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VOL. XIII.
FINAL EDITION
ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY EVENING, JANUARY 5, 1923
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FOUR PAGES
!.L CONSIDER
Mm ACTING
r
Gcncrnl Assembly Then
Li' cly To Take Up
h: - riant Measures
And Let Others Go
Raleigh, Jan. 5 (By The Associ
ated Press) Although almost all
.preliminary organization of both
Houses of the North Carolina Gen
eral ubly has been completed
and everything appears to be In
readings fur the legislative mills to
.grind rapidly, members are giving
every indication that the mass of
important measures will receive long
.and careful consideration before any
decisive action Is taken.'
"With such an extensive program,
-which if passed with the defeat of
.only a few bills would prove too
great a burden for the treasury and
the State's financial standing, before
then, a number of legislators today
.asserted that in their opinion a full
investigation of each proposal would
be made, a "small and select por
tion" enacted and the remainder cast
into the waste basket of defeat.
. Governor Morrison's State owned
shipping line proposal, if adopted,
would 'exact a heavy outlay of preliminary-expenditures,
it was stated.
Among the more important 'mea
sures which must be considered with
the financial cost in view the fol
lowing were named:
Establishment of a State medical
college. Increase in the number of;
superior court Judges; a $15,000,000
bond Issue for continuance of the
highway construction program. Im
provements sought by the several
State educational Institutions;
.changes in the State's taxation sys
tem and method of distributing the
school equalizing fund. Proposed
reforms In the prison system. In
crease In the. number of Juvenllo
.court Judges. Measures carrying In
creased appropriations for various
State departments.
tuns are rayiuiy iamu miu
lands of the clerk for reading, but
only a few of them have been dis
cussed in detail. Opposition to the
steamship line will come from the
eastern section of the State, It was
stated, but the Governor's message
1s expected by his friends to sweep
aside much of the early criticism.
While many legislators are willing
to have a committee or commission
appointed to Investigate the pro
xosal, they are opposed, according to
iheh- f atements. to granting this
hody authority to proceed with or-
u'- don should It be found tnat
e i manure would be practical In
, ri.,i,n. The report of the com--.
tfp, they continued, should be
"nted to the next session for de
' as to what steps should" be
inor Morrison 'and his fol
however, are expected to
ilte legislation to place the
' In operation as soon as
after the committee has
1 its decision, if the report
i n favorable, according to
I ,
f
X i of the highway com-
confident their request
t t a : i i 0.' "0 bond Issue will be
-rant Tl are pointing to the
record of t J- State In highway
' uild du; ng the , past year, ap
- r 'y S00 miles of hardsurfac
1 r having been completed, and
- a.proval, which they maintain,
i' commission's policies has been
n In every section.
The question of establishing a
nrt medical college and its prob
i liu.dion is tiecoming one of the
w , ; ', probl mi of the Assem
v. 'i legist: Ts'holding many
: t opinions ; s to the proced
y. 1 policy to he followed in au
1", . creation of tfte institution.
y - - f ho lawmakers have stated
, - establishment of the
!mt add they have not yet
t' o i a definite plan.
1 workmen's compensation
i Ixmi! Hponson-d, but an ef
j it ii nd r y, it v reported, to
unite mi one v :ir" and urge its
jn .. T! " 1 thor element is sup
portirt th : ure adopted by the
jeder m 1521 and again ap
prove;! i.i st :
nr. criNiON
fV A ' T?vATION
V. ii, J.i'. . ( v The As-
: ! i s) The : lie foreign
: - ( , - lite e 1, ' elded to
, i of the i mlnistra-
t ': -jin resolution au
' t t appoint
: v on the
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i of
Beggcit Ir.trc:i
One Of Other Bills Introduced Pro
vides Punishment For Persons Ap
pearing Marked In l'ublic
Raleigh, Jan. 5 (By The Associ
ated Press) Senator Baggett today
introduced his bill to make it felony
for a person to appear off his own
premises disguised so as to conceal
his Identity.
Daggett's measure . would exempt
persons under eighteen years at
tending "properly conducted" Hal
lowe'en parties.
Representative Milllken of Union
Introduced a bill to provide punish
ment for persons appearing masked
in public.
Other bills introduced Included
one to create a division In the' State
Department of Labor with a deaf
person at Its head; one to reduce the
pers6nal property tax exemption;
one to ask Congress to support
Henry Ford's Muscle Shoals pro
posal; and one to amend the act re
lating to alimony without divorce.
ABBOTT VS. PHILLIPS CASK .
SLACKENS COURTS PACE
The case of J. Q. .A. Wood vs.
