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? *****?? THE HEATHER * nifilit m * * * tair tonight. Sunday * /#/^l ^11 Irfcr^J /^/\\ >^>S^ * CIRC! 1.1TIO\ * 30HW( JSSffilH VOL. XIII. FINAL EDITION*. ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA, SATl'UOAY KVKNlNt'.. DKCKMIJKK 2!l. 1!)2."!. EIHUT l'AOES. NO Tangier Looms Again As Storm Center Of Europe Afrirnu Port W'lirrr \\ illn im II (!uin?k Within \cp t?f Pre cipilnlinu World War in \uain ill World Nrns Po^ililr Future (!u?u* Belli 4 Ity lll.WK II. SIMON l>S <'o|>> liulit l?> McClure Ni'w?|m|K*r S>n?lif?l**. Washington, Dec. 28.?Still a new an^le to the present Med it< rranean problem has been supplied by the recent Anglo-Krench .Spanish adjustment of the Tangier dispute. The dispute is a sur vival of now almost forgotten Moroccan crises which in 19(i5, 1908 and 1911 almost brought Europe to the World War which, finally did arrive in 1914. By the Anglo-French agree-' ment of 1904, Britain recog liized French supremacy in Mo rocco south of the Riff, of Span ish supremacy on the Mediter ranean shore and all three na - tions united in recognizing the neutrality of the Tangier shore facing Gibraltar. During the World War this nr rar.gement us to Tangier, which car riel with it a scheme or inter-, nj'ionalization worked badly and in the end. after Tangier became a base for German operations. France ami Great Uritain joined In taking steps which to all Intents and pur pc?es abolished Ihe international re gime and substituted an Allied em it I. in which French influence Vk as predominant. Since the war there has been much friction and many efforts to get to an adjustment. France would like Tangier, because it is the natural terminus of the railway line leading to Fex and is provided for in the Treaty of 1911. Spain would like It. because it is on enclave in ? the Spanish Morroccan area. Britain would like to have it continue to lie int rnatiorial, because it faces Gi 01 ^Iter and in French hands would constitute a strategic counterbalance to the British stronghold. There has been a good deal of subsurface discussion of the ques tion and in recent times Italy uas added a new disturbing element by ?1< i.landing to participate in the discussion and settlement. This yetUlon has been rejected by both the British and the French and one consequence was the recent political dfecusslon between Italy and Spain wii-n the Spanish sovereign visited Home. The situation Ik verv complex. Fr;rtlce and HriMln. while allies are very old rivals in the Mediterranean. L? ft"1r? iheinselvis, they could hard ly agree. Spain regards British po ession of Gibralter as a continu ing Injury. Ifut. despite nalual qi: irrels. France and Britain view with disquiet iii.- mounting challenge to both of Italian aspirations and it would serin that both have been abl to reach a compromise for the mo imnt. Whether H pa lit will ratify il n. w msnJK' iu-ni remains ?lf?nbtrul. While the te.rnis of the compro mise are somewliut obscure, ft would 4ecm that France has made some progress toward the ulthri.it. poses* Ion of Tangb r as the aoverelguty of the Sultan of .Morocco bus been re asserted and the Sultan is enttrelv rr creattire of France, while French officials are to preside in the new in U.m.ti..M?l My which will control In Tangier. I ndnubtedly some new arrangement has also been mM<|,. about the iMllrojid which In if) con nect Tangier with the Itahat Fe* railway i,n the French xune already apcrattng. nut In the larger a >nse the Impar lance of the n* w -igriemcui in in iM< found In Ihe njiparent restoration or Anglo-French cooperation In the Mediterranean and its obvious re aponse lo recent Spanish-Italian ges tures. Italy aims ilmost openly at taking Mails from llrltain ami Tunl* from Frame. Spain