*?*****#?
? THE WEATHER *
* / nselllcd tonight ami //fH I ^AV ? CIRCULATIOV
igzuzzz. tx? yR JpHi : Jirsx.
* to moderate Hinds
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VOL. XIII. FINAL EDITION. ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 21, 1923. EIGHT PAGES. NO. 290.
FARMER CHARGED
WITH ASSAULT
Warrant Scned l>y Sheriff
Keid oil Alex Joiie* of Mew
land at Midnight Thurs
day.
,\ warrant rliartcinu assault wan
HM<red b> Sheriff Ileld on Alex Jones
of Newland townxhi|t. Pasquotank
Count}, at midnight Thursday, fol
lowing the report received here that (
Mr. Jones had hit Alfred Ferebee.J
colored, over the bead with a clui>|
and that the negro was . In precar-i
lous condition.
Mr. JoiifH is a prominent farmer I
of the Newland section and besides j
i* partner of !>. K. Williams in the'
contract for hulldint: the State hlgh-l
way from the Newland road to South i
Mills. According to reports of the!
dlttlculty received here, the neitrol
wa* impudent Thursday eveiilnt!
about dusk and Mr. Jones ordered!
him out of the yard. When Alfred [
ivfused to get out. It I* said. Mr '
Jor.? s struck him.
Reports Thursday were Jo the ef-j
feet that the negro's condition- vas 1
still critical. He Is now semi -con-1
scions at the Community Hospital.!
to which he was brought by Dr. Wil
li- . \ Peter* Thursday night. And
shows symptoms of concussion ol ]
the. brain and may also have ?i frac
tured skull. The X-Ray will b?? used
to determine as to the latter ques. j
tlon.
Me\ S. Jones, a brother-ir-law of
W. I.. Oohoon of this city, lives mi
the Newland brick road at the point
where It Joins the State hijiv/nv
from Newland to South Mill.* The
place is about nine miles from town. '
The case against Mr. J one/ will :
probably come up for a heprln* oc- :
for#4 Trial Justice S|?ence eatlv next
PEACE REPORTS
GAIN GROUND
Mi'Nicun HcIh'Ik Leaders and
< Mire^nuist* are Said to lie
in (^inference to Hring Knd
to Y\ ar.
A', ra Cruz. December 21?Tin* Ini
ptv--ion prevalent for several days
i liar lluerta and Sanchez rebels
would compose their differences with
the Obregoiiists Rained ground touav
by newspaper advices that General
Gimlalupe Sanchez. Senotor Rafael.
Zuhanan Capmany have uone to Ks
-peniiiza to confer with rebl leaders
In the states of I'uehla and Oaxaca
relative to the termination of w.?r
fare. Capmunv is said to represent
Hit t la.
Vera Cruz, December 21 Reports
reaching here slate that step* 'ire
un?!"r way to bring ? ihout a peacw
?<gr< ement between the federal and
rebel factions In Mexico.
TO IM ESTIG \tk food
SITUATION IN GERMANY
Paris. Dec. 21. Germany's appli
cation for authorization to pled^e
her resources as a vuarantei for a
food hian from the I'nlted States has
be? i' referred by the reparations,
ro (mission to the home govern
nn- t's various delegations. |f was
iledded also the the committee on
mi ra nl ees should investigate the
food situation in Germany.
I)ii?r? Offoreil I'rcnidi-nry
Ormnii Fiiwiiri' ( ominill<-(
I'miw. Dec. 21. -The reparation*
? 11miff*ion derided this mornlnx to
.. r Charles <1. Dawes, 1'nited
>mIoii. t li<* presidency of the commit
(< to examine (Jerman finance*.
dhtetKO, !>?"? 2 1 "I thank .urn
\- :?> much. tnit have notiiinu tMay."
.-aid f>awes. refusing comment.
