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VOL. XIII.
INAL EDITION
ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA, MONDAY EVENING, KEUUILAKY 12,
NO. 37.
S. 'A V 1 -N. v, V. a
Prominent North Carolina
Preachers Will Assist Local
Pastors in Simultaneous
Evangelistic Movement.
Some of the strongest preachers
in the State are to speak in Eliza
beth City during the simultaneous
evangelistic campaign which begins
April 15th.
Plans are not yet complete for
the campaign and some of the city
pastors have not heard from those
whom they wish to engage to assist
in the great effort to reach the un
churched of the city
PruMiPiii'iv ov'ntnr nian improbably will not be completed for
invite some out of town preacher toa
assist in the revival. Among the
men of prominence who are schedul
ed to be here is Dr. E. K. McLarty,
pastor of the First Methodist church
at High Point, who will assist Mr.
Wilson at the First Methodist
church. Dr. McLarty has served
-some of the strongest charges in the
State and those who have heard him
say that his sermons will be a genu
ine treat to the Elizabeth City
people.
Rev. Paul Bagby, pastor of the
ipusi c u.c.i ri.eai u. -
Tl ..' . l I, 11T1. 1.... . r1,.
lege, will assist ur. inayer ai
Blackwell Memorial church. This
announcement Is being received with
pleasure among Christians here who
have heard of Mr. Bagby as a man
of power in the pulpit.
Rev. G. F. Hill, rector of Christ
church, has not yet received definite
information as to who will preach
at Christ church. However, it is
practically assured that some Epis
copal ,l)ishop will be here.
Rev. U. F. Hall, pastor of .Calvary
Baptist church, will be assisted by
some out of town preacher and peo
ple in that part of the city are as
sured that their time will be profit
ably spent at the services to be held
at this church.
Rev. A. B. Scattergood, the new
pastor of Cann Memorial Presby
terian church, has not yet arrived in
the city but it is believed that this
church will co-operate with other
Protestant bodies in the city.
Pastor Samuel H. Templeman ol
the First Baptist church will do the
preaching at that church. Mr.
Templeman has been in Elizabeth
City for hardly six months and the
people generally will welcome the
opportunity of hearing him in daily
services.
An out of town preacher will as
sist Rev. H E. Myers at City Road
church and those who prefer this
church are assured of Interesting and
instructive services.
Xot only is it the aim of the Min
isterial Association to reach the un
churched through this campaign, but
it is also hoped that through it those
who profess to be Christians will
see a new day in Christian service in
Elizabeth City.
TEACHING A;i( TLTI RE
WELL ADVANCED IN STATE
Raleigh. Feb. 12 (By The Associ
ated Press) H. O. Sargent. Wash
ington, of the Federal Board of Vo
cational Education is in North Caro
lina this week Inspecting negro In
stitutions here in which vocational
agriculture is taught. He is being
accompanied by J. H. Bullock, ne
gro, of the North Carolina State
College and head of vocational agri-j
ruirurai worn among neB.ue8 in uleCarolina Natonai Guard aa
ftiace.
Among the schools being Inspect-
1 . th Wll1lstnn Inrlnstrliil
ed are the Williston Industrial
School, Wilmington; Pender County
jrainiug ncnooi, nutnj ruim, omr
the Harnett County Training School,! The adjutant general also 8tated'and mnre rapI(1 transmission of
Dunn. ICantain w a Pnnpianrt rnm nn v i messages are expected to result
As a result of his investigations,
-to date, the Federal official stated
he was "well pleased" with thetllrnP(i from
snowing maae oy uie scnuo.s. "Where he graduated from the
teacning oi vocauoiiai agncuiuir io
at an advanced stage among the ne
groes of this State, he said.
REPORTS OK HOLLYWOOD
IIADLY EXAGGERATED
Wasbincton. Feb. 12 (By The As-I
nlated Press) Narcotic Inspector;
sociated
Smith declared here yesterday that
reports about narcotics and tli drug
habit at Hollywood are exaggerated
and conditions there are good.
