Warren, E. J. Griffin,
Richard Dillard and II. E. Nixon.
The active pallbearers were: C. H.
Wood, M. G. Brown, Julien Wood,
Sr., Joe R. Nixon, W. A. Leggett,
Waiter S. White, T. H. Shepard and
E. I. Warren.
RECOMMENDS GRADING
AND STAPLING COTTON
Washington, Dec. 12 (By The As
sociated Press) Grading and stap-j
ling cotton under Government sup
ervision was recommended by Wil
liam M. Steuart, director of the
census, in his annual report today. J
Quarterly reports from all leaf
tobacco dealers regardless of the
amount held in stock was also rec
ommended. MUNICIPAL ASSOCIATION
HOLDING A CONFERENCE
Raleigh, Dec. 12 (By The Asso-i
dated Press) The North Carolina!
Municipal Association Is holding ai
conference here today to formulate!
a program of legislation to present!
IV HID 111 1U1 iij'vuiui; .......
convenes in January.
Among the chief subjects discuss
ed by the representatives from many
cities In the State Is the State's
highway program as It relates to the
cities and the taxation and financial
system.
VERDICT NOT GUILTY
FOR GOVERNOR RUSSEL
Oxford, Miss., Dec. 12 (By The As
sociated Press ) A verdict for the
defendant was returned In the Rus
sel case Monday. The jury was out
28 minutes.
ATTENDED FUNERAL
Those attending the funeral of,
Dr. J. H. MrVnlliin at Edenton from
this city were Dr. T. S. McMullan,
nnrfon Whit, Rev. C. B. Culbreth.
1 ' " and Pr. Joi.n r "'
Thank Best Gty
for Assistance
Secretary Job Hum Letter From'
New Item Relief Headquarters
Toriny
With the Red Cross at work
among the manufacturers of the
city, contributions to the New Bern
relief fund continued to come in to
the New Bern Relief Commission's
headquarters In the Chamber of
Commerce Tuesday.
However, the fund did not leap
upward as was the case on preced
ing days, as the Red Cross commit
tee was the only one that seemed to
be actively at work Tuesday. All
contributions reported from manu
facturers were secured by the Red
Cross.
In addition to cash subscriptions
reported, the Red Cross received a
donation of $10 worth of hose from
the Standard Manufacturing Com
pany. Another set back occurred by rea
son of the fact that inadvertently
Union Methodist church was on the
list of contributors twice Monday,
thus making the total reported Mon
day $19.20 more than it should
have been.
Here
are the contributions to
date:
Previously reported (less
error) $1220.86
i
Cartwright's Bakery
Coca Cola Bottling Works
Pepsi-Cola Bottling Works
Elizabeth City Buggy Co...
Elizabeth City Iron Works
Crystal Ice & Coal Co
Colored Welfare Committee
First Methodist Church
(additional )
Mrs. Myra T. Jenkins ....
Miss Ella V. John
Cash
Young Men's Bible Class
of Derea Church ......
Elizabeth City Brick Yard
Company
Pritchard Bean Harvester
Company
Scott Bean Harvester Co...
Elizabeth City Fire Co. . .
10.UO-
3.00
1.00
1.00
1.00
2D. 00
5.00
5.00
25.00
Total $1318.11)
The money Is being forwarded ta'FjimAii Mnrl IIia "'!fft
New Bern as fast as It Is turned in dlfciUl fHIU HIS 1110
to Secretary Job. The following let
ter Is an indication of New Bern's
appreciation of Elizabeth City's
neighborly help.
GENERAL HEADQUARTERS
Fire Disaster Relief Committee
New Bern, N. C.
New Bern Relief Commission,
Elizabeth City, N. C.
Attention Mr. R. C. Job, Secretary
Dear Slr:-
We wish to thank the citizens of
Elizabeth City very, very much for
what they have so generously contri
buted for the relief of our suffering
people.
New Bern Is -Indeed grateful to
you for your assistance and the
hearts of our people have been
cheered by the generous response
that has been made from all parts
of the country in this, our hour of inringnaus, oanser; v. u. uaney, , state's building or the road tnous
d ! clerk; H. C. Grice, escort; W. J. lands of dollars will be saved.
