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* THE WEATHER * * Rain and colder to- *';" * n/i'/if . Friday fair ami * * much colder. Fresh S. * * to strong X. IF', winds. * ********* M CIRCULATION! ? H ednesdav * 1 2,330 Copies * * ? 9 VOL. XIV. FINAL EDITION'. ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY EVENING. JANUARY 3, 192J. EIGHT PAGES. NO. ?. Nearly $100,000 Was Spent On Roads By County In 1923 Largest Singh- Item Vt'as S IJJ,(MM) Paid to llie Stale as Pas-' quotank'8 Part of Cost of Building the Woodville Itoad, and Nevl Largest on Ml. Hernion Hoad Total rgail expenditures .of approx-l imately $100,000 were made by the Pasquotank Highway Commission for the year ending November 30. i 1923. according to figures gleaned by *a reporter for this newspaper from the books of County Auditor Pritch ard. The largest single item was $48, 000. paid to the State on Pasquo tank's part of the cost of building the Woodvllle road. There Is some question as to the amount still due -Hflie State on this project under Pas quotank's agreement to pay seven sixteenths of- the paving cost of this highway. It seems safe to Bay. how ever. that the balance due will be ?ot less' tliaiFflireiror four thousand dollars. Possibly it may be very much more. The money for this $4 8,000 Item came from the $212,258.03 paid to > the County by the State for the building of the Newland road. The "New land road was begun by the County as a County project, and then | taken over by the State, which gave ' the contract for the completion of the project to the County. The New land road actually cost Pasquotank County a few dollars in excess of *355,301.25. The next largest amount paid out ?during the year on a single project was $27,771.06, paid oul on ihe paved highway known as the Mt. I Hermon road. This brings the total cost of this four miles of nine-foot road Op to about $80,000. The Mt. I ~ Hennon road- hr strictly a -Gounty-r project and was built by Superinten dent Provo. The cost per square yard is apparently the lowest of any paving project eve/ put through by the County, and to outward appear, ances the road compares very fa vorably frith any in the County. Knohbs Creek bridge on the New land road was paid for this year, the cost, with other Incidentals of com pleting the project amounting to $7,489-06. In connecting Church street with the State road to Woodville. the amount spent up to November 30 was $654.53. ThuiT tfuL, total spent on new construction this year runs up to around $85.0ft0. a little more than $28,000 of which was spent on County projects. This still leaves an expenditure of $13,966 on the dirt roads of the | County for the year, which is divid ed as follows: Supervision. $958\62; mules" maintenance. $1 .,449.63; ^as and oil, $821.47: machinery, $15; supplies, $443.00: bridges, .$2, 717.07; freight, *$ 14.66 ; work, $6, 073.17; repairs to Ford. $ 2 2 1 4 2 ? miscellaneous, including tax refund and $300 pai<l to M. C- Stanley, $S20.34i County Superintendent Provo'; salary Is $200 n month; but that part of his time spent on paving projects is charged against these , projects. The only item of considerable inv j portance unaccounted for in the foregoine figures is $654.53 spent | for repairs, on the Weeksvllle road. ' Of brick construction, thiaToad, I though less than five years old. has I glviriXl'ay In spots and these are now being repaired with asphalt and i crushed rock, such as is used by the State for the surfacing on the State bridge across the Pasquotank River. Dirt road maintenace costs ar paid from the County General Road Fund, and the $13,966.28 spent IphI year shows, a considerable saving on the $25,000 to $35,000 spent annual ly under the last three years of the chain gang regime. Roads were bet ter kept under the chain gan?r sys tem; but with an overhead of aiound $7,000 a year for operating the chain | uang, paid out for snp<*r\ islon. guards, cook, and clothing. a?-.d so j on. and with receipts from the gen- j eral fund amounting to only about : $15,000 a j ear, the County Highway | Commission found Itself compelled i to borrow annually something li?