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VOL. XIV.
FIN'AL EDITION*.
ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA,
FACE SHOWDOWN
ON SOLDIER BONUS
Republicans Must I>i-.on ? ^ ,
Matter at Thursday NijjhlV
Conference. I>ut Tax Bill'
Beiiif: I'ushtil.
Washington, January S ? A show-!
down among Republicans on the sol
dier bonus was assured today with ;
the issuance of the formal call for a
conference Thursday night for dis-:
-cussion of the question.
The call was sent out by Repre- j
tentative Anderson, chairman of thej
conference, and was so worded as to
permit consideration of taxation and
other pending legislation.
With former service men in the
House pressing for action on the
bonus before the end of the month,
the Republican organization has re
doubled Its efforts, meantime, to
keep the Mellon tax bill front being;
displaced on the tentative legislative
program.
CHARGES O'RYAN
CHANGED FINDINGS
Washington, January 8 ? Chair- 1
iuan Reed of the Senate Veterans
committee today told the Senate that'
General O'Ryan, the committee |
counsel, in its veteran's bureau in-'
vestigatlon had "extensively chang
ed" some of its findings in his report
published yesterday. He said the
committee had disagreed with some
of O'Ryan's r recommendations and
that a full report by the committee
itself would be made in a few days.
COOLIDGE AGAINST
SURTAX PROVISION
Washington, January 8 ? Presi
dent Coplidge regards the surtax
provisions of the Garner Democratic*
tax program <is disregarding the'
principle that the Government
should encourage the Investment of
capital in business enterprises rather
than tax free securities.
ASKS KAKbV I'l'lU'HASK
OF CONCKKT TICKKTS
The president of the Woman's I
Club asks the public to purchase1
concert tickets before the last minute. I
Tliey may he reserved ax Duff's piano j
store from 10 to 12 a. m. and from'
2 to 5 p. m. and by buying early j
good seats may be assured.
Furthermore, the Woman's Club
must have the guarantee money in ,
hand before the opening of the con-;
cert, and the club is anxious that this,
its first undertaking of the k/nd, shall
not fall through.
The concert is scheduled for Wed
nesday evening at 8: AO in the gram
mar school auditorium. It is given
by the Cambrea Concert Company,
composed of musicians of excellent
renown, and secured through the
Redpath Lyceum Bureau of Bir
mingham.
The program is varied enough to
please everyone and all of It is of
high quality. It is declared.
PARKING OIIDINANCE
PARTLY REPEALED
The parallel parking ordinance
aroused such a storm of protest >
down town that it was repealed]
Monday night by the City Council in
so far as it applied to Main street
?>ast of Road, to Polndexter street be
tween Burgess and Church and to
Water street between the two Water
street bridges. The amended sec
tion of the traffic ordinance Is being
redrafted a/d will be published
.shortly. Meanwhile the parking pub-,
lie has happily returned to (he old
system of parking ut an angle of
About 4 r? degrees to the curb.
INHTAM, HTKAM HKAT
IX Till*: U)IXTV H(?IK
Strain hoat Is now being inntalled
In the County Home of Pasquotank
County, on the suburbs of this city,
at an estimated cost of about $2600.
No irtep since tho erection of ih"
home will add more to the comfort
and convenience of the Inmates than
this It Is believed that few coun
ties In the State make better provis
ion for I h?? inmates of the County
Home than Pasquotank.
This County also usually has one
or two patients ?*t the Btal* Instltu-1
tlon for the treatment of tulerculo
sls at the Sanatorium, who are kept
there at the County's expense.
COTTON MAHKKT
Npw York. January 8 ? Hpot cot
ton closed steady this afternoon,
advancing 30 points. Middling
35:?0. Futures cloned at the fol
lowing levels: January 35: OR;
March 35:17; May 35:38; July
34:24; October 28:65.
New York. Januarv 8 ? Cot?r?n
futures Opened this morning at the
following levels: Jpunrv 34:60; 1
March 35:10; May 35:40; July,
34:23: October 28:70
Norfolk. Jan. 8 ? Middling closed
this afternoon at 34 3-4c.
Norfolk. January 8 ? Spot cotton
opened here today at 24:75, mld-i
dilng.
I
LONDON I IKE
STILL BLAZING
London. January s ? Que of
the biggest fires in London in
years was still Mazing a' day
light near t lie West India
dorks.
