North Carolina Newspapers

iri/irfs. ******* ??******? ? THE WEATHER * * fair Urn i ft lit. TiumIhv " (tC*M I .^fcT'V^- * CltiClL tTI()\ " zzrz., "zSr;: \wP9ll Jp^BMEIf : *??&. VOL. XIII. FINAL EDITION'. ELIZABETH CITY. NORTH CAROLINA, MONDAY EVENING. DECEMBER 17, 192:1, EIGHT PAGES. NO. 292. CHARLOTTE HAS A GREAT BL^ZEj Damage of Nearly Kijjlil H1111 <1 r e d Thousand Sunday i Nijilil When Fire Sweeps; Into Business Section. T'printlo, Dec. IT.? Damage ?stl-| iiui*d at from $500,000 to $800,000] wa* done here last it Ik lit by a firei In itie llant Trade street mercai tile motion. Tli? buiUlinx occupied by the I S: 11t h-Wads worth Company, the H. ? C Long Company. La Mode. Kfird'sj an:.?'\. Ilclk Department Store. War-. r*-:?'? Barber Shop, and Georsi A.I Newman's Tire Service was de-l jetroyed. | Fire companies were brought from! <?a?tonia. Monroe and Statesvill.- to assist the Charlotte department in extinguishing the blaze and a com pany of National Guardsmen was called out to keep the crowd or l of the danger zone. One negro was injured by a fall In- wall. No one was reported killed. At a late hour last night the Are was brought under control. Investigation Itagtui Charlotte. Dec. 17.?Investigation by the State Fire Cotnmlanio.ier's office of the flre which last night caused from $500,000 to $KOo.OOO damage in the East Trade street mercantile district will be started to day. The cause of the flre Is undeter mined. Ten Arms suffered from the tlames. others were damaged by smoke and water. The Smith-Wtds worth Company was the heaviest loser. its loss of stock being estimat ed at $250,000. while the Belk Bro thers Department Store loss was more than $200,000. HETTKHIK'S BINDS FAMED FAB AND WIDE Howard E. Hettrlck's Barred Ply mouth Bocks bring long prices sold to customers In New Hampshire and Oiio. One customer reports from Ohio: "Pullet you sold me won flrst place in a very large and strong class." . And this one says: **ln shipping three Barred Bocks a dis tance of about 800 miles, arriving at their destination afternoon before tlt? show started the following morn ing. not even giving the birds chance to rest and attain their natural beau ty. they were judged and tiielr winnings were: flrst on pullet, flrst on hen. flrst on cock bird. The cock bird also won shape special and color .-I" rial, over old and young birds, competing in his class, which made him grand champion over all Barred Bock male birds shown at that show." Another says: "It takes Het trlck's Barred Bocks to out-do the boll weevil. Their egg qualities are as good as their show qualities.' COUNTRY FIGHT HAS HALF DAY IN COURT A jury trial in an assault case which resulted In u fine of $20 and co-tts for Marvin Kussell, Ron of Miles Russell. Providence township farmer, occupied morr than thref nours of Monday'}* session of the County recorder's court and a ver dict was not brought in until nearly on?* o'clock. Marvin's two brothers. Miles. Jr.. ?and Dan. and his father. were co-ae fendants with hiiu 'but tin- Jury brought in a verdict of guilty only against Marvin. The case grew o-ut of an affray be tween Marvin Ilus?ell arid *15. M. jtuning* oil th?* premises of Llovd Haistead in Salem township, during a recent auction sale at the Halatcad home. There seems to have been had blood on the purl of the Kus sells toward Jennings rince the lat ter was principal witness for the 8t ite in a case which resulted in a plea of guilty to a charge or violat*on of the Volatead Act by Dan Hiis -ell. Marvin saw Jennings at the -.tie and upbraided him an being the one who had "got my bro'h?*i' Into trouble." Words followed, the lie was passed on both sides. and a fight started. Onlookers separated the combatants, however, it ap p? siring that Marvin's brothers used t-oiislderabl* force in what they claimed were only their efforts to prevent Jennings from doing their brother bodily h-irm. The father,, also. It appeurcd. d??slr?