North Carolina Newspapers

* THE WEATHER * fair and colder lo * ii i (i li t and Saturday. * M n d e r a te northerly * irindf. 11 ? ? * * CIRCULATIOM ? Thursday * 2.28S ('.ft/ties VOL. XIV. FINAL EDITION. ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY EVENING, JANUARY -1, 1924. EIGHT PAGES. NO. 4. Eastern Commissioners Did Not Oppose Opening Inlet I)i\ Julian <1. Itaiim. Itclnrniii^ from ISali'i^li. Driiie* l{?o I til ion W as Passed Over Kastern ( )])|io>ili<in, anil Toll* What 0|)i'iiin^Ne? InlH W ill Mean lurSeflion expressed surprise at th, . "ranch in ?h,a w^ek-B Independent b ' ^ ^lrTZZZtZVhe "rr^"-< appeared to think mile '"'"""""'"n tempt to open the InJet whii ** ? I Xnce on"??. W,,,lD* B?um7"t^ there' wL'-" "?,d Dr JO. .he pro'p'o^rjn 1 ?m?"nTl^ Hie.tTon w??^, 'I l!,,her; ?? the Set about ?h?T eh Impression to SSSSaSfta;! than that " 1 the 'nith Dr! ' Ra u m^*a t *t he ^ea rl I esT IT? ?' ter of securing- a rleht^f mat" ?"* ra nt* f ron? the'UrV BoTroV't^^'^T"--1'"0 Sasr^aj #&?&?????.? that, In nn> event MH "aUm ?"lnl? '?CI Will be asked rnr .^.l |,r',J" are in line with ih? tl,?t if bids =^a=S, ?r'!?l;rri"""rt ,n ""-<w iSwr?" no, Interpose reLn, why'the^i *S "n?Spr;WDrn%b'Un^^ that work Xo'Sfd sUrt^'l'ha'r'tTr PlinneTand l"r?"Kh <" The appropriation by the last i ?... gss-s^hs: Carolina banks wu "?l'0O 000 n ' 'he'proJ^'oH,,^; amount ,0r ' M,n' w,thln '"M ".Many d? not understand." sav? *?n rather t hW o n>7nn "in let"? Jrther" ertfr,,'he'nS M? S,VP ? ifr,? 5 ^ortheastern North Cam !oa?, rr.^ r^r r?*i lleved that th"s will havf^a d, I other flsh^ that'" brlnir,n,E and "in. i nsh that spawn In fresh wat. r to seek these streams. Hut the noInr"i, rhow?? a"d '[ Tioanoke pass through Croat--, the nn^r^rWeen ,loanoke I?lnn.l anil *1 Ve? t h e m ?." ",v " 1 " '1 ? ?nd this' wiir. a ,ou|hea?terly dlreriion Tnle t.hZ"r",f'l hHnk" Oregon point nr n aE?1"1" "'<? southern 2 R.??noke is|i)nrt, too f north to give the water nasslnr through Croat.n Sound a dire",*. ine inlet is to influence migratorv lnl? |' "r|"'r nu rubers |o enter the Inland waters of the H?te. | "ords kept Indleate. for Instance there Is a very dlreet relation he tw-ern the natural clodlnn of Sew In ' ?">?' -?t tides a?rt be.leen'i the '(munition In the flow ?r water c ?Uo?h|h?.';?" nun, the MhJ ,,ak"n ln waters of and in the !' "",d SWIhds b ??r, in , , nnd """nds trl thlp operTl n * of Li' ,hJ?"fd ?"?? ?'?< Xr.,,':rrr ,n, th< "^r?? ^?dndofott^ niark. d nsbi.,K o,? rations In ,h?." water, f?, t he ?? decade or m?V" TTrir W ttirtlft-irlM idw thf sound waters more direct access to the sea. It will also. when the tldi* flows Inland. give th?' salt wator of the una njorp ready access Into the sounds and thus. It I* hoped, r*?Ju venal** the oyster bed* of these sound waters. Oystermen have com plained during the present year .of the unsatisfactory quality of the oys ter* taken In the sounds, and they attribute poor quality and falling supply to the diminishing supply of salt water coming Into the sounds. "While I am on theN subject of oysters," Dr. Itaum continued. "I want to say that I am bitterly dis appointed that the restriction against dredging for oysters In motor boats of not less than 30 feet In length j was not remored this aeaaon. The ; PERCY Mi Ml l.l.W STATE ATTORNEY I Raleigh. Jan. 4. ? -Employ ment 'by the State of Percy Mc Mullan of Elizabeth City and of Hvnum, Alderman & Hob pood of Greensboro a 8 attor neys for North Carolina, in the freight rate fight precipitated by the filing of a complaint on intra-State freight rates by the Virginia corporation ' commis sion. was announced by Gover nor Morrison last night. MINISTERS HOI DISTRICT MEET ('ailed Together Thursday l>\ Presiding Elder C. B. Cui-j lirelh, Occasion "One of j (ircul Helpfulness. Presiding Elder C. B. Culbreth called the preachers of the Elizabeth' City District to ?i meeting held ait the First Methodist church Thurs day morning at 10 o'clock for tbe| purpose of discussing plans with ref-i erence to the year's work such asi their own reading and study, the Centennial Movement, the Superan nuated Endowment Fund, their plans for revival services and other matters j about their work. Agreement was reached to plan for a reading circle for the district, and the Elizabeth City Methodist ministers were appointed as a com mittee