Joshua Godfrey, which was stricken
from the docket Friday, having been
settled out of court, was the only one
disposed of on that day up to the
time this newspaper went to press.
Verdict in the case of R. C. Ab
bott vs. Phillips & Company, begun
Friday, was still pending when th'.s
newspaper went to press.
Minister Of Fin:nce
Seriously Ucuitded
Prague,' Jan. 5 (By The Associat
ed' Press) Doctor Alois Rasin,
Czecho-Slovaklan minister, of finance,
was seriously wounded by an Insur
ance company employe who fired two
shots as the minister was entering
an automobile today.
COTTON CONFERENCE TO BE
HELD AT -MEMPHIS SOON
Washington,. Jan. 6 (By The As
sociated Press) Announcement of
cotton conference at Memphis early
next month to consider the use or
calcium1 arsenate and other means of
fighting the boll weevil "was made by
Secretary Wallace today.
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SIXTEEN INDICTED BY
FEDERAL GRAND JURY
Cleveland. Jan. 6 (By The Asso
ciated Press) Sixteen members of
the wage committee of the National
Association of Window Glass Manu
facturers and the National Assocla
tlon of Window Workers were in
dicted by the Federal grand pury to
diy for violation of the Sherman
anti-trust laws.
DENY ENGAGEMENT OF
THE PRINCE OF WALES
London, Jan. 5 (By The Associ
ated Press) Current reports of the
engagement of the Prince of Wales
were officially denied in a statement
from York House today.
COMMITTEE READ TO
, REPORT FARM BILLS
Washington, Jan. 5 (By The As
sociated Press) Preparation of far
mer credits legislation was virtu
ally completed by the Senate bank
ing committee today, which plans to
report two bills, the Capper measure
and the Lenroot Anderson bill, to
morrow. '
Wants Committee
On Governor's Bill
Raleigh, Jan. 5 (By The Associ
ated Press) A special committee to
investigate Governor Cameron Mor
rison's State shipping line corpora
tion proposal and report back to the
next session of the North Carolina
General Assembly is favored by E.
W. Pharr, representative of Meck
lenburg County, he told The Asso
ciated Press today.
"WEST OK CHICAGO"
MOVES WEST TONIGHT
Charles Jones will be seen to
night In the Fox production, "West
of Chicago" at the Alkrama.
The theme ot the story can be
gummed up In the words, "when
rogues meet let honest men be
ware." The scenes are laid along
the Mexican border.
Some of the outstanding points
In this pleasing photoplay are
Charles Joneg' daring leap from ft
horse t a moving train and his
l i' ' ' r ; portrayal of a
Rii'i ', v ' K-'i i t Hue wrongdoers
I'. ' ' - v- r rond.
Entire Town
Burned By Mob
Otter Creek, Fla., Jan. 5 (By The
Associated Press) Two white men.
two negro women and a negro man
are known to be dead, and it is be
lieved that many other casualties re
sulted from race trouble during the
night at Rosewood, twelve miles from
here.
With the exception of three build
ings, the entire village was burne'd
by a mob shortly, after daybreak, ac
cording to available reports.
Rosewood, Fla., Jan. 5 (By The
Associated Press) A race riot has'
broken out here and three blacks
and two whites are dead. Hundreds
of armed men last night surrounded
a negro house awaiting daybreak.
The situation was out of control.
Will Ccnvess Tcv.n
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Ladir' Auxiliary Of Hospital Hope
To Bring Number To Five
Huudred
The Ladies' Auxiliary of the Com
munity Hospital will canvass the
town for new members next week,
hoping to reach the five hundred
mark.
If this goal can be .reached the
balance ot $435 on the new ambu
lance can be paid, and It is very
much hoped that there will be a
hearty response to the appeal for
new members. The annual dues
are only $1, and it is believed that
almost every woman, feel's enough
Interest in the Community Hospital
to manifest It this extent.
The linen shower held by lhe
Auxiliary brought in the following
contributions of linen: Thirteen
pairs of pillow cases, 36 sheets,
bedspreads, 85 bathtowels, 80 faoe
towels.
This amount Is far from supply
ing the need, but ' will, of course,
help, and It is hoped that other con
tributions will be sent it. These will
be taken care of and turned over
to the Auxiliary if left at the Cham
ber of Commerce rooms.
Socially the shower was a very
pleasant affair, and its only flaw was
In the small number attending. Mrs.
L. E. Skinner registered the callers
as they entered, and the receiving
line was made up of Mrs. Fred Da
Vis, Mrs. C. C. Clark, Mrs. R. B.