*d to see the combat continued, telling Marvin a< Jennings started away after the fight had been stoj.ped: "There he gors. get him!" Prosecuting Attorney F-iwyer, made Jennings a State's witness in the hop* of getting a verdict against all four defendants, bet the Jury, turned him down. The court would probably have Imposed a heavier fine on young Russell but for the fact that costs, due lo lh?' Jury trial and the r.core or more of witnesses, ran up to a considci ihle figure. 1- - YEGGMEN BORE W AY INTO IRON SAFE N-w York. Dec. 17.- Three yegg ne n enrlV today bored throutch the s:?fe door In the offices of the Rlvo II Theater, one of Droadwav's tariff] ? ?t movies, hound and gagged the' watchman, and escaped with the Sunday's receipts,^ believed to be more than $6,000. DYNASTIC CRISIS IS I IMMINENT IN GREECE Alliens. D?-c. 17. lJ?*li**f that ;i d> nastic crisis is immim-nt in iJihtv was *>\|?n-Ks?'<l today in *<nu*? quar ters ami the d? part ure of Kinu CiHirup is r?*-artf? il as annum t!??* possibilities of tin- situation. R?'i-ub lirans ar?* arranuinu demonstrations in Atlit'nn ami throughout Mac <do : nia and Thrace in fu\or of rt'iuovinis | the dynasty. MISSING GIRL IS RETURNED TO HOME G reensboro. I)*?c. 17.-?Lois Mitch ell, aged 1 fi. who disap|M*Hred from her home her*4 last Thursday wac re-1 turned to her parents. Mr. and Mrs.} S. C. Mitchell, from near Graham* yesterday. She had been wandering 1 around through the country aimless-; Iv and is thought to have suffered j mental derangement. LENOIR RECORDS WERE DESTROYED Olerk of Court Did Deed to Hide His ('rime. Says His torian of North Carolina Counties. Raleigh, Dec. 17.?The records of I the formation of Lenoir County are ' not available to the historian as 'those of most of the other cou.ities of North Carolina, according to Col onel Fred A. Olds, of the Stat* His torical Commission in his hlstoi." of j North Carolina Counties. This i. as cribed by Col. Olds to the fact that a clerk of the court, to hide his own crime, destroyed the court house and : the records contained therein, by the 'application of the torch. In 1878. writes Colonel Olds, "a clerk of the court, to conceal a crime, set Are to the court house and !a few night later applied the torch j to what remained of the records, which had been salvaged and placed in a leased huildlnu, No county has ever suffered a greater loss. Not only were the I,enolr County records swept away, but also those of Dobbs County, out of part of which Lenoir i was created In 1701, Dobbs having been erected in 1758 and named In honor of Governor Artliuwr Dobbs. j The county of Dobbs was first hrok 'en up In 1779 when part of it was taken to form Wayne, and 12 year* later the remainder went to L? nolr and G la scow. In the formation of I both Wayne and Lenoir parts of Cra ven County were also taken. Dobbs had been formed in 1758 nut of part I of the then great county of Johmton. which in turn had been formed in 1 74 K out of part of Craven, the Int iter having been created In 1712 out of Hath. "I.enolr was named In honor of 'General William f*enoir of the Rev olutionary Army. The As jsembly in the act ordered that 'the 'courts of Lenoir be held nt the court house in Kinston. where the same is permanently fixed and to which all proceedings In Dobbs stand ad journed. and the clerk of Dobbs shall deliver to the clerk of Lenoir , a 11 his records and papers, who shall be accountable for all of them, and all suits in Dobbs shall continue In Lenoir. Roth l?enolr and Glascow shall be In the Superior Court district of New Hern. For ?*ach of the two years 1791 and 1792 a ta\ of eight lencte on each 100, acres of land and a poll tax of 2 shilliims is levied.' (it may In stated that Glascow County in 17 99 was abolished and became Oreei ei. "William Caawell was the clerk of I^enolr Court and D. Caswell reg ister of deeds In 1791. "The town of Kingston had been established by the Aasembl' In 1762. at a place In Dobbs called 'At kins Hanks' on the Neuse River, Wll i Hani Heritage having given 100 , acres as the nlte for the town and ! 50 acres for the 'common' (public ground). Kingston meants the King's Town" and In 17f.3 the court house was built there. The princi pal streets were named King and Queen by Governor Dobbs. In 178 1 the General Assembly or dered that the 'g' should le dropped from the name and that it should be 'Kinston* (which made If utterly ttieanlotflrss) but the old spelling continued many years. In 1 792 a n?