SUPERIOR fOl'RT CONVENES
The February term of Superior
Court convened Monday morning at
ten o'clock with Judge George W.
Connor presiding.
No judgment was awarded in the
case of W. G. Coppersmith et al
against H. A. Brownlev et al.
The ruse nf .1. C I.nvp nealnst O
V Gilbert had not irnno to the lurv'saw the officer and stated that a ne
at four o'clock (Monday afternoon.
CARR-SAWYER
Edward P. Carr and Miss Ethel
Sawyer, both of Norfolk, were mar
ried Saturday afternoon by Justice
of the Peace T. B. Wilson.
TOKIO AROl'SED OVER
IMMIGRATION
RILL
Toklo, Feb. 12 (By The Associated
Press) The papers here are aroused
over the American Immigration bill,
which would exclude the Japanese.
MASONS MEET TUESDAY
The Masonic Lodge will hold a
mpeilng at 7:30 Tuesday evening for
work in th third decree.
ITHOOIVS CLASH !N
BRAZILIAN STATE
Buenos Aires, Feb. 12 (By The
Associated Press) An encounter
between state troops and rebels in
the Iirazilian state, Rio Graudedosul,
Is reported In dispatches from Por
toalegre. Government forces are
said to have suffered two hundred
casualties while rebel losses? were
not reported.
Will Take Week to
Remove Dead Bodies
Dawson, New Mexico, Feb. 12 (By
The Associated Press) The task of
removing the bodies of those who
died in the explosion of mine num
ber one, Phelps Dodge Corporation
wek, according to the manager at ;
ilirLluail. A I II J 1 t- 111 a 111 III lir II' U llll , I
two living and seventy dead having I
been taken out thus far.
GOVEKNOKS WILL
TALK ON HIGHWAYS
Harrlsburg, Pa., Feb. 12 (By The
Associated Press) Governor Pin
chot announced today that he had
issued invitations to the Governors
of all the states to send representa
tjvM tQ ft e()nference here March 23
and 24 for interchange of ideas on
road .building policies and prac
tices. LAST FIVE MONTHS
GOOD SAYS GKISSOM
Raleigh, Feb. 12 (Bv The Associ
ated Press) With $77,018,150.52
in revenue already collected for thej
nrsi seven monins oi tne nscai yearlth(1 m(mthiy report of R. B. Sams.
1924 in North Carolina, Gilliam ' chiff ()f tnp division. The value of
Grissom, district revenue collector, thf, I)rop(,r,y p(.iz(,(1 ann- destroyed
tonight stated that if the present' wa9 given an timated value of
rate of collections continued a total : j18i2io and property seized but not
of $133,000,000 would be reached ; ,i,,Htroved, $34,1S2. Sixty-three per
for the twelve month period. Rons were arrested.
"We cannot, of course, tell what.
the next five months will bring," he!
said, "but in the past these have
been big months in our collections.
Tobacco Is largely responsible for
the increase this year."
The first seven months of the
fiscal year 1923 showed a total of
$72,986,097.76 collected in the State,
approximately $4,000,000 less than
the same period of the present year.
A record was established by the
State last year, Its total of approxi
mately $123,000,000 showing the
smallest reduction In the country
wh m, woo ih ti or on nnnM I headquarters in Raleigh is being
Mr Si 1125,000,000, saidjp, fay (he Hghway Com.
"For the first seven months In
the fiscal year 1922. we collected
. Luiiri.iru
$67,769,150.85." he
,ir...
Whpn we comnare this with the
0nc no, ,..PforS,trh rh-.,,e
$72,686,097.76 in 1923 and the $77.
018,150.52 in 1924, we can see eas
ily how North Carolina has been
progressing In a financial way,
"These figures reflect prosperity,
the tobacco Industry being the larg
est In. the Increases paid into the
L"'lSiat:a..,rPa8.UryJhrU,!h
revenue department. We were the
only State in the Union last year to
hold our own, and the prospect of a
greater showing this year Is even!
brighter.'