Cotter, and Miss Elolse .Robinson,
Miss Helen Wood "nd Mrs. Whit
Woodley.
Punch was served by Mrs. W. P.
Duff, Mrs. J. C. B. Ehhinghaus, Mrs.
Walter Small, Mrs. C. O. Robinson,
Mrs. F. O. Jacocks, Miss Mattie
Wbltehurst.
Mrs. Bessie Stuart and Mrs. R.
Cotter had charge of the decora
tions; the refreshment comnrittee
wis Mrs. J. W. Modljn, Mrs. Fred
Davis, Mrs. R. B. Cotter, Mrs. L. E.
Skinner; and the Invitation commit
tee, Miss Mary Bright, Miss Eloise
Robinson, Mrs. Albert Worth, Mrs
R. B. Cotter, Miss .Wattle White'
hurst.
The officers of the Auxiliary are;
Mss Eloise Robinson, president;
Mrs. R. B. Cotter, vice-president;
Mrs. A. B. Houtz, secretary; Mrs.
R. J. Cohoon, treasurer.
Debits And Offieers
Uedsd In Battle
Sioux City, Iowa, Jan. 5 (By The
Associated Press) -A bandit and
three officers were wounded In a
fight today between bank robbers
and authorities at Maurice. The
bandits in the .raid tn the Sioux
County Bank failed to get any loot,
The bandits escaped.
To Hang Tuesday
London, Jan. 5 (By The Associ
ated Press) The home office has de
clined to grant reprieve In the cases
ot Mrs Edith Thompson and Fred
erick B. Waters, convicted and sen
tenced to death for the murder of
Percy Thompson, the woman's hus
band, and the 'wo will be hanged
Tuesday.
M'BEE RKKIGNS FROM
HIGHWAY X)MMISHION
italeigh, Jan. 5 (By The Associ
ated Press) John C. McBee, mem
ber of the State Highway Commis
sion, Eighth District, resigned when
a delegatlontequested the Governor
to dismiss him on charges of dis
crimination In road building.
W. G. Malone, day clerk at the
Southern Hotel, Is back from a holl
day visit to his parents at Peters
burg.
Give Di'Je zi lz
To Primary School
Formal Presentation Made By
Junior Order Nevt Tuesday .
Afternoon
On Tuesday, January 9, at 3:30
p. roc. Worth Bagley Council ' No.
60, Jr. O. U, A. M., will present to
the Elizabeth City Primary School
a Bible and flag.
The Bible and the flag are now at
the Carolina Banking & Trust Com
pany In the care of State Council
Treasurer Gurney P. Hood.
Rev. C. A. G. Thomas of Rocky
Mount, a former pastor of the First
Baptist church of this city, will
make the presentation address,
which will be followed by a talk by
State ICouncllor P. (S,. Carlton of
Salisbury. f
The presentation exercises will be
held in the high school auditorium,
and the public is very cordially In
viTed. ,
On Tuesday evening - at 7:30
Worth Bagley Council will hold its
annual meeting in the Junior Hall,
and at this time State Councilor
Carlton will make an address on
"The Principles and Purposes of the
Order." Each Junior is Invited to
bring his wife to this meeting, or
If for any reason he can't bring
his wife, he la asked to bring a
friend.
Worth Bagley Council has recent
ly taken on new life, quite a num
ber of new members Joining the or
der within the last few weeks.
At the last meeting on Tuesday,
January 2, the following officers
were Installed for the ensuing term:
J. H. Scarboro, C; J. E. Corbett, V.
C; Rev, E. F. Sawyer, Chaplin; W.
L. Hill, Jr., P. C.;'J. W. Alexander,
R. S.; B. S. Sawyer, Ass't. R. S.;
Kenyon Bailey, F. S.; W. S. Cart
wright, Treas.; R. S. Harris, Can.;
W. E. Hendrix, Ward; G. W. Swain,
J. 8.,' L. C. O'Neal, O. S. Trustees:
J. J!. Corbett, W. S. Swain, J. W.
Johnson.
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Difficult To Cheek '
f ha List Of Hissing
Kelso, Wash., Jan. 5 (By The As
soclated Press) The number of
known deaths from the collapse of
the bridge Wednesday night has In
creased to two with the death of
Harry Kirk, one of the Injured, and
the list of missing persons today
stood at twenty-three. The latter
was compiled with difficulty, checks
by employes of transients continuing
to add names ot men who failed to
report for work.
