f -- r ri TffE WEATHER f'nir ! continued ro tonight and Sun- coy. Moderate to fresh end A'. JJ '. tvinds. CIRCULATION Friday 1JII6 Copies VOL. XIII. FINAL EDITION ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA, SATURDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 17, 192:5. FOUR PAGES. NO. 41. HEAR DR. YGIJAIJ SUHDA Y iJ. dp WADE SPEAKS ON FAKE STOCK EVIL Mate Insurance Commission - er Addresses (Commercial Secretaries in Meeting at Charlotte Today. (By Th As.nrlilw1 Pres.) Charlotte, N. C, Feb. 17. "We may shrink from the cost of local Improvements; we may recoil from the issue of bonds for the general advancement of the State, that agri culture and commerce may be given A hpalfhv ImnptnR hut vp nrp Inn? suffering and weak In our protests;ders on account of the continual snow when the State Is over-run by lm posters who would unload upon us the spurious stocks of fictitious cor porations operating under the guise of legitimate enterprise." This statement was made here to day .by Stacey W. Wade, State In surance Commissioner, in addressing North and South Carolina commer cial secretaries in convention. The commissioner spoke on "The Fake Stock Evil and How to Combat It." He urged North Carolinians and citi zens of the neighboring state to in vest in home corporations and en terprises. "The mind can hardly conceive the extent to which the operations of these imposters have carried on their operations during recent years in Ine -tenants ana Miners iran this and other states," he said. i portation Company stated that po am informed that the profits accru-1 ta,0fs 'e 'oadp(i for 'his ing from these operations to the pro-section and that with a little rise in moters, to say nothing of the expense temperature the situation could be and commissions of the agents andigreatly rellevefI- other graft, yielded the immense yum of $600,000,000 during the year 1922 throughout the country. "The only consolation I can get from this appalling statement is that since 1921, when the license of all blue-sky companies operating in North Carolina was suspended, we have refused to admit foreign pro motions to feed on our people, grant ing a license to none who could not show physical assets to justify ex pansion, and a reasonable hope of ' fl. profit "Yet, there Is the mail-order stock faker, whose tactics and art fulness surpass the imagination; whose fund of information concern ing your personal affairs nd pros pects is Inexhaustible. They are (be yond the hand of our State laws. They have an occupational directory of the whole State, and offer for a short time only an exceptional op portunity to the teacher, the mer chant, or the minister, as the case may be, to share in their large-earnings. "This, they say, is an exclusive privilege and must not be extended to any except perhaps some few of the prospect's friends who may be members of the same profession. This opportunity is offered only be cause the promoter himself was at one time employed in that lowly oc cupation from which the victim is se lected, and knows something of the hardships and small pay usual to such occupations, but having by ac cident found magic wealth in what ever pet scheme he has, feels it his duty to humanity to Met In' other unfortunates. "We have great financial institu tions at our doors, worthy, prosper ous and prontaoie manuiaciuring plants, all desiring to expand, and welcoming the support of our peo ple. These you can appraise at first hand, and ascertain that they are properly officered and managed. In vestment in them, while not always safe without investigation is attend ed with much less danger than the prospect of fortunes from foreign promotions," he said. LOST PROVINCES BILL POSTPONED TILL MONDAY (Bt The Aftwvlitrd PrrM Raleigh, Feb. 17. The Lost Prov inces bill was yesterday postponed for consideration on Monday after an amendment limiting the appropria tion In the bill to $10,000 was passed. NEW HIGH SCHOOL TEACHER HAS ALREADY MADE FRIENDS Miss Esther Katz this week took up the teaching of English and French In