XAMED
INSPECTOR
OF INFANTRY TACTICS
Raleigh, Feb. 12 (By The Associ
ated Press) Lieutenant Colonel A.
A Parker tnfnntrv TTnitprt Stntea
Armv nas bppn detallP(1 t0 the North ,
in
Htrnetnr In
i.i..,, , ,i. Ait I
ant Gn, j Van H M'Ptt8 .!
I . . f ' J' I. . . ' 18 , I
liiiciiiii ini.Liv-n, xiujiii-
,. ,,, . ... ,.!
jarrjved , ,he clty where he w,n be
stationed.
A 120th Infantry, of the' State
t, rillr(1
Burlington, has re-
Fort Benning, Ga ( 1
i'
fan,ry gohool L)etenant F
j
Timberlake. 117th field artillery,'1 flerstood, will be asked to carry out
Youngsville. has returned from Fort . ,nfi P,ans-
Sill. Oklahoma, where he graduatedl The receiving stations are expect
from the artillery school, while Lieu-,"'1 ,0 be installed in each of the dls
tenant G. W. Hine, Troop E, 109th1 trlct-s bv March 1.
valry. Llncolntor. has returned j
from Fort Riley, Kansas, where he,
graduated from the cavalry school,1
lie said.
CHICK MIST LEAVE TOWN'
OR WORK ON rol XTY ROADS
Found guilty of trespass upon
real property, j'ohn Chick was given
forty-eight hours to leave the County
Monday morning in police court.
Chick was discovered by a police
man on the north side of the Ban';'
& Hughes store Sunday night and
three boards had been pulled off
near the" window of the store. Chick
I gro nan just neen trying to ron tne
store hut that he could not hold him
J. E. Hughes, of Banks & Hughes,
testified that Chick had come to the
store Sunday .afternoon between four
and five o'clock and had asked for
Idope of some kind.
The court first sentenced Chirk to
six months on the County roads but !
later commuted the sentence for
forty-eight hours, giving him that
much time to leave the County.
MEMORIAL SERVICES FOR
CONGRESSMAN IHUNSON
Washington, Feb. 12. (By The As
sociated Press) Memorial services
were held yesterday ln the House for
Representative Samuel M. Brlnson of
North Carolina.
All in Readiness !
For Phy Tonight
All is in readiness for the pl;iy ail
the Alkramu tonight, "Mr. and Mrs.;
Polly Tlckk," sponsored by the'
Young Woman's Club and declared
to die the jolliest entertainment of
the season. i
The play will be given only one I
night, and nobody except chronic
grouches can afford to miss It. The
curtain rises at S:lr. Tickets can
be secured at the door tonight, If ne
cessary, but It is better, of course, to
reserve a couple of seats today at
Selig's.
I ' 1 C T I :ST A I ' I ' ) I XTM E X T
ADDITION MEMBERS
New P,ern, N. C Feb. 12 (By The
Associated Press) A resolution pro-
! "iii'f: the appointment of two ad-
'"",. iii u . i 0 ... , .... v.. . u . :
county commissioners and the ere-;
ation of a road commission of three!
members, at a salary of $2,500 each!
per year, has been sent by the count!
bond to Craven County's legislat-i
ors. In the General Assembly. The ;
resolution requests that legislation,
row pending in committees, which
vould authorize the new members
and create the road commission, be
reported unf.ivornbly.
ARRESTED SIXTV-TIIRKK
IN MONTH OF JAM ARY
Hish Point, N. C, Feb. 12 (By The
Associated Press) Activities of
Federal prohibition agents in the
Fifth Division, embracing North (career with the Slaymakcr Pharm
Carolina and most of Virginia, dnr-lacy of Norfolk, where he was first
lng January resulted in the capture employed behind the soda fountain
and destruction of 58 stills, 601Viin 1907. A few years later he was
cartons of whiskev, 80 gallons of employed by the Monticello Hotel
wine and 63,155 pallons of beer for!
cllstlllation
purposes, according to
Frank Page Planning
Build Roads bv Radio
Radio Station in Each District Pro
mised to Receive Instructions
and Information From Ra
Headqiiarteis Raleigh, Feb. 12 (By The Associ
ated Press) A radio receiving sta
tion in each district office to receive
! information and instructions from
-
Arrangements have been made,
!'ith me :ortn taronna Mate loi-,
... .. .. i. . .