Tile flames which started at
thre?* o'clock yesterday after
noon had Involved no buildings -
of importance hut rubber, oil.
and similar inflammable ma
terials in warehouses in four
acres of the fire swept area i
caused a -tremendous blaze.
Seventy engines fought the fire
through the night. i
TWO MOTHERS ARE
RECEIVING AID
Two mothers in Pasquotank Coun- |
ty receive aid from County and State,
under the .Mothers Aid law enacted
at the last session of the General As-*
sembly.
Four visits to these mothers dur-l
ing the month of December were re- 1
ported by County Welfare Officer,;
Mrs. Anna Lewis to the Board of }
County Commissioners at their Jan
uary meeting Monday.
Mrs. Lewis reported also that as a I
result of the activities of her depart-'
ment six children who hud dropped
out of school on account of poverty {
were put back into school during the
month.
A large part of the Welfare De- !
partment's time during De- 1
cemoer was taken up in co-opera- i
ting with the churches and the var- ,
ious charitable organizations of the!
city to systematize Christmas giving
so that all underprivileged child-!
ren might have a happy Christmas.!
It Is the aim of the welfare depart
ment to see that no family- is over
look and that duplications in giv
ing are eliminated.
CROSS INDEX rOlt
JUDGMENT DOCKET
A cross index for the judgment
docket in the County Clerk- hf the Su
perior Court's office was authorized
by the Board ? or County Commis
sioners in regular session Monday,
and steps will be taken to have the
system installed as early as practica
ble.
This step has been advocated by
the last three grand juries in Pas
quotank. It was first recommended
early last ,year. the next grand Jury
endorsed the recommendation, and
the last grand Jury insisted that the
recommendation be carried out.
FIREWORKS RACK
TO THE COMMITTEE
A motion to prohibit the sale and
firing of fireworks " within
the city limits. made Monday]
night at the regular session of the;
City Council, was referred to the
ordinance committee. the City
Manager and iho City Attorney.
Christmas 1923 was a wide open one
In Elizabeth City, the first of the
sort In 12 or 15 years, so far as fire
works were concerned, and the reck
less abandon with which fireworks
were discharged in the business sec
tion made Christinas shopping an
agony for nervous women and the
street, at times, really unsafe for
little children.
REPORTS FIVE CASES
OF WHOOPING COIIGII
l-'lve eases of whooping cough,
which are ' properly quarantined,
were the only cases of contagions di
sease reported by County Health
Physician C. H. Williams In his re
port to the January meeting of the
Hoard, of County Commissioners
Monday.
PARLIAMENT OPENS
WITHOUT SENSATION
London. January H ? Although
King George's fifth parliament met
today In an, atmosphere of eager po
litical expect Ion, the f I r?t session of
fered no opportunity for scnwt-tional
development, for It* only Immediate
business was the unopposed re-slec
tlon of Hon. John Henry \Vhllley as
Speaker of the house of conimon*
with the customary felicitations from
leaders of the three political parties.
NEW INQUIRY FOR
SCHOONER KWA8INO
Washington. January 8 ? The seiz
ure of the British schooner Kwasind
by the 1'nlted States authorities at
Wilmington. North Carolina, after
the ship had put In for repairs car
rying a cargo of liquor*, has been
made the subject of a new inquiry
filed with the State Department to
day by the British government. This
action Is believed to be preliminary
to the filing of n formal protest.
ix srrt.itvon cot ht
George F. Wright vs. the Corpora
tion of Rliznheth City, judgment for
$144. 4R, with interest until paid.
North Carolina Naval stores v?.
the ?'Elizabeth City Shipyard Corn
pant. Judgment for plaintiff In sum
of $197. If)
Merchants and Planters Flank of
Norfolk vs. J. A. McCleod. Jr.. Just**
ment for plaintiff in sum of $1402.00 ,
Winter's Charm
Lake Placid N. Y.. l? the Mecca for many persons fond of winter
Mnorlft. Phntw shows Mrs. J H Goolldce. Jr.. of Cleveland, .0. (left), and
Miss Carol Gregory, Ashing through the ice.
In Labor's Name
Th?. first trust company to open in Now York, directly controlled by
organized iud>or started work recently. Warren S. Stone, grand chief of
the Brotherhood of Locomotive Kngineer* (left). In president of the now
1J rot her hood of Locomotive Engineers Cooperative Trust Company. Ho
in shown above with Mi.-?s Helen Varlck LSoswell. vice president, the first
wctffinn lo I10M such j i?o?Hton in New York-'
REVIVAL HAS TO
BE POSTPONED
i\lr. Scutlcrpiooil KfCfive*
Miiwiip' from Dr. Wiillliull
That He Ik t'lmlilr to (Ioiiii
'I'll in W ????!<.