the Elizabeth City High School, filling out the unexpired term of Miss Lou Shine, who re signed on account of ill health. Miss Katz Is a native of Wiscon sin, a graduate of Vassar, and hits spent six years studying in Paris. In one short week she has already made many friends here, for .besides being unusually well prepared as a teacher of English and French, she is a woman of very attractive per sonality, and the school authorities, students and parents feel that they have been very fortunate In secur ing her. REVIVAL CLOSES SUNDAY Rev. William L. Butler of Balti more, Md., and Brldgevllle, Del., who has been conducting a revival at the Pentecostal Holiness church. Beech and Oak streets, will address the congregation Sunday afternoon at 3 p. m. on the subject, "The Great Tribulation" or the "End of the Gen tile Age." At 7:30 p. m. he will speak upon "The i.M.lllenlal Reign" or "The Day of Perfect Peace." The series of meetings, which have con tinued for three weeks, will close Sunday night. Mr. Butler goes from here to Richmond, Va., for another Snow Storms Have D."yeclShipmentS Seed Potatoes Hani To Get In East- ; Carolina Five Feet Of Know In Boston Severe snow storms and a short age of freight cars in Maine is the cause of delayed shipments of seed potatoes to farmer's in Eastern North Carolina, according to N. T. Aydlett of Aydlett & Owens. "Farmers In this section have been much perplexed over the slow delivery of seed potatoes," says Mr. Aydlett, "and many shippers have been unable to fill half of their or storms and the car shortage 'Boston now has five feet of snow, having had thirty-two snows without any of them melting. Trans portation companies have been un able to take care of all the heavy shipments of seed potatoes and some shipments made over thirty days ago are still undelivered. "Most seed potatoes for this sec tion are routed on the Merchants and Miners Transportation Company line from Boston, Mass.. to Norfolk, and with the extremely low tempera ture during the past few weeks there has been no loading in Aroostook County, Maine." In a telephone message to Mr. I ,y.. Vmdy a representative or XO PREACHING SUNDAY AT I'KAItL STREET CHURCH The pastor of the Pearl Street Methodist church, Rev. W. C. Haines, is sick and sends word to his con gregation through The Advance that there will be no preaching Sunday. iMr. Baines lives on It. F. 1). One, and in addition to being sick, is hindered from getting to town dur- ? the winter season by bad roads He will announce his services services through The Advance as soon as he is able to again fill his appoint ments. COM) WEATHER DOESN'T HTOl THE CLUB MARKET In spite of cold weather Friday afternoon the club market was suc cessful. Sixty pounds of country sausage, besides fresh eggs, salad greens, and spare ribs, were sdld so quickly that the market lasted much less than an hour, and with the opening of spring a rushing busi ness Is predicted. The Home Dem onstration Clubs are in earnest &bout building up the market and their leader, Miss Marcle Albertson, is an indefatigable worker, while the Wo man's Club lately organized in town has pledged Its support to the es tablishment of the market, and with such co-operation much is to be expected. Following la the schedule of Home Demonstration clubs meetings for next week: Monday Newbegun Club will meet with Mrs. Merril at 2:30. Bread demonstration. Tuesday morning Jennings, Weeksvllle and Salem School Clubs at School houses. Demonstration in cooking and basketry. Afternoon Body Road Club. Bread demonstra tion. Wednesday morning Bayslde School Club. Wednesday afternoon Sound Neck. Bread demonstra tion. Thursday morning Brothers School and Simmons Creek. Thurs day afternoor-Fork Club with Mrs. Henry Harris. Friday Okisko, Mt. Hermon and' Small's Schools. Basketry and sew ing. BIO COIjOKKD CHl'KCH I DESTROYED BY FIHE ! (II)- Tllf Aurfirlllrtl l'mt Atlanta, Feb. 17. The Big Bethel African Methodist Episcopal church here was destroyed by fire last night. It took thirty years to build the church and the