'Kt? lu U8e 118 "'"a""""" i"u
at ll o'clock each morning and 7:30
each evening to handle the highway
department's matters to engineers.
After making a study of the pos
sible use of radio in giving instruc
tion and other material Information
to the hundreds of workers through
out the State, the department de
elded to have the receiving stations
in each district and to urge resident
engineers everywhere to Install sets
so that they may be in daily touch
with the main office.
Important information relating to
the condition of various highways
also will be broadcast for the ibene-iages
fit of tourists and travelers, It was
stated. These bulletins, it was in-!
dicated, will be published in the
daily newspapers
vjiuuiaiB jijiiili?vi
-imntni
out that North
Carolina wouiu oe one oi uie nrm
states in the Union to adopt this,
method of rommiinlcatine with It.m
method of communicating with
highway department employes
Closer co-operation and better
Na-lfrom ,he Prl?rami 't was stated.
! ' .l,"l,,T' 1
nilht be possible to establish broad-
casting siaiions in mosi oi uie uia-
Itrlcts. Government aid, It was un-
..nvTmnrTi TO THF
"NTR1BI TES TII
FIND
mi.. 11 I...1 ....!, I I
..us,., a, , , , ,,,,,,, ,, ;!
that.D. Pender of Norfolk has Just!
I Hill I lumnt $ . f IU I II C IN Dll ui in
fund.
FORTY-TWO LAWYERS '
FROM WAKE FOREST,
Wake Forest, N. C. Feb. 12 (By!
The Associated; Press) Published
reports of the successful applicants
to practice taw in Mortn I aronna as;)ll)llft , ,hp us(, of th skylight and
a result of the January bar rxamln-; (.0,ni)lnations with artificial spot
ation reveals the fact that out of Mights In making photographs were
72 candidates passed. 42 were from given. Instruction on modern metb
Wake Forest Law School, college of-! 0(is Pmp0V,.( ln development and
ticlals have announced. other processes was given by several
The class was composed of 44 experts
memtiers, including one who was(
under age, lacking four days of fill-j
InK the legal requirements, thusi
Heaving only one failure. The class
Included one student rrom Georgia, !the Constitution of the I'nited States
four from South Carolina and "9wlll be strictly respected."
from North Carolina. Thirty-two; One of the first exhibitions to be
counties In this State were repre-i made by the association w ill be at
sented, Iredell, Rutherford, Halifax
and Catawba with two each and
Robeson and Guilford three each.
Nine hundred lawyers have re
ceived their admission to the bar
after studying at Wake Forest dur
ing the 25 years In which law has
been taught at the Institution, It win
stated.
IIKI.r IS NEEDED
To I lie Pe pie of Llialielli City
null l'asiintank ' mi m :
Were you ever liunniy '.' Did
your children ever cry for
bread? Sumisi you could mil
jjivc tlieiu h (-rust, what would
j oil do?
Don't laugh at tlx Idea.
That thing; lias liappc I he
fore hiiiI is happening now.
Tliousanils hear the r.v of
children anil cannot help tlieiu.
It Is not impossible that this
favoml land may feel tlio
same curse.
Here is a
our belief
Rule."
Hear Dr.
day night.
chance to verify
in the "Golden
Voiiaii next Sun-
-Near East lUdlcf Comniittci
. -
IVpiV I IWIIP S i 1 11 fl TO
Worked His Way Up
C L. Halsteail I, ikes Elizabeth City
Standard Drim ('ooiiany Still
Owned liy Dr. Pendleton
C. L. Halsteud, new owner of the
Standard Pharmacy, has worked his ,
way up from the bottom of the drug!
store business. He Is the son of the
late L. H. Halstead of Camden and
a brother of Attorney W. I. Halstead
of that place.