TOWNS I>KSTHOYKI>
in KAIMIiyi AKK
Douglas, Arizona,. Per. 21
(rfdnad'e*. liuasaha* anil Opto, tlir
townh in the HI# rramadre Mountains,
Sonora. Mfvlco. with aggregate pop
ulation of ft.ono. were diitfnyi'd bj
eaithrinake Wednesday nlaht. ac
cordInu to a story by courier, wlio
arrived ?\ linn mt?-d from Niivoxarl
1.1 tr yesterday. Ho had !????!? riding
*lnr< Wednesday nixlii. "Many an?
dead," be said.
bkstcitv no i .ox; Kit !
is to i?k oMi rrun
I!. C. Job has leeelved a b tt? r
from l?. Kyle, vice president c?f
the Norfolk-Hout hern Railroad Com
pany. advising that tiio matter of|
plarinu the name of Klixaboth C*l?%?
on the bulletin board of the Norfolk
South' rn rafl/oad at Norfolk station
would be ftlvon Immediate attention,
? d that Kllsaheth City's name
wuld be placed on this bulletin
b rd at onre
Til* letter was In answer to one
frotii Mr. Job, calling attention to1
th?- fact that while Wilson. Char -
lott* and many other North Carolina
cities were on the bulletin board.
Elizabeth City was omitted.
YOUTH AM) AGE
TIE KNOT AGAIN
Raleigh. DwpiwImt 21 ? To
make more certain their uni-.n.
Burton S. Tucker. Jersey City
youth, and the wealthy widow
or Joseph Simpson. yesterday
were remarried before Squire
Joxe Fry al Carthage. accord
ing to a story sent to ihe
Raleigh New# and Observer hy
its Carthage correspondent.
Jersey City. N. J. Dec. 21 ?
Hurtoti S. Tucker, aged 17.
and his wife, who gave her age
as 4 6. who remarried yesterday
at Carthage. N. C. will return
and face the indlcturents of
perjury in connection with the
first marriage at 1'nlon Hill.
New Jersey, on October 2.
Their counsel. J. Ray
mond Tiffany, said today that
no date had been set. however,
and the couple are still at
Southern Pines.
Vesper Service On
Sunday Afternoon
Beautiful Program Will Be
Given Under Direction Of
Mrs. I. M. Meekins
Tin- program for Ihe cantata
"Christ Child" to be sung at the
First Baptist Church Sunday aft' r
noon is as follows:
Cum I.
Prelude?organ, .Mrs. I. M. Meok
ins; violinists. Mioses Nash and
Jones, Messrs Feartnc and Kramer, i
Soprano solo?"The Voice of Him
that Crieth in tin- Wilderness*."?
Mrs. J. n. Aldennin.
Cass recitathm - "The People,
that Walked in the Darkness,"?S
G. Scott
Chorus?"Arise. Shine, for Thy
Light IsjCome."
Trio, {'Behold. a Klnu Shall Ileiun
in Righteousness" Basso*. Messrs.!
Scott. See|\ and Alderman.
Trio. "He Shall l-\ed This Flock
Like ii Shepherd" Misses Annie
Miller Se?-|y. l?itterald Svkea and
Mrs. w. C. Twldtty.
Alto solo, ouassi resit. "The Anuel
Gabriel Was Stent front God"? Mi..
W. P. Dull.
Soprano solo. "Hal Thou That Art
Highly Favored" -Mrs. J. p. Green*
leaf.
Quartet and chorus. "How i?? ant?
ful I'pon the Mounlains."
Soprano solo. "Hall Thou that An
nify the 1,ord"-s-.M rs. J. P. fit
leaf.
Chorus "Sin'.*! C) lleavt-us "
Nativity. Adesi. KldellM -Choir
and congregation.
Pint II.
Pastorale Oruan and violins.
Sopratio solo. "() Little Town of
Bethlehem" Mrs J. P. Alderman,
accompanied l>\ Mrs. James Keel in ?
at the harp.
Alto solos. "And Lo, the An;. - I of
the Lord Came I'pon Them"? Mrs.
W. C Twlddy.
Soprano recital ion. "And Sudden- 1
|v There Was With Angela"- Mrs. :
J I' Green leaf.