to perfect the plan. They en tered into, covenant with one another to pruy eurh for the others by name I and the second week of April was! i^elected as a special week of prayer, for the deepening of the spiritual Mfe of the district and for the blessing of God upon revival efforts. Presiding Elder Culfcreth presided and it was a time of genuine spiri- j tual helpfulness. While in the city j the visiting ministers were the guests of the resident ministers: Rev. C. H. Culbreth. Dr. N. H. D. Wilson. Rev. Dfmiel Lane, and Rev. W. T. Phipps.i Those attending the meeting from out of town were: Rev. N. C. Yearby of Hertford, Rev. M. R. Chambers of Chowan. Rev. R. N\ Fitts of Dare, Rev. J. V. Knight of Edenton, Rev.] C. T. Thrift of Moyock. Rev. J. T Stanford of Wlnfall, Rev. A. W. j Price of Roanoke Island. Rev. S. Salyer of "South Camden, and Rev. A. U. Crumpler of South Mills. TFT HIMSELF IS FOUND IN TOMB Luxor. Egypt, Jan. 4. The sarco phagus of Pharoh Tutankhamen, hp* been found in the monarch's tonin In the valley of kings, It was a?>- ! nounced today. The long sought treasure of an. j thjulty lay within tl\j; fourth casket. It is of white and red granite. A COlUlKtTION Under the heading "No Excuse for' Shivering Now" appearing on pag??; three of this issue In regard to the! overcoat sale of the 8pencer-Walker Company, the price of overcoats should be "as low as $15.50 Instead! of "as low as $17.50." oygtermen wore ready for a figl^t on this matter bo for* I he last session of the Legislature, hut wo who then COnfttitUted the fisheries commission persuaded them that If they woul.1 i not carry their rase before the leg islature we would see that they got the relief they sought. Hut then came the change in the i>ersonnel of, the Commission and the new mom- ! tiers hnvo never been able to s?e the! matter In the same light as did those who constituted the Comtnfsslon when the Legislature was In session. I am not blaming anybody for t hiH . situation; but that does not detract from my disappointment In not being able to make uood li promise that! was made, so far as I was concerned,! In all good faitb. My regret In the matter Is the more keen In that I am sure that the use of |iower boats u^ould not affect adversely the oyster beds where they -are used. I am confident that the use of these power boats would h?> fan leas objectionable., than the use of n |tower dredge by a sailing schooner, which Is now per mitted. "It should he remembered that the oyster beds that have heon plant ed by the State are not affected by this Controversy. Our oystermen ar?' not asklnv tcf dredge these artificial beds hut the deep water natural beds nbrth 6f I^ong Shoal are the ones af fected Restricting oyater dredglnu to sail boats is practically prohlbU tory so far as most of our flrttiermea are concerned; for few r?f them have anything but motor boat equip ment." " ? " ' TyJmwThkYjk nkXt \vi:n\Ksn \v The Cambrea Concert Artists are booked for n delightful concert in Elizabeth City on Wednesday evening of next week nt 8: Jin in the gram mar school auditorium. The music department of the Woman's Club I * making their appearance here possible and asks th<* co-operation of the public in making the event a succ^gtf. ? COMMANDANT Frederick C. Blllard of Mary land has be?*n nominated by Pres ident Coolldjje to bt? commandant of the Coast Guard with the rank of rear admiral. , He sucrced* Wil liam K. Reynolds, who retires in January. STKIBLING DEFEATS SOLDIER PUGILIST Fort Bragg, Jan. 4. ? With a knockout in the fourth round young Strihling. Maron. CJHorfcia. school boy fluhter, defeated Kid Numbers, Fort Hragg soidb?r pugilist. hr-re last ? night. The fight was easily Strlbling's' from the start to the finishing blow. REJECT AMENDMENT TO THE TAX BILI. Washington. Jan. 4. ? ' The House Ways and Means Committee today rejected Jthe amendment to The u<l ministration ta\ hill under which gains from the sale of stock divi dends would be subject to normal and surtax rates. * YEGG MEN STAGING SERIES ROBBEBIES , Petersburg January 4 ? ?t?ggmen. believed to be the same as those who Jjlow open the vault of Wakefield Hank yesterday, this morning staged a series of safe crackings at Dlspu tanla. about fifteen miles from here. They blew open the vault of. the F.irmers Hank and the safes of a general store and the