still n nirislie the old home of reclaiming (illiral tar. Thtii a romliln-itinn iif these Latin power*.' Pilch as ?e. injil to lie forin.it>K at Home recently hail un mistakable significance both fi r Paris and for I.ondon. For Fiance It is a inner of life and lie illi In keep op. n the sea road from Marseille* and Toulon to III. North African ports of Algeria and Tunis, for this Is the route by which France must bring her colnnnlal I roups troops to Kurope in ,,f wjr. For Ttrltaln the short road lo Irv'la and' the Far Kast Is still through the .Mediterraiieau. In as sociation. as they were before and during the World War France and llrltain c m assure safety of both sea roada by reason of their naval strength. lint France alone Is now hardly a match for Spain and Italy, owing to the Washington Trinity. By virtue of the French associa tion with the little Kntcntc. France Is In a position to make use of Jugo slavia. In case of trouble with Italy and by supporting Slav claims In the Adriatic to osuse Italy tuiichrila-1 comfort Obviously the Italian anawar Is to make a combination with Spain. Great Britain, on her aide, patently attempted attempted tb nse Oreece a* ? pawn In the nine, hut Oreek collapse has made tlila Impossible. White the Italian BIG INCREASE IN MAIL HANDLED I'nstmasler Hooper ltr|xirl? llu>y Christmas Season us Was Koreeast l?y The Ad vance in Earlv Fall. Approximately 30 per cent raor?? mail was handled by the Elizabeth City postoffice during the Christmas season?of 19 23 than ever before, ac cording to figures given out Satar i day by Postmaster J. A. Hooper. This is in line with this newspaper's I forecast in the early fall and with its judgment following the holidays | that 1923 was the most prosperous Christmas ever seen in Klizaheth City. The figures given out by Post master Hooper are as follows: From December 17 to 2 4. 2.0S1 pieces of outgoing insured mail r.'were hand-led by the local office. 553 pieces of which of which went into the postoffice on one day. Friday, 'December 2.1. On Saturday.9 De cember 22. 763 parcels of insured mail were received by the postoffice lor local delivery. Figures, for the cancellation ma chine which handles postcards and letters that are nut too large, show that on Friday. December 21. 1??. 4?u pieces of first class mail were were received for cancellation; while on Saturday, the biggest da.v. the number was 13.950. <)n r'hristiua* eve the number received was 12.92o. The biggest day heretofore shotted only 10.820 pieces of first class mail cancelled. These figines do not Include the first class umil stamped by hand, whij'h ? runs to about f n per cent of that stamped by machine. The fluor .space in the postoffice wis not planned to tuke care ?if such a volume of parcel pr?st business as that handled this y. nr. and tjie good 'w. atlier of Christinas week plaved no small part In faeHit iting deliv ery: ns parcels were sorted in group-* for routing on the outside o: tlf building. I>< spite the great and unpre< e < ? ndenti-d volume or buslm--- han dl? d. the congestion was never per nilfted to tie uji or check the flow of mail to it-T destination; ;ind by Christmas eve at four o'clock/the postoffice flooc space was etimvly clear ol every parcel that was to go -"in by truck or carrier. ;ft?d only general delivery or other parre.ls that, were to b?^TJTt1ed for were left. Christmas morning by ten o'clock the floor sjice was again clear of all parcels that were to he delivered by truck or carrier. Postmaster Hooper feels that this record Is one of which Hie local postoffice may well |?