Chorus "Glory to God in til
Hlche.<t "
"It Came I'pon the Midnight
Clear" Mrs. J. I*. Gre?nleaf and
chorus.
Alto solo. "And If Came to Pass '
Mrs. W. C Twidd>
Male quartet. "Let I's Go Now Kt
en Cnto Bethlehem" Messrs. L. K.
Skinner. S. S. Burgess. J. S. Se?ly
and S. G. Scott.
Alio solo. "And Thex ('aim With
Haste' Mrs W C Twlddy.
Chorus, "Holy Niubt. INaoTnl
Night."
Nolo, "And thf Shepherds" Mrs.
J. I.. I'rltchnrd.
rhoriiH "o. I'rnlse tin* l.oic! All
Y?* Nations."
The volc?*s will be accompanied
by Oh- orsan and l>y stringed Instru
ments.
\* j*?l I n l*?t?: MIhswi M in lib- Nash.
KthH Jon?'H, M?-*srs. Itohh\ (-'earing
and Jo*?p|? Kramer.
Harpist: Mr-. Jam*-* K?-Hln.
Chorus Sopranos: Mrs. .1
Prltchard. Mm. J.-li. Vhb rtuan. Mr*
.1. I*. f.ni nb'Jif. Mrs Kdwitt
Mrs. S. K. I.??luli. Mrs J. S. S?*elv.
Mrs. S. 0. Kthnrlfli:". Misses Marua
ret Coojm r. Annie Mllh r S?-? I>. Orac?'
Samb rlln. f>oroth> Scoft. Ilufh Cook.
Kveiyn Svk? s. and lli-mloi Twldd\ :
alio*: Mrs. \V f T'vliidv. Mrs \V
I'. I HIT. Mrs. J t? Svk? . and Mis*
Knwrftld Syk?-s: h not - K. I!. Skln
ner and S S. fliir}<H*s: bnssiw: S <1.
Srott. J. S. Sccly and .1 I? Alrl< t
niatu
WOMAN KI.OI'KS \* I I II
A TAXICMl l)HI\ Kit
C!r# ? nw li b. t'orn. l> e 21-- M iry
Smith Woodcock Wllmot who lnV*r
ited $7Rii.0n<> from hi r father. c|op
? d today with .ImhM Ha|f?-rty. a tax
Irgh driver. 'I h?> !?rld? is 3.". and
the bridegroom 2a. 4he lias been
divorced twice.
rorriiV MARKI i
N? *? York. Ik-o<?fnhfr 21 Cotton
futures opened thin morning at *h?f
following levels: D-ci-mli. r 36:3<i;
January 34:K.V. March 3ft: 2ft; .Vf iy
3ft:29; July 3 4:o0; Octobe r 2S:.".S
Ne-w York. Dec. 2ft. ?Spot cotton.
Closed quint. Middling 3*.?5. an ad
vance of 16 points, Futures, clos'ng
bid, Dec. 3ft.67. Jan 34.ft*. March
.15.Oi. Jul)- 14.27. Oct. 28.IS.
- ? ?
WHEKK CONVENTION Will. BE HELD
152
Hep- lx Cli vi>lnnd's new l*ut?ltc Auditorium. where Mm- li?i?utdican pnrl>""\vllMn~'H ne\t June to picl? itn
candidal*1 for IJh1 iTchlilf-nry, It is tin* I;i?n??>*i huildinu of its kind in tin* world, can -;it 12,f>4VO per
sons and lias facilitie s for s?aiiti^ s??v?*ral thousand more in a idncli. In adillfion to it* larii?* hall, fli*>
audilorlum lias 70 smaller rooms .where private caucuses and committee met-tlnus may lie held. The
huihllni; was erected at a cost of Approximately oOu.
