.tc
THE WEATHER
Generally fair and
continued cold tonight
and Saturday. Fresh
.orthuest triads.
CIRCULATION
Thursday
1 M.'i.l Copies
VOL. XIII. FINAL EDITION
ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 16, 19:
El (HIT PAGES.
NO. 40
Abrupt End To Love Case I
By Illiness Of Plaintiff
Cae Set For Wednesday of March Term Court When At
torneys for Mrs. Love, Their Client Unahle to Leave
Her Bed, Were Compelled to Ask for Mistrial
The case of Mrs. Helen Stone Love
vs. V. T. Love, Sr., for divorce and
alimony came to abrupt termination
Friday morning on motion of coun
sel for the plaintiff for a mistrial
when it appeared that Mrs. Love,
following the strain of her first day
on the witness stand, had been HI
all night and was unable to leave her
bed when court convened Friday
morning.
The case is now set for Wednes
day of the March term of Superior
Court, which opens iMonday, March
lflth. As this is a criminal term, it
stems hardly probable that the case
will actually be reached before
Thursday morning.
Dr. E. W. Stone, father of the
plaintiff, pleaded an important en
gagement at the time of the March
term, but the court was impressed
with the force of the defendant's
pica for early trial, on the ground
that the defendant Is already at a
disadvantage by reason of the fact
that the plaintiff's testimony has
been presented without the defend
ant's having had opportunity of re
buttal and on the ground that,
pending trial, the plaintiff continues
in custody of the children with no
provision for their visiting the father
in his home and continues to receive
the allowance granted her by Judge
Bond when the case was heard in
cham.bers.
The hearing before Judge Bond
and the defendant's answer to the
"complaint of the plaintiff indicate
that the defendant will be able to
present a case that will have con
siderable weight with a Pasquotank
jury. Mr. Love denies outright the
outbursts of passion attributed to
him by his wife and denies that he
was penurious toward her In the
matter of money. He asserts that It
is Mrs. Love who is subject to un
governable fits of temper and that
in such rages she has scratched his
face and twisted his ear so that the
blood flowed copiously and that on
another occasion she slapped his
face without provocation.
Direct Examination Incomplete
When court adjourned Thursday;
evening direct examination of Mrs.
Love, begun Thursday shortly before
noon, had not been completed. Once,
during the long afternoon session
Thursday in the crowded, illy venti
lated courtroom, Mrs. Love had had
to ask to be allowed to retire from
the room for a breath of fresh air.
Again during the afternoon medi
cine in a glass of water was admin
istered by her father, Dr. E. W.
Stone, who sat by her side before
the beginning of the taking of evi
dence and with her attorneys dur
ing her examination. Dr. Stone's
hair is whiter than when he was
pastor of the First Baptist church
here, but his massive frame is as
frect and his step, apparently, is
vigorous as it was ten years ago
He shook with silent merriment
when he was referred to in the de
fendant's answer to the plaintiff's
complaint as an aged man, physic
ally unable to look after the wel
fare of his daughter and her chil
dren. The latter part of the direct exam
' ination of JMrs. Love was taken up
with her husband's conduct since
their reconciliation last May. Mrs.
Love instituted proceedings for di
vorce last April, after a separation
of nearly a year, during which Mrs.
Love had lived with her parents at
Mew-nan, Georgia. Following insti
tution of the suit, there was a meet
ing between Mr. and Mrs. Love at
Newnan; and later at Hertford there
was an agreement made under the
terms of which Mrs. Love returned
to her husband's home as the mis
tress of his house. She remained
there until the second of last Decem
ber, when she again left and with
her children took rooms at the
Southern Hotel.
Mrs. Love testifies that Mr. Love
has kept neither In letter nor in
spirit the agreement under which
she went .back to live with him. One
of the stipulations of this agree
ment wag that he should provide her
an allowance of $106 a month, or
$113. HO in months in which there
were five Saturdays, for running the
house, outside of grocery and mar
ket bills, which Mr. Love was to pay.
Mrs. Love declares that though Mr.