(. proud and that the congratulation* of rli* com munity are due every clerk, carrier, or other employe. action at Corfu has disclosed Italian feeling. Still, no combination in the Med Iteri in en n can be sold without the British fleet, and thus even a tem porary Anglo-French understanding has a very real importance. Vet given the present status of Anglo French list Ions generally. It is hard to believe that such an adjustment can he long. For the moment, only. France and Britain have united to .repulse a too energetic Italian of fensive and the French have profit -e*l to push one step furtlur in their African program, which includes the posesslon of Tangier to round out the or North African pos'sions. I\? morrow, however, it is probable that there Will be new friction and n-w dispute* * in reality the .Mediter ranean problem, with Its Adriatic and Aegean >nnexe*. 1- taking on new shape. Italy is getting re-idy, to make ;j serious bid for auprefnacy In the Inland s a and. any re il rup ture between France and (Irftat llrl tain would give her n chance to make mak" new advances. Whit the world has to recognixc Is that the Italy of Mtissolinu I* something far different from Italy of CIVollfff and that present Italian asplMtlnn* are neither inconsiderable Dor likely to be weakly pressed. ft Is. moreover, of more than passlnu Interest that, almptt exactly nineteen years after William II * dramatic descent upon the African coast, Tangier is condng back Jnto tha day's news as aTtorm center. , SIMMONS SPEAKS TO N. C. SHIPPERS Kiul<>r>e* Miirri>(in'> Plan ? (iiivi'iiiiit' \l-o Speak* ami I'rnniiM's \ iuinia a (inod I .ickiiiff. (lolilsltotp, l>ec. i!D ? An endorse ment ??f Governor Morrison's p'an for ohiainiiiu l?ett?*r terminal facili ties at North Carolina ports and if iH'ct'HMry a Stat** owkmI ship lino as , proposed by ilit* Governor was voic ed here yesterday l?y Senator Sim iiinns in his address before the Kas tern Carolina Shippers Association. The meeting was called for the purpose of discussing the ease brotiKlit by Virginia cities before the Interstate Commerce Couimis | slon which members of the asset'a-; I tion declared was designed to in - ! crease North Carolina intra state ! freight rales. Governor Morrison also spoke at! I the meeting, ?'1 am going to take yon men and I give Virginia the best betting North' Carolina, ever gave anybody." \he , said. W. II. Weatherly. Sr.. of Ellzaheft City whs named one of the vice prei-! idents.of the association. I ? ( OMMI IU I \|. >i;ricir\KIKs COMING HKUK IV rKlllll'AUV" The commercial secretaries of the State will come to Kliz;il$f)i City for conference In February, Secretary; Job of the tKlizahetli City Chamber of Commerce said Saturday upon hi* return from Goldsboro, where he at tended a similar conference fnlllow inu the freight rale nieot Inu at <>oldsbofo l-'riday addressed l>> Sen ator Simmons. (Jovcmor Morrison and Congressman Aheruethy. Mr. Job reports a most onthusins- , tie and representative meeting on the freight rale question." Among tin towns represented were: Ahoskle, Itelhaven. Fayetfevllle, , Goldsboro. Greenville, More head' City. New Hern. liocky Mount. Southern I 'hies, Washington. Wil mington. Wilson. Kinston. Kliza belli City and Raleiuh. NEW YOltk DOCTOK HEADS SCIENTISTS Cincinnati. Dec. 2ft.?-t)r. J Mr Keen Cattell of New Yor.< wa < today elected president of.the American Association for Advnncegwni "of sci ence to succeed IVof. I?. Walco |. of Washington. I'OSSES SEAItCII FOIt CONVICT IN I III.IS Ml. Sterling. Ky . Tb-c. 2f?. P?m ;ii" si archinu the Isolat* <t bill . district of M? nef?e County for I??? I'rlant. former convict, tillei;* d to 1fa\? drn'guod a ghi from her lior: while she was en route to In r broth - ? r'j weddiit" A i i;it) in passlnu in terfered and she was not 1 v wound* d.* n:\i5 sit.\mi.it II \S I OI NI)KIU.I> f.nndon. |>it 2*' It 1s f? .ir*d that I Iip t'nlt?d States Sliii i?iii : It<?jtr?l Steamer Conp.los has four U??rf|. inn ton itch as ships thai went I<? her assistant-** rp|?ort no tra??