THE W EATHER Haiti tonight and Tues day. M armer tonight. Increasing So nt h e r I y winds. * CIRCULATION Saturday 2.301 Copies VOL. XIV. FINAL EDITION. ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA, MONDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 1. 1021. EIGHT PAGES. NO. 30. AMERICAN PEOPLE SORROW FOR FALLEN LEADER Funeral Service Simple With No State Ceremony Old Friends and Associates of Wilson Will Be Active and Honorary Pallbearers, While Rev. James Taylor, of Central Presbyterian Church Is Preacher (By Th? Awociatfd Pr?w> Washington, Feb. 4. ? ' ""'''j! i services for former President W ood- , row Wilson will be held W ednesday | and probably will be private in the ( sense that there will be no gnat state ceremony. . A large number of friends and former associates will be designated j as active and honorary pall bfarers, | among them Bernard M Baruch. . Vance McCormick. Cleveland Dodge., and Cyrus McCormick. some num bers of his war-time cabinet and others who were -associated witii him during his terms in the Whit. H?Rev". James Taylor, pastor of Cen- j tral l'resbvterlan Church, which Wil son attended during his residence In ; Washington, probably will delltei the funeral sermon. The tentative plans for the fun- , eral as announced this afternoon by Dr 'Carv T. Grayson provide for a hri'of nrlvate &i_nire nl the realdan^ "inr^r^W.dnesday afternoon. This will be followed by another at 3:30 at Bethlehem Chapel In the cathedral at Mount Saint Albans, where the body will be placed in a vault until arrangements have -been made as to it* final resting place. Washington, Feb. 4-The nation al capital sorrows today as Wood row Wilson lies In his last sleep. From every section of the globe mes sages of sympathy pour into the city while leaders of all the country laud the deceased President and sorrow ing citizens pass by the S street home where lived the man who had been the great war time Itaderand who had inspired the world with 1 is high Ideals and given his life in the cause of world peace and union Washington, Feb. 4. ? Woodrow Wilson has found in eternity a ha>en from the sforms and sorrows or troubled world. Q In the prayerful quiet of a Sun ' day morning death folded hlm gen tly In Its embrace and bore him to hl He'apas?ed from life while he slept, with those lie loved best close about him. His broken body had weakened little by little until the last spark of vitality went, hut his spirit was supported to the last by the Indomitable courage of the old ^ni'1 his'' last wakeful moments he told his loved ones that he knew th end had come and was ready. Todav the frayed remnant of his mortality lies in the chamber whose walls looked down yesterdw upo the last scene of a career that _ had known all the hefghts and depths of human emotion. In death he appears as If In peaci f?l slumber, his features serene and composed and his s-iuare Jaw s. t with the old determination. But the lines are somewhat deep er and heavier and the flashing lire of his eye has gone out forever. ^ The bed on which Woodrow W ilson died and where his bndy rests ls of massive oak, a reproduction of the Si built at the White Hou.efor Lincoln and used by every 1 re ?ldont ? ?inrc Tt U of unusual TenRth ana has a goUien American eagle over head. It was made to the order of Wilson before he retired from the Presidency and was ln"ta?'d at th? 8 street house he selected for Ills '"AUhouXhe had no, known a well day Since he crossed the of Mi* place of retirement or for months before, last Krldahy,/"iTne?'' beginning of the end of hls lllness; Hie rollapw during bin. \V Sunday morn ing that life Anally went out. From the first to the last he was , without pain ?nd In his l#M m!'n I nients he appeared to Im' nesting in complete comfort. As the Mid ap proached the little group watching in the sick, room drew nearer about [ hint. Mrs. Wilson sat on the bed ?ide with his almost lifeless hand in both of hers. Close by was his eld- 1 ,st daughter, Margaret, and nr. nravson. faithful In his mlnlstrsllon -i since the first sign of Illness more : than four years ago. watched for | some new wsy at least to help him as he crossed Ihe bar. But there wss