task was only completed three months ago. The loss Is estimated at $300,000. V. I). C. MF.KTS TUESDAY The D. H. Hill Chapter, U. D. C. wi 1 meet Tuesday afternoon at 3:30 wllh Mrs. J. H. White on West Main street. DIES FROM FAI.Ii III,' Th Anrialt1 I'rfvsl Durham, Feb. 17. L. J. Moore of Charlotte died here last night as tne result of a fall down stairs Thurs day. I "OSTMASTF.lt KIIX8 SELF (flv Thf wrl!!w1 rrnw) Macon, Ga., Feb. 17. Postmaster Rudislll committed suicide here last night, leaving a note which merely said that he was tired of life. KIAX IS BIO ISSUE (By TlM Awmlatrd frrit) New Orleans, Feb. 17. The big issue In Louisiana politics is the Ku Klux Klan, declared Attorney Gen eral Coco here last night. There Is no middle ground, he said. FRANCE TO PRINT MARKS IKr Tht AwarUrrd Pm) Paris, Feb. 17. France will print marks If the German government starts a financial blockade, It was de clared here last n!rht. THIS IS LAST APPEAL TO THE PEOPLE OF ELIZABETH CITY AM) PASQUOTANK COUNTY: This is our last appeal to you. The extremity of the suffering of the earth is our opportunity. "In as much as ye did it not to one of the least of these, ye did it not to me." These poor despised people are suffering for Christ. Their persecution and martyrdom would cease today if they would deny Christ and embrace Mohammed. But they refuse to accept that as deliverance, "that they might obtain a better resurrection." Of many of them it may be said "Of whom the world is not worthy." Armenia's faith is written in her blood while an indifferent world has stood by. Christians and Jews should awaken to the fact that the Moslem is an exterminator. He has boasted for centuries that he is going to make Palestine a Jewisii cemetery. At the same time many centuries has dem onstrated his fiendish hatred for the cross. Helpless hands are held out to God's people in this favored land. Shall they call in vain? God forbid. Near East Relief Committee. WILL TEST COWS FREE NEXT WEEK Stale Veterinarian to Visit Pasquotank County and Farmers Are Asked to Note Schedule Given. Dr. L. J. Foulhaber, assistant State veterinarian, will be here dur ing the coming week, February 19, -'0, 21, 22, 23, to test cows for tu - berculosis free. 2nd. "We are not expecting many cases ! This announcement was made of tuberculosis," says County Agent Saturday morning by W: P.ei. Good G. W. Falls, "yet there may be more win, secretary-treasurer of the asso than we exited. Should milk be ! elation, aid applications for shares used from a tuberculin cow a num her of lives are subject to this dis ease, therefore we are applying this test for the benefit of the public you, your wife and children. "If von are InterpsteH In havlnir your cattle tested bring them to the'10" lyers- an authority on building most convenient place listed below: Monday, February lIMh 8:00 a. m. Zenas Jennings farm. 8:30 a. m. W. S. Stafford farm. 9:00 a. m. Dennis Prltchard's farm. 9:30 a. m. E. M. Sawyer's farm. 10:00 a. m. C. W. Tritchard's farm. 10:30 a. m. J. A. Carter (Mor gan place). 11:00 a. m. Mrs. Polly Pritchard (Creek Road). 11:30 a. m. D. C. Perry (dairy). 1:00 p. m. Oscar Prltchard's. 1:30 p. m. Paul Ives place. 2:00 p. m. S. K. 8lmpson Mill. 2:30 p. m. E. Holland (C. S. Ives place). 3:00 p., m. M. M. Sawyer (Ehr inghouse street). 3:30 p. m. W. W. Garrett (Flora farm ) . 4:00 p. m. Chauncey Reld farm, 4:30 p. m. Epworth School. 5:00 p. m. County Home. Tuettdny, February 20th 8:00 a. m. Okisko. 8:30 a. m. J. W. Perry farm. 9:00 a. m. O. L. Bundy. 10:00 a. m. Mt. Hermon School. 10:30 a. m. Benonl Cartwrlght. 11:00 a. in. H. G. Reld. 1:00 p. m. T. L. Overman. 2:00 p. m. W. Q. Jennings farm. 2:30 p. m. J. H. Aydlett farm. 3:00 p. m. C. B. Munden (Weeksville) 3:30 P m. J. G. Brown (Weeks- ville). 4:00 ville). 4:30 p. m. S. W. Scott (Weeks p. in. R. C. Lowry (Weeks p. m. John Berry (Weeks- ville). 5:00 ville). WedncHclHy, February 21st 8:00 a. m. A. E. Cohoon farm. 8:30 a. m. Ellsha Coppersmith farm. 9:30 a. m. W. T. Jackson (Weeksvllle). 