CRISSINGER TO BE HEAD
FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD
Washington, Jan. 5 (By The As
sociated Press) Comptroller of
Currency Crlssinger will be nomin
ated governor of the Federal Reserve
Board within a few days, according
to high administration information.
FIKE THURSDAY NIGHT
An alarm frpm Box 16 at 10:45
Thursday night called the fire com
pany to a' house on Walnut street
owned by C. P. Harris and occu
pied by Willie James, Colored, It
was a chimney fire and was ex
tinguished with chemicals. There
was no damage.
MODOC READY TO SAIL
Wilmington, N. C, Jan. 5 (By The
Associated Press) The Coast Guard
cutter, Modoc, Is ready to sal to in
tercept the German steamship sus
pected to have C rover Jergdoll
aboard.
CALVERT CRARY SUNK
BY ARM AND HAMMER
The tug boat, Calvert Crary, re
cently purchased by Seligman, Wil
liams a Ball of South Mills, and op
erated from their timber land in
Dare County, was run down and
struck by the Arm and Hammer, an
other tug owned by the same com
pany, at 4:15 Thursday morning lit
the Sound three miles from the
North River beacon light.
The Calvert Crary was struck In
the bow ,and although ..pumps were
set going at once and every effort
made to prevent her sinking, she
went down at 5:30.
No one was hurt and the crew
came to Elizabeth City aboard the
Arm and Hammer, reaching here at
10:110 Thursday morning.'
Capt. Charles Parker was .master
of the Calvert Crary and Capt. Gld
Hughes of the Arm and Hammer.
The fHr'alns were asleep and the
mates sere at the wheel when the
seek! ; occurred.
Grave Of Sailor
Is Guarded Today
New YorK, Jan. 5 (By The Asso
ciated Press i The grave of James
Jones, sailor at the National Ceme
tery in Brooklyn, is guarded today
becanse of reports that William Wil
liams, special agent of the Treasury
Department, would seek legal per
mission to open the coffin to Bee if
any part of the Russian crown Jewels
had been secreted there.
The Jewels, according to a copy
righted story In the Chicago Dally
News, were smuggled Into the coun
try in September, 1920, in the coffin
of Jones, who died on the transport
Edellyn at Gibraltar.
PREMIERS MEETING
BREAKS UP ENTIRELY
Paris, Jan. 5 (By The Associated
Press) The premiers meeting has
broken up with absolute disagree
ment between the British and
French. Alliance between the two
countries is broken and the situa
tion Is serious.
SAYS CONFERENCE
AT WASHINGTON
London, Jan. 5 (By The Associ
ated Press) The Berlin correspond
ent of the Central News learns from
well Informed sources that In ac
cordance with the request by the
British Wednesday the United States
Intends to call an international con
ference in Washington next week to
consider the reparations .deadlock.
The British foreign office denied that
It requested calling the conference.
Wawhinglon Denies It '
Washington, Jan. 5 (By The As
sociated Press) State Department
officials today declared positively
f there Is no truth" to the report that
America would call an International
conference on reparations at the re
quest of Britain.
TROOPS PATROL
LOUISIANA TOVll
Bastrop, La., Jan. 5 (By The As
soclated Press) An air of suppress
ed excitement pervaded this little
town as public Investigation under
civil proceedure Into the Morehouse
kidnappings and murders by masked
and white robed men last August
got under way today. j
Three Infantry companies with
glistening rifles patrolled the streets,
a detachment ot cavalry was sta
tioned on the roadway, and a ma
chine gun company guarded the par
ish prison.
Funeral C. W. Grice
The funeral of C. W. Grlce was
conducted from the home on Fearing
street Friday morning at eleven
o'clock by Rev. G. F. Hill, rector of
Christ church, assisted by the Ma
sonic Order.
The active pallbearers were: M.
R. Griffin, R. B. Martin, D. D. Dud
ley, Robert Whiten urBt, James
Whitehurst, Ray Moss, E. F. Aydlett,
Sr., and T. P. Nash, Sr.
The honorary pallbearers were:
Dr. L. S. Blades, J. T. McCabe, C. E.
Thompson, W. J. Woodley, Sr., Louis
Selig, Camden Blades, directors of
the Norfolk & Carolina Telegraph &
Telephone Company; and John D.
Sykes, Evans Blades, Roy Dewey and
Harry Dewey, employes of the com
pany. Mr. Grlce was an outstanding fig
ure in the business .life .of Eliza
beth City, it being generally acknowl
edged that to his energy and Judg
ment was due in large measure the
success of the Norfolk & Carolina
Telephone & Telegraph Company, of
which he was manager from the
year 1908 to the time of his death.