MODKHMSTS SCOKK
TECHNICAL VICTOin
Xi?\v York, Jinher 21 ? Tl'u
modern!*!* last niKht Hi'orcd a U'di '
ti lea I victory ov?*r their con?ei vat'vo ]
opponent* ?h<n ll?v. Chorion
Francis Potter. pastor of the Went
SI?l?- Cnitarlan church. wan sward <]
ih?* JiiiIki'm decision over In
Juhu Roach St ratlin. |ki.Mor "f I 'al
vary Itaptist church. In the first do
bate In the to-rle* of five. the que*
Hon being. "HociiIvhI, that the lil!?i?
ik thi* tirulllble Word of (Sod He.
Mr. l'ott? r upheld the negative.
dim;ks <;iyks bond
Henry Diver*, young white ui;?n
Jailed on a burglary cli-irw follow
lUK tin* arrest of l,cko> White. > ?'
ored. on lint ..londay. i>ecember 1?.
and held for Superior Court al 1 ?
?pr? MiniU'iry hearing in the rocord' i
court this week. ha* arranged ?????!
?ind I* now out under bond Tor
hi* appearance at the next term of
Superior court.
PHILIP FOX CASE
goks to i in; .ii ic%
Atlanta. I?ec 21. At noon todn
no verdict had He# n reached In tie
c;V*-e of I'l.lii*. K. Pot. charged with
iii(tr(!<'.r of William s Coburn. f? '
low Klandman The Jury wnx j?lv? u
the cane at 10 2 1 last night.
R AILWAY ASKING I Oil
nil'IIOVKMKNT HOM?*>
Washington. December ?1 * The
Vh Kltilan Railway Com pan; toijv
osked the Interstate Commerce Com
mission for authority to, iKsne i ml
i?ei| #."?(ooe,(Mio ,rn five per .lent inott
kskc bond* to reimburse the ro;ids
treasury 'or expenditure! for addi
tion* and betterments,
The Virginian Termlnny Hsllwiv
Company, a RiihfOriUry al?o sought
permission to Issne and deliver to.
me parent corporation fl.7H6.Ono;
In five per cent bonds for advaneeaj
made by the system In connection;
with termlnsl construction In Nor
folk.
Primary Grades
?>
All Have Programs
In each room in tin* primary,
neb oof al eleven o'clock Friday i
morning a delightful Christmas pro
Krmi wail glv?-ii by tin* children, p ir
and friend* funning flu* happy
a nd it'll ct*
Reporters for The Advance were
itItlc* lo visit only two rooms. ihoiigh
III* . would ha v.- Ilk. <1 to bave been
uiil*' to ace Ilii'in all.
However. Minn Sba*ley. th<* prin-?
cljil. iiMiurcil t li?* in thai all
were excellent add thai much credit
in <1 in* Ihe initiative, patleiir? and
fiiTHcr^Min p* iftf I he teachers in tl?e
training for Ilic*fit<srtaInin<*ntM as
w.ll as in every day work.
In Mr*. Cortk<'? room, (hi* fliiK r<
c? ntly won by ili#? room for th> >? -i
alten<!an< ?* of parent* at tin* Parent
Tctfchers meeting, was formalh pr? -
sent. <i by 1 >r. J H. Thayer. thi*
Inir an extra on the program of ti?hi
foam. Mm. Cook*'* pupils. an al
ways. witbi well trained, and went
tlnougli their program with <-ii(bu*
liisin that ^hara?t< i ail lo i w-iirk
In Wins fvmfh;i Willi*' rifom. who h
i? Special A S?'???iid grad? . a delight
ful littlp play wan part of tin* pN?
Krdin, 1 ii11* John !?? win. playing the
part of H-inta. and little .Vliv s.u ? Ii
William*. Mm. Saikh. and the other*
joining in the play and ion*<. ii a
very ?|e||ghtful way.
The ?chool reporter* hav? promt*
?fl :?rth? r dot'11in for School New*
Saturday. '
w kdoim; <;ovt \ o\ kii
III NDKKI) } KAIIS Ol II
N< w- York. I)w . 21." A wedding
gown 130 yearn old was worn W'? d
tO'oliiv by Mh? Jojophlli** l.anicr
when ?lie wan marrie i in the
I.Htle Church Around tb?- Corner to,
Major J ii n I ii W. Jon*-* of the A liny
Air Service.