*w Jail and stocks were built. The court house was of wood. It wit? In 18 45 re?daeed by a brick one which as stated was burned In 18 78. The nresent court house was hull? In 1880. "The e^rlv history of Lenoir Is that of Dobbs. The first county real of the latter ?"is called Dobs Court Hotlse nichnrd Caswell. Governo In 1771 -80, then general and Gov ernor :>trnln 17*5-1787, wait a resi dent of Dobbs ntid Is htirled eear Kinston. He was the flr?t Governor under the State cons'it tit Ion. lie was born In Marvland, .M?*ri??f :i 17 29, and ft rat married In Onl>hi, M.**rv Me ' vt<v?-en. then Sarah, the daughter of WH'lani Heritage. WffflMvt On* wetl was his son. Govern? ?* Caswell ded while presldlnw In t-'e State Senate at F*aye?tev|||e. Nov?tnh?r 5. 17f9. > county Is nallied for him a?id a street In Kln?ton l.i 17 85 the \asemhlv chartered *tlr*ton Academy, with Illchard Caswell and Jnmea Glaacow amont* Its trustees.", Lenoir baa furnished a nuirber of members of the Council of flute as I well as other State officials. Study Conditions ? Th? "syss and ears" of 1,500.000 American farmers' families visited Oermnny to study conditions. The committee Is shown coming from Ambassador Houghton's office. Houghton I* In ccitter with white flower.' The womsn la Mrs. Frits Krelslcr. wife of the violini*t. now In Berlin aiding sufferers. Ths man In front la Gray Silver, head of the committee. YEAR SUCCESS ? ON THE FARMS Frank Parker, Statistician, Makes This Statement Par ticularly Aliout Cotton, Pea nuts, anil Tuliaceu. Raleigh. Dt p. 17?A moot' huc< ftm fni agricultural year has been expe rienced by North Carolina as a whole. declared Prank Parker, Suite a u ricu it a r;? I statistician* In a s> mi monthly review of crop conditions is sued here. Mr. I*arker gsrerted that this applied particularly tn the cot ton. peanut and tobacco belts*. Re ports* received at the Department of Agriculture Indicated tiiat the fgrm ern were highly elated over the s?eaa on and looked forward with opti mism to next year, though theie in apprehension in soineQiuarlers p* to the damage which the cotton boll weevil may cause next season. I.abor ban been scarce and expensive. The farmers themselves, however, have" been quite active and the plowing has passed the stage tisunl for this season of the year. Taking up the ciops Individually. Mr. Parker's statement declared tiiat the small trains were generally late in being planted thla year. The wheat crop Is looking well in the stands but several of the Piedmont counties have reported I r re pillar stands and unsatisfactory grewtli. The acreage Is about as usual. The report ventures that the farmers do not expect as ."good crops next .ear as were made during the past reas on." The yield of corn Is reported un usually good over the entire Stale with the harvesting further advanced than usual. "The State has made a very ,ood hay crop." according to Mr. Paiker. "the final yield being better than was expected during the main grow ing season. This means two % ears of good hay crops. In addition to the usual hays. North Carolina baa something like 100.000 acres of oea nuts from which the vines are suvcd for hay. The corn fodder pulled amount to almost 200.000 tons, while the tops make a total crop of about 500.000 Ions. The tame lily amounts to almost 1.000.000 tons this year. "The tobacco crop Is mostly wld. The a vera "o price to date is apiw'ox imatcly 22 cents. The qualli; Is poor hut the weight has been le avy per acre. "Iloth apples and peaches rside very abort crops this year. Tl ? ap ples are about all harvested and are meeting competition from good rrop grown III the West which Is '??in:: sold locally. The apple crop is es timated at about 25 per cent.' ' | M - * "Due to the good woatlpf erudi tions and a year of good forage crops, together with more than the usual hay. the livestock Is In trood condition The usual fall llvevock sales In the mountain counties are about over. Prices are reported as being