nothing to he done. More and more feeble became the nulseheat. There was a quickening of breath, as little by little death completed Its compiest A qu ck flutter of the eyelids, a faint twitch almost like a smile across the wast ed features, and the spirit of the GOLDIE REVERTS TO JUNGLE TYPE Discards Clothing and Other , Insignia of Civilization- and Stages Two Wild Scenes? ? Now in Jail. Goldie King. neRress with a police' record is confined in the county Jail after hlVinf made a wild jungle out burst Saturday evening and another j Sunday morning at 1 o'clock, j Goldie was drinking Saturday i ! afternoon about 5 o'clock when I i Captain William J. Simmons, city I sanitary inspector, aroused Goldie's (easily agitated ire. She rushed for | hint Willi an axe near the corner or McPherson and Persse streets. Cap tain Dill hastily deployed and has an [injured hand, which speaks for- his | activity. From the way his hand I was hurt one would have thought he hit it against an auto which he at | tempted to outrun. After this bit of 1 trouble-making. Goldie. divesting herself of every stitch of clothing, ran home and got into bed. This last instance made It hard for the police to take her to Jail. They de cided the wise thing to do was to let her stay at home and get over the : drunk. Nothing further "was heard .from Goldie until Sunday morning about 1 o'clock when the police re ceived a hurry call to a house on Shepard street. Goldie had again re verted to the jungle type and had coyly run all the members of her family out of their home. Officer Winslow, who went after the woman received a blow in the mouth and other injuries. -As soon as located, she began to make a noise and up roar that could.be heard for blocks. jThis was between one and two o'clock I Sunday morning. People were be 1 ginning to awaken. Dogs barked. Pa j bles cried. Lights flashed on. Surely some one. was being cruelly mur dered. The night police were made busy by answering phone calls and allaying fears. Goldie is the same negress who shot a negro at Winfall and it was i thought for a time that he would die. When lodged in Jail at Hert ford that night she did the same sort of screaming. On that occa sion Goldie said she was a good j negro full of bad liquor and really t ought to be home helping her mama do the washing. VIIMalXIA l? \IUO II \ l?l> HIT 1IY nilWV llltllM.'K SUN DA V The funnel and steam valves of I the steamer Virginia Dare of the Elizabeth City Boat Lino were brok | en of T at 7:P.O o'clock Sunday morn | lng when the draw of the State' ; bridge was lowered upon the voss? 1 iaa_ It was golnt-Ahrough .luiund- 1 I funnel struck before he had It high j enough. great War President had burst at ; last the long weakening fetters that 'bound it to earth. 1 Tims he who had dreame4 a high dream of peace for all the worid had found peace for himself nni had left behind a world still tossed | by strife and turmoil. 1 Thus he against whom life had turned at last after leading him {through the paths of greatest glory I found death gentle and even morel- 1 iful . Thus with the soft chanting of hymns floating In on the Rah hath air! was written the last letter of that j Imperishable chapter of human his Itory comprising the life of Woodrow, Wilton. TUTS COFFIN IS BROUGHT TO LIGHT (Bt T!if A>?nri?ird Pkm.1 Luxor, Egypt, Feb. 4. ? Today for tlu? first time in 3.200 y?-ars the groat stone coffin of Tutankhamen stood forth in all its majesty. Shorn of its protective - nest of golden ; shrines, as massive in construction 1 as it is chastely simple in design, and i as untouched bjr^the tooth of time j i as it Is inviolate from .the hands of | tomb robbers, this grandiose stone I chest must be acclaimed a unique [specimen of funerary art of the eighteenth dynasty. VENIZELOS AND CABINET RESIGN (By Th? Amciilid Prut) Athens. Feb. 4. ? Premier Venlze | los and his cabinet today resigned | and a new ministry will be formed] j by M. Kafandaris, former minister*' I of the interior. 