Love paid her the amount agreed on
it was never paid graciously, and
that on the months in which there
were five Saturdays she could never
get the extra allowance without ask
ing for it and that the extra amount
then was paid after Mr. Love had
made a scene over It, upbraiding her
with such reproaches as "You are
never satisfied. It's money, money,
with you all the time. 1 know who'j
behind that $7.50."
Kays YVorsliip A Mockery
Mrs. Love further testifies that,
after her return to the Love house
hold, for Mr. Love to look over the
household grocery bills was always
a storm signal. On such occasions,
she says, he would swell and flush
with anger, his breath coming rap
Idly, while he would upbraid her ex
travagance. After such outbursts,
she says, her husband would cease
(peaking to her for days at a time.
Mr. Love ncctisps her husnnd
fur;
mockery of
CHILDREN ARE
GIVEN NARCOTICS
Federal Grand Jury Makes
Appalling Kqiort of Condi
tions Found at EI Paso,
Texas.
! Mv The Airial.d I'rcsO
El Paso, Texas, Feb. 16. Scores
I of school children of El Paso, some
as young as twelve years, are being
taught the use of narcotics, the Fed
eral grand jury reported yesterday
iin returning 77 Indictments, most of
them alleging violation of the Har
rison law.
"Peddlers of drugs are giving it
away to some children to create nar
cotic addiction, thus enlarging the
demand for their illicit traffic," the
jury's report said.
Aviator Is Killed;
Motive Is Mystery
( It jr The AiK-iiili'd I'resO
j Los Angeles, Feb. 16. Earle
j Remington, aviator and electrical
'engineer, was shot to death shortly
before midnight last night in the
'yard of his home in the most ex
clusive section of Los Angeles. The
! circumstances surrounding the slay
; ing and the motive proved a mys-
tery in the early stages of police in
vestigation.
LONGEST NEWSPAPER
XAME l.X THE WOULD
Mr The A-.wiaii'il I'lrsd
London, Feb. 16. The newspaper
with the longest name in the world
probably is the Faruham, Haslemere
and Hindhead Herald, Alton Mail,
Bordon and Longmoor Journal, Lip
hook and Liss News, and North Sus
sex Advertiser. It is a weekly pub
lication and can be taken home for
two cents.
family worship by praying God to
forgive members of her family for
bringing disgrace on his name and
by thanking God that he wag not
guilty In the shame that had come
upon him. When she remonstrated
with him about these references to
members of her family in his prayers,
Mr. Love; she says, discontinued
family worship entirely, giving as
his excuse that he was accustomed
to respect and had grown tired of
ibelng insulted.
On one occasion, Mrs. Love says,
breakfast was getting cold and the
children were fretful with hunger
and she permitted the family to be
gin breakfast before Mr. Love, who
was several minutes late, came to the
table. She declares that when Mr.
Love came into the room he stamped
across the floor, took his seat and
peremptorily ordered his daughter,
Miss Annie Love, to wait for him in
the future, saying he was accustom
ed to some respect. When Mrs. Love
tried to explain why she had not
waited for him, she says that he or
dered her shortly and sharply to
shut up.
Mrs. Love also testifies that Mr.
Love had the habit of putting news
paper clippings and notes to her un
der her plate at the table and make
sarcastic comment on her expression
as she read them In his presence.
Instances of this sort Mrs. Love
multiplied over and over. "Cut out
the fruit," Mr. Love ordered loud
ly, so that all the servants could
hear, she says, one day when she
was giving the grocer an order over
the 'phone. "In the fall before I
left him," she says, "he never gave
me the garage keys when I asked
him for them but that he hurled
them at my feet." Her own orders
to the servants Mr. Love would, oc
casionally, Mrs. Love says, counter
mand in her presence, to her great
humiliation. She says, too, that she
was afraid of him In his rages, tow
ering over her threateningly and
growling at her through set teeth,
and that more than once she had
gone to her room at such times and
locked the door for protection.
Earller in her testimony Mrs.
Love had testified of an occasion
when prior to the reconciliation, she
said her husband had threatened her
life. The thing, she says, that first
brought her to the definite decision
that she could not continue to live
with him was when he accused her
of being in communication with Rn
Immoral man In the community.