low. Hog cholera Is report ed in noine localities of lhi< mountain and coastal areas. "The mountain regions report good fall truck crop* with markets wood. Cabbage plants are gen* ral ly good this year, ('arm labor con tinues to be scarce and high priced. Many are paying $2.00 per hundred-i weight for picking cotton. The wea ther has been generally favorabl- for farm work, although varying from warm to quite cold. .Many localities report rainy and wet condition* "Increased Interest In co-opcrr?ive^ ^Marketing and other farm orgai-lltn-, tlons Is evident. Thg members ap jiear to ?e in good s'plrlt*. ' pnrticu larly those In the Cotton Assocla t Ion." "More stalk land has keen pb wed to date than for many years." says the report In conclusion. "Pick In is' adn ginning of cotton Is further ad vanced I ban perhaps ever before. Farm conditions are good for enter- ? lug the winter. The farmers arc r$-' i signed to the idea of doing their own work. imlitK the member* of t??elr fa ml tie* murli nn po**ll>|e. The outstanding feature* are that mar ket* an* good. price trend* upward* ami lhat th* fiimrn ar?- VBHiiitlb well plea*ed. Cotton, particularly, has put the farmer orer the ferce." ARTIFICIAL INLET VI AS TRIED 71 YEARS AGO "I see there is talk of opening up an artificial Inlet at some point on i the Carolina hanks." said Kcpnven tatlve F. F. Cohoon to a reporter for tliis newspaper the otlier day, *\ind everybody seems to think that tin* Idea is a new one. "As a matter of fact, tin* ramc i thin;; was undertaken 71 yearn ago. with Captain Ou)i Harney in charge of operations. "Starting on tlie sound side. a dredue starteil cutting its way ac:oss tin* har at Nans Head. I was only a year old at the.time and do not remember it. of course, hut I have heard my elders tell of it often. When the dredge had cut its way to flie sandhills between the heach and the sound, a bi? windstorm came up and tilled up the channel behind the dredge, which had then to cut Its way out, and the project was aban doned. "The fact that this project was found unfeasible 71 years ami, how ever. I would not he understood as contending to be any sign thxft it could not he accomplished today. Dredsing machinery has so greatly improved In the last T?0 years that I should think that the task of dredg ing a channel across the sandhills would now be t comparatively sim ple matter." RIMRKRV CHARGES AGAINST OFFICIALS Mobile, Ala.. Dec. 17.- Warnnts charging an attempt of bribery against Fnitid States District Attor ney Iloyes and Harry (J. French. Federal officer, were served ibis morning. The variants followed the adjournment Saturday of the Fcler aI grand jury which returned 117 true bills. FOR DEVELOPMENT ^F FOREIGN TRADE Oinalut. Dec. 17. Representstfves of agricultural and manufacturing are her* attending the third farmers ami manufacturers conference Co ordination of railroad* and steam ship lilies for Hie development of for ei'/n trade of the Middle West are the ivjliptt of the conference, it is paid, - - ? **. ?*.- | FRATERNITIES TALK THE MATTER ONER Wake Foreai, December 17?"Meet ing at an informal reception in the Masonic Hall here Thursday even ing. in embers of the Fraternities ,A?f WaHe Fyrest Collepe pled 'ed thejiiindividually and < ??11 ? -f lively to further the best interest of AVake Forest, *to promote character, and to strive for a higher average In the scholarship. Thai the ?p pointmen.t of a com mission by fhe State Itaptlst Convention to investi gate the facts as to fraternities will in the end be productive of m;ich uood was the general opinion of the, 100 men at the affair. Speech mak ing, the sineing of college songs, a Df-inpscy - Flrpo encounter a la burlesque, find the serving of re freshmen!ft occupied the evening. "Although my fraternity plays an important part In my college life. Wake Koreit comes first. I would not think of doing anything for my fraternity that would hurt the col lege." This was the declaration of L. K. Andrews, president of the Student Government Association, and a member of fhe Chi T m fra ternity. This sentiment was e%i pressed In turn by the spokesmen representing every greek - letter or Divers Held On Burglary Charge In Default Of $500 Bond Is' Remanded To Jail To Await J March Grand Jury Henry l>iv? rs. y<uing while mail ! geneiallv known ?? "Dinkey". _W'isj li?? l?l for |ir?l>ulil<' cau-e oil a chaw of bura'acy by Trial Justice Spence in ri'iHinlcr's court Mom! iy morning. | and in ilff mil of $:"?imi ?'