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? I THE WEATHER *
4 'Rain tonight. Much cold ? *
*',rr Tuesday. Fresh South- ?'
nest shifting to \orth
? i rest winds. . ,
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CIRCULATIOV
Monday
2.326 (.o/iies
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K I CI IT I' AGES.
Many Residences Built
In This City Last Year
Total Number of Permit* for This ('.lass of Building was 6 I.
Not Including Additions Value of ('oiistruetion was
Prolialily Between .">() and 60 Thousand
Construction to tlx* value 'of prob
abb* between $50,000 and $?5o.<hm?
w.v authorized by building permits
i?s-::?-d during the ,viiar by the city
un i ding inspect or.
I t may as well be admitted, how
ever, that the foregoing figures are.
pin-* guess work, no record of the
valuation of the buildings -erected
"having been kept prior to October 1.
1023. ,
However, the records are clear as
to the kind of building cohered by
e^ch permit, and. basing the valua
tfo: on the average cost of the kind
ci* building specified, the foregoinu
figures are arrived ? ? I . The outstand
ing building ncyevemertt of the
yeUT. Is. of course .The completion of
the new high school building, at a
cos? of $250,000; hut this building
was begun prior to 1923 and does
not figure in the building permits
issued that year.
Home building led all other build
ing activities in Elizabeth City dur
ing 1023. the number of dwellinu
"houses erected during the year be-^
Jni 63. This does not include ad-'
ditions to residences , ii\ the way of
kitchens and outhouses:
Next In order numerically were
-garages, of which there were 20. in
cluding both, public and private ga
rages. <
It has been an off year in business
building for the city, but Water
street, as for the last several years,
lias seen some building activity. No
table among the new buildings on
this street is that being erected by
N* G. Grundy & Co. just south of the
State bridge across the Pasquotank
river, to he occupied V- the Tide
water lUitck Company and others,
with a Valuation probably of around
S11,nffo to $12,000. Tlicn the Auto
& Gas Engine Works is building an
addition to its building, increasing
t-ie frontage on Water street from
?0 feet to 80 feet, at a cost of ap
piCNimately $3,000. Farther north
on Water." W. J. Woodley, wholesale
grocer, is 'completing an addition to
4. is building on Uurgess which will
increase his floor space by about <?.
<?00 feet and will cost approximately
S3.000, Finally, the Globe Pith
<3o:nj?any has just occupied its new
quarters of brick constVuction and
erected at a cost , to make a broad
?ue?s, at something lik" $5,000.
However, both the "Woodley ware
"hOuse and the Globe Fish Company
"building are not covered by the
building permits issued for 1023. as
each was begun in the fall of 1 022.
Other classes of buildings for
which permits were Issued were:
Stables. 0: apartment house, one:
filling stations, two: combination
dwfllinu house and store, two;
churches, two; store rooms, nine;
sbops. one: stores, two; shed, one;
"hen house, one; kitchens, two; wood
houses, five; factories, two; office,
^one; washroom, one.
Paving has boon practically at a
standstill in Elizabeth City for tin
last several years, duo to the uncer
tainty as to the outcome of tin* ef
fort on the part of the city to estab
lish municipally owned public ntlll
' ties. ?Jt is held by the cltv authori
ties t|iat It would be the height of
folly to Bperid large sums of money
on costly street paving that might
- have to be torn up in a year or two
for the laying of sewer and water
mains.
Two years a?o, more or h?s. the
city issued bonds In the amount of
$800,000 with which to build its
i nwn utilities ? It .nffp.rrii tin- I wl.it
Ing private corporations now supply
In* the city with water, light, power
and sewerage a quarter of a million
dollars for their properties. The
utility companies refused that offer:
but intimated that they would sell
for around $325,000, A deadlock
ensued and when there appeared no
prospect of the deadlock's being
brokep, the city authorities proceed
ed to Institute steps to erect munici
pally owned and operated utllitV
plants In competition with the priv
ately owned properties. Then it was
that the private corporations con
trolling the city's utilities stepped
In and by a series of injunctions
ihfew the flght into the. courts.