This, too, occurred prior to the re
conciliation and is set forth in the
body of the original complaint filed
when she first Instituted Bult for di
vorce. The occurrences testified to since
last May, it Is the contention of Mrs.
Love's counsel, have been of such
nature as to constitute a breach on
his part of the agreement under
which she returned to his home, giv
ing her ground to sue for divorce on
the allocutions of the original rom
I .-.ii.t.
WHO IS THIS DR. YON AN
People are asking: "Who is this Dr. Yonan, who is
to speak for us Sunday night?"
lie is an Armenian and was a general in the Allied
Army. By the way, the Armenians furnished 400,000
soldiers to save the world and make it safe for Democ
racy. And then the diplomacy of the world turned these
same people over to their enemies that they might mur
der their wives and debauch their daughters.
General Yonan is a Presbyterian preacher and a
graduate of their Seminary at Louisville. For a num
ber of years he was president of a college under the
direction of his church. lie is therefore avouched for
by the great Presbyterian Church and other great de
nominations. General Yonan was in Smyrna and saw the worst
massacre of the ages.
Hoar him Sunday night at the First Methodist.
Church.
Near Kant Relief Committee.
Colored School Is
Damaged by Fire
The colored primary school on
Harney street was considerably
damaged by fire at ten minutes past
noon Friday and but for the prompt
and skillful work of the fire depart
ment a really big fire would have re
sulted. As it is school may be sus
pended for a day or two until re
pairs are made. The fire was caused
by a defective flue.' The roof will
have to be patched and a new flue
put in.
A spark from a flue caused the
fire at the house occupied by Heulah
Daniels, colored, on Dyer street Fri
day morning at 10:15. The fire
company responded promptly and
extinguished the fire with chemicals.
The damage amounted to $15 or
$20.
DEBT LIMITATION BILL
PASSES SECOND HEADING
My The Awx'lutMl I'revO
Raleigh, Feb. 16. Dills to limit
the State's debt and to provide for
the inviolability of sinking funds al
ready authorized passed their second
reading in the Senate today.
Senator Varser of Robeson, argu
ing for debt limitation, said that the
State had already lost millions of
dollars through having no debt lim
itation, which would lower the in
terest rate on its bonds.
Senator A. F. Sams in discussing
the measure said that the State's
wealth is about two and a half bil
lion dollars which would give a dbt
limit of one hundred and tweuty-fivo
million under the proposed measure,
or about thirty-five million more
than the present debt.
The Senate finally passed and sent
to the House a bill to regulate the
manufacture of bedding.
STATE PRISON' HILL
PASSES THE SENATE
lltv The Aswinaiitl 1'rei.l
Raleigh, Feb. 16. The Senate last
night passed a bill appropriating
$65,000 to the improvement of the
State prison and farm.
TIIKEE MILE LIMIT
PUB ELY FICTITIOUS;
Chicago, Feb. 16 (By The Associ
ated Press) The three mile limit
off the coast of the United States I
was a purely arbitrary and fictitious
limitation which has been made ab
solely by modern Invention, accord
ing to a statement by Dr. Clarence
T. Wilson of Washington, of the
Hoard of Temperance, Prohibition
and Public Morals of the Methodist
Episcopal church, made public here
recently.
"When the doctrine was written
by Bynkerschoek," says the state
ment, "the extreme range of a shore
cannon was three miles and as a
sovereign nation can only claim to
exercise jurisdiction which he is In
fact able to police and defend, the
three-mile limit was supposed to he
the logical boundary of national au
thority. "Today the extreme ranfje of a can
non on shore Is certainly not less
than twenty miles and might. In
fact, he very much greater. The
United States should assert and
maintain the dortrlne that It has the
right to defend Itself by any neces
sary means against attacks upon Its
laws which constitute nothing less
than a form of warfare.
FORBES RESIGNATION
ACCEPTED BY HARDING
Mv The A.wirliletl I'feiO
Washington, Feb. 16. The resig
nation of Charles R. Forbes as di
rector of the veterans bureau has
been accepted by President Harding,
effective February 28, It was an
nounced at the White House today.