Mr. Grlce died Wednesday morn
ing at 6:45 at his home on Fearing
street attA- a lingering illness. He
was 68 ye; of age and Is survived
by his wldw, who before her mar
riage was Miss Mary Alice Kramer
of Eden ton, and by two brothers, H.
C. Grlce and F. M. Grlce of this
city.
COOPER BANK TO REOPEN
Wilmington, N. C, Jan. 5 (By The
Associated Press) T. E. Cooper,
president, announces that the Com
mercial National Bank will -reopen
and pay depositors In full.
FOR NEW RAILROAD
Charlotte, Jan. 5 (By The Asso
clatpd Press) A citizens meeting
here last night began the move for a
railroad from Taylorsville to Wiifeps-boro.
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Man Whose Body Was
, Burned To Crisp In
Fire Thursday Wash-
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ui&iuu vuuniy rarmcr.
mai io me Desi ot us Knowledge
and belief the man whose body was
found burned to a crisp In a resr
window of Self & Warren's lodging
apartments above their grocery store
when that building was destroyed by
Are Thursday morning, was W. R.
Lee of Roper, and that the Are was
due to an unknown accidental cause
was the verdict of the coroner's Jury
which Friday morning held an In
quest over the body.
Those composing the Jury were:
J. B. Walston, N. S. Leary, Starke
Harris, C. D. Bundy, C. E. Benton
and J. H. Wllkins. The verdict was
returned at noon after an ,s hour's
hearing of evidence and of deliber
ation. The verdict as to the Identity of
the victim was based on a telegram
to Coroner Dr. I. Fearing from May
or J. W. Williams of Roper stating
that a man by the name of W. R.
Lee, weighing about 139 pounds and
wearlns: a khaki suit, the uni
form of a United States marine, a
soft slouch hat and black gaiter
shoes, had left Roper Wednesday for
Elizabeth City. v In one of the tele
grams the underwear worn by Mr.
Lee is also described and the fact is '
mentioned that he had lost all his
teeth.
This description tallies exactly
with that given by Joe Self, one of
the proprietors of the Self and War-,
ren business, so far s weight, outer
clothing and teeth Is concerned. Mr.
Self was positive as. to the matter ot
teeth, he said, because he and the
stranger ate supper together. The
only part of the man's underwear
noted by observers was the drawer
leg on the leg outside the window,
and that tallied also with the de
scription from Roper. All under
clothing had been burned 6ft of the
body when It was removed to the
undertaker's.
Mr. Self also testified before the
Jury that the stranger arrived here
on the afternoon train 'Wednesday,
which would tally with the statement
from Roper as to time Mr. Lee left
that place for Elizabeth City.
A theory of robbery that has per
sisted In view of the fact that the
fire seemed to start In an unoccupied
portion ot the building, was dis
counted by the further statement la
one of Mayor Williams' telegrams'
that It the body was that of Mr. Lee
his people were unable to move the
body from Elizabeth City. The
body Is to be held here tor a few
days, however, to await further de
velopments at Roper, shoul there
be any. If the body is not claimed
by relatives at Roper the body will
be buried here at the expense of the
County.
After reading the, telegrams trom
Mayor Williams the coroner turned
the examination ot witnesses over to
fniintv Prnaa,uiM T n c
j . . k, v, u.vi x . vj . oawgrer.
Mr. Self was the first witness exam
ined. In addition to facts already
brought out in foregoing para
graphs, Self testified that his guest
carried his money in a wallet in the
Inside pocket of his coat and that
he had not seen the coat nor the
pocketbook since the fire. How
ever, two observers who saw the
coroner search the pockets of the
clothing between .8:30 and 9:00
o'clock Thursday morning, after the
body had been removed to the un
dertaker's, saw a marine's coat with
the rest of the clothing. At that
lime box of snuff and a pipe lay
boside the clothing and a match was
found In one of the pockets. Self
testified that the last time he saw
the wallet was when the guest paid
him for supper, as the guest had not
paid him for lodging.. He said that,
he had never seen the giu-st's coat
or anything that looked like It since
the fire, but that In the pockets of
the trousers he found a pocket knife
anil two pistol cartridges.
Mr. Self also explained thaj the
stairway up to the lodging rooms
above the store extended Into the
kitchen at the back of his store, that
the door between the kitchen and
store was locked that night but that
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today's cotton mar;;::t
New York, Jan. 5. Spot cotton
closed steady, middling 26.75. Iu
tures, closing ' bid, Jai" "v "i t,
March 26.74. tay 26. FS, J tt, t ,
October 24.75.