10:00 a. m. J. W. Hobbs (Weeksvllle). i in-sn m. J. L. Palmer (Weeksvllle). 11:00 a. in. H. C. Meads. 1:00 p. m. G. W. Whltehurst, West Church street. 1:30 p. m. C. C. Pappendlck, Main street. 2:00 p. m. Bell's dairy. 2:30 p .in. E. Spates, Parsonage street. 3:00 p. m. H. R. Barco, Pear Tree Road. 3:30 p. m. J. A. Scott, Sheppard street. The large number desiring this! service makes It Impossible to visit every individual place as planned, therefore, I ask your co-operation In assembling at one of the above places. Your co-operation will en able us to render a greater service." DEBT I'TNDIXO BILL HAS PASSED SENATE (Ht Tllf AnxwUIMi ITkhI Washington, Feb. 17 The British debt funding bill yesterday passed the Senate and the ahlp subsidy bill was placed on the 'calendar for Im mediate consideration. Jt Is report ed that the Ford Muscle Shoals bill has been definitely side tracked by the Republicans for ths session of Congress. APPLICATIONS ARECOMING IN Bookings Are Being Taken For Shares in Albemarle Building & Loan Cam paign Starts Monday. Ilookings are now being taken for the sixteenth scries of shares in the Albemarle Building & Loan Associa- jtion, which opens Saturday, Marcli In this series are already coming in However, the real campaign lor subscription to shares in this trues will begin Monday night with the ad dress at the membership meeting of the Chamber of Commerce by Iiai- and loan associations and president of two such association i In Norfolk. The Chamlter of Commerce vill then throw its organization behind this campaign for subscriptions to stock and it is hoped that tin' Albe marle Building & Lont. Association and the Chamber of Commerce to gether will be able this tlm to en list also the active support of Eliza beth City business enterprises that are directly benefitted by the build ing of homes in a city, such, f r in stance, as dealers In hardware, or luumber, or building supplies in gen eral, and plumbers, carpenters and electricians. The directors of the Albemarle Building & Loan Association in ses sion Friday evening re-elected the following officers: J. P. Kramer, president; W. H. Zoellpr, first vice president; S. G. Ktherldge, second vice-president; W. Ben Goodwin, sec- xetary-treasurer. The following are the directors: J. P. Kramer, J. B. Leigh. J. C. Saw yer, A. O. James, W. Ben Goodwin, A. R. Nicholson. S. G. Etherldge, M. G. Morrisette, Noah Burfoot, Jr., W. H. Zoeller, W. H. Weatherlv, Jr., and O. F. Gilbert. The members of the loan board are M. Q. Morrisette, J. C. Sawyer, A. G. James. Electricity Is Cut Off From Essen (nv The AcWN-litrd IV"-I . Duesseldorf, Feb. 17. Bomb throwing and serious cases of sabot age occurred In Ruhr during the night. A bonvb was thrown in a street In Essen near Kaiserhof Ho tel, headquarters of the French en gineers. No Injuries resulted. Essen, Feb. 17. Employes in the municipal electric works have decid ed to cut off Essen's supply of elec tricity as the result of the imposi tion of a fine of five million marks on Director Buszmann of the local plant. AltUESTEl) FOB Ml'RDEB I BETTY BANTING UIBL IHv TIip A'NfM-ltlifl Pre. San Diego, Cal., Feb. 17. Dr. Louis L.Jacobs, physician at Camp Kearney, was today arrested by county officers under the Indictment returned yesterday by the grand Jury charging him wllh having murdered Frltzl Mann. Drettv dancer whose body was found on the beach at To- reeny Pines four weeks ago. TESTIFIES HM.LAKD PAID STENOGRAPHER'S BILI.H Richmond. Feb. 17. Dr. F. M. Bennett testify ng at the trial of Thomas Pollard, told the Jury that Mrs. Richardson had a pistol in her handbag when she called at his of fice on December the fourth or fifth to pay a bill. He also said Pollard paid the bill for an operation on the woman to correct the effects of a previously performed Illegal opera tion In January, 1921. The de fense admitted that Pollard also paid her hospital bills. Union Service At First Methodist Dr. isa;ic Yonuti will apeak to th 1 people of the city and section Su.' day night at 7:30 in the First Meth odist church on conditions In the Near East as personally seen .by him. Everybody who can possibly do so is urged to hear him. OFFICERS CLEANING UP WASHINGTON CITY (lv Tin' Asoi'ltiil I'it.