* of flu* st* amer and. nothing has '???* ?? lioapd of It'-r nlnoo the f!on*tnrilno l?l?? aypnt of tli?* Slllpplnu llor.rd ip lay?-d a SO. S. niPxsai:*' that ho was slnklftu ? Tin- crpw ntimhprs ?!.*?. ajitl ah" Is p'tlnton-d at :s.:t 1 o tons not. Tin* Stoatiicr Clontarf Is .ro' i-in flip Itlack S?*a In flu- vlelntt* ??f I la tum liopln - to rcwiip the cr *\v. i 11:i: on it \it\KV htmkkt Tin firn company wan ?*alled t?> Hip home of Mrs. S K. l'.\aiis on Harne\ strept l*??r?i> aft* i I o'clock iSaturria> to a flm* flu- wfhlch v .?? ?? . ' iliiKtilslud by clntnlcals and did lit tle daman*-. VETERAN MARHIES ON HIS DEATH IIKI> SyraCUae. N. Y.. Dor. 2f? !!? -x Wolfe. war veteran. on what ? ? :conatderofl his deathbed. today mar rl? d Kathleen McOovern, his nnr ? and inimcdlatcl.i afterward* in;id?* M< bride (Hp hen*fic|ary of his $1" 000 war risk fnstiranc*- Tin- ? flc|nrjes before the transfer wer* hfV uncle and aunt. i i ni-:i: \i. 4. it. n \itt\<. Th< funpral of J. it KearltiK, Sr., who died Thursday mornlnu at his honip on Itlverslde Drive. wa- con durfi d at tbp home Saturday morn 1 In- at 11 o'clock bv Hev. fl I* It III. | Music was rendered by (tl?* Kplscapal choir. The active pallbearer* were It. II. Martin. Miles J* nnln-*. II c, Kfamer, C. W. Mellrk. .1 T Mora be and M. ft^ (irlffln. The honorary pallbearers w?re: Ixnils S-IIk W V Itrock. \VUIIani McQueen. Cb?? lt? id, M. t?. Sanderlln. Charh > M r tin. In J. II White. Oscar :>..| and <?alther Harris. IntPiment made In Hollywood j Cemetery. Amonu those from out of] town attending the funpral wei. J. | It. Kearlnft, Jr.. from Windsor: Wtl Ham Fearlni: of I'ortsmomIt. and'. Itradford find Woodson f'tirlRft' of j , Manteo. UKI.IKN K KMM.OSION WKKCKKl) IMXMi nr. i|t. T!l? t T ' IMri.-. !>?>? 2!' * i.-tiii. ? ??' l> ?-I ?- % ? ' Ikixmmt*' .ti -:i-t cr. in1iir?? fii.ri K.<iU?? t.nl;i> ? Niitliin. v. fiiim-l ? >: <? nf l.ii ut- i . ill Ulelii"! ? " f'ln>'? : B.I- ??.?? <??>'? > ll'. ll iii. St. 111. I'l >li?>? ' flu- >hii> I" Ih' i'i inim* iliiili' <1.111- l' lli> wsiirli fl.i|.|.. il iii 2;Strllluin l?-M nf limine wi'll llaslii'K :i' :l' thai hour on 111*' inorniim ot the -'?? lt\TS IIKSI'ONSIIII.K I OK WOMAN'S I)K\T1> Walkertoii. Inil.. I>ec. 2!?. liais anawiiiK -it the defenseless body of. Mrs. Margaret 'tay'.or. 7f? \enr-old paralytic. w< iv responsible for 'lo r death as she la> in bed al lor home j here. the coroner said today. The police at first believed that . tin* Jau.ued wound from tin* riuht car, to the point of the jaw wan caUM d by a human assailant. CHKISTMAS CANTATA SUNDAY AFTEItNOON The choir of the First Methodist' Church will render Its Christinas i cantata. "The Lluht of tltf> World. * by Adam C.elbel. at 5 o'clock on Sun day afternoon. Tills hour is chosen 1 that all lovers of_aa*yed piuslc may. IheoWiwii^S^^^ttend. " , ji-mn. Kecl/ative, soprano: "lb-hold. 1 llrlns-You Olad Tldlmsa." Chorus: "Hall, the Hop*' of All the Aaes." Recitative, tenor: "Ye Shall Find the Ham. Duet, chutralto and tenor:^ -Hath I II ili^T Tliiiim [ 'J Thee." Chorus: "Ye Portals Swlnu. Solo, tenor: "Comfort Ye My I eo Chorps: "Where Is !!? . the Ilea v. n ly Kh<Mdierd?" Solo, soprano: "Star of the New born, Klnu." Solo, baritone and ?|iiartel: " N? at i the Mailt of n Star '* Solo, contralto, with chorus: ?J.itlle Child So Sweet 1} Sleeping." Chorus and quartet: "Oh, Worship lllni." >\ KKI1KN I ""Y CCIiK.MONIAI. AT \K\\ ISI-.ltN Wnsliln-lmi. -*? Tin- Wa^-li iiii;ton Shriners who visited N?*w Hern Thursday to attend the Tall cer emonial and regular business session ?,r Sudan Temple returned home late Thursday nl^ht over heavy muddy Toads. They report a jiOod time, however, and an int? -rest inn session at the tei.,p|e and lat. r at th- eeP-liioiil.il when X<'? candidates were received into the innermost circles of IH? myMic shrine under the guidance o> ?