1 CONVICTS SAW WAY OUT OF THEIR CELLS | "Jefferson City. Mo., February 4 ? j Three convicts today sawed their | way out of the cells of the state pen : itentiary. killed a guard by crush ing his skull, took his gun, gave bat tle to the guard on the wall, and then gained their liberty; VILLAGE IS NEARLY DESTROYED BY STOK1W i Conway, Ark., Feb. 4. ? The vil lage of Worcester near here was al ] most totally destroyed by a storm ; last night. Three general stores, .two blacksmith shops, the school, ! post office, three residences and a ! number of barns were destroyed. No lone was seriously injured. ATTACK KD 1IY HI LL AND IS KKKKH'SI.V INJlltKD Mrs. Will Modlin of " Weeksvllle was attacked by a bull in her yard last Thursday as she came out of j the barn on ihe way to the house. She has wounds on her face and leg 'and is badly bruised. Her condition | was so serious that she could not be j brought to the hospital until Friday Monday morning she was reported to i be resting easier and a little better. KIXMR WIIJJAMS HAS HIS IjICFT FOOT BADLY MASHKD Edgar Williams had his left foot | mashed Monday morning about 10:45 ? at the Southern Hotel corner under j the wheel of an American Express I wagon. Sam Mann, was driving the wagon headed up Main street toward I the Norfolk Southern Railroad sta tion. When passing the corner near the Southern Hotel Edgar Williams ran out and while the horses were trotting stepped on the hub of a wheel in the attempt to get in the I wagon, he slipped and the wheel . went over his foot. Maurice Gas , kins in the Albemarle Pharmacy took Williams to the Community Hospital , where his injured foot received med ! ical attention. He is now at his | home and is resting fairly comfor-: tably. MKRTING PIjANXBD TONIGHT HAS IIKK.N POSTPONED 1 The meeting "that was to have . been held at Black well Memorial | Church has been postponed owing to i the fact that Dr. Charles E. Maddry is much fatigued and has to he at a meeting at Ahcrskle early Tuesday. J M.\Y | Hertford. Feb. 4.-- Mat Parker, IK, Was shot and mortally wounded by Rlton Parker. 21. following the colored moving picture show here Saturday night. The two young men seenf to have I been paying attention to the same 'girl. She elected to go with Mat to the show, though Elton protested that it she did he would shoot Matt on sight. Klton saw Mutt on tho street shortly after the show ano made good his threat. Matt riled on his way to the Com munity Hospital at Elizabeth City. Elton Is still at iargM....>.-.M..l - Mrs. Wilson's Devotion Constant And Unswerving ll> CAROLYN HKIX Copyright. |?4. b? Thf Advance Washington, Feb. 4. ? It was a lit tle girl's trick of photographic re porting. developed years ago for tho pleasure of another invalid that en abled Woodrow Wilson to keep In touch with life after he had boon stricken on his League of Nation'y tour. Imprisoned hy his cruel Incnpaclty, Mr. Wilson depended on his wife to bring him news of small happenings ?the little intimate touches that made him feel a part of the world outside. Lately she had hor n going out morn than had been her wont because she discovered that Mr. Wil son drank In avidly all the details of her contacts with their friends. She brought to 1n-r**.'?!y Mrs. MacDoui:all of Oklahoma. It was a war-time story of n little hoy who had heard much discussion of the President. Finally he demanded of his mother: "When Ood goes to sleep, does President Wilson rule the world?" At the close of one of the dinner?. Mrs. Nonle I'.oren Mahoney, commit tee woman from Texas, proposed a teist to the war President, with a' wish for his health. a;id the guests | drank In Alienee. "I Know all of us wish we could break our classes after that toast to our sreat ProilHotit," said Mrs. Em ily Newell niair. IJUt Mrs. Wilson never accepted | an Invitation on Saturday nlulit. On that night she and Mr. Wilson at-! tended the theater, or sp^nt the ev- i eninu quietly at home. In all the! years sine* Mr. Wilson's break-down i Mrs. Wilson made only a few short trips away from home. Her devo- ; tlon has been unswerving. Death First Foe Ever Wilson Surrendered T o No (loin promise in Make-up of Man Who Preferred to Ix>se Life in Fi^lit of Hi* Ideal* Rather Than Yield His Convictions for Expediency's Sake Bv DAVID I.A WHENCE Co*vri|ht. 1424, by Thi Atftanc* t Washington, Feb. 4. ? The houn of surrender ? a word which in his days of