North Carolina Newspapers

******** * THE WEATHER * f/ig to northwest winds. ** ****** * Knin ami cfltlvr to- = AfMl) /^y\\ * CIRC.UL ITIOM VOL. XIII. '_ FINAL EDITION. ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY EVENING. DECEMBER 5. 1!>2S EIGHT PAGES. NO. 282. THANKS mm TO SOUTH DAKOTA <Innliri^i* Will Srntl Wkiit'wl ??(lumrnt?W liitr llmiM* OJ (irials l'lra?r<l \\ illi \ ir!??rv Over Johnson. WiisliiiiUtnn, I)oc. 5. ? l'nsiCcut Coolid-e wiil acknowledge llit* ac tion of the South Dakota Republican |iro|tostil convention in granting hint pr*ference for tin* presidential pri mary and will send communication to ltepublican leaders of that state wliich may go a Ions way toward in dicating his attitude toward 1924 His intention to recognize public ly the South Dakota convention's en dorsement was made known at the White House today where officials made no attempt to disguise their satisfaction in the- majority given the President over Hiram Johnson. IMerre. S. D.. Dec. 5.?President Coolidue was yesterday given prefer ence for the Republican presidential primary by South Dakota Republi can proposal convention. A resolution favoring McAdoo for the Democratic presidential primary was adopted unanimously by the South Dakota Democratic proposal convention. Senator La Follette was endorsed for the Farmer-Labor party. The selection of Coolidge. McAdoo and La Follette was made over Hir am Johnson, Republican, and Henry "Ford, who was named by both Dem ocrats and Farmer-Laborites. COMMISSION VOTES TO BUY A TRACTOR The Pasquotank Highway Com mission in regular session Tuesday voted to buy a Fordson tractor for use in dragging the roads of the County. This step was taken on the rec-1 ommondatioii of Superintendent Pro ve. who was of the opinion that dragging could be done more, effi ciently and economically with' the tractor than under the present sys tem of getting the work done by farmers with teams in various sec tions of the County. The principal objection to the present system is that the roads are seldom or never dragged. In the case of those that are dragged, it is the opinion of Mr. Provo that the cost is too high and the dragging too infrequent. The practice of having roads dragged by individuals with teams is to be discontinued as soon as prac ticable. If the tractor proves as suc cessful as Mr. Provo hopes it will. In addition to a road dragging prouram for this winter, sentiment at the Commission meeting Tuesday was outspoken for a program of wid ening the dirt roads of the County next spring. A wide dirt road, where all traffic^jloes not have to follow the same rut. it has been observed in Xewland where the State is build in:: such a road across the Dismal Swamp, with regular dragging and average weather, stands up under traffic fairly well the whole year round. The Pasquotank Highway Com mission adjourned Tuesday about 1 o'clock after about a three hour ses sion All members of the Commis sion were present except J. N. Wil liams. ATHLETIC CONTESTS WHERE SOLDIERS DIED Verdun. Dec. r?.?A standard ath letic stadium, with regulation rugby <nid association football fields, run ning tracks, velodrome, grandstands and club house, being erected on the edge of this battered city, simultan eously with the work of re/construct ing homes to provide shelter for the war victims. Is evidence of the place which outdoor sports and athletics now occupy In French life. "London Pork" as the new grounds! vlll be known, in grateful apprecia-: lion of the fact that *350.000 francs j of the amount necessary for the ex-j {tense Involved were subscribed In ' London. Is to he officially inaugurat ed by Premier Polncare next sum mer. Invitations will be sent to eel-! ?ebrated foreign athletes and their participation Is expected greatly to enhance the ceremony from an ath letic point of view. A straightway cinder path chute of 2fo metres Is now completed and the plans call for a circular cinder track of fiOO metres. Seating ac commodations will be provided for JO,000 spectators with additional room for 20,000 standees. SEEKING EMPLOYES FROM OUTSIDE STATE Raleigh. December Br -?? Request* for help from ontisde slates have been greater during the last week than the available supply in the State, according to the weekly re port M. L. Shipman. Federal and Sti?" Commissioner of Labor, made imMIc here tonight. These -re <ts# according to the report, have rni' chiefly from ship yards and m - Wilmington led during the week with the number of men placed In positions, the figure being 107, while Ashevllle led in women, the number, placed