-i Washington, Feb. 17. Police and prohibition enforcement officers here have launched a city wide clean-up since the beginning of February. Armed with tifty warrants they be gan a series of raids which reached into every section of the capital and which filled up rapidly all available detention space at the several sta tion houses. Shiloh to Have New High School Building John .1. Itlair, Stale Architect, Ap proves Site and Plans Submit ted by Committee Shiloh. N. C, Feb. IK. For the last three years the Shiloh High School has steadily been growing and developing into a standard school. The enrollment lias increased so that it is necessary to erect a new build inn, as the old ones are filled to ov erflowing. The people of Shiloh, having awakened to the fact that they must educate their children if they wish them to take their place in the world along with other modern Americans, !,..,, ul,l 1, 1-11,1:1 tli.niwi.lviiU and bought the land on which to erect the new building. Stat visited Architect John J. Itlair has;"" survey not oniy wear noots but Shiloh and investigated and , alsi) wading trousers reaching to approved the plans tor the new building.- He stated that it should be an up-to-date brick and fire-proof structure and, contrary to the con tention of some of the officials, that there should be at least ei;itii class rooms, a laboratory and an auditor ium. The people of Shiloh are co-operating heartily in establishing tills in stitution of learning in their midst. They are giving their children op portunities of which thy unfortu nately were deprived. Therefore Shi loh deserves the praise of ooun,.v and State for training boys and girls to be better citizens. NEW YEAR'S KOBBEK HAS BEEN ARRESTED I iHr Till- Aworlllrd l'r,l New York, Feb. 17. A man un der arrest In Albany as the alleged ring-leader of the trio who on New Year's eve robbed Mrs. Irene Schoell kopf of half a million dollars worth of Jewels was Identified by photo graph as the occupant of the apart ment In which the daring robbery oc curred. Identification was made by Frank Barrett Carman, actor and friend of the Schoellkopfs. The po lice say the man's real name is Mat thew Blddulph but Carman knew him as Marshall. The police said the prisoner's two companions would soon be in custody. SNATCHED UNINJURED FROM PACIFIC OCEAN Illr Tht Atf-lated I'rewfct Seattle, Feb. 17. Under an open sky on a rock In Barclay Sound, twenty-nine men, the last of the hun dred and twenty-five to be snatched uninjured from the deep In four wrecks, were today waiting to be taken off the Tuscan Prince to safety and comfort. The four wrecks, steamship Tuscan Prince, motorshlp Cooloha, steamships Nlka and Santa Rita, involved losses on hulls and cargoes that carried three million dollars of Insurance. The Nika burned to the water's edge and the others went on the rocks In the storm. j IN SUPERIOR COURT Shortly before noon Saturday the Jury brought in a verdict awarding A. B. Houtz $312.23 and awarding the Norfolk Southern $197.08 as due from the Foreman Derrickson Ve neer Company. The Jury awarded Mr. Houtz the amount of his Judg ment with Interest from September 1, 1920, but held that the railroad was entitled to no interest on the amount It recovered. In the case of C. B. Morrisette vs. Peter Mullen the Jury shortly after one o'clock Saturday afternoon re turned a verdict for the plaintiff In the sum of $430. SMALL SUNDAY MCHOOLH HAVE HELPED ORPHAN'S As evidence of what can be done here for the sufferers of the Near East, the example of Mt. Hermon Sunday school Is cited by Rev. K. L. Stack. This school has been sup porting two Near East orphans for several years at a cost of ten dol lars a month. Union Sunday school has been supporting one orphan at a cost of $5 a month. Newbegun church raised $75 last year for this fund. WANTED Several girls and women for work in our finishing room. Eliza beth City Hosiery