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t . i . ' ' r dots illness . t r tonight. ' y 1 .1 , raia. ; " ; i ate t fresh winds. CIRCULATION Saturday 1,838 Copies : o r. f v d b r c ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA, TUESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 26, 1922 FOUR PAGES VOL. FINAL EDITION NO. 305 - - C ' ALiEmCA'S FOREIGN POLICY IS DEVELOPING CONSIDERABLY 1 1 1 Less Person Than Warren G. Harding Taboos The Word "Aloofness" Administration Em phatically Denies That It Is Inconsistent, And Argues That Its Purpose Has Always Been The Same . ' . By DAVID LAWRENCE 1 (Copyright 1922 by The Advance) Washington, Dec. 23. America's foreign policy is de velopingnot charging. The most interesting attitudes are Leing assumed by tUose who fought for and those who fought .against a" so-callexj, i' isolationist" policy. No less a persdrl than Presi ISLAND ROAD TO BE DONE SOON o " Within 1200 Feet Of Glovers Cut Workers Ask Only Four More Fair Days Within approximately 1200 feet of Glovers Cut, work on the State Bridgo road was being pushed rap idly under the ideal weather condi tions prevailing Tuesday. The road was to have 'been completed across Machelhe's Island last week, but under the weather conditions that prevailed up to Saturday it was im possible to carry out the program. If the present weather holds for four more days the road across the island will be done this week with out question. Beyond Glovers Cut the first 4,000 foot segment of the" road laid has been weathering while the Ma chelhe's Island xlent Harding himself taboos ihe word "aloofness" in refer ring to thdscope of American " JW"'",y in the future. ' mem. ;A "hronV with thA J'irrecon- l0''': Is "it inconsistent with fcr:y f Jnent' which kiUed. ratifica 0 covenant of the League men, wfc fey American Senate? . equal , sta giVen hy admrnjstration and welft1l,empHutI(, tTe And ' j 'ft ct their contention they ask 71 c to go back to -the . roun r of March, 1919, signed by ap un.imately forty Republican sen 4 'is under the . leadership of Mr. od!?s of Massachusetts. That docu ment announced opposition to the counant of the League "in the form t ow proposed" but under no circum stances did it denounce the prin ciple of international co-operation. In fact it urged that peace between the Allies and Germany be conclud ed and "that the - proposal for a League of Nations to insure the per manent peace of the world should then be taken up for careful and serious consideration." . It went on to say that it is the' sense of the :vn ite "that the nations of the world should unite to promote peace jini general disarmament." Amnnifr V of Orn O 1 11 I'AO f t fll O roine Wamn G." Hardtai - to haul tnater.a. for the con of Ohio, Senators Hiram W. Johnson of California and William E. Borah of Idaho and Frank Brandegee ot Connecticut. Every move the administration has made in foreign policy has been consistent with that doctrine, it is contended, and there is a distinct tendency nowadays to argue that the purpose has always been the same though admissions are that the ad ministration was not so inclined to wi out its policy a year ago as it - Is today. ' .... ' , Tn other words, the swing ot the t ndulum toward an interest in the j .Taint of Europe and the world gen- praiiy nas ueeu gmuuai. for an export market, the hope that farm products will get higher prices if European purchasing power is re stored, .the natural expectation that 1 sher farm products will remove the l i iucipal causes of discontent in the :. :d die West and take away the cl.'.ef thora in the side of the Repub lican administration today all this has made the foreign situation seem . v important as a domestic prob lem. , , ,. Incidentally the attitude ot the I.Hfue of Nations supporters is not a uninteresting phase ot the whole mestion. Two schools TelJs The Police She Killed M an Divorcee Shoots Man "Who Broke Up Her Homo And CauNed Divorce Louisville, Ky., Dec. 26 (By The Associated Press) The police are checking the story ot Mrs. Olive L. Jones, pretty divorcee, who after keeping vigil from dusk to dawn en tered headquarters and announced "I killed my friend." She said O. L. Blackf sales man ager for a Louisville automobile concern, who "broke up my home and caused me to get a divorce" reached