<"| $10,000 or more to meet a deficit, j This situation continued until the system had run the County about $40,000 in debt and thus practically j compelled the abolition of that instl-, tutlon. The large number of paid em ployes required to run the chai.i gang and the relatively snia?l num Its latter years are given as reasons1 for the prohibitive overhead that - - compelled- thft abolition of the aya-.J tem. It I* hoped that with the two trar tors recently purchased bv the ( oun tv II I till way Commlaalon roads may ho maintainor! with moro than the efficiency that obtained nnder the chain uang regime and* that at the name time the expense of th? work may he kept within the Commis sion's Income for thin object. Itoth these tractora are equipped with pneumatic tires and ar ? to he tis*d mainly In dragging roads. Another type of tractor may he purchased later to grade roada; hut thla news* paper waa mistaken Tuesday In the statement that ths second tractor purchased w*s equipped with cater pillar drive and would be used with a gradaf. The tractor bought this month Is exactly like the one bonght by tne. Highway Commission at' the November meeting. VOTE OPEN NEW INLET Raleigh. Jan. 3. ? (Special.) | ? The North Carolina Flsher erles Commission in session here today passed a resolution to open New Inlet. Dr. L. C. Haum of I'oplar Rranch, one of the members of the Commis sion, was largely Instrumental In securing the passage of this -resolution. ? _ FOREIGN CLOVER SEED WORTHLESS Secretary of Agriculture Wallace Warns American Farmers Against Use of Such Seed in Year 1924, Urbana. 111., Jan. 3. ? Warning' thai foreign clover seed that is! pouring into this country In unusu-l allv large quantities, is worthless and that the American farmer will , be made to suffer enormous . and un necessary losses, and the clover crop of the nation be -greatly injured if steps are not taken to protect him, is contained In a letter written to Henry C. Wallace, Secretary of Ag- , riculture, by J. C. Hackleman of the University of Illinois, secretary of i the International Crop Improvement Association. According to Mr. Hackleman, the red clover seed crop In the United j States does not exceed 4 5 per cent of normal this year and for this rea son there Is a threatened importation of 30,000.000 pounds of red clover seed, enough to plant H. 000, 000 acres, from France, Italy, Argentina and Africa. This seed. Mr. Hackle man said, has been tested In all por- ] tions of the United States. "Comparative tests of clover seed from various sources, native and for-; elgn. conducted by experiment sta tions in the majority of clover grow ing states," his letter says, "show conclusively the worthlessness of im ported European seed, particularly that of Italian and French origin, ?which represents the bulk of the im portations." The letter Is the result of the fourth annual meeting of the Inter national Crop Improvement Associa tion. at which the situation was dis cussed and a resolution adopted plac ing the association on record against such importation. Mr. Hackleman's letter was approved and signed bv I the "clover seed situation" commit- j tee of the association which consists of H. I). Hughes. Iowa State (Allege; S. C. Salmon. Kansas Agricultural College, and J. F. Cox^>f the Michl-! gan Agricultural College. Issues Call to Ranks Washington, January 3 ? The comptroller of currency today issued a call for the condition of all Na tional hanks at the close of business Monday, December 3 Y. MRS. HARDING RETURNS TO NATIONAL CAPITAL Washington, Jan. 3. ? Mrs. Flor ence King Harding arrived at Wash ington today from Marion, Ohio to spend the remainder of the winter. : YEGGMEN GOT LITTLE FROM BANK VAULT Richmond, Jan. 3 ? Yegjrmen blew open the vault of the Farmers Hank of Wakefield, Sussex County, at 4 o'clock this morning ud escaped in an automobile. 