.Thefe It has remained ever since
At every pitched battle, the cltv
comes out the vie tar.; but the cor
porations take an appeal and so te
dious are the processes of the law
In such matters that to many mem
bers, of the present city administra
tion final settlement seems farther
away than It ever did. V recent vote
of the City Council disclosed that
half of tlit- members of that body
are favorably disposed to re-opening
negotiations for the purchase of the
privately owned utilities now Kerf
lop the^ty. ^
I'^r.^pld'Walk paving hfs been'
llmit^^porictblna less thsil a mile
ha\ln W>een put down duilr^?the
entire year The paving- C# side
walks on the Nofth and , Soutn tides
of Fearing street from Dyer to
_ I'erasc was the principal sidewalk
project of the year.
' flu sines* outlook Is good except
for those wanting something for
nothing. They may get the nothing.
OWNERS OF AUTOS
SHOULD LOOK OUT
Police to ( llran I j? List of
Those With IVrmits for
Klizalx-tii City, AImi to 1>>
sppct Building-.
In' checking over the list of those
who have permits and comparing it
day afternoon Chief ^pf Police Greg-j
orv discovered that of 85 <iutonin-j
biles for which ?>tate licenses have
bepn issued to the people in this
city whose names begin with th*?
letter "\V" there were 22 who had
not securcd their city permit.
The number of permits issued dur
1ns the year is 704. The indications
are that a good .many cars are oper
ating without permits and the police
department is planning to clean up.
The inspection of all the houses in
the city for conditions lending to
increase the fire hazard will be the
? task of the police department short
ly. This inspection takes place In
the residential section^nive a year
1 and in the business
quarter.
Highway Commission
Buys Second Tractor
With Two Hoped that Superin
tendent May Keep Dirt Roads
Good This Winter
? So favorable a report was made
by Superintendent of County Iloads
. Provo at (he January meeting of
J lh?' Pasquotank Highway Commls
j s'lou on the work of the Fordson
I tractor with pneumatic* tires last
i month a* motor power for a road
drug in Pasquotank, that the Com
mission authorized the purchase of
another machinc forthwith, of the
same son except that the new trac
tor is equipped with a caterpillar
drive and is to be used as motor
power for a one man grader*
Mr. I'rovo says that with this first
tractor he can drag the County
i roads in Salem township in two day*.
I It would seem possible to drag the
dirt roads of the whole county in
two weeks with this machine. The
new midline will be used to grade
and widen the dirt roads.
Since the chain gang was abolished
nearly two years ago. the dirt roads
of the County have greatly deterior
ated. The attempt has been made
to get the roads dragged and othnr
wlne worked by farmers. who live on
i them; but this method has been
found too expensive and too Ineffi
cient.
it is hoped that with these two
tractors to lie used in maintaining
the dirt roads. Mr. Provo may now
be able again to keep tin* dirt roads
of the County in as good condition as
they were under tin* chain gang
regime.
The Commission held a short ses
sion Tuesday, adjourning at 12:. To.
(ilVK KNTKHTAINMKNT AT
CAI.V.AItY THIS KVK\I\(J
' A Christmas entertainment, "Santa
f'lau? and Hlf Friend*. '* wPI
given by Calvary Hip tint Sund ly
School at the church tonight prompt -
' ly ?it eignt o'clock. Th" public i
rurdiall) invited.
WKSTKII.X I X IOX Wil l. .
< l.osi : II sl\ n? VXK K
The lorfll Western Cn ion offlc
will close lit 6 o'clock this evening
i ii st ??:? ?l of o'clock. 1 1) if* !>??( 11 a
Iflll holiday. Th* oftirr would hfl \ ?
cibM'Tved Sunday hours except for
the sake of vcttlriK the telegraph I**
now* to The Advance throughout the
day.
TWO Ml I I I) AM)
SIX AKE INJURED
Atlhrita. Jan. 1 . ? Two were killed
and si* were injured In automobile
accidents here on Niew Year's eve.