being 31. The total place-! mcnts In the state were 437 divided I between 363 men and 84 women. I FltED 1>. CAItTWRUillT Young People's superintendent. Now York Sunday School Association, who Is one of the speakers In the County Sunday School Convention. In Region this week at Christ Church. SUNDAY SCHOOL WORKERS ARRIVE And County Sunday School ('(invention Got Under Way i at Christ Church Wed lies j day Afternoon. i l'asquotank County Sunday school workers gathered this afternoon at 3 o'clock for the opening session of ttie annual County Sunday School .Convention. In Christ Episcopal Church. The meeting will continue I through Friday night. two sessions being held each day at 3 In the af i ternoon and 7:30 at night. The three out of county speakers. Fred B. Cartwriglit. Albany. New York; D. \V. Sims, and Miss Flora Davis, of Raleigh, reached the city Wednesday morning from Wilson, where they had held a very success ful meeting similar to the meeting to be held here. These workers are on a chain of meetings in the east ern part of the State. Following the-meeting here In Elizabeth City they will hold meetings In Kinston and Raleigh. It is expected by those in charge 'of the Elizabeth City meeting that practically every Sunday school in i the County will be represented at the various sessions. All workers of all denominations have been invited 1 to attend. Plans and problems concerning many departments of the Sunday school wil? be discussed during the sessions of the convention. Those who are interested in the work with ?young people, will have an opportun ity to discuss their proberas with Mr. Cartwriglit who is a specialist in that particular line of work. Miss Davis will pive several addresses on the value of story telling in the Sun day school, as well as discuss other phases of the Sunday school. Mr. Sims will discuss ueneral Sunday school problems, and each afterioon conduct a "Let's talk it over period" at which time opportunity will be given for specific problems to be pre sented and discussed. The program for sessions of the j convention follows: Evening Session 7; 30?Devotional.?Dr. Samuel H. Templemnn. Pastor First Baptist Church. ,7.45?our Greatest Asset. Fred D. Cartwriglit. 8:20?Record or Attendance. 8; 30?Trained Workers?Why and How.?D. W. Sims. Thursday Afternoon Session 3:00?Devotional?Rev. Frank Scat tergood. 3:1 5?The Story?Its Value and Elements?Miss Flora Davis, i 3: 45?OrteanlzlnK the Yonn? Peo ple's Class ? Fred D. Cart wright. 4.15?Record of Attendance. I; 26?"Let's Talk It Over" Period -?Conducted by I). W. Sims. Evening Session 7:30?Devotional ?Rev. R. F. Hall. 1 7:45___Our Responsibility to tho 1 Yount: People?Fred D Cart-| wrlglit. R: 20 Period of Business. 8:35?Better Results ThrouKh Bet ter Co-operation D. W. Sims. j 0 10 -OfTerluu for Support of Coun-i tv and State Sunday School Associations. Friday. Afternoon Session 3:00- Devotional ?- Rev, Daniel; Lane. 3:15 The Story Testing and Tell ing It Miss Flora Davis! 3:45 Why Have an Organised Youne People's Department? - -Fred D. Cartwriglit. 4:15?Record of Attendance. 4 25?"Let's Talk It Over" Period ?Conducted by D. W. Sims, j Evening Sesalon 7:30 Devotional Dr. .!. H. Thayer j 7; 45?The Adult Bible Cln < Or-nti I zed for Service- Miss Flora Davis. fl:15 The Jesus Way nf Llvlnn Fred D. Cartwrlahf. 8:45?Reports of Committees and Election of Officer". ft: CS !>lnt the Kye-OMe?1>. W Kim*. Mm. O. It. I.tltle ha? returnea from Ilalelnh wh*re "he rlMted her! daughter. Ml?? Helen Uttl*. who H attending St. Mary*. 1 Calls His Father "Failure" 'rtils exclusive photograph, made rcccntly. chows the British premier's eon. Oliver Dalduln. with his* pet Finnl>h wolf. The premier's son is campaigning for the Labor Party and culls the government's foreign policy "terrible." HIGH COST HOUNDS GERMANS TO GRAVE l!cr!ia. Doc. I?.?The high cost of living hounds Germans from the ! cradle to the grave. i Layettes for ihe ha by are so ex pensiv# few families can afford them. A child's skirl cost from 12 to 20 billion marks in Novenvber. Even a I second-hand perambulator costs 30 gold marks, and the mid-wives and doctors have all placed their fees ? on a gold-mark basis. ! It costs trillions of marxs to out-, fit a new arrival In a German fam ily in these days of declining paper I marks, and the trillions are lacking ? in oil families excepting those of ; profiteers. ? A girl baby is.more of a tradegv . than a boy baby in the average Ger man family tody, because of the j dowry which must go with every German girl who finds a husband. No glli without a dowry