A telegram and special delivery
letter from Dr. I). K. Wultliall of
Wayneaboro, Va.. wan received Mon
day night by Rev. F. H. Scattergood
of the Presbyterian church, to the
effect that I>r. Walthall will not he
able to come to Elizabeth City be
fore Sunday. The aerie* of evange
listic meeting* which was to have be
gun Monday night has l>een accord
ingly postponed until .Sunday.
Dr. Walthall reported that one of
the oldest member* of hi* congrega
tion at Waynesboro Is at the point
of death and he is unable to leave at
thin time.
In the ahsenco of Dr. Walthall
Monday night a service was conduct
ed for the benefH of those who had
come to the first service. Dr. S. H.
Templeman of the First Baptist
Church delivered the sermon on the
theme. "Necessity for Consecration."
He spbke of four fundamental prin
ciples. ? salvation, faith, confession,
and righteousness.
Beginning next Monday there will
be a Dlble study session e-ich Ofter
noon at 3:. 10 o'clock and the even
ing services will he evangelical. The
other churches are co-operating with
the 1'reshyterinn congi^WHOfi in I he
meetings. If there proves to be too
little room at the Presbyterian
church, the services will he moved
into the First ftnmlst Church, af
fording to Mr. (Scatter good.
ft AHIIITS ItAISKD TO KKKD
ANIMAI.H WITH VAM'ADLK Ki ll
Wrancle, Jan. 8. ? The United
Slates hnilogical survey h-is started
stocking islands in this vicinity with
rabbits, in the hope that they will
become established well enough to
provide n continuous supply of
for carnivorous animals with val
uable fur.
Two kinds of rabbits have been
placed on the Islands, the Snowshoe.
from the vicinity of Anchorage.
Alaska, and the Varying Hare, from
the Paget Sound region In Washing
ton. Ernest P. Walkor. agent for the
bureau, has !saued an Appeal to the
people fo protect the rabbits.
PUBLIC -UTILITIES
PLAYING FOK TIMK
Elizabeth City's privately iwned
public utilities made what in believ
??(! by the City Council to be unotlier
play for time this* month when they
petitioned Judge H O. Connor 01 ihe
, 1'nlted St ates District Court for a
Su, day extension of time to file their
i papers in their appeal from Judge
' Connor's decision favorable t<? the
i city in regard to the city'* right to
establish and operate its own u* II
| Hies.
The city, through Its attorneys.
Thompson and Wilson, and I*. W.
McMulkin. will fight the petition c?
the ground that it In merely an at
I tempt to delay the matter's reaching
! tiie higher coui t.
NhXiltO .U HIST OF \(>TK
hTm. HI'KAK wknmkhimy
Judge William Harrison, negro
Jurist of note, of Chicago, will speak
at Mt. Lebanon Church Wednesday
night at S o'clock. Seats will be re
served for the white people and they
are especially Invited to attend tk,ls
service. Jtld*e Harrison arrived in
the city Tuesday afternoon.
ItoAltl) KI)K ATION HOl,l>s
ITS JAM A ICV >IKKTI\(1
The County Hoard of Kdticution.
consisting of Superintendent M. 1\
Jennings. ChalriuHn J. M. Lolloy,
VVf. 0. Cox. and I). W. Morgan met in
regular session Monday morning at
10 o'clock in Superintendent Jen
ning's office. It was a brief sess
ion owing to the fact that when the
meetihg opened the room thermono'
ter stood at fin. warming up slightly
durlnu the meeting.
Nothing but routine business a as
disposed of. The schools of the
County were reported as being in
good order and well attended. The
Weeksvllle High School has an en
rollment of 404 and of these only a
few are out of that district.
MTATK COt XCII/Olt IlKflK
TO AUDHKKH JINIOHM
State Councilor J. M. Sharpe will
address Worth Hagley Council, Jun
ior Order, this evening st 7:30.