HKRK ATTKXMXO Ft \ i i: \i
Among those from out of the city
attending the funeral of Mrs,'E. F\
Aydlett. Sr.. fct Blackwell Memorial
RdptMt Cli ii r< b Tuesday afternoon
were Mr. and Mr*. J. A. Hrigg? of
Raleigh. Mr. and Mrs. Willi* Hi-Irk?
of Raleigh. r*ib 11 r i g g * ??f Richmond.
Dr. H. T. Aydlett of Green?boro .and
W. T. Minor of Durham-. ?
I Hny a new dress. Tell him you
! made It. Claim your clothe* cost a
! dollar a month. You can marry
him.
LIEUTENANT WOOD AND WlKlv
so\of
to lKv
Th?- above picture Is of Lieute.iant Osborne Cutler Wood. and ? his
formerly Sliss K. Thompson of Philadelphia. Lieutenant Wood,
General Leonard Wood, is now in the Philippine* and is reported
vo made nearly a million dollars through Wall street speculatiou.
A J t 1 ;
Suzanne I^on^lon. world's cham
pion uuinRi) tennis player, has
a;?rc? d lo represent France In the
Olympic I emits matches. Tills means
that Franco' will probably win this
event easily, unless Mille. Lengien
has lost some of her cunning.
( MIKK FI/MCA IIK\V \ltl)S
HIS ItltAVft gi II KSTKIS
Thief Flora of the KUtllhofh Clt
Fire Department made the Quickstep
hook and ladder company * a New
Year's girt of helmets, raincoats and
hoots, anil the brave Quicksteps, who
swear by Chief Flora and would 1 it -
? rally lay down their lives for him.
are hnpplri than ei'er today.
'I lie k i f t was made possible by
g? nerous Kllza belli City citizens in
appreciation of the services of the
fire department.
Til II EE DYING AETEK
W il l) 1 *)2 I WELCOME
San Antonio. Tex. Jan. 1.? Six
persons-are fn hospitals and t'hfee of
them ate reported . -dying in conse
quence of one of the wildest wcl
pities ever given a new year here.
DOZEN ARK SHOT ON
NEW YEAICS EVE
Baltimore, Jan. 1. ? At least a
dozen person- were accidentally shot
In* I he 5T?w Year celebration here
last night, the pojice reported today.
Til It EE Kit. I. El) IN
HEAD ON COLLISION
Xanesvltle, O.. Jan. 1. ? Two men
and a young woman were killed and
five others were brought to a hospi-.
tal here badly injured six miles from
hero early this tnornijiK when two
automobiles collided.
Hov. Stephen Brock
Din* nt Wiiislon-Sulciii
WlflHIon Sale in . Jan. 1. ? U-v.
Stephen Rhodes Brock, <iged 611. well
known Haptls^ minister, died at the
home of his son. Judge Walter E.
Brock, hen- today. The funeral will
i.1?e held afc* Wadoeboro Wednesday.
kiyoura Succeed*
Premier Yainumnto
? l?? Tf.. A>?rln..| l?r. ? . ?
Tokio. Jan. 1. ? Viscount
Kie^o Kiyoura. prenlili'til of
the privy council, wuh today
summoned by Prince Recent
Mirohito to form a cabinet to
siiccc fl that of Premier Yama
moto. which resigned. follow
ing the attempt to assassinate
Hiroliito last week..
CANDIDATES ARE
WILLING TO WAIT
McLean anil Bailey. Eaelt
Hoping to l?e Nexl (Gover
nor, Kolli Will Abide liv
< iliairman Diihsoii' Keenest
UalciKh. Jan. 1. ? Atmus 'Wilton
McLean and Josial) William Pal ley
have both complied with the rec|ut'?t
of Chairman John Dawson of th??
State Democratic executive commit
tee that protective candidates . for
the Democratic n<Vminat ion Yor th"
major Slate offices Vefcain front an
nouncing themselves at present.