'according to a tele gram received hero by W. F. Augus tine. secretary of the Virginia Hank era' Association this afternoon. The yeggmen obtained very little money, it was reported. RUSSIAN PHINCF.SE ARRESTEO FOR T11FFT Copenhagen, Jan. 3. ? The Tlus??ijtn princess. Olka Kohlowaky. dftuthter of the late General Kohlowsky, la un der arrest here. charged ^krlth steal InK Jewels from the COttnfiy where ahe ny^a* a guest. (ionjrrpM (irln Bark From Holiday RecMH WaahlnKton. Jan. 3.- Congress will come bark today from Ita Chrlat maa reeeaa ready to ben In Ita serious work 'of the session. ! Jo/ V. flykea returned Ttieadoy nlfht' -to the I'nlvertlty of North Carolina after spending the holidays with his parents. Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Sykes. W I M.IK liriKiKSM HKATII. " of Old Trap, who enlisted In the ' Navy at the Navy Recruiting Station, I Norfolk, on October 9. 1023, has j been chosen honor man in his com pany at the Naval Training Station, Hampton Roads.. He deserves credit for this early achievement in the Navy. From Norfolk he was at once sent to the Naval Training Station, | Hampton Roads, for a short course | of recruit training. Arriving at the! training station Heath was enrolled I In Platoou 2;i and started upon a , course of training which covers a p?- ; riod of eight weeks, and includes | | such naval subjects as infantry. ar*| tillery, signals, seamanship, boat drills, swimming, gas mask instrur-j tion and lectures. During ,this , course of training he paid strict at- ! tention to all of his drills with- the I remrlt that when his platoon coin- \ pleted Its recruit training he was chosen as the honor man of the pla toon. Before enlisting In the Navy Heath was employed as a mechanic. He states that having desir<*d to travel and not having the means to I do so, he decided 'to enlist in the j Navy where he could see much of j the world and also learn u trade. Ile-j ing a very studious young man lie has decided to further his education by takUig a course of Instruction in the radio school. When lie completes this course of training his wish for travel *vlll undoubtedly be gratified. The recruiting officer at Norfolk states that the Navy is very proud to have men like Heath on its rolls and that his success is assured if lie continues his good work. It is pos- [ slble for enlisted men to enter the Naval Academy at Annapolis and be come commissioned officers, and also possible for them to become com missioned officers without entering the Naval Academy. GIRLS SEEK HONORS IN ENGLISH ATHLETICS Philadelphia. Jan. ^ 3. ? Fifteen American girls will h^II from New York January 12 to seek field hock o.v honors in England. They ar" members of the A11-l?nitcd States team selected at the recent intercity tournament .In this city to represent America at the International compe tition in London in March. 1'rior to the international tournament they will tour England. Scotland. Ireland and Wales, play ins: a series of matches with the leading elevens. Those young women have hooked | passage on the Steamship Majestic. Because of the scarcity of funds in the treasury of the National Girls' Field Hockey Association, each mem ber of the team will pay her own ex penses to and from England. While abroad they will be entertained by the Ilrltish teams. They plan to re turn to America shortly after the close of the International tournament March* 8. The schedule of matches follows: January 26. All-England Touring Team at London: 30th. West at Cheltenham ; February 2, Midlands at Nottingham; 6th. North at South port; 9th. match at Glasgow.; 10th. match at Dundee; 16th. l ister at Belfast; 20th. match at Cork; 23rd, South Wales at Cardiff; 29th, Cam bridge University at Cambridge; March 3rd. Oxford 1'nlversity at Ox ford; 6th, 7th and 8th. International tournament at London. POSTOFFICE NAMED IN HONOR ALVIN YORK Nashville. Tenn.. Jan. Pall Mall postoffice. In Fentress County, fhe home of Alvin York, hero of the World War. has been named "Alvin York" by the postoffice department at Washington in honor of the sol dier. said to be one of the greatest of the war. KlYOtlKA RECONSIDERS REQUEST OF PRINCE (11* Th? Tokio Jan. After wyounclng lea rlier Ills Inability t o co