This ls(an annual event gtfrd a great
time is expected. i
Hemember Kd gar's 1:30 Hus
leaving here evenings. Also his
8 o'clock bus leaving Norfolk morn
ings. You save time and worry and
make all connections. adv
BUY V\ PICKS
A CANDIDA n:
Miami. Kla.. Jan. s ? Wll- I
liam JeniiiugH Uryan, who is
a candidate for delegate from
Klorida to the Democratic Na
tional Convention, declared to
day that if elected he would
present the name of a citizen of
Florida lor the Democratic
nomination for presidency. In
his {iiatciuiitt he did not no me '
the citizen hut said the name
would be made public before
January 1.".
STRANGE STORY
OF LOST BONDS
Mailed in Onialtu to Chicago
They Turned Hp in Czecho
slovakia and Then (lame
Back lo Wisconsin.
Prague, January 8 ? A story of
missing bonds, a mysterious Serb
who paid $40,000 for a suit of
clothes, and a Wisconsin farmer who
should be grateful to a distant
brother-in-law, has come to light
in the records of the local j>ol|ce
headquarters.
A little more than three years!
ago a package of bonds, valued at I
$110,000 and addressed to a hank!
In Chicago was mailed in Omaha. It i
never reached Its destination, and
investigation showed that the pack
age had been sent erroneously to
Kosslce. in Czechoslovakia. It was
duly received in Prague, but there
upon all further trace of it was lost. |
Three months ago. according to in-1
formation in the possession of the
Prague police, a farmer of Wisconsin j
presented to the 'Chicago bank In I
question five bonds of $1,000 each
that hod been Included in the origi
nal shipment. Questioned, he ex
plained he had received them from (
his brother-in-law. a tailor of Prague.
The trail now back In Czecho Slo- 1
viikla. was agnin taken up by local [
detectives, who soon found the tailor.
This man related that In the spring1
of 1921 a Serb, recently arrived from >
America, ordered a suit _of clothes :
and left with lllm as a guarantee |
of final payment. $40,000- in Amerl
I can bonds. The Serb never called lor j
Ills clothes,- and the tailor' not "know- 1
I in g wh it to do with the bonds, finally j
sent tlieni to his brother-ln-lM w in;
| America, the Wisconsin farmer. j
There Is, however, another angle,
to the story. It seems the tailor's j
son was employed In the Prague post j
office when the bonds reached there,
and this coincidence has led lo thej
arrest of the tailor and Ills son. who i
ore now lodged In Jail pending the
receint of further information from
the Cnited States.
STOItK lU'ltNM MO\lK%V
The Interior of W. W, Hembury's
store si t the end o/ North Road street
near 4 lie Standard Oil tanks was
! entirely wrecked by flames Monday
night at 9.30 and there was little left
of the exterior. The' building wan
, owned by Claude Ralph.
There was some wind at that time,
and though it wan not extrenw ly
high, had the flumes been allowed to
spread a bit, particularly to the
south, there's scarcely any telling
how great the damage might have
been. Hut the fire company soon
had the fire out and the danger wan
. averted.
The loss of building and stock Is
estimated art approximately ) 1.800.
' The fire was outside of the city
limits and about 1.000 feet of hose
had to be laid to reach the nearest
hydrant.
TIIHKK l?AV FIN KM
Three defendants, all colored, pold [
fines aggregating $40.00 In police
court Tuesday morning.
Charlie Lowry, for assault on
Charll" Hell, alias Hill Halley. color- 1
ed. paid a fine of $lf>.00 und costs.!
Lowry shot at Hell, according to his'
own evidence, to scare the latter. j
Hell claimed that a bullet grazed ills
l<K. but the slight abrasion he ex- 1
hlhited in police court might have!
been caused by tiny other sort of!
scratch.
(Jeorge Hawkins also paid a fine:
of 116.-00 and costs on a charge of]
assault, but George's offence was In
making too fre<* advances to a col-i
ored girl who did not know him. lie
pleaded that he was drunk and did !
not realize what he was doing and!
the court let him off on ?* fine.
Josh Kachet y paid a fin ? of 110.00
and cdhts for trespass on th? pr??tn-|
Ires of Klino Stokely.
WOMAN CONFESSES*
SHK KII.I KI) UIJSRANI)
Sumter. S. C. Jan. ft ? Mrs. Lu!
China today confessed that she shot
and killed her husband. Dr. Archie
China, prominent physician and j
banker. Sunday morning, according to
;i statement to officers by Dr. M. M.i
Slot key, who has been attending her
slnc?? she was discovered In a stal",
of apparent unconsciousness yester-!
day. |
'EMBARGO LIMITS
WAR MATERIALS
Prot-luimrd l? y President
Coolidp- I. ale Monday Hat
Effect of Prohibiting
nicilt* to Mcxirau Iteltcl*.