Norfolk and Western Depot. Only about $lo0 was stolen, and the safes at the bank and depot resisting the efforts of the cracksmen. The police believe it is a gang of professionals and the same g^ug (That blew up the Wakefield -Bank I valult. AIRSHIP TENDERS FOB ARCTIC EXPEDITION Washington. Jan. 4. ? Designs for two airship tenders fitted witli moor ings masts to secure rigid airships of the Shenandoah type wl^l be vir tually completed with the plan for the Arctic expedition .with aircraft next, summer, the Navy Department announced today. Bestcity Has A Chance To Secure State Normal School Miss Catherine Alhertson Presents Mutter to Women's Chili and. That Organization Is (?ettiii? Busy Immediate ly to See What Can he Done Miss Catherine* Albertson, field secretary of the North Carolina Parent-Teachers Association, made a talk Thursday afternoon to the Ellx fltyeth City Woman's Club which gave the members something tb think about and a lot to work for. -The gist of her remarks was that the State Education Hoard Is prepar ing a bill to present at the next sess ion of the State Assembly establish ing six normal schools In the sec tions of the.State where they are most needed, and everybody knows that Elizabeth City Is all six" of places where they arc most needed, or at least they cm n't be needed worse anywhere else In North Car olina. For Elizabeth City, as Miss Al bertson went on to say. is the me tropolis of the Albemarle and there is no State or denomination. ll col lege for whites In this section. Altos Albertson said that some years ago Elizabeth City had the chance to get the State school that Is now located at Greenville, but Eliz abeth City missed It and Hreenvllle got It. It was at thaf" tlm ? ? ttfat Miss XTbertsoti. keenly disappointed at the faihrre. determined to make It! her business to speak a word In s? ison and opt .JTor jthe educational i facilities of this part" ofThVSta'fe""arid 4 to to it that the next opportunity was not lost. A ccordl n gTy . VH fit IlT e passed through HaleiKh at <?ny time and on any buslne ? whatever she made It her custom to visit the educational authorities and ask when her part of the State would be recognized ?*nd helped. She didn't get much encourage ment. but she kept on. They told her at first that the section would have to wait until there were more high schools in the section, for at that time there was only the Eliz abeth City High School, and when children In the country finished the (seventh grhde they had to quit tin [ less the Klizaheth high school coild accomodate them, and that school, i which only thl$ week got Itself Into i adequate quarters, was overflowing. Miss Albertson waited and she also watched. She kept on visiting the power that tie at Raleigh, and at last. In 192:: her efforts were- re warded. She wufl told about the 1)111 which will he Introduced to es tablish the six normal schools. She asked what Klizaheth City must do to get one of them. She was told that thejr would he placed not In the city offering greatest advantages hut where moAt needed. However. It was said thai the offtflng of a site and the anxiety shown to secure one of these schools would Undoubtedly help ?ind would he worth trying. The most important thing, (hough, would be to select the rlnht men to represent the County and the district at the nevt State Legislature. Miss Albertson was told that the fact that the St:it?- is spending so much oh the State Normal School f <> r 0 eg roes Jtdfe would hot affect the city's ch4nees for securing the nor mal 5>hr>M fryr whites, hut wnntit rather be In the clty'n favor. With eloquent reference t ?? the historic background- of- th?- -Allie inarle section. Miss Albertson closed her talk by asking tM* women to begin at once ta work for the school 4ml to pass the torch quickly to tlx- rhambcr of < oui in< r ? 1 1 ? ? t^ry. Klwanls. the Memiartts Asso ciation and fit her organizations, en listing the support of the men of the clfy and section for s?curlnte the lit stltution. , The club was Immediately enthus iastic and will leave nothing undone that will help to bring the school here. ' \V?- aren't in polltlci." said one of the members." but Wf'r?