Mr. Halley stated Monday luorn
Ii?k that although he had prepared
to declare himself that day for th?'
liuhernatorial race, he Would observe
Mr. Dawson's request.
Mr. McLean said last nicht. "My
attention has been called to th.
- 1 a lenient of CHalftnan Dawson and
I ran see no objection to it from the
partN standpoint. I have not ulVeir
any definite consideration to the mat
ter of flxinu any particular date up
on which I will make formal at^>
nouncement."
IOKD PLANNING l ()l{
M ANY I.M l*l<< > V'KM HINTS
Detroit, Jan. 1. ? Extensive Im
provements in waterways looking to
the development of an all-water
route from Green island to New
York to Detroit, completion of the
plant started at St. Paul, additions,
to the Kansas ?'it\ assembiv plant,
find extension of business through
out the West and South Were amont
the items named in lite statement of
the IV>rd Motor Company's expansion
prouram in 1924.
The improvements will call for
the expenditure of $ 1 1 0.tfTm.hOO to
$ | Ro.nuo.ooo during the year, offi
cials of the company said.
I fSIIIMJ I.KSS ritOFITAIILK
TII.W I IK I NCi PIUmXiltAPIIKP
New Yorl:. J?n. I. At Capri
? here Is a *liite haired "fisherman"
?? ho haunts the landtag where tour
ists disembark, says Dwijjht I#. Kl
mendorf, the famous worljl traveler
and lecturer in The Mentor for Jan
uary. This fisherman h/?s not ca*t
n net r?r line for many year"*. owing
to the demands of tourists fur pose*
? - which requests lie fraciottfllv
fffanfs for a small consideration.
These requests Jmvc be?n so num
erous that this old fnan has' found
It more prof{tnle fo grant tourists'
ft Quests than to fto out flshng.
HKCTOK TO hK TKIKI)
ON HKKKSY CHAHGK
SfW York. Jan. I.?Rev. I .po W
W<nton or Port Worth, central fit
tiro In 1 >10 controversy In thf? Prot>-(<
tant K|?l*roj>nl Church between tlx*
moriernfotfl and t ho fundani^ntajixtx. ;
tod.n ct rl \ I v?'it frl? HflH heri- That 1 1 1 wn - j
op Moore? of Dalla* has rcjocttd th.* |
fulvlrf reported to have 'h??-n ofTi-redi
htm ?>? fill imp Man nf a* of N>w York
and wn?v ntlcklnic to hlw Intenthuv of
bringing thp Fort Worth nrtor to
trial on chargea of herear.
<:ooi.iim;k bk<;ins
STKKNl U4jv?v\l{
Washington. J^Tn 1 Presi
ili-m ro?li(U<> joda> beuaii the
new Miir b> in'iihablx undtr
ii4*inu the greatest |?>i >'??
strain ever iilaci'd on a
? I* ? i? t . 1 1 1 ? * Nhw Year's r?*c? p
t i??t? .
Precautions w?*re taken
auiiiu.it a repetition of Ho
\?re .-train" impo>e?,l on l'r?"*t
detit and Mrs H.inlint: in
tt'l.ftt S ,1'imi fhook hands witn
tin-in. Tmiaj 's reception was
' limited to thn-r and a half
hour*.
Negroes Observe
? Emancipation Day
Colorful Parade More Than
Mile 'Long Was Event of
-New Year** Day Here
; Led by . .the ".ICIi&iihci h City Cos
? mopolit.m Hand." a colorful 10 man
cipation Day parade said to have
| been more than a mile long was
st-4Ked_by Klizaheth City negroes
Tuemiay, January 1, 1924.
The marshals were Alex Wilson
and \V. II. Hawkins, resplendent in
stoVepi pe ha is and Kay Wishes.
In the procession were vehicles
'ranging from limousine to biljy goat
ran. one oxcart finding place uoine
wlti re between the two extremes.
Cp toward the front of the parade
was tile Quickstep He/ok and Ladder
Company, Klizaheth City's crack ne
gro* lire company, each member im
pressive in new helmet, boots anJ
raincoat, the Christmas gift of the
citizens of this city.