power he never recognized ? came at last to Wood row Wilson. I And with it there wells up si multaneously in the hearts of the people everywhere a sadness borne of admiration for the sto icism of a statesman who fought jtill the last for the ideals in which he believed. i "I would rather fall" ho used toi say. "in a cause that I know souie i day will triumph than to win In a | cause that I know some day will r*11" . . ^ It was hid philosophy or battle. To posterity lie looked always for vin dication. Ho m.v.ir und**rHt4Mxl the ' word ?'compromise." Even in his breakdown after the famous West ern trip, when it seemed as ir the Versailles Covenant of the League of 1 Nations was beaten in the Senate, i he scorned defeat. Senator Hitchcock. Democrat. , chairman of the Senate foreign relar i tions committee, who was In charge of the fight for the Uaguo of Na tions treaty, asked for an . engage ment. "I suppose he is coming to talk compromise," commented Mr. Wil son as he granted the engagement, 'but he listened without surrender. ' All the world may say Wood row Wilson should have compromised and that today he would have had ? America a member of the League with reservations. Rut to Wood row Wilson it was an enduring principle 1 he could not barter what ho thought was fundamental to the 1 peace of the world. And he has looked on ever since, waiting pa tiently for the turn in the tide- a turn that years of agitation may or may not bring; but at the hou/ of his passing from the stage of life America remains outside the League he worked so ardently to establish. [ Tragic as may be the atmosphere today with sorrow felt by his t friend? and foes alike that he did I not retain the physical vigor to con tinue his fight, not a word of pity or pathos did the Wilsonlan tempera , ment want. His was the spirit of a crusader. His was the tenacity of a soldier In a hand-to-hand flglit. Ho never nave an Inch. For years he ; was ready for death. He went forth on his Western trip against the ad vice of his physicians but with i smile of disregard for life Itself. He used to say lie would gladly give hl.i life for the cause of the League of Nations. " The remaining years of his life were meant to him only for | the accomplishment of the greatest ideal of all- a world organization for peace. Scarred by the war. racked In nerves, never forgetting the awful ness of the combat In which lie felt always a personal responsibility, he never could drive out of his mind the thoughts of the hundred thous and American bovs who died, as he thought, for ah i < 1 ? ?? 1 and of It'4' hun dreds of thousands who came home wounded and maimed In the service of the flag. ? # I "To make the world safe for < Democracy" was Mr. Wilson's war! slogan. To his critics It became an empty phrase. Hut the idea of a war to end war never left Woodrow Wilson. Long after the American people began to turn their minds to domestic concerns and the material side of reconstruction, the broodlngs of Mr. Wilson over the breakdown of moral force continued. He was ar bitrary In his views about a formula for world peace because he was In no mood for distrust of other peo ples or governments. All had worked together In the common | partnership of war. All had put 1 their armies and navies under one I command and had given of their j food and money and resources with out stint for an Ideal. The decision , of 1017 meant to Woodrow Wilson j a readiness on the part of America to assume obligations in the affairs i of the world and to fulfill them. The I recession from this viewpoint hoi could never understand. Iti his last I speech to the American people over the radio on Armistice Day, Noveift-j ber. 1923, Mr. Wilson wfts bitter In! his denunciation of that policy. H ? called It cowardly and Ignoble. And | his words were resented by many. ; To the sick man In seclusion In the | national capital It was but the last t feeble attempt to beat I r the people! to a realization of the change that i had come over them since the/ pledged themselves in 1917 so will- j Ingly to co-operation with the rest of ; the world without reservation. I Seven years ago to a day almost?