Tb* gown wu worn by lier .git*at- J
greats rand mot her when she wa*
married to Albert Oallltln. Herretary .
of th# Treasury under Jefferson Id
>!??>** I
'.?H' .lfci I I .HfHMtl.*.
Tiirnrtl ill l ire Aliirm
Vi'lii'ii Trii-d Mail l.fltt'l'
The Kllxuhctli City Fire Oe
pa it meiit wus rnlli'd mil til
ahout 2 o'clock l-'riday after
noon hy a rail from llox Til,
corner Main am) I'oin?l?<\t?-1.
the principal liimincHM cornel
of tin city, when koiim1 oim'
tried to mull a letter in tin*
Ore alarm liox nn that corner.
Tli'- department ha* an
? wered many fait"- alirm* in
Itrt day; hilt lo-ver before f?:>
n mixta!" of ???.ur'tlv this nil
lure resulted in a fal. ?? alarm,
o Tar an tli?- memory of the
m?-m-ti* r- of the tire rompany
|{o iii tin* record* of tin- fin*
d'-parthi'iit fIid*-,
I I N I OK SI or i s ON
SMI HI)AY MOHNINf;
Haftirday niorniltx at m o'clock ail
|!i?\ Scout* who will enter the paper.
ch.?-?? will report on ftie Court Mouse
VP '-II, Tie route for the elmy hart
in?? ii ntupp^d out. Team* will t?n
formed and il ?? chape beulft prompt*
I> .t k?15.
f.luht luniiiri:- equipment will he
UK?tl ,
ScoutuiavH r Seattn vood will um
pire
Four fKkckrt of ptipi r torn Info one
Inch M|tiates will he needed. Till*
If the rtf?? t of winter fport* OthMs
will follow* fays tin scoutmaster.
MICS. 111.1 MOM NX II I.
w ED w,\i\ soon
New York, hi^inlitr 2 1 Tin* ? n-j
KH'.ene lit of Mr* Augustus IP i
mont, Jr., to John D King. II. o(
New Vork wax announced today II* I -
mont died three yearn into.
iwo nki.ko Yoints
ki.w:tk<h:utki? today
Colunibu*. S. C.. I>'<*. 21. Frnllk
flattie* and Julius Harvin, - ueuro
youth*, were alert rncul?*d at the |?en*
itentiary today for the murder on
July !5 of Mm. W. I). Iirown of lleau*
fori County. Ilotli negroes confessed.
PUTS FRIEND
IN BAD LIGHT
\l|ilii>n>n KiiiM-y on Trial
for Trespass Tolls Aliout
After l.iquor Jtli
Employer.
W. K. I tall. rt'i'Nliihlf and prom
Incut Pasquotank County farinet',
was- (Mil in light in the record -
??r'.i cmirl Friday morning when Al
|iln)H?? Klnw. drrcnilant on a
rliarti' of forcible trespass as a re
sult of which he got off with a fltio
of i -ami costs, wan put on th*?.
stand under the Discovery Act.
Alphonso swore that when lie
committed tl'e trespass lie wait un*
der the influence of liquor, and Pros
ecuting Attorney Sawyer at onci
wanted to know where the liquor
came from. Instead of telling the
usual story about getting the liquor
from a kIIiii. tail man whom he met
at night along the road and r.hon\
he would not recognize if lit* saw
? Mm again. Alphonso. who is a nep.ro
of good reputation, told a straight
forward story about going Wedn*?s
! da> night with his employer. W. E.
Hall, in Mr. Ball's automobile, to the
home of Jack Colson In P? rqulmnns
I County where. according to the lie
' urn, purchase was made ol a half
] gallon of liquor, one quart for him
I self and another for Mr. Hall. Mr.
Hail, who was not swoHi. admitted
i uolnu with the negro in quest of th?