-?entie Nobles. '? The annual eleHlon or officers did not briii'- ""I much opposition. ?nh one ballot In In;- cast, that for Orb i tml tli.iide, when a (Joldsbnro mall was el i ii d ovt r a Washington .iiom in. . b;. a few ? ot'-s. " .lake T. Lasslti r of lloeky Mouni. Wlis ,Reeled IIItJit? ? to !'Uci;i ? ?? Ir-ixiljOlld c. I 111 1111 "f I'll fb!ld Keek Mount also secured the ineitifiv ? i?,? t fi2 I Slirliu Cefemonliil s"in< I in 1 probably in Ma v The treasurer and recorder wen both re-elected by acclainatIon. "< ceedlnu themselv < The o\ster roa-t siud bov luncheon irlven tl.e Shrlnei at the Planters' \vareboii e was done on a larue ncale Several hundred bushels Of oyster.-' Ill the shHI weie served plplnu hoi. \t the Shriie Home Ih.- ladles of the Kastcrn Star . iii. rtalned the lady visitor, in th. afternoon, and later joint-d tb?*m in a turkey <liuner at 0 p. in. COM KSSKS kil l iv; ON CIIKISTM \S I) \Y Ho|?< w?'ll. Vn . I>i?c 2J? ? ?Nrcnrd ting in flu- common wealth'* attorney lorlav .FmiM'fl Clirlnflp ha* cnrtfe*ned lo killing ivior fvirnff. grocery tnnn. on CtirlRlma^ day. giving robbery <ih ll??* motive. , Wh??n Hi" merchant refn-eil t<? give him $10 ln? wim plrnrk on tin hea<l with a meat cleaver an'I r ?*?!????! of f 70 in r?lh and now *h'? k*._ I'etroff* body waM found by cu*> tomef*. After the confession ChrHtfe w?? rtmhed to Jail 'it Rich mond for aafe keeping. T0R\Ci:0 IIM.I I.VTION is i M ONsnn no\\i Lynchlutrg. IX'CfiiilMT 2f* JiIiIrc Wlln! ? r today declared Mr act of ib*- as*i?riiblv flc??)Kn*'it to r^mal at** til'- sale #?f lob?icco ot> aticlion floors Mii'-'Mi"!iimlonal end iliKDii^xl tlii' rase ftMlnKt th'- wnr' lmus# corpotii lion charged with "j^ing lob.i ???? for alleyed membir- #?f Hip co-opera live .asuoHat ion und?*r AMiimod names. Wil l. IIMI'K %T < \M IT \ ?iv iimji kht o? i-i hi.ir The f'hrjatma* rantriia. "The World'* l{? !e? nn r " by Ifolton. glv mii b> lllaekw* II M> morlnl choir un it??r the. direction of I.. K. Hk Inner lart Sunday will br r^iM-ninl Hundn\ evening by r? quest. The contain wan particularly ev reliant this y?*ar, and many people expressed their enjoyment of lb" vniiftc and begged that ll be rejieat i New York's New Year To Be Exeeeding Wet \ik1 W cliit'w Vi ill Conif lli'iir lit Itooli* ami fionfs W !><> Go Out for a (iaj Time in Hriulil liuiil- till Now Year* I'.vr n> t. smw.i. IC?3>rn?'l, li? J. B? Thf New York. Dee^jtlS.?New York is preparing for a Sl'W'OO, iiihi celebration of New Years Kve. From the preparations that are beintf made it is apparent the merrymaking will surpass any thing seen in the city before. JONES HELD FOR SUPERIOR COURT With the amount of Ills bond re duced. no showing hivlnc bt'on mad*' of ?ny evidence of first degree mur der. from $2"?.non to $15,000, Alex K. Jones of NVwIaml township. Pas ?inothiik County, wan held for Supe rior Court Sufurday mornluu by Magistrate T. It. Wilson and Im out under bail In that amount. Itsi11 wax not r?'?lslt'?l by the State; hut there wan contention by the Style that the bond, in view of the seriousness of the chance* should stand at $25.000. as fixed bv the court when the day was net for tin* preliminary hearing. The court lield with the jlefen**'. however, that bond in the. sum' of $25,000 wan excessive ot) the evidence brought out by the State. Itail of $'J5.n00 was agreed to in the flrxt place, the defense pointed out, because a magistrate does not have jurisdiction. as to ball in a rapjtal case before 21 prelimin ary hearing.' and Magistrate Wilson was able to allow hail in any amount only because the State did not resist it. Only two witnesses were put on by the State and the defense