You may rest assured that your Broughton, watchman; C. S. Ives, i
rnntrilmtlon will he nsed to the very Dr. II. D. Walker, physician; C.. . - . ,
best advantage to relieve the suffer-!
lng and distressed who are within
our midst.
Yours very truly,
RELIEF COMMITTEE, f
H. E. Barlow, Secretary.
RUSSIAN GRAND DVKKS
HOLD CHRISTMAS REUNION'
London, Dec. 12 (By The Assocl-
ated Press) Maria Feodorovna, the;
dowager empress of Russia, who now
resides in Denmark, has agreed to a
meeting of all the Russian Grand
Dukes to be held in Copenhagen at
Christmas time. All the Grand
Dukes, who are now scattered over
the world, will be notified and they
are expected to attend the court of ,
the dowager queen. !
A number of prominent Russian
monarchists In Berlin and Munich
also have been Invited to attend tin
meeting.
Fcur Bandits Hold Up
And Rcb Dcnlc ibnncr
Chicago, Dec. 12 (By The Assocl-!
ated Press) Four bandits today j
held up the Logan Square Trust &
Savings Bank's messenger and rob-i
bed him of $19,000 In the busy busl-
ness district here.
IS TAXKD WITH COSTS
FOR FAILURE TO
I
Joo Banks, Pasquotank farmer,;
was let off with the costs In police'
court Tuesday morning on conditions
that he comply with the law tin to.
Barges Efficient Carriers
I
Road Building Materials
Plying Down The River To Glover's Cut Wharf
With Loads Of Cement They Hasten The
Completion Of Most Expensive Three Thous
and Feet Of Road In The State of North Carolina
Former Policeman
Held In Norfolk Jail
Chained With Sending Threatening
Loiters To Ranker In That
City
Norfolk, Dec. 12 (By The Associ
ated Press ) Charles W. llrnwnn'
former member of the police force cl,elht!'8 Islull(1. pronounced by engl
here, is in jail on a Federal charge ! m""r8 the ,1108t "I"" 3,000 feet
growing out of the alleged attempt 0' roal1 in tht State of North Car-
to demand money by threatening
i letters from two of the city's lead-
lng bankers.
I Tim to.V,ni.il
charge against
Browne is that he devised a scheme
to defraud and mailed letters to W.
I A. Godwin, president of Norfolk Na
, tlonal Bank and Clearing House As-
2-00 ; soclation, and J. It. Moss, president
3 00 i of the Seaboard National Hank, de
100 nianding money under threat of
2 j bomb and dagger at the end of each
letter.
5.00 j
B0X
OF MONKEYS"
GIVEN FRIDAY NIGHT
On Friday night at eight o'clock
the senior class of the Elizabeth City
High School will present a delightful
farce, "A Box of Monkeys." Prac
tices have been going on for some
time and those who attend Friday
night may look forward to an even
ing of real entertainment.
The proceeds from this play will
be used to wipe out the Annual and
library deficits of last year.
Arc Found Murdered
Mlddletown, Ind., Dec. 12 (By The
Associated Press) William Schaf
fer, farmer, and his wife, were found
murdered today, the wife's head cut
off and the husband's split wide
open. The couple had been dead
several days when found In the
home by passers by.
W.
O. W. ELECTS ITS
OFFICERS MONDAY XIGHT
Juniper Camp, No. 11, W. O. W.,
met Monday night and elected the
following officers: J. B. Jenkins,
past consul commander; W. S.
White, consul commander; E.
Dr. J. H. White, auditor for one
year; I . u.
Wilson, auditor for two,
years; M.
R. Griffin, auditor for
three years.
It was unanimously voted to send
$25 to the New Bern sufferers.
FUNERAL LEROY JERNIGAX
The funeral of Leroy Jernlgan
was conducted Monday afternoon at
Halls Creek Methodist church at
three o'clock by Rev. K. L. Stack.
Interment was made near the church.
Mr. Jernlgan died Sunday morning
about two o'clock after a long illness
at the home of bis half brother, F.
C. Sawyer, in the Corinth section.
He was 21 years old und Is survived
by his brother, F. C. Sawyer, and a
'1H'f sister, Mrs. Eva McLennon of
Norfolk.