SLITS AND COATS HERE
McCabe & Grice announce In this
Issue the arrival of spring coats and
suits of the latest styles. The store
has also Just received a shipment of
men's clothing for the spring. "In
spite of the advancing market" Mr.
Martin say, "these goods sre being
priced very low."
ELIZABETH CITY BOYS
IN CHAMPIONSHIP KACE
i The Elizabeth City boys basket
ball team has entered the race for
I the championship of Eastern North
Carolina. The first iraine Is to I...
(played at Belhaven tonight and it
1 the Elizabeth City boys are victors
in una game they will play another
team in group one for the group
championship. If Elizabeth City is
successful in winning both games
she will then be entitled to enter in
the seven-school contest for the
championship of Eastern North
Carolina.
Following Is the schedule for
group one: Elizabeth ( itv vs. liel-
i haven at Uelhaven February 16;
; Washington vs. Aurora at Washing
ton February 16; Rich Square vs.
lAhoskie at Roanoke Rapids; Green
ville vs. Scotland Neck at Greenville.
There are six other groups in the
I Eastern Carolina contest and a new
schedule will be announced after all
j except one team have ibeen elimin
ated rrom each group.
The girls basketball team of
Elizabeth City is also nlannine to
j enter In the Eastern Carolina cham
pionship race . but arrangements
' have not yet been completed for
; their schedule.
HOME ECONOMICS DKIT.
WILL MEET SATURDAY
The Home Economics Department
of the Woman's Club will meet with
the chairman, Miss Marcle Albert
son, at her home on West Church
street, Saturday afternoon at 3:30.
All members of the club who have
Joined or those interested in the
work of this department are urged
to be present at this meeting.
DRY BILL PASSES WITH
FOLK AMENDMENTS
Illv The AsHtM'litcd T're.n.1
Raleigh, Feb. 16. The bill mak
ing the State laws agree with the
national prohibition laws passed the
House last night with four amend
ments and now goes to the Senate.
FIRST IIAPTIST COMMITTEE
WILL MEET AT SEVEN-THIRTY
Chairman J. I). Sykes ot llie co
operative committee of the First
Baptist church Is anxious that every
members be present at tonight's
meeting nt 7:30 to help plan the
year's work.
RED MEN ARE PUTTING ON
REG L LA It E X TE RT A I X M E X TS
At the meeting of Pasquotank
Tribe, No. 8, I. O. R. M., Thursday
night, a new plan was Instituted of
turning over to a special committee
a few minutes in which to present
some sort of entertainment for the
members. The first one of these oc
casions was a thorough success. U.
D. Johnson, assisted by R. M. Wynn
and Robert Griffin, put on a line be
ginner. J. W. Johnson proved .to be
the champion pea picker, and as a
reward was given a splendid pocket
knife. Matthew White made the
presentation speech in oratory that
matched well with Shakespeare.
The winner of the prize was also
applauded on his response. C. D.
Pappendick also entertained the
tribe at the request of the entertain
ment chairman on the subject,
"Where I Went." The mem,bers of
the Red Men are promised a good
program at every Thursday night
meeting.
French Soldiers
Shot by Germans
Ml- The AK-Ited l'rel
Essen, Feb. 16. Two French sol
diers were wounded last night by
German security police who Inter
fered In a cafe altercation. The
tension which already was high has
been Increased by the shooting and
the French have moved tanks into
the city.
CONTINUE HPKCIAL PRICES
On account of the inability of the
country trade to reach the city dur
ing the recent heavy rains, the Qulnn
Furniture Company la still offering
special prices on their llvln? room,
jdinlng room end bed room furniture.
Lithuanians In
Clash With Pole?
I I!. T ... . .,'.. I I
Warsaw, Feb. 16. Clashes be
tween Polish troops and Lithuanian
irregulars have occurred at several
places during the occupation of the
neutral zone allotted to Poland by
the Council of Ambassadors. Sev
eral were wounded on both sides but
no loss of life is reported. The
Lithuanians are still resisting occu
pation. iC.
OF C. SECRETARIES
OPEN' THEIR CONVENTION
lliv The A-.(iai.-,l l'iv...