offered no evidence whatever. Slate's wit nesses were Mr. William A. I'eters and Sheii,1 Charles II. Id. Dr. I'eters vest Hied that Alfred I'Vrebee came to his death,, by a blow 011 his head received on the niiiht of Ilecetuber 2?y-^n "the hospital at KHz ahuth City on the following Sunday. Post mortem examination. |)r I'e ters said, disclosed the fact that the blow was of such force that the skull over tin left eye was crushed in and that Iojk of the skull was fractured from the point of the blow to~rrpoint about midwa> between the crown and the left ear. and thai the floor of the skull at the base of Hie Km in Van also fractured to a point very n?*jirly win re a line from the ey? would strike at riuhl angles a line from ? ar to ? Sheriff Held ..rflfled that lie served a warrant on a charge of a?* saiilt upon the defendant at about midnight on Hie ni::ht thai Mfred |'i i? bee wit- struck aud that Mr. .lones .idmitted thai he hit the negro with a stick or a club as a lestiir of the n? .ro : persistence in 11 skiiu for none* and after the tieiiro had cursed him and refused to t off the pr? mis< s when ordered to do so b\ th? defendant. Sheriff field's ui> der.-tandln?. was fliat Hie blow was ? trifk oui ifl' the Joues .yard hut on the Jones i>reniis? ?. "Olie thltii-. I'ibody saw it." the : I.'Tiff t< stifled that Joins Udd him When the arre t was inade In the ah nre of Solicitor Small, County Pro ecu tin ?- Attorney P. t! Sawyer n ine enied the State. assist ? T| J. (' P. Khrliighatis. retained by Alfred Kerebee's estate The d< fendunt was represented by W I llalstead of South Mills, and lo I' I*. Avdlett and W. Cohoon of Kli* aheth Citv. With the defendant mid Ills conn . ... ?i.? M.miiii.. n ll |f li in III In IIm' I'aKoilolunh County court llOtlM*. MflI lit-' uif<\ Iii V. Ifi- S litfi 't iiioMht. Mr W V Williams. hi hmlh? r ill liiw. P. I! \VllliaillH of S'Ulfll >1111- fllicl IiIm HlHfl'I' lll IllM", Mi's. NV. L. Mohooti. < It I ISI .lt KOCIIKSIKK SIM TO IIONIII |{\S 'W^*hilo.-ton. Txt. 29 Th> <"1111^ ? r llorho?t?-r, Iliit^hli' of Mm upcHal Miua<lron of CVntrnl and South Wii ? ilran Wflif >?. ha* Iicmi ar-nt to Mm port of Ariiapnh*. Homlora*. to re inaln lit Mint vlirfnltv until th?' <11: tur hatter* iti Hotiiltirii* and South* mi hii- ?jut< t* *1 ClIIINKT INSISTS l l'ON HKSI(,M\(; rfih t*i ' i r? ?? ? Tokio. li''*. 2'? Tin uHftri' wufrii M?M tuornin rcfti m! in and M'fitriM (I tho n^U'imli'iiK ?-t m? m b?r* of Mtr ruliltut prfw iilofl Thur. il.v l'r?-iiiIi r Ydmsmofo n :aln t? i? d? i?-?| Mm h ?lKfiMiioii MiIH ;ift? t noon,- Indicating Mint ih** mrmlw if <1 i?l not to remain In office IT> fTO\ M 4IIK FT N?-w York. 29 Snot roll on <Io?hmI <| i? i**t this afternoon with ii d?*rf|fm of 20 points. Mid lint* 36 I". Fu'ilfs. r|o I |?? I'll low*: January 34:9.%; March 3fi:3 6; May 3fi: fin; July -14:69', Ortob#r 2H: 77. York. December 29?- Co! ton futnrc\ op? n?-<| thin morning at the followUig Itfllll January 1 *.. March May 35:96: J.ily 35 00; October 29:18. I lie myriad bootleggers re port tlu-ir busiest season and thi promise of a liquid evening is everywhere in the air. Prohi bition agents admit their forces entirely inadequate to cope with ? the tens of thousands who wilt he on pleasure bent. The Vol stead Act promises to l>e in for such a flaunting as it has never known before. And tin* cost of it nil In Hip hiiius i ing thing. Apparently nothing stag gers the New Yorker nowadays, nor does It dolor the fiopuluce of the ! hinterland from (looking into tlio me tropolis to pay tlio outrageous prions tluit are beiiig demanded. Mr. Ziegfeld is celebratlnc Now Years Kve by bringing Into town one of Ills newest productions which has ! heon play in;; several weeks on the road at $:i and $4 a seat. All thvt Mr. Ziegfeld is uoinu