- for edu ration, and we don't tnlnd saying so to anybody." I Capital Hood Bank Is Oversrrihed And Gurney Hood Being Invi ted Undertake Organiza tion In Other Cities With an oversubscription of stock by is:; shares tlie charter for the I new Hood System Industrial Hank ; has been tlrawn -and was mailed to the Secretary of State Thursday. When tin* charter in returned a date I will then be set for the first stock holders' meeting which will be held .shortly, in all probability. There are K4 stockholders in the new hank. The average holding of leach is about $350. No one holds I control of .the bank and the largest I stockholder, who is said to have sub scribed $2,000. will relinquish part [of his share to take care of the over subscription. Already Gurney P. Hood, organiz er of the new bank and originator of the plan" under which it will op j orate. Is receiving letters from va | rious cities in this and other states ! urging him to undertake the organ ization itf similar banks in these cities. Ask for tin- lit'lcaxc i?f British Itiiin Biiiiiiers (H? Tim Aunlilrd fiw.) London. Jan. 4. ? Great Britain has asked the l*nited States for re lease from bail or Hritish and Cana dian members of the crew of the British schooner. Tom ok a, alleged ruin runner, seized in November be yond the three mile limit off New i York. Investigation by Ilritish authori ties. it is stated, showed the Tomoka to be of Canadian ownership, and seized well outside the three mil' i limit and while the llrllUh art* en tirely iout of sympathy with liquor 'smuggling they feel they have no al , tentative but to protect the rights of ( Hritish vessels outside the tradition al three mile limit which they say must remain a law until the new I treaty Extending the limit to an 1 hour's steaming distance becomes ef fective. SEINE CONTINUES KISE STEADILY Paris. Jan. 4 ? The Seine rose s.06 inches in the last 24 hours anil (he weather fore cast is fur jiiild <incf persistent rains, so a repetition or the <!is aster of IS 10 seems probable unless there is a drastic change in temperature before FA KM I .Alt()|{ WAGES HIGHER LAST VEAH Washington, January 4 ? Wages for farm labor were higher last i year than since 19 20, the I)?? jx? rt - fluent of agriculture reported today. The average rate with board \?an : $3:5. IS. without board $46. !l I for one month In 1914. rates were | $21.02* and $29.88 respectively. Day ; w iges and harrvest and harvest labor with board in 1923 averaged $2.45 an compared with $1.55 in 1914. EXCHANGE SUSPENDS MOSS PRIVILEGES New York. Jan. 4. The New York Cotton fcvchange today, announced the suspension, for 30 day* of I<ester It. Mom for alleged infraction of rules. Subsequent to the offlcihl an- 1 nounrement. it was stateTl that theyj merely suspended Moss from floor) privileges and that th** iifembershlp of the firm of Moss & Fergkison was not affected. Kpworth Leagtit' IIuh Kr-or^;iiii/;?tioii !>1itI The Wpworth League r?f the l^irst Methodist church re-organlzed Thurs day night and plans were made for Its activities in the future with special j Reference to the young people in the church ? bet ween the ages of A 5 and 21. The following officers were elect-' cd* Hilly bearing, president; Margt-'j ret lloliowell. vice president; Grace Pedleton, secn-taiy; William Perry, I treasurer: Mary Louise James, cor-| respondent secretary; i<ina Stamen, agent of the Kra ; Mildred su perintendent of the first department; J Robert Scaring, superintendent of th?? second department; Grace J??n-| kins, superintendent of the third de- ? partment; and Kmlly Commander, pianist. ' I After the close of the tthsiness' nu'etlng the young people enjoyed a social hour and were the guests of their pastor. Dr. N. II. 1), Wilson. COTTON MAIIKKT New York. Jan. 4~? Cotton cloned quiet this lfternoofi. declining 40 points. Middling 35:25.. Futures closed as follows: January 34:24; March 14:72; M Ay. 34:9.'; July 33:93; October 18:46, New York. Jan. 4.-? Cotton futures at 2 p. 111. today were as follows. iJanuarv 34.45. March 34.95. May |35.19. July 34.21. 'October 28.55 !PEE DEE RIVER MADE A COllNTY j lis Tii i-l in I<-iii Water* So Di i viih-ri An*on Tliat Iticli | mi mil Was (irealeil. Says Historian I red Olds Raleigh, Jan I -The Pee Dee Riv er with its turbulent flood sc?mhk uitl its souk- times broail expanse was the causc ot the division *>f Ansou County so as to create Rlclimoud County, acciftdlng t?