It is estimated that fully two hun
dred decorated automobiles took part
.in the parade. Then, besides, there
were floats and decoraleif trucks,
? i troop of trim colored boy scouts
and a troop of even trimmer colored
girl scouts.
.Thirty -if Ivo participants mounted
on horseback occupied prominent
place in* the parade.
Seldom - has a parade staged In
fcliZMbeth City attracted more at
tention. Indeed. Uim crowds that
lined the streets to see it were sug
gestive of ?lirrus day. and were fully
as large in the white residence sec
tions as in the colored residence sec
tions of the city.
The parade sMrted from Itoanoke
; Institute, tin Body Koad, at 11
o'clock Tuesday inornng and ended
at .Body Koad High SchTiol a little
more than an hour later.
ANTKI.OI'K IIKItll Sl Itl'UISKS
KKDKKAI, TICAITKIl l\ NKV \l>\
I If- no. Nevada. .Mimiary 1 ?-??(). (!..
Woods, a Federal t nipper, reports
th-it recently lie was intent on skin
11 ill K a coyote when he looked lip ?<>
find himself Surrounded hy a herd of
fie vera I liundn ?1 antelope*. As I hey
milled around hlni. eying him cur
iously. ho counted 31 S of the crea
ture!!.
A recent animal census taken hy
Federal tivippoj*s estimated the num
ber of tntelopes in this vicinity at
I 1.500. This animal, however, is
said to lie vanishing rapidly, and
t li?? herd in northern Washoe county.
NVvada. is behoved to be the largest
in the t'nlt'-d States.
CANAL TOLLS BKKAK
ALL I- OK M Kit KKCOKDS
1'aninia. Jan. 1. Five thousand
?mil for L> ~aix ni' iThaiil shlpa paused
through the . -Panama Canal during
tin v -ar 1 !? 2 '5 ;rnd pal'l $22,?ei.OOO
in toll*. breaking ^ll records for a
calendar year.
?HOP. w M. MINION will.
M\kl. IIOMK IN (iltCKN VII.I.K
1'fof. W. \V. 1-1 In ton lias pone to
Oreenvlfle t'? make his home with his
younp'^t dauu lit ?-r . Mrs. J: It. Klt
irell. He has for the las! GO years
been closely identified with the af
fairs of the County, and has always
taken a ken interest in everything
that looked to the educational and
moral uplift of hi* County and town.
For many year* he Was principal of
ll??- public school^ of the town, and
for. a number of years superinten
dent of pnhlie instrifcttoi) of th"
Cooni y. Hi n fir '? M nt< ?' 1 1? ?r Coilfil v
in fb?- (Jein ral Assembly one tevm,
and has nerved lu other public ca
pacities.
in i:HT\ FACTION IS
MAKINi; OBJECTION
** Wa?hlnt:fon, Jan. t. HeprewJiitil
llvfs of t1i?- I)* In Hm-iln cjroup laat
hlKht tiihiIo a formal "pro tent to tli"
I nlted state* Onvtrnhieht ? u:? 1 n rt
It* <1< rMoii to gcll war i:tat< ria Ih to
the government of fit* Ac rat Obrejton
In Mexico,
IT'S S()MK ( IIM KK\
A Marred Itpck chicken that has
rn nntly h?>en nold. by Howard Hat
trick for $50 can be iwn In Ituxton
'White Seed Co. window Wednenday
I afternoon.
LYNCHINGS FEW
j IN THE YEAR 1923
l)rcrca?fd More Than Fifty
IVr Onl from Figures of
! 1 ')22. Says Tuskegee Re
port Today.
Tusk?cge?\ Jan. 1.? Lynchings iu
?lie Cnited Stales decreased more
than Silly per cent during 19 23 a.t
ct?r.i|i;ir?'(! will* 1922. according to
figures rifr iJirTirdrryrr Normal and
i Induct i'ia 1 insNt ut y.