Charlotte, Feb. 16. The com
mercial secretaries of North and
South Carolina opened their conven
tion here today.
REDUCE FREIGHT RATES
(ll 'Pi.. As.... iuii'it I'm-. I
Atlanta, Feb. 16. Freight rates
on calcium arsenate were yesterday
reduced lifty per cent in cotton pro
ducing states.
lURXIXG TWO HAYS
(Hi The luted IV.-. i
Omaha, Neb., Feb. 16. The lire
raging in the Armour plant at a late
hour last night had done damage
amounting to $2,500.11(10, It has
been burning for two days.
Fire Sweeps Town;
Does Great Damage
lilt The A.-mmtei! 'r,...l
Point Marion. Pa.. Feb. 16. Fire
swept through the business district
today destroying the Baltimore &
Ohio Railroad station and half a
dozen other .buildings with an esti
mated loss in excess of three hun
dred thousand dollars. Three freight
(irs loaded with merchandise to
gether with a quantity of mail were
destroyed.
SECRETARY JOIt IS
AT CHARLOTTE MEETING
Secretary R. C. Job of the Eliza
beth City Chaniiber of Commerce Is
in Charlotte attending the meeting
of the secretaries of the chambers of
commerce of North and South Caro
lina. He will return Sunday night.
WILL HOLD TAG DAY
FOR THE MILK FUND
The Parent-Teachers Association
will sell tags Saturday for the bene
fit of the milk fund which supplies
milk and crackers to undernourished
children at the primary school who
are unable to pay for It.
This money is badly needed and
the support of the public is urged
by the Parent-Teachers Association
In this effort to raise the fundi.
Mrs. L. R. Foreman is chairman
of the Parent-Teachers committee,
and a number of school girls have
volunteered their services to sell tags
on Saturday. i
TWO VESSELS KINK I Ml
AND SEVERAL DISARLEI)
Illy The AsiK-lte(t I'ri'ssl
New York, Feb. 16. Two vessels
are sinking and several are dlsa.bled
in the Atlantic ocean's storm.
MRS. HARRISON DEAD
News was received here by rela
tives Thursday afternoon of the
death of Mrs. Virginia Harrison,
wife of the late W. S. Harrison of
Harbinger.
Mrs. Harrison died about three
o'clock Thursday afternoon at the
home of her daughter, Mrs. N. B.
Sawyer. She was 78 years old and
had been in failing health for sev
eral months. She is survived by five
children, Mrs. N. B. Sawyer and Mrs.
S. G. Sawyer of Harbinger, Mrs. C.
P. Midgett of Rodanthe, W. S. Har
rison of Harbinger and W. R. Harri
son of this city.
ARCHAEOLOGISTS FIND THE
MUMMY OF NOTED PHARAOH
IIU The Aiwicliiletl I'r.'l
Luxor, Feb. 16. The sarcophagus
of Pharaoh Tutenkhamun was found
today when an Inner chamber In a
tomb was opened by British archae
ologists. BUDGET BUREAU ASKS
MORE APPROPRIATION
Illv The AiNiM-iati.fi I'ro.l
Washington, Fe,l. 16. An addi
tional appropriation of $78,655,000
to cover repayments on taxes illegal
ly collected was asked of Congress
by the budget bureau today.
RON All LAW CONFERS
WITH THE FRENCH
Mr The AmmwIhIM I'renel
London, Feb. 16. Prime Minister
Bonar Law at conferences with the
French today Is reported to have re
fused them transportation facilities.
He Is understood, however, to have
offered to transfer a small section to
the lone to complete French control.
SPRING GOODS ARRIVING
New shipments of spring goods (be
gan coming In Friday morning at the
M. Leigh Sheep Company woman's
wear store and Mr. Sheep Invites
lady shoppers to call and see the
new spring fashions.