> the History of North Carolina Counties compiled by Colonel Fred A. Olds of the State Historical Commission. The riv?y was made the dividing line, all of An son to the South remaining as Anson while the territory to the north was designated as Richmond. The act was ratified by the General Assem bly in November, 1779. The new county was assigned to the district of Suiisbury but in 1787 Fayettevyie district w?s formed and Richmond became a part of it. "The General Assembly," contin ued Colonel Old's account "appoint ed commissioners to fix upon a site for the courthouse and Jail and to buy 50 acres of land on which they j were to be located, as the place for I the county seat. A tax of 2 shillings on the hundred pounds value of property for two years was levied and two shillings on persons who did | not t\av? properly worth 100 pounds "The county was known as Rich I in on <1 Court House until 17S4 when i the General Assembly directed that the commissioners heretofore ap pointed to contract for the public | buildings should lay out the land they had purchased for the use of the I public into a town of half acre lot*, to be callcd Rockingham and to sell j the lots and use the money to com* plete the courthouse, etc. | 'The county was named in honor ! of Charles Lennox. Duke of Rich mond, who was principal secretary of state in the second administration of William Pitt, prime minister of 1 England, the Duke being a devoted friend of the American colonies, and t having made the motion In thei ! House of Lords that they be granted their independence. The county scat was named for Charles Watson Wentwortff! Marquis of Rockingham, the leader of the paty In the British j Parliament which advocated Amer ican Independence and who was prime minister when the 'Stamp Act', so so tedious to the American was repealed. "In 1780 a large number some 600 of Tories "beaded by Samuel Bry ! ant whom they calfed their Colonel* 1 were in arms In Rowan and marched I through part of that county and thence Into Montgomery and Rich | niond to the ford of the Grassy Is lands on the Pee Dee River, taking many prisoners marched them across I the river at that ford, and were ! there joined by British Dragons of the 71st Regiment. there being a ? British army post at Anson court I house. John Hampton was the ; Lieut. Colonel of this corps. Judge Spensor held a special court in Rlch-i niond to try Tories and rioters. Rich mond was called on in June to fur nish 36 men to General Rutherford's gade. Colonel Thomas Wade of the Volunteers made things lively for the Tories and killed u number of thc-m. j lie had Itf his regiment f>0 Richmond men. "In 1781 'the American currency * was frightfully depreciated ?nd the ffl price* wan fixed by the General As- V I sembly for articles furnished to the ) public In Richmond county. T!iat year the Tories ravaged Richmond. Randolph and Chatham counties and a troop of calvary was formed In each to put down these outrages against persons and property. In 1785 port of Montgomery' was added to Richmond. In 1786 the General Assembly authorized a tax to build a Jail. That year the first State census wan given and showed that there were only 2.5h5 people in the county. "Richmond Academy was char tered by the Assembly in J 7 88. The wardens of the poor were authorized to build homes for the poor and to levy a tax for them. The tobacco brigade. Col. Thomas Wads of the Was established on the land of Wil li mi Hlewltt on the southeast side (?f the Pee Dee River. "The United States census of 1790 gave the county 782 white heads of families. The first court house was In use tint II 1884. In March, 1865. almost at the close of the War Be- ? t ween the States, 'bummers' ax the hangers-on of the Federal army Were termed, threw a lot of the records out of the court house and cut some. The will books and coutity court minutes from 1779 were pre serve! and the deed books from I 7 v f i Richmond County has furnished to the State several members of the 1 council of state from time to tlit|e,.??, flie present secretary of State. W. M. Kverett being a native of the county. ; Three Congressmen have given their 1 birthplaces as being' In the county, theue being Alfred Dockery. Oliver I H. Dockery and Walter L. Steele. BANDITS MAKE HAIJI. Kansas City. Jan. 4. ? Five bandits today held up I wo messengers of 'Ontropolls State Hank #nd escaped I with $32,500.