MIDSHIPMEN EXPELLED I
Washington, Dec. 12 (By The As-!
sociated Press) Midshipmen Brucu1
Robinson of Arizona and Stuart;
; Hawkins of Massachusetts have been ' resentatlve Keller In the manner In
ordered dismissed from the Naval Blsted on by Keller.
Academy as
trials, with
proval.
the result of hazing
the President's ap-j
TO MEET WEDNESDAY
The Hollywood Cemetery Society
will meet at the home of Mrs. N. S. July 24.69. Steady. Total produc
jLeary on Pennsylvania avenue Wed-Hon for the year, It was announced
! nesday afternoon at four o'clock. A: today, was 9,960,000 bales or 4,
DIP, large attendance Is desired. 767,262,000 pounds.
STEWARDS TO MEET
There will be a callod meeting of
the board of stewards of the First
Methodist chnn-h fit the church
The State barg"S being used to
handle ferry traffic detoured by rea
son of the closing of the Pasquotank
River State Bridge road may be un
wieldy and slow for passenger traf
fic between Elizabeth City and
Lambs Ferry; but they are efficient
carriers for the heavy road building
materials such as cement that are
now being unloaded at Glovers Cut
wharf for the construction of the
floating concrete road across Ma-
una.
Observers at the waterfront may
have noticed one of these barges
plying down the river, instead of up
in the direction of Lambs Ferry, and
wondered what It was all about.
Closer inspection would have reveal- ,
ed that the barge was loaded to its
capacity with cement, and if the ob
server had been curious enough to
ask a few questions lie would have
learned that the cement was destin
ed for Glover's Cut. wharf.
Materials .-e not 1 einr; ram.tor'
ed from Elizabeth City to the wharf
by truck as heretofore or the very
good rea-on that the road across
Machelhe's Island is now closed for
the laying of oncrete. Operations
on this second segment of the road
were begun on the Pasquotank side
of tlte bridge witli Hie paving of the
approach to the bridge. They were
taken up at the bridge on the other
side of the river and are now going
forward at the rate of 300 fuja'tTay
at which rate, with good 'weather,
the road across the island will be
completed some time next week.
The road across the island, as al
ready stated, is 3,000 feet long, and
about one-third of this has now been
paved.
By the time that the paving
reaches Glover's Cut the 4,000ijieet
paved on the other Bi'.e,f Jtyfe cut
will be ready for use, Aid' trucks will
travel over this road1 ' with ' cement
for the final stretch affbsa the
swamp to Robinson's farm. At- the
high land. Engineer McJJkU', Job
will be completed; and -J re
mainder of the road, to.-Cutrltuck
Courthouse, according ti'' Com
missioner Hart, will be-4w$ to con
tractors. It will be recalled that when bids
were opened for this floating con
crete road across three miles of
road all bids were rejected on the
ground that they were too high. En-
I gineers say that this Judgment Is
being vindicated, and that by the
OUdJCbl HfrCblCU
Says She Isn't Clara
Casper, Wyo., Doc. 12 (By The
Associated Press) Belief that tin
local police succeeded in appreaeuu
lng Clara Phillips, convicted of
slaying Alberta Meadows with a
i hammer, who escaped from Los An
1 geleH jail December 6th, was
, thought today to have been explod
j ed when the suspect arrested last
'night declared that she was Boat
: rice Craig of Kirhy, Wyoming.
Proceed With Hearing
According To Keller
Washington, Dec. 12 (By The As
sociated Press) The House judici
ary committee today voted in execu
tive session to proceed with the
hearing of Impeachment charges
i uiwu&UL uftittuni L'a jiiri j uj ncj-
TODAY'S COTTON MARKET
1 New York, Dec. 12 (By The As
sociated Press) Eleven forty-five
a. m. bids: December 24.75, Janu-
ary 24.85. March 25.06, May 25.04,
New York, Dec. 12 (By The As-
sociated Press) Cotton closed to-
day at a sharp advance. December
i 25.10, January 25.14, March 25.35,
to-'.May 25.41, July 2". .02. r-oU Mod-
t rod "1. il"