WANTED
Several girls and women for
work In our finishing room. Eliza
beth City Hosiery Co. tebl,17
LIS Jill
JLl
Hut Crows of Three Oilier
Vessels Which Met Disaster
in Pacific Oeeim Are Saved
It Is deported
I llv The A-,,, iat.il I'riNs)
Seattle, Feb. 16. With the crews
of three vessels that met disaster in
I the Pacific saved, wireless operators
were today reaching into the air for
I word of the Prlti.sli passenger and
I freight liner, Tuscan Prince, no au
thentic news of which had come
since she sent a faint message yes
terday. The steamer Nika, which burned
to the water's edge, wis a drifting
hulk today while the crew was com
ing to Seattle.
The steamship Santa Rita, which
went upon the rocks, is believed to
he a total loss. The crew Is encamp
ed in tents on the coast nearby.
The motor ship Coolona with two
officers still aboard Is clinging to the
rocks.
The Tuscan Prince carries a crew
of fortv-two.
Lithuania Granted
Memel Sovereignty
III. The .U-ciiliil l"ri"..l
Paris, Feb. 1 6. Sovereignty over
Memel, the llaltlc area under Inter
allied jurisdiction since the war,
1 was granted Lithuania by the Allied
I Council of Ambassadors today.
Was Electrocuted
While Unconscious
i ll'.i Tic Ai iuli.il l'ri-.)
I Columbia, S. C, Feb. 16.-
-Ira
Harrison, electrocuted at the state
prison today for his part In the mur
der last May of J. C. Amette, was
apparently unconscious when carried
to the death chair.
Columbia, S. C, Feb. 16. Ira
Harrison was taken to the death cell
yesterday In a state of coma to 1)4
electrocuted today for the murder of
John C. Amette.
IT'S
III SI N ESS AS LSLAIi
l.X SLPEHIOR COURT XOW
Judgment for the plaintiff In the
sum of $109.50, with interest from
April 1, 1916, was awarded by the
jury in the case of M. P. Gallop vs.
James M. HIM, in Superior Court
Friday morning.
In the case of the Savings Bank
& Trust Company vs. F. W. Rltter
the Jury Friday morning brought In
a verdict finding that the defendant
obtained certain money of the plain
tiff by fraud.
Roth these cases were tried after
the court had ordered a mistrial In
the Love case. The sudden and un
expected ending of the Love case left
the court with nothing on the Imme
diate calendar, witnesses and liti
gants in other cases pending having
been advised that It would not be
necessary for them to return before
Saturday.
Judm Connor said that be would
be glad If some of the critics of the
court who are always talking about
the wastinu of time in the courts
would tell him how such situations
as that which arose Friday morning
are to be met without the loss of
time. The Jude answered his own
question, however, by i nimediately
getting two cases off the docket and
arranging a calendar for the after
noon session.
Perhaps if nil Superior Court
Judges were as zeulous to dispatch
the court's business when court is in
session as Is Judae Connor there
would be less criticism of the courts
and less need of additional Superior
Court Judges.
SAYS MRS. Itl( 1IARIVSOX
WAS IX POLLARD HOME
Illv The A.MxInlcit l'rel
Richmond, Feb. 16. That Mrs.
Thelma Richardson was In the home
of Thomas Pollard on the night she
was killed was testified by Mrs. J.
W. Jones, neighbor of the real es
tate man on trial for murder of his
pretty former stenographer. This
testimony was regarded as an Im
portant point by the prosecution In
I view of the contention as to whether
the woman was shot Inside the house
or on the lawn.
JAPS TO BRAZIL
. Ill The Aowa-lnltfl I'rei.l
New York, Feb. 16. An agree
ment is reported to have been reach
ed between Brazil and Japan for
the migration of 500,000 Japanese
to Brazil.
NO INDICTMENTS
Bronson, Fla., Feb. 16. The
grand Jury reported yesterday that
It was unable to Indict any one for
the Rosewood riots last month.
11AKRACRS ARE DLRN'ED
III. The A.i'.t 1'ren.l
Petersburg, Va., Feb. It. Four
barracks at Camp Lee were destroy
ed by fire last night.
TODAY'S COTTON MAUKETS
New York, Feb. 16. Spot cotton
closed steady. Middling 28.55. Fu
tures, closing bid, March 28.48, May
28.73. July 28.23, October 25.78,
December 25.43.