to charge tlio poor benighted Now Yorker and Ills "sweetie" is S.1.H.60 a seat. Fred , Stone, the missionary actor, who has l?een playing "Stopping Stones" at i IS.r.ft a seat has determined thai tlio foolish virgins and others who in uoinu out to make a night of it next Monday shall pay $11 apiece to come to his theater before they go on to the restaurants where the real gong*, in:; begins. Altogether 12 theaters have an nounced prices that are doubled or more Cor Now Years Kvo. When the managers are asked why they have-, taken such drastic stops to shake I down the populace tliov shrug their shoulders and say simply because they can u? t the money and the pub lip likoM It The celebration of New Years Eve in the modern manner is a III\ury if evoi' there was one. Mon ey apparently counts for nothing and there'is no one to blame the restau rant H-cepors and the theatrical pro ducers for netting all they can out of the "boobs" and "goofs" who are out to make- a splurge. The restaurants and the road houses about the city are charging anywhere 'from $in a person up for "supper iiimI daucinu." flut this Is by no ni-.tns sin "Inclusive" charge.. Kverv bottle of mineral water or gin ter ale that is* served at a table will co t anywhere from $M upward. The itntiifiM nr not dumb. Th<*y knov. v< rj w? II Hint the water and the ? -infer ale If merely ordered 4-e rve a an ndjilct to the thousand* of gallons of lienor that it is in for consumption as l!?2l steps out Into a disordered .world. \nd so the pro prietors will more than make up in water ohnr~,?^for what they once re coiv? d for \yltie? ati<l liquors. In oth ?r words tin* diners out next Mon day will b? payiirj foi* water exactly the price'they Once paid for chain pa- lie. At the rates they jire charging, nnie of tlii- road houses o ugh MO pay otr the mortuaue with the proceeds of this one evening. They will serve a supper which usually would retail for' about $2 a plate They will fur nish souvenirs, rattles and dunre caps -oh. I hey are. going in strong for dunce cups this year at a oo*?t of about ::d cent? per person. The rest will be profit. At ?very table wh<*re drink will be ? < rvod during lb" Ioti-j winter's evening it is figured JJiat supper ami water and other lit tle e\tras will cost each person at hi t $20 to $2f?. This is of course pfovi'h ?l yon bring your own. If you have not been forehanded nnd have to make a deal with the waiter or l|ie Maine d" Hotel there ;s no tell ing where the expenditures will end. Probably n<?t within $0'> per person. None of the hk hotels of the city v ill furnish drink- to their patron-1. !>?it there nre hundreds of "exclu sive" restaurants and nipper clubs which are not expected to doviat ? from their ? "fablished custom of sell, ing cock talis, wines and whiskey to their regular patrons lusf as they n"ed to in the days before prohibi tion The hof< I managers have com plained lii vaitbHcainst this praCte ? ; rid have tried to u?-t the restsnrant - to stop it. I Hit there are so nianv new rest sum ht.< springing up It ?i proved- Impossible to k<op them i;; moral lines . . "Wet" Monti'nl has been appeal in to New Yorkers to come Up th' re v I ei-e tie wTpe w 111 freely flow ;=t New Years lime Kvldently M??i - ireul's campaign has been based <?'. the assumption that New York will f?e dr\. New Yorker's refuse to glr^ the Idea a sober thought. 10 MOKOS KILLED IN LLASH W ITH SOLDI Kit* .VI anil In I >??#? 2? ? Thlrty-of Moroa wew ktllfri In a olaiih with 60 soldier* At Mnluiulo Inland reniWr 16. flrrordln* to n dlapa* ? I today from Major Fletchar. Co mm n? Ider at Zamboanna.
The Daily Advance (Elizabeth City, N.C.)
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Dec. 29, 1923, edition 1
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