for a pistol on the table when he learned her daughter Clara, seventeen, was with her and they were expecting a visit from her di vorced husband, C. J. Jones, Louis ville & Nashville baggagemaster at Cincinnati. She said she seized the weapon first and fired, covered the body with a coat and quilt and kept watch all night. She is charged with murder. BECKER SENTENCED TO BE ELECTROCUTED New York, Dec. 26 (By The Asso ciated Press) Abraham Becker was today sentenced to be electro cuted during the week of February five for the murder last April of his wife, Jennia, whose body was found several weeks ago in a lime Ailed grav in the Bronx. WAS EYE WITT OF AUGUST CRIME Farmer Reco g n i z e d Masked Men When They Lifted Masks to Get Drink of Water. Steubenville, Ohio, Dec. 26 (By The Associated Press) Fresh and vigorous warfare will be launched at once against Jefferson County's al leged liquor comfblne including the higher-ups as the result of the slay ing at midnight of Charles Blinn, leader of the dry agents. Wholesale arrests are expected. Blinn is the fifth county prohibition officer killed by unknown gunmen. He was shot while raiding a resort and his body was hidden in an alley. GOV. TRINKLE ACCEPTS RESIGNATION SENATOR Richmond, Dec. 26 (By The As sociated Press) Governor Trinkle today accepted the resignation of State Senator E. Griffith Dodson of Norfolk City, who said he was un able to give the time from his busi- segment has been ; neg8 re(lulred by a nextra session of under construction. When the lat ter is completed about half the road will have been built, and the 4,000 feet beyond Glovers Cut can be structing of the- last stretch of this highway. The other concrete road now un der construction in this Immediate section, the State Highway to Hert ford, is making rather slow pro gress, with probably less than 1200 feet laid to date, though work on the road has been going on ever since early in December. The Hertford road, however, will not greatly re tard traffic while it Is under con struction, as traffic over it can ibe detoured with comparatively little Inconvenience. Besides, the right of way Is so broad that vehicles may pass on either side of the sixteen foot ribbon of concrete in the center. TODAY'S COTTCX MARKET New York, Dec. 26 (By The Asso dated 'Press) Closing bids today on the cotton market were: Oc tober 24.74, January 26.58, March 26.82, May 26,89, July 26.68. Tone, steadv. Spots closed at, middling 26.80. New York, Dec. 26 (By The Asso- dated Press) Cotton futures open ed steady. Jinmry 26.06. March 26.42. May 26.50, July 26.30, Oc tober 24.46. the Legislature. SMITII-GARRINGTOX Harry H. Smith, son of Mr. and Mrs. M. Smith of Shawboro, and Miss Sallie F. Garrlngton, daughter of Mr. and Mrs, Edward Garrington of Norfolk, were married Sunday at noon hy Rev. E. F. Sawyer, at his home on Pearl Street. . BCOTT-COOPER Miles Marvin Scott, son of Mr, and Mrs. Lovin Scott, and MrB. Jen nie Cooper, daughter of Mrs. Mary E. Davis, both of this city, were married Saturday evening at 7:30 o'clock by Rev. H. E. Myers, at his home on North Road Street. WEST VIRGINIA WINS 1NTERSECTIONAL CONTEST San Diego, Dec. 26 (By The Asso ciated Press) West Virginia Uni versity defeated flonzaga, of Spok ane, 21 to 13 in the annual intersec ttonal contest here on Christmas day. WILHELM CAN NOT COLLECT INTEREST Decision of Iower Belgian Courts Sustained Ry Court ot Appeals PORTER-FEARING liesleity Gives Up One Of Its Most Attractive Young Women To' Atlanta. EXPECT ASSESTS OF HIGHER UPS Vigorous Warfare in Ohio Will Follow Slaying of Fifth Prohi bition Officer A beautiful wedding was solem nized Tuesday at six a. m. at the First Methodist church when Miss Willie Lumsden Fearing of this city became the ibrldo ot Rev. Harvey Coleman Porter of Atlanta, Ga. The decorations in the church were exceptionally attractive, pink Killarney roses and pink candles be ing used with a profusion of ferns and palms. Messrs. Constant Greene Fearing, Jr., and James G. Fearing, Jr., broth er and cousin of the bride, acted as ushers. The wedding music was exquisite ly rendered by Mr. Urner G. Davis on the violin and Mrs. Robert Fear ing at the organ, and prior to the ceremony Mrs. J. W. Foreman sang "Thank God for You." The impres sive ring ceremony was