?n?l ilic de-| fendant was roinaiMli'il lit jail to, await ?jelion hy the grand jury at the March term ?>f Superior Court. Divers was arri'Sti'd on iiifonua*, tion given the police hy I.eKoy White, negro, contended burglar and alleged gunman. who told Police Of ficers WlnHlow and Houghton that Divers had been ills accomplice when1 the residence of John Albert soli nit?lL the . Southern Hotel w *re entered and some clothing and a suit < ?se Klolen some time in November. White wus Uie prin-| cipal witness for the State in the preliminary; hut there was also tes timony from the police that .they stood outside the jail and heard a conversation bet wen Divers and ttaei negro in which Divers upbraided Sap for squealing on him. Divers has no visible means of support and yet wears D. Walter, Harris cloilies. He has a court re cord. having been convicted in the recorder's court several year's ago for petty larceny and twice more re cently for operating a g-imbllng de vice. TWENTY LIVES LOST FROM RUNA Captain Ivrrsmi Anion# (!??? naltie* When Norwegian Steamer Sink- Off North Carolina Ota*!. Norfolk. Dc. 17. That more than 20 men including ('apt. Iversson lost their lives in the slnkinu of the Uu na, Norwegian steamship 110 miles off Cape Tear early Saturday in be lieved In shipping circles. Five survivors were picked up off Frying Pan Shoals Saturday after , noon. No trace of I be other mem bers of the crew has* been found. Norfolk, Dec. 17. Hop* of find ing alive any of the l* missing mem bers of the crew of the Norwegian Runa. lost early Saturday, off Frying Pan Shoals on the North Carolina coast, was today abandoned by the J Coast Guard upon receipt of a mes i sage from the Cutter Modoc that the second of the life boats launched 1 from the Runa hud been found with all its occupants dead. Five mem bers of the crew are known to have survived. I'll!ST I.1TTLE DAILY CAUSED SENSATION "Did you ever see the like of that in ICIizabeth City before." an Ad vance reported inquired of F. F. Co boon, holding up the 12-page regu lar edition of last Friday. T.??*re have been bigger newspapers issued here, of course, time without num ber. but they were special editions. A daily running Into 12 pages just to accommodate a day's business set a new mark for The Advance and the reporter was feeling rather ches ty about it. "That's a remarkable achievement for an Kli/.abelli City dally pa|."i." said Mr. Cohoon. "I recall onl\ one I that could equal It That was 15 yearn ago when Fllzabolh City's first I dally newspaper was launched, 'The ; Evening Telegram.' ! "The Telei'ram was a four-page sheet, three columns to the page and each column about H inches long; but. for it1* time, was a dis tinct sensation. However, for The Advance, which had a beginning on ly sl\ year* ago hardly larger than that of I lie Teh-gram, to get out a 12 pate newspaper in one daythis wee I; and to put It out on lime and in such good shape, Is quite as ex traordinary an accomplishment as was the first issue of the Telegram." W KAITIIY MIIRDEIIF.H DHI.AItKI) INSVNK Milwaukee. Win.. Ore. 17 K. Hay Tomphln*. wealthy real r*tat?? man. r!iaru<-<l with Aral ?!#?*???? murder of ?iN wife, I* ltt*ane. according In the htnaey rommlaalon finding*. Wll.li \TTKM? MKKTI\<; or TH\m< \ss4h ivriov >*errotary R. C. Job of the CI .im I or of Commerce Irave* Monday nUM for ll:ilet!.1i wheire he wll* at f< nrl . flwUnir T?i?"'Inv.of the North f'.troUnn Traffic Aaftorlatlon, The I* held to gather data >in<l oth*rwlae prepare for the Aaht to iniilhtnin tlo adviintnKCoiiH fr< ixht I fi.fr* won hy North Carolina after, many yenra of diftaatrou* comoetl-j tlon with Vlrulnla rltl^u enjo/lniu Mlnr rat??a. Virginia cltlo* arr now reeklPK to, lower their own or Increase the fate* , of North Carolina fillet TIGER RESTING AFTER ACCIDENT ( li'iiii'iircaii Painfully < int Alton! llw Far.' Vi'Jien \nt<? moliilc Crashes Into a Tree ill Pari*. Pari*. !