nifcjete th<> i mlnlatry> Viscount Kieiro KlyMiira to day reconsidered at the furtV-r re quest of Prince Regent HlrohlA and accepted the task of forming the | cabinet. MUSIC LOVERS TO MEET MONDAY With Urner (?. Davis a*! Chairman. Aiilcil l>v Com (M'lriil Committer, Sliccc'w Seems \-Mired for Club. "Do you sine ? Are you interest ed iu good music? If so. you are in vited to be present next Monday night at 7:30 at the ? Elks-- Club, where the new choral club will hold Its first meeting." says the commit too. "This club will not be a money making society, but strictly for the pleasure of the music lovers of Eliz abeth City. An entrance fee will be paid, and every member will pay for his own music, in this way avoid ing financial difficulties." At the first meeting officers will be elected and a name will be decid ed upon, and plans perfected for the coming year. At the meeting held in conjunc: tiop with the practice for the Elks Mfinnrlnl ?arvlrri thr fnllirn Iiij mini mlttee was elected with I'rner G. Da vis as chairman: Mrs. W. P. Duff from Christ Church. Mrs. I. M.i Meekins from First Ilapttst Church.! | Mn. ,1.#. S. Blades from Cann Mem orial Church, H. C. Foreman from First Methodist Church. Mrs. George] j Itell from City Road Church, and L. | E. Skinner from Hlackwell Meraor lal Church. I ADVANCE ON PUEBLA AND MEXICO CITY Vera Cruz. Jan. 3. ? A general ad-; vance of rebels on I'Uebla and Mcx-j Ico City began t oda y 7 according to 1 insurgent headquarters. General Guadalupe Sanchez, military leader of the rebellion, in conjunction with General Maycotte. are directing the i movement. CONCERT ARTISTS ! HERE NEXT WEEK lligh Class Musical Attrac tion Secured l>y Music De partment of Elizabeth City Woman's Club. The Cambroa Concert Artists are coming to Elizabeth City on WedneJi^ day* evening, January 9. This high class musical attraction has been secured by the music de partment of the Woman's Club of, which Mrs. I. M. Meokins is. chair man, and this department asks for the co-operation of the club and the entire community in making* the event a success. The Cambrea Concert Artists have had extensive experience in cTiurcb?j operatic and concert work both ] throughout America nnd abroad, ami their program will be so good and of such variety as to please every body except I hose if there be such ? who are absolutely immune to the appeal and influence of music. The music department will nppre-, elate the help of any persons who will sell tickets or" in any way con tribute to putting over, this event, for if this can be successfully put over, it is hoped that other mus'ical evenings can be provided for the community from time to time. Further announcement of prices and program will bewmade In Fri day's Advance. The date is Wednes day evening. January 0. and the mu sic department hopes that everybody! will renjeniber to make no engage ments for that evening. OI?KllATKI> TOrillNO f 'Alt WITH IjICKNHK FOIl TIUCK Million It. Sample, Ml. Hernion Township farmer, was the only de fendant before -th?' recorder In 1 Thursday's session of police court. Mr. Sample was taxed with costs for operating a motor without displaying the proper license number. Tha evidence indicated that Mr. Sample was operating a touring car with a truck license tag. Jiiflptr Burrow* Yumtr* Dforet' for Divoror Providence, K. I.. Jan. 4Jtldge Chester W. Burrows of superior court today entered nn order vacat ing the divorce Krant?'d yesterday to Nina Wilcox Putnam Sanderson from flObmT. .Sanderson until xiich time as she appears in person to satisfy the court that, she .has l?wn h resi dent of tin- stat?* more than two ' yefcra prior to October 16 ia*t. HLANTON W \!NTS A DHY COtlNTUY Washington Jan. 3. A se ries of resolutions wer? pre sented toda > l?