Mr. Halstead began his drug store
and Pharniary and in 1917 bought
out the business which he operated
until about a year ago.
Mr. Halstead's family lived In
Elizabeth City about twenty-seven
years ago, bis rattier naving mane
his home here for about a year. Mr.
Halstead will make his home here
and his wife and child will join him
within a few days. "I have always
liked Elizabeth City," Mr. Halstead
said Monday morning, "and 1 am
pleased at the opportunity to make
my home here."
t.Mr. Halstead bought out the
Standard Pharmacy on last Thurs
day. However, the Standard Drug
Company, which does a wholesale
ibuslness, was not affected in the
deal and Is still owned and operat
ed by Dr. A. L. Pendleton, former
owner of the retaP pharmacy.
DRI NKARD .11 MPS TO
PKVIH I'NDKK AT TO
.Atlanta, Feb. 12 (By The Associ
ated Press) An unidentified drunk
ard Jumped from the police machine
hprp nlht and was fatally
In-
-. -
.llri(1 hv mlssnE auto,
SAYS GREEKS AND TUCKS
AICK Egl AI.LY GIII.TY
New York, Feb. 12 (By The Asso
ciated Press) Miss Susan Dorvls,
relief worker, declared here yester
day that the Greeks and the Turks
are equally Kuilty of atrocities In
Asia Minor.
SIX ASPHYXIATED IN
NEW JEKSEY TOWN
Pitt man, N. J.. Feb.
12 (By The
Associated Press ) P. Pucci, his :
wife and four children ranging in i
from four to twenty were)
! asphyxiated and a dozen other per-,
sons ere overcome by gas escaping
from a broken main in the city io
I day.
PHOTOGKAPHEKS HOLD
.irrTif ufU'KY MOUNT
31 Eh I IIM HUI.IV I lMwUii
Rocky Mount. Feb. 12 (By The
Associated Press ) Recommenda
tions that the matter of joint news
paper advertising be taken up and
used wherever feasible; that an
adjusted commercial price list be
ratified; that a contract form be
used when making photographs like
ly to be used for court purposes and
that exhibitions be arranged In the
fairs held in tills state were made by
Albert O. Clement, president, to the
Eastern Carolina Photographers As-
sociation, in semi-annual convention i
here today. I
The morning session was devoted!
to short addresses on subjects relat-j
I" BIIIMl u
profession, and a discus-
. , lirH,f,llt-H ......onunenda-
tions. Mr. Clement, ft Goldsboro, ,
photographer urged bis associates to j
give particular attention to the train-1
ing of assistants and to arrange reg
ular visits to the studios or others in
order to study the methods employ
ed in each.
During the afternoon, deinonstra-
Formal announcement was made
that "no headaches will result" from
the dinner to be served In the even-
lng, "the Eighteenth Amendment to
the KaHtcrn Carolina Exposition In
Wilson next month, when from two
to six photographs from each pho
tographer of the organization will be
entered.
Tomorrow morning's closing ses
sion of the convention will be devot
ed to demonstrations on printing,
contract and projection.
jTwo French and
- One t)ienrin
London, Feb.
12 ( By The Assori
died Press) A
Central News (lis
patch from Berlin says that t wo
French soldiers and one German
were killed in a clash al Gelsen
kirclien when German soldiers halt
ed a motor car containing French
.soldiers.