>?'<*. IT. Clfinrnrt-aii Is r?*sllim roiufnrtahl.v today at his home after Yesterday's automobile acrid.nl in which In* was painfully rut about the far?>. Tin- Tiger joked about the doc tor's orders*. "I cannot eat." !ih said. "That'* a misfortune. Hut nei ther can I talk. That's a terrible blow." He takes liquid food through a straw. He was asleep when the au- J tomohlle rrashed into n tree. Ho said lie thought himself bark on the front line (if battle ugalu and that ' j? shell had exploded. SOV1KT IS ASKING FOR RECOGNITION | Washington. Pec. 17.? A r.ote from the Cussian foreign office to day making a bid for recognition of |the soviet government by the I'nlt ?*d States was received at the White House and referred to the State De partment to be studied carefully. Ol.l) TIMERS SAY ITS biggest show yet The advunre sale of seats Mon day morning for the Elks' Minstrel* fur exceeded the expectations of the ? committee in charge and while ther* are still many desirable seats left for both performances It looks as tf the Alkrama will be parked both W'.mIip idly ami Thursday nights. Itehearsals are now heinffheld nightly in the Shrine hall and every thing is in tip-top shape for the i opening . performance Wednesday ] flight. 1 Those old-lliners. Hill C. Sawyer and Cliiy llrorkett. are both iiriiin Inioiis in their praise of the rast this year ami they are ax one in saying that the show this year far exceeds any Klks' Minstrel ever before pro duced her. And it Is a known fact-' * that these two men have been In Klks' shows since the first Klk ran across the plains of Montanu and when they say a show Is good It Is doubtless good. The proceeds of I his yiars show are donated to charity as usual urn! the Klks hope that the public will accord It their usual llher.il re i spouse. TWO %1'TOMOItirKH DAM\4.M> IN SI \ DAY'S r.\ ll.\l>K Two automobiles were hadlv dam aged in Sunday'* auto parade up an I J-down the Weeksvllln road, but no one wan hurt. The accident wm sold to be due to reckless driving: and many other In cidents oT such driving were report ed by the more careful peraona It\ 1 the parade. s A Ford driven by Howard Bcott with I'ercy Jennings coming to Kill 'a belli City when trying to cut In ahead of lh?* car in front struck an Overland going to Weeksvllle driven 1 by Clarence Garrett, with Vernon Garrett, George Askew .and Willie Sawyer. The left front wheel, the bumper, fender and wind shield of the Overland were broken while tlin Ford was a total wreck and was turned around facing the opposite direction from which they had been driving. linth cars bad to lie left by the roadside. Another collision occurred Aatiir* ?lay when two Fords said to 'm? driven by negroes ran Into each other n?'ir th" home of Kllaha Coppersmith. The Fords were badly damaged out no one very much hurt. MEXICAN SITUATION KKMAINS UNCHANGED Washington. Dec. 17. Advices re ce|v?<l from Mexico City last iiiaht relative to the revolutionary move ment were declared by the Mexicar embassy here to Indicate that tie* situation thrnuuhout the republic re mains unchanged. Vera-Crux, Dec. 17. With the re ported capture of Pueblo and Cuat la. revolutionary headquarters claim to hold the low points In the Is Ian Kle with Mexico Cltv a* Its ape*;. General Ambrosia FunUtfi In tie state of Guerero and General Jo*' Launnes In the plates of Yucatan a lid Tabasco have broken with Obr koi: and Joined the Insurgents. AMERICAN CONSUL OIKS AT KDINIll IM.II Kdlnburgh. Um. 17, Hu'.ter Sharp. American conoul, died here today. He was horn In Hertford County. North Carolina. In lftai and entered the consular service hi ixrrrox mahkkt New York. l>ecsmber 17 ? Spot cotton closed steady this afternoon, advaaelaf 11 & points. fititM Hosed at the following level*: Decetivber 11:00; June 34:2S: Mirch 314:70; May .14 90; July 34: 10; Octoper 29:35. December 17 Cotton futures op ened thla morning at the following levels: December 83.90: Jaauaff 131 26: March *2.901 May 34.1&; July 23.29; October 17.75.