, liquor but denied getting any. The
iit'uro may have ko) a dllnk, he mid,
hut none -was brought to the auto
mobile in any container.
| The trespass was committed
Thuisdav. and Alphonso wan n?ord
or less intoxicated at that ti?w.
i Mr. Hall was prosecuting witness
against Alphonso in the tr'spas*
(ease; hut gave Hih negro a good
'character and jtsked the court to l?e
as liulit as possTTde on h I tit This
was before Alphonso had told his
liquor story, however.
| An amazing story was told by Ji r
! vis Coo|?er. younu white man mho
I lives in town but claims to wor't on
his mother's farm In the country,
' when lie was put on the stand I'll*
i day under the Discovery Act. Mr.
Cooper swore that he gave a "cash"
check for $ l?i to a mail name
he did not know and whom lie could
not describe. This man. Cooper
swore, took the check to lh/> Innki
j cashed it and brought him I be mostly
for it The witness refu:-e?| to say
what he want, d with the money but
j declared positively that the check
was not iu-l\?n in puymcn' f.?r Ibeior.
Wiley fSrtffln. li? year old negro,
wn*"given a sentence of nine mon'lu
on the roads on a charge of ?s
.-?IIIIt with deadly weapon and an id
: ditional sentence of three mon',H
for carrying a concealed weapon. In
recorder's court Friday morning. Tn?
assault occurred- on Harney str et
Thursday of last week following an
argument in a wagon as a number
of cotton pickers were coming to
town from \V. A Hrock's farm in
Camden County. Van Tlllctt, colored
driver of i lie wag oil, was the mm
w iioiii the defendant was charge J
'with tiring upon.
According to the evid'-ii'^, the de
fendant Jumped from the" viuin
when It reached Harney at reef. Went
hone* and got a gun. and 'ire I at Til
lett before the latter could ITt out.
of the way. Griffin then left town
and wax arrested III Norfolk. whei?*
he was held by the authorities until
a police officer from Kllzabeth City
could he sent for him.
M??>i of the court's time Friday
morn in v.. however, was taken up
with the trial of Prince Webster, n
10. for larceti> or an automobll"
lire: but the negro was found not
guilty.
Trial Justice s'pence is ill ut bis
bono ?in West Main street and \s
slNtant Trial Justice Markb.nu pr?
sided at Friday's session of police
court.
I.KVI VHI \N CIM (I M)KI)
IN NKW YOKk IIAKBOIt
IH* Th? AiMflitrd I'fw.l
N? w Yc?i k, iKM ombfft 21 -The ! ?
vfitluin. In hound from Cherbourg,
imhry gnmnded on Kobln'a IteM.
New Yolk harbor A cull wax aenl
out to nil available Itijc*. The f1d??
Witm th< n cliblnx and it will be eleht
InnlRhl Im fore tlw bikIt w.iter mark
Ail! Im* rpiiphnl again.
ciiina is i im;in<;
BOYCOTT AM KMC V
'll? ft# I
fI<>nv; Konic, iJefember 21?A?'
vi<e* from Canton nay that placard-*
are ipp?aiing on tin* alrceta of lb
youth capital nrping ?n antl-Amer
ban himI unil-l'rlt l*h boyeotl mh th
reatilt of the ? iftitnde of foreign pow
er In the pr?? "lit customs mrpln*
iin Wogllo.
Son.e of the placard* appeal to the
people to unit* an?l obtain lb
K?an?r Tun* m?tom.< surpltif* It
or<ler lo "anVe the Chln?"<e nation "
VKTTKH ANI> WIFE
(a 11.TV OK Ml'HDF.H
New York, De<riiil>er 21? Kriteat
Vwlt'T mill wife, Murle, w?ri? tod.iv
foiiml guilty of flrat degroe man
(daughter for killing Alonzo Rtor^y.
fdriu#T suitor of Mr*. yettera Tht?
, maximum penalty that nv?y be lai
, pomkI la 20 years Impflaomueni