Co. fe.bl6.17 SOILS ARE VARIED A h7 D VERY FERTILE S. O. Perkins, Soil Scientist, Tells Kiwanians About Sur vey of Camden and Curri tuck Counties. Thirty different types of soils as fertile, when properly drained, as ex ist In the State of North Carolina have been found In the Government soil survey now being made in Cam den and Currituck as a basis for a Government soil may of these two counties similar to the Government soil map already issued of Perquim ans and Pasquotank. "The soils of this section when drained and properly handled," said S. O. Perkins, soil scientist of the United States Department of Agri culture in charge of the work, who was principal speaker at the Ki kanis Club dinner Friday night, "give as high crop yields as any soils in the State. There are some soils in this section that produce especially heavy yields of soy beans yields that are probaibly not equal led anywhere In the State. This is an Important fact, considering the number of ways soy beans are used; namely, as a forage crop, as a con centrated feed for livestock, and for human food. The oil extracted from the bean has many valuable uses, and the crop is a great soil Im prover." Included in the area now being surveyed is the Dismal Swamp, a great part of which, according to Mr. Perkins, could be drained Ijy the formation of drainage districts and made highly productive. Survey work in the Dismal Swamp ,,s,"lls " :,Ily "nncuities, Mr. 1 erkins aays. The men engaged lu their armpits, but even then there are sections of the swamp which they can not penetrate. Other guests Friday night were: Judge George W. Connor now hold ing court here, G. II. Cowper, former State senator of Kinston, and Roy Simmons. Three new members were add'' to the club Friday night: Samuel H. Templeman, J. H. LeRoy, Jr., and George J. Spence. A donation of ten bags of seed po tatoes hy the Savings Bank ft Trust Company was announced for the potato clu.bs being fostered this year by the Kiwanis Club in co-operation with County Farm Agent G. W. Falls. Attendance prizes were provided by W. W. Woodley, Jr., W. B. Zim merman and Mitchell Hamilton. Several Lives Lost In Northwest Storm I Br Tht Av(tt-d Ptml St. Paul. Feb. 17. At least eigh teen persons lost their lives in the Northwest as the result of Tues day's blizzard and the following cold spell. Six perished in Minne sota, four in South Dakota, three in North Dakota and five In Saskatche wan, Canada. PASSAGE OF IiOCAL IllLI-S CHIEF BUSINESS OF SEXATH I Mt Tllf AwwM'latwl I'rrnti) Raleigh, Feb. 17. Passage of lo cal bills constituted the chief busi ness of the Senate today and when It adjourned until Monday night the calendar was almost clear but sev eral Statewide bills were Introduced. One by Senators Parker and Arm field of Cabarrus would "prevent the sale of merchandise In .bulk as a fraud on creditors" and another by Senator Parker of Wayne would amend the primary law. In the House grist a bill aimed at preventing entrance Into a woman's room was passed and sent to the Sen ate as was the bill to amend the elec tion laws and to provide uniform containers for millers. EDISON SAYS HE WILL GIVE NO MORE PATENTS IHv Tlir Avmi-UtMl Prt New York, Fb. 17. The 4 5 pat ents Edison gave the Navy Depart ment have been found and he says he will give the Government no more, for they didn't use what ho gave. RECOVERING MONEY STOLEN BY BANDITS fliv Th Aiirfirlilod I'rfM) Cincinnati, Feb. 17. Recovery of seventy-three thousand dollars worth of bonds, part of the two hundred and sixty-five thousand dollars worth stolen In the holdup of Ham ilton County . Bank last September, and eighty thousand in Federal Re serve Bank currency stolen in the holdup of Denver mint, was revealed by Federal officers here today. TODAY'S COTTON MAIlKET New York, Feb. 17. Spot cotton closed today at 28.60. Futures, clos ing bid. March 28.40, May 28.77, July 28.30, October 26.95, December 25.70. New York, Feb. 17. Cotton fu tures opened firm today at the fol lowing levels: March 28.55, May 28.85. July 28.40, October 25.94, December 25.60.