sitde.nt is arrested
on charge of mi rdeh
Lexington. Ky., Feb. 12 (By The
Associated Press) Warren II. Mid-
dleton, I'niversity student, was ar
rested here Sunday on the charge of
murdering the I'niversitv watchman,
J. N. Self, Saturdav night.
mm: dead in i ike
motiiek will live
Indiana, Pa., Feb. 12 (By The
Associated Press) Andrew Pola
ceka and four of his children were
ibumed to death in a fire which de
stroyed their home in a remote part
of the county yesterday. Mrs. Pola
ceka who was badly burned was
brought to n hospital here where a
few hours later she became the
I ninlhfir it a littln ,l.i u ul, IM,,-aL
Cans sa,j mitn wi ivp
' " '
1'OI U .H RORS SELECTED
IX TRIAL OF POLLARD
Richmond, Feb. 12 (By The As
sociated Press) Four jurors huvejDIJ.
been selected to try Thomas Pol-,
lard, real estate broker charged with.
the murder of his former steno-j Dublin, Feb. 12 (By The Assocl
grapber, Mrs. Tbelma Richardson, ated Press ) Dr. Thomas O'HIggins,
before the first venire was exhaust- rather of Kevin O'Higgins, Free
ed and Judge David Richardson to-i state minister of home affairs, has
day ordered a new panel of seventy-J been assassinated.
five.
Pollard's bail was revoked!
I ami )le was oni,.red to jail
BODV IDENTIFIED AS
I.NIVERS1TY HTIDENT
Staunton, Va., Feb. 12 (By The
Associated Press)- The body of the
man found Saturday on Hump
Mountain was today identified as
Carl Sofsky, University of Virginia
student, who disappeared January
6. The coroner's verdict is suicide.
WOMEN ARRESTED IV
FREE STATERS RAID commissioner of labor and println?
, ., t,,-iTT fi a !'" thp 1924 State-wide Democratic
Dublin, Feb. 12 (By The Associ-; ,rimarv
ated Press) Miss Mary McSwiny' Mr 'niHn,.r ,t..ia,i tht w
and Mrs. Tom (lark were today ar-
! resterl toirellier with their mothetBi..
: ij i r. o i.
in a in.u ...v nee maieis upon
publican
central publicity offlee3je,j i,n n;lfi
here which had just been reopened.
: present commissioner, M. L. Shlp-
ItlLTMORE HORSE SHOW nun.
APRIL THE EIGHTH I Tl"1 office, said the candidate la
his announcement, should be placed
Ashevllle, N. C, Feb. 12 (By The on such a plane that the officer In
Associated Press) April 12 has charge should not be recognized as
been set ns the date of the second a labor leader or a labor agitator,
annual horse show of the Blltmore "nor as a pet of a manufacturer or
Forest Riding Club. Eleven silver! an association of manufacturers, for
cups will be offered In addition to 1 1 believe that both labor and capital
rash prizes. The cup donors are shave made serious mistakes, even In
Mrs. Edith Vanderbllt, B. S. Col- this State, in the past."
burn. Julian A. Woodcock, Mrs. H.
H Hrlirps Mrs A R Wheeler. Miss
ru... tin Memminirer and Mrs. P. S.
ji,,nry.
. .
YIitilrinitri fVmnnntr
t ? inivi vtlin vaiuuij
1
Improves Its Product
S. W. Wineke Takes Speclnl Course
Al PciiiisthHiiia State Colletie
lirliigs Itai k New Formulas
S. W. Wineke of the Wlnekream
Company has Just returned rrom ! Rembly since 1907. He practices
Pennsylvania State College, where he! ' w ln Gaston County and also Is
took a special course in the making; connected with a bank. Commls
of cream. j sloner Sliipnian, who defeated Mr.,
The company Is now able to put ! Dellinger in the last primary, Is ex
out a grade of cream much superior pected to be a candidate for re-nom-to
that originally produced by the 'nation.
concern, according to Mr. Wineke,
who has brought back several new
formulas for cream making and
states that he will have an interest
ing announcement to make to con
sumers in the near future.