Washington. January S ? With
Mexican ted?*ral troops on the of
fensive, urcordinR to embassy ad
vires. along the Vera Cruz and Jal
isco fronts. hopes of revolutionary
leaders to get ammunition from the
I'nited States have been blocked
through the declaration of an em
bargo which in effect will limit
shipments of war materials from this
country into Mexico to purchases
made by the Obregon government.
The embargo was proclaimed- by
President Coolldge late yesterday
and provides that no ammunition
may be sent into Mexico from the
I'nited Slates except with the spe
cific approval of Secretary Hughes.
NKMIIO KKKOIIMATOKV TO
IlK ?X>NST?tl<TKI> SOON
Raleigh. January 8 ? First units In
the negro reformatory, to be known
as the Morrison Training School In
honor of Governor Cameron Morri
son. will be constructed in the Im
mediate future, according to plans of
the committee appointed to handle
the matter which was authorized at
the 1923 General Assembly. The con
tract has been let and construction
will commence as soon as possible.
The reformatory will be loeated In
Richmond county near Rockingham,
a 400 acre site having been pur
chased for the purpose.
WARNING tiKAOR CROSSINGS
SI < VKSNFI 1, IN SWKDKN
Stockholm. Jan. 8. ? Swedish rail
roads have 'esU'd recently, and found
successful, a device to warn auto
mohlHsts. as they approach grade
crossings, of the coining of a train.
When a train Is 1,00(1 feet from a
crossing electricity Is called Into play
to drop a bar over the vehicle road.
The bar is SO feet from the crossing,
and t??kes a position seven feet above
the road. From it hang light chains
which, striking against the car. give
warning of the oncoming train. After
the train has passed the bar automa
tically Is raised. Red and while lights
help to emphasize the warning.
SHEk!N(; TO SOLVE
CRIME PROBLEMS
Detroit. Jan. 8 ? Means toward the
solution of criminal problems will be
further discussed at the annual
meeting here January 11-12 of the
American Institute of Criminal Law
and Criminology, according to James
Rronson Reynolds, president, who ,
will report on progress in the work.
Other features of the program
will be reports by the committees on
criminal records and statistics and
on surveys made In other fields.
Prof F. H. Crossley of the North
western Cnlverslty School of I^aw
\vlll speak on the former subject,
augmented by first hand Information
gathered by Prof. Samuel II. Warner
of the Cnlverslty of Oregon.
The Institute bus been enabled to "
function In regard to records and
statistics through the generosity of
John I). Rockfeller. Jr.. and the work
of the survey committee Is supported
by the aid of the Carnegie corpora
tion. according to Mr. Reynolds.
( tfoii.ti, rhrii to r.iVK
CONCERT IN KKniU'ARY
W. C. Sawyer Ih president of the
' n?\w choral club of Elliabeth City.
| wmi A. 11. Houtz, vice president:
Mrs. (\. \V. Hell. *pc ret (try : MUs
Kmerald Sykes, pianist; and lT. 0.
haivls. director.
The f i I'M f regular meeting was h#?l<l
Monday night and Monday night has
l*?en chosen for future meetings
The Klks Hall will lie the meeting
place. The club plans to give a
concert 4 lie last of February.
F'ach member Is to try to t iko
another member next Monday night.
COMMISSION NAMED
FOR CITY IM.ANMNC.
A City Planning Commission for
Kllxaheth City, as provided for dur
ing the session of the 1 9 2 II General
\*sem!>iy was created by the City
Council In regular session Monday
night.
Members of the Commission are:
A II. Houtz. VV. P. Duff. John C.
Perry and Mrs. Bthel l.amb. and
Mayor \V. lien Goodwin. The Mayor
Is an ex officio member. The other
members were ndmed by the City
Council Monday night.
If AVE .IOIKT MRKTINO
The two branches of the Holly
wood C< meter> Society will hold a
Joint meeting with Mrs. Delia Chan
dler at the home of Mrs. John Km
tnur on Main' street Wednesday after
noon at four o'clock. -
Kt'KtiKA MHWK TO ilWK
Hl'KI *!.%!? MKKTINO Tf?'l(Hlt
Kureka I?odge of Masons will hava
a special meeting tonight at 7:. TO.
There will be a third degree lecture
and other Interacting feature*.