used, Rev. N. II. D. Wilson, pastor of tha bride, officiating. The bride wore a handsome going away gown of dark blue duvetyn with trimmings of mink and accessories to harmonize. Her only Jewelry was a necklace of pearls, the gift of the " groom. Her flowers were a corsage Lausanne, Dec. 26 (By The Asso bouquet of lilies of the valley andjciatel Press) A vigorously worded parma violets. protest aginst the decision of the A large number of friends attend-: K"r r-ast conference sub-commls Bastrop, La., Dec. 26 (By The As sociated Press) That the state will he able to establish through an eye witness, the identity of several mem bers of the masked mob, which last August kidnapped five Mer Rouge citizens including Watt Daniels and Thomas Richards whose decapitated bodies were taken from a nearby lake last week, wai the statement ot investigators today who have been working on the case several months. The witness will be a farmer who witnessed the kidnapping and recog nized some of the abductors when they lifted their masks to drink water. TURKISH DELEGATION VIGOROUSLY PROTESTS ed the wedding, although the hour was early. Immediately after the ceremony the bridal party and fam- sion on minorities to permit Armen ian delegates to appear before the sivh-comnilssion and set forth their Brussels, Dec. 26 (By The Associ ated Press) The decision of the lower Belgian courts that former Kaiser William has no right to col lect interest on British bonds was today sustalnd by the court of ap peals, which ordered the Brussels exchange broker to refund to the British bank involved several mil lion francs on coupons which the bank later learned belonged to the ex-kaiser. SIX DEATHS FROM XMAS LIQUOR BODY OF FLAGMAX MADE READY FOR RIRIAL HERE The body of Claude Hutchinson Brown, Norfolk Southern train flag man, was prepared for burial at Zeigler's here Sunday and sent to Berkley, his home, Christmas morn ing. Mr. Brown was run over by his own train shortly after noon Sunday at Snowden when he sidetracked for a northbound freight. New York, Dec. 26 (By The As sociated Press) Another woman and man died today and the police arrested a Brooklyn woman as a seller of the whiskey which caused one of the women's death. More than a score are tn hospitals as the result of drinking poisonous concoc tions. New York, Dec. 28 (By The Asso ciated Press) While police records showed yesterday to be the driest Christmas in the history of the city, six deaths were attrJbuted by the au thorities to bootleg liquor. The bodies of five men and one woman are at the morgue for medical exam ination today. entertained at a wedding; desires was forwarded to the con- breakfast at tho home of Dr. Isaiah Fearing, uncle of the bride. The bride and groom then left for a visit to relatives of the groom In Alabama, after which they will make their home in Atlanta, where the groom is secretary of Emory University, and although a young man, is already well known in the work of the South ern Methodist church. The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Constant Greene Fearing, Sr., of this city, and has been sec retary to the Mayor for some time. She is one of the most attractive young women of the entire com munity, and will be missed in the business, social and church life of the city. ference today by the Turiksh dele gation. DRESS CHRISTMAS TREE AT LOVED ONE'S GRAVE of thought f.vnrod the League as proposed by Vr Wilson the people who believe it was a step in the direction of world peace and an altruistic devel opment of the American spirit of world helpfulness which came to a ax in the European war itself who wanted me LIQUOR KILLS ONE OTHERS IN HOSPITALS Detroit, Dec. 26 (By The Associ ated Press) One is dead here and twenty-three were admitted to hos pitals today suffering from poison ous liquor. TUG PROBABLY LOST Cleveland, Dec. 26 (By The Asso ciated Press) Navigators concede that the tug, Cornell, missing for four days, was probably lost after four tugs searching failed to find a trace of the vessel. I.' t'. !' t; in ) i co ' II. ' pen- politi same Hell - interests both In the 1 rtates and European coun 4 saw In the League an Instru ct r,f economic co-operation. The r class was to no small extent ' " an in US political affllia- : -i the economic school of t which has succeeded today U1B lir,w,..o (,! ntlna o Mie established for economic rea- - ; The international bankers of: he offers the four power pact idea world the business men and and international conference as the , won street the men best way to achieve that obpective. XrnTw r'gid allAnf ' uy tuiiLciu associations or leagues. As for n ann Interests notu in liici0 v practical question on which no spe cific formula has .been evolved ex cept to do for American Interests all that can be done without committing the American people to an ultimate use of physical power to enforce ob ligations undertaken. Those Democrats who favored the g the facts of International:, ,, , Naton8 for altruistic rea- itlon to the attention of the Bons an(i those who favored It for - administration although the j ec0nomlc reasons are not opposing :re to be helpful without the evolution ot Mr. Harding's pol- lenient remains the ,cy though naturally they sad it 1 In 1920. The White doegn't g0 far enough. They pre--artment of State rec-j rtl of courBe, that the deeper he delves In European questions the I more likely he Is to come around to I the view they held In 1919, but is Interesting to note that never since 1919 have both parlies been so nearly in accord on what oight to Ihe done in world affairs than they i 1 ...('. v are united In want ' for the sake of FORMER EDITOR DEAD Seattle, Dec. 26 (By The Associ ated Press) Erastus Brainerd, for mer editor ot the Post Intelligencer, died here yesterday. IS HELD FOR KEDKTION ITNDER PROMISE MARRIAGE FUNERAL MUS. t'HAPPELL Hertford, Dec. 24. The body of Mrs. A. C. Chappell, aged 54, who died in her home in Brambleton, Norfolk, Friday morning, was brought, to Hertford on the noon train today for burial In Cedar Grove Cemetery. Funeral service was con ducted by Rev. R. S. Monds at two o'clock. The deceased was a devout member ot the Baptist church. She is survived by two sons and two daughters, all grown and three married, all living In Norfolk. Her husband did ten or twelve years ago. The floral tributes gave evidence of the high esteem in which she was held by Hertford people as well as friends elsewhere. $ A Christmas tree In a cemetery Is an unusual sight in this part of the world, but visitors to Hollywood ! during the last few days have note ! a diminutive but fully dressed Christmas tree on one of the lots there. The trappings are complete, even to the Christmas candles, and at leaBt one of these has been light ed, as one may see by the charred wick. The lot is that In which is the grave of Thomas Matrey Wehbie, who fo a short time operated a fruit stand on Polndexter street op posite the Busy Bee Cafe, but who died on June 23, 1921, at the age of 19, of an attack of appendicitis. His people purchased a lot in Hol lywood, erected a pretentious monu ment to his memory and hardly a grave in the cemetery has since re ceived more constant or careful at tention. ' FOUR MEN' KILLED IV CHRISTMAS CELEBRATION'S Unlontown, Pa., Dec. 26 (By The Associated Press) Four men wore killed In Christmas celebrations In the Fayettevllle coal field, one white and three negroes. -Sly of sitting la Eu s f.:r economic rea re many who believe If will satisfy many 1 I Le i ."uers espe ! p! ( '.limed tliey .it.-1 to the Wilson I i -iii f i i!' J. E. Brav, former Pasquotank County farmer, now a resident :f Norfolk, was held for Superior Court under a $1,000 bond on a charge of seduction under promise of marriago preferred by Miss Louie Relfe, daughter of Joshua ReHe. The evidence of the prosecuting wit ness and that of an aunt who tes tified that the girl had said In her presence about two weeks ago that she had been seduced by the defend ant under promise of marriage. Winifred Owens, on a charge ot abandonment and non-support, was put under sentence of 12 months on the roads, Judgment suspended on payment of costs provided that the defendant pay his wife $10 a week. Bruce Puckett was fined $10 and costs on a chargn of being tirunit ana disorderly. Charlie Armstrong, Alfred Pailin and Bill Kotodls were fined $5 and costs for shooting firecrackers. Henderson Griffin, for refusing to nlil nn . "--..r in making an arrest . -ID and costs. SEVERE QUAKE FELT Welling, New Zealand, Dec. 2fi (By The Associated Press) A se vere earthquake was felt here at three o'clock. It is foared that con siderable damage occurred In outly ing country districts. SARAH BERNHARDT CONTINUES IMPROVE Paris, Dec. 26 (By The Associated prt.Ba) Sarah Bernhartlt s cnnumon continues to improve. Medical men said a miracle seemed to bring her through. HERTFORD PERSONALS Hertford, Dec. 24. Rev. and Mrs. T. M. Grant went to Sunbury, Gates County, today to spend Christmas with relatives. Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Wlnslow and family ot Vanceboro are visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. K. R. New bold. Mr. and Mrs. . Lloyd Turnage of Ayden are spending the holidays with Mrs. M. H. White. Sidney Reed, who has been teach ing in Ptasquotank County, returned home last Friday for the holiday season. Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Griffin ot Edenton are spending Christmas with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. T. B. Walters. Miss Gladys Felton, teacher In St. Paul, N. C, school, returned homo Saturday to visit .her parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Felton. Ben Sprulll of Norfolk is visiting in the home of his sister, Mrs. J. P. Perry. Miss Blanche Cannon, teacher In Pasquotank ounty schools, Is spend ing the Christmas vacation with her parents, Mr. and Mru. W. H. Can non. Julian Blanchard of New York City is spending the holidays In the home of his brother, J. C, Blan chard, on Front street. . Miss Mary Sumner, teacher In the city schools at Hickory, N. C, is spending the Christmas vacation with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Sumner. Minn Elizabeth White returned home Thursday from Meredith Col-'""' -eiy or uity Road church, lege to spend the holidays. Besides the guest of honor, the mem- MIhs Alive Blanchard of the J ,U!rs tne I'arsonage Aid and their Charlotte graded school faculty, is; "'nus attended. After games, visiting her brother, J. C. Blanchard , contests and refreshments a beautl on Front street. !ful fading lamp and a box of linen Mr. and family of Many Attend Dance An even larger number than on Friday evening attended the dance In he Robinson Hall Christmas nigni Besides the largo number of danc er, there were many oniooners Christmas decorations were used, and Sam Simmons and his Syncopat- Ine Sextette furnished the music The next dance is to be held on New venr nieht. the erand finale of the holiday festivities, for soon there after many of the hoys and girls will he returning to school and other Slavs Children And Then Kills Himself Seattle, Wash., Dec. 26 (By The Associated Press) The coroner's office is trying to learn the historv of Emil Neuriter, ferryboat operator who yesterday invaded the home ot D. C. Engel, wood worker, with three pistols, slew the three Engel children and killed himself. Helen, the sixteen-year-old daugh ter, said the forty-year-old slayer made love to her last spring, shot at her when she repelled him and after wards wrote letters threatening to kill her and her family. For Rev. II. E. Myers Mr. and Mrs. W. Ben Goodwin were hosts at a surprise party Fri day evening given by the Parsonage Mrs. J. W. Wilcox and!1,'lfllerchlefs were presented to Mr. Norfolk are spending ; Myers, the presentation speech "being Christmas In the .home of her par ents, Mr. and Mrs. T. F. Wlnslow. Dooley and Osrar Newbold of New York City are visiting their parents, Mr. and Mrs. K. R. Newbold. Rev. and Mrs. B. L. Rhodes are visiting relatives ll Windsor, Va., and Washington, D. C. J. Earl Copeland of Washington, D. C, Is visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Lucius Copeland, on Mar ket street. Rev. R. S. Monds returned home Sunday from a trip to Richmond, Virginia. Miss Louise Wlllitord of Norfolk returned home today to spend the holidays with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. V. Winiford. very happily made by Superintendent G. F. Seyffert of City Road Sunday school. SAVINGS RANK & TRUST (X). The annual meeting of the stock holders of the Savings Bank & Trust Co. will be held at Its bank ing house, Elizabeth City, N. C, Monday, Jan, 8th, 1923, ftMween the hours of 3 and 4 P. M., for the purpose of electing Directors and" for the transaction of such other business as may be brought before said meeting. II. G. ICR A MER. n.2s,si-J.2,a
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