> Hepreseniat ive Itlanton of Texan to provide for the removal of alt Govern* ment officials who vlolut ? the prohibition amendm>i.l and to return to their countries nil elan diplomats who trans port. possess, or dispense II quor in defiance of the law, and to use the Army, tfavy, and National Guard for en forcement of the amendment. TOOK BOLL WEEVIL TO TEACH LESSON Atlanta. Jan. 3. ? "It lms taken the boll weevil to blast Into the minds or the South ern farmer that it doe? not pay to swap cotton dollars for bread * ai>d meat from the Wwt," former Governor Man ning of South Carolina siat?d her*- today. speaking In oppo sition to lower grain rates from the West at the Interstate* Commerce Commission hear ing. SEINE WATERS RISE RAPIDLY Paris Fast Being Hooded, In cluding Many Public Build ings Kailway Stations are Hosed. I Br Tin* AinrlUfd |'r?i i Paris, Jan. 3. ? The flood from the I I Seine river is today assuming pro portions of disaster to sections of ' I*aris and Its environs. | The .river is still rising fast and It Is raining Intermittently. Many buildings, notably that of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Finance, have had their cellers flooded. Infllteratlon In-1 to the subways has begun and at j some places the railway stations have been closed. % Paris, Jan. 3. ? Paris is threatened! with a serious situation as a result] of the steadily rising waters of the j JSeinti. ~i Some sections of the city near the. river were und?*r water yesterday. j CYCLONE STRIKES MISSISSIPPI TOWN Meridian. Miss., Jan. " ? A cyclone today struck CauRevllle. four miles j south of here, shortly after midnight, and Injured several negroeq. Prop erty damage was heavy and many; families are homeless. COSTA RICA LEADS IN PHONE ETIQIIETT* Chicago, January :i Costa Rica Is setting the telephone etiquette of the world, according to Frank M. Kenney j Company, just back from after a vis it of seven months to San Jose. He says the Costa Kican gentleman or lady never answers the telephone ? that duty is left to a servant. "Costa Rica has absolutely no use1 for telephone numbers," said Mr. i Kenney. "All calls are made bv ask ing the operator for the other sub scriber. Consequently, putting thru a will is sometimes a long process ? j something like diplomatic negotia-} tions, particularly if the servant hap pens to -be out of sorts or the tele-j phone operator Is not up on all the, social registers of the community.! Virtually all telephone calls In Costij Rica ar?* put through between three and five in the afternoon and very few at night. The Costa Klca bu siness day begins at seven. Eight in the morning Is late. Then at ten-thirty Jhe shops close for break fast, to reopen again at twelve thirty. I,asl January, fire destroyed the exchange at San Jose and put all the lines out of commission. Mr. Kenney superintended the rebuild ing of the entire communication sys tem of the city. A irrtll fc WKKJAIili I'llKDHTKI) IXM(I) < \nN\nvovs i>i; \ rn N?w York. Jan. 3.- Arthur WoIk n II. the eminent- Kgy ptoloulst who has spent over twenty yearn (Uncov ering and describing Egyptian an tlqultlcs, la now on a tour of the Cnlted States. frfc a recent Inter view published In The Mentor for January he describe* his feelings when Lord Carnarvon entered the tomb of Tut-ankh-amen which had be*-n sealed for 3 3 cen ttirles. Ho says that the uppnrmost feel Inn was that of pity and compassion for tin* tTiaraoh who was about to be awakened and brought from bin ?*vn world Into one of electric lights, X Kays and movie cameras. Kxactly six weeks after breaking Into the tomb. Lord Carnarvon died. On the day of bin death one of Welg- j all's colleague* asked him If he re-' mcmbered what* he paid whi n Car narvon entered the tomb. Wolgall i him or his statement: "if he goes til there .In -that ? )lght-h*art4><l franc of mind, I Rive him nix week* to live." k WOHLirs HI ll-ii i if >i I'l'MT Now York. Jan. 9 . Sicily Is the chief source of the, world's sHlphur supply. Ovef three million tons wore mined In last year says a writer In The Mentor for January. COTTON MAIIKKT ?New York. January 3 flpot cot ton closed quiet this afternoon, with and advance of 2ft points. Middling 36: 65. Fut urea closed as follows: January 34:6ft; March 36:08; May rrr 30; July 34 2K; pctntwr 2*: 67. New York. January 3 ? Cotton futures opened this morning at the following levels: January 34:00; March 34:46; May 34:60; July 33:96; October 28; 15. COMICS t-'ltOM SICILY MANY KILLED IN DUST JEXPLOSION Starcli Plant of Corn Prod lift* Scene of Great Calam ity, With Fire Rreuking Oul After' Explosion. CBv Tti* A?wrla'.rd r rvts.? Peoria, 111.. Jan. 3.