-- , Saturdav. ? February 3, 1917- came the fateful turn In the career o? Woodrow Wilson. It was on that! SHAFKIt WlfXIAMS SAYS WAS FI(AMKI) II Y l*OLICR That ho had been framed by tl? police was the astonishing testi mony of Shafer Williams in the re corder's court Monday morning when charged with being drunk and disorderly and with Illegal posses sion and transporting of liquor. Mr. Williams denied emphatically that, the liquor produced in police court and which l'olice Captain Winslow testified that he had taken from tho defendant's pocket had ever been In his possession. Ho also affirmed Thai Wlu?n arrested lie had not had a drop of llQUor and VM as cool sober as he. .had ever been in his life. The court took the word of tho police captain, who was supported by two other police officers as to the defendant's being drunk when ar rested, and lip posed a fine of $10 and costs on the drunk and disor derly charge and of $50 and costs on the charge of illegal possession. Ho noted an appeal. Irving Overton, colored, for pass ing a street intersection at a great er rate of speed than 10 miles an hour, was let off with the costs. TWO 4'IIIMNKY KIRKfl Two chimney fires called the fire company out Sunday, ono at the home of Kills Perry, colored, on Pear tree road at 11:20 a. m. and tho other on Shepard street tit 2:30 p. I m. at tho home of James Dance, col ored. There was no damage. day that the United States severed diplomatic relations with Germany and ordered Count von Dernstorff, the German ambassador, to go home. War followed two months later ? :a war that Woodrow Wilson never wanted to enter though he felt for a long time prior to 1 01 7 that Am erican participation would sooner or later become imperative. He hoped against hope for an allied victory without tin* aid of the United States. As lie steered the ship of state In what lie believed was a course of benevolent neutrality, he prayed that the Allies would end the war tri umphantly and enable the United States to play a role of peace-maker ? and healer of the wounds of wa?\ Hut when war came, he thi:ew him self into the fray with an abandon that wiped the mistaken phrase "too proud to fight" out of the vocabu lary of his critics for once and a!!. The selective service act ? compuls ory military service ? something which under the dread term of "conscription" had shaken the other Democracies of the world to their foundations was recommended by him with a suddenness that made everybody gasp. But it enabled Am erica to nut two million men Into Europe and tucii-_tlie_-tid** o? batt4^~ toward the ultimate victory. It was Woodrow Wilson who from the first fought for unity of com mand on land and sea and the brush ing aside of technical sovereignty In the interest of self preservation of the allied peoples. His influence In the scales made Koch the generalis simo and enabled the fleets of the Allies to be combined for effective operation under the Ilrltlsh high comma nd. The hectic days of the war with their worries and burdens that his friends thought would break him down were weathered triumphantly but he set sail for the peace confer ence with a heart saddened by the loss of both houses of Congress after his Ill-fated appeal of 1018 for n Democratic Congress. He had been thinking of the partisan attack be hind his back in the war days. Ho was a partisan too. His appeal for a Democratic Congress was based up- # on the belief that he would be able the better *,o make peace. Tils op ponents construed his statement a* reflection on their patriotism. Ills advisers and friends besrsr??d him to deny It and set the country si might. He never Issued a wo;*d of defense, he never changed n syllable of the statement. He never made a pub lic comment on the verdict. He felt that If the Republican Congress would give him the proper co-oper ation in making peace, the result prove that he was wrong. !# tho < Republican Congress blocked his peace efforts, as he predicted, tH?* country would know why he ap pealed' for a Democratic Congress. ^ The events that followed con vinced Mr. Wilson that the Republi cans would make a partisan propo sition of the I .eigne of Nation and the peace treaty and he wss still *>o (Continued On Pan? Eight)