The Winckream Company began
'l'"' 111 ", H n
.. . i ! .... I. . .. 1..I.. .. ,,in. .1
h
ims a capiiciiy ui luur inimireci Kai-;
Ions a day. The sole owners in the i
' ""'I'.'my ne aam v inene .aim r . A. ,
Wineke. '
-Mr- wineke states that prospects
mr iiusiiiess in m.i are very irom-,
ising in view of the large amount of
territory that will lie accessible when
the new State highways are com-i
pleted. In 1922 about ninety per ,
cent of the cream sold by the rom-
jiany was delivered outside of Eliza-:
beth City. i
Thougli the capacity of the plant
is large, It is not the custom of tin
company to make any more cream;
than can be sold the day after it Is
made and a fresh supply Is kept 1111,
hand In cold as well as in hot
weather.
The Wlnekream Company Is now
buying all Its milk from Pasquotank
dairies and this fact Increases Its
valup as a home Industry.
The Pennsylvania State College at
which Mr. Wineke took his special
course covers an acreage of 1880
acres for the technical training and
not only adults attend the college
but children are allowed to take
practical courses along lines In
which they are Interested. Thirty
fire hundred students are now en
rolled In the college.
! FRENCH TANKS
, ,n
1 Germans Organizing General
Strike, Iloycotlinr Occupa
tion r'orces and Causing
( lonsiderahle Trouble.
Dnessehlurf, Feb. 12 (By The As
sociated Press ) Reports that Ger
mans are organizing a general strike
at Heme have led to the dispatch of
French tanks to that place. Tha
Germans are boycotting occupation
forces throughout the. Heme district
and the French have been obliged to
take over the work of some German
police. The boycott is becoming
more and more popular throughout
Ruhr and Germans have decided to
extend it to Essen, refusing to do
business with the French and Bel
gians beginning today.
EKENCII AM) ISItlTISir
AKE NOT APPEASED
Paris, Feb. 12 (By The Associ
ated Press) The three day exten
sion of the Turkish ultimatum de
manding the withdrawal of allied
battleships at Smyrna Is not ex
pected to modify the positive stand
taken by the French and British,
and so far as is known orders- to
naval commanders to defend their
positions if attacked still holds good.
THOMAS O'HIGGIXS
ASSASSINATED AT Dl'BIJV
Delliner Says He
Will He Candidate
Heailini; Clerk in House Announces
Candidacy ('oiiiiiiissionei' of
Labor and 1'ilntlnn
Raleigh, Feb. 12 (By The Assocl-
j ated Press) David P. Dellinger,
1 Gaston Count v, now serving as read
ing clerk in the House of Represeu-
tatives of North Carolina, has an
nounced Ills CiinitiHarv fnr Statu
(i(.(1()(i ,0 makp nnlin,.m,n,
.i.i.. ,i ... ... . ..
iniie Hiier ne una neiu con-
1 Terence with his friends. He claim-
been assured of many
counties in his last race against the
Referring to what he termed the
betterment of laboring conditions,
Mr. Bellinger said that in his opin
ion the only way to reach the
"happy medium" is to hold a view of
"bettering conditions of hours of
labor by means mutually agreeable
and to the best Interest of all con-
jUIICI
""
rned both financially and morally
hlcli can never be accomplished 1
unless friendly mutual Interest Is
cultivated, rather than one faction
or class arrayed against the other.'
Mr. Dellinger, either as a member
or officer of the House, has served in
every session of the General As-
ATTENDANCE AT
SUNDAY SCHOOLS
Below are given the enrollment.
.
attendance and percentage of at-
t,.M,lanre ill the SumVtiy schools of
the city on yesterday:
. ,st Rupl 1st
Enrollment 528
utem lam-e 2S0
Percent .ige 5,1
First MethtMllst
Enrollment 622
Attendance 373
p,. (ventage 59
(lirlst Eplscoial
Enrollment 88
iteiiilance 62
Percentage 72
Blackwell Memorial
Enrollment 610
Attendance 342
Calvary Baptist
Enrollment 203
Attendance 160
Percentage 79
Corinth Baptist
Enrollment 277
Attendance 143
Percentage 52
Christ lun
Enrollment ..248
Attendance 150
Percentage , 60
(Tly Ro
Enrollment 280
Attendance 170
Percentage 60'
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