- ? Between 20 and :io persons were killed, It is be lieved. and more than a hundred in jured. In the terrific dust explosion In the starch plant of the Corn Prod ucts Company at Pekln, Illinois to day. Fire broke out after the explosion. Rescuers could see the bodies of victims lying in the ruins but the flames prevented them from reaching them. It Is estimated that it will be sev eral hours before the bodies can be removed. Eighty injured, badly mangled, had been removed at 8 o'clock this , morning.^ ^ ^ ^ plant at the time of the explosion. At ten o'clock It was estimated that the dead ran as high as 35. Seven bodies had been removed and six identified. It is feared that many bodies are entirely consumed by the flames. More than 100 were Injured, and doctors say a score will probably die before night. The victims are hor ribly burned. COUNSEL TRYING TO SET HARRY THAW FREE New York. Jan. 3. ? Counsel for Harry FCTThaw. slayer of Stanford White, and since 194 7 confined In a sanatorium at Philadelphia, are seeking to have him adjudged legal ly competent, according to a copy righted story which appeared yester day In the New York Sun. If freed. Thaw's counsel hope to obtain the restoration of his fortune, estimated at a million dollars, ac cording to the story. Then Thaw Would surrender in New York to charges pf beating a boy, charges of which his counsel hoi"- to clear him. New York, Jan. 3. ? Bartholemew II. Coyne. New York lawyer who for a number of years ha* represented Hjirry K. Thaw, today definitely con firmed the reports that his client, slayer of Stanford White, now in a Phlladelphla'ftsylum, will soon seek his freedom. . RIM ROW TURNS TO OTHER LINES I'lootl of I.i<|iior Itrducrd, linl Diuiiiond*, Narc?tic? mid Alien* arc Now Bring Siniififslcd A-liorr. Atlantic Highlands, N. J., Jan. 3. ? Stall* authorities claiming to have reduced to a thin trickle the flood of holiday liquor . which has been pour inn ashore from I Aim How, have net about checking the siuukkIIuk of dla- - mond*. narcotics and alien*, in which the rum fleet and bottle fishermen are reported by resident* to be ac tively engaged. Colonel H. Norman Schwartzkopf, head of the New Jersey state police, and Major Klfnberllng of the Tren ton headquarter*, declared that these complaint* have become ho numer ous that they have planned to *tatlon state trooper* here permanently. ' Several Chinese are known to have been smuggled In at Perth Am boy recently. The authorltie* as Herted' also that many shore rum runners \?>re transporting narcotics to N?'W York. Philadelphia. Jersey City, Trenton, Newark and other cen ters. "We know diamonds are belng^ smuggled into Highland*, Water- ! witch and Atlantic Highlands," said Sergeant Tlghe, assigned to this phase of the troopers' activities. "They are too ohuu.' there. Persons suspected of being in the rum busi ness are offering diamonds at ridi culous prices, and one of the biggest men In the trade is reported to have boasted even to the police that he can get diamonds duty fre^." NEW DISrOVFKIKS IN KING TIITS TOMB Tin A?w<ela<*<f l'n?o l,u vor. ^hnr; n. -WlT? n Hie doors of the second shrine of Tutankha men's tomb w-ss opened this morn 1?ik a third brilliantly colored gilded shrine wa* disclosed. DIXMUDE GAS TANK HAS BEEN FOUND Paris, Jan. 3. ? The gasoline tank belonging to the Pixmude has b?en found, at *en. according to a wireless from Itizerta. Tunis, naval station, picked up at Toulon*. *ays the cor respondent to the i?cho de Paris. The tank, according to the radio. was inscribed with several *entences written In pencil. PTaTTile Joninr. Kay QTlTiin, i-iancis""1 Seyffert and William Overman left Thursday for Chapel Mill, after spending the Chrlstms* holiday* with friend* and relative* In th* jH,y.
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