Tin' tola) wa?yfS us compared with
I ."i7 the previousS^ear. Twenty sir
! were negroes and^t wo 'whites. Two
I women were amonS t lit* victims.
.Mississippi and Florida h*id eight
' each. Georgia four. Arkansas and
| Texas two each. Virginia: Misouri,
I Oklahoma and Louisiana one each,
i There were none in North Caro
lina. South Carolina and Tennessee.
EIGHT CIVESCOST
IN CHICAGO MONDAY
Chicago. Jan. 1. ? Speed aided by
I thi lizzard . took a toll of eight live.*
? in the vicinity of Chicago yesterday.
I Three men and one woman died in
i Cook county in automobile accidents,
, making the total of fatalities 725 for
the year.
WOMAN AND MAN
INJURED IN BRAWC
Detroit. Jan. 1. ? One woman was
shot, probably fatally, and a man was
wounded ar what the police describe
as a free-forall brawl which was the
climax of the New Year celebration
'at a McComb county road house last
I night.
Thirteen men are held, while the
police continue their investigation.
I'lllLADEM'HIA HAS
NKW YEAR'S PARADE
Philadelphia. Jan. 1. ? Kings and
.clowns marched today in the annual
"mummers" parade, climnx of the
New Year's celebration.
, More than in. 000 were In line.
Many of the costumes represented
mouths of effort on the part of those
hoping to win" prizes by the beauty or
grotesi|tieness of their appearance.
PKESS ASSOCIATION
MEETS AT PINEHURST
Pinohursl. .Inn. 1. ? With editors "
iiixl publishers from all sections of
North Carolina ex period to ho pres
ort!. I h?? mid winter meeting of the
North Carolina Press Association
will open lu re Thursday morning for
a two-day session. The Associated \
Press Club also will hold Its quar
terly meeting preceding that of the
association on Wednesday night.
Though the sessions of the asso
eiation convention will not open un
til Thursday morning, a meeting of
the e\??cutive committee will take
place W? dnesday night with Charles %
\ We l?b of Ashevlllo, president of
the association, in tlo- ehair. Other
members of the e\erutivo committee
expected to be present are Miss Ilea
trice Cobb of Morganton, secretary; i
Sanford Martin. Fred H. Hay. It. E.
Price. J. P. Hurley, and H. FJ. Var
ner.
In addition to the regubir sessions
mornlim. afternoon and night during
the two days there will be various
forms of recreation for the members.
Golf matches, a target shooting con
test. jiii auto trip over the surround
ing country and an entertainment
for the ladles of the convention at
the pinehurst Country Club will be
anion? these features.
SI I Kill IT CONSPIKKI)
AOAINST DKY
Itaiigor, Me,, Jan. 1. ? Sheriff Ed
inund W. Grant of Aroostook courtly
ami Willi im If. hewln, attorney,
w r?- today convicted by a Federal
Jury of conspiracy to defeat the op
erations of prohibition and sentenced
to two' years in Atlanta penitentiary. y
Hot!) fled exceptions and provid'"'.
bill. One witness tent Iff that he
paid Gram and I.ew In $625 monthly
for a monopoly of the liquor trade,
the sheriff agreeing to notify In ad
Vance when raids were fcontemplated.
OrAI.HA RAkKRY IS
IN NEW QUARTER**
On Tuesday the location of fthe
Quality Bakery was c hinged ?rom
Southern avenue and Shepard
street to a portion of the building
at) Main street occupied by the Main
Hit"**-! Grocery. O. I). J ones, prar .
prietof of the bakery, made arrange
ment with the grocery to use ih*
rear of lh"lr store "for baking and
the grocery will handle the baked
go'>d s at retail. A clerk will be
placed .In charge of the retail bakery
depart ment. Mr.. Jones will devote
his time to the management of the
business and to the- wholo?a1e bu*i
ncsH., .
Mr. Jones skirted his bakery career
In Elisabeth City In October of tost
year when he bought out the Cart
wright Bakery here last October.
; Before coming to Kllxabeth City.
Mr. Jonea was for several !?&
! the bakery business In Norfolk.
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