can avoid being an old maid In Germany, and there Is little prospect of the aver 1 age German family accumulated enough surplus to endow daughters , with sufficient linen and money to make them attractive to German men who have sucil a large assort ment of women to choose from be , cause of the great excess of the fe male population. PHYSICAL Cl'LTIHK FOH IIKC. "Walking a Cure for All Diseases" is the first article In Physical Cul ture for December. It Is of especial interest because its author. Bernarr Macfadden. has just been featured by every newspaper In this country and abroad as having performed the most extraordinary walking feat In history. "Abolish Prudery or We Perish." says 1'nited States Senator Dr. Royal S. Copeland. a fearless presentation of an important Hiib I j?-ct. "Fighting Fit at Fifty-five" is Jan Illuminating article by the father of physical culture, illustrated with surprising photographs which reveal the well muscled body of an athlete. There Is hope for every middle-aged man In this articb- which will be read with Interest by all those who think that they are too old to exer cise. "The Woman Who Slew Her Own Soul" as told to Fulton Oursler | is a valuable contribution on a vital subject. The magazine is brimful of j beautiful photographs and Interest I ing articles. THREE PERSONS BURNED TO DEATH Hay City, Mich.. Doc S. Tltrcc persons were burned to death and another escaped with serious burns today when 4he farm home of Jo seph Delosh In Arenac Conntv was destroyed by fire. HOLD UP CLERKS OF A HANK AT DAYTON Dayton. O., Dec. 6.- Two unmask < d men held up two clerks todn> 1? j the Xenla Avenue branch of the City Savings &? Trust Company and ??r cap'd with approximately $10,000. GUNMEN SEAL LIPS OK THEIR VICTIMS Cleveland. D?*c fi.-- \dh?'-lv?- tnpr> was used by three gunmen today to seal the Hps of. a dry goods merch ant and hi: clerk while t! e> robbed the stor? of $300 In cash and a rim Ma r amount of merchandise. The bandits forced their victims Into the b.v emonL bound them hand end foot and pressed the tape across their Hps so they could make no out cry. O Ti. West Is out sgsln sfter a, recent attack of pneumonia. * G1LLETT AGAIN j HOUSE SPEAKER Republican Insurgents Across at I.ast and Deadlock j Which Lasted Since Mon day Is Broken. Washington. Dec. 5. -Frederick H. (?lllett of Massachusetts was to day re-elec.ted speaker of the House when the Republican insurgents vot ed for him for the first time ?luce the deadlock developed Monday. I The re-election of Glllett coin pie t | ed the organization of the fiSth Con gress and paved the way for the ] President tomorrow to deliver his first message to the Joint sens ion of the House and Senate. i The Insurgents decided to nhan don their flght after they had been assured by Representative) Long worth of Ohio, Republican lender, ..that the opportunity would be afford ed lat?-r to freely offer amendments to House rules. I'rom the start the Insurgent .group has maintained that its real fight was for rules revision. The break came on the first bal 1 lot today and the ninth taken foi ! speaker since Monday. PKTKR THK (iltKAT OF KISSIX yi:.\rm:i> roit iioixs ikusk .Vow York. December f?.?When n young man of twenty-four, Peter the Croat of Russia went to Holland. !!?? was working at n different Job so as to bo better fitted to become ruler of Russia. In t'lrecht. he saw <i miniature dolls house furnished ?town to the minutest detail. In the library were painting* two inches square. Cabinets were filled with thumb hitch porcelains from Japan. Special carpets were man ufactured for this j'ouse, and the linen was woven in Flanders. Peter the Great took a great fancy to th.i tiny p?!hcp and offered :iny price for one- like It. The builder, n re tir?*d merchant, would not accept money for his handiwork, but offer ? I to make one as a gift to the young Cxar. The lilliputlan man sion, Completed after twenty-five >? .?rs of labor. Is now In the Royal Museum. Amsterdam, says the De jei uiher Mentor. MX STOIC IKS IIAHKM ON SKI'K.N ORItilXAIi PM>Ts New York, December fi. Accord ing to.Arthur Martlett Maurice, for mer editor of the "Hookifton." there nr? only seven original plots. All Mtorlef that have ever be- 11 told are merely variations and elaboration* of these plots. The most popular plot and the one most frequently ii"d Is that o{ Cinderella and th?-. Silver Slipper. An old and experienced theatrical manager An Id not long ago that the story of Cinderella, well told with good music, always w?is a success and that th?Te were usually two or Hire" versions of the Cinderella s'ojy running every season, either In music or drama. Th*? r1 xt iito> poMibr plot fs thot of Robin I food, m.'ijh Mr. Mauflce. Tiie brave daredevil young hero of humble origin who dashes Into ro mantic adventure and get* himself Into trouble while serving his, friends, plays up th" spirit of Robin llood In the Mentor for December, Mr. Maurice analyzes the stories of six Immortals: Cinderella. Robin Hood, Oulltvcf, Robinson Crusoe, King Arthur, and Great Heart, and show* how th^y grew Into books and , eventually became a reel part of the life of the people. \IA \ M. I.IMrklV. (!(?v?<nmr Curolinas District Kiwuui:. | Clpb, with headquarters al Colum-j bia, South On roll nti. who wll he the s|M'akcf of the evening at the Kiwnn-| is llauqiict Friday nit: lit of this wock. Coventor Lumpkin was on the program-at the riconl Caiiital DIs-i trie Klwanis meet at Italtiiuon*. and according to m? tubers of the Kiwan-j is quartet, who were prcgi'til, made one t?f- tlx- biggest sp? eclies ef the j meet. Mr. Lumpkin is a practicing | lawyer at Columbia. S. C. With him I as speaker of the evening and with [ a banquet served hv the local denri'Oi of Pocahontas. Klizaheth City Kl jwanians are looklnu forward to this, I week's banquet with an unusual do-! gree of pleasure. bH'KKNS' LA \ DM A It lis AI IK FAST IMSAI'I'KAIUXG New York. December ft. ? Those i%\ho wish to see Dickens' literary 'landmarks in London should hurry, jsays A. A. Hopkins in the Mentor tor | December. The London County Council has decreed the wid jening of the Strand and landlords are not apt to be sentimental when it ! conies to Improvements and higher rents. I There is hardly tiny part of Lon I don which Is not associated in some way with Dickens' novels. Scores ) of houses, streets, hotels, taverns. Inns, pumps and monuments have ' become familiar through that uu ! thor's camera eye. There Is no dif ficulty in locating over eight hun dred Dickens London localities. He cent researches determined one hun dred ami twenty references to Fleet street and its tributaries ami this Is i the part of London which must make ? way for improvement. TIUNITY OPENS NEW GYMNASIUM FIUOAY Trinity College, Durham. Dec. ft? The new Alumni Memorial Cymnasi 11 in will he formally opened to ath letic contests on Friday ni.^lit, De cember 7. when the Trinity mat art ists meet the representatives from the I'nlverslty of North Carolina in 1 the first wrestling match of the seas on for both institutions. A great degree of interest is he ing manifested In the coming match between Trinity and Carolina. Last year Trinity defeated Carolina hv a decisive score. Winning the State championship. Jn fact. Trinity has lead in championship honors in tills State for two successive years. Last season Trinity lost the South Atlan tic. championship to V. M. I. by a ma ruin of only points. The Methodists will he represent ed this year by the followinu mem bers of last year's team, according tf? a recent announcement by Coach Hill Ha I ley: Hatdaway, 110 pounds; Daniels. 12ft pounds: Mayes, 1::f? pounds; Mldgett, 1,19 pounds; and Matheson, 17ft pounds. The 1 4 ft-poll lids man is yet to be picked. Three strong men are out for this place and the winner will be chosen for that posi tion before the match Friday bight. These men are Merrill, Lceet. and Yearby. Trinity's heavyweight Is al so yet to 1>" chosen. Three hefties are dally struggling for this position, and the representative for Friday's fray will b? fferrlna, Spriiel, or Jor-i dan. all of whom are showing up ex ceptionally well. t'OMM \ \ DKItV MKKTIVti ON TIII HSDAV XlfJHT Crltfgs Commandery of Knkht Templars will hold a special con-; clave on Thursday evening at 7:301 for the purpose of conferring the! temple degree. All Sir Knights lire tirvenflv requested to ho present i promptly In full uniform. rorrr?N m wtKFT New York. December ft .Cotton | future'1 opened this morning the! following levels: December 3fi.sft;| Janu-iry 3ft.20; March 36.70; May 3ft f?n; July JIS.OO; October 2?.6?<. New York. December ft - Cotton f itii" ? were quoted at the follow-t h levels at 10.-20 a. tn. December 36.25; January 3ft.72; March 36 *>3; i Mr\v .",(1.20: July 3 ft. 37; Ocfob?r; 2 *. S 3. New York. December ft-?Cotton; futures at 2 p. in. were (fueled n*\ follow-*: December 3ft.6ft; January 3 1 9H; March 35.21; M iy 35.41; July 34 61: October 2S.37. New York, December 6 ? Cotton closed quiet today, with a decline of 100 points. MMilling 3ft.66. Fu tures: December 3ft. 10; January 34 60; March 34.76; May 34.98; July 34.10; Octboer 28.00. _ . .?-?? ' - - ???- j CRANK IS G'VFN !ii| opf.ni.v rp *. rx i?j ,\li lint \ criiicl of Simplr As -anil \il I !iai Coultl lu- OI>. luiiiri! \*r;iiii?| Mini in J'o. licr (iourl Wr<lin*s<I;tv. ?:II3lly of slni|.as.-vult was til? ??nl\ \erdict obtained by the Statu Wi iln. in i;,t r;?M s against F. V Crank, char.<d willi assault with '!? a?!l> with opera!lug a mo-' i??r car rerkhssly and while under J'1' influenc- of li?|iifii* and with the illegal possession and transportation . of liquor. on the charge ?if operating an au I tomohile while under the Influence jof liquor ih>' Jury returned a ver dirt of not guilty. There seems to ho no doubt about Crank's having; been drinking on the night in ques tion. hut there seemed ground for reasonable doubt to the Jury that he had been operating a cur on the public highway's while under the in fluence of intoxicant*. There was another man in the car who has taken leg -hall, and he it was, ac cording to the theory of the defense, who did the shooting and the driv ing of ihe car. To be sure there was direct ami undisputed evidence that Crank was at the wheel at one time and that he was tinder the in fluence or liquor and that he was driving in a reckless and careless ; manner, but all of this, says the de , feline, was not on a public road. Having obtained a verdict of guil ty in the assault case, the State took | a tiol pros in the other two cases against Crank when the court had imposed a sentence of 30 days in Jail for the assault. ('rank, through his attorneys, Aydlett & Simpson, | noted an appeal. All four cases against Crank grew i out of a wild night ride of .Otis I Bland and the defendant in Crank's Ford on Thanksgiving night. At I Berea Church Crank's car overtook another car in which were Eugene Sh^rber and Johnnie Brothers, young men of New land township who are i said to have been on their way to 'town with their lady friends to at tend a moving picture show. Crank's car gave chase to the Newland car land when it caught up with it drove ? alongside on the right hand side ? and somebody from Crank's car fired at the Newland automobile. Dropping behind while off the brick, Crank's car again came alongside the Newland car. this time on the , left h ind side, and fired another shot into it. Sharher and Brothers sought | safety up the road leading "to the I Old Brick House, and driving Into the yard started to flee into the | house. Walter White who lives at the Old Mrick House, admitted the young ladies, but. supposing them to j be fleeing from the young men In the car. refused to admit Sharber and Brothers. Bland and Crank, coming up at this time and discovering who 'were in the car they were pursuing, [ hastily cot rut of the White yard When Crank left the White yard, ho was at the wheel, with the odor of liquor on his breath and with a fruit jar thoiiuht to have contained liquor at his r ? -t. and was having such dif ficulty in steering the car Hint he ran into the Newland cur and backed i Into a sycamore before lie could get out. / The cases against Crahk are now set for trial in Superior Court. other cases disposed of Wednes day morning Included one against Willis Sprout, colored, for failure to 'list and pay his taxes, and one In \? lilcli J. W. Casey was charged with op- rating a motor car with a defec tive mufTler. In the former ense the defendant was required to pay taxes and costs; in the latter the defend ant was let off on payment of costs. SKAROAIU) IIAILWAY <;kts last payment Washington, Dec. 5.?Payment of I150,i?'8 Hie Seaboard Air Line was authorized today by the Inter state Commerce Commission, com pleting the $7,470,188 which the road was entitled from fhe Govern ment in payment of the guarantee of earnings during the first six months after the termination of wartime Federal control. WOM \\*H < I I li Mi l l s Till BS|>\\ AFTK1INOOX The recnlar meeting of the Wo man ? Clilh v. Ill be held In the Chnpiher of Commerce Booms Wed nesday afternoon at .1:30. Reports from departments will be heard and many Important matters will he taken up. It Is urged, there fore. that all members attend. COOMIICK DKI.IYKKS MKSSACJK Till HSDW Washington, Dec. 5.?Preside ht ^'oolide's annual message to Con . re*n will be delivered ?t- the Joint session of the Senate and House ihortlv after noon tomorrow. Definite decision as to.the time of his appearance was reached today after the White House had been In communication with leaders at the Capitol. Miss f?ena Yokeley